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Jan Gaarni

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Posted in: What will TOR be like on a non RP server?
  Jan Gaarni
11-30-2011, 4:32 PM
#5
I'll tell you how it's going to be. Like World of Warcraft with lightsabers. Anal trade spam, flame wars, poser guilds who think they're the best thing since sliced bread, and, of course, the Achievement Police. "LFM STAR FORGE!! LINK ACHIEVEMEN...  [Read More]
Posted in: Game Subscription Cost
  Jan Gaarni
08-25-2011, 1:36 PM
#5
I concur with Deft here. :) It won't be anything above the standard in the industry. I'm pretty sure of that....  [Read More]
Posted in: The lightsaber concept
  Jan Gaarni
02-24-2011, 11:11 AM
#6
damn, GTA:SWcity, i was hoping to come in and give my point of view, but you really summed it up. i've always heard it explained as a beam of plasma level energy that is constrained due to the fact that it bends back upon itself (at the point, for an...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Old Republic To Miss Spring 2011 Launch?
  Jan Gaarni
03-02-2010, 5:47 AM
#29
E3 is coming up. And if not then, then there's always Leipzig....  [Read More]
Posted in: The Old Republic To Miss Spring 2011 Launch?
  Jan Gaarni
02-19-2010, 5:56 AM
#10
Now that I'm used to the 2011 release year, I don't mind a delay from Spring to Summer or even Fall. Whatever it takes to make the game launch bug-free and full of content. I can wait a few more months if it means the game will launch in a more perfe...  [Read More]
Posted in: Question Will The Old Republic be Available for Nintendo Wii?
  Jan Gaarni
02-06-2010, 12:03 PM
#7
Oh dear God, I hope not. Rogue, you should know better....  [Read More]
Posted in: Why do I care that it's an MMO?
  Jan Gaarni
09-29-2009, 2:10 PM
#14
When I watch a movie, I keep silent, and I expect all of my other "friends" and anyone else to keep quiet, lest they incur my wrath. So, the analogy equates to a typically non-social activity to an indirectly social one. It all comes down...  [Read More]
Posted in: Oceanic Community?
  Jan Gaarni
09-02-2009, 10:09 AM
#22
Dial-up is still allowed, but it results in bad lag on your end I think. The game world and all the models for NPCs and such are in the installed software on your computer, so most of the data being transmitted is just coordinates for yourself(to the...  [Read More]
Posted in: Oceanic Community?
  Jan Gaarni
08-31-2009, 9:31 AM
#18
MMORPG lags are not like FPS lags. While you generally would like to have as low ping as possible in FPS games because of it's fast paced nature, in MMORPG's you can easily suffer higher ping without it detracting from your game experience. I once...  [Read More]
Posted in: Danger no longer present?
  Jan Gaarni
08-21-2009, 3:07 PM
#20
Did you really just quote JTL as a flaw for SWG? I always found that to be one of SWG's strong points. It felt like space, it was huge, and the system there was unchanged throughout all of SWG's controversial ground combat revamps. I'm actually hopi...  [Read More]
Posted in: Danger no longer present?
  Jan Gaarni
08-15-2009, 12:31 PM
#14
I'm not too worried about seeing lots of Jedis. Besides, it won't have a special way to get to create a Jedi in this game, you can simple create one from day one. So there's nothing special about aquiring it like it was in Galaxies. As for the expe...  [Read More]
Posted in: Danger no longer present?
  Jan Gaarni
08-08-2009, 12:08 PM
#3
I'll probably go smuggler, but we'll see once the game is getting closer to launch....  [Read More]
Posted in: My Greatest Wish...
  Jan Gaarni
07-27-2009, 10:47 AM
#13
exactly! Plus it would relieve the planets of so much clutter. And as for the planet, you could just make a backdrop for out the windows with some non-descript planet and a moon or two, and since that wouldnt be all that hard to make, you could have...  [Read More]
Posted in: How Will This Game Work?
  Jan Gaarni
07-21-2009, 11:46 AM
#15
Why We Pay to Play (http://www.raphkoster.com/gaming/busmodels.shtml) by Raph Koster, former lead designer of Ultima Online, and Creative Director of Star Wars Galaxies. He also worked on EverQuest II and 2 of its expansions. It's abit of a read, bu...  [Read More]
Posted in: SWG : Starsiders
  Jan Gaarni
07-14-2009, 12:00 PM
#4
You better remember me, or I'll kick you head over heals out of LFN! :D Hey, Deft, how you been? How's the kid(s)? Well, it looks like the very core of Affiliates will be back in a Star Wars world again. We'll have to see how many others from Affi...  [Read More]
Posted in: MMORPG Terminology
  Jan Gaarni
03-05-2009, 11:15 AM
#14
One I hear a lot is COE. Cone of Effect. Usually pertains to ranged. Affects targets in a cone. slightly different to AOE which affects all targets in close proximity to the targeted spot, the COE isn't limited by range from the targeted location. AO...  [Read More]
Posted in: MMORPG Terminology
  Jan Gaarni
03-03-2009, 6:10 AM
#8
Added a few and corrected a few in your post, Avery....  [Read More]
Posted in: Jumping
  Jan Gaarni
03-25-2009, 7:29 PM
#45
As long as they don't do a SWG style of jumping that has absoultely no use. Like not being able to jump over small pebbles due to their infinitly high invisible walls. Actually, unless they changed it after I left, the reason you couldn't jump over,...  [Read More]
Posted in: Jumping
  Jan Gaarni
03-05-2009, 11:53 AM
#35
In SWG and WoW jumping is pretty much visual only. It doesn't decrease the chance to hit or chance to dodge. True for SWG, it is only a "cosmetic" jump. You see the animation, but in "physical terms", you don't really gain any he...  [Read More]
Posted in: Jumping
  Jan Gaarni
03-03-2009, 6:15 AM
#21
You have no idea how many times I've gotten stuck in WoW and jump saved me from using my Hearthstone to port out of it, or call on a GM to save my butt. So Jump must be in if you ask me. :)...  [Read More]
Posted in: Will SWTOR be your first MMO?
  Jan Gaarni
03-01-2009, 2:36 AM
#12
Started off with EverQuest while waiting for SWGalaxies, just to get an idea of what an MMORPG feels like. When SWG launched, my main gripe with it was that I had to run everywhere. :p But aside from that, the game was great from the get go in my...  [Read More]
Posted in: Anyone Got a Handle in Mind?
  Jan Gaarni
02-28-2009, 3:06 AM
#59
"Generic Jedi" "Generic Sith" "Jolee Bindo" "Jae Onasi" I'll see how it goes when I go through the character generation process. :) I'd suggest reversing the list and start with Jae Onasi. ;) As for myself,...  [Read More]
Posted in: FloppyDTV FireWire Problem
  Jan Gaarni
08-22-2008, 12:36 PM
#5
Great!! Thanks a bunch, off to order one then. ;) And as fortune wants it, there's exactly 1 slot left available for one. :D...  [Read More]
Posted in: FloppyDTV FireWire Problem
  Jan Gaarni
08-21-2008, 3:52 PM
#3
"Yup", meaning, yeah I can install via a PCI slot?...  [Read More]
Posted in: FloppyDTV FireWire Problem
  Jan Gaarni
08-21-2008, 3:20 PM
#1
Yeah, so, I just got a Everywhere FloppyDTV and a CA Module to put in my Media Center comp (self-built), but I as I'm about to install it, I realise my Asus P5GD1 mainboard doesn't have a FireWire connector on it. So I'm looking around for a solutio...  [Read More]