Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of December 8 – december 15 2015 . New Items Price Helpful links STRATEGY ALLIANCE PACK 200 SUPERCRATE: STRATEGY ALLIANCE PACKS 950 HYPERCRATE: STRATEGY ALLIANCE PACKS 5400 Items No Longer Available Helpful links HYPERCRATE: FORCE ALLIANCE PACKS FORCE ALLIANCE PACK BRONZE ARMOR PACK BRONZE DECORATION PACK BRONZE MOUNT PACK GOLD ARMOR PACK GRAND CRYSTAL PACK GRAND COMPANION CUSTOMIZATIONS PACK GOLD MOUNT PACK GOLD DECORATION PACK GRAND DYE PACK GRAND EMOTES PACK GRAND GALACTIC STARFIGHTER PACK GRAND PETS PACK GRAND WEAPONS PACK GRAND TOYS PACK GRAND TITLES PACK SILVER ARMOR PACK SILVER DECORATION PACK SILVER MOUNT PACK Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links UNLOCK: OUTFIT DESIGNER SLOT 60 120 +100% 120 CARBONITE CHAMBER 120 480 +300% 480 ERADICATOR’S WARSUIT 720 1440 +100% ZAKUUL PERSONAL DROPSHIP 1000 1500 +50% 1500 WAYWARD WARRIOR’S MASK 120…
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Star Wars Battlefront Launch Infographic
Electronic arts has posted Infographic showing some interesting stats about Star Wars: Battelfront since launch. Interesting enough, less then 1% of all AT-AT’s has been with tow cables, and Boba Fett is the most played hero/villain in the game. X-Wings get almost kill twice as much as Tie Fighters. I bet they did the same comparison with A-Wings vs Tie Interceptors and realized it would just be better for them not to show the stats. These stats should easily show us what needs balanced. Imperial ships suck ass compared to rebel ships. Everyone knows this. Force lightning / Chain lightning is better at killing large groups of enemies than force push is. Makes sense cause more range and hops from person to person. Millennium Falcon has 500k more kills than Slave 1. Both hero ships are OP, but Falcon is slightly more OP because of the shield. Can also take the Slave…
SWTOR Item Stack Resale Exploit
A statement has been publxihed regarding the Item Stack Resale Exploit that has been in the game since 4.0: Item Stack Resale Exploit | 12.08.2015, 03:55 PM Hey folks, As of today’s patch, we fixed the following bug: It is no longer possible to purchase a stack of items and resell individual items for the price of the entire stack. In a previous exploit, we were very up front and very public about its existence. We raised warnings as soon as we discovered the issue associated with the Temple Chair, with the hopes our players would not use it. What we discovered, were many players using a variety of ways to try and mask what they were doing and who they were. So, this time, we returned to removing visibility until we resolved it. This bug created an exploit where a player could make large quantities of various currencies in the…
SWTOR Patch 4.0.3 Patch Notes
Here are the patch notes for today’s game update 4.0.3. Khem Val no longer invites his friends to hang out at Sith Inquisitor Strongholds, and many Companions have considerably reduced their nudist tendencies within Strongholds. I love BioWare 🙂 Check it out in full below: Highlights December Event Schedule! There is a whole host of events going on in the galaxy this December! All events start and end at 4AM PST (12PM GMT): Dec 8 – Dec 15: Relics of the Gree Dec 8 – Jan 5: Star Wars™: The Old Republic 4th Anniversary Dec 15 – Dec 22: The Rakghoul Plague Dec 15 – Jan 5: Life Day Dec 18 – Jan 1: Double XP Event Dec 22 – Dec 29: Bounty Contract Week General It is no longer possible to cause the Character Select UI to disappear while deleting characters. Guild Set Rank and the Guild Set Rank…
SWTOR Pack Changes Coming With the Strategy Alliance Pack
Starting tomorrow after maintenance and patch update, the Strategy Alliance Pack and all upcoming packs will have more chances at armor and mounts. As we moved into the launch of Fallen Empire, the Cartel Market team has been making continuous changes to improve the overall Cartel Market experience. Much of this based on the feedback from those of you right here in the forums. One of the pieces of feedback they received regarding new packs is that they felt a bit lean. With the new Strategy Alliance Pack releasing tomorrow, they will be adding back the second Primary Slot to each pack. This is similar to how previous shipments worked. That means that the contents of this pack will look like: Primary Slot (Mount, Armor) Primary Slot (Mount, Armor) Companion Gift Jawa Junk Thanks everyone, keep the feedback coming as the team looks to continue on improving packs. -eric
SWTOR NiM Loot Issue / Update
Eric Musco took on the official forums, to report that Nightmare loot are not a guaranteed drop from nightmare operations. I have a few updates to pass on regarding the current issues with Nightmare Loot Drops. First, we discovered there is a bug with the percentage chance of a 224 rated item dropping in any of our Nightmare Operations. We plan to address this when we release Chapter 10 (Game Update 4.1) scheduled in February. If we are able to address it sooner, I’ll pass along an update. Aside from that, we realized that we need to make a correction to our Operations and Flashpoints in Fallen Empire blog. Currently it states the following: Nightmare Mode will also be available for all the Operations that had it previously, and will reward the same as the highlighted Hard Mode, as well as the unique mounts and titles available currently. This statement is in…
Fourth Anniversary Rewards for SWTOR
BioWare just publiched the Rewards for SWTOR 4th anniversary MOVE INTO CORUSCANT OR DROMUND KAAS FOR ONLY FOUR CREDITS – PLUS NEW DECORATIONS! Help us celebrate the fourth anniversary of Star Wars™: The Old Republic™! Beginning December 8th, you can use the “Emergency Fleet Pass” ability located in your ability bar to get the Republic or Imperial Fleet. Then, visit the “Strongholds and Crew Skills” area of the Fleet to get your rewards: Purchase your very own Coruscant and Dromund Kaas Strongholds from the Strongholds terminal for only FOUR CREDITS each. Plus, visit the “Anniversary Personnel” vendor to claim exciting in-game rewards including the HK-51 Commemorative Statue, Ebon Hawk Starship Wall Mount and the Ebon Hawk Rest and Recharge animation! Hurry – get your celebratory items by Sunday, January 3, 2016* to help us make this a year to remember! *The Fourth Anniversary promotion for Star Wars™: The Old Republic…
New Dev Post – The Old Republic in December
The SWTOR team, has posted a list of the events that will be going down in December. There are quite a lot of things that will be going on in-game during the month of December. We wanted to share all of them with you so you know when to get in on the action. Events Dec 8 – Dec 15: Relics of the Gree Dec 8 – Jan 5: Log in for 4th Anniversary Rewards! Dec 15 – Dec 22: The Rakghoul Plague Dec 15 – Jan 5: Life Day Dec 18 – Jan 1: Double XP Dec 22 – Dec 29: Bounty Contract Week For Life Day this year we have made a few changes to the rewards. All previously available rewards, including some items previously only available on the Cartel Market, are available for purchase with Snow-Covered Parcels from the Master of Ceremonies on each Faction’s Fleet. Additionally, we have…
Star Wars Battlefront Helped Me Understand How The Empire Lost On Endor
You may be asking yourself how a military force like the Empire can possibly lose to the scruffy band of rebels. Well one writer thinks it may have something to do with the Imperial dress code. While I’ve only been playing the release version of Star Wars: Battlefront since yesterday, I’ve played enough to dread the forest moon of Endor. Any round played on the planet of Ewoks reverberates with the sound of exploding grenades and flashes with seemingly random gunfire, that’s the Empire’s shiny white Stormtroopers, tromping through the forest, desperately trying to fight an enemy they can’t see. You see grenades arcing in the direction that the mini-map paints red, which indicates an enemy coming towards. Then troopers aim tons of laser fire at the main origin of the red blasts that is coming towards them, just hoping to score a hit. “Here comes the Empire!” the Rebels…
December SWTOR Producer’s Livestream Coverage
BioWare had a producer livestream on Twitch yesterday. Here is a rundown of it: Livestream Notes Ben Irving (Lead Producer) and Musco are present in the livestream. Ben was lead development producer and responsible for most of the updates from patch 2.4 and onwards. Ben quit his job in Australia and moved to Austin, TX to try to work on SWTOR. Agenda State of Galaxy Player feedback Chapter X Subscriber Rewards Anarchy in Paradise Events in December State of Galaxy/Player Feedback Player feedback has been very positive – shows collections of facebook messages/tweets praising the expansion. Chapter X: Anarchy in Paradise Coming out in Feb 11 Recruit a dangerous ally (Kaliyo, now known as Firebrand) Continue your personal story and make deadly decisions and face the consequences. Choices really matter in this chapter. There is one choice you will immediately notice the consequence after the chapter finishes and another choice…
Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday December 1 – 7 2015
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of December 1 – 7 2015 . Items No Longer Available Helpful links WETLAND DEWBACK Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links UNLOCK: OUTFIT DESIGNER SLOT 120 60 –50% 108 CARBONITE CHAMBER 480 120 –75% 360 ERADICATOR’S WARSUIT 1440 720 –50% ZAKUUL PERSONAL DROPSHIP 1500 1000 –34% WAYWARD WARRIOR’S MASK 480 120 –75% R-30017 AIKION BLASTER 500 125 –75% 400
Star Wars: Battelfront Patch 1.03 Notes
Star Wars: Battlefront has been patched, and it looks like DICE finally got the general bug fixed… To be honest, this has to be the worst patch notes ever! Was problem x fixed with your general stuff? – nahhh it was some other.. you know.. the thing.. with the bug.. stuff. I have no clue what have been fixed from below patch notes, but the Battlefront forum report Barrage grenades now taking longer to explode, giving targets more time to run clear. “Barrage takes SO MUCH LONGER TO BLOW UP IT’S 100 percent USELESS NOW,” screeched Battlefront forum member Yotsi. “Even spamming across map Barrage does nothing. They did more then nerf it they killed it.” Anyways.. Check out the patch notes below: General bug fixes for vehicles and physics improvements Game modes balancing tweaks HUD UI adjustments Audio optimizations General crash and stability fixes Online traffic performance improvements Various text fixes for…
Star Wars: Republic Commando – The Darkest Star Wars FPS
If you remember Star Wars Republic Commando, you know that it’s not only one of the most amazing Star Wars FPS games but it was also the darkest. There are two things that have occurred in the last couple of months to give us a reminder that Star Wars Republic Commando was one of the most influential Star Wars shooter games ever. First off, there is now Halo 5 Guardians and its brand new feature, squad commands, which owes quite a bit to Republic Commando’s gameplay. And this month , Star Wars Battlefront was released, which is the franchise’s first FPS since 2005. When Republic Commando was released it dished out one of the darkest storylines that has been told in Star Wars. Republic Commando was put on shelves for fans to enjoy at an interesting time during LucasArts history. When The Force Unleased was put out in 2004 it became…
EA: Expect More Star Wars: Battlefront Games
Here is to hoping that you really like Star Wars: Battlefront because Electronic Arts is not going to stop with it. EA CFO Blake Jorgensen, spoke during the UBS Global Technology Conference in San Francisco and stated the following about the 10 year licensing deal with Disney: “We struck a licensing deal with Disney a few years back that’s almost ten years in length. The game that comes out tomorrow, Star Wars Battlefront, is a traditional first-person style shooter game. Our goal is to make future Battlefront games as well as other style games around the Star Wars franchise, both on mobile as well as console and PC. It’s a huge opportunity for us.” Jorgensen also confirmed that the deal with Disney does not only cover the six Star Wars movies released currently, but it also includes that new film, The Force Awakens and the spin-off installments. This means that…
SWTOR Black Friday 2015 CM Sales
Here are all the deals for the SWTOR Black Friday 2015 Cartel Market Sales. This sale will end on 11 AM CDT on Saturday. New Discounts Force Alliance Pack — 150 CC -25% Discount — History of item Supercrate: Force Alliance Packs — 712 CC -26% Discount — History of item Hypercrate: Force Alliance Packs — 4050 CC -25% Discount — History of item Bronze Armor Pack — 150 CC -25% Discount Gold Armor Pack — 900 CC -25% Discount Silver Armor Pack — 412 CC -26% Discount Bronze Mount Pack — 150 CC -25% Discount Gold Mount Pack — 1125 CC -25% Discount Silver Mount Pack — 450 CC -25% Discount Bronze Decoration Pack — 75 CC -25% Discount Gold Decoration Pack — 600 CC -25% Discount Silver Decoration Pack — 187 CC -26% Discount Grand Crystal Pack — 75 CC -25% Discount Grand Dye Pack — 75 CC…
SWTOR Black Friday Cartel market Sale Nov 26 to Nov 28
BioWare is having a Black Friday Cartel market Sale starting today on 12 pm CDT Nov 26 to 11 am CDT and run until Nov 28! All existing packs are 25% OFF. It’s that time of year, folks! #SWTOR’s Black Friday Cartel Market Sale begins tomorrow at 12pm CDT, and runs until 11am CDT Saturday. Get 25% off all existing Packs while you can! Posted by Star Wars: The Old Republic on Wednesday, 25 November 2015
Yoda could have been the main character in the force unleashed 2
When The Force Unleashed 2 brought back the character that is Starkiller, most fans were confused, even more so when the story turned out to be quite short. This story was not always the plan and the original ideas for the game would have had new characters and a completely different story. When a writer for Cinelinx had a conversation with the former LucasArts creative director, Haden Blackman, they became enlightened. The ending to the first Force Unleashed game, we saw Starkiller kill himself on Death Star during the battle against Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine. His sacrifice allowed his friends to have a chance to escape and they went on to become the Rebellion as we know it today, until this was wiped out by the new canon. Once LucasArts let everyone know that Starkiller would be coming back for the sequel, many fans where very confused. The game…
Star Wars Battlefront Has More Players Online on PS4 Than PC and Xbox One Combined
Star Wars Battlefront has not been out very long and it looks like the PlayStation 4 is doing better than both the PC and Xbox One, when you look at current online players in Star Wars Battlefront. Surprisingly, the amount of current online players on PlayStation 4 is more than PC and Xbox One combined. Star Wars Battlefront Online Players PC: 19,889 (24h peak: 49,871) Xbox One: 50,573 (24h peak: 110,817) PlayStation 4: 98,254 (24h peak: 187,286) There are a possibility of a couple of reasons why the PlayStation 4 has more players than the Xbox One. PlayStation 4 has the biggest market share at the moment and EA had an exclusive deal with Sony. What is the most surprising is that PC players don’t seem to be as interested in Star Wars Battlefront. Maybe PC gamers aren’t very big fans of games that come from EA. The accuracy of…
BIG announcement during next Tuesday’s Producer Livestream (Dec. 1)
BioWare just announced that there will be a BIG announcement during next Tuesday’s Producer Livestream. We have no clue what it is yet, but I’m guessing it’ll be talk of a new pvp map or some sort of followup to the subscriber rewards survey thing where they tease some stuff that they’ll be giving out. What do you think it will be? Attention #SWTOR Subscribers! Prepare yourselves for a BIG announcement during next Tuesday’s Producer Livestream: http://bit.ly/1NPiUPT Posted by Star Wars: The Old Republic on Wednesday, 25 November 2015
Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday November 24 2015
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of November 24 – december 1 2015. New Items Price Helpful links WETLAND DEWBACK 2200 Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links CAVERN VARACTYL 1100 2200 +100% 2200
New SWTOR Maintenance: Fix Dead Bodies — Wednesday November 25
BioWare have identified an issue with the fix for the “dead bodies lining the streets” issue, and will need to deploy a fix for it. This downtime will occur tomorrow (November 25th) morning, at the same time as today: 5AM PST – 7AM PST (1PM – 3PM GMT). There won’t be a patch associated with it, as it’s just a server-side fix, but here is your “Server Fix Note”: The galaxy is no longer (and can no longer become) littered with the corpses of those who have fallen in battle. For real this time. Timezone(s) Start Time End Time UTC Offset Wellington November 26, 2015 02:00 am November 26, 2015 04:00 am +13:00 Australia/Sydney November 26, 2015 12:00 am November 26, 2015 02:00 am +11:00 Australia/Adelaide November 25, 2015 11:30 pm November 26, 2015 01:30 am +10:30 Australia/Brisbane November 25, 2015 11:00 pm November 26, 2015 01:00 am +10:00 Tokyo…
SWTOR Patch Notes 4.0.2a
Below are hte Patch Notes for patch 4.0.2a General Players who had items in their Legacy Bank beyond the first tab that were not properly updated in 4.0 can now log in. The galaxy is no longer littered with the corpses of those who have fallen in battle, but there may still be occasional instances of the issue occurring. Missions + NPCs Companion healing, damage, and base stats have been increased. Character Level and Companion Influence Level will determine the exact amount: Companion healing has been increased by approximately 48%. Companion damage has been increased by approximately 15%. Companion base stats have been increased by approximately 15%. Players are now able to start Class-specific Missions on Rishi. The order you speak to NPCs in Chapter IX can no longer stop progression.
SWTOR Companion Balance Changes
Lead Designer Michael Backus, posted a lengthy forum post that details the companion balance changes they plan to do based on feedback. Check it out: Companion Balance Changes | 11.23.2015, 05:28 PM Hello, everyone. My name is Michael Backus, and I’m the Lead Designer for Star Wars: The Old Republic. I wanted to take a minute to apologize for the recent Companion changes and address combat balance. I wanted to do so personally because as fans of Star Wars: The Old Republic and our customers, we cherish your feedback and value all of you, and I feel you deserve to hear this information directly. I would like to go over why the changes were made, what we’ve learned, and what’s going to happen going forward. There’s a short summary at the bottom if you want to skip the Why’s and get to the What’s. Why the changes were made Combat balance…
BioWare will announce changes to SWTOR companions on monday.
The BioWare devs have been going through the companion feedback, and will announce upcoming changes on Monday. Eric Musco just announced that BioWare have Hey folks, First off, we want to thank all of you for your feedback about Companion balance following 4.0.2. As we go into the weekend, we wanted you to know that we have gone through this thread, the forums, Reddit, and social media to gather everyone’s perspectives. We have come out of this with quite a few action items that we are going to take, including buffs for Companions. On Monday, we are going to release a forum post highlighting our plans to address current Companion balance, along with the state of Heroic Missions and Star Fortress. Thank you all once again for your feedback. -eric