SWTOR information gathered thus far from various sources

[Jaronicity]

Can't forget to eat! I've been sitting here just gawking at my monitor for the last 10 minutes. If I die, do you think they have SWTOR in heaven?

[Ujio]

FML the only time i go afk today and i miss the bloody infos Hopefully there is some youtube later god damn.

*edit* ehh nvm RAGE BEFORE READING just read this bit under the broadcast video "If you can’t make it for the live broadcast, don’t worry, we’ve got your back – a full replay of the press conference will be posted right here as soon as the event is over."

[Shilien]

Str - increases the damage of your melee
Aim - increases the damage of your ranged
Endurance - increases your health
Cunning - increases the damage and healing of your tech
Will - increases the damage and healing of your force power
Tech Power - increases the effectiveness of your tech abilities
Force Power - increases the effectiveness of your force abilities
Defense - increases your chance to dodge, shield, and be missed
Damage Reduction - Decreases the damage you take
Shield - increases the absorption of your power shield
Absorption - increases the amount your shield absorbs
Critical Strike - increases your chance to critically hit

Keep in mind that regardless of what the mouseover says, the str/aim/will/cun are limited to core classes and do very little for a class that it isn't designed for.

str = knight/warrior
will = cons/inquis
aim = troop/bh
cun = smug/agent

and those 4 modify (respectively) all damage and healing for the above classes. In other words you will never want willpower as a knight, or aim as a smuggler now.

[Omians]

the secret world trailer looked pretty good

[Jaronicity]

It comes down to the definition of each ability under your ability window. I would guess that all attacks for SI will be force powers, even the melee ones because they are force infused or something. Gun classes and physical jedis have to pay real close attention because different AC want different stats. Tanking troopers use a lot of tech abilitiies and want more cunning while commandos want aim but healers want cunning. Jedi Knights need will for crap like their aoe stuns and pushes, but strength for their activated attacks. I'm pretty positive that SI and consulars never need str, however

I see. I guess the only way to know will be playing the game myself, but that is some solid info. Thanks for the insight.

[vizzle]

Funny how The Secret World gets a release date MONTHS ahead of time and we've got nothing yet for SWTOR. :\

SWTOR has to be strategic about their release date, Blizzard has the guns loaded with Diablo 3 and (less importantly) WoW 4.3. A badly timed release date could screw up their initial sales.

[jearle]

LOL. Blonde, attractive woman sitting in the raid group? 2 conclusions: 1: she's the Sorceror 'camera man'. 2: they gonna wipe :P

J/k, it was soooooo short, but it was good

I think you would be surprised, there are some hardcore gamers and awesome raiders who are attractive females. My old WoW guild had a number of them and most will be coming to my TOR guild (insert recruitment message here, j/k).

My wife is one of the type you would see raiding hardcore, although some say since she's half asian she it is normal. Once I get my Star Wars game room finished she is going to let me take a pic of her and the room together since it was her idea, maybe I can slip it under the radar and upload it.

[Papabudkin]

Keep in mind that regardless of what the mouseover says, the str/aim/will/cun are limited to core classes and do very little for a class that it isn't designed for.

str = knight/warrior
will = cons/inquis
aim = troop/bh
cun = smug/agent

and those 4 modify (respectively) all damage and healing for the above classes. In other words you will never want willpower as a knight, or aim as a smuggler now.

that is actually untrue, somewhat. I did testing on a trooper because they have such a strict barrier between aim and cunning. Cunning increases teh damage of their grenades and main threat attacks while aim increases their finishers, basic attack, and the effectiveness of their armor piercing

[conscript]

Suck it Europe. We don't even care about soccer and we get FIFA 12 2 days earlier than you.

[Melanieshaman]

remember wasn't it:

Tuesday
Electronic Arts Press Conference Live Blog and Live Stream: 7AM PT / 10AM ET / 4PM CET


Wednesday
Early Access Press Day
More TBA


Thursday
Floor Hours: 1AM - 11AM
3:45AM - 4:00AM Star Wars: The Old Republic Producer Presentation


Friday
Floor Hours: 1AM - 11AM
3:45AM - 4:00AM Star Wars: The Old Republic Producer Presentation


Saturday
Floor Hours: 12AM - 11AM
3:45AM - 4:00AM Star Wars: The Old Republic Show


Sunday
Floor Hours: 12AM - 9AM
3:45AM - 4:00AM Star Wars: The Old Republic Show


Note: All times are Pacific Standard Time except where noted as Central Europe Time. Make sure to update your clocks if you are attending or watching the website for updates. The schedule is subject to change and currently in flux so we'll be sure to update this post if it does.

source: Darth Hater.com

[Shilien]

that is actually untrue, somewhat. I did testing on a trooper because they have such a strict barrier between aim and cunning. Cunning increases teh damage of their grenades and main threat attacks while aim increases their finishers, basic attack, and the effectiveness of their armor piercing

You need to play more, apparently. Sorry don't mean to be insulting but I cannot stand incorrect information. Cunning does modify tech attachs, but aim modifies blaster AND tech AND healing. You do not want cunning as a trooper, ever.

What you're saying was valid last build, not anymore.

[Devirae]

Suck it Europe. We don't even care about soccer and we get FIFA 12 2 days earlier than you.

It's only fair to give ya some time to practice tactics.

[conscript]

It's only fair to give ya some time to practice tactics.

Tactics? Kick ball at net hurr durr.

How the heck am I going to find time to play Madden, NHL, and FIFA? I wish they could stutter those games by more than a couple weeks lol.

[Papabudkin]

well there is no comparative sources and the NDA makes it hard to theorize so all i could go on was observations, i was unsure so i tested more cunning and less aim on all the tech abilities and i saw noticeable gain, i do not however have the exact numbers, i can take your word for it, but i will also look into it myself

[Shamburger]

BF3 Co-op looks AMAZING

[Omians]

at least today seems to be going pretty good, that new Real ID feature for cross server instancing was made free heh, and BF3 is looking pretty good

[Kouki]

Funny how The Secret World gets a release date MONTHS ahead of time and we've got nothing yet for SWTOR. :\

The release date is on the main site, the game is coming out this year.

[Ujio]

bf3 co-op looks amazing

"awww shit i got spotted!"

[Mister K]

BF3 Co-op looks AMAZING

Yeh man, looks sick!

[conscript]

at least today seems to be going pretty good, that new Real ID feature for cross server instancing was made free heh, and BF3 is looking pretty good

I think everyone should have seen that coming lol. I would be very surprised if they would stick to something like that being "VIP" while facing rapidly decreasing subs. If they went F2P I could see it being for pay, but not when you lost ~17% of your subscribers and need to do anything you can to hold on. Good to see they haven't lost all of their senses yet.