Anyone else get an invite yet ?

I got a message informing me I was invited for an upcoming test, no further details...

You need the second mail with an "accept" link and route to client downlaod.
I havent got that bit myself yet. But my step-son has so ive been playing on his account.

NDA

Pfeh NDA...

Is it worth the download and hassle? Still not sure if I'll even get the game when it's released.

Yes its well worth the hassle ..

Played as Sith Warrior, Sith Inq, Imp Agent and Rep Commando so far. All have been good to play and the class storyline is like nothing ive experienced in any other mmo. Every quest is voice driven and map markers make it straight forward to locate where you need to go.
The companions are good and work well with some humerous banta between the Sith Warrior and Vette his Twi'lek slave (Shock collar included )

HuttBall (PVP battleground) is mad and actually good fun makes a refreshing change to the standard mmo traditions.

It has actually swayed me to into preordering it. Im not sure how the game will work at end game but imo its worth it just to play through all 8 classes worth of imersive story driven leveling.

There not broken the NDA as all that can be seen on the website

I've got a beta invite for stress test - no date detail given yet though

BETA is just a way to get you to do unpaid work.

You find me fun unpaid work and I'll be willing to do it

I have been selected, like everyone else in the universe, but still waiting for confirmation mail.

Sith Sorcerer is freakin awesome .. I wanna go bad now

same here

NDA has been lifted..
Ill sort some screenies out when i can.
Sorc is now lvl 32 and really enjoyed all of it.
Crafting system is nice as you use your companions to do it for you ive now got 3 companions 1 i use as a tank the other 2 sit about and do crafting/crew missions all the time. Youre allowed 1 crafting skill and 2 mission skills. I have Artifice as craft and archeology and treasure hunting as they bring in mats used in Artifice. You learn green recipes from your trainer and craft these as you normally would to gain skill up. However you then reverse engineer these to get some mats back and also for a chance to unlock the next level recipe for that item. EG Green Power Crystal RE's to learn the Blue Power Crystal recipe that has better stats, then RE the blue to learn the purple and so on. Well worth doing especially for the weapon and armour addons.

A lot of weapons and armour can be purchased with no stats but have 3/4 empty addon slots (This is were the blue/epic items you can craft come in handy) So in theory if you get a piece of armour that allows this early on you can continue to wear this and make it viable for your level simply by sticking in the higher level addons for your level so the stats match what youll be looting.

Questing is fun with every quest you get being story/voice acting driven which means you get more into the questing as opposed to opening a text box and selcting accept coz you cant be arsed to read it. Every choice you make within the quests has a bearing on its outcome whether its a good or bad choice. Some give you the option of gaining light or darkside points (Dont stay neutral) most of the armour and weapons require higher levels of either light or dark. (My Sorc is currently Dark 3 as she kills her quest givers when the option arises) The other thing youll level as you quest is your social status and this is done by questing in groups. Dont worry if you level on your own as every flashpoint (dungeon) has quest/story progression in it and youll soon get the points rolling in. Social skill is again required to purchase some of the higher end gear.

Vehicles enter the game at level 25 and youll need 40k credits for the riding skill 1 and then a further 9k credits for the speeder, theres around 6 to choose from to start with. They do make getting about in the 25+ zones a lot quicker and easier as the zones start to open out more. Getting the credits doesnt take long, I would of had mine a lot quicker if i hadnt accidentally purchased a light saber i was looking at for 20k but i soon got enough in about 1/2 a day.

Some of the voice acting is a bit iffy (not much of an issue though). Some vendors sound like Simon Cowell, which is amusing, and since ive got a new metal full head covering headgear my character has started sounding like Anne Robinson.

If you guys have any questions about the game let me know and ill try and answer them for you.

All the playtime ive had so far has just made me want the game to be released NOW..

fek.. knew I shouldn't have looked in here...

Downloading SWTOR client as i write!

Xui - is there any particular server you're on?

Yeh but thats going down over the weekend and new stress test weekend servers are going up.
Means ive got to start a new class, which ill probably get to lvl 10 and pvp for the rest of the weekend.

Ill post what server im on and character name as soon as they go live.

I'm downloading too. Going away for a couple of days though. Additional bonus being that I get BT Infinity on 5th December; hopefully faster than the 2.1MB I've been coping with for 2 years.

Got it installed as well but can't seem to login, maybe the invite is for the weekend only allthough that wasn't specified in the email.

Still not sure if I'm gonna get this one, work and RL is busy enough as it is without you lot outleveling me 10 to 1

The invites that have sent out recently are to test this weekend only.

Servers due up at around 16:00 this afternoon UK time.

Fukin LOL !!!! Guess i wont be testing this weekend..

Average wait time to get into a server at the moment is anywhere from 8hours to 1day

Ill wait until Monday when its all back to normal..

Wait times aren't too bad today, longest I've been in queue is 3 minutes or so

Been playing this weekend and very very tempted to get it. Impressively stable for a beta (no crashes to desktop and no noticable lag), quests are challenging (allthough still of the kill x there and come back type) and logically spread out. By adding choices to the quest convos you actually listen to the stories instead of going straight to 'accept'.

The companion is a nice addition, especially the possibility to send him out to sell junk

Didn't get into crafting too much, but this also seems reasonably intuitive.

Now, let's see if I can still preorder...

The servers marked as FULL but with no waiting time are instantly accessible

I got an invite, but busy at work, and computer playing up atm, so not been in to check it out. You've pretty much confirmed everything I was looking forward to playing it for, so that's good.

I've got a question though, are you going to stick with rolling lightside at launch or will you switch to darkside since the classes there seem more interesting? Also is it addictive without sucking up all your time doing endless grinds?

Im not sure .. Ive signed up to join SFR. Maybe ill just end up a darkside republican :S

It is addictive and if your not bothered about playing with yourself then it should be ok..

Hi Guys,

I thought last BETA weekend was cool.

If you want to join a light side guild then apply here:

http://flc.shivtr.com/

Fish, Calana, me and Sifty are in this with a number of the guys from Warhammer On-line.

RL busy for me too mate. I doubt I'll be outlevelling anyone.

Reckon I'm going to get this. Was on the beta last weekend and thought it was great fun. Loved the story etc.

What are you all doing for guilds? Would love to do some gaming with some of you guys again

Played the beta last weekend and it was real fun. Gonna roll a Jedi Consular (healer) as my main character first.

Luke

Ello Huggy, Gings, current and former, seem to be split over at least 2 guilds at the moment. There's Syndicate (splinter from Kill Frenzy) and SFR. Not sure who's in SFR (except Xui for deffo). In Syndicate there's Cal, Fish, Trigger and me (that I'm aware of).

I shall probably follow the Xui I think.

I've signed up with SFR

Hmm...both are Republic? Don't think I'm going to get a chance to play until January anyway so i'll join up then

I always knew you were evil

It's true...can't hide it anymore

It's looking interesting, tempted to put an order in...

I've been listening to the Revan audio book driving to and from work, it certainly makes the game more tempting as I loved the KOTOR games.

Alright lads. Got my pre order access now so will be around over the weekend.

Is everyone on the same server?

Looks like we're split across 2 servers.

Already a queue on Niman server, 382 in front of me....and the game hasn't even been officially released yet.

Luke

John-G said he had a 4000 queue when he tried to log in last night