Trahern Valley Posted February 8, 2003 Share Posted February 8, 2003 As I understand it, the crystals used in Jedi lightsabers are naturally produced and have to be mined/refined etc. while the naughtier force users make do with artificially-produced crystals (which is why they're always red). How is this to be handled in the game? Is there supposed to be any actual difference in performance? Wouldn't crystal mining draw attention? If you go bad, what happens to your Jedi lightsaber? What are those different ignition noises about, anyway? And so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrackan Solo Posted February 8, 2003 Share Posted February 8, 2003 If you are a Jedi you will probably have to get your own crystal from the crystal mine where? i dont know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*BBC|ObiWannabe Posted February 9, 2003 Share Posted February 9, 2003 Well the crystals from the lightsaber from from the Planet called Ilum and that planet is not in the game. so it either mst be difrent crystals or a secret mine. i guess this is why the jedi is the hardest thing in the game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thew Rydur Posted February 9, 2003 Share Posted February 9, 2003 The manufactured crystals are supposed to be stronger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrackan Solo Posted February 9, 2003 Share Posted February 9, 2003 You might start wth one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
setsuko Posted February 9, 2003 Share Posted February 9, 2003 Start with a lightsaber crystal? Somehow, that sounds veeery unlikely... but you can always hope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Vessen Posted February 10, 2003 Share Posted February 10, 2003 Soaring so high above clouds with out a care in the world... I don't think that you'll just start with a crystal for a light saber. I was wondering though can non-Jedi weild the feared glowing blade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bounty Posted February 10, 2003 Share Posted February 10, 2003 I was wondering though can non-Jedi weild the feared glowing blade? If you're talking about normal people with lightsabers, I think I remember reading that they're not gonna let anyone but jedi get em. Sorry, don't have the link ... I'll look for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Vessen Posted February 10, 2003 Share Posted February 10, 2003 Well when you find the link post it ASAP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Vessen Posted February 10, 2003 Share Posted February 10, 2003 Here's an unofficial welcome BBC|ObiWannabe Welcome to the SWGalaxies.net Forums! Soon the Lord of Welcome will welcome you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkLordJoethe8 Posted February 10, 2003 Share Posted February 10, 2003 Originally posted by Lord_Vessen Well when you find the link post it ASAP i found it for him, it was in the FAQ so dont worry the question was under Jedi the question was:Could you claim the light saber of a fallen foe and be able to use it if you were a bounty hunter? If you were a skilled force user capable of building them could you sell them? Answer: Non-Jedi will be unable to use a Lightsaber effectively. A lightsaber in the hands of a non-force user would basically be a Light-bludgeon. Also, a Jedi is required to keep the lightsaber functional and clean. The devs have said a couple times now that a lightsaber in the hands of a non-Jedi is pretty much useless. They have also said that NPC's will not buy, nor sell lightsabers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Vessen Posted February 10, 2003 Share Posted February 10, 2003 It doesn't say normal joes can't weild them it just says that they are useless in normal people's hands, but couldn't you train with it, its basicly a sword right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkLordJoethe8 Posted February 10, 2003 Share Posted February 10, 2003 you probibly will b able to train with it but i dont think you would get as good as even the lowest level of a jedi, but i dont no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Vessen Posted February 10, 2003 Share Posted February 10, 2003 This is kind of on topic but what type of swords will be used in the swordsmen profession? Metal, or laser? (If you can become good with a lightsaber then I might weild one, I want some type of sword.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
setsuko Posted February 10, 2003 Share Posted February 10, 2003 Originally posted by Lord_Vessen This is kind of on topic but what type of swords will be used in the swordsmen profession? Metal, or laser? (If you can become good with a lightsaber then I might weild one, I want some type of sword.) Those names are a bit misleading, and the devs admitted that. Basically, pikemen fights with big, heavy polearm weapons, swordsmen with heavy onehanded weapons, and fencers with lighter onehanded weapons. So expect gaffii sticks, vibro-axes and other such weapons, but no light sabers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deft Aklin Posted February 10, 2003 Share Posted February 10, 2003 Okay, just cause I have the info and am mildly bored...... The anatomy of a Lightsaber: Let's start with the WEG version. The crystals are of a certain type that can create their own light when resonated by sonic vibrations. The light from the crystal is then focused and shot straight out of the handle. A light refractor is used to bend the light at a specific end-point and return it to the pommel where it's energy is then used to recharge the sabers power cell. This is why it is commonly assumed that such a weapon does not need recharging. It is in fact not that it doesn;t need recharging, but that it is constantly recharging itself. Now for the unofficial reference: Lightsaber traditional Jedi weapon, used much like a sword. It consists of cylindrical handle in which sophisticated circuits channel a beam of light through a series of jewels, which modulate the blade's size and amplitude. It was considered one of the Jedi students' final challenges to construct their own lightsaber. Many Jedi Masters stressed the lightsaber as a true test of their apprentice's progress, for the the lightsaber's power is great. A true Jedi Knight only uses the lightsaber for defense, never attack, and there is a great deal of patience involved with learning this. Some Masters also use the lightsaber as a way to get their apprentices to focus their minds on the Force, for it takes a great deal of skill to wield one. The mechanics of a lightsaber are simple, although the application of them takes great skill and concentration. A novice Jedi Knight should be able to create his first lightsaber in about a month. A trained Jedi Master can, in a hurry, could construct one in a few days. Note that the Star Wars Journal: The Fight for Justice indicates that a Jedi is given his lightsaber on his first day of training. Every lightsaber contained these basic components: a power cell, a handgrip, an activation plate or stud, a safety switch, a blade-length adjuster, an emitter matrix, and recharge socket, a lens assembly, at least one focusing crystal, a power conduit, and an optional belt ring. When activated, internal power cells create photoelectric energy which is focused through one, two, or three multi-facted crystals. In the lightsabers of the Jedi Knights, these crystals were found in nature, a task which reqruied the Jedi to focus their concentration on selecting a stone which would focus the energy and not explode. More often than not, the Jedi Knights of the Old Republic used crystals which emitted blue or green blades. The Sith, however, used synthetic crystals formed in incredibly hot ovens, using their emotional control of the Force to assist in the formation of the stone. These Sith crystals generated a red blade which had the unusual strength to cleave a normal lightsaber blade in to. The energy was formed into a tight, parallel beam of coherent packets. These packets are emitted through a positively-charges, continuous energy lens which projects the packets away from the lightsaber. The packets are almost immediately attracted back to the lightsaber by a negatively-charged, high-energy flux aperature, and then continually recycled to create the glowing blade. The packets are recycled by a superconductor back into the power cell for re-energizing. The entire process is completely contained. No energy is lost, since the light in the blade is recaptured. No heat is generated, either. The only energy loss occurs when the blade strikes an object. When Obi-Wan Kenobi began teaching Luke Skywalker how to use his father's lightsaber, Kenobi began by showing Luke the basic body positions used by the Jedi. There were seven attack positions, and four defensive positions. Each attack or defense position flowed into the next, creating a smooth, continual motion. To perform them all in sequence takes concentration, skill, and stamina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Gaarni Posted February 10, 2003 Share Posted February 10, 2003 D_S pretty much gave enough info on the lightsaber, so I won't touch that. To swap to flies in one blow here: To DarkLordJoethe8 and *BBC|ObiWannabe: Welcome to the SWGalaxies.Net Forum!!! I'm Jan Gaarni, XO of the Official Welcomming Committee and Moderator of this place. Be sure to check out the Read This First thread at the top of this forum, as it contains some guidelines on how to behave, if you haven't all ready. Most here are friendly and the aggression level is far from what you will find in the Official SWG Boards, so I'm sure you will like it here. Please feel free to stay as long as you want. And have some chocolate covered gnorts. Complementary Juztyn. Also be sure to check out the SWGalaxies.Net site which is connected to these forums. We hope you enjoy your stay here on the SWGalaxies.Net Forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkLordJoethe8 Posted February 11, 2003 Share Posted February 11, 2003 thanks jan:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Vessen Posted February 12, 2003 Share Posted February 12, 2003 Vibro Axes? I'm kind of behind the times, please refresh me on these weapons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thew Rydur Posted February 12, 2003 Share Posted February 12, 2003 Vibro axes are basically axes with lots of little blades that move back and forth on the axe blade itself, increasing the weapons cutting power. There are other vibro weapons like vibroblades and vibro shivs. Jabba's Gammorean guards used vibro axes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Vessen Posted February 12, 2003 Share Posted February 12, 2003 Thank you for the info on Vibro Axes. I might have a vibro blade if they have them in the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadMardigan Posted February 13, 2003 Share Posted February 13, 2003 To answer the original question, I would guess they will make the crystals quested, and the quest obviously only available to Padawans, and in some form of secrecy. If there was a planet to farm crystals, or a single quest giver, all a bounty hunter would have to do is camp that resource and start cataloging FS PCs. I would imagine all the pieces would be quested to maintain this secrecy. MadMardigan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrackan Solo Posted February 13, 2003 Share Posted February 13, 2003 Oh thats what those wierd looking axes are:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Vessen Posted February 15, 2003 Share Posted February 15, 2003 Maybe you could purchase the artificial crystals if your not a Jedi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trahern Valley Posted February 15, 2003 Author Share Posted February 15, 2003 If you could, you probably wouldn't be abe to do anything with them except sell them to someone else...and then report it to the local imperial station or bounty hunter's guild. Muahahaaa... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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