LadyCrimson

For me, cyan ignites every time I load into a new area...but all ya have to do is press the 'flourish weapon' key and it'll turn off again when the character resumes non-combat stance. As to rarest color - if I don't do the re-load the shop thing, cyan is rarest for me. Viridian is next. I always tend to get a couple bronze ones from the quests where you get sabers. Maybe some people miss noticing because they look close to yellow in inventory. Violet and yellow have to be the most common in my experience. Which is annoying since I hate yellow. Violet's ok tho.

Let's see...I'm 36, no children, confirmed loner (excepting my spouse), I like science and psychology, computers/games, animals/cats, and while I've tried to 'quit' drinking diet Mt. Dew numerous times, I've yet to do it permanently. It goes along too well with staying up all night tinkering with computer stuff.... Not much else to say....

That actually sounds pretty interesting to me, too. I think blasters/ranged are undervalued in this game, even for NPC's. They can get pretty powerful, actually. But yeah, against the bosses or if you're mobbed...dunno. I think it'd be pretty fun for most of the game, at least, however.

I think 5 or 6 in the party would be too many.....at least for the engine they're using. The view would have to be wider, at least. But I did often want one more, so I could have 2 melee and 2 ranged...I like balance. I think the average combat should remain fairly easy for those who don't want the focus of the game to be super-hard combat. But there should definitely be a much harder difficulty option, for those who want it. I mean, even a combat-idiot like myself found it too easy even on 'hard'.

Ah...the Sharks. Yeah...not too into sports here. heh I don't think I've stepped into that stadium since they re-built it years ago. I don't think they ever really answer that - beyond Disciple's mantra of "I'm on a diplomatic mission searching for missing Jedi" stuff. One could hypothosize that the Republic is interested in finding Jedi because they want their help and/or want to know if their disappearance has any negative ramifications for their organization (ie, did they all become Sith or something), I suppose.

I'm in San Jose - closer to Morgan Hill, really...I'm not sure if that qualifies as a 'side' - we're more or less on the 'bottom.' Grew up in the middle area/West side of the Bay. I used to go to Oakland a lot when my brother lived/teached there, but since he moved, I haven't had a reason to go visit that area.

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I spent a lot of time on the battle.net forums...even at it's best it's pretty much an exercise in self-flagellation. Tho I did actually make a couple good friends there. heh

There's lot of quests for getting sabers. Many of them - both side and main plot - give you a (random type) of saber as a reward. Sometimes you get them from a person, sometimes from a container. Listing them all here would be a spoiler tho. But you can get 3 or 4 from Nal Shad alone, IIRC.

They never go away entirely, dweaver. *makes eyes at Atton* lol But I know what you mean. One reason I like this forum...whatever everyone's actual age may be, majority seem pretty mature & friendly/open here.

I zoomed past 25 a long time ago, in a galaxy far away. :D

Well, a lot of people are looking, if not uploading. It would be helpful to me if I knew more what people were looking for in screens - either as a basis for their own graphic tinkering or just for fun. Particuarly from xbox people who can't take their own screens.

Which is, perhaps, one reason I like them so much in fiction. Because real life isn't that way, and it's pleasant to roleplay that it could be. Heh, in real life I tend to go for the logical and rational type. Real-life things that are often considered romantic - eh...usually doesn't make an impression on me. They don't pay the rent, for one thing. :D

I didn't mean to imply that I'm bothered by the differing opinions in this area. Of course people like different things/aspects of stuff. I just find it interesting cause I do consider myself an RPG fan - since I've played many of them, including many that 'RPG fans' think are 'super'...just not in a mental fashion, obviously, to the point of the group you're referring to. Although I've never done tabletop, that doesn't appeal to me because...well, I'm loner. heh

I guess that's part of it for me....I do pay attention to the story, but I don't tend to notice or dwell a lot on it. It's like, I can watch a movie and wish the story had gone in a different direction, but still adore the movie because of characters or the rush of emotion here and there etc. It's pretty rare where the direction of the story itself (or 'missing pieces') ruins the whole tamale for me - maybe because my imagination fills in the blanks and I dont notice that a lot is missing. Or something.

You have to take the right dialogue tree during that convo - I think it was, that you have ask him if he can teach you to cloak your mind from others, or something, and he responds with "No, I can only teach you play pazaak," and it goes from there. Just try every response line....I don't remember the exact route.

I love the game. Has it's problems, both story and gameplay wise, but I've never met a game that didn't. As to bugs...I'm sure if I'd had a lot of them, like some people, I'd be bothered too...but I didn't, so I have no serious complaints in that regard.

While some of the points may be valid (not just for this game or the gaming industry, but for the entire entertainment/political/world blah blah) there are far worse examples than this particular game. Focusing on those might be more productive for your 'cause' than trolling this forum. Sex and the body image is part of life, trying to neuter everything into some kind of generic, bland, avoidant & politically correct atmosphere is improbable and probably actually harmful in some ways. One can take such noble ideals to an extreme.

Ahhhh.........thank you that's exactly how I feel about that pair. That line of playing pazaak w/me also melts my heart. And I don't care about his 'dark past' - we all have skeletons in our closet - war doesn't exactly leave many innocents if you know what I mean. And Disciple...I don't know why I like him so much. He is a little creepy looking but something about his attitude grew on me. *shrug

The one Atris has that is 'yours' is just for show. You'll never lay hands on it. Silver Crystal - random from places/shops or yeah, the little lady-alien shopkeeper in the main square hub in Nal Sha. Although I think you may have to do the quest (the first part of it) before it shows up - I don't remember tho. I've gotten one from the shop in Telos before, however. Cyan there too. Just reload and reload till he coughs it up. Not that that helps you at the moment probably.

We paid about $750(us) for the parts to build ours....which didn't come with all the software, of course. motherboard/cpu/hd/dvd/ram/case etc. I don't like Dell personally - half the serious problems related to games that my friends have had were all on Dell's. Probably just bad luck in their cases.... but regardless, I'm with Kaftan, I just prefer knowing what I'm getting by buying all the parts myself. I rarely have any of the major 'game bugs' that people complain about even on very bugged games. Maybe that has nothing to do with it - but I'm all superstitious about it now. lol *knock on wood

I'm disappointed in the dark lords. Cheetos are much better than Cheezits.

Not to mention, if you go to Dxun first, you're then stuck there for it's inital duration, regardless of how fast you get your saber. I don't like being 'penned' in like that so early.

So far into Kotor1, I like the overall color 'look' in Kotor2 better. But I'm not very far yet... Edit - oh...doh..menu screen...didn't catch that. I like the color blue better, but I prefer the menus from #2...easier to read IMO.

The difference is that if time is moving in the game world (ie non-paused) then something in the gameplay should reflect it. They try to motivate you with all that 'no time' hollering but pfffft. I understand that 'serious' timing of quests isn't generally done in RPG's, but Kotor would easily be adapted to it - it doesn't have to be an actual clock ticking away 10 seconds. Something more akin to the general feeling of time pressure in strategy games perhaps, for a couple quests. Not the whole game...just a few events.