Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of may 19 – May 26 2015. Items No Longer Available Helpful links BLACK AND BLACK DYE MODULE Information from TOR FASHION WHITE AND WHITE DYE MODULE Information from TOR FASHION Items Available Again Price Helpful links HYPERCRATE: CRIME LORD’S CARTEL PACKS 5400 Pack contents from DulfyInformation from TOR FASHION CRIME LORD’S CARTEL PACK 250 Pack contents from DulfyInformation from TOR FASHION WHITE AND BLACK DYE MODULE 800 SOLUS SECANT 1125 Information from TOR FASHION GOLD SCALENE ARMOR SET 1080 Information from TOR FASHION Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links INVESTIGATOR’S ARMOR SET 600 1200 +100% 1200 Information from TOR FASHION MERCENARY CONTRACT: TREEK 1890 2100 +11% 2100 Information from TOR FASHION TREE CUSTOMIZATION BUNDLE 150 300 +100% 300 Information from TOR FASHION ADVANCED GREEN CORE HAWKEYE CRYSTAL 250 500 +100% 500…
Month: May 2015
The Millennium Falcon Will Be Playable In Star Wars Battlefront
We have another Star Wars Battlefront update and this one is the answer to a big question from many friends. Will the Millennium Falcon be playable? With the game releasing on November 17th, and with all the hype about its release up to this point, it’s really no surprise that so many people are asking questions. And who wouldn’t want the chance to pilot one of the most iconic ships in Star Wars history and lore? If you ever dreamed of riding along with Han Solo and Chewy (or of being Solo – or Chewy) then this is going to be news you may enjoy. ComicBook.com covers the scoop: Fans are looking forward to Star Wars Battlefront for many reasons, not least of which is the ability to pilot some of the vehicles from the Star Wars universe. In a Q&A session on Reddit, the game’s developers revealed that players will be…
SWTOR Basics – Gearing for Leveling, Basic Comms Usage, Fleet Vendors
SWTOR Basics guide for newer players. How to use the Basic Commendatinos, Gearing tips for leveling, Fleet Vendors location and contents, 12x vs Normal Leveling plus many more Tips and Tricks to help and guide you through your journey. Since this is a “Basics” video most of the things you will see and hear may be familiar to the veteran players. However, if you have a few minutes, stay around, watch and listen. You may discover a fact or trick you didn’t know or perhaps add to the information I shared. Some of the bullet-points covered in the video are: ♦ Location of the Basic Comms vendors on both fleets ♦ Vendor names and changes in Patch 3.2 ♦ How to best use basic comms for gearing with and without 12x ♦ Difference between orange shells and normal gear. How and what to use ♦ Crafted gear vs vewndor mods ♦…
Following SWGEmu’s Lead, ProjectSWG Goes Open Source
There are some changes happening over at ProjectSWG and it might be good for everyone involved. Following the lead from SWGEmu, they are going open source. Here is some information from the official post that also explains what their plans are for the future. Greetings citizens of ProjectSWG, In an effort to get the community actively involved in the development of ProjectSWG, we have decided to make some major changes to how we’ll be approaching our code. Below are the various changes that we’ll be making in regards to the further development of the core. Expect to see these changes pushed through soon. Core name change: In order to not be mixed up with SWG Emu’s Core 3 code we have decided to change the name of our core to Holocore. Change of license: Inspired by the announcement of SWG Emu team to go fully open source with their engine (http://www.swgemu.co…ad.php?t=159544) we have…
A Surprising Episode VII Cameo Revealed
Now that the actors playing most of the main characters in The Force Awakens have been revealed, we’re starting to get a little more information on the more minor players that we’ll get to see this Christmas. Don’t want to know who might be showing up in The Force Awakens? Read no further! Last year, there were rumors that Daniel Craig would show up somewhere in the movie, and The Daily Mail has quoted Simon Pegg as saying that Craig will play a stormtrooper. They also quote “an insider” who stated that “Fans will love trying to work out which covered up character is him”—though a cameo in a mask isn’t much of a cameo. Whether he’ll be a stormtrooper of any consequence or if we’ll see his face for a moment wasn’t discussed, but the fact that James Bond will be wearing the white armor is pretty cool! Although…
Star Wars: Battlefront Hero System is Revealed – Powered by Powerups
As more and more info comes out about Star Wars Battlefront, we anxiously await the release of the game. We also look forward to any other bits of information that tell us more about the game such as gameplay, footage, info from developers and more. So here we have some released details about the new Hero System. Lazy Gamer tell us more about how Battlefront wants to turn us into a “beacon of hope”: REBEL SCUM! Who wants to be a meaningless foot soldier in the war between the Rebels and Empire, am I right? Sure, Stormtroopers have bitchin’ cool armour, but they’ve also got the depth perception of a cyclops and even worse aim. And Rebel soldiers have silly helmets. No, I want to be a badass. A Sith lord, a legendary bounty hunter or possibly a killer Ewok. At least two of those options will be available in…
How Star Wars Games Have Depicted the Battle of Hoth from 1982-2005
It is one of the most epic battles in the Star Wars universe. The Battle of Hoth. And over the years, it has been depicted in a variety of ways in video games and other cultural mediums. It is one of the most iconic Star Wars battles in video game history and it has evolved in an interesting way over the years. It all begins back in 1982 – a year I am quite partial to since it was the year I was born. It’s also when we saw the very first depiction of this battle in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back for the Atari 2600 from Parker Brothers. No I do not actually remember this one personally, since I was just a wee babe, but I did see footage and game play years later and I know people who were able to experience it firsthand. Next, we would jump to…
Star Wars Battlecry Fan-to-Fan Project
We talk a lot here about Star Wars games but here is something really awesome. Star Wars Battlecry – This is a new non for profit Star Wars game; from fans to fans. There are some great videos on their YouTube channel that tell you more about the game and what you can expect. You know how we love bringing you projects like this made by the fans. While this is not officially sponsored nor does it have the high-level backing a quality project will need, it’s pretty darn good for what it is. We think it’s worth the time to check out, especially if you consider yourself a true fan who enjoys all aspects of Star Wars. For many, there is an appeal to these fan-based projects that’s just different from the typical stuff being put out by Lucas Arts or affiliated companies. Here’s more from their Gameplay Teaser: Again,…
IGN Slams the Haters
“Yes, there’s no space battles, no prequel content, and no single-player campaign, but we’re not worried yet.” Fans are pretty upset that IGN seems to be backing Star Wars Battlefront and they slam the haters in this video, giving their opinions and stating they they are not worried about the game. They read some “demands” from fans who are already expecting specific things from the game and complaining about things that have not happened yet. Of course, some fans don’t side with IGN on this one and claim that IGN is just being paid off by EA/DICE. Paid to have an opinion? Hmm… unheard of in journalism! *sarcasm* That said, it doesn’t mean they are paid fanboys. Maybe they just like the idea of the game. They do have some good points, even if you don’t agree with the overall positivity. For example, they talk about the difference in games…
3.2c Patch Notes
As we mentioned yesterday, SWTOR Gree Event will extended by one week due to Conquest issues. Today BioWare took down the servers to deploy a patch that made the possible. Check it out below: General Corrected and adjusted the Conquest and Event schedule: The Gree Event will continue to run until Tuesday, May 26th. The Relics of the Gree Conquest Event will repeat starting on Tuesday, May 19th. Bounty Contract Week has been rescheduled, and will now run from Tuesday, May 26th to Tuesday, June 2nd. EricMusco Unscheduled Maintenance: 14 May 2015 | 05.14.2015, 06:23 AM Hi everyone! All servers will be unavailable on May 14th while we apply Game Update 3.2c Date: Thursday, 14 May 2015 Time: 6:30AM PDT (1330 GMT) – 8:30AM PDT (1530 GMT) Version: 3.2c During maintenance, all updates and additional information will be posted on our Twitter account. Thank you for your patience as we…
Season 5 Reward Teaser Blog
BioWare have posted a new developer blog. This one is teasing the season 5 rewards for PVP. Top ranking PvPers in Season 5 can expect a Gladiatorial Nexu mount as one of the rewards. Glorious PvPers! Season 5 is upon us and we hope everyone is enjoying the intense action. Giradda the Hutt and Baron Deathmark cordially invite you to dismember each other for their entertainment, all in the hope of taking home some exceptional prizes from their personal collection of antiques and cherished goods! Without further ado, here is the concept for the Tier 1 reward. This should give you a taste of what is in store for gladiators of the arenas this season: This mount is just one of the rewards available in Season 5. In addition to this Nexu mount, Giradda will be offering unique Decorations, Titles, Color Crystals, as well as a unique Gladiatorial weapon set. Additionally…
SWTOR Gree Event extended by one week due to Conquest issues
BioWare will be extending the Gree event time and, repeat the Gree Conquest next week. This is due to some bugs causing the Gree Conquest issue to end early. Relics of the Gree Conquest Issue | 05.12.2015, 08:03 PM Hey folks, I wanted to give you an update on the Conquest issue from this morning. What we learned is that there was an error in the timing associated with the Relics of the Gree Conquest event. During this week the Relics Conquest event will end early, based on the in-game timer, on Thursday. This was not intended and so we are going to make a few adjustments to correct this. These changes will require a maintenance, which will happen later this week. We are going to extend the Gree event by another week! It will now end on Tuesday, May 26th. The Relics of the Gree Conquest event will run again…
Electronic Arts Cuts Staff At Visceral Games To Focus On New Star Wars Title
According to Game Informer, it has been confirmed , that EA has laied off a smaller number of staff over at Visceral. “We made a small staffing change in our Visceral studio today to support the needs of the studio’s two current development priorities: content for Battlefield Hardline Premium and an unannounced Star Wars project,” an EA representative told us via email. “We are working to ensure the smoothest transition possible for the impacted employees.” Electronic arts did mention anything about Amy Hennig and Todd Stashwick, who are leading the work on a still not official named Star Wars game, so we don’t know if they are affected by these changes. EA declined to share specific numbers impacted by the change. In April, Visceral’s Steve Papoutsis left EA after 14 years. Scott Probst currently leads Visceral’s efforts, including work on follow-up content for Battlefield Hardline and the upcoming Star Wars game.
See What Star Wars Could Have Been Like
Like any work of art, Star Wars went through a number of versions before it become the story we all know and love. And if you’ve ever wondered what Star Wars was like when it was first born in George Lucas’s imagination, you’re in luck. The Star Wars is a graphic novel interpretation of Lucas’s rough draft vision of what would be A New Hope (it was originally published as eight Dark Horse comics). You’ll see a lot of the characters you’re familiar with—Luke, Han, Leia, 3PO, R2, Darth Vader—but in drastically different versions. Luke is in his 60s. Han is an alien. R2 can talk. The story itself is quite different, as well. Although some parts of the plot remained unchanged into the final form of the movie, there are some that were cut completely, and a few that were significantly changed. Lightsabers are all over the place in…
Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday May 12 – 19. 2015
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of may 12 – May 19 2015. New Items Price Helpful links DEEP CORE EXPLORER’S PACK 250 CORE WORLDS EXPLORER’S PACK 130 HYPERCRATE: DEEP CORE EXPLORER’S PACK 5400 Items Available Again Price Helpful links BLACK AND BLACK DYE MODULE 1500 Information from TOR FASHION WHITE AND WHITE DYE MODULE 750 Information from TOR FASHION Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links INVESTIGATOR’S ARMOR SET 1200 600 –50% 1200 Information from TOR FASHION MERCENARY CONTRACT: TREEK 2100 1890 –10% 1995 Information from TOR FASHION TREE CUSTOMIZATION BUNDLE 300 150 –50% 225 Information from TOR FASHION ADVANCED GREEN CORE HAWKEYE CRYSTAL 500 250 –50% 500 Information from TOR FASHION
3.2b Patch Notes
Servers are coming back up from today’s maintenance, were BioWare deployed a small patch addressing a bug with The Colossal Monolith’s “Breaking the Rift” Ability. Full patch notes below: Flashpoints + Operations The Colossal Monolith’s “Breaking the Rift” Ability now properly channels for its entire duration. In related news, the Relics of the Gree is here. Running from May12-19.
Knights of the Old Republic: Broken Souls – A Fan Film
A Darth Revan vs Darth Nihilus fan film! What more do you need?! You know how we love cool videos here, especially fan created and submitted stuff. So here we have Knights of the Old Republic: Broken Souls – A Fan Film. Here’s a little info from the description: Darth Revan and his Sith general Meetra Surik, hunt down a monster that threatens the newly established Sith Empire. Winner of the 2015 Best Visual Effects Star Wars Fan Film Award. Darth Revan has long since reclaimed his mantle as Dark Lord of the Sith. But a greater evil has emerged and if the Sith are to survive, Revan must lead an attack against this new threat. “The Lord of Hunger”“. The following film is a work of Non-Canon fan fiction. It is inspired by the alternate Dark Side Ending storyline as seen at the end of Knights of the Old Republic….
KotOR & SWTOR Costumes at Celebration Anaheim
KotOR & SWTOR cosplayers at Celebration Anaheim You know how we love to bring you cosplay stories. We can’t get enough of the awesomeness and here are a few shots of an all KotOR and SWTOR cosplayers gathering during Celebration Anaheim. Credit for photos goes to SilentMab from Jedi Order. KotOR & SWTOR cosplayers at Celebration Anaheim Now you can see for yourself all the fun that was had and you might even get some fun ideas about cosplaying for SWTOR or KotOR yourself. What do you think? Do you have any favorites in the bunch?
Did Star Wars Galaxies Fail?
We have talked at length here before about Star Wars Galaxies. A good number of our readers were Star Wars: Galaxies fans for sure. So if you have yet to read Raph Koster’s write-ups on SWG, you are missing out. His final post in the series is Did Star Wars Galaxies Fail? and brings up some good points about the game, the community and what has become of it now. A snippet: So, was it a failure? Well yes, of course. And also, no. It depends how you ask the question. There are a lot of assumptions out there about how the game did, particularly in its original form. So, let’s start by tackling some of those: Galaxies actually had the best one-month conversion of any game at SOE, by a double-digit percentage. More new players decided to stick it out past one month. Given the one-month period, you can’t…
Star Wars Battlefront Won’t “Feel Like or Play Like” Battlefield, Discusses Space Combat
Some Star Wars fans have been concerned that Star Wars: Battlefront will be no more than Battlefield with a Star Wars theme. According to DICE producer Jesper Nielsen, this is not the case at all. Mr. Nielsen goes by “TheBikingViking” on Reddit. Nielsen responded to Star Wars fans on Reddit about the concerns over similarities between games. He stated that they may share some similarities, but they will stand out alone from each other well. Nielsen addressed a concern from a gamer who felt he was “robbed” by purchasing Battlefield Hardline. “I simply don’t get the Battlefield re-skin comment; from what we’ve shown, in what way does it look like Battlefield? Are you seeing tanks, lots of destruction, etc? This will not feel like or play like Battlefield. That’s never been our intention. Its fine you’re disappointed. Ok, so from what you’ve heard and seen, the game is not what…
Boba Fett to Get Standalone Movie?
Since we first heard about the Star Wars spin-off movies, there’s been a great deal of debate over what they’ll be focused on. We didn’t know if we’d be getting films on Han Solo, Boba Fett, the Death Star (looks like that rumor was right), or some combination of these and others. Now that the Rogue One teaser is out, speculation has already started about the next standalone movie, and a few people have been saying that it’s likely to focus on Boba Fett. This seems like an obvious choice for Disney, as Fett has one of the strongest fan followings in the Star Wars universe—people love him, and a Fett movie would almost certainly be a success. An interesting rumor that’s going around (it surfaced back in 2014 on Latino Review) is that Lawrence Kasdan didn’t like the idea of Boba being a clone, and has proposed a story…
Harassment of SWTOR Developers
Stop. Just stop for a minute. We like to have fun here. Sometimes we even like to push the boundaries. We are not strangers to controversy. That said, I read something incredibly disturbing today and we need to take some time to discuss it. This isn’t something that is entirely new. It’s a topic we’ve talked about before. It’s related to another topic I’ve talked about on a gamer podcast in recent months: swatting. It’s something we (the SWTOR community) need to talk about. This post on the SWTOR forums talks about recent harassment of SWTOR developers: Hey folks, I feel the need to make this post after some things happened yesterday. Yesterday, John made some posts communicating our views, and looking for feedback, around the state of Sentinels and Marauders. We knew going in that some of what we were going to say might not be what players wanted…
William Shakespeare’s Star Wars
Return once more to a galaxy far, far away with this sublime retelling of George Lucas’s epic Star Wars in the style of the immortal Bard of Avon. The saga of a wise (Jedi) knight and an evil (Sith) lord, of a beautiful princess held captive and a young hero coming of age, Star Wars abounds with all the valor and villainy of Shakespeare’s greatest plays. ’Tis a tale told by fretful droids, full of faithful Wookiees and fearstome Stormtroopers, signifying…pretty much everything. Reimagined in glorious iambic pentameter—and complete with twenty gorgeous Elizabethan illustrations–William Shakespeare’s Star Wars will astound and edify Rebels and Imperials alike. Zounds! This is the book you’re looking for. What would Star Wars sound like if William Shakespeare wrote it? Well, that’s a mighty fine question, especially for a fan of both Star Wars and Shakespeare like myself. It’s fun, it’s funny and it also would make a great gift idea for someone on…
SWTOR: GTN Suggestion – Regulate the Market
When it comes to MMORPGs, there will always be complaints about this or that. You will always see players who request changes are made to PvE or PvP or questing, or storyline, or whatever the case may be. In SWTOR, a common complaint is in regard to the market. This is especially true since the game is free to play and the value and cost of resources can have a large impact on the game itself and how people enjoy it. It’s no surprise then that there has been talk from the fans of regulating the market. Here is a suggestion from SWTOReconomics.com: For anyone that knows me outside of Star Wars: The Old Republic, I hope that you did not injure yourself when you collapsed in shock that my topic today is advocated for regulation of a market. I am always in favor of letting market forces drive the allocation…