BioWare posted a Developer Blog yesterday named Hidden Enemies. What you are about to read is an excerpt from the official Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ Encyclopedia. It will describe an overview of all 3 Acts of the Imperial Agent Class story. Although we try to avoid them wherever possible, this excerpt will contain spoilers. Please read at your own risk… Prologue After excelling in initial training, a freshly-recruited Imperial Agent is dispatched to the planet Hutta to manipulate a powerful Hutt crime lord named Suudaa Nem’ro into supporting the Empire. Infiltrating Nem’ro’s organization, the agent carries out a series of operations against the Hutt’s top rival, Fa’athra, to earn his trust. The agent then slowly convinces Nem’ro that the Republic is damaging his interests. Despite a series of challenges from suspicious rivals and merciless enemies, the agent succeeds in persuading Nem’ro, winning his support for the Empire. On returning…
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Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday September 08 – September 15 2015
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of September 01 – September 7 2015 . Treek was unavailable for a couple hours and is once again available for 2100cc Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links RENAME: FLAGSHIP NAME 750 1500 +100% 1500 TREEK CUSTOMIZATION BUNDLE 150 300 +100% 300 WEEKLY PASS: FLASHPOINTS 180 240 +33% 240 KICK BALL 100 400 +300% 400 APPEARANCE OPTION: MIRIALAN TATTOOS 1 90 45 –50% 90 APPEARANCE OPTIONS: CHISS CUSTOMIZATION 1 240 120 –50% 240 5-PACK: MAJOR EXPERIENCE BOOST 360 60 –84% 315 EMOTE: FREEZING 400 100 –75% 300 EMOTE: CHILLY
SWTOR Conquest Changes in Fallen Empire
The removal of Nightmare Eternity Vault and Karagga’s Palace, isn’t the only news BioWare have for us today. Players can expect some conquest changes in the upcoming expansion. Conquest Changes in Fallen Empire | 09.08.2015, 04:32 PM Hey folks, In Fallen Empire we will be making changes to Conquests so I wanted to let you know about what is being adjusted. One thing that we noticed in looking at Conquests is that not as many players as we would hope are completing their personal targets. We feel this may be because the targets are too high, requiring more time to complete than many players may have available. Because of this we are adjusting the target points for rewards in some Conquests: All Conquests which previously required 35,000 target points have had that target number reduced to 20,000. Titans of Industry will remain at 25,000 target points. Total Galactic War will remain…
SWTOR: EV and KP Nightmare Removal in Fallen Empire
BioWare is removing Nightmare Eternity Vault and Karagga’s Palace with the launch of Knights of the Fallen Empire: EV and KP Nightmare Removal in Fallen Empire | 09.08.2015, 04:24 PM Hey folks, Around launch when we implemented the Nightmare versions of Eternity Vault and Karagga’s Palace, they were not quite the same as the Nightmare modes you are used to now. Basically, those old Nightmare ops were simply the same Operations with more health, that did more damage. With the changes we are making in Fallen Empire, all Operations will now be at max level, this means the differences between Hard and Nightmare EV and KP, just don’t stack up against the difficulty differences found in other Operations. Because of this, we are going to be removing Nightmare Mode Eternity Vault and Karagga’s Palace from the game with the launch of Fallen Empire. This will raise a couple of questions…
Game Update 4.0 Class Changes: Jedi Knight + Sith Warrior
BioWare posted a new developer blog for SWTOR highlighting the changes for Jedi Knight and Sith Warrior coming in game update 2.4:Knights of the Fallen Empire. Game Update 4.0 Class Changes: Jedi Knight + Sith Warrior 09.04.2015 Hi everyone! Thanks for reading our first installment of Class Change blogs that we will be releasing leading up to the release of Knights of the Fallen Empire. This week, we are going to talk about the quintessential Star Wars™ champions: Jedi Knights and Sith Warriors. In Game Update 4.0, we wanted to increase the mobility of these formidable combatants in order to allow them to realize their full potential on the battle field, and to make them more difficult to kite. The new Knight/Warrior ability – Blade Blitz/Mad Dash – emphasizes this design intention, and Knight/Warrior players will find that they have an easier time staying on target while in combat. Below…
SWTOR Class missions will not be removed or altered with KoTFE
Eric Musco just clarified that you don’t have to worry about class missions from level 1-50 They won’t change with Knights of the fallen empire Class missions removed/altered? | 09.03.2015, 03:10 PM Quote: Originally Posted by Sigiles First off, forgive me if this is a stupid question. Will the class stories, planetary storylines and side missions be removed or altered for the KotFE expansion? I was under the assumption that it will all remain the same until you hit 60 and start the KotFE content, in which you will be “moved” to another instance, sort of.. Say I start a Trooper after the launch of KotFE.. Will that Trooper go through the Trooper storyline that has always been there since launch? Again, forgive me if this is a stupid question.. But I heard something that worried me… Hey Sigiles, If you start a brand new level 1 character, you…
SWTOR Sith Warrior Class Story Summary
Together with the Jedi Knight Class story summary, BioWare also released the Sith Warrior Class Story. Check it out: 09.03.2015 Path of Destruction What you are about to read is an excerpt from the official Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ Encyclopedia. It will describe an overview of all 3 Acts of the Sith Warrior Class story. Although we try to avoid them wherever possible, this excerpt will contain spoilers. Please read at your own risk… Prologue As peace crumbles between the Empire and Republic, mighty new Sith are needed to lead the charge in the coming war. One such Force-sensitive is fated to rise rapidly to power and become one of the most powerful Sith in the galaxy. Under the instruction of Overseer Tremel, this privileged acolyte begins an accelerated training regimen in the Sith Academy of Korriban. The acolyte conquers the Sith trials, dominates the other students, and displays…
SWTOR Knight Story Summary
BioWare have just published the first class story summary in preparation for KotFE. 09.03.2015 To Battle With Darkness What you are about to read is an excerpt from the official Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ Encyclopedia. It will describe an overview of all 3 Acts of the Jedi Knight Class story. Although we try to avoid them wherever possible, this excerpt will contain spoilers. Please read at your own risk… Prologue One of the strongest Padawans the Jedi have seen for generations races into peril when a surprise attack by savage native warriors nearly devastates the Order on Tython. Surviving a fierce battle against these monstrous enemies and saving numerous students, the Padawan receives a challenging new teacher from the High Council: iconoclastic war hero Master Orgus Din. Together, they hunt a mysterious foe who has targeted the Jedi for extermination. The Padawan and Master Orgus form an uneasy alliance with…
SWTOR will be releasing three Class related blogs each week for the next 4 weeks
The SWTOR developers over at BioWare, will be releasing three class related blogs for Knights of the Fallen Empire each week, for the next four weeks. Hey folks! I know there are some questions about when you are gonna have some new Fallen Empire information, so here are some scheduling tidbits on what you can expect. Our plan right now is that starting this week, over the next four weeks, we will be releasing three Class related blogs each week. One blog, will cover the Class changes which the mirrors are receiving. The other two blogs will be a full recap of those Classes stories, told from the SWTOR Encyclopedia. So, for this week you will be getting: The Class changes coming to Knights and Warriors* A recap of the Sith Warrior story.* A recap of the Jedi Knight story.* *The schedule this week will be a little different from the…
Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday September 01 – September 7 2015
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of September 01 – September 7 2015 . New Items Price Helpful links WILD SPACE EXPLORER’S PACK 250 HYPERCRATE: WILD SPACE EXPLORER’S PACKS 5400 Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links UNDERWORLD ESSENTIALS BUNDLE 350 700 +100% 700 APPEARANCE OPTION: DREADLOCKS 60 100 +66% 100 APPEARANCE OPTION: POMPADOUR 60 100 +66% 100 M8-M0 ASTROMECH DROID 140 280 +100% 280 SKIP TRACER’S CARTEL PACK 250 360 +44% 250 RENAME: FLAGSHIP NAME 1500 750 –50% 1500 MERCENARY CONTRACT: TREEK 2100 1050 –50% 1995 TREE CUSTOMIZATION BUNDLE 300 150 –50% 225 WEEKLY PASS: FLASHPOINTS 240 180 –25% 240 KICK BALL 400 100 –75% 300 HYPERCRATE: SKIP TRACER’S CARTEL PACKS 5400 6480 +20%
The Star Wars Battlefront Beta is Coming Early October.
Electronic Arts just announced that Star Wars Battlefront, the much-anticipated shooter from Battlefield studio DICE, is getting a beta: Ever since we revealed Star Wars™ Battlefront™ in April at Star Wars™ Celebration, you’ve been asking us if there would be a Beta. Today, we are thrilled to finally be able to answer that question, and the answer is yes! Coming early October to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and on Origin for PC, the Star Wars Battlefront Beta* is a technical test and will feature Walker Assault on Hoth, a 40-player multiplayer battle featuring Rebels and the Empire. Walker Assault will also give you the chance to play as two of the most iconic characters in the Star Wars™ universe: Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker. The Beta will also feature our Survival Mission on Tatooine, where you and a Rebel friend must fight back waves of Imperial forces. In addition to those two…
SWTOR Livestream Companion Wrap-up
Have any questions on companions in Star Wars: Knights of the fallen empire? Ask them now, on the official forums, and BioWare will answer: August Livestream Wrap-up | 08.27.2015, 02:30 PM Quote: Originally Posted by Excise Good stream. Question #1: Without naming specific companions (we’ll use Companion Bob), did I understand the stream correctly and that the below is a possibility: Companion Bob was a classic Companion. In KotFE, Companion Bob does not return story-wise. Despite that, I can still summon Companion Bob for adventuring purposes. Is the above understanding correct? Question #2: Will any new companions have conversation quests? Question #3: Will any old companions have new conversation quests? Question #1 – That understanding is correct. Question #2/3 – Are you specifically talking like “in your cantina or on your ship” type conversations? Or just dialog directly with that Companion? August Livestream Wrap-up | 08.27.2015, 02:31 PM Quote: Originally…
Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday Aug 25 – Sep 1 2015
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of Tuesday Aug 25 – Sep 1 2015. New Items Price Helpful links ZAKUUL PERSONAL DROPSHIP 1500 Items No Longer Available Helpful links MASTER’S SHADOW PACK HYPERCRATE: MASTER’S SHADOW PACKS Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links REPUBLIC ESSENTIALS BUNDLE 225 500 +122% 500 ARMORED WOODLAND VARACTYL 1200 2400 +100% 2400 IMPERIAL ESSENTIALS BUNDLE 225 500 +122% 500 UNDERWORLD ESSENTIALS BUNDLE 700 350 –50% 525 APPEARANCE OPTION: DREADLOCKS 100 60 –40% 100 APPEARANCE OPTION: POMPADOUR 100 60 –40% 100 M8-M0 ASTROMECH DROID 140
SWTOR PAX Prime Make-up Livestream – August 26th
Bioware will be at PAX Prime next week, and has now posted the time table and details of the Pax Prime Make up Livestream. This live stream will be showcasing Chapter 3 gameplay of the upcoming expansion Star Wars: The Old Republic Knights of the Fallen Empire. Check it out: PAX Prime Make-up Livestream – August 26th | 08.20.2015, 03:24 PM Hey folks, I wanted to let you know about the exact details of our livestream planned for next week: Where: www.twitch.tv/swtor When: 5PM PDT Who: Bruce Maclean, Michael Backus, Ben Scott, and myself What: We will be showing you gameplay from parts of Chapter 3 The team will answer questions from chat throughout the stream A shareable link for the 2015 PAX Prime Cantina Tour Pack, which includes the PAX exclusive Prinawe Aggregate A first reveal of a familiar face you will see in Knights of the Fallen Empire…
Star Wars Gambling
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…
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: