A/V The Old Republic MMO: The New Official Thread

Man Poor..... everything.

Anyone recon if it will ever recover?

 

Eh, What?

 

Do you think Vitiates' 'action', which killed a lot of, just everything, will heal over time or be undone?

 

Is it tha latest thing in the storyline? If so I have no idea what it is

 

As a huge fan of the Massassi, Malaphar was a pleasant surprise. He looks so badass!

Where is this "unknown spirit"? Where is it said that Hord was on Balmorra?

 

Its hard to tell what Vitiate wanted with the Great Galactic War. With the rest of the Sith Empire, their reason is easy, they wanted to rule the galaxy and/or get revenge on the Republic.

For Vitiate, the simple answer is probably that he was gathering power for his ascension to godhood. The Blood of the Empire comic showed him setting up the Children of the Emperor as infiltrators and sleeper agents. But we know so little about what's required for his ritual and his powers, its hard to guess otherwise. Like why the Sith Emperor didn't bother to just raze Coruscant during the Sacking. Revan says he influenced Vitiate a little, but Revan's not the most reliable source either after several centuries of torture. The Dark Council didn't have much contact with Vitiate in recent years since the Empire didn't really matter that much to him anymore, as he was focusing on his ritual.

I remember in the Lost Suns comics that Ngani Zho was ranting about seven ceded star systems and seven surviving Dark Council members, but that doesn't really matter, as Dark Council members are replaced often, and supposedly those systems were suitable for the Sun Razer.

If Vitiate can simply use any world, then Dromund Kaas would do (not like he cares about the population or the Sith), such as how he used Ziost to gain power in the most recent story content.

The set-up for the Great Galactic War is somewhat interesting, and always has been ever since it was hinted at in KotOR II, too bad the actual result wasn't as good as anticipated (which is often the case). Doesn't help that the Revan novel was... unremarkable at best. When KotOR II (and even the KotOR Campaign Guide) hinted that Mandalore the Ultimate had been manipulated to help weaken the Republic, that Revan's Sith Empire was the same, yet then there's a 300 year gap despite the Republic being in shambles after the Jedi Civil War and Dark Wars... yeah, then the background story kind of falls apart. If there had been no hyperspace routes between Dromund Kaas and the Republic until recently, it wouldn't seem so silly, but oh well.

I remember the Journal of Gnost-Dural had a few details, too. My best guess is that the Great Galactic War was cover for Vitiate's agents to gather the necessary items required for his ascension, that he held back from destroying Coruscant as the Cold War also kept everyone distracted. If Coruscant was destroyed, then either the rest of the Republic wouldn't stop until they avenged Coruscant or the Sith would win and then either be busy setting themselves up as galactic rulers, or they would all start killing each other off without an external enemy to fight.

Not sure if Ziost will recover. Doesn't seem as bad as Nathema as Force users can fight on the planet, whereas being in orbit around Nathema made most Force users nauseous at least. Probably a few centuries will recover, but not sure they need to care about future Ziost appearances anymore. SWTOR is basically the only continuing Legends work.

I'm curious where things will go from here. Theron and Lana aren't exactly getting along but they're both still rational enough to treat Vitiate as the common enemy of all life. Guess we'll find out in another month or so what Fallen Empire refers to.

 

To me The logical conclusion is Vitiate can only use Dark Side user planets? Or planets more imbued with the Dark Side.

Can you guys clarify some of the terminology for me. Too many wars and sith in this timeline!

How is this all going to play out? The game is on going so how do we get to the Bane novels? or Knight Errant? I'm really confused with the chronology of this and how it's meant to end whilst be on going.

 

the game happens -> Vitiate finally dies somehow -> 1600 years pass -> Darth Ruin unites what's left of the Sith under his "New Sith" movement -> the Sith split up again after Ruin dies -> 1000 years of wars between the Republic and various Sith factions -> Knight Errant -> Kaan reunites the Sith -> Bane novels

One of the reasons that I wish they made KOTOR III rather than an MMO is to get closure on everything.

What terminology are you wondering about? Ask away!

 

I think there are a few explanations for what Vitiate wanted from the war;

1. He wanted to rule the galaxy, basicly his goals and methods have changed over time, for a long he wanted to rule the galaxy traditionally.

2. The war was a distraction, it was all to keep the jedi (and Sith) focused on something other then the Emperor while his forces make preparations for the ritual.

3. The war was part of the plan, but not the entire plan. Vitiate used the war to further his plans; get agents into place, secure needed planets, etc. But once the war failed it didn't matter since his plans where not defeated.

just my thoughts.

 

I think it's probably little more than Sarevok 2.0.

Spoiler: Baldur's Gate Spoiler, FACE ME! FACE THE NEW LORD OF MURDER!

 

and so I have learned a new trick with the spoiler BB code

 

Spoiler: But, just

how

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the

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go?

I tried doing that with way more tags but it went crazy in preview. So the answer is: not very far.

 

I kind of wish the Matrix wasn't a dead franchise.

remember the rumor like 3 years ago that Keanu Reeves signed to do some sequels

 

THE MATRIX RECALIBRATED

Watch as Eon, the One Before, lies through his teeth to rebuild Zion. Also, martial arts.

 

Didn't the Emperor say that the Empire was a failure and you(Nox) can have it on Ziost?

 

THE MATRIX REBOOTED

It even says what it is in the title

 

I didn't want to go for the low hanging fruit.

 

REBOOTED would actually be an entertainingly apt title for a prequel, and ever since I watched the anime backstory, I've always felt the Matrix suits a prequel better than anything further forward... shame they trashed it so much with the sequels though.

Not that I actually mind the sequels for the reasons most people do... as I did enjoy all the pseudo-faux-trying-too-hard-to-be-philosophical junk, which most people fall asleep during, whereas I just got bored with the action scenes all feeling so repetitive.

 

Anyone is on Bastion server? Can you help with Nightmare EC this weekend?

 

Who wanted to look like Freedon Nadd?

 

I half know who you mean but to me that looks like a Star Wars Sauron!
Or even The Shredder fron TMNT.

 

I actually like that... just a shame all these outfits are from those silly packs that only give random items, as I never played enough to have enough gold to buy them on the auction house, nor have I ever agreed to waste money on card packs that give random cards with an infinitesimally tiny chance of the ones people actually want, hence why I likewise have always steered well clear of those packs in TOR for the same reason.

I wish it'd just been like any other MMO shop gear and you just buy the thing. I mean, even if it costs as much as the thirty packs you'd need to get, at least it's not solely in the hands of random number generation.