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Which path was more enjoyable for you and why? 137 members have voted

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

    • Lightside
      78
    • Gray
      19
    • Darkside
      40

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I often find myself playing LS :- . But recently i went DS :rolleyes: male and it was really fun. I still think I like LS more because i like the whole hero motif.

I said gray, because lightside is just...too much for nothing. darkside on the other side is just stupide, doing evil things without any reason, good reason to get killed.

Totally lightside for me o:) I like being the big hero...lol

 

Seriously, I just like playing as LS, as I am not a nasty person by nature...plus I would hate to be cruel to some of the characters :">

 

I will have a go at DS (male) at some point, just to see what its like...after I have another go as a LS female, lol :)

I'd rather stay grey but playing DS is a good stress releaser when you can be mean, evil to pixel people instead of the real thing. :)

I always liked played gray and DS the most. LS is too boring for me.

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

Edited by Akhan225

I almost always go LS :blink: . I am just built that way. I hate some of the DS things, and I like Mira better than Hancake. But I have gone DS male before, and got to level 43 via the Korriban tomb hissis thing :blink: !

I am always lightside. I like the DS, but I hate Hanhar, though the handmaden looks very hot as DS (w00t) :blink: (Very sexy!)

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LS. But that doesn't prevent me from playing DS games afterwards. :cool:

I prefer the lightside and usually play it first. But I actually like Hanharr and his Wookie Rage... :blink:

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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.

Edited by Ioini

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

Edited by Ioini

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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None of them. I simply choose what l would do in real life. I do not classify my character as light sided or dark sided, though l have to say he tends to get light sided.

Edited by germi91

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.

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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

Edited by Vashanti

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

Bunch of do-gooders in here. :thumbsup:

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.

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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?" ;)

Edited by Vashanti

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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.

Lightside for me. I try to think of KotOR as a movie, and it makes more sense [to me] if the hero is a good guy.

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.

 

You can still go DS and not kick puppies. :rolleyes: There are lots of spots where manipulation or coercion rather than psychopathic violence net you DS shifts.

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