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I am in also.
I will continue playing Jaikura if he is still there...If not, I will make another toon with that name. :)

Adam - He should still be there, so far they have not wiped any avatars from the past 2 beta weekends. See you this weekend!

I am in also.
I will continue playing Jaikura if he is still there...If not, I will make another toon with that name. :)

Quote by Van

Woot, just checked the email and it was there! I'll be on Friday nite and Saturday nite and of course sunday!

I am not moving all weekend, well except to do the essential things like bio break and eat and walking the pups :P

BTW - There are several big patches that have come out since the weekend, so I recommend opening the client at least once a day to keep up, will be less to download for the weekend :)

Yes, got the email for starting on the 2nd!

Unbelievable! I've been invited too!

Thanks you for telling me about the invite, otherwise i probably wouldn't have checked my mail again tonight.

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Hell, I am loading SWTOR on my work PC so I can login on early start and make all my toons - I know thats cheating right? :whistle:

LOL nope just lucky!! I think work would hand me a pink slip if I even thought abuot downloading a game onto their system.

Forget downloading at work, I am putting it on a stick and copying it from my main system to my work system... Saves all of that download time again LOL :P

Or bringing in my laptop that already has the software as well :) I just want to be part of launch day headaches LMAO

I find that option in most mmo's, just use the scroll button on the mose to zoom in and out.

I tried it but kind of makes me quezzy and I found it hard to see things around me.

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Hell, I am loading SWTOR on my work PC so I can login on early start and make all my toons - I know thats cheating right? :whistle:

LOL nope just lucky!! I think work would hand me a pink slip if I even thought abuot downloading a game onto their system.

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Quote by DakonKor

The latter makes sense: reserving the name on your account, then deleting it when your friend is ready to play.

The only thing I'd worry about is having someone reserve my name, then I get installed and ready to play, but have to wait for my friend to get home from work 5 hours later so they can delete the character and I can claim my name. But I'm just impatient that way. ;-)

That is the way it would work.

I would reserve names for folks but I have to work on the 15th, I may get out early but there is no guarantee so you will have to wait till I get home before I can delete the toons with the saved names.

Hell, I am loading SWTOR on my work PC so I can login on early start and make all my toons - I know thats cheating right? :whistle:

Woot, just checked the email and it was there! I'll be on Friday nite and Saturday nite and of course sunday!

Quote by Odioshi

Save me Odioshi!!! ------> plz I mean

I'll put that on the first post. :) I can't imagine Odioshi being taken, but I've tried other names that I would have imagined were completely unheard of (Kageboushi) but were taken. I'll def try to reserve it for you when I get in. :)

Same here I stumpled upon two of them, one while doing the first set of heroics on the home planet and then one in the under city.

The one on the started planet was way out of the way on top of some mt that I would have never thought to go to. I just saw something glowing and had to go investigate. The one inthe under city was right out in the open.

Quote by Panzer

"How will I be notified when Early Game Access begins?
You will be informed via an email sent to the email address registered to the Star Wars: The Old Republic account against which you have redeemed a Pre-Order Code. Emails will only be sent to accounts which have redeemed a Pre-Order Code. The start of Early Game Access will also be announced via the official Star Wars: The Old Republic website."

Thankee! This makes sense.

Quote by Angelsilhouette

I believe all planets have between 3 and 5 Datacrons hidden in various locations throughout the map.

Datacrons will provide you with either a permanent boost to a base stat or will provide you with a matrix shard used to create artifact (I think) items which can give you an equipment style stat boost.

Datacrons may be hidden, but you can sometimes hear the unique sound they make if they are nearby and the glow they emit. The glows usually indicate the type of stat they boost or the colour matrix shard they carry, I think.

Sometimes they are very far out of the way and/or require complex tomb raider-esque jumping puzzles to reach. In one case, you are required to ride inside of a balloon gondola for ~20 minutes to reach a pair of them. Bring a friend, read a book or watch TV, but careful not to miss your chance or you'll be waiting ~40 minutes for the balloon to make it back around.

I inadvertently stumbled upon a Datacron this past weekend in Coruscant and went WOW this is a nice find - again this is such great useful information... I love these forum postings, thank you all!

Thank you so much for the information. I always worry about these things as I'm not a techy kind of person. I know where to turn my computer on and that is about it.

Hugz

To be safe... and you are correct, you can patch any version. The question was will you be able to download the client before launch.

"How will I be notified when Early Game Access begins?
You will be informed via an email sent to the email address registered to the Star Wars: The Old Republic account against which you have redeemed a Pre-Order Code. Emails will only be sent to accounts which have redeemed a Pre-Order Code. The start of Early Game Access will also be announced via the official Star Wars: The Old Republic website."

I believe all planets have between 3 and 5 Datacrons hidden in various locations throughout the map.

Datacrons will provide you with either a permanent boost to a base stat or will provide you with a matrix shard used to create artifact (I think) items which can give you an equipment style stat boost.

Datacrons may be hidden, but you can sometimes hear the unique sound they make if they are nearby and the glow they emit. The glows usually indicate the type of stat they boost or the colour matrix shard they carry, I think.

Sometimes they are very far out of the way and/or require complex tomb raider-esque jumping puzzles to reach. In one case, you are required to ride inside of a balloon gondola for ~20 minutes to reach a pair of them. Bring a friend, read a book or watch TV, but careful not to miss your chance or you'll be waiting ~40 minutes for the balloon to make it back around.

Quote by Xcentric

Here's two more for the list...

You get a protocol droid on your ship (at least both jedi classes do). He says he can't fight implying he can't accompany you on your adventures, but if you do take him out as a companion, he HEALs you.

Space battles (which I really enjoy) get much easier when you hit 16 and can buy shields and a shield generator. It's still totally doable before that, but obviously a hull and no shields ain't ideal.

WOW - I did not know you could take the droid along to heal you, that is also great information... I guess I need to pay closer attention to my companions :)

My partner and I both just received invites from The Old Republic for the final beta testing this weekend, starting Friday at 1pm CST. :woohoo:

Anyone else that has been testing get the invite?

Quote by intristin

Their is a lot of incorrect information going around about this. To clear it I I have a quote from Steven Read via twitter posted 2 days ago:

FAQ: if you played this weekend you do NOT need to uninstall the #SWTOR client. We are planning to patch it to Early Game Access / Live.

This information is also repeated in this official post on the SWTOR site here: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=687631

So to answer your question, no it's not the release build but it will patch to the correct version on launch day. Downloading it now will save you time and allow you to avoid the rush of full client downloads when the final vers is released.

Please keep in mind that this could all change between now and launch, just because a dev says it can be patched don't mean that is what will happen. :P

WOOT! - From Rockjaw

@Rockjaw Stephen Reid
FAQ: if you played this weekend (11/25) you do NOT need to uninstall the SWTOR client. We are planning to patch it to Early Game Access / Live.