SleepyEgg

Star Wars: The Old Republic continues to hold my interest, and I'm proud to announce that my first character is now up to level 20. Just when walking everywhere began to feel intolerable—even with the liberal use of the public transit on the various planets I visited—I gained the ability to sprint. I'm starting to gain some pretty spiffy gear, and as I arrange my skills in something approaching a logical order, I've begun to get a feel for what it means to be the damage dealer in parties.

I've given up on the idea of playing the game as a single-player experience, although the majority of my time is spent playing by myself. I've grown comfortable with leading groups into the heroic areas of each planet, and I've run the two available flashpoints—The Old Republic's instanced dungeons—more than once. There are more than two flashpoints in the game, much more, in fact, but they only present themselves at the appropriate time. It was during my second flashpoint when I began to realize just how little I understood about the world of MMORPGs, and I began to test the patience of the community at large.