Star Wars gambling is not new. It has been a popular pastime in the galaxy for millennia. In fact, some areas of the Old Republic allowed gambling and by the time of the Clone Wars, there was a push from Senator Simon Greyshade to legalize it throughout all of the Republic. Gambling had a big effect on Galactic history, as many will recall. For example, Watto lost his slave Anakin Skywalker over a podracing bet and Lando Calrissian won (and later lost) the Millennium Falcon in games of sabaac. Sabaac is a popular card game often played for high stakes. When played professionally, there would be a dealer to oversee the games. The game of sabacc used a deck of seventy-six cards featuring sixty numbered cards divided into four suits, and two copies of eight special cards. Each player is dealt two cards (sometimes five, depending on the set of rules in…
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SWTOR Season 6 Predacious Reward Teaser Blog
BioWare just posted a tears on the upcoming PVP rewards for Season 6 in Star Wars: The old Republic. Check it out: Glorious PvPers! Season 6 is upon us and we hope everyone is enjoying the intense action. Giradda the Hutt and Baron Deathmark cordially invite you to hunt each other down for their entertainment, all in the hope of taking home some brilliant prizes from their personal collection of antiques and beloved possessions! In Season 6 there will be a new reward system in place which you can read about in a previous blog. Below is a table with information and cost of the specific rewards, let’s get to it! In Season 6 there is a brand new tier exclusive item – The Battle Flag of Recognition – that can be used to place a holo-flag over a fallen enemy in either appreciation of the honorable fight or recognition…
SWTOR Season 5 Gold Tier Reward Granted
All Players who reached Season 5 Gold Tier in Star Wars; The old Republic, will get another Nexu mount as compensation. Season 5 Gold Tier Reward Granted | 08.18.2015, 04:32 PM Hey folks! As we mentioned before, with Patch 3.3.1 the plan was to issue each Season 5 Gold tier PvPer a new reward which would be exclusive to only them and would be a bit of a make-good for the issues that occurred in granting the reward previously. We wanted to make sure to give you something which is comparable to your previous Gold tier reward but still something special. So when maintenance is over today Season 5 Gold Tier characters should have a different and new Nexu mount in their mailbox. This Nexu shares the same model as the Gold tier mount but with a new, traditional colorization pattern. If you were a Gold tier participant in Season…
Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday August 18 – August 25 2015
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of August 18 – August 25 2015. New Items Price Helpful links ZAKUUL KNIGHT ARMOR SET 1440 Information from TOR FASHION Items No Longer Available Helpful links SECOND GRAND MOUNT PACK SECOND GRAND PET PACK Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links REPUBLIC ESSENTIALS BUNDLE 500 225 –55% MASTER’S SHADOW PACK 300 150 –50% 250 HYPERCRATE: MASTER’S SHADOW PACKS 6480 3240 –50% 5400 ARMORED WOODLAND VARACTYL 2400 1200 –50% IMPERIAL ESSENTIALS BUNDLE 500 225 –55% 428 DESCENDANT’S HEIRLOOM DUELSABER 250 500 +100% DESCENDANT’S HEIRLOOM SABER 250 500 +100% 500 EXTERMINATOR’S ARMOR SET 720 1440 +100% 1440 ULTIMATE LEVELING BUNDLE 1025 4100 +300% 4100 APPEARANCE OPTION: BRIGHT BLUE EYES 50 100 +100% 100
SWTOR Patch 3.3.1 Notes
Here are the patch notes for today’s maintenance. As we mentioned yesterday, the Bounty Contract Week Returns! Hunt wanted criminals in this returning event. The event begins August 18th at 04:00 PST/12:00 GMT and ends August 25th at 04:00 PST/12:00 GMT. General Previously unusable Small hooks in the Tatooine Homestead are now useable. The Waspback Gizka pet now grants the appropriate decoration when used. The Rark K-133T can now be placed as a Decoration within Strongholds. The Yavin 4 Stronghold Cinematic no longer plays every time the Stronghold is traveled to. The Yavin 4 Stronghold is now connected to Yavin 4 chat, and no longer lists your location as “Space.” Placed a missing hook in the Main Temple Room of the Yavin 4 Stronghold. Removed an excess hook from the first Sanctuary Temple in the Yavin 4 Stronghold. The Sanctuary 1 and Sanctuary 2 maps in the Yavin 4 Stronghold have…
Zakuul Knight Armor set available on CM Tomorrow in SWTOR
The Official Star Wars: The old Republic Facebook page just announced that the Zakuul Knight Armor set from Knights of the Fallen Empire expansion will be purchasable on the cartel market from tomorrow: INCOMING TRANSMISSION: The Zakuul Knight Armor Set will be available on the Cartel Market starting Aug 18! Stay tuned. The same page also tells us that the Bounty Contract Week Event starts again tomorrow: The BBA has decreed tomorrow the start of #SWTOR‘s Bounty Contract Week Event. Will you be there? http://bit.ly/1PvNv7X
Maintenance August 18 SWTOR Patch 3.3.1 incomming
BioWare will be deploying Patch 3.3.1 to Star Wars: The old Republic on Tuesday August 18 from 3 am to 10 am PDT. We will post the patch notes on Monday when they will be available Below are the details: Maintenance: 18 August 2015 | 08.14.2015, 10:03 PM Date: Tuesday, 18 August 2015 Time: 3:00AM PDT (1000 GMT) – 10:00AM PDT (1700 GMT) Version: 3.3.1 Timezone(s) Start Time End Time UTC Offset Australia/Sydney August 18, 2015 08:00 pm August 19, 2015 03:00 am +10:00 Australia/Adelaide August 18, 2015 07:30 pm August 19, 2015 02:30 am +09:30 Australia/Brisbane August 18, 2015 08:00 pm August 19, 2015 03:00 am +10:00 Tokyo August 18, 2015 07:00 pm August 19, 2015 02:00 am +09:00 Australia/Perth, Hong Kong August 18, 2015 06:00 pm August 19, 2015 01:00 am +08:00 Mumbai August 18, 2015 03:30 pm August 18, 2015 10:30 pm +05:30 EET August 18, 2015 01:00…
Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday August 11 – August 18 2015
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of August 11 – August 18 2015. Items No Longer Available Helpful links GALACTIC LEGENDS ARMOR PACK Items Available Again Price Helpful links SKIP TRACER’S CARTEL PACK 250 HYPERCRATE: SKIP TRACER’S CARTEL PACKS 5400 Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links SITH RAIDER ARMOR SET 720 1440 +100% 1440 CZERKA CZX-4 BLASTER PISTOL 250 500 +100% 500 CZERKA CZX-4 SNIPER RIFLE 250 500 +100% 500 DESCENDANT’S HEIRLOOM DUELSABER 500 250 –50% 425 DESCENDANT’S HEIRLOOM SABER 500 250 –50% 425 OUTER RIM EXPLORER’S PACK 250 300 +20% 300 EXTERMINATOR’S ARMOR SET 1440 720 –50% 1440 ULTIMATE LEVELING BUNDLE 4100 1025 –75% 4100 APPEARANCE OPTION: BRIGHT BLUE EYES 100 50 –50% 100 HYPERCRATE: OUTER RIM EXPLORER’S PACKS 5400 6480 +20% 6480
BioWare is looking into Legacy Wide Datacrons
The SWTOR Developers are looking into implementing legacy wide datacrons. If all goes right, this might be included in the upcoming Fallen Empire expansion. Datacrons Are For Legacies | 08.11.2015, 02:48 PM Hey folks! I wanted to pass on a little tidbit that I heard this morning. We are very actively looking to put Legacy-wide Datacrons into Knights of the Fallen Empire! We know this has been widely requested for many years and so the Design team is working as we speak to get it in. As always, this is not a guarantee that it will make it in, but the team is hard at work to make it happen. -eric
New SWTOR Concept Arts for Knights of the Fallen Empire
Electronic arts has posted some impressive new concept art for the upcoming expansion to Star Wars the old republic, titled Knights of the fallen empire. You can check the out for your self here, or you can see them all below:
Gamescom Cantina Q&A Video
BioWare had a Community cantina at Gamescon yesterday, and quite alot of new info is now available. Below is a 30 min Q and A video captured by Echilda of The Potentiae on The Red Eclipse at the event, and below the video,Gamescom Cantina Q&A gathered by Dulfy from around the web. Lot’s of new interesting stuff guys! From jedipedia twitter No new fleet planned but there is a central hub you can travel to during the expansion There are big changes to crafting coming which they will explain later in a blog post. To add to that, someone mentioned that apparently they are planning to make gathering nodes adaptive, give you mats based on your crew skill level and the planet you are on Very early designs for SWTOR had a free roam space where you can drive your ship around and AT-AT walkers you could drive. From Gamona.de Companions…
New SWTOR: Knights of the Fallen Empire gameplay Trailer
During Gamecon 2015, EA unveiled a new gameplay trailer for Star Wars: The Old Republic’s upcoming expansion, Knights of the Fallen Empire. The video doesn’t show too much about what to expect with the new expansion, but it seems like it will feature moral decisionmaking. When the expansion goes live, you will be able to continue on your existing character, or you can create a brand new one that starts at level 60, thereby skip all old. Either way, you’ll take on the role of The Outlander. Check out the trailer below:
Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday August 4 – August 11 2015
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of August 4 – August 11 2015. New Items Price Helpful links GALACTIC LEGENDS ARMOR PACK 750 ORLEAN LE-5 1500 Items No Longer Available Helpful links CRIME LORD’S CARTEL PACK HYPERCRATE: CRIME LORD’S CARTEL PACKS HYPERCRATE: PILGRIM’S SHADOW PACKS LIFE DAY BUNDLE (2014) WALKHAR TRICKSTER FIRST GRAND DECORATIONS PACK Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links CZERKA CZX-4 SNIPER RIFLE 500 250 –50% 375 CZERKA CZX-4 BLASTER PISTOL 500 250 –50% 375 SITH RAIDER ARMOR SET 1440 720 –50% 1080 BLOCKADE RUNNER’S CARTEL PACK 250 300 +20% 250 CORE WORLDS EXPLORER’S PACK 130 155 +19% 155 DEEP CORE EXPLORER’S PACK 250 300 +20% 300 HYPERCRATE: DEEP CORE EXPLORER’S PACK 5400 6480 +20% 6480 HYPERCRATE: MASTER’S SHADOW PACKS 5400 6480 +20% 6480 MASTER’S SHADOW PACK 250 300 +20% 300 CZERKA CZK-4 ASSAULT CANNON 250…
Update on SWTOR Season 5 PvP Nexu
Players who accidentally received the Season 5 Nexu will be able to keep them. BioWare Bioware is planning to add something exclusive for gold tier in patch 3.3.1. though. Check it out: The Season 5 Nexu | 07.31.2015, 03:10 PM Hey folks, Good news! We have granted Nexu to all of the remaining Gold tier characters who had not yet received it. If you were missing the Nexu, we isolated the issue to characters who had transferred or changed their names during the course of the season. I know there are questions about what will happen now, so here’s our current plans: Mistakenly Granted Nexu – Anyone who was granted a Nexu, will be allowed to keep it. This was our error and we are not inclined to take it away from everyone. Gold Tier Exclusive Reward – We know letting those extra players keep the Nexu, it takes away the exclusivity…
Old Star Wars PSAs About Drunk Driving and Smoking
Here is an old Star Wars Rarity. Back in 1979, creator George Lucas was still in the process of learning how to deal with the unexpected success of Star Wars and the huge incoming of merchandising and marketing opportunities that its popularity brought with it. The majority of the products from this time period are very special, such as early toys that were created by Kenner are now collectors’ items. However, the series of public service announcements have mainly been forgotten. There is a quick clip that was commissioned by the United States Department of Transportation and it features Star Wars characters carousing in the spaceport’s bar. When a Talz patron is way too drunk to fly back home, a responsible Duros offers the friend a ride home to make sure he makes it alive, while not hurting others in space. At the end you can see the copyright mark…
New SWTOR Story dev blog: Brothers
BioWare published a new story blog on the swtor website details Thexan and Arcann. These a the two guys from the Fallen Empire trailer. Check it out below: Brothers Today, I watched my face burn. The skin cracked and curled as fire seared away the moisture. Charred flesh retreated from the heat and shriveled into a huddled black mass. One blue eye, identical to my own, held me in place–made me watch. In an instant, it was the face of a stranger. And we were no longer twins. The memory tugged at my hand, pulled it to my cheek. I was startled by the smoothness that met the pads of my fingertips. My brother’s phantom grip still clutched my arm. I felt the bones beneath his skin reach out, try to escape the pain, and fail. Arcann had writhed for hours before sleep granted him mercy. My own bed remained empty….
Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday July 28 – August 4 2015
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of July 14 – July 21 2015. New Items Price Helpful links WALKHAR TRICKSTER 1440 Items Available Again Price Helpful links LIFE DAY BUNDLE (2014) 1000 Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links STRONGHOLD UTILITY DECORATION BUNDLE 682 1018 +49% 1018 HUMBLE HERO ARMOR SET 720 1440 +100% 1440 UNLOCK: OUTFIT DESIGNER SLOT 96 120 +25% 120 UNLOCK: ADDITIONAL LEGACY STRONGHOLD STORAGE BAY 450 750 +66% 750 CZERKA CZK-4 ASSAULT CANNON 500 250 –50% 375 CZERKA CZX-4 BLASTER RIFLE 500 250 –50%
New Maintenance: Update 3.3a
BioWare will be bringing the servers offline today, Tuesday July 28th, in order to apply Patch 3.3a. Date: Tuesday, 28 July 2015 Time: 5:00AM PDT (1200 GMT) – 7:00AM PDT (1400 GMT) Version: 3.3a This patch will correct the Unranked Warzone queue, make it possible to complete the Mission “Monolithic” on Ziost, and return the text to Medical Probe’s icon and tooltip. Timezone(s) Start Time End Time UTC Offset Australia/Sydney July 28, 2015 10:00 pm July 29, 2015 12:00 am +10:00 Australia/Adelaide July 28, 2015 09:30 pm July 28, 2015 11:30 pm +09:30 Australia/Brisbane July 28, 2015 10:00 pm July 29, 2015 12:00 am +10:00 Tokyo July 28, 2015 09:00 pm July 28, 2015 11:00 pm +09:00 Australia/Perth, Hong Kong July 28, 2015 08:00 pm July 28, 2015 10:00 pm +08:00 Mumbai July 28, 2015 05:30 pm July 28, 2015 07:30 pm +05:30 EET July 28, 2015 03:00 pm July 28, 2015…
SWTOR Seattle Cantina Tour Canceled
The Seattle Cantina Tour has been canceled, as BioWare needs to spend all it energy on getting Star Wars: The old Republic Fallen Empire ready. Instead the team will do a livestream with some gameplay of a chapter of the upcoming expansion. PAX Cantina – Important Update: Revised Plan | 07.27.2015, 08:22 AM Hey folks, We wanted to give you an update on a change of plans around our Seattle Cantina, planned to happen around PAX Prime. As we have been looking at our schedule, we feel that as we are just a few short months from Fallen Empire’s launch, it is really important that we focus our resources internally. Our goal is to deliver a AAA-quality expansion and we need to allow the team to put their focus on development priorities, to put all resources into making Knights of the Fallen Empire the best it can be. With that in…
Fanmade ‘Star Wars’ Oculus Rift Game Trailer
A company named Hammerhead VR has created a trailer for Star Wars VR, a game made for the Oculus Rift. Oculus Rift is a virtual reality headset that is going to change the way we play video games in the future. The trailer was made with the Unreal Engine 4 and it looks great, even though it’s not the most complex footage ever made. The first-person Star Wars experience is really what shines in this cool project. No matter if you are going up against Darth Vader in the carbon freezing chamber or leading the battle on the first Death Star, experiencing the excitement and action of Star Wars in a virtual reality environment would be amazing. The trailer does not show much activity with the characters but it was probably difficult to make the trailer with moving ships and environments while not having to worry about populating the game…
New Update For Star Wars Knights Of The Old Republic II
Fans of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II – The Sith Lords, which was released in 2004, is receiving an official update with new features and fixes. This new update covers Linux, Mac, and Windows versions of the game when purchased through Steam. It’s introducing a variety of new features, like widescreen resolutions of up to 4K and 5K, 37 more achievements, Steam Workshop integration, and controller support. The last feature is really awesome because it allows anyone to have access and install user-created add-ons for the game inside of Steam client. One item that is available already is the KotoOR II’s popular “Restored Content Mod,” and it repairs a variety of bugs and introduces new story content that was made for but not originally included in the game. Developer Obsidian Entertainment has been working under the gun for the last months of the games developments. This is…
SWTOR: Update on Win Trading from Season 5
Eric Musco took on the forums to tell players about the actions BioWare have taken against win trading in the past PvP season. Check it out: Update on Win Trading from Season 5 | 07.23.2015, 06:07 PM Hey folks, With Season 5 recently ending, I thought I would give an update on what we have been doing to curb players who continue to win-trade. To recap from before, players who were caught win-trading were receiving actions ranging from a warning, up to having their character’s rating reset. Specifically, the character who we caught doing the win-trading itself. Depending on the character’s history, this can also include suspension time as well. Over the course of the last few Seasons, we have seen an overall decline in win-trading action, and we hope that you have seen that as well. However, in a handful of cases, there are players who continue to win-trade…
The SWTOR Cartel market team want your ideas for new mounts
Yeah. That’s right. What do you wan’t to spend you money on? BioWare want’s to know. So if you have any suggestions for new mounts to add. Give feedback on the forums. The Official Mount/Vehicle Wishlist Thread Ever wander the galaxy, come across a creature and think it would be an awesome mount? Perhaps the fierce Corrupted Geo Beast of Oricon*, or the massive but gentle Bormus of Balmorra? We want to hear about it! Please use this thread to tell us what you would like to see implemented as a mount, be it creature, or vehicular! When offering suggestions, we do ask that you please be as specific as possible, and provide images when you can. The more information we have about exactly what you want to see, the easier it is for us to send our expert creature handlers out for investigation, or supply work orders to our manufacturers!…
Game Update 3.3 Known Issues
New patch, new bugs. Here are a list of known issues so far. I guess they have to wait for the wall of Togrutas to come in and find any other errors… Still, seems minor so far. TaitWatson Nexu Mount? | 07.22.2015, 09:19 AM As part of our testing and changes we made in getting 3.3 released, an issue occurred that we didn’t catch. As you noticed, the Nexu was not sent with the rest of the Season 6 rewards. We are going to get these out to everyone who earned one as soon as possible. Sorry for the trouble! -Tait Source TaitWatson Game Update 3.3 Known Issues | 07.22.2015, 08:59 AM Hey all, This thread will contains Known Issues for Game Update 3.3 and will be updated from time to time as we gather more information. Thanks! The Togruta tooltip in the Appearance Designer does not indicate that the Species…