As preparation for the release of the Conversion Pack in a week, every day in the next week (9/14 - 9/20) you can anticipate seeing one new or updated aspect of the Conversion Pack covered. Sometimes it might be big, sometimes it might be small. We'll just have to see!
Countdown: T-Minus 7 Days
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TIE Crawler
Also known as the "Century tank," this strange assault vehicle pops up in the Dune Sea of Tatooine, where it seems that everyone has managed to get their hands on them. How odd:
This treaded vehicle is a lot like its obvious cousin, the TIE fighter. Easy to deal out damage with, easy to deal out damage to. Don't get too close to a lot of angry infantry!
Countdown: T-Minus 6 Days
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Clone Legions
The 501st legion certainly wasn't the only group of clones out there getting its hands dirty in defense of the Republic. Since we at the Conversion Pack are of course fans of equal opportunity, we wanted to show a few of the other legions that pop up on planets in Battlefront from time to time:
For the most part, all these legions "play" about the same, although you might notice slight differences if you pay attention.
Countdown: T-Minus 5 Days
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New "Gunner" heroes
It's always about the Jedi, isn't it? Well, of course, Jedi are a big part of what make Star Wars what it is, but we've got to show a little love to the other guys - even if their weapons of choice are "so uncivilized." Joining an already impressively large cast of new gunner heroes - including the likes of Durge, Lando Calrissian, Bossk, IG-88, and more - come three stalwart new non-Jedi:
Wedge Antilles, Nien Nunb, and the much-maligned Greedo step in to add a bit of variety to assorted hero assaults and capture-the-flags. Check them out in five days!
Countdown: T-Minus 4 Days
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Holocron mode
Holocrons - the little storage devices that Jedi have used for millennia to record history - are incredibly useful and informative. It's no small wonder that everyone seems to want to get their hands on one! (It makes more sense than a flag, in any case.) Holocron mode will task you to do just that - help your team find the holocron and then hold on to it for long enough to score.
The possessor of the holocron gets a small personal shield and stat buffs, so watch out! They're not defenseless. Hold the holocron for just over a minute to score!
Countdown: T-Minus 3 Days
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KotOR hunt "scenario" mode
Through the course of the Knights of the Old Republic series, there were a number of skirmishes, small and large, that played important supporting roles in the stories of their respective games. To represent a few of these, hunt mode has been retooled for the KotOR era on the following maps:
Death Star: Mos Eisley: Kamino: Tantive IV: Polis Massa:
And as mentoned, each mode represents a certain skirmish in the "Knights" story. Death Star: Jedi assault on the Sith-held Star Forge Mos Eisley: Sith ambush at the Mandalorian camp on Dxun Kamino: Republic forces versus Mandalorians at Malachor V Tantive IV: Jedi Exile and party try to escape G0-T0's yacht Polis Massa: Mining droids go haywire and attack miners on Peragus II
Countdown: T-Minus 2 Days
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Hero Capture-the-Flag Mode
We can play a whole slew of modes in Battlefront II... as infantry. But what about the heroes? Star Wars is really their story, after all. Well, we decided to buckle down and give the heroes and villains of that galaxy far, far away a bit more facetime with "Hero" Capture-the-Flag.
Hero Capture-the-Flag comes in a couple different varieties. You can play a "Jedi-only" version of HCTF wherein no one but the guys with the lightsabers show up. There's also a "Gunners-only" version, which features all the heroes - like Boss, the Republic commando, or Durge, the fierce bounty hunter - who use ranged weapons. Finally, there's a KotOR HCTF, which is mixed - both Jedi and non-Jedi show up.
Countdown: T-Minus 1 Day Bookends of Knights of the Old Republic
Knights of the Old Republic is an interesting time period and we at the Conversion Pack have done everything we can to make it feel accessible and just as integrated with the game as the original two eras. "But wait!" you say - "that era doesn't even have its own maps, it just uses the other eras' maps!"
Well, there's where you'd be wrong.
"Bookending" the game Knights of the Old Republic, the skirmish on the Endar Spire and the Battle of the Star Forge were two of the most important battles in that game - the first led you into that world, and the second allowed you to save it (or conquer it). Both, though, let the KotOR era really have a home of its own in the Pack.
Re: Countdown to Release (Day 7 up)
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 10:27 am
by Fluffy_the_ic
Ooooooooh... Aaaaaaaaaaah... Is that d.u.c.k's? Now this week will be SO long. and are you showing new pics of something every day, ie Desann tomorrow?
Re: Countdown to Release (Day 7 up)
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 11:00 am
by Caleb1117
Fluffy_the_ic wrote:Ooooooooh... Aaaaaaaaaaah... Is that d.u.c.k's? Now this week will be SO long. and are you showing new pics of something every day, ie Desann tomorrow?
Yea, except I think he was already posted.
Re: Countdown to Release (Day 7 up)
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 11:23 am
by Fluffy_the_ic
I haven't seen any pics of DeSann in Battlefront.
Re: Countdown to Release (Day 7 up)
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 11:25 am
by AceMastermind
Fluffy_the_ic wrote:.. Is that d.u.c.k's?..
Nope
Re: Countdown to Release (Day 7 up)
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 2:07 pm
by Delta 47
Nice, I thought about a post like this. Looks interesting
Re: Countdown to Release (Day 7 up)
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 4:22 pm
by ARC_Trooper_phi658
wow, a tie crawler? I thought I had seen it all. awesome vehicle.
Re: Countdown to Release (Day 7 up)
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 5:01 pm
by obiboba3po
thats really cool. but hows it related to the "mauler" from EAW?
Re: Countdown to Release (Day 7 up)
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 5:49 pm
by Ka-Ching
who says it even is?
Re: Countdown to Release (Day 7 up)
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 8:55 pm
by Teancum
This is the big bother to the TIE Mauler.
Re: Countdown to Release (Day 7 up)
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 9:08 pm
by Fluffy_the_ic
Fitting. Does look larger than a mauler.
Re: Countdown to Release (Day 7 up)
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 9:22 pm
by obiboba3po
Teancum wrote:This is the big bother to the TIE Mauler.
u mean brother? but thanks for the clarification, ive always wondered about that.
Re: Countdown to Release (Day 7 up)
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:29 am
by Teancum
Yeah, I was typing from my PDA.
Re: Countdown to Release (Day 7 up)
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:05 pm
by DarthD.U.C.K.
on first sight, i thought it was mine
on second sight, i saw, that it was nearly as good as mine ^^
if anybody wants to compare:
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Argh!
if i would have moved my @ss, my crawler would be in the pack now
if somebody wants to make the treads and collision working...
chunks, hardpoints tec. are already done
Re: Countdown to Release (Day 6 up)
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 2:01 pm
by Maveritchell
New "countdown" added. Some of you may be familiar with some of the info you see today if you've kept up-to-date on the Pack. I promise that you'll get some "real" new info tomorrow, though.
Re: Countdown to Release (Day 6 up)
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 4:03 pm
by obiboba3po
woah those skins are awesome!! i especially love the 212th! howd you "battle-scar" them so accuratley? also, i noticed on the cape in the last pic, that may just be a free-cam glitch, but it looks a bit messed up lol. (the 327th pic)
Re: Countdown to Release (Day 6 up)
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:15 pm
by Delta 47
Nice to see what the new legions look like and Cody
but thanks for the clarification, ive always wondered about that. 
also, i noticed on the cape in the last pic, that may just be a free-cam glitch, but it looks a bit messed up lol. (the 327th pic)