Jeremiah

Interesting. BTW, LS female Revan DO have the option to wind up with Bastila hale and hearty at the end of the game. I don't think you even need Persuade skill so much as picking right conversation path (as with Juhani in the first meeting).

There are some DS powers that are armor restricted if I am not mistaken. Plague I believe is armor restricted but the lesser versions are not (same as Stasis field is armor restricted but the lesser versions are not). Better check my Dark Side game again . Force Immunity is supposed to be armor restricted if I am not mistaken. So technically Bandon was cheating LOL. Then again, he was susceptible to plasma grenades so I wonder if he really was equipped with the armor.

I think one of the devs said that they combined the separate quest/journal and messages menu into one new menu. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yeah I could have sworn I read that in another article too. Still I wonder what the "3 people" icon menu item is??

I would much rather wait and see to judge. But if so, that means players will probably want to pay more attention to NPC skills, feats and stats when levelling them up.

Tattoos. That makes me remember Planescape Torment. Some nice stat enhancing or magical protection tattoos in that game. But I guess if there are any in KOTOR2, they are more for aesthetic than anything else.

If your meaning the two bottom config spots, those are supost to be for the alternate weapons feature, you know the whole "being able to switch weapons on the fly" thing. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I think he meant the item between Player Abilities (Skills and Feats) and the Quest/Journal (there doesn't seem to be a separate Messages menu item anymore). It is the menu item that looks like three people. Of course, it may not necessarily be for stances but that menu item icon doesn't look familiar to me.

Will we wind up only able to use that red verpine headgear for our Jedis once again LOL? I mean I felt it was kind of funny that the Sith mask required heavy armor feat to even wear BUT does not hamper armor restricted force powers. I sometimes gave my KOTOR1 Jedis light armor proficiency to at least be able to have some choice in the headgear they could use. At the very least, the PC had light armor proficiency in Kotor1. However, in KOTOR2, the PC will start as Jedi off the bat. I guess that means we can forget outftting them with any decent headgear right off the bat. I really liked the Bothan sensory visor.

Of course the game and to see what plot twists are in store for us. Right up there is of course checking out the features of the new Prestige classes.

I feel slightly let down at this news :">

Jeremiah69 over there. :cool:

I thought it was intended for Atton Rand to be a romance prospect for females?? Does this mean the apprentice(s) is not the romance interest? I get the feeling handmaiden and disciple could be together in the same party or Visas Marr and disciple but not handmaiden and Visas Marr based on the wallpapers available. So technically Akari saying you can't have all three together in the same party would be correct. As for 12 NPCs for 10 slots, I have a feeling we are supposed to lose Kreia at some point in the game (maybe mid-game) and get a high level NPC (probably another Jedi to replace her). With your PC, your apprentice, Atris and the Wookie (can anybody confirm that the furball is a Jedi sentinel??) that is an awful lot of Jedis already. OR if I was to think from the two wallpapers available. Maybe handmaiden evolves into Atris (her hair gets longer and she becomes more confident looking/cooler) while Visas Marr evolves into Masked Sith whatever (no eyeballs to see either LOL).

Cool, I didn't know about the second class thing. Is that true for all the NPCs or just the Jedi apprentices? I hope they start out as Jedi anyway so you can choose a prestige class for them instead of non-Jedi class to Jedi. Maybe best way is to have them always two levels below the PC.

Cool news about the lightsaber upgrades. In KOTOR1, it seems to take forever to get a decent crystal for all the Jedis sabers.

Thanks Shadow. Much obliged

Can someone familiar with the EU explain the significance of Onderon to us not so familiar folks . I think the portraits are mirror reversed at the start of the Lucas arts official site. If you download their screensaver, the portrait has visas marr or handmaiden on the righthandmost of the frame.

Gosh, disarming sounds cool. Guess Jedi better know how to call back their lightsabers like Luke did. Is there any feat for martial artists to dodge thrown lightsabers? In KoToR, it is the one power that always hits and does damage against non-shielded opponents.

Sorry I know pretty little of EU especially the Dark Horse comics except the first Dark Empire and Zahn's trilogy of books that first came out. However, those Teras Kasi do sound pretty formidable. Anybody recognize which faction those red goggled black clad barehanded fighters you see in some of the screenshots. I notice Atton seems to be doing his fair share of bareknuckle fighting.

Hear hear Aspid. Hmm, I wonder if your Jedi NPCs can also attain mastery bonuses this time since their alignment changes with your decision??? Anybody got thoughts on that matter?

Actually I do use Mission quite a fair bit. Her sneak attacks are totally awesome. And I kind of liked all the NPCs. Zaalbar was a bit too taciturn for me though.

Yeah, thoughts to ponder upon Catalyst (w00t) . Guess nobody else is up for much speculation on this topic at this time.

I am hoping we can corrupt Mira then :D . Maybe convince her to do assasination assignments instead of just bounty hunting. She seems to skirt on the fringe of the alignment though leaning towards good like Bao Dur.

That is a bummer.

I think the LS stat bonuses were more useful than most of the DS mastery bonuses EXCEPT the DS Guardian's. +1 to 8 damage of DS Guardians far outweighs the +1 or 2 to hit/damage conferred by the +3 strength (unless you were going for a critical strike build) of LS mastery Guardians. Immunity:Poison for DS sentinels was a joke as antidote kits were plentiful plus Valor or Improved Energy Resistance made it redundant when going DS Sentinel. The +3 constitution LS Sentinels get conferred vitality points and increase in fortitude saves. DS consulars get shafted the most I think as they get what was it? A bonus of 40 force points to their pool? I think they should have gotten a Charisma stat bonus instead to reflect that while Jedi values Wisdom , the Sith value Power. Either that or faster Force Point Regeneration. What do you think will be the mastery bonuses in the sequel? Hopefully there will be and not the same ones as before.

Slightly spoilerish for those who haven't played KOTOR. But seeing that the PC can influence the alignment of quite a few of the NPCs mean we don't have to get stuck with minimal choices of NPCs for the final confrontation. I really hated that in KOTOR1 when going DS, I wound up with less than half the original NPCs I gathered up for the final confrontation. It was too much of a penalty to endure for a DS choice that I have only finished DS once (though the force powers were way cooler). I realize that some NPCs won't be in your party due to alignment and gender (??) considerations but as long as I can keep my roster of 10 recruitable out of 12 NPCs, it is okay with me.

Well this isn't DnD monks. I am curious what feats are available and as stated if there are any equipment that supplements an unarmed style like special gloves that enhance damage or increases number of attacks.