Anyone else notice that they re-voiced Field Marshal Kol with a different VA?
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v.redd.itPosted Feb 17, 2022, 10:53 AM UTC
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v.redd.itWasn't her armor green?
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I noticed that too. And indeed it was red/green color scheme.
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Looking at an old video of her, it would appear that yes, they recolored her armor. Strange.
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It could be as simple as the "unify colours" bug bleeding into this as well, since that all red colour is what the armour looks like when you buy it in the CM. I'm betting they just had a dye attached to her set and it's bugged out.
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While that’s possible, she does use this red and yellow color scheme in the free poster they gave out a few months ago, so they likely changed it for the sake of consistency.
Plus, it honestly looks better like this haha
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So THAT'S what's been bugging me for so long! Man that was annoying, thanks for pointing it out!
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I prefer the tone of this actress' voice, but I think the original one had more natural delivery.
At any rate, this scene alone already cemented Heta as one of my favourite villains in the game. I'm wondering if she is indeed the lost Ordo sibling.
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Either that, or she's a Cadera, hence why she wanted that clan's banner. I know Mandalore the Vindicated wanted to wipe out Jicoln and his clan, but 1) Jicoln gets dealt with by the Grand Champion and 2) other than Jicoln evading Artus, Torian obviously survived Mandalore's quest for vengeance. Also, she could be adopted, as she obviously doesn't bear a resemblance to Jicoln.
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I think she is both the lost Ordo sister and married into Clan Cadera, and had her history erased to save face for Clan Ordo.
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I think she basically has to be.
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I was thinking Torian's mother... But now that u mention it
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I think it’s kind of incredible this hasn’t happened more often through this game’s history. I don’t know much about the voice acting industry though.
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Honestly, that's so much better.
Last time I remember hearing this, she sounded like she was fourteen.
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Wow they fixed her colour scheme and stopped her sounding so much like an edgy OC
A shame it means absolutely nothing because this flashpoint existed only to capitalise on The Mandalorian's popularity
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I genuinely don't understand these changes. Somehow changing Kol's color scheme was more important than the UI or the bugs everywhere ?
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She got tired of being in the Christmas spirit so she changed her armor color 😂
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Speaking of which, nor that I find myself particularly interested in this new Mandalorian storyline, but wasn't Legacy of the Sith supposed to have something about that too?
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No.
These storylines have zero connection with each other, to the point where you wonder why it even exists.
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There are a bunch of files in 7.0 for a mandalorian storyline, including a new planet. Looks like it never made it in though.
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I'd lie if I said that, playing the expansion, I didn't get the distinct impression it was shipped even if incomplete by the developers out of desperation, considering it was already delayed once (oh, the human folly).
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Also, on a complete side note...
Heta kol means Hot coals in Swedish :P
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This just makes me think she’s related to Mandalore the Vindicated even more. Red and yellow was his color palette too. If it’s not a mistake, there has to be a significant reason they took time to rework her armor scheme.
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Is spirit of vengeance skippable yet? I will never again play that shit again, even if I have to skip the next expansions because of it.
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Not at the moment, unfortunately. Thst's the only way I found out about this lol
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And no subscription either until I can skip that FP.
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Needs Jesus bot.
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Now I gotta watch an old vid and compare.
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I actually liked the old va but this one sounds good too.
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I support the theory that her stamped dye just went rogue due to bugs
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I distinctly remember the first time I heard her voice when Spirit of Vengeance came out, and thinking her voice actor sounded... meek? Young? Certainly villains don't need a gruff or deep voice to sound imposing or tactical, but her voice really stuck out to me as seeming out of place.
I played through Spirit of Vengeance last night for the second time ever, and I was paying close attention to her voice. Strangely I thought I must have misremembered what it sounded like the first time around, because it didn't seem nearly as soft as I recalled it. I'm glad to know that I'm not crazy and that they did in fact change it haha.
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Yeah I noticed that, I quite liked the old VA's performance. I wonder why they changed it.
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IMO she sounded too much like the Female Sith inquisitor, so this is an improvement.
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Disappointing tbh. The old VA was very laid back, but firm. Her performance gave a unique vibe to the villain. This new voice is just the generic, imposing, gruff hard ass voice we've heard in swtor a thousand times over
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Yeah what's with these strange changes?
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Field Marshal who? I don't remember that storyline at all.
In all seriousness, that's very odd. Maybe the original VA was dropped or pulled out of future content and they thought it best to redub with the replacement?;
Field Marshal Heta Kol from the Spirit of Vengeance Flashpoint introduced in game update 6.2
And I agree, maybe the previous VA left
Yeah, it was a lame joke about how forgettable that story arc is.
Maybe it won't be forgettable if Bioware stopped forgetting about it.
"Hey, check out this start to a Mando civil war"
"Oh, that's kind of cool. What happens next?"
"NOTHING!"
How did you record a conversation directly from their HQ?
Yep lol i was expecting the next expansion to be mandalorian themed to capitalise on their increase in popularity...... but nah.
False emperor 2.0 but worse is what we got.