I have a confession to make.
I REALLY hate Taris.
Might not come as a shock to you, Republic people, but this place is a living hell. Balmorra is a pleasant walk in the park compared to this. See, I play mostly on the Empire side. As my higher character is still on Alderaan, Taris was a new place for me. (Empire players get to visit Taris at level 32ish, right after Alderaan. Republic players go there at level 16.)
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| Captain Lyrestra - Gunslinger |
For some reason, I really love Corso. He's great at tanking for me, and we're pretty much unstoppable so far. I was planning to have some sort of neutral alignment but to please him, I went full on light side instead. Why yes, she wants to have Corso's babies. But I digress.
Going through Ord Mantel was a breeze. Fun quests, pretty straightforward. And pretty too, despite the fighting going on.
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| Love the grey sky, it's kinda romantic. |
Then I went to Coruscant, which was gorgeous. For like 3 minutes.
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| Why are all the quests indoors? >_> |
Then it became dirty and grey and sewersy. What the fuck? Am I on Nar Shaddaa? It really made me miss Dromund Kaas. At least there's some vegetation there, and you get to see the sky more than three times.
But it wasn't so bad. It was pretty damn decent compared to the nightmare that is Taris. Ruins, and dirt, and lakes of acid, and beasts that can turn you into more beasts. Charming.
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| Everything looks the same on Taris : ugly. |
I really hated the yellow-greenish landscape, the death traps, the backtracking (what? I have to go back there? I was just there! I killed like a million people to get there and I have to go back? No fucking way.) the gazillion Rakghouls to kill all over the fucking place, the OMG WHERE THE FUCK AM I? I have to go up there? How the fuck do I go there? Oh right, by running around a goddamn wall that goes through half the fucking zone! I'm barely exaggerating.
And just when I thought I was finally done with this hell-hole (thank sweet baby jesus), there it was... Taris : Bonus Series! You get to say here a while longer and curse at your screen! Enjoy!
I'm not sure yet if I won't just give up and move on to the next zone (as I'm already level 22!) or put my brave face on and finish those damn quests. The mere thought makes me want to choke kittens, but I really wanted to see everything each planet has to offer. Maybe I'll make an exception, just this once.
Where's a Death Star when you need a planet obliterated? Sigh.
Oh god, I went into Taris optimistic enough. Hey, it's like that place in the original Old Republic, this'll be...
ReplyDeleteBUT NO. IT WAS TERRIBLE.
I first experienced Republic side (dreading going there on my bounty hunter, it's next ohgodohgodohgod) and after about 10 minutes I was screaming at my boyfriend about how Taris just needed to be nuked from space because there was absolutely NO POINT OF SAVING IT.
"But you play a light side Jedi."
"IDGAF IT NEEDS TO DIIIIIE."
Seriously, I hated it. Passionately. It was the worst. I haven't hated a zone more. And I'm not even sure why. It's not as ugly as Hutta or anything. Some of it is kind of pretty, even. But maybe it's just because I don't know why I'm working so hard to save it when it seems so hopeless. Seriously. All the quests are hopeless.
I know what you mean! Seems like a lot of wasted time and energy. Why would anyone want to save a hell hole like that? /boggles
ReplyDeleteJust nuke the damn thing already!