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Which path was more enjoyable for you and why?  

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  1. 1. Which path was more enjoyable for you and why?

    • Lightside
      78
    • Gray
      19
    • Darkside
      40


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I don't know why, but I always end up as a lightside character. I have only once played through a DS male storyline, just to see what the difference was. I play as a consular, and with the KotOR II system of high charisma=less force point cost, I never saw any reason to go DS. A good LS character can dish out as much damage as a DS character, if their stats are right.

Edit: Grey was never appealing either because no attribute bonuses could be received

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I mainly play grey in most of my games. I've played a couple of LS & DS games just to be different.

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I like playing Neurtal the best, just because I can take both sides since either one is fun enough.

 

EDIT: Original Post: I like playing Neurtal the best just because I can kill someone and help someone else.

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I like playing Neurtal the best just because I can kill someone and help someone else.

Another benefit is it won't cost you as much to use darkside powers. You have the best of both worlds.

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To get a prestige class play DS or LS whichever class you want and once you get it go back to gaining or subtracting points so you are back in the neutral area.

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I prefer playing Light Side. It is much more challenging than frying all enemies around you with Force Spam(a.k.a. Force Strom). It also gives you a nice fuzzy feeling in your soule whan you do a nice deed. :o Doing good deeds is also a great stress releaver, in my opinion. And beeing LS does not prevent me from having Force Spam. :rolleyes:

 

Last, but not least, your character does not look like a decaying corpse when playing LS. Do a dancer outfit comparison of LS and DS and you will see.

Нека Силата винаги бъде с теб!

 

I reject your reality, and substitute it with my own.

 

Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted.

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The only issue I have with Neutral is because there is no prestige class or that many bonuses with the Exile's crystal.

 

 

Alignment: Neutral

Upgrade level: 1

 

Dexterity: +1

Constitution: +1

Wisdom: +1

Attack: +1

 

Description: This gray crystal is opaque.

 

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Alignment: Neutral

Upgrade level: 2

 

Strength: +1

Dexterity: +1

Constitution: +1

Wisdom: +1

Charisma: +1

Attack: +1

Force Resist: +10

 

Description: This gray crystal is translucent.

 

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Alignment: Neutral

Upgrade level: 3

 

Strength: +1

Dexterity: +1

Constitution: +2

Wisdom: +2

Charisma: +1

Attack: +1

Force Resist: +12

 

Description: This gray crystal glows very faintly.

 

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Alignment: Neutral

Upgrade level: 4

 

Strength: +2

Dexterity: +2

Constitution: +2

Wisdom: +2

Charisma: +1

Attack: +1

Force Resist: +14

 

Description: This gray crystal glows dimly.

 

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Alignment: Neutral

Upgrade level: 5

 

Strength: +2

Dexterity: +2

Constitution: +3

Wisdom: +2

Charisma: +2

Attack: +1

Force Resist: +16

 

Description: This gray crystal glows moderately.

 

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Alignment: Neutral

Upgrade level: 6

 

Strength: +2

Dexterity: +3

Constitution: +3

Wisdom: +3

Charisma: +2

Attack: +2

Force Resist: +18

 

Desciption: This gray crystal glows brightly.

 

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Alignment: Neutral

Upgrade level: 7

 

Strength: +3

Dexterity: +3

Constitution: +3

Wisdom: +3

Charisma: +3

Attack: +2

Force Resist: +20

 

Description: This gray crystal glows brilliantly.

 

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Alignment: Neutral

Upgrade level: 8

 

Strength: +3

Dexterity: +3

Constitution: +4

Wisdom: +4

Charisma: +3

Attack: +2

Force Resist: +22

 

Description: This gray crystal glows intensely.

 

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Alignment: Neutral

Upgrade level: 9

 

Strength: +4

Dexterity: +4

Constitution: +5

Wisdom: +5

Charisma: +4

Attack: +3

Force Resist: +24

 

Description: This gray crystal radiates an immense ammount of light, almost

blinding anyone who looks at it.

 

Those are the Neutral personal crystal listings on this guide:

http://db.gamefaqs.com/console/xbox/file/s..._ii_crystal.txt

 

 

 

 

As for me, personally, I enjoy playing LS, as it's more like the movies, where the heroes are the focus. :huh:

 

However, it's damn good fun to go DS and Lightning Storm the hell out of a room full of enemies. :huh:

 

EDIT: Added spoiler tags, since this was moved out of the Spoilers forum. :o

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Light Side.

 

Most LS Force powers are defensive so there is no involvement of saves from enemies when activating them.

 

My first PC was an LS Consular.

Deep from within...

 

Victims live a life of fantasy.

 

Some see salvation as an act of God, a few look within for it.

 

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I really thought the poll would be more even but lightside is pretty much dominating :rolleyes: . I usually play LS cause the best romance options are usually LS what was your guys major reason of going LS?

 

I was lucky enough to be age 5 or 6 or so when the very first "Star Wars" movie came out: Right at the beginning of the mythos; before there were any other movies, books, action figures, pez dispensers, etc. And I was magnificently blown away at the spectacle and sound.

 

From the get-go, it was about good triumphing over evil against all odds. The music really reinforced this ... I was scared by the badguys, and thrilled by the goodguys. I was cheering for them when they marched in for their victory medals. I got dizzy when Vader's fighter spun away, out of control.

 

Later I would discover that it had a Jungian psychological basis, rooted in cross-cultural mythology and archetypes. But, back then, it was as if all the bedtime stories had coalesced into something more amazing than I had imagined, on the big screen.

 

Long story short: I was an impressionable kid, and had no idea that the badguys could be wickedly cool until I was much older. :p

 

So, when it's a Star Wars game, I usually think "What would Kenobi do?" Rather than "What would Vader do?" ;)

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LS. :rolleyes: Helping others out and being a nice guy feels good. I also have this guilty conscience with doing DS things even though it's just a game.

 

And DS so far is just too "bully-ish" for my liking. I'd rather be a clever, manipulative, diabolical mastermind than some brutal kitten-drowner.

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