Today’s Friday update brought us the 2nd half of the excellent Companion related dev blog from William Wallace. Quick little excerpt, discussing various ways to control your Companion’s abilities:
Many players will fall somewhere in between the two extremes, and will use the AI toggles occasionally to change the way their companion fights:
- Players may choose to disable some area-of-effect abilities when using crowd control or when fighting tough single enemies.
- Players may activate special modes or stances for their companion, causing them to focus more on damage or tanking, or on a single target versus groups of enemies.
- Players may want to manually activate buffs and powerful special abilities on long cooldowns, as opposed to letting the companion pick when to use their most powerful attacks
We also got a ‘Choose Your Side” video, where different members of the BW staff discuss who would win, in a battle between a Noble Jedi Knight.. and a mercenary dog of a Bounty Hunter!
And, in case that wasn’t enough… we got a list of some of the events/panels that TOR will bet at for New York ComiCon:
Star Wars: The Old Republic will also be taking center stage as part of three separate panels! Our main panel will be held on Friday, October 14th at 2:30pm EDT inside room 1A10 of the MTV Theater. Additionally, on October 14th inside the American Airlines Theater, members of the Star Wars: The Old Republic development team will be taking part in a Q&A panel moderated by MMORPG.com. Finally, at 2:45pm EDT on Sunday, October 16th, BioWare’s Principle Writer and Revan author Drew Karpyshyn will be taking part in a panel on writing novels set in the Star Wars™ universe.
Details of the Meet and Greet were also posted:
If you are unable to make it to New York Comic Con, BioWare will also be hosting a Community Meet & Greet on Wednesday, October 12th at District 36. Lasting from 8:00PM EDT until 11:00PM EDT, fans will be able to get some hands-on time with the Origin Worlds content, have a drink at the open bar and hang out with members of the Star Wars: The Old Republic team. Space is limited, so show up early to make sure that you can get in!