KOTOR Tips Created 16 years ago2008-11-02 21:01:24 UTC by satchmo

I am playing the 2003 game KOTOR right now, and this will be my first formal introduction to the RPG genre.

Just exactly how do I engage my character and allies in combat? I don't really shoot anything, so I am confused. It's about tossing dice or something.

Can anyone give me some hints and tips?

As in Knights of the Old right? Cause the whole dice thing threw me off for a second.

It's really quite simple, when you spot an enemy or they spot you, it goes into ATTTTTTTTACK mode. You can just click the enemy a bunch of times or use special moves like CRITICAL STRIKE by clicking a small red box next to the enemy and choosing the skill.

It's all explained and I must admit my first time was a bit overwhelming but later on I replayed it this year and KOTOR 2 and I was 'teh' pro at it.

OK. when you're fighting, click on an emimy to target them, and choose whitch attack you want to use. (you'll need to equip a blaster or vibroblade if you're at the begining, I suggest a blaster) when you level up,go to the character view menu and select level up. Automatically doing it is bad, as you have no say in what you use your points for. it's actually easy when you get used to it. oh, and press space to pause/unpause, and click a character portrait in-game to switch to them. Hope I helped. PS: try not to delete your files, as doing the same first planet 5 times gets EXTREMELY teidus.
EDIT: Use stims and shields for boss fights, and save OFTEN!!!

KotOR is a great game. JessMOD and Habboi explains it all. The space button is very useful.

That would be JEFFMOD, Potatoes. FF, not SS. :rly:

That would be Potatis, JeffMOD. tatis, not tatoes. :rly:

Anyway, the combat system is pretty simple, just click on an enemy and you'll attack with your weapon.

The damage you do is completely random, so sometimes you'll hit for one point, sometimes 20, depending on the damage of the weapon.

I suggest reading the combat log after defeating a few enemies, that's what i had to do before i had an inkling of how combat worked.

Thanks.

So do I click on the enemy once or multiple times?

Do I always select the drop down list to select the attack mode?

How do I heal myself or my teammates mid-combat?

Click on 'em once, and you'll see three little box-things come up. at first, only the middle is avalible, normal attack. evetually you'll get force attacks and grenades. once you've gotten a full bar of moves at the bottom for every member of your party, unpause the game and do everything else in realtime if you wish. Healing is a force power and an item. they're selected at the bottom, near the portraits. once you get some items, you'll see which buttom down there uses what. Now, It'll be a few hours of gameplay at least before you get the force, but the blue bar across from your red (health) bar is force points. they always regenerate, and there are items you can use to speed it up.

For an even softer introduction to RPGs, give the, also Bioware-developed, action-RPG Mass Effect a try. It's great.

I played Mass Effect on the PC and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

That's the reason why I am playing KOTOR now. I found lots of similarities between these two titles.