There is a connection between people who like online video games and people who like online slots. Lots of people who enjoy one enjoy the other. Statistics have shown links between the two and we’ve seen this apparent in pop culture in a variety of ways. While we won’t likely see a casino added to SWTOR any time soon, you can enjoy some of your favorite slots from the comfort of your own home with online casinos. People also bet on the Star Wars film before The Force Awakens was released and there’s a good chance they will continue to place bets on future films, especially with all the records that first movie has been breaking. It’s an exciting topic for people. Just how some bet on the Superbowl every year (even if they’re not regularly sports fans) there are also people who will bet on Star Wars simply because…
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SWTOR: Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday February 16 – 2016
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of February 16 – February 23 2016 . Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links UNLOCK: ADDITIONAL LEGACY STRONGHOLD STORAGE BAY 375 750 +100% 750 UNLOCK: INVENTORY MODULE 100 175 +75% 175 THE ARNECLIN MASTERPIECES 500 1000 +100% 1000 Information from TOR FASHION APPEARANCE OPTION: SHAGGY 25 100 +300% 100 APPEARANCE OPTION: UNDERCUT 100 50 –50% 50 ADDITIONAL CHARACTER SLOT 600 300 –50% 540 DATA ENTRY 480 240 –50% 480 THERMAL RETENTION ARMOR SET 1200 120 –90% 900 Information from TOR FASHION Still On Sale Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links GOING PLACES BASIC BUNDLE 375 250 –34% 312
February SWTOR Producer’s Livestream Coverage
Here is the total coverage of yesterdays Producer’s Livestream. Eric Musco joined by Ben Irving. The official recap can be found here. Below recap was put together by dulfy over at the SWTOR sub reddit. Agenda State of the Galaxy Chapter X Chapter XI: Disavowed Eternal Championship New Warzone (also something special for PvPers) Quality of Life Improvements coming in April State of Galaxy Not smooth sailing. Downloading issues on Tuesday and now. Few bugs go out with Chapter 10. Key bugs fixed with today’s patch, still some connectivity issue this afternoon. Should be ironed out shortly. Anarchist’s Cartel Market Pack – People not happy with the changes. Please keep the feedback coming. We are continually making the changes. February Subscriber Gift All subscribers who opt in to email by Feb 14 will receive 1050 cartel coins (it is a code you can give anyone). Opt in via your account settings on the forums….
Feb 11 Patch 4.1a Maintenance for SWTOR
You all know how it goes. A new patch and all hell breaks loose. There for BioWare is taking down all SWTOR servers on Feb 11 5am to 7 am PST from for Patch 4.1a maintenance. Maintenance: 11 February 2016 | 02.10.2016, 08:17 PM Hey everyone! We will be taking the servers offline in order to apply Patch 4.1a on Thursday, February 11th. Details: DATE: February 11, 2016 TIME: 5AM PST – 7AM PST (13:00 – 15:00 GMT) VERSION: 4.1a This patch will address a few issues: missing Crafting Schematics, unusable Alliance Alerts, Chapter X area lag, the Outlander gear that changed color schemes, and an issue that caused Chapter X to not be pushed to all eligible players. Thank you for your patience as we maintain Star Wars™: The Old Republic™!
SWTOR Patch 4.1 Maintenance Delayed due to External Networks
BioWare are having trubles with SWTOR Patch 4.1. SO far the maintenance has been delayed due to external network issue. There is currently no ETA on when the servers will come online. Maintenance: 9 February 2016 | 02.09.2016, 05:28 PM Hey folks, We are nearing my “best case scenario” of one hour. We are not ready to bring the servers live yet, but we are still looking good. We are continuing to push the update out across our live servers, where we will then test these changes again. Assuming at that point, that everything looks good, we will bring the servers online. I am being told that it is possible that all of this can be complete within an hour. So, another best case ETA of one hour from the time of this post, or 6:30 PM CT. Thanks everyone. -eric Maintenance: 9 February 2016 | 02.09.2016, 04:33 PM Hey…
SWTOR: Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday February 9 – 2016
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of February 9 – February 16 2016 . New Items Price Helpful links HYPERCRATE: ANARCHIST PACKS 5400 SUPERCRATE: ANARCHIST PACKS 950 ANARCHIST PACK 200 Items No Longer Available Helpful links DUNE SEA BANTHA ELIMINATOR’S DUAL EDGED VIBROSWORD SUPERCRATE: STRATEGY ALLIANCE PACKS STRATEGY ALLIANCE PACK HYPERCRATE: STRATEGY ALLIANCE PACKS Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links GOING PLACES BASIC BUNDLE 375 250 –34% 312 UNLOCK: ADDITIONAL LEGACY STRONGHOLD STORAGE BAY 750 375 –50% 600 UNLOCK: INVENTORY MODULE 175 100 –43% 153 THE ARNECLIN MASTERPIECES 1000 500 –50% 800 APPEARANCE OPTION: SHAGGY 100 25 –75% 100
Game Update 4.1: Anarchy in Paradise Patch Notes
Tomorrow guys. Tomorrow the new game update for Star Wars: The old Republic goes live. Check out the patch notes below: Game Update 4.1: Anarchy in Paradise Patch Notes Highlights Chapter X: Anarchy in Paradise! Continue the Knights of the Fallen Empire storyline with a new Chapter featuring the infamous mercenary Firebrand! Players who were subscribed on February 1st have immediate access to this new Chapter, and it will be available for all other subscribers on Thursday, February 11th. New Alliance Alert: Arma Rasa! Players who were subscribed on January 11th will find a new Alliance Alert on February 9th which will enable them to acquire the recently-restored HK-55! New Alliance Alert: Little Boss! Help Blizz and his new crew defeat a rival gang to bring him into your Alliance! Crafting Update! With the release of 4.0 we made a pass at focusing and streamlining Crew Skills and with 4.1…
Star Wars Casinos
Casinos are a place where individuals can come together to gamble. This is not a new concept in the Star Wars world. We saw gambling mentioned in the original films in a variety of ways. It’s been a part of Star Wars canon all along. It’s not a surprise that there will be some crossover in people who like Star Wars and people who enjoy gambling and the casinos. We’ve talked before about how it would be cool to see more Star Wars gambling or casino games worked into our favorite Star Wars video games but with Disney at the helm now, that’s even less likely to happen. Disney seems to think that gambling (even virtual or just for fun) sends a non-family-friendly message that they don’t want to be associated with the franchise. So for now, if you want to enjoy some of your favorite casino games, you’re probably…
Unstable Arbiter’s Lightsaber comming to SWTOR
BioWare posted a tweet teasing the new Kylo Ren like lightsaber coming with the new pack on Tuesday. Introducing the Anarchist Pack’s Unstable Arbiter’s Lightsaber, coming to a Cartel Market near you on 2/9! #StarWars pic.twitter.com/6M7TbCj3sk — The Old Republic (@SWTOR) 5. februar 2016 If you have issue viewing the twitter post, check out the direct link here:https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/CaeZup2W8AA1GIr.mp4 Apparently they will be available as both normal and duel bladed light saber in the Anarchist’s Pack coming February 9.
Game Update 4.1 Maintenance on Feb 9
Servers will be going down for maintenance in Star Wars: The old Reublic, from 5 AM to 9 am PST on Feb 9 for Patch 4.1. Maintenance: 9 February 2016 | 02.05.2016, 09:27 AM Hey everyone! We will be taking the servers offline on February 9th in order to apply Game Update 4.1. The website will also be unavailable during this time. Details: DATE: Tuesday, February 9th 2016 TIME: 5AM – 9AM PST (1PM – 5PM GMT) VERSION: 4.1 Patch Notes will be available on Monday, February 8th. Thank you for your patience as we maintain Star Wars™: The Old Republic™!
Star Wars Pokies Should Make a Comeback
If you have not had the privilege of experiencing one of the popular Star Wars pokies, you’ve really been missing out. Even people who aren’t huge fan of slots found these fun if they liked Star Wars. There were a variety of games like those to test your Jedi skills, mega jackpots, and more. As we told you about before, Disney decided the Star Wars pokies were not family friendly and a couple of years back, decided to shut them down. This was a very sad time for many fans because the Marvel and Star Wars slot machines were some of the most popular around. Disney may feel like it wasn’t suiting to their family friendly image but it was the adults who enjoyed these games and the people who grew up on the original Star Wars movies are adults now. In fact, it is those adults who have kept…
SWTOR: No Conquest for the week of Feb 2-9
Due to bugs, conquest for the week of Feb 2-9 is cancelled. Hey everyone, The team has finished looking into what has caused this week’s Conquest to not start properly. Unfortunately, the issue is a bit more complex than we have experienced in the past with Conquests. Due to this, we will be implementing a fix for this with Game Update 4.1 next Tuesday. This means that there will not be a Conquest this week, as we work to address the issue. We apologize for any inconvenience. -Tait
SWTOR: Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday February 2 – 2016
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of February 2 – February 9 2016 . New Items Price Helpful links DUNE SEA BANTHA 2600 ELIMINATOR’S DUAL EDGED VIBROSWORD 1000 Items Still On Sale Price Helpful links Cargo Bay 29 Items No Longer Available Helpful links TEMPLE GUARDIAN ARMOR ZIOST GUARDIAN’S LIGHTSABER [image via Dulfy]
Items stack limit raised to 9999 with SWTOR Patch 4.1
Eric Musco just informed us that Game Update 4.1 will increase the stack limit of items from 99 to 9999. Good call if you ask me! Hey folks, One of the issues we have seen brought up quite a bit in this thread is storage space. Although we aren’t adding new bays at this time, one change to help with storage is that any item which previously stacked to 99, will now stack to 9,999. This change is coming in Game Update 4.1 Thanks! -eric
SWTOR: Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday January 26 – 2016
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of January 26 – Feb 02 2016 . New Items Price Helpful links TEMPLE GUARDIAN ARMOR 2000 ZIOST GUARDIAN’S LIGHTSABER 800 Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links ZAKUUL PERSONAL DROPSHIP 1000 1500 +50% 1500 ZAKUUL KNIGHT ARMOR SET 960 1440 +50% 1440 M8-M0 ASTROMECH DROID 60 240 +300% 190 CARGO BAY 115 29 –75%
January SWTOR Story Livestream Notes
BioWare posted a video yesterday featuring Charles Boyd and Alexander Freed. The video go over the story in Knight of the fallen empire, and upcoming content we can expect with chapter 10. KoTFE Recap Storytelling in games has the unique of challenging of having players able to see and know the villain without placing players in the same room as them as they would be dispatched quickly by the player.You need to get the villains upclose to the players to be a significant presence in their life. It would be hard to imagine Star Wars Ep4 told from only Luke’s perspective. Vader would just be a random Tie Fighter pilot. Vaylin is an unpredictable villain. She is difficult to pin down, you never know what she is going to do next. You got lots of serious figures like Arcann being very stoic. So seeing her and Arcann act entirely different…
Star Wars: The Old Republic at “Highest Subscriber Level in Three Years”
In the Electronic Arts Reports Q3 FY16 Financial Results, it is mentioned that STAR WARS: The Old Republic grew to its highest subscriber level in nearly three years in Q3 last year. It was also mentioned that Star Wars battlefront was performing strong. REDWOOD CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) today announced preliminary financial results for its third fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2015. “This holiday season we connected millions of players through amazing games across multiple platforms,” said Chief Executive Officer Andrew Wilson. From the stunning visuals and gameplay of STAR WARS Battlefront, to the anytime, anywhere competition in Madden NFL Mobile, players are deeply engaged across the increasing depth and breadth of the EA portfolio. “It was a great quarter with non-GAAP revenue and earnings that exceeded our guidance,” said Chief Financial Officer Blake Jorgensen. Our results were driven by strong performances from STAR WARS Battlefront,…
Changes to Start at level 60 Armor in SWTOR
We missed a forum update by Eric Musco late last night, but Start at 60 armor granted to new characters will become bind on pick starting with patch 4.1. Hey folks, Right now, when you make a brand new Start at 60 character, the armor that your character is wearing is Bind on Legacy. This has allowed players to make characters with the purpose of moving that armor appearance around to other characters. What we have seen on our side is that this has created a large increase in players creating characters just to get the armor sets, and then deleting those characters. This has created a negative impact on the data side. In order address this, we need to make some changes to how that gear works. Starting in Game Update 4.1, the gear that comes with a Start at 60 character will be Bind on Pickup. This change will…
Changes to Cartel Market Packs with SWTOR Patch 4.1
Eric Musco updated the community on the changes Coming Cartel Market Packs with 4.1 Hey folks, As you may know, our Cartel Market team has been making constant adjustments to how packs work, since our rework in Fallen Empire. We have heard in the past few months a lot of feedback from players that they really like the functionality of the “Grand Packs.” Think of anything from the Bronze, Silver, Gold Packs to the old Grand packs we released last year. Because of this, we are making some changes to the new pack which will release with 4.1. Currently when you open a Cartel Market pack, this is what you receive: 2 items from the pack (Mounts, Decorations, etc) 1 grade 5 or 6 Companion Gift 1 Scrap When you open the new Firebrand Pack in 4.1 you will receive the following: 2 items- either a new item from the…
Crafting Changes in SWTOR Patch 4.1
Eric Musco just posted a forum update about the crafting changes players can expect with Patch 4.1. With the release of 4.0 we made a pass at focusing and streamlining Crew Skills and with 4.1 we are continuing this effort. We want crafting to remain an important alternative to Mission and Operation gear. With the release of 4.1 we are releasing an alternative to the KotFE gear. This new tier of gear will be the best craftable gear that does not require exotic crafting materials, and to support this tier, we are introducing a new grade of crafting materials and missions. With this new change, we want Crafting to remain an important alternative means to collecting the most powerful gear in the galaxy – whether you’re looking to gain an edge in combat, or turning a tidy profit on the Galactic Trade Network. There are a few terms that we will be…
If Star Wars Had Live Roulette
We’ve talked about gambling in Star Wars before. Honestly, it was not an unheard of affair. In fact, in much of the Star Wars canon, it was quite common. Gambling was the betting of credits, or other possessions, in wagers or games. There were a variety of ways in which one could gamble. We saw gambling quite common on Tatooine. We saw Lando Calrissian lose the Millennium Falcon in a game of sabacc with Han Solo. There are many other parts of Star Wars canon and lore that reference betting and gambling. But what if Star Wars had live roulette? I can definitely see some of our favorite characters playing. I can also see some of the famous characters of Star Wars possibly losing. It’s fun to think about how a game like that could be incorporated into the Star Wars universe. One might even speculate that wars could have…
Nightmare Mode will drop guaranteed 224 gear with SWTOR Patch 4.2
Eric Musco just informed the community, that due to the community feedback, Bioware will make Nightmare mode drop guaranteed 224 gear again with Patch 4.2 sometime in March. Update on Nightmare Loot Changes | 01.25.2016, 08:58 PM Hey folks, Recently, we announced that starting in Game Update 4.1, only the final boss in each Nightmare Operation would have a 100% chance to drop 224 gear. The dev team has been very actively following all of the feedback that you in the community have been posting regarding this change. With that in mind, they are making one additional change… Starting in Game Update 4.2 all bosses in Nightmare Operations will drop 224 rating gear. We saw a lot of feedback over the past few weeks where many of you felt strongly that Nightmare should be a guaranteed source for the best gear, even if that means the priority HM was equivalent….
Details about the comming Eternal Championship Arena in SWTOR
Bioware has posted a lengthy list, outlining most of all the details of what to expect with the Eternal Championship Arena coming with Chapter XI. Gear Rewards from Eternal Championship | 01.22.2016, 08:46 PM Hi everyone, I’d like to share some additional details on the Eternal Championship with you. This will touch on several topics as follow: What is the story behind the Eternal Championship? The Eternal Championship is the latest trend in entertainment among Zakuul’s decadent upper class, who happily “tour” the lower levels of their capital to watch their social underlings engage in brutal death matches for fortune and glory. More details regarding the backstory will be revealed next week in the Developer Live Stream with Charles Boyd! Leading up to the launch of Game Update 4.2, we’ll also post a Developer Blog about the Eternal Championship. How does the Eternal Championship work? You start the Eternal Championship by…
SWTOR: Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday January 19 – 2016
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of January 19 – 26 2016 . All items take from reddit. Items No Longer Available Helpful links BRONZE ARMOR PACK Information from TOR FASHION GOLD ARMOR PACK Information from TOR FASHION SILVER ARMOR PACK Information from TOR FASHION BRONZE MOUNT PACK Information from TOR FASHION GOLD MOUNT PACK Information from TOR FASHION SILVER MOUNT PACK Information from TOR FASHION BRONZE DECORATION PACK Information from TOR FASHION SILVER DECORATION PACK Information from TOR FASHION GOLD DECORATION PACK Information from TOR FASHION GRAND CRYSTAL PACK Information from TOR FASHION GRAND DYE PACK Information from TOR FASHION GRAND WEAPONS PACK Information from TOR FASHION GRAND TOYS PACK Information from TOR FASHION GRAND TITLES PACK Information from TOR FASHION GRAND PETS PACK Information from TOR FASHION GRAND GALACTIC STARFIGHTER PACK Information from TOR FASHION GRAND EMOTES PACK Information from TOR FASHION GRAND COMPANION…