As much as we haven’t really talked about PAX, there was a lot of information there that really give some interesting components to TOR that many people, including myself, were curious about. Although it’s not The Old Republic release date, what it does provide is just a good amount of information that makes you sit back and go, “Cool, that makes the game even more exciting.” It’s these little bits of information that make the game more real.
First and foremost, we have finally learned that Coruscant is going to be a playable planet. I expect that there will be an official announcement about this (which we will talk about), but I have to say that I am pleased with this. Coruscant has always been a planet that has been left to the imagination except for the short scenes portrayed in Episode II. Other than that, we’ve never really seen much of Coruscant.
Another thing that is apparent now is that there is going to be farming and an in game economy. An in game economy, in my opinion, is a must. There needs to be ways for players to become rich one way or another based on their own skills, not just satisfying missions and getting money that way. Some people, as much as the classes are geared towards war, would rather be a business man and sell merchandise to those that are too busy waging war to sell things. That’s basic business.
What we have learned about TOR so far is that the game is going to have components that we would otherwise see in other MMOs. It’s because of this that I have come to many general conclusions about the game. Is TOR going to be a WoW killer? No. Is TOR going to be revolutionary? We’ll have to wait and see. These, though, will be articles written at a later time.
What needs to be remembered mostly, though, is that the game is not released yet and there is obviously a lot that BioWare doesn’t want to tell us. When we know, we will pass that information on to you. For now, rest easy knowing you’ll get to play on Coruscant and you’ll have the opportunity to harvest and do all those other MMO oriented activities. Oh yay!
