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I've recently picked up Knights of the Old Republic, and I'm turning the the people of Dakka to offer advice and suggestions as I progress through the game. IIRC, someone did this with Diablo II a while ago, and that turned out well.

My character: Morik
Class: Scout/Jedi Consular
Playing all the way through to the Dark Side

Just completed the first stage (Endar Spire), and I've just arrived on Taris.

I'll be checking back regularly to give info on my progress.

taris is the most unfacinating piece of junk planet in the game, but nevertheless, it is good for stat development to do every side mision to its full.

The only combat stat that matters for you is Dexterity. Once you can get the Weapon Finness feat it means you add your Dex bonus to CC attacks instead of Str... meaning you only need to build a single stat.

Admittedly I played a good Consuler, so I also had the bonus of Maxed Dex + Finness + that stat boost power at +5... you had an unhittable murder machine with double bladed lightsabers.

There's no such thing as weapon finesse.

You can't add your Dex bonus to CC attacks. Only armour.

Sunday Evening (last night): Finished Taris, Dantooine, and started Korriban.

I usually went to Korriban last. Tatooine and the water planet are easier to do early on.

And I followed this.

BYE

But Korriban is fun. I love doing all the Sith training.

This is an amazing game, completed it a few times myself i personally do korriban last, as some of the quests can be a bit tricky at a low level, otherwise keep it up, you will enjoy the game no matter as it is a fantastic one (Knights of the old republic 2 is not as good i think...)

Who needs Lightsabers? By the end of the game I could enchant crowds of enemies, before annihilating them with, say force lightning. I made a personal point of chocking as many characters as possible, just for that personal touch.

I think me and Vader were on the same wavelength.

Seriously though, force powers made me nigh on invincible. It's weird to see groups of headbanging Sith around a Jedi who's lobbing grenades though, it must be said. Just don't rule it out of the next Star Wars.

Just finished Korriban, and I've maxed out my evil meter. And this is only 7 hours into the game.

Cheese Elemental wrote:Just finished Korriban, and I've maxed out my evil meter. And this is only 7 hours into the game.

It takes really little time to max out evil relative to maxing out good (I thought, at least). Did you clear out the crystal cave earlier on?

The one on Dantooine? Yep, I got a nice bunch of crystals from that.

I love the crystal cave, lots of free crystals

Make sure to stop by that space-station periodically.

What does that place do exactly?

Plus: Finished Tatooine and started Manaan. Currently exploring the Sith base.

Cheese Elemental wrote:What does that place do exactly?

Plus: Finished Tatooine and started Manaan. Currently exploring the Sith base.

The Rodian(I believe) there sells some good stuff. I believe there're some good lightsaber crystals you can buy from him as well as some other good items. Just be ready for some tough fights later upon later visits. You should be visiting here before you get too much further along - once you're done with the last planet, you can't come back here. You can only access this location on the PC version, though.

Also: Krayt Dragon Pearls = the awesome.

Go!Go!Go!

Not a big fan of the game, myself. *shrug*.

Finished it on the Dark Side. Damn, that ending was cool.
Those Sith Robes made my day.

Cheese Elemental wrote:Finished it on the Dark Side. Damn, that ending was cool.
Those Sith Robes made my day.

What'd you do with Bastilla and the other main guy (I forget his name)?

HK-47 with all upgrades + fully leveled up Canderous w/ Mandalorian armour = awesome support.

Cheese Elemental wrote:Finished it on the Dark Side. Damn, that ending was cool.
Those Sith Robes made my day.

man, I wanna play now.

You mean Jolee Bindo? You kill him if you join Bastila.

I meant Carth. (searched his name )

He runs off when you turn evil. He was wearing Cassus Fett's armour (cost me 15,000 credits dammit), and had my two best pistols.

Cheese Elemental wrote:He runs off when you turn evil. He was wearing Cassus Fett's armour (cost me 15,000 credits dammit), and had my two best pistols.

Were you male or female?

I believe if you go Dark Side as a female, you can seduce him to the Dark Side if you play your cards right.

This isn't the Sith Lords Sequel is it?

It was BEFORE The Sith Lords. This is about a completely different Sith Lord, Darth Revan.

Darth Revan indeed

Nah, there's a sequel to it called: 'Knights of the Old Republic II Sith Lords' (or KOTOR 2), much better than the first.
I believe another addition to the series is in developement also.

KOTOR Online - the MMO no one wanted nor needed - is in development, with extra-cartoony graphics, giant novelty sized Lightsabres and boring looking combat.

We want KOTOR3. Instead they give us a pay-by-the-month time waster.

They'll need to make it well. Most mmo's devolve into a bizarre arms race for levels, which only the unemployed or insomniacs can really gain from. The only mmo that I've found time to be less of an issue is Eve: Online. I don't see why starting off as say, a lowly stormtrooper, should stop you from icing a flashy Jedi.