So, this time I decided to replay KotOR, but take literally every decision that I have never taken, and just go with it. That, paired with whatever funny glitches I can come up with.
Kashyyyk: The two main stories on kashyyyk are -
1.) Find the Star Map
2.) Kill or save Frayyer, Zaalbar and Chundar's father.
Because I wanted to do things differently this time around, I wondered...is the second quest really necessary? So naturally I tried avoiding it. I entered the Shadowlands and - uh oh, Calo Nord!
This means there is going to be a big fight between him and me, right?! Well, nope actually. I ran away from him. He chased me down, but eventually he couldn't catch up so the game ended the battle for me. So, with Calo Nord still alive, I went ahead and found the Star Map...and ignoring Frayyer.
Coming back, I again ignored Calo Nord, and went straight to the basket lift. I went up to the surface aaaaaannnnd... nothing. GREAT!
So in conclusion for Kashyyyk: I got the Star Map, got Jolee, Calo Nord was LEFT ALIVE, and Zaalbar is forever held prisoner by his brother because I never killed or saved Frayyer. Happy ending.
Manaan: Nothing strange on Manaan except for these two things:
1.) I accepted the assassin mission without getting the datapad.
2.) I can always come back to Manaan and freely roam the city, despite being banned. Lel.
Korriban: Because this is the third world, there are two quests:
1.) Kill Darth Bandon
2.) Find the Star Map
Well, if I could ignore Calo Nord, why can't I ignore Bandon? So I tried doing the same thing. Ran as fast as I could. And it worked! I explored the tombs a bit, gained prestige, etc. Ok, time to go back to master uth- uh oh, the door is locked...it must be a flag that is triggered by the Darth Bandon battle, looks like I have to kill him...but wait, no I don't!
>opens menu
>transits back to Ebon Hawk
Ok now I am getting somewhere; I got prestige, got into the tomb, found the Star Map, killed Uthar and spared Yuthura, everything is going great...now just to go back and- uh oh, the door is still locked, and I can't transit now...
*sigh, I guess I HAVE to kill Bandon. So, I go and kill Bandon, and the door opens. Not a whole different experience, but in different sequence thats for sure.
Also, I learned all the prisoners in the dueling chamber can be freed! Simply let Yuthura rule the academy, go to the student and persuade him that they need to be released. He will think Uthar being dead is a trick, and that he is planning on attacking the Academy with the prisoners, so he lets them go.
Now that my third planet is done, obviously my next destination is...
Dantooine!: Not sure how many people know about this glitch, but in the original KotOR, if you choose to go back to Dantooine after the third planet, you end up in a BETA version of the Ebon hawk after the leviathan. How do I know it's the BETA version? Well, because it still has the Swoop and Galaxy Droids.
The Swoop Droid was a feature that was cut in the game (and was supposed to reappear in KotOR 2, but in a different way) that gives you a small Astromech Droid that will drive you around in a swoop to wherever you want to go. Lets say you are on Manaan in the Ebon Hawk, and you want to travel AAAAAALLLL the way to the east courtyard, well you can just go up to your Swoop Droid, and he will take you there via swoop! You can then go back to him, and he will take you again, anywhere you want, as long as you registered the area first.
The Galaxy Droid is more well known, because this droid was basically your navigator in the BETA version, although for testing purposes, the game developers gave the droid a little more than he was supposed it have. He not only lets you navigate to any planet, but he lets you travel to any location, ever. The Endar Spire, the Star Forge, anywhere in between. If it exists, its there.
The locations of everyone is also different, as they take their BETA spots...which was used during the leviathan cutscene. Yeah thats right, remember that cutscene before entering the leviathan? When everyone is standing around in a circle and the KotOR theme is playing in the background? Thats the BETA Ebon Hawk.
I'll update when I get to Tatooine
Kashyyyk: The two main stories on kashyyyk are -
1.) Find the Star Map
2.) Kill or save Frayyer, Zaalbar and Chundar's father.
Because I wanted to do things differently this time around, I wondered...is the second quest really necessary? So naturally I tried avoiding it. I entered the Shadowlands and - uh oh, Calo Nord!
This means there is going to be a big fight between him and me, right?! Well, nope actually. I ran away from him. He chased me down, but eventually he couldn't catch up so the game ended the battle for me. So, with Calo Nord still alive, I went ahead and found the Star Map...and ignoring Frayyer.
Coming back, I again ignored Calo Nord, and went straight to the basket lift. I went up to the surface aaaaaannnnd... nothing. GREAT!
So in conclusion for Kashyyyk: I got the Star Map, got Jolee, Calo Nord was LEFT ALIVE, and Zaalbar is forever held prisoner by his brother because I never killed or saved Frayyer. Happy ending.
Manaan: Nothing strange on Manaan except for these two things:
1.) I accepted the assassin mission without getting the datapad.
2.) I can always come back to Manaan and freely roam the city, despite being banned. Lel.
Korriban: Because this is the third world, there are two quests:
1.) Kill Darth Bandon
2.) Find the Star Map
Well, if I could ignore Calo Nord, why can't I ignore Bandon? So I tried doing the same thing. Ran as fast as I could. And it worked! I explored the tombs a bit, gained prestige, etc. Ok, time to go back to master uth- uh oh, the door is locked...it must be a flag that is triggered by the Darth Bandon battle, looks like I have to kill him...but wait, no I don't!
>opens menu
>transits back to Ebon Hawk
Ok now I am getting somewhere; I got prestige, got into the tomb, found the Star Map, killed Uthar and spared Yuthura, everything is going great...now just to go back and- uh oh, the door is still locked, and I can't transit now...
*sigh, I guess I HAVE to kill Bandon. So, I go and kill Bandon, and the door opens. Not a whole different experience, but in different sequence thats for sure.
Also, I learned all the prisoners in the dueling chamber can be freed! Simply let Yuthura rule the academy, go to the student and persuade him that they need to be released. He will think Uthar being dead is a trick, and that he is planning on attacking the Academy with the prisoners, so he lets them go.
Now that my third planet is done, obviously my next destination is...
Dantooine!: Not sure how many people know about this glitch, but in the original KotOR, if you choose to go back to Dantooine after the third planet, you end up in a BETA version of the Ebon hawk after the leviathan. How do I know it's the BETA version? Well, because it still has the Swoop and Galaxy Droids.
The Swoop Droid was a feature that was cut in the game (and was supposed to reappear in KotOR 2, but in a different way) that gives you a small Astromech Droid that will drive you around in a swoop to wherever you want to go. Lets say you are on Manaan in the Ebon Hawk, and you want to travel AAAAAALLLL the way to the east courtyard, well you can just go up to your Swoop Droid, and he will take you there via swoop! You can then go back to him, and he will take you again, anywhere you want, as long as you registered the area first.
The Galaxy Droid is more well known, because this droid was basically your navigator in the BETA version, although for testing purposes, the game developers gave the droid a little more than he was supposed it have. He not only lets you navigate to any planet, but he lets you travel to any location, ever. The Endar Spire, the Star Forge, anywhere in between. If it exists, its there.
The locations of everyone is also different, as they take their BETA spots...which was used during the leviathan cutscene. Yeah thats right, remember that cutscene before entering the leviathan? When everyone is standing around in a circle and the KotOR theme is playing in the background? Thats the BETA Ebon Hawk.
I'll update when I get to Tatooine
There once was a member of this land,
A humerous posting he had planned.
But when he posted,
By mods he was toasted,
And he had found himself banned.
A humerous posting he had planned.
But when he posted,
By mods he was toasted,
And he had found himself banned.
