Anakin1607 Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 Check it out on the OS, the race you pick determins your starting lightsaber stance. Medium for Humans, light for Twi leks and Rodians, heavy for Kel Dors and Zabraks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anakin1607 Posted August 22, 2003 Author Share Posted August 22, 2003 On a side note, anyone else notice how "predator" like the new Kel Dor faces are? I mean, Plo Koon was already a badass, then you check out the rest of his family. They're rad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emon Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 Hah, that's cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SettingShadow Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 Heh, cool, Light is my favorite stance, and I'm gonna be Rodian... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurgan Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 Interesting that they referred to the "saber type" as Light Medium Heavy Rather than the conventional terms used for saber stances/styles on the rest of the site (and in JK2): Fast Medium Strong Is this a typo? Or does it mean this refers to something else? Interesting nonetheless... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Count Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 It won't matter if you choose Dual Sabers, or the Lightstaff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taos Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 I like this idea, this is the way it should be IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormHammer Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 I too like this idea. In fact, they could have taken it even further, IMHO, by adding some basic stats, so each race has more strengths and weaknesses to define them more, and make each of them worth playing to see how it would affect completion of certain missions. It doesn't have to be a full-blown RPG...just enough variety to add some more spice to the proceedings. Maybe they should have given each race a different default Force power to start with - Speed for one, Jump for another etc., to play to that race's strengths... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txa1265 Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 Originally posted by Kurgan Interesting that they referred to the "saber type" as Rather than the conventional terms used for saber stances/styles on the rest of the site (and in JK2): Is this a typo? Or does it mean this refers to something else? Interesting nonetheless... I think they have fallen into the same lazy trap as the rest of us in interchanging fast/light and heavy/strong ... I didn't read anything else into it. And Anakin1607 - the Kel-Dor's do look quite cool ... this is amongst the new news from the site that has challenged my assumptions of what would happen when I hit the character screen ... I assumed I'd be a human male with a blue saber and get into the game in ~5 minutes. Now I'm not sure ... Do I want to be human male? What should I look like ... I know I'll still go blue on the saber ... but I hadn't thought about my hilt much ... will I ever get the game started?!?!? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sargasso Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 This is bad news for me, since I wanted to start with species as a basis for my character and then move on to whatever single stance my heart desired. Hmmm... I'm suddenly uncomfortable with this rpg-lite business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mex Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 This seems like a pretty good idea to me. But most people will choose the race that has heavy since it is the strongest. Hey and a good idea for a thread is what race you will be, since I can't post threads for some reason, someone else could. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txa1265 Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 Originally posted by Sargasso This is bad news for me, since I wanted to start with species as a basis for my character and then move on to whatever single stance my heart desired. Hmmm... I'm suddenly uncomfortable with this rpg-lite business. Hmmm ... I feel exactly the opposite. Rather than just window-dressing, your character has actual attributes that impact your game play. I do hope that (as Stormhammer mentioned) your starting skills are impacted by character choice as well. To each their own ... Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 Originally posted by The Count It won't matter if you choose Dual Sabers, or the Lightstaff. But I believe that you won't be able to choose those in the initial character creation. Those options become "unlocked" as you progress through the game, not at the beginning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txa1265 Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 Originally posted by Michaelmexp This seems like a pretty good idea to me. But most people will choose the race that has heavy since it is the strongest. Hey and a good idea for a thread is what race you will be, since I can't post threads for some reason, someone else could. I restarted the "What race will you play as?" thread ... that should work. Also, I disagree with the Kel-Dor assessment. All three stances have there advantages and disadvantages ... I guess we'll see. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txa1265 Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 Originally posted by Prime But I believe that you won't be able to choose those in the initial character creation. Those options become "unlocked" as you progress through the game, not at the beginning. They have said as much in various interviews / previews / reviews. I'm assuming it is only through one of these 'unlockings' that you get to choose Red as a color. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImmolatedYoda Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 anybody notice the big difference between the three Rodian heads? quite funky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boinga1 Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 Those rodians are ugly, man...bleah. Of course, I don't really find the human males or Kel-dors particularly hot either...but those dudes are just weird looking. And yes, I think different starting styles for different species are good...although I can't think MP will be like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormHammer Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 Originally posted by boinga1 And yes, I think different starting styles for different species are good...although I can't think MP will be like that. I agree. Although you will still be able to use the same kind of customisation options in MP, it would not make much sense to limit stances or Force levels - so I expect you to be able to allocated points to whatever stances you want, along with Force powers, in a similar way to JO. As for the Siege mode...it's likely the classes will be very restricted in terms of what you can and cannot choose. I expect only the Jedi class to be able to use lightabers, to be honest, but we'll have to wait and see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurgan Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 I think they have fallen into the same lazy trap as the rest of us in interchanging fast/light and heavy/strong ... I didn't read anything else into it. When I first saw it I was thinking the same thing to myself, which is why I posted that. Now I'm thinking perhaps that the developers meant this to be "Final Fight" (you have three choices! Strong but Slow, Fast but Weak, or Medium/Normal Man!). Anyhow, yeah, what else could it be but starting saber stance? Unless they decided to make each character physically slower/faster and have higher/lower stamina when it comes to losing health, but that's probably reading too much into it. Webjedi or whomever probably just forgot the terminology when writing up that page. Intersting way to do it. Now of course, if we assume the saber stances are balanced, this is just for variety's sake. If in fact some stances are more powerful than others, then it could be seen as Difficulty settings (only initially of course) Of course, how many people play with just one stance? Keep in mind the missions will not just be a series of saber duels, there will be all sorts of other stuff we have to do. It almost makes you wish you could pick different species for different missions. ; ) To answer the questions about how you get the other sabers, according to Stormhammer's FAQ and the recent interviews, you start with one stance, then you "earn" a second one as you play through the game. Finaly, when you earn the third one, you are offered the choice of getting that third stance OR the Dual Lightsabers OR the Saberstaff. How exactly you "earn them" I don't know, but I'm guessing it will be in the form of a guy talking to you while a menu screen appears showing you the new "gear." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey_Wanderer Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 [Deleted Leaked Info From Beta: Consider yourself Banned] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lach Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 Originally posted by Michaelmexp This seems like a pretty good idea to me. But most people will choose the race that has heavy since it is the strongest. Hey and a good idea for a thread is what race you will be, since I can't post threads for some reason, someone else could. You mean light, since its the strongest, right :? You may have more powerfull swings but if your slow and you dont hit.... Light > all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurgan Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 Mith[OMNI]: I swear I saw shots of Luke's face talking to you in a menu shot of your progress. Can't remember where it was though. Am I crazy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey_Wanderer Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 [Deleted Leaked Info From Warez] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reclaimer Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 Originally posted by Kurgan Interesting that they referred to the "saber type" as Rather than the conventional terms used for saber stances/styles on the rest of the site (and in JK2): Is this a typo? Or does it mean this refers to something else? Interesting nonetheless... Assuming: Light = Fast Medium = Medium Heavy = Strong Assuming that how it would be. I dunno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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