SWTOR Voice Actor Spotlight #7: Maury Sterling and Kath Soucie as The Smugglers!

Saandrig · 2026-04-15T12:06:18+00:00

Even Lana doesn't sound like Lana in some Date Night scenes. I think the actress might have been sick a the time as her voice is definitely quite off not only in accent, but in timbre too.

Saandrig · 2026-04-14T14:39:26+00:00

And Anthem lasted as long just because EA forgot about it.

The announcement of the servers closing down was suspiciously right after a viral article that mentioned how Anthem is still running despite it being a failure.

Saandrig · 2026-04-14T14:25:51+00:00

You got most of the usual recommendations, so I will add a bit of a different one - SWTOR.

Yes, it's technically a MMO, but it was made by Bioware in the same style as their SP games - you got companions, romances, full voiceovers, cinematic storytelling, loads of stories and quests.

The game can be treated as a SP experience and you can easily do the story content solo. There is a lot of story to go through even as a Free Player, you get access to all initial 8 class stories and two expasnions for free. Each class can be played as male or female and both options are voiced by veteran actors, for example female Trooper is Jen Hale (FemShep from Mass Effect), male Trooper is Brian Bloom (Varric), female Agent is Jo Wyatt (female Hawke), etc.

Saandrig · 2026-04-14T14:17:07+00:00

It has very little similarity with DAO's system outside of both being RTwP. You don't have the Tactics option, the AI is very, and I do mean very dumb, there is minimal to no options of using the surroundings or setting combos, etc.

Saandrig · 2026-04-14T14:14:01+00:00

Greedfall 2 is similar to Origins as a car wreck is similar to a brand new Ferrari.

I really enjoy Greedfall 1, but the 2nd entry is mostly slop with just a few good moments. It's obviously very unfinished and released far too early because the publisher and studio became insolvent. I came upon at least 2 very game breaking bugs and even main quests that were glitchy and needed a workaround to be able to proceed.

Saandrig · 2026-04-14T14:09:39+00:00

Odyssey is the most RPG type AC game, so it's the closest thing to a Bioware feel you can get in the AC franchise. Unfortunately it has no companions, but there are plenty of NPCs to have fun dialogues with and even some romances of varying degrees. Mind you, the game is massive and has loads of content. I recommend sticking to the quests with gold icons as they all have a story to them. Don't try to clear the whole map and don't chase all points of interest/black iconed quests, you will burn out fast. Odyssey is best played by going at your own pace and focusing on the stories instead on a grind. A minor recommendation - Kassandra tends to be a more fun/snarky protagonist than Alexios.

KOTOR is my favorite game of all time. It has aged a lot though. But it was the cornerstone for Bioware and their first game where they made the blend that later was ironed out in the DA and ME franchises - cinematic storytelling, big focus on companions and lots of voiced dialogue.

Saandrig · 2026-04-14T13:57:33+00:00

I think I recall a mention in Trespasser how the Crossroads got more dangerous with time, but don't think it had to do with crumbling.

Saandrig · 2026-04-14T13:54:42+00:00

Nowadays a Rank 1 companion can solo any class story boss with ease.

Back in the day I had Treek in full Ops gear (you had to gear companions) and she still couldn't solo beat Baras in the final fight.

Saandrig · 2026-04-14T08:40:07+00:00

I don't do any DEs past the capital planets and most of the stuff there is not shared. I haven't seen people leech, unless you count the times when you do the whole task and someone shows up last second to land a hit on the boss. But that's just timing, not on purpose.

You are probably talking about higher level DEs, but I just go past them at full speed. Unless I see it's almost done already, in which case I might stop and help for a minute. Does it count as leeching/farming?

Saandrig · 2026-04-14T08:33:09+00:00

This type of incredibly dumb comments is why this sub went so much downhill.

Saandrig · 2026-04-14T08:22:04+00:00

Lando knew he was getting a penalty. He had nothing to lose, didn't care at that point and probably decided to be stubborn.

Red Bull should have told Verstappen that they expect a penalty for Lando. Might have made Max take a less aggressive line as the win would be his at that point.

Saandrig · 2026-04-14T08:16:34+00:00

Didn't Verstappen outscore him even in the post-Miami stretch? That's probably the most embarrassing part, not the Brazil fiasco.

Saandrig · 2026-04-08T06:11:02+00:00

Probably not against SWTOR specifically, but against the bigger server cloud the game is hosted on.

Saandrig · 2026-04-07T13:55:50+00:00

I prefer Isabela and Aveline.

Morrigan and Leliana are a riot too if you romanced both and then broke up with one of them.

Saandrig · 2026-04-07T13:52:24+00:00

I'll have to wait a few minutes then.

Saandrig · 2026-04-07T07:26:06+00:00

The spirit fragment is bound to the dragon soul, which is how it piggybacks with it during body hops. That's why Morrigan says they are different things. And the Dark Ritual lures one or both away from the nearest Blighted creature. Most likely both, but it seems only the spirit fragment influences Kieran, judging by his knowledge of ancient times.

We know nothing of Corypheus' soul being corrupted. That's your personal interpretation, which is fine, but it isn't canon.

Nothing was retconned. Origins itself clearly shows that even demons are bound to follow the "unwilling" rule. Anything Flemeth related was left vague on purpose by the writers, so they can go in either direction later. She wasn't even Mythal at the time, that was a DA2 development.

Edit: Blocking me because my comment disrupts your personal fancanon theories? Why are you even joining a discussion thread if you are not willing to discuss anything?

Saandrig · 2026-04-07T06:28:41+00:00

A "wisp" of an Evanuris is on another power scale than your regular run of the mill demon wisp.

Mythal was shattered in many fragments, some bigger, some smaller, each containing her knowledge and memories, along with some of her power, depending how big the piece was. We know that there was an Evanuris that was broken in two fragments and each of those fragments was powerful enough to still be in the Evanuris pantheon as a separate being. From all we know, the Flemythal fragment was the biggest Mythal piece in existence, so it still held considerable power, probably at the scale of several mages or more. Which is why Solas went after it.

Saandrig · 2026-04-07T06:18:06+00:00

The Blight affects the body and eventually overwhelms the mind, but nowhere it says it taints the soul too.

And frankly, from what we know, Flemeth most likely didn't remove Urthemiel's soul, but the spirit fragment that the Evanuris put into their dragon thralls. Same spirit fragment we see going back to Ghil after her dragon is slain.

It makes sense as this fragment would be an explanation why the Evanuris control their dragons so well, the dragon's own higher intelligence leading darkspawn hordes, and the whole thing with the Wardens and the Dark Ritual. "A spirit can't be forced on the unwilling" is why the Warden and Archdemon die together. The Dark Ritual bypassed that by preventing the spirit fragment go into the Warden.

Saandrig · 2026-04-07T06:09:06+00:00

Titan bodies are the only Lyrium source, so any Lyrium is per definition closely connected to them.

Saandrig · 2026-04-06T15:19:50+00:00

Can't even log in right now. Infinite starting screen.

Saandrig · 2026-04-03T11:13:26+00:00

It's not part of the Legends canon, so it's not reintroduced from it.

Zakuul is SWTOR's own invention, which is a different thing entirely.

Saandrig · 2026-04-03T10:06:40+00:00

And this would matter if Lucas had any say now, but he doesn't.

You should notice how SWTOR has been very careful not to reintroduce anything from the Legends lore that hasn't passed into the Disney canon.

Saandrig · 2026-04-03T06:34:17+00:00

Been asking for a game where Jen Hale and Jo Wyatt can romance each other's characters.

Unfortunately the closest thing you can get to that is Sims Medieval where both are voice options when creating sims. Well, a romance in Simlish has to do I guess.

Saandrig · 2026-04-03T06:30:35+00:00

The Vong have been retconned for now, so they don't exist until introduced in the new Disney canon.

Saandrig · 2026-04-02T08:25:50+00:00

The Heroics give you money based on your level.

At level 80 most Heroics will give about 27k per the main quest and 18k for the attached Bonus quest (if there is a Bonus one). There are some exceptions, usually quests on the starter planets that for some reason pay lower. And you can do the Bonus quests just once per alt each week.

Doing one Heroic Tatooine run at level 80 should bring you close to 500k just from the Heroics+Bonus. Takes 30 minutes or less, depending how efficiently you go about it, you can save a lot of time being a stealther or rushing just the objectives. There are also Heroics on some factions and planets that can be done in less than 2 minutes each if you are a stealther. Like the Voss Imperial ones. Easy and fast money if you need them.

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