BioWare deployed a new update to the public test servers yesterday with a new patch to Game Update 2.0. check out the full patch notes below. Annoyingly, many of these changes (Sniper changes, Missile Salvo change, etc.) aren’t new today but were put in a couple days ago. I don’t know why they listed them again. Classes and Combat Jedi Knight Alacrity no longer reduces the channel duration of Force Stasis. Sith Warrior Alacrity no longer reduces the channel duration of Force Choke. Jedi Consular Sage Empowered Throw now also increases the damage dealt by Sever Force. Shadow Force Breach’s accuracy debuff now lasts 30 seconds (up from 18) when Combat Technique is active. Kinetic Combat Bombardment now makes Project generate 15% more threat per point and cost 15% less Force per point while Combat Technique is active. Slow Time now has a 9second cooldown and costs 20 Force. Damage remains…
Author: Soeren Kamper
Display Name Only Log In – Coming April 2, 2013
BioWare posted a new article earlier today regarding future login detalis. More security is always a welcome change. Too many people reuse passwords against the same email account. A few years ago BioWare’s Never winthers night website got hacked an all user data was stolen. When there is a new website that gets hacked, and loses a massive list of email addresses and hashed passwords (that get cracked) enterprising people from certain geographic locations take those and run them across multiple logon services, generally games, and see if people are stupid enough to use the same password on multiple services. They are. So, switching to to Display name makes this a little harder. I may or may not know a little about this particular situation and it DOES make things more secure, they should never have used email as the unique identifier in the first place. Anyways. Check out the article below or over at the…
Ready Check Slated for 1.7.3
One of the features that have been asked most about for a while, it the feature “Ready Check”. If your not used to mmorpg’s, ready check is a common feature used in most game of this sort. A ready check is an automatic survey that can initiated by a party or raid leader. Anyone promoted to raid assistant by the leader is also able to use the command. The command is initiated by typing /readycheck, or by clicking the “Ready Check” button in the raid ui panel. All members of the Operaton will receive a popup window that asks if the player is ready. If all players click “yes”, the person who initiated the check will receive a message indicating so. If a player clicks “no” or does not respond within the prescribed time limit a message will be sent to the leader indicating that they are either not ready or…
New Locations for the Star Wars: The Old Republic Community Cantina Tour
BioWare just announced that whey will continue with there Star Wars: The Old Republic Community Cantina Tour. Today 8 new Cities was revealed covering covering seven places around the United States, and one place in Europe – Cologne, Germany when the video game conference is on. Today we are excited to announce that the Community Cantina Tour will be visiting eight more cities in 2013! Starting with Dallas, TX in May, we will be continuing our series of Community Meet & Greets. If you haven’t been able to attend an event before, these meet & greets are a chance for fans to meet, drink, and talk with our community team and developers. Before each event, we will be publishing a community blog and forum post with detailed information about the location, date, times, and how you can RSVP for the event. Please take a look at the list below to see if a Community Cantina Tour is coming to…
Public test realm: Game Update 2.0 PTS Update Patch Notes Last Updated: 2/28/2013
BioWare have updated the Public test realm with a new patch to game update 2.0. Below are the patch notes: Game Update 2.0 PTS Update Patch Notes These notes detail changes made to the PTS server on 2/26/2013. These changes may only apply to the PTS server. Classes and Combat Jedi Knight Guardian Guardian Slash will now correctly deal damage to nearby enemies when it deals the killing blow to a target affected by your armor reduction. Vigilance Plasma Brand no longer requires an enemy target to be affected by the Guardian’s Sunder Armor. Defense Guardians will now receive the correct stat bonus from Blade Barrier. Sith Warrior Juggernaut Crushing Blow will now correctly deal damage to nearby enemies when it deals the killing blow to a target affected by your armor reduction. Vengeance Shatter no longer requires an enemy target to be affected by the Juggernaut’s Sunder Armor. Immortal Juggernauts…
1.7.1 Patch Notes 2/27/2013
Servers are not up yet as downtime has been extended until 10am CST. Below are the patch notes – without the Cartel market changes. We covered that in another post earlier today, so if you want to read up on that, check out this post. Check out the patch notes below: General Players will no longer be prevented from logging into the game if they had a large number of “Classic” version items refunded with Game Update 1.7. Players will now correctly be taken to the character selection or server selection screen upon disconnect rather than becoming stuck at the loading screen. Group Finder Group Finder role selections will no longer work incorrectly if a player in your vicinity gains their Advanced Class. Items and Economy Repair costs for modifiable gear will now calculate based only on the equipped mods. All repair costs have been reduced by 50% until Game…
Cartel Market Update: February 26th, 2013
BioWare posted a new blog post regarding what updates to the cartel market we can expect after today’s maintenance. Looks like they are discounting everything to get people to use their Coins, so that when 2.0 drops with a whole bunch of new stuff they will have to buy more. Check it out on the officiel website, or or check out our copy paste below: New Items Hi everyone! This week, the Cartel Market will be updated to add the new items below. Gold Scalene Armor Set (1,440 Cartel Coins) Built from ancient Gree schematics, the Gold Scalene Armor Set is a collection of adaptive gear with no modifications. This armor set is available to any Class. Hypercrate: Crime Lord’s Cartel Packs (7,344 Cartel Coins, Limited Time 15% Discount!) Players can now purchase a Hypercrate containing 24 Crime Lord’s Cartel Packs. Hypercrate: Blockade Runner’s Cartel Packs (7,344 Cartel Coins, Limited Time 15%…
Joveth Gonzalez leaves BioWare
Bioware Community Manager for Star Wars: The old republic, Joveth Gonzalez took the forums last night with a farewell speech. We do’t know who will take his place yet, or what it will mean for the SWTOR Community, but this is the 3rd community manager Star Wars: The old republic have had since it was first announced. We don’t know either if more BioWare layoffs is on the way, but Joveth Gonzalez tweets he is leaving his position at BioWare to follow new opportunities. And for those of you asking, I’m moving on to a new opportunity. More details, as always, SOON (TM) — Joveth Gonzalez (@Joveth) February 25, 2013
New world boss spotted on Corellia in 2.0
It looks like a new world boss have been added to Corellia in patch 2.0. The big guy goes by the name of Lucky and is a “Dread-Seeded Rancor”. Not much is known about him yet, but it’s apparently a pretty straight up tank-and-spank fight. So far there is no reports of any good loot. A few greens and level 9 mats. Hopefully they’ll fix that when 2.0 drops. Below is his stats: It looks like maybe 8 competent raiders could kill it in 63-66 gear? If so, it might be just a fun thing for casuals to be able to experience without having to gear grind. I find it strange though that it’s out on Corellia, when there’s no new content out there and nothing else for level 50-55 players on the planet. Maybe be course he is a “Dread-Seeded Rancor” and there is a bunch of evil growth, around the area were he…
UPDATE: SWTOR 2.0 Armor sets
With game update 2.0 – Rise of the Hutt Cartel live on the public test servers, we finally get the chance to see all the awesome new armor and weapon artwork. The Smuggler armor is sweet. The agent is cool, but I LOVE that Bounty Hunter helmet. Looks like the helmet from old Boba Fett concept art. If you haven’t already done so, you can read all about yesterdays update on Rise of the Hutt Cartel here, and check out the NEW 55 level Class Abilities Video here Update: Lightsaber from the-old-republic.ru mailed us a new video showing all the Arkanian gear sets in action. This is live demonstration:
SWTOR-RP Interviews Damion Schubert and Charles Boyd
They guys over at swtor-rp.com got a chance to do an Exclusive Q&A with Damion Schubert and Charles Boyd. The interview is of course about the upcoming Rise of the Hutt Cartel expansion, and being a Star Wars: The old Republic Role playing community, the interview covers mostly story and RP questions. Reading through the interview Interveiw we get the feeling the developers answered answered the questions prior to patch 1.7 as they speak about a major new system coming “sooner than you think””. The Q&A Also get’s around Makeb and the new Cathar race. Below is a snippet: SWTOR-RP: Is the planet Makeb a pre-existing planet in Star Wars canon, or is this a completely new planet in lore to be uncovered by players as they travel through it for the first time? Charles Boyd: Makeb is a completely new invention of the Star Wars: The Old Republic team, and personally as a writer, I can’t tell you what an honor it is to have a chance to add something…
SWTOR 2.0 level 55 Class Abilities Video
The guys from the-old-republic.ru mailed us a bad ass movie showing off the new level 55 class abilities. There is no denying that the Russian guys have been quick capturing this video, so kudos for their work! Electro Net, Force Barrier and Double Saber throw look pretty awesome, and its great that agents and smugglers finally get real mobility. The sith sorcerer defensive bubble animation is also exactly how I’d imagine it–as the sith sorcerer uses all their energy to repel all attacks. Good stuff! Check it out below:
Sith Talk Episode 48: Wait were recording Oh we are
Sith Talk Episode 48 is now live with the title: “Wait were recording Oh we are””. This time they talk about what they have been doing while out of commission. their in game time as well as a bit of the news you may have missed out on. Sudo is back with a new episode. This time they covered so much we just can not list it all here. Check it out below: Also remember to folow them on Youtube, Facebook , Twitter and podomatic
BioWare Says Repair Costs Being Recalculated Due To Community Concerns
Online Community Manager Joveth Gonzalez made a post on the official swtor forums about the raise in repair cost we saw with Game Update 1.7. Many players were frustrated about this issue, as it was increasing repair costs by at least 33%. Before game update 1.7, repair costs were based on the shell of the item, and didn’t account for the level of the mods inside. Now they fixed it to properly account for all components. This made running operations very expensive for people with high end gear, and some people including some of my guild mates had to stop doing this content due to this. Clearly there is room for improvement, and it needed re-evaluated. Good on them for that. Hi everyone, Thank you all for your feedback on the changes to repair costs introduced with Game Update 1.7. Upon review, we agree with you that repair costs did become too high with this…
Game update 1.7 going live Tuesday 2/12
Cancel Valentine’s Day! SWTOR Game update 1.7 is going live Tuesday next week! It’s kind of odd that BioWare choose to push this game update already though, since it haven’t been on the test servers at all. Looks like emergency maintenance will be following shortly after 😉 Hello everyone, we wanted to let you know that we will be performing Scheduled Maintenance for five and a half hours on Tuesday, February 12th, 2013 from 3:30AM CST (1:30AM PST/4:30AM EST/9:30AM GMT/10:30AM CET/8:30PM AEDT) until 9AM CST (7AM PST/10AM EST/3PM GMT/3PM CET/2AM AEDT). All game servers, SWTOR.com, and the launcher will be offline during this period. This maintenance is expected to take no more than five and a half hours, but could be extended. Game Update 1.7: Return of the Gree unveils a new in-game event, Relics of the Gree. Travel to Ilum to investigate the appearance of an ancient Gree starships,…
New Facebook image update: Patch 1.7 sneak peak.
BioWare has started teasing us with new screenshots for upcoming patches and expansions to Star Wars: The old republic. This new photo, posted only few hours ago on the official Facebook page looks like a Wampa boss, but no details have been released yet. This picture is also on the 1.7 update page, so we suspect it is what might be inside the Gree ship in 1.7 🙂 Check out the image below:
TOR TV: Tribute To Female Sith Warrior
At our last installment of TOR TV we got an interesting comment from our reader Elvira Bornich. Elvira goes by the name TheAzerothGirl on youtube, and have uploaded quite a few interesting videos That I would recommend you to watch. Here is her Tribute To the Female Sith Warrior. Be careful. The video contains spoilers, and Techno growling with kinky lyrics. Not sure what this music style is called? Fits awesome to the Sith Warrior class though. Enjoy!
TOR TV: T.H.E. Hardest Ever
Here is a pretty interesting Video. This was mailed to us by a reader who wish to be anomynous. It’s back from when the game was new, but still a great SWTOR Machinima. The video was made by Grumbleduck and comes with the following description: Vindex – T.H.E. Hardest Ever – Machinima Vindex – Ahto City – EU PVP Server Just a quick thing I roped some guildies into doing. It’s not been made to be ‘professional’ or anything of the sort; this video was purely made out of bordem and much needed practice. A laugh and a giggle was had! 🙂 Thank you to Zebba, Blackwrath, Brick and Bunisher for putting up with me during filming! www.vindex.enjin.com Check it out below:
EA Financial Call
Electronic Arts had a financial call yesterday. Unfortunately there weren’t much news about how SWTOR are doing, other then early indications for SWTOR F2P transition were positive. In other news coming out of the financial call, Electronic Arts said its loss for the third quarter narrowed from a year ago, mostly on lower expenses. Adjusted profit, which excludes special items, beat estimates by a penny, although revenues fell short of expectations. Moving ahead, the company detailed its outlook for the fourth quarter and revised its full year guidance. Electronic Arts third-quarter loss narrowed to $45 million or $0.15 per share from $205 million or $0.62 per share last year. Excluding items, earnings dropped to $0.57 per share from $0.99 per share last year. On average, 26 analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected earnings of $0.56 per share for the quarter. Analysts’ estimates typically exclude special items. Revenues for the third quarter dropped to $922 million from…
SithTalk Ep 47 – For sale Pod racer! whooob whoob whoob whoob
Sith talk episode 47 is now ready. This week they cover the 1.6.3 and 1.6.3a patches. Brutis pays a visit with a new episode of the Lore Monger. Sudo takes the week off. They are also talking about playing from a F2P perspective. The guys started a free account not just playing on they normal account and playing pretend. Last but not least, they talk about the new additions to the Rise of the Hutt cartel digital expansion. Check out the podcast over at pondomatic or check it out on Youtube below: Also remember to follow the guys on Facebook, Twitter or Youtube.
TOR TV: Republic Trooper Tribute – Burn it Down
This video might contain *Spoilers* Do not watch if you don’t want spoilers!!! This video is a few month old now, but it is definitely still worth a watch. The video is uploaded to youtube by SaiTorrsVideos and piece together most of the trooper cut-scenes from the storyline’s act II and act III. Mix that with Linkin park and you got a good time 🙂 I have a level 50 trooper and I personally enjoyed the story. Trooper story perfectly nails the life of a soldier and the hard choices one is forced to make. Troopers get some pretty hard ones during the 3 Chapters. At times it took me over an hour just to make a decision; that’s how much I was into the story.
Patch notes 1.6.3a 25/01/13
Servers are back up and BioWare has finished patching the servers. Teral V is now playable again and stuff on the Cartel Market seems to be back to normal. Now go play! Cartel Market The following armor sets will no longer incorrectly list helmet as part of the set description: Sanctified Caretaker Armor Set Malevolent Interrogator Armor Set Clandestine Officer Armor Set Interstellar Privateer Armor Set Valiant Jedi Armor Set Sith Raider Armor Set Flashpoints and Operations Taral V: Players will no longer be prevented from completing this Flashpoint on the step “Defeat General Edikar.”
Unscheduled maintenance tomorrow January 25th, 2013
Just a heads up. BioWare will take down the servers tomorrow morning to apply a patch. No words on what they will be fixing yet, but it is highly likely they will be fixing Taral V wich have been buggy since last patch. After killing PD-44 and speaking with Kilran you are trapped in the room. Normally, a door to the right would be open but it is closed and you cant open it. Happened on HC and SM. Below are the notice; We will be deploying a patch and performing an unscheduled maintenance this Friday, January 25th, 2013. Patch notes will be made available shortly after the servers come back up. The servers will be down for two hours on Friday, January 25th, 2012 from 7AM CST (5AM PST/8AM EST/1PM GMT/2PM CET/12AM AEDT) until 9AM CST (7AM PST/10AM EST/3PM GMT/4PM CET/2AM AEDT). All game servers will be offline during this period. This maintenance is expected…
1.6.3 Patch Notes 1/23/2013
Servers are back up after today’s server maintenance. BioWare took the chance to deploy a new patch and updated the game to version 1.6.3. This update also added 3 new outfits and a pod racer mount to the cartel market. Below is a screenshot of the pod racer and armor sets: Below are the new armor sets: 1.6.3 Patch Notes 1/23/2013 Cartel Market New Items The Czerka CR-17 Incendia, is now available. The protection provided from being knocked off this vehicle is greater than Speeder Piloting III. Cost: 1,800 Cartel Coins. Three new armor sets, the Sand People Pillager Set, The Sanctified Caretaker Set, and the Malevolent Interrogator Set can now be purchased. These sets of adaptive armor can be worn by any Class at level 1. Cost: 1,440 Cartel Coins each. The Preferred Access Bundle is now available! This bundle offers the player a selection of popular unlocks and customization options. Cost: 972 Cartel…