Taygoss, looking for like minded associates

[taygoss]

Main form:

Have you read and understood our rules?

Yes I have, great rules, one of the reasons I'm applying to you.

Are you at least 18 years old?

And then some. And then some more.

Introduce yourself. Who are you?

I'm Steve. I'm English. Long time gamer, long time RP and long time MMO. My main game has been Lord of The Rings Online, since it came out practically. I am a Founding Officer in a mature RP Guild kind of like what yours seems to be. For reasons I'm not permitted to disclose if you take my drift, I realise LOTRO is soon no longer going to be the game for me so I finally decided to give my other favourite fantasy world a try out.

And wow! Took out an initial 2 month sub immediately. I haven't had so much fun in ages

Are you interested in roleplaying and if yes, how much time do you like to spend on it?

I joined this server because it was the RP one. My character is in the development stage as my knowledge of the Old Republic is thin. A couple of pricey hardbacks will be with me from Amazon tomorrow. I really like to immerse myself in the mythos of fantasy worlds.

What do you think the Kestrel Minority would be able to offer to you and what you, in turn, to the guild? What content are you most interested in (RP, PVP, PVE, endgame and so on... )?

I guess I'm looking for what my LOTRO Guild offered people. A good RP environment, mature social people who are ready to help new players with advice and be companions in arms when needed. I'm likely to be on several nights a week and for substantial parts of the weekend. I got a job and Real Life can be unpredictable though.

I'm more interested in PvE than PvP. What can I offer? Enthusiasm I guess, a willingness to help out and join in.

What is your primary character's name? (The character you are going to be joining The Kestrel Minority with)

"I'm Taygoss, buddy. That'd be CAPTAIN Taygoss if some low life hadn't made off with my ship. BIG mistake. What's it to you anyway? You some kind of cop? This place was like this when I got here anyway. Mostly. Wasn't looking for no more than a quiet drink. Besides, he shot first."

As you've guessed. He's a smuggler. Level 6 at the moment and I'm not sure which way to take him. Is he more of a Clint Eastwood/Jerusalem Man (from the David Gemmell novels) or is he more of a Han Solo scoundrel? I got a couple of apps for the ipad to check possible builds. Character-wise I'm trending towards Scoundrel but I'm open to advice as I'm not sure how the class plays in practice. Will need to do some more reading.

Optional Extras:

What can I say - this game looks fantastic. At first I thought I'd treat it like Neverwinter (which I played a lot on for a while). Basically a free single player action game. But SWTOR is so much better and my character immediately took on a life of his own.

[Lisszia]

Welcome to us our Rp officer SethAltair will Pm you soon, till that feel yourself hat home with us and whisper any officer for an invite in game. I gave you full forum rights so feel free to look around there as well.

[pata]

Welcome!

[mistaahh]

Welcome!
http://www.swtor-rp.com/mobile/forum/vi ... -few-roles
I need a captain xD
*shameless self-advertising*

[Lisszia]

About what to choose: My vote goes for scoundrels, I have 6 from them and I do love the class, but I know some prefer gunslinger... but every time I decide to roll one I'm ending up choosing stealth... So it is up to you what you prefer, strong long ranged DPS or stealthy close ranged DPS or healer... If you prefer the first then gunslinger, if the second/third then scoundrel. See you soon in game

[taygoss]

Thanks all. Good to meet you. Hope to meet you in game soon.

Taygoss is a Hurter not a Healer so If I go Scoundrel I wouldn't want to be expected to be a healing type in groups. Would that present any problems? My LOTRO character is a Hunter so maybe long-range dps might be better. When we choose a specialism is it irreversible? Can we respec trait trees at all?

Apologies for the Noob questions. I watched the tutorial videos but they didn't answer. I'll do some more digging and hopefully the Prima Guide will be my friend when it arrives tomorrow.

[pata]

As scoundrel you can play mid-range DPS (many skill range below 10 meter). If you want to shoot from distance, then gunslinger is for you (unfortunately no stealth there ). Scoundrel is more like a thief by my opinion. Scoundrel can be healer or DPS (1 healer 2 DPS tree), gunslinger can be only DPS (3 different DPS tree). If you are subscriber you can respec your skill points (on the fleet with the skill trainer or buy the field respec character perk to respec anywhere).

IMPORTANT: you can not change between gunslinger and scoundrel. That decision is final.

Of course these limitations only for PvE and PvP not for RP.

[SethAltair]

Hey there Taygoss! Shoo, Mist. Give him space to breathe, he just got here : p

Glad to have more roleplayers amongst us. I like to think TKM a casual, drama-free place to enjoy the game and good company and hope you'll find what you seek here I'll send you a pm soon about how we usually involve people ICly in guild rp. Meanwhile, feel free to take a look around the forums and get to know folks.

And as for game specific questions, what Pata said.

[pata]

Smuggler abilities:
http://www.torhead.com/class/cowZoSZ/smuggler

Gunslinger abilities and skill calculator:
http://www.torhead.com/class/1tTiRzJ/gunslinger

http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#700.3

Scoundrel abilities and skill calculator:
http://www.torhead.com/class/2gqMZYA/scoundrel

http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#701.3

[taygoss]

Thanks for the link. I've got a nice ipad app that allows me to play with builds and save different ones. (I know - I take games WAY too seriously!).

Maybe Gunslinger might suit me better then. So long as I don't have to wear a hat like that of course. I'll be on tonight and I'll have to dig a little into the Cosmetics side of things. In LOTRO your appearance can be a cosmetic appearance that bears no resemblance to your armour.

Taygoss is a sharp dressing, 'how YOU doin?' sort of guy after all.