Month: April 2016

Does ‘Star Wars: Battlefront’s’ Outer Rim Bring the End Game?

Star Wars: Battelfront:  Outer Rim is here and it’s time we start seeing reviews and opinions about the additional downloadable content so you can decide for yourself if you’re interested in playing it. Or maybe you’re already playing and you just want to see what others have to say about it. Well, we already know that the Outer Rim has increased the level cap to 60. What else do we know about it? Todd Kenreck, contributor to Forbes.com says it brings a much need end game. His summary: “The maps are richly detailed, the weapons fill some key gaps and the new heroes are a massive surprise. I give Star Wars: Battlefront’s Outer Rim an 8 out 10.” That’s a pretty good rating. So what are some reasons he likes the new content so much? Well, we’re hearing some of the same things from others who are playing. Extraction as a…

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SWTOR World PVP: The Battle of Oricon II

If you have not had the chance to see what great world PvP really looks like, then you will want to check out the video below, uploaded by Swtorista of a world PvP event this weekend. While it’s probably not typical of average world PvP that usually is 8v8 or so, it does look like a good time, lag and all. Here’s a video from Swtorista that shows some world PvP on Oricon. [Note: Video contains large unfiltered voice chat group.] Who: PvP enthusiasts What: Open World PvP for the Scare Bear title Where: Oricon (Instance 1) When: Saturday, April 2nd @ 8pm EST This is what world pvp looks like in SWTOR, when it happens! The goal of this event was to try and kill other players for an achievement. If you skip to later in the video you can see the huge number of players, causing the game…

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SWTOR Game Update 4.3: Visions in the Dark Patch Notes

Highlights Chapter XII: Visions in the Dark! Confront Valkorion in the wilderness of Odessen as the Alliance prepares to undertake a life-and-death mission to the heart of the Eternal Empire. Players who were subscribed on April 1st have immediate access to this new Chapter, and it will be available for all other Subscribers on Thursday, April 7th. Ranked Warzone Arena Season 7 has started! Get in there and go berserk! New Warzone: Alliance Proving Ground! Train with another mixed-faction Alliance team by vying for control of multiple control sectors in this new Odessen-based Warzone! Use power ups to turn the battle in your favor! New Warzone Arena: Rishi Cove Arena! This new Warzone Arena hosts 4v4 Death matches in both Ranked and Unranked queues. New Gameplay Option: Focus! Both PvP and PvE instances are now available on any server, allowing friends who prefer any gameplay type to play together on…

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Maintenance in 24 hours: Update 4.3

BioWare  will be taking the SWTOR servers offline on April 5th in order to apply Game Update 4.3: Visions in the Dark. The website will also be unavailable during this time. Details: DATE: April 5th 2016 TIME: 5:00AM – 9:00AM PDT (1:00PM – 5:00PM BST) VERSION: 4.3 Patch Notes will be available later today. Timezone(s) Start Time End Time UTC Offset Wellington April 06, 2016 12:00 am April 06, 2016 04:00 am +12:00 Australia/Sydney April 05, 2016 10:00 pm April 06, 2016 02:00 am +10:00 Australia/Adelaide April 05, 2016 09:30 pm April 06, 2016 01:30 am +09:30 Australia/Brisbane April 05, 2016 10:00 pm April 06, 2016 02:00 am +10:00 Tokyo April 05, 2016 09:00 pm April 06, 2016 01:00 am +09:00 Australia/Perth, Hong Kong April 05, 2016 08:00 pm April 06, 2016 12:00 am +08:00 Mumbai April 05, 2016 05:30 pm April 05, 2016 09:30 pm +05:30 EET, Moscow April…

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Daisy Ridley Rocked Her Star Wars Audition

If you’ve seen The Force Awakens you know that Daisy Ridley has an amazing breakout performance. The young star who plays one of our new heroes, Rey, brings all the passion, all the strength and all the characteristics you’d expect from a young jedi was previously unheard of and that’s exactly what Abrams wanted. They wanted to find someone who was not previously known for something else but someone who had everything they needed for this role. Daisy blew them away with her audition. Buzzfeed has the clip from the audition and more information here: “What we were looking for was someone new, ” J.J. Abrams says in the clip. “This character needed to be vulnerable and tough, sweet and terrified. And to find someone that no one knew who could do all these things took a lot of looking.” Once you see how she nails the performance, there will be no…

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The Best April Fools’ Gag this Year

If you missed it the other day, you must see this trailer for Fury of Maul on Netflix. Really, if you weren’t already a Netflix lover, would this not make you subscribe immediately? ““Happy April Fools’ Day! Darth Maul makes his live-action series debut on Netflix! A mysterious, dark power is butchering those on both the light and dark side of the Force.” Directed and Shot by Sean Finnegan Seriously, this looks awesome. If you didn’t know already, it was just an April Fool’s joke from IGN and that’s really too bad because it would make a great series. Star Wars fans everywhere can cry like that poor little boy who’s dad let him watch not knowing it was prank. May we all go to our beds and bawl our eyes out because this will never come to be. Honestly, April Fool’s pranks are the worst, are they not? I…

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Star Wars: Uprising – Sector Battle Imminent: Bespin

So the Cartel Competition is over, I assume we will hear something later today or tomorrow after the SB, I will make a post for the 3rd Cartel Competition. Lately Captain minimums have been growing at around 100k~, considering it’s a weekend I assume we will see our first 1.5 minimum. There are no changes this week. Good Luck! This week’s Leader board: Bespin General (Rank #1-5): Commander (Ranks 6-100): Captain (Ranks 101-3000): Last updated at: 9 AM PST (Kabam Time) Previous Leader boards: Hoth General (Rank #1-5): 9,840,300 Commander (Ranks 6-100): 5,393,750 Captain (Ranks 101-3000): 1,301,450 Hoth General (Rank #1-5): 8,622,000+ Commander (Ranks 6-100): 4,590,000+ Captain (Ranks 101-3000): 1,152,000+ Bespin General (Rank #1-5): 6,227,350+ Commander (Ranks 6-100): 4,110,710+ Captain (Ranks 101-3000): 1,055,300+ here are the: Milestone rewards. Level VP Requirements Uprising 1 1000 10 Scrips + 1000 Credits 2 3000 10k Material XP 3 6200 10 Scrips + 1000 Credits…

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First Battlefront DLC Lands, Plenty More to Look Forward To

Star Wars: Battlefront’s eagerly awaited first DLC, Outer Rim, has landed earlier this month, for those who have Season Pass, and indeed, it hit the nail right on the head: it expanded a universe often derided for its shallowness, it added new game modes and overall, it addressed one of the most easily identifiable shortcomings of the original title. Obviously, there’s still plenty of room for improvement depth-wise in the game, but Outer Rim does represent a massive step in the right direction. How massive? The DLC is about 8 GB big, so for those on slower connections, it may cause a few headaches, but it is a must. It expands the game world and it brings so many new goodies, it completely revamps the title. Above and beyond all that though, you will need it because none of the future DLCs already in the works apparently, will work without…

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