Continuing his streak of highly informative posts on the main SWTOR forums, Principal Lead Combat Designer Georg Zoeller, voted most likely in his class to scream out “Mein Luftkissenfahrzeug ist voller Aale!” at inappropriate times,  stopped by once more to enlighten us about Smugglers and their Cover mechanics.   Georg states: All Smugglers have access [...]

I’ve had this comic in my head ever since I saw that smuggler footage from Gamescom 2009 (“Smuggler is a classy guy”). I’ve heard that at an event held in London recently most people wanted to play the Jedi or Sith and I for one think they are missing out on some great non-force gametime [...]

I admit, I expected a smuggler update last Friday and I was wrong. I admit, I did not expect the smuggler update this Friday and that is exactly what happened. And what an update it is! We have the Smuggler page in the Holonet updated with his specializations and new videos and screenshots. There is [...]

Guys at Machinima.com just released a Smuggler class trailer video as part of their new show called Machinima Realm. They got the privilege to release this video a day ahead of everyone else, which probably means that this video was going to be this Friday’s update. The question is: now that the Friday update has [...]

Well folks this is it. The greatest battle in the geek universe has just begun. Bioware vs Blizzard, Warcraft vs Star Wars, light saber vs the Arcanite Reaper (yeah – old school all the way). Bioware threw a glove straight into Blizzard’s face by releasing the long awaited, almost 20 minute long, in game footage videos from Star Wars: The Old Republic. And all this in the wake of Blizzards big announcement at Blizzcon – the next WoW expansion – Cataclysm. Obviously both games will be targeting the same release date and it will be a head to head clash that will probably have a lot of consequences for both sides. If Bioware builds a good game and releases a finished product (and not a buggy mess they are prone to sometimes) it will produce a big dent in WoW expansion numbers. From the looks of the video footage – they are on the right path. This is very exciting because Blizzard will be forced to release the “best they can make” expansion and content, which is a great thing for us gamers. The collateral damage will of course be the gamers’ lives and free time. The wife is looking at me with discontent already and the damn things just got announced.

The videos introduce

• the conversation interface (everyone that played Mass Effect knows this interface – voice acting is superb!)
• Bounty hunter class and its style of fighting
• Smuggler class and usage of cover system in battles
• exclusive sith warrior combat and light saber action (drool)
• flashpoint (a story driven event that provides multiple choices and resolves in different ways based on those choices
• multiplayer dialog system (when in group, different players have a chance to make decisions during a multiple choice dialog)
• FORCE CHOKE (mega drool)
• What can be better than one light saber – well of course, two light sabers

This is it. The first Star Trek game that is a MMO and is done right and in true Star Wars spirit.
Enjoy the videos after the break.