Matoua It looks like we have new rewards for planets with the 10+ freedom rating, I will get a screenshot of it when I get the chance. Other news: For those of you that have been locked out of the game on android, if you had trouble with this issue contact support and let them know because there will be some game-wide compensation for those affected. Friday is rebels day, where you are guaranteed to get crew runs to recruit crew members to join the fight against the empire. New Mercenary Contract that you can get from Bev Plar at the Konn-Nevos Spaceport. This missions rewards Tie Fighter Shards and will be available to purchase every Monday! Milestone Rewards This week’s Leader Board: Mataou General (Rank #1-5): Commander (Ranks 6-100): Captain (Ranks 101-3000): Last updated at: 10 AM PST (Kabam Time) Leader Boards: Mataou General (Rank #1-5): 10,485,850 Commander (Ranks…
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Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday MAY 17 2016
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of May 17– May 24 2016 New Items Price Helpful links SUPERCRATE: PLUNDERER PACKS 950 Items Available Again Price Helpful links GRAND GALACTIC STARFIGHTER PACK Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links SATELE SHAN’S SPARRING LIGHTSABER 125 500 +300% 500 SATELE SHAN’S DUALSABER 125 500 +300% 500 LEGACY UNLOCK: ZABRAK 300 600 +100% 600 UNDERWORLD ESSENTIALS BUNDLE 435 700 +60% APPEARANCE OPTIONS: CHISS CUSTOMIZATION 1 120 240 +100% 240 CUSTOMIZATION CONTROL: HIDE HEAD SLOT 140 280 +100% 280 ANARCHIST PACK 200 100 –50% 200 HYPERCRATE: ANARCHIST PACKS 5400 2700 –50% 5400 SUPERCRATE: ANARCHIST PACKS 950 475 –50% 950 LEGACY UNLOCK: MIRIALAN 600 300 –50% 450 UNLOCK: ADDITIONAL CARGO BAY 475 225 –53% 412
SWTOR Downtime: 17 May 2016
All servers will be unavailable tomorrow on May 17th while BioWare perform back end maintenance. DATE: May 17, 2016 TIME: 4AM PDT – 9AM PDT (12PM – 4PM BST) VERSION: N/A DOWNLOAD: N/A Timezone(s) Start Time End Time UTC Offset Wellington May 17, 2016 11:00 pm May 18, 2016 04:00 am +12:00 Australia/Sydney May 17, 2016 09:00 pm May 18, 2016 02:00 am +10:00 Australia/Adelaide May 17, 2016 08:30 pm May 18, 2016 01:30 am +09:30 Australia/Brisbane May 17, 2016 09:00 pm May 18, 2016 02:00 am +10:00 Tokyo May 17, 2016 08:00 pm May 18, 2016 01:00 am +09:00 Australia/Perth, Hong Kong May 17, 2016 07:00 pm May 18, 2016 12:00 am +08:00 Mumbai May 17, 2016 04:30 pm May 17, 2016 09:30 pm +05:30 EET, Moscow May 17, 2016 02:00 pm May 17, 2016 07:00 pm +03:00 CET May 17, 2016 01:00 pm May 17, 2016 06:00 pm…
SWTOR Class Changes Coming with Patch 4.5
BioWare will be making a long list of class changes in SWTOR with Game update 4.5 coming in next month. Hey folks, Below you will find the current list of Class changes which are coming with Game Update 4.5. These changes will not be going on PTS so we wanted to give you a heads up on what was coming. Please feel free to read over the changes and provide your feedback in this thread, I will pass it on to the Combat team. Sith Inquisitor Sorcerer Dark Heal now has a base cost of 70 Force (up from 55 Force) and heals for slightly more (.49%). Resurgence now has a base cost of 40 Force (up from 30 Force) and heals for a bit more (4.94% for the instant heal, and 3.70% for the heal over time.). Static Barrier now has a base cost of 45 Force (up from…
Knights of the Fallen Empire – ‘Mandalore’s Revenge’ Teaser
BioWare posted a new teaser for the upcomming chapter of Star Wars: The old Republic Knights of the Fallen Empire. Check it out: Step into an epic story-driven adventure as your character becomes The Outlander, a veteran of the Great Galactic War, in Knights of the Fallen Empire – now live! Travel to the Outer Rim of the galaxy to come face-to-face with a new threat, Emperor Valkorion and his Eternal Empire. Choose your path, recruit Companions into your Alliance, and make choices that have power to change destinies, all at the center of your own personal Star Wars™ saga! Best of all, Subscribers of Star Wars: The Old Republic can access and play all chapters of the evolving Knights of the Fallen Empire story for free. Create your Level 60 character and play today!
Disney Discontinued the Star Wars Slot Machines in Vegas
Disney, who bought the rights to Star Wars along with the rights to the Star Wars slot machine, has discontinued the game from the US, a decision that the Disney executives brought based on their family friendly policies. Americans won’t have the chance to play the amazing Star Wars slot machine again and what’s worse for slot machine and Star Wars lovers is that there is no online version which they would be able to play and enjoy via a casino app provided by online casinos. There are hundreds of online casinos and many online casino game providers, but no one so far has tried to buy the rights for Star Wars in order to develop an online Star Wars slot game, that would be offered via casino apps. Even though casino apps are being dropped more and more thanks to the HTML5 technology, the fact that casino apps are…
Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday MAY 10 2016
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of May 10 – May 17 2016 Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links MAJOR EXPERIENCE BOOST 45 90 +100% 90 EMOTE: POSSESSED 100 200 +100% 200 APPEARANCE OPTIONS: HUMAN HAIRSTYLES 1 120 240 +100% 240 RENAME: FLAGSHIP NAME 750 1500 +100% 1500 SATELE SHAN’S SPARRING LIGHTSABER 500 125 –75% SATELE SHAN’S DUALSABER 500 125 –75% 375 LEGACY UNLOCK: ZABRAK 600 300 –50% 600 UNDERWORLD ESSENTIALS BUNDLE 700 435 –38% APPEARANCE OPTIONS: CHISS CUSTOMIZATION 1 240 120 –50% 180 CUSTOMIZATION CONTROL: HIDE HEAD SLOT 280 140 –50% 210
Star Wars: Uprising – Sector Battle Imminent: Anoat
So I will be spending this SB grinding it out while binge-watching some Star Wars, anyone else? I can’t think of anything that will change the score too much this week so predictions remain the same, 1.5 M should be a safe captain. This week’s Leader Board: Bespin General (Rank #1-5): Commander (Ranks 6-100): Captain (Ranks 101-3000): Last updated at: 10 AM PST (Kabam Time) Leader Boards: Bespin General (Rank #1-5): 9,135,450+ Commander (Ranks 6-100): 5,462,400+ Captain (Ranks 101-3000): 1,338,680+ Burnin Konn General (Rank #1-5): 11,235,750+ Commander (Ranks 6-100): 5,704,450+ Captain (Ranks 101-3000): 1,383,000+ Anoat General (Rank #1-5): 11,156,800+ Commander (Ranks 6-100): 5,753,450+ Captain (Ranks 101-3000): 1,372,050+
SWTOR Addressing Weapon Tuning issues
BioWares Eric Musco took on the forums to address the weapon tuning issues the swtor community have been talking about. Check it out: Hey folks, I wanted to stop in to this thread and address some of the questions/concerns that have arisen since we introduced Weapon Tunings yesterday. First off, please keep the feedback coming. We have seen a lot of feedback relating to things like drop rates, adding the tuning to Collections, etc. The team is actively looking at all of your feedback and considering what future changes, if any, need to occur. Here are a few of the common questions we have seen: Is the Weapon Tuning more rare than other rare items? The Weapon Tuning’s drop rate is on par with most other rare items found in a pack. At times there are rare items which are exceedingly rare, such as the Unstable Lightsaber, but the Weapon Tuning…
SWTOR Game Update 4.4: Known Issues
With a new game update comes new bugs. Here are a list of known issues with game update 4,4: The Collections unlock button does not function within the Collections menu for Fallen Defender’s armor set and the Ginx companion. The description for the Plunderer Pack within the Cartel Market does not list “Weapon Tuning” from the list of available item categories that are drawn from. The source listed on the tooltip pop-up of the inventory icon for the Plundered TC-16 Spewie Display Pedestal decoration is “Alliance Supply Crate” instead of “Cartel Market: Plunderer Pack.” The inventory icon for the Iknayid pet reward from the Eternal Championship does not match the in game pet model. Unavailable Cartel Market items are listed in Collections. With the exception of the first one, these are all issues with the cartelmarket. Apparently BioWare are OK with shipping with issues they know about to the CM…
Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday MAY 3 2016
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of May 3 – May 10 2016 New Items Price Helpful links HYPERCRATE: PLUNDERER PACKS 5400 PLUNDERER PACK 200 Items No Longer Available Helpful links GRAND DYE PACK GRAND EMOTES PACK Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links STRONGHOLD CANTINA DECORATION BUNDLE 760 1216 +60% LONGSPUR SPORTSTER 144 720 +400% LEGACY UNLOCK: CYBORG 300 600 +100% 600 AUTHORIZATION: ARTIFACT EQUIPMENT 900 1200 +33% 1200 MAJOR EXPERIENCE BOOST 90 45 –50% 90 EMOTE: POSSESSED 400 100 –75% APPEARANCE OPTIONS: HUMAN HAIRSTYLES 1 240 120 –50% 180 RENAME: FLAGSHIP NAME 1500 750 –50% 1125
SWTOR Win-traders, Exploits, and Actions Being Taken
Eic Musco updated the SWTOR Community about BioWare taking actions against PVP Win traders in Star Wars: The old Republic Hey folks, Now that we are a few weeks into the Season I want to give you an update on actions we are taking to keep the Season as fair as possible. First, we have identified some players who were participating in win-trading. Those players have had appropriate actions taken against their account. We will continue to monitor this throughout the rest of the season. Accounts that partake in win-trading will receive action up to and including suspension time and ratings being reset across their account. We know that there have been questions this season specifically regarding the use of hacks and exploits. Know that since the start of the season we have been very aggressively seeking out and sanctioning the accounts involved. If you suspect that a player is…
SWTOR Game Update 4.4 Patch Notes
Here are the patch notes for game update 4.4 releasing tomorrow May 3, 2016. Game Update 4.4: Profit and Plunder Highlights New Feature: The Eternal Championship! Step into The Arena Grand and prove your worth against some of the galaxy’s most notorious fighters! Gain rewards every round while striving to become the Eternal Champion! Chapter XIII: Profit and Plunder! Aid Vette and Gault in a daring clandestine strike to plunder the Emperor’s secret treasury. Players who were subscribed on May 1st have immediate access to this new Chapter, and it will be available for all other Subscribers on Thursday, May 5th. New Alliance Alert: Freedom Fight! Recruit Bowdaar to your Alliance by showing your prowess in the Eternal Championship. Relics of the Gree is back! The Gray Secant has been spotted on Ilum, which means only one thing: the Relics of the Gree Event is back! From May 3rd at 4:00PST/12:00…
Star Wars Uprising: Sector Battle Imminent – Bespin
Slow week this week, not sure what to expect in terms of rankings soo, give it your best. Will try to update this half way through with some predictions. Milestone Rewards This week’s Leader Board: Bespin General (Rank #1-5): 9,135,450+ Commander (Ranks 6-100): 5,462,400+ Captain (Ranks 101-3000): 1,338,680+ Last updated at: 10 AM PST (Kabam Time) Leader Boards: Burnin Konn General (Rank #1-5): 11,235,750+ Commander (Ranks 6-100): 5,704,450+ Captain (Ranks 101-3000): 1,383,000+ Anoat General (Rank #1-5): 11,156,800+ Commander (Ranks 6-100): 5,753,450+ Captain (Ranks 101-3000): 1,372,050+ Anoat General (Rank #1-5): 10,942,300 Commander (Ranks 6-100): 5,244,500 Captain (Ranks 101-3000): 1,327,900+
SWTOR May Promotions
SWTOR players will be experiencing many contests and promotions for the month of May. Heroic Subscriber Rewards All Knights of the Fallen Empire Story Chapters FREE for Subscribers! SUBSCRIBE NOW Unlock and Binge – Play the story so far! Get Early Access to ongoing Chapters plus monthly rewards inspired by the legendary HK-55 Assassin Droid™ (Be a Subscriber on the 1st of every month) Plus, receive monthly Complimentary Cartel Coins to spend in the in-game Cartel Market for collectible gear, weapons and more! ———————– CELEBRATE MAY THE FOURTH! Get your own Zakuulan Astromech Droid Mini-Pet*** plus Double XP! Play Now WHO: All players who log in between April 27 – May 4 WHAT & WHEN: Exciting rewards and special events! Log in and play between April 27 – May 4 to get your own M4-I6 Zakuulan Astromech Droid Mini-Pet! Get Double XP, Legacy XP, PvP Warzone Commendations and Space PvP…
Announcing Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ “Build Your Alliance” NVIDIA Contest Winners!
Back in January, BioWare launched a contest, were players should upload SWTOR Movies to Youtube. 3 winners would each win a powerful gaming PC plus valuable in-game rewards from BioWare. Ten runner ups will receive a GeForce GTX 960. Here is the verdict: BioWare and NVIDIA are excited to announce the winning video entries from the Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ – Knights of the Fallen Empire “Build Your Alliance” contest! Thanks to you, our players, for sharing your fight against the Eternal Empire – from intense lightsaber battles to dramatic story moments. Check out the winners below and watch the full playlist of videos here: YouTube Playlist A big congratulations to these top three winners: 1st Place: Jonathan Winkler 2nd Place: Инга Куклина 3rd Place: Danilo Wachsmuth Plus, a round of applause to these runner ups: Дмитрий Ялама Alex Thomas Julien Hélias Joel Argersinger Holly Montgomery Natthaphon Phonyiam Cristian Ceoroiu Rodrigo…
SWTOR Knights of the Fallen Empire – ‘Hero’s Saga’ Trailer
BioWare just released a new trailer for the upcoming chapter of Knights of the Fallen Empire. Check it out below: Momentum is building as the Outlander and his Alliance move closer to the ultimate confrontation in Star Wars™: The Old Republic – Knights of the Fallen Empire. The episodic adventure enters its final Chapters beginning this month. Be a part of the epic finale by activating your Chapter 1 Free* Trial and binging the story so far! The tide of battle is turning against the despotic Eternal Empire, and you alone must rally the galaxy’s greatest heroes and lead the final assault against Arcann’s forces. Join the fight today — activate your Free Trial by May 30 to gain a free Level 60 Character and instant access to Chapter 1: The Hunt! Assemble your army, fight alongside hand-picked allies, and watch your choices shape the fate of the galaxy! Plus, join us…
Star Wars Casinos and Gambling
It’s a big Star Wars world out there, much like the vast nature of online gaming. Star Wars casinos and gambling are a part of the storyline but we won’t see much of that in any Star Wars games, especially now that Disney has the rights to the brand. When they discontinued the Star Wars and Marvel slot machines because they didn’t sit with their idea of “family friendly” gaming, it was apparent we wouldn’t see gambling or casinos in any soon-to-come Star Wars games. This is unfortunate since the stats have shown us that many Star Wars fans also like online gaming such as casinos and gambling, even if it’s just for fun and not for real money. A lot of online gamers also enjoy playing slots or similar casino games online. Not everyone, of course, but there is some overlap in the fan base. So let’s talk gambling…
Eternal Empire Recon Walker changes comming to SWTOR
Eric Musco just informed the community that The Eternal Empire Recon Walker, previously a rare drop from Star Fortress, will drop in Eternal Championship and become bound on legacy. Hey folks, I wanted to pass on some information regarding a change to the Eternal Empire Recon Walker that is coming in Game Update 4.4. Currently, the Walker is a rare drop from The Exarch in Star Fortresses. We are making two changes to the mount. First, the Walker will now also be available from an Eternal Championship vendor. Second, we are changing the item from Bind on Equip to Bind on Legacy. If you have an active GTN sale at the time of 4.4’s release, this will behave normally. However at the time of sale or expiration, the item will become Bind on Legacy. Thanks everyone. -eric
Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday April 26 2016
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of April 26 – May 3 2016 Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links STRONGHOLD LUXURY DECORATION BUNDLE 1020 1632 +60% 1632 LEGACY UNLOCK: SITH PUREBLOOD 300 600 +100% 600 CUSTOMIZATION CONTROL: UNIFY COLORS 105 210 +100% 210 PREFERRED ACCESS BUNDLE 810 972 +20% 972 STRONGHOLD CANTINA DECORATION BUNDLE 1216 760 –38% 988 LONGSPUR SPORTSTER 720 144 –80% LEGACY UNLOCK: CYBORG 600 300 –50% 600 AUTHORIZATION: ARTIFACT EQUIPMENT 1200 900 –25% 1080
Regional Character Transfers now Available in SWTOR
Eric just informed the community that players can transfer characters between NA and EU servers for 1500 CC. Character Transfers – Important Update | 04.26.2016, 03:54 PM Hey folks, Character Transfers are once again available! As a part of the maintenance we just had, we removed the restriction on Regional Transfers. Players are now able to transfer from their server to any other server. Here is the updated pricing: Transfer within the same region: 1,000 CC Regional Transfer: 1,500 CC Thanks everyone! -eric
Star Wars: Uprising – Alternate Approaches to Defeating Lvl 85 Lightside Boss (PPK)
The two methods I know of to defeat the PPK (Light Side Lvl 85 Boss) are: Get 5* Noble Gear so you’re immune to his stun Use Sticky Bomb, Snare, and Intimidate, and kite him to the beginning and back Both work fine (with skill, patience, and some luck). Just for kicks I’ve been testing other approaches. Obviously it takes a long time to test different abilities, so I thought I’d crowd source it. Please let me know if you’ve tried the abilities below and what the result was: Diving Roll Level 1 (He’s gonna harpoon you! Dive!) Diving Roll Level 2 (Grants obscured for a short duration) Diving Roll Level 3 (Grants immune while rolling) Charge Level 3 (Interrupts all enemies hit) Absolve Level 1 (Gain immunity to all negative status effects) Holographic Decoy (Deploys a hologram) Ion Wave Level 1 or 2 (Stuns all droids for a short…
Weapon Tunings Q&A in SWTOR
Cartel Market Producer Dan Bunten has posted some Q&A in response to yesterday’s blog post on the new weapon tuning feature coming with Patch 4.4 Hey folks, We have seen a lot of questions come up about Weapon Tuning and I wanted to address some of the bigger ones we keep seeing. Is Weapon Tuning purely cosmetic? Yes, they do not affect the stats of the weapon in any way. Will we be able to modify existing weapons? Many of the existing weapons you have will support the Weapon Tuning slot, but not all. We will continue adding them to existing weapons over time and all new weapons introduced will have this slot. Are they exclusive to the Cartel Market? The Lightning Weapon Tuning is exclusive to the Cartel Market, but there may be future Tunings available from other sources. Are they affected by Color Crystals? Yes. Will Tuning effects stack…
SWTOR: Introducing Weapon Tunings
BioWare posted a new blogpost on a new feature in the game: Weapon Tunings. This can be used to customize your weaponry, creating a brilliant visual flair on the weapon itself! If you want to equip a Weapon Tuning the first thing you’ll need is a weapon with an available Tuning Slot. Weapons that have a Tuning Slot come from many different sources including the Cartel Market, PvP, Operations, Reputation Vendors, Flashpoints, Heroics Missions, and Crafting Recipes. Be sure to check if your Weapon has a Tuning Slot! Next, you’ll need a Weapon Tuning. They are currently only found in Cartel Market Packs. The first Weapon Tuning, Lightning, is available in the Plunderer Pack which launches alongside Chapter XIII: Profit and Plunder. Once you’ve got a weapon with an open Tuning Slot and a Weapon Tuning, combining the two is as simple as making any other modification to your weapon. First, CTRL+Right-click…