Talk:Force Slow

Modifications of this article per The Old Republic and Merger
With the new MMORPG, The Old Republic it seems that a slight retcon has taken place in that Force slow is no longer an ability exclusive to the dark side as it is a Force technique learn-able by the Jedi Consular in-game. The "Jedi Sentinel" (though in my personal opinion the Jedi Sentinel in the game would be more properly referred to as a Jedi Weapon-Master) also possesses this ability or at least a very similar one, called "Force exhaustion" which may in fact be the same technique under a different name (as the game is notorious for dividing Force powers up into a myriad of different names...).

Here are the exact in-game descriptions for reference: Force Slow "Deals 1011-1064 kinetic damage and slows the target's movement speed by by 50% for 6 seconds." Force Exhaustion "Progressively slows the target from 50% to 5% movement speed over 3 seconds and deals 593 kinetic damage each second. At the end of the duration, the target is crushed and takes an additional 1779 kinetic damage." We may consider merging Force exhaustion into this article. However, despite the fact that Force slow is the "first-tier" Force power of a line of dark side abilities involving afflictions, plague, and the like in Knights of the Old Republic, I cannot help but suggest treating this aspect as a game mechanic, if only for the sake of organization. If we were to do this, then I believe information on "Force slow" should be merged into the "Force Exhaustion" article whereas this article would then be moved under the name "Force Affliction" or "Force Plague." I am not certain of this choice, however, and another consideration I have is to merge Force Exhaustion into this article and describe "Force Affliction" and "Force Plague" as dark-side derivatives of Force slow while maintaining that Force Exhaustion and Force Slow, the more basic variations, were at least regarded as universal abilities (or at the very least employed by the Jedi) during the Cold War. Sol Pacificus (talk) 09:33, November 18, 2013 (UTC)