Video Overview and Analysis of Knight & Warrior Changes by Vulkk Bioware finally began releasing information about class changes in the next upcoming digital expansion Knights of the Fallen Empire. It’s scheduled for the end of October. In the embedded videos below you will learn more about the changes for Patch 4.0. In the Marauder and Sentinel video there is a slight note of personal opinion. This is my main class and I am 100% familiar and proficient with it. Knowing all current abilities and the state of the class, now and stretching way back to the pre-launch times of the game, does help a bit 🙂 Enjoy and don’t forget to leave a comment with your personal opinion for your favorite advanced class and discipline.
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Battlefront: is It or is It Not Like Battlefield?
Star Wars: Battlefront is definitely one of the most hyped and eagerly awaited games out there, and with more and more in-game footage becoming available as the November 17-20 release date draws near, it is apparently great at generating controversy too already. Among the fans who can hardly wait to get their hands on the title, there are players concerned that despite all the hype to the contrary, the game will end up being a re-skin of Battlefield. DICE and EA have repeatedly sought to alleviate such concerns, even during the early stages of development, when they made it clear that the teams working on the two projects would be completely separate and there would be as little co-inspiration as possible. Nevertheless, a couple of days ago, DICE General Manager Patrick Bach saw the need to come forth again and reassure the community that the two games would be as…
Star Wars: Rogue One May Bring Back A Key Character With CGI Magic
The late English actor’s villainous Grand Moff Tarkin is set up to appear once again in the spin-off, however the actor’s footwear habits means that there will not be any footage of his feet. Peter Cushing will be brought back from the grave via CGI to play the Star Wars villain Grand Moff Tarkin in the spin-off Rogue One, according to the Mail. The newspaper’s source also suggests that Gareth Edwards’ film, which is based prior to the events of the 1977s Star Wars, will show Tarkin’s role during the “creation” of Darth Vader. “This is one of the most complex and costly CGI re-creations ever,” the source said. “Cushing is a pivotal plot line as he was the one to create Darth Vader and there’s a whole back story that will come out.” There is one major issue with the CGI resurrection for Cushing, who passed in 1994. He…
Star Wars Battlefront Will Be Playable At PAX Australia
The new and upcoming game of Star Wars: Battlefront is going to be released on November 19th in Australia. However, if you are wanting to play it a little earlier, around three weeks earlier, it will be available to play at the PAX Australia located in Melbourne on Friday October 30th. According to EA the Survival Mission that is set on Tattoine will be available for players to play as either single player or co-op. The demo will only be running on Sony’s booth, so you will most likely be playing the demo on a PlayStation 4 console.
The Villains of Star Wars: Battlefront Boba Fett
Every fan of Star Wars has their own vision and thoughts of what Boba Fett is all about. This is what DICE Senior Producer Jamie Keen thinks: “He became an instant favorite on the floor. All the developers at our office have their own determined, passionate view on what Boba Fett should be.” Every single fan of Star Wars, not only just the DICE developers, have a special place in their hearts for the bounty hunter. Boba Fett is one of the iconic villains that will be playable in Star Wars: Battlefront and he is designed to be a dreaded force during battle. His special mobility and deadly lot of weapons will send you running if you spot him on the battlefront. One of the greatest fantasies of actually walking in his boots will finally be a reality. Boba Fett’s jet pack will allow him to fly around the many…
Star Wars: Galaxy Of Heroes Official Announce Trailer
Electronic Arts has released an official announcement trailer for Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, a new game launching on mobile devices. Collect your favorite heroes from the entire Star Wars™ universe and form powerful teams to dominate the competition. More info: http://bit.ly/1UntZv3 Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes allows you to join the galactic hologames in a cantina far, far away. Build your team and fight in memorable, RPG-style turn based battles across iconic locations to become the most legendary hologamer in the galaxy!
Cover For Star Wars Battlefront: Twilight Company Revealed
On November 3, 2015, Del Rey will publish Star Wars Battlefront: Twilight Company by Alexander Freed, a novel inspired by the highly-anticipated video game Star Wars: Battlefront. This action-packed adventure follows a squad of soldiers caught in the trenches of the ultimate galactic war between good and evil. Here now is the exclusive reveal of the book’s cover as well as a special patch designed for the members of Twilight Company.
The New Star Wars Canon, Explained
When Disney took over LucasFilm and decided to make another Star Wars movie, all of the Expanded Universe works became “un-canon.” They would no longer be recognized in the official Star Wars universe. OuterPlaces has released an infographic that puts all of the canon works in an easy-to-read image. Check it out here, or view the original on OuterPlaces: With all of the books and comics between the Battle of Endor and The Force Awakens, it looks like we’re going to get a very clear picture of what happened after the destruction of the second Death Star before the new movie comes out. It’s also cool to see the two new Star Wars games coming out this year on the infographic as well, suggesting that we might actually learn more about the universe in those games. If you want to get up-to-speed on the Star Wars universe, you’re going to have a lot of…
SWTOR and Windows 10
Most of us know that the new Windows 10 upgrade is now available and many are anxious to see what it’s like and if it has any problems. Recently, Vulkk from Vulkk.com installed Windows 10 and upgraded from Windows 8.1 Pro. Here are the steps he took and why. Step 1: The first part of the upgrade is downloading the ISO and upgrade from inside Windows. He chose to keep all of his preferences, settings, and programs he already had installed. Windows registers each PC by their ID when they either purchase a new computer or download a new version of Windows. So, if you change too much hardware the copy of Windows 10 will become obsolete and you will then lost the product key for the same PC and then you will have to install the 7/8 version again and upgrade. After he downloaded the new version, his LAN…
SWTOR Basics: The DOs and DONTs for Beginners
A SWTOR Basics Guide, dedicated to Beginners, who just start their adventures in the game’s vast world. Leveling tips to make your experience smoother and easier. The video explains the most basic and primal things one should be concerned when starting their very first character and Playthrough in the massive SWTOR universe. The suggestions and ideas are global and most of them apply to both F2P and subscribers. There’s a little for everybody – PvE, PvP, exploring, crafting, gearing and more. Read the Blog Post about this video. It was published a few days earlier, giving you insights and some sneak-peaks into the script (adapted for a blog post, of course). First few minutes are for Class and Story choice and Crew Skills, after that we continue with the swtor basics of gearing, outfitting, GTN profits and in the end there is a little bit about colour crystals and PvP. If…
DICE sheds light into EA’s (and BioWare’s) PR and Marketing Practices
EA’s/Dice’s new Star Wars: Battlefront game is currently in a similar situation PR-wise and marketing wise as EA’s/BioWare’s Knights of the Fallen Empire. There isn’t much information about either game from official sources except for a few bits of information here and there. For KOTFE, it’s the story aspect and for Battlefront it’s the authenticity of the graphics. Both of the games are just a few months away from their release. KOTFE is expected at the end of October and Battlefront is expected in the middle of November. After the exciting event of D23, where the only new information about Battlefront was the nine different game modes, DICE said that the following articles explained their marketing principal and explained to the community why there was not much information. This is likely the same for BioWare. Game developers are not typically very secretive when it comes to general game development information…
MMORPG Interview with James Ohlen
It has been an amazing year for Star Wars fans. With the new movie release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens arriving late this year and the new Star Wars: Battlefront game launching around the same time, it couldn’t get any better. Also, the latest expansion for Star Wars: The Old Republic Knights of the Fallen Empire, will open on October 27th. Once the expansion launches, players will have nine new chapters of new episodic content to dig their teeth into and even more updates are planned after the holiday season. Gareth Harmer from mmorpg.com, caught up with James Ohlen, the Game Director on SWTOR over on Gamescom, to talk about more information on the new expansion. But, before we dig into that information, let’s talk about what has already been discovered. During the event in Cologne, he was shown content from Chapter 3, and this includes the Carbonite defrosting…
Star Wars Battlefront Won “Best Of Gamescom” 2015 Award
We are late with this one ( Again sorry) but Star Wars: Battlefront grabbed more awards this year at Gamescom 2015 than any other game title, including best-in-show honors. The total amount of prized that it took home were five, according to a press release from the event’s organizers. Including the top prize, Star Wars: Battlefront earned the award for Best Console Game (PlayStation 4), Best PC Game, and the Best Online Multiplayer Game from the jury. It also received the Most Wanted Consumer Award, and it’s voted on by the show-going public. The press release also talked about the record-breaking number that was in attendance for this year’s Gamescom. The official figures showed that there were 345,000 in attendance from 96 different countries with 806 companies from 45 different countries showing their content. This is a 14% increase from last year’s attendance. Gamescom 2016 is scheduled for August 17th through…
‘Star Wars: Battlefront’ Was Right To Cut Its Single-Player Campaign
The new and upcoming Star Wars: Battlefront is turning out to be one of the biggest game releases this fall. I am sure that it would have done fine any other year, but since its being released in 2015, it also has all of the hype from Star Wars: The Force Awakens that is releasing in December. However, fans have been upset that no matter how good it looks, Battlefront will not have a single-player campaign. Instead, the entire game will either be a death match multiplayer or co-op in individualized missions. There is no story mode at all. EA’s Peter Moore recently talked about the decision: “You make a decision, years out, and you plan for what the world looks like when a game ships in two or three years. That’s about the intuitiveness about the executive producer, and his or her vision for the game.” “Between when a…
Special PS4 Bundle for Star Wars: Battlefront
Star Wars: Battlefront is big. Indeed, the game is one of the most hotly anticipated titles of the fall in the whole of gaming and not just within the Star Wars community, which has followed the evolution of the project for more than a year now. With the release date drawing near, it seems like everyone is eager to jump on the Battlefront bandwagon, and yes, that includes the maker of the PS4, Sony too. The game will be honored through a special PS4 bundle, which includes tons of must-have goodies not only for fans of the game but for those of the entire Star Wars universe and canon. The Bundle is centered around a PS4 console sporting a Darth Vader-themed design. Included in the bundle is a Deluxe edition of the game (the bundle launches together with the game itself on November 14), as well as a number of…
Rogue One Cast Revealed
Rogue One, the first standalone Star Wars film, now has an official cast, and it looks fantastic. Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything), Diego Luna (Milk, Elysium), Ben Mendelsohn (Bloodline), Donnie Yen (Ip Man, Blade II), Jiang Wen (Let the Bullets Fly, Devils on the Doorstep), Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland), Mads Mikkelsen (The Hunt, Casino Royale), and Riz Ahmed (Nightcrawler) will all feature. Alan Tudyk (A Knight’s Tale, Tucker & Dale vs. Evil) will also play a motion-capture character. It looks like the production crew has absolutely nailed the look for this movie: the cast certainly has the rag-tag look of a group of Rebels about to take on something big. Many of the crew involved in graphics, costume, and other visual roles have worked on similarly gritty-looking movies, so it stands to reason that this will have a darker, less-put-together look than some other Star Wars works. We won’t know much more…
Top 3 Reasons to play KotFE – The Vulkk Edition
New Level Cap During the upcoming spring, players will be able to advance their characters from level 60 to level 65. We know that this isn’t much but it’s absolutely better than nothing at all. The game is going to be letting players go to more new places than ever before. The new 5 levels means that there will be alterations in our abilities, also a new utility point and most likely another shuffle within the DR system will happen. Each time that the level cap goes up, the end-game gear either becomes obsolete or is barely an entry level for the new end-game content. By doing this, it levels out the playing field for both the experienced player and the new ones. New Outfits and Clothing Designs Because of the lack of new endgame production at launch that is actually worthy for the launch of an expansion, the more…
Electronic Arts Says The Days Of Inferior Movie Tie-In Games Are Over
The new upcoming Star Wars: Battlefront is expected to be one of the highest selling games of the year and the fact that the new Star Wars movie is being released a month after the game helps its chances even more. While it’s likely that the franchises corporation planned the release strategically, Electronic Arts COO, Peter Moore, states that the games does not need any assistance from circumstance. The days of several average movie tie-in games must go along with big cinematic releases are gone, according to a recent interview that Moore told MCV. “That’s not what we do anymore,” says Moore. “We are a superior medium. We can tell stories better than any direct movie, which is linear with passive engagement from the viewer. We take great pride in the fact that you are playing your Star Wars fantasy. When I got in this industry, yeah, we were a…
An Afternoon with the Star Wars Galaxies Emulator
One day, James Currie, wrote a story on his blog, destructoid.com, about crafting and he used Star Wars: Galaxies as an example. He then realized that the old Star Wars MMO had an emulator and he had to give it a whirl right then. Depending on your age you may or may not remember that before microtransactions came to be, there was pre-NGE Star Wars Galaxies and players played roles like smugglers, bounty hunters and gunslingers. However, Sony purchased the game and then introduced Jedi with the ‘New Game Enhancements.’ Many players hated the new update and the Star Wars community was in a rage. After several years of no improvement, SWG shut down but the emulators rose up. Because NGE dropped the SWG, the emulator project grew. It was a huge hit and he has been playing it ever since. The one thing that is captivating, according to Currie, was…
Improve SWTOR Performance by Installing DirectX 9
Installing the old DirectX 9 on Windows 10 may sound weird at first, but let’s see what the reason is, shall we? It will very likely help Improving a lot your SWTOR Performance and FPS. Windows 10 comes packed with the newest edition of DirectX 12. Our favorite game SWTOR is created and still used only Directx 9. In order for it to display its beauty, the system needs to emulate al the DirectX 9 effects, which may slow it down and result in a poor performance. By installing the DirectX 9 package manually, we stop that process of simulation and allow our PC to use the original files the game is designed for, thus, in theory at least, speeding the process up. This installation wont make SWTOR run smooth and flawlessly, but it will likely boost it at least a bit. I have done this since the game’s launch in 2011 on multiple…
EA skipped a Battlefront campaign because “very few” would play it
The new Star Wars: Battlefront will feature AI-controlled enemies for single player and co-op modes such as Survival, however there will not be a proper single-player campaign. The reasoning for this is quite simple, after Electronic Arts Chief Operating Officer Peter Moore told Gamespot: Hardly anyone would bother playing it anyway and skip the games. Moore stated that large decisions like this are typically made years in advance before the games release, and sometimes this can lead to problems. “Between when a dev team starts work on a game, and when it finishes, the world becomes a different place. I remember when we started work on Star Wars: The Old Republic; at the time, the model to go for was subscription,” he explained. “By the time we had the game ready, the model to go for wasn’t subscriptions. That’s why we had to stop the game, and rebuilt it as…
Star Wars: Battlefront Supremacy Revealed
The different multiplayer modes of Star Wars: Battlefront have many different types of experiences for players to enjoy. Everything from close-quarter battles to huge clashes on large maps, the Supremacy mode fits into the latter category. The Supremacy mode centers on five different control points that are scattered throughout the map. The player’s objective is to gain control of all five of the points, or most of them, before the 10 minutes are over. Every team will start the match controlling two of the points and then they will then have to fight for the last one in the center. After this has been done, the control points will need to be claimed in a certain order. Supremacy mode is a hardcore mode that is for players who know their way around the battlefront and for those who are craving mad action. Lead Level Designer Dennis Brannvall states that the…
What Happened to the Empire after Endor? We’ll Find Out Soon
With The Force Awakens taking place 30 years after Return of the Jedi, there’s been a lot of speculation about what happened in between them. Was the Empire crippled? Did it maintain its stranglehold on the galaxy? Where are the rebels now? On September 2, we’ll start to get answers to these questions. Shattered Empire, the new four-issue comic book series from Marvel, will focus on the events directly following the Battle of Endor and give us some insight into the state of the galaxy moving into The Force Awakens. In an interview with StarWars.com, author Greg Rucka points out that Empire is vast, and that even the loss of its two most important figureheads won’t sound its death knell. Some supporters will leave, but many others will stay and be forced to further defend their territory. He also stated that he used real-world events, like the fall of the Soviet Union and the…
Multiple Live-Action Star Wars Shows to Arrive on Netflix?
It’s clear that Disney is going all-in with Star Wars: new movies, new books, new action figures and LEGO sets, and now . . . new TV shows? Back in March, Cinelinx discussed the possibility of Disney being in talks with Netflix for a live-action TV show. But the latest rumors suggest that there could be multiple shows in the works. The fact that Disney is producing standalone Star Wars movies might lend some credence to this rumor—they’re clearly interested in cinematically exploring the rest of the universe outside of the main Republic / Empire conflict that’s been the center of the series for so long. There have been discussions of a Star Wars TV show since 2005, after George Lucas announced that he had plans for a show that took place between the prequels and the original trilogy. By 2011, he said that he had 50 episodes written. And although a number of people have…