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: The Old Republic – Galactic Starfighter
- Does Galactic Starfighter (GS) provide Joystick ?
- At the Bioware response to this acquisition so I leave it to you, the reader, on opinions!
- Which type of maps/gameplay modes will Galactic Starfighter come with?
- At initial EARLY ACCESS release, there will be two maps available (Lost Shipyards & Kuat Mesas) with one type of gameplay called domination. The gameplay called DOMINATION is where you will need to capture and defend control points on the map. More information about DOMINATION below
- What is gameplay mode Domination about?
- Domination in GS is where there are three control points on the turning green, that means you side is about to obtain the area – if they are turning red that means the other side is winning the point. After a control point is captured, it can be lost – or worse! Let me explain – if the enemy side is able to destroy the protectors and/or the protectors are not near the control point, the control point will turn neutral and then after a few seconds the other faction can gain control of the area. Think of this play style as like Denova from ground PvP, but with the exception that control points can become neutral.
- Is any part of Galactic Starfighter PLAY-2-WIN?
- There are no ability to cartel coins, you are only using them to convert your own requisition. Keep in mind that fleet req can only be used to purchase the initial ship or paint job – YOU CANNOT BUY UPGRADES WITH FLEET REQ!
- EDIT: It is true you can, for a cc charge, convert fleet to ship and you can freely convert ship req to fleet req
- EDIT: It is true you can, for a cc charge, convert ship to fleet and you can freely convert fleet req to ship req
EDIT 2: Here is the correct ratio – Thank you Mebell from The Ebon Hawk for helping me with this correction
Ship -> Fleet (1 Ship : 1 Fleet, 1 CC : 10 Fleet Reqs)
Fleet -> Ship (1 Fleet : 1 Ship, 0 CC Cost)
- How is the cartel market used in Galactic Starfighter?
- Please see the post above this about being able to use items from the cartel market, however testers did not have access to any Galactic Starfighter items in the cartel market, so we do not know what was offered through it.
- How do I upgrade my ship in Galactic Starfighter?
- To upgrade a ship that you own in PvP matches and earn SHIP requisition for said ship. Ship requisition is specific to each ship, while fleet requisition is not. So while you may have 12,000 ship req for SHIP A, you may only have 79 for SHIP B.
- When you have selected a component, an upgrade tree will appear beneath the component’s descriptions in the right hand side of the screen. Clicking on an upgrade tier will allow you to purchase it. For tiers with 2 upgrade options you are really purchasing the entire tier. Once purchased, click on the upgrade in that tier you currently want to use (note that you can, at anytime, select which upgrade you want in tiers with more than one upgrade in it for free but you can only use one upgrade in each tier).
- How many ships can I have in Galactic Starfighter?
- You can own as many ships as are upgrades are not shared across the legacy or .
- How many ships can I have in Galactic Starfighter that I can use in a single PvP match?
- When you access your hanger screen, you will notice at the bottom of the “LAUNCH” tabbed menu a 5 slot hotkey looking bar – this is called a “Load Out”. You can assign any 5 ships that you own to this bar and thus making each ship there available for selection during a PvP match. Any time after you die or spawn in a PvP match, you can change which ship you want to use so you can always adjust to what is needed!
- How is Galactic Starfighter and Ground PvP (the normal PvP queue) share the same queue? Can you queue for both at once?
- Excellent question! GS and ground PvP do NOT share the same queue, so you can personally select what you want to do. You may queue for both space PvP and ground PvP at the same time – there is a special queue pop window that will appear if you get into a space game. You may queue as a group for space PvP
- Is there ranked Galactic Starfighter PvP?
- There is currently no ranked PvP queue for Galactic Starfighter
- This is one of the greatest things about the expansion – you can play Galactic Starfighter will be matched with a level 55 player who also just started – the level progression in Galactic Starfighter is completely different from the SWTOR player leveling system!
- Is there “progression” in Galactic Starfighter?
- Currently there is not a numerical scale of leveling however you can “level” by doing GS and upgrading! Progression is much like that of PvE progression, sort of…
- Other than early access and the ship models/pets, are there other benefits for subscribers in Galactic Starfighter?
- Yes! Subscribers have an additional % (percentage) gain from each F2P player vs what you actually made as a subscriber!
- Do I need to play the other space missions in SWTOR to play and/or have a leg up in Galactic Starfighter?
- I have great news for you – YOU DO NOT NEED TO PLAY ANY OF THE OLD SPACE This can be accessed at any time.
- Unlike the old space game, is the social center (i.e the chat window) viewable in Galactic Starfighter?
- Yes! You can access everything as normal unlike the old space game!
- Is Galactic Starfighter completely off the rails?
- Yes! You can do almost anything in imperial fleet ships! Dodge and go through asteroids! FLY UPSIDE DOWN!
- Does Galactic Starfighter contribute to your PvP rank?
- No, you do not gain valor from Galactic Starfighter
- How large are the groups in Galactic Starfighter?
- The max is 12 man groups (imp vs rep) however Bioware had an ingenious server tech that will match teams with only 9 players (or whatever) to another team with an equal amount of ships. Back-filling did not seem to be an issue for Galactic Starfighter
- Is there a daily and weekly for Galactic Starfighter?
- Yes! They are available from the PvP terminal!
- How to paint jobs in Galactic Starfighter work?
- Paint Jobs in GS are all done via the tab called “Cosmetics” and works exactly (well not EXACTLY) like how you would upgrade your ship components. What you want to do is select the ship you wish to apply cosmetic report to the developers
- Power controls in Galactic Starfighter – what are they and what do they do?
- In combination with your say I need to get across the entire map quickly. I would press F3 to put most of my power to my Engines so that I can travel further/faster when using the speed boost hot key. This will also quickly charge up your speed boost so you can use it again! Basically, this will do the same affect to the other items relating to power. Be advised that boosting one aspect will lower the efficiency of others. You will need to pay attention and quickly change power to shields if you are traveling and a missile is locked on you from an enemy player.
- Change I change the keybinds of Galactic Starfighter?
- Yes you can program any keybind to your mouse and/or keyboard – you may not program a joystick as mentioned above
- Crew in Galactic Starfighter – what use are they and how do they function?
- This question has a couple of parts to it actually. Before explaining, it will be worthwhile to you that you have ALL system works.
- Crew: Provides your ship with ive bonuses related to their position; One person per Crew Slot (4 slots)
- Copilot: Provides an additional active ability that can be used in combat as well as the voice of your ship (so choose wisely – who’s voice do you want to hear?) (1 slot)
- All companions are available crew member as well as 3 additional Starfighter crew that each faction is given
- Other than the launch of the Galactic Starfighter, what else can I expect to see at the launch of the Early Access patch?
- New art assets in both the Republic Sign up now!” “Protect the republic, become a starfighter now!”
- Class balace
- Makeb Arena
