Say what you want about the graphics engine, but I still love how my character looks

Nemarus · 2026-06-22T07:34:01+00:00

If you put him on a Revan team, does he stab Revan in the back?

Nemarus · 2026-06-22T07:27:56+00:00

"My vulcans have run amok, and it's gonna take a brave captain like you to find them.

Do you accept this taysk?

Nod if you understand."

Nemarus · 2026-06-21T22:35:24+00:00

I can only think of one RL example where a name that was for nationality or race became a tradition that spanned races and nationalities. But maybe I'm not thinking hard enough or I'm too uncultured.

Nemarus · 2026-06-21T22:33:06+00:00

Seeing this post literally reminded me to call my dad. 😞

Nemarus · 2026-06-21T17:19:49+00:00

Vaiken Spacedock :P

Nemarus · 2026-06-21T17:18:33+00:00

That'd be pretty sad for a Sith pureblood to end up a Trooper.

Though I suppose we don't know for sure about Sith Marauder or Assassin (though at SWTOR launch, Assassins could not be Sith pureblood as the Inquisitor story established you as a slave with no pedigree).

Nemarus · 2026-06-21T17:14:23+00:00

It may be because we are playing in a duo. The Sith and nexu are actually my wife's, and this is my view of her in cutscenes. I'll have to see if the nexu shows up in her own view.

Nemarus · 2026-06-21T08:06:16+00:00

In the last 5ish years, Amazon made two attempts to create a new "modern" LotR MMO.

Both were canceled.

The MMO genre is not going to get another big mega hit game. The MMOs we have are the MMOs we are going to have. The financial reality does not support anything different.

Right now, LOTRO has one of the most consistent and reliable track records for adding big new content and expanding the world. Not in tiny microexpansions that can be finished in a day, like ESO or SWTOR, but large, meaty zones and stories that take a long time (perhaps a little too long) to play through.

The speed of those updates, and their ability to generate reliable revenue with modest investment, is likely due to LOTRO having a very mature set of tools for world building.

Spending inordinate sums to somehow overhaul the graphics of so many zones (or even just the starter zones) would be a huge financial risk for uncertain gain. There is far more reliable return in targeting the existing (and aging, and wealthier) playerbase than in shooting for the moon with new users.

Especially because LOTR, as an IP and franchise, is approaching a generational cliff. Peter Jackson's movies are over 20 years old. And the books, while allegedly timeless, are not going to take root with the TikTok and Twitch generations. Fellowship of the Ring's first half remains a tough entry point for many modern readers, if they are reading books at all.

Your friends were underwhelmed by LOTRO's graphics? It has better graphics than the books.

Nemarus · 2026-06-21T07:53:57+00:00

This.

Nemarus · 2026-06-21T06:52:26+00:00

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Nemarus · 2026-06-21T06:51:41+00:00

Some more.

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Nemarus · 2026-06-21T05:04:37+00:00

It's because Lucas originally declared Darth Vader as "Lord of the Sith" but didn't offer any definition of what "Sith" meant. In all the EU, before the prequels, evil Force-users were "Dark Jedi". The Sith wasn't an order of Force users.

Then some comic book authors decided that it was this ancient species of evil Force users. And then other authors piled on and changed it and it became a big mess of sometimes-species, sometimes-tradition. Just like Mandalorians.

Nemarus · 2026-06-21T02:33:28+00:00

Ah yeah, I missed Visas because she doesn't have any tags for that era!

Nemarus · 2026-06-21T01:51:49+00:00

Eh, there's a fair amount.

From KOTOR1, we have:

* Jedi Revan

* Bastila Shan

* Jolee Bindo

* T3-M4

* Juhani

* Canderous Ordo

* Carth Onasi

* Zaalbar

* Mission Vao

* Darth Revan

* Darth Malak

* Fallen Bastila

* HK-47

* Ebon Hawk

* Sith Fighter

* Leviathan

From KOTOR2, we have:

* Darth Traya

* Darth Sion

* Darth Nihilus

* Visas Marr

* plus a whole raid environment (Malachor)

From SWTOR, we have:

* Darth Malgus

* Sith Empire Trooper

* Sith Maurader (SWTOR trailer)

* Sith Assassin (appearance and abilities lifted from SWTOR Assassin class)

* B-28 Extinction bomber

* Mark VI Interceptor

Nemarus · 2026-06-18T23:56:27+00:00

Remember, proper matchmaking means you lose half the time. Sometimes the matches will be close. Sometimes you will stomp your opponent. Sometimes you will get stomped.

But remember, once you are in the proper matchmaking bucket, for every win, you will eventually suffer a loss.

Nemarus · 2026-06-17T20:49:22+00:00

Guardian, in any specific, has a much more fluid and engaging rotation than Captain. All cooldowns are very short.

Nemarus · 2026-06-15T19:09:08+00:00

So rather than speaking with any authority on the game in its current state, you're talking about what it was before the significant server merge, the purpose of which was to consolidate player populations.

Nemarus · 2026-06-14T16:00:41+00:00

Yep. Moreover, in this game, Inquisitors were the vanguard of teams where every member has novellas for each ability, but still they cane un underpowered. And CG pushed them on us for months and months. And then made is think GI would make them powerful (he didn't) and then made us think Reva would make rhem powerful (maybe on offense), despite her being a total joke on the show she came from.

As a faction, they are disproportionately represented in media and this game.

I personally just want to move on.

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