Tolo's Video Beta Experience

[Ansgar]

Introduction

Hello my name is Jonas, also known as Tolo or ToloDK and I have a Youtube channel and I was recently accepted into this weekend (25th November) Beta test, and because the NDA was partially lifted according to the official forums:
http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=630104

As of now, the non disclosure portion of our Game Testing Agreement is officially lifted. While all players must still accept the Game Testing Agreement, from this point on testers may now freely talk about their experiences

I intend to be making alot of videos on the Beta gameplay.

Small note + Where I draw my previous experience from:
A small thing to note is that I am from Denmark, and which is why I may have a accent. Some people may like it, while other may not. Just saying, so you have been warned about my english not being completely fluent at all times.
I am 20 years old, and I have been playing WoW for the longest time, since March 2005 ( shortly after the EU release ) and I also played the first 3-4months of LOTRO, so this is what my base knowledge will be taken from. In WoW I have been a casual raider, casual pvp, and a huge altoholic ever since the beginning. 50 Characters, 10+ Characters level 85, 180k HKs combined all characters, 150k on my Warrior, 11k Achievement points, the Insane achievement in 2009, but I realize WoW has nothing to do with SWTOR, and shouldn't be connected, I just want to give you quick insight of who I am

What you can expect?
I intend to be making a bunch of videos during this weekend, I am very excited about this game, and like so many others I have been waiting for a very long time, I will be making videos on almost everything I will experience.
You should however keep in mind this is BETA GAMEPLAY and things are likely to change over the next month, but the things I will be covering to begin with, will be the following things:

• Character creation of each class
• First couple of levels for each starting zone, with commentary
• My general opinion about different things I see during my playtime.
• Eventually some PvP

Spoiler Alert
Everything below, and all of my videos may or may not contain spoilers. If you don't want to see spoilers, hear about spoilers or read about spoilers. Please DO NOT read or look any further, as I can't guarentee for what you will see in the videos or what people will be writing in this thread or in the Youtube comments. I will however make a notation outside the videos, to mark which videos contain story-line spoilers

VIDEOS:
Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/ToloDK
Youtube Show: http://www.youtube.com/show?p=uIQzD28LOKM
Introduction Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3LkwyPGDpk

Character Creation:

• Sith Warrior: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mki0spFZmC4
• Sith Inquisitor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC2Byaj_QCw
• Bounty Hunter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNPVx3Fj-Ww
• Imperial Agent: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wqyT9zu-jc
• Jedi Knight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0AQKG2Q8cY
• Jedi Consular: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW1yBJ3jQsA
• Trooper: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XBaucPb_t8
• Smuggler: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXa0zQEMzbQ

General Gameplay with Commentary:

Sith Warrior Starting Zone *Warning these video contains story Spoilers, associated with the Sith and the Empire*

• Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRWz9D3IB48
• Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b8IJFiuDQY
• Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4B8-H0GO9M
• Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKZ92f4kcTs
• Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVeftU3Ucw4
• Part 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HML7dSX_4E
• Part 7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gAUg-DW7eA
• Part 8: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO6W4Y6uG4o

Other:

• Group Questing in SWTOR, How is it like? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s7Q8WmuIZo
• Can you have Republic and Empire on same server? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FypSrIBvI34

Request? and To-do List:
I will be updating this thread regularly, and I also take requests, so if you are not apart of the BETA and you wanna see something, please leave a request either here, on youtube or you can send me a private message here or on Youtube:

Other Websites?
As a fan and upcomming subscribers, who like to research and share the knowledge I have.
I would also like to point your guys direction towards other websites where you can find more information about the games, here are a few links:

Official Website: http://www.swtor.com
Big Fan Website: http://www.darthhater.com
SWTOR Collected Info: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=496756
MMO-Champion Collected Info: http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/...arious-sources

Databases:
http://www.torhead.com
http://www.db.darthhater.com/
http://www.r2-db.com/

[herpderpslurp]

derp. i already have a ton of beta screenshots in a facebook album. DESPITE THE NDA. o.O

[Deleted]

are you ansgar from sylvanas?

[Ansgar]

I started uploading a few of the videos, the first couple of videos will be without commentary, as I though alot of you guys would rather watch the Character Creation screen without me talking over it. So the first many videos will be me, showing you the character selection screen for all of the characters, while I use the randomize button to show you the differnt races and the looks of the female and male body, enjoy:

Sith Warrior:


Sith Inquisitor:


Bounty Hunter:


Imperial Agent:

[Protoman]

My advice....stop wasting time with character creation. Seriously, if you have seen one you have seen them all, you can find tons of videos that show it and it's not even interesting to begin with.

Just record your actual time playing the game and put commentary over it.

[Eorayn]

Wow the character creation looks boring.

[Ansgar]

So here you have it, the Character creation screen of the Galactical Republic, Jedi Knight, Jedi Consular, Smuggler and Trooper. The next and upcomming video will be ACTUAL gameplay footage from a Sith Warrior point of view along with some live commentary
Stay tuned to the thread or subscribe to my channel, I will update you either way none the less.

Here you have the Galactical Republic videos:

Jedi Knight:


Jedi Consular:


Smuggler:


Trooper:


---------- Post added 2011-11-26 at 01:11 AM ----------

Since I got done rendering and uploading all of the Character Creation screen, I have been playing and recording the Sith Starting Zone, and so far I have uploaded 1 part, and I have plenty more to come, so if you are interested in the Sith Warrior story-line, stay tuned.

Keep in mind these videos will contain SPOILERS about the Sith Warrior story line:

Part 1:


Part 2:


---------- Post added 2011-11-26 at 12:27 PM ----------

Here is another update on my SWTOR Beta Experience, I just got done uploading part 3 of the Sith Warrior starting zone, and I'm currently uploading part 4, here are the links however:

Part 3:


Part 4:

[Deleted]

Nice posts Tolo. Post more gameplay then Im happy

[Mouni]

Hey Ansgar mind telling us your PC specs?

[Ansgar]

My Computer is a bit overkill for the game, but I can't wait for the game to be release, because right now we do not have access to all of the graphic settings
Right now, I am not able to set the presets, I do have a couple of sliders avaible however. I am running the game with High Graphic settings on 1920x1080, but we can't touch AA and I believe when the actual game releases we will be able to change the graphic settings to Very High, and maybe even Ultra.

Anyways, here are my specs:

Nvidia GTX580 1500mb = http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gp...eForce+GTX+580
Intel i7-2600k 3.4ghz = http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?...0K+%40+3.40GHz
16gb DDR3 1600mhz Ram
120gb SSD Hard Drive = http://www.harddrivebenchmark.net/hd...ON+SH100S3120G
2000gb S-ATA2 and 1000gb S-ATA2 both running 7200rmp I think

I'll have some more videos up and online later
From the Sith Warrior starting zone!

---------- Post added 2011-11-26 at 11:07 PM ----------

More SWTOR videos are up watch in case your interested, keep in mind if, if you don't like spoilers don't watch any of the videos

Part 5:


Part 6:


Part 7:


Part 8:


Group Questing in SWTOR: