“Okay so the quest is over here an-…Nigel?” “Yes?” “Where is Qyzen? We need him for this quest.” “Oh he’s off doing diplomacy.” “…” “I don’t care what you say. This crafting system is awesome.” 6g4g64
Welcome back to another early access as we begin to prepare for release! We’re working on getting Galactic transmission up, apparently there were some youtube no-nos we crossed we’ll have the audio at least up by the end of the day. Today we’re talking about crafting.
Now as a long time MMO-Player, I loathe crafting. Various things piss me off, mostly the collecting of items that are needed for crafting, but as a hard core raider not going for the bonuses that crafting gave you would be gimping myself to the point of uselessness. (Not really but min-maxing is important!)
With The Old Republic, crafting has taken a turn for the better. Usually we as the player go out into the world and search for crafting materials. But in SWTOR, we as the players can send our companions out to go collect materials and craft for us. Our companions can even continue when we’re not even logged in.
Another aspect that needs to treasure hunting can take 5-6 minutes depending on the item you wish to obtain. This wouldn’t be a problem if you could collect various items like biochemical bonding agents in the actual world as opposed to only quests.
Obviously the system begins to really shine when you have more than one or two companions and increasing their affection. At low levels it’s very slow and the idea of making a reusable medpac is almost insane, or a large waste of money. Which makes you wonder why even create those items?
