The decoration that has been missing since the release of Star Wars: The old Republic: strongholds – the Voss Shrine Sculpturewill be available in patch 3.3 from the reputation vendor: “Voss Shrine Sculpture” is it in game? | 06.05.2015, 03:23 PM Originally Posted by Ulytau This item is seen on decors list as an achievement reward so i searched all achievements i can see in the game but i was able to see this particular piece as a reward for any of them. Will there be an hint on how to get it? Hey Ulytau, I got some information on this from the team, and here are the details… The Voss Shrine Sculpture is incorrectly listed as coming from an achievement currently in the game. Here is the plan on where you can find it and how to get it: The Voss Shrine Sculpture will be available on the Voss Reputation…
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SWTOR Patch notes for Game update 3.3 PTS version
BioWare is aiming to get game update 3.3 on PTS tomorrow, Thursday the 4th. Below are the patch notes: Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ PTS Game Update 3.3 All content and features on the Public Test Server are not final and are subject to change. Classes + Combat Jedi Consular Sage Noble Sacrifice has been redesigned and renamed Vindicate: Vindicate restores 30 Force and heals a friendly target. The cooldown has been removed and a 2 second activation time has been added. All Sages will need to visit their class trainer to attain Vindicate. Benevolence now has a base Force cost of 65 (up from 50) and its healing has been significantly increased. Rejuvenate now has a base Force cost of 45 (up from 30) and its healing has been increased. Force Mobility now additionally allows Vindicate to be channeled while moving. Seer Deliverance now has a base Force cost…
An Update on Squelching and Credit Spam in SWTOR
Eric Musco passed on a fairly elaborate explanation around the credit spam that has been happening, and what BioWare are doing, right from a member of the Security Team: Hey everyone, I’m a developer attached to our security team, and that includes fighting credit farmers, exploiters, sellers, and spammers. Unfortunately we have to be pretty tight lipped about any of our security work because we don’t want ‘The Baddies’ knowing what we’re doing. The best kind of work we do is where players don’t realize we’ve done anything at all. I promise you, though, we do work hard at ensuring the game experience is fun from all sides, and that includes cutting down on spam wherever viable. One of the more frustrating kinds of spam players have reported recently was a new approach: Tell Spam. We noticed spammers sending massive numbers of tells to players around the server. The rate…
Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday June 02 – 09. 2015
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of June 02 – June 09 2015. Items No Longer Available Helpful links HYPERCRATE: ACOLYTE’S SHADOW PACKS ACOLYTE’S SHADOW PACK Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links APPEARANCE OPTIONS: HUMAN HAIRSTYLES 1 120 240 +100% 240 ADVANCED GREEN CORE INDESTRUCTIBLE CRYSTAL 250 500 +100% 500 Information from TOR FASHION CAVERN VARACTYL 2400 1200 –50% 2400 Information from TOR FASHION UNLOCK: GUILD BANK ACCESS 600 300 –50% 600 VINDICATOR’S LIGHTSABER 400 200 –50% 400 Information from TOR FASHION GOING PLACES BASIC BUNDLE 375 250 –34% 375 VINDICATOR’S SABERSTAFF 400 200 –50% 400 Information from TOR FASHION
PvP Economy and Ranked Rewards Restructure for Game Update 3.3
The SWTOR Combat Team published a new blog post today about the upcoming PvP Economy and Ranked Rewards change for patch 3.3: 06.01.2015 PvP Economy and Ranked Rewards Restructure for Game Update 3.3 Hello PvPers! As some of you may have heard on the Bad Feeling Podcast, we are making a few changes to Warzones and Ranked Warzone Arenas. Alex covered several of these changes in the interview but for clarity, and as an official jumping-off point for discussion, we wanted to go over the changes and the reasoning behind them here. Please feel free to join us in the discussion thread linked below. Let’s get started! PvP Gear Cost We think that getting a full set of PvP gear is too much of a grind. This is so much the case that only about 2% of PvP players have a full Dark Reaver set. Having at least Exhumed gear is a barrier…
Upcoming PvP Changes comming to SWTOR
The bad feeling podcast had the chance to sit down with Alex Modny and discuss PCP changes comming with game update 3.3 I encourage you to listen to the podcast, as it includes more stuff then in the notes below. There are some discussions on how new warzone maps get designed from start to finish for example. Podcast link to listen (1hr long) Notes: General Alex Modny (Systems Designer) and Eric Musco are present from Bioware Most of these changes will be coming with Game Update 3.3. No new PvP maps coming anytime soon. GSF is not dead, they might be doing some balance changes in the future but no plans for new game modes or new maps. They are changing AoE in warzones – they can no longer interrupt captures. No more force storms, Death from Above, Death Field etc. AoE CC still work to interrupt captures. This change is…
Bioware need your feedback on Strike Fighters
Alex Modny took on the official forums, asking for feedback on Galactic Strikefighter expansion, beginning with the Strike Fighter class: Let’s talk about Strike Fighters | 05.28.2015, 08:36 PM Howdy Flygirls and Flyboys! I’ll be blunt. Strike Fighters need lots of love. The original design is that they are the Jack-of-All and Master-of-None but they have filled out this role too well and because of it are rarely a compelling option. We want to talk about how Strike Fighters can be made into a good option to bring in any match, by any skill level. We have some ideas of what we want to do with them but because this community is always very impressive with communication and feedback we want to get your thoughts on what you think is the best course of action. We know there are some fantastic threads and posts aplenty that already covered this information…
SWTOR Temple Chair Basic to be available for only 1 credit
There is a bug with the decorations in the Deep Core/Core Worlds packs, were the decoration window that erroneously labeled Temple Chair Basic showed up. This was never intended to be in the pack, and due to this, the décor will now be available for 1 credit from the rep vendor. Hey folks, We looked into this and it turns out the chair was never intended to be in the pack, but appeared in the Decorations UI as being available from it. To remedy this, We are going to add the Decoration to the Esstran Exports Reputation vendor for 1 Credit with no Reputation requirement. This will go into the game with 3.2.2. Thanks all! Tait, Grand Emperor of Chairs and End Tables
New SWTOR Dev Post – Upcoming Dev Livestream June 3rd
Earlier today Eric Musco announced that the BioWare developers for Star Wars: The old Republic, will be showcasing the Yavin Stronghold and Togruta on a developer livestream on Wednesday June 3. Here are the details: Upcoming Dev Livestream – June 3rd | 05.26.2015, 01:08 PM Hey folks! I want to let you all know about our next planned developer livestream which will be happening on Wednesday, June 3rd from 4-5PM CDT. You can check out the livestream on our twitch channel,here. What we will be showing over the course of our one hour stream is some of the new content we have talked about which is coming this year. First up, we will be walking you through the entirety of the new Yavin IV Stronghold! Second, we will be doing all of that as a Togruta. So tune in as we showcase the new Stronghold and playable Species coming to…
SWTOR: Final Game Update 3.2.1 Patch Notes
Last week we posted the early draft of the SWTOR Patch Notes for Game Update 3.2.1 scheduled to deploy tomorrow. Servers are going down tomorrow between 1230AM PDT (0730 GMT) – 830AM PDT (1530 GMT), and here are the final patchnotes: Game Update 3.2.1 Patch Notes Highlights Nar Shaddaa Nightlife makes a glorious return! Head to Nar Shaddaa between June 9th, 2015 at 12GMT and August 25th, 2015 at 12GMT to test your luck on Smuggler’s Luck and Kingpin’s Bounty slot machines to earn unique prizes! General Right-clicking selected Utilities before resetting them no longer displays an incorrect number of available Utility Points. Dye Module Tooltips for the Outfit Designer now appear properly in German clients. The typo in the Season 4 Top 96 titles has been corrected. Emergency Fleet Pass and Quick Travel cooldowns for Preferred players now match the Subscriber cooldowns as intended. Modifying a Dye in an…
Scheduled Maintenance 27 May 2015 – Patch 3.2.1
BioWare will be performing maintenance for Game Update 3.2.1 on Wednesday, May 27th! Date: Wednesday, 27 May 2015 Time: 1230AM PDT (0730 GMT) – 830AM PDT (1530 GMT) Version: 3.2.1 You can find the Preliminary Patch Notes here, and final notes will be posted on Tuesday the 26th. If there are any updates during the maintenance period, they will be posted on the SWTOR Twitter account, as the website will be offline. Time Zone Start Time Scheduled End Time UTC Offset HST Tue May 26, 2015 09:30 PM Wed May 27, 2015 05:30 AM -10 hours AKDT Tue May 26, 2015 11:30 PM Wed May 27, 2015 07:30 AM -8 hours PDT Wed May 27, 2015 12:30 AM Wed May 27, 2015 08:30 AM -7 hours MDT Wed May 27, 2015 01:30 AM Wed May 27, 2015 09:30 AM -6 hours CDT Wed May 27, 2015 02:30 AM Wed May 27,…
New Dev Post – Update on Win-Trading in Season 5
Eric Musco just posted on the official SWTOR forums regarding Season 5 PvP Win Trading. Apparently this practice saw a 90% decrease in win trading activity and 50% decrease in trolls. Update on Win-Trading in Season 5 | 05.21.2015, 07:22 PM Hey folks, I am here to give an update on win-trading and ranked “trolls” for Season 5. As of earlier this week we sent out another round of warnings and action against players who were participating in win-trading or being trolly in ranked play. I did want to provide some additional information besides just letting you know timing of action going out. Many of you requested that we be more up front about the action we were taking against players, and you were right in asking for that! Our aggressive action against these players along with being up front and transparent about has led to a fairly substantial change, let…
SWTOR Game Update 3.2.1 Patch Notes
Here is an early draft of the SWTOR Patch Notes for Game Update 3.2.1 scheduled to deploy next week on May 27 after maintenance. These notes are not final and are subject to change. Check it out below: Highlights Nar Shaddaa Nightlife makes a glorious return! Head to Nar Shaddaa between June 9th, 2015 at 12GMT and August 25th, 2015 at 12GMT to test your luck on Smuggler’s Luck and Kingpin’s Bounty slot machines to earn unique prizes! General Right-clicking selected Utilities before resetting them no longer displays an incorrect number of available Utility Points. Dye Module Tooltips for the Outfit Designer now appear properly in German clients. The typo in the Season 4 Top 96 titles has been corrected. Emergency Fleet Pass and Quick Travel cooldowns for Preferred players now match the Subscriber cooldowns as intended. Modifying a Dye in an Outfit Slot now clears the slot’s Color Unification setting….
Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday May 19 – 26. 2015
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of may 19 – May 26 2015. Items No Longer Available Helpful links BLACK AND BLACK DYE MODULE Information from TOR FASHION WHITE AND WHITE DYE MODULE Information from TOR FASHION Items Available Again Price Helpful links HYPERCRATE: CRIME LORD’S CARTEL PACKS 5400 Pack contents from DulfyInformation from TOR FASHION CRIME LORD’S CARTEL PACK 250 Pack contents from DulfyInformation from TOR FASHION WHITE AND BLACK DYE MODULE 800 SOLUS SECANT 1125 Information from TOR FASHION GOLD SCALENE ARMOR SET 1080 Information from TOR FASHION Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links INVESTIGATOR’S ARMOR SET 600 1200 +100% 1200 Information from TOR FASHION MERCENARY CONTRACT: TREEK 1890 2100 +11% 2100 Information from TOR FASHION TREE CUSTOMIZATION BUNDLE 150 300 +100% 300 Information from TOR FASHION ADVANCED GREEN CORE HAWKEYE CRYSTAL 250 500 +100% 500…
3.2c Patch Notes
As we mentioned yesterday, SWTOR Gree Event will extended by one week due to Conquest issues. Today BioWare took down the servers to deploy a patch that made the possible. Check it out below: General Corrected and adjusted the Conquest and Event schedule: The Gree Event will continue to run until Tuesday, May 26th. The Relics of the Gree Conquest Event will repeat starting on Tuesday, May 19th. Bounty Contract Week has been rescheduled, and will now run from Tuesday, May 26th to Tuesday, June 2nd. EricMusco Unscheduled Maintenance: 14 May 2015 | 05.14.2015, 06:23 AM Hi everyone! All servers will be unavailable on May 14th while we apply Game Update 3.2c Date: Thursday, 14 May 2015 Time: 6:30AM PDT (1330 GMT) – 8:30AM PDT (1530 GMT) Version: 3.2c During maintenance, all updates and additional information will be posted on our Twitter account. Thank you for your patience as we…
Season 5 Reward Teaser Blog
BioWare have posted a new developer blog. This one is teasing the season 5 rewards for PVP. Top ranking PvPers in Season 5 can expect a Gladiatorial Nexu mount as one of the rewards. Glorious PvPers! Season 5 is upon us and we hope everyone is enjoying the intense action. Giradda the Hutt and Baron Deathmark cordially invite you to dismember each other for their entertainment, all in the hope of taking home some exceptional prizes from their personal collection of antiques and cherished goods! Without further ado, here is the concept for the Tier 1 reward. This should give you a taste of what is in store for gladiators of the arenas this season: This mount is just one of the rewards available in Season 5. In addition to this Nexu mount, Giradda will be offering unique Decorations, Titles, Color Crystals, as well as a unique Gladiatorial weapon set. Additionally…
SWTOR Gree Event extended by one week due to Conquest issues
BioWare will be extending the Gree event time and, repeat the Gree Conquest next week. This is due to some bugs causing the Gree Conquest issue to end early. Relics of the Gree Conquest Issue | 05.12.2015, 08:03 PM Hey folks, I wanted to give you an update on the Conquest issue from this morning. What we learned is that there was an error in the timing associated with the Relics of the Gree Conquest event. During this week the Relics Conquest event will end early, based on the in-game timer, on Thursday. This was not intended and so we are going to make a few adjustments to correct this. These changes will require a maintenance, which will happen later this week. We are going to extend the Gree event by another week! It will now end on Tuesday, May 26th. The Relics of the Gree Conquest event will run again…
Electronic Arts Cuts Staff At Visceral Games To Focus On New Star Wars Title
According to Game Informer, it has been confirmed , that EA has laied off a smaller number of staff over at Visceral. “We made a small staffing change in our Visceral studio today to support the needs of the studio’s two current development priorities: content for Battlefield Hardline Premium and an unannounced Star Wars project,” an EA representative told us via email. “We are working to ensure the smoothest transition possible for the impacted employees.” Electronic arts did mention anything about Amy Hennig and Todd Stashwick, who are leading the work on a still not official named Star Wars game, so we don’t know if they are affected by these changes. EA declined to share specific numbers impacted by the change. In April, Visceral’s Steve Papoutsis left EA after 14 years. Scott Probst currently leads Visceral’s efforts, including work on follow-up content for Battlefield Hardline and the upcoming Star Wars game.
Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday May 12 – 19. 2015
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of may 12 – May 19 2015. New Items Price Helpful links DEEP CORE EXPLORER’S PACK 250 CORE WORLDS EXPLORER’S PACK 130 HYPERCRATE: DEEP CORE EXPLORER’S PACK 5400 Items Available Again Price Helpful links BLACK AND BLACK DYE MODULE 1500 Information from TOR FASHION WHITE AND WHITE DYE MODULE 750 Information from TOR FASHION Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links INVESTIGATOR’S ARMOR SET 1200 600 –50% 1200 Information from TOR FASHION MERCENARY CONTRACT: TREEK 2100 1890 –10% 1995 Information from TOR FASHION TREE CUSTOMIZATION BUNDLE 300 150 –50% 225 Information from TOR FASHION ADVANCED GREEN CORE HAWKEYE CRYSTAL 500 250 –50% 500 Information from TOR FASHION
3.2b Patch Notes
Servers are coming back up from today’s maintenance, were BioWare deployed a small patch addressing a bug with The Colossal Monolith’s “Breaking the Rift” Ability. Full patch notes below: Flashpoints + Operations The Colossal Monolith’s “Breaking the Rift” Ability now properly channels for its entire duration. In related news, the Relics of the Gree is here. Running from May12-19.
SWTOR Patch 3.2.1 Sentinel and Marauder Changes
BioWare have started several discussion threads on the official SWTOR forums, to discuss upcoming changes to Sentinel and Marauder. As far as we know, players can expect quite a few changes comming with patch 3.2.1, and the game developers are trying to explain why. Here are the news from SWTOR System Designer John Jarynowski: 3.2.1 Marauder/Sentinel Insight: Defensive Forms | 05.06.2015, 02:42 PM Hey everyone, We’ve been following the discussions regarding the Annihilation/Watchman changes since the last PTS patch, and I wanted to take a moment to lend some insight on a few points and discuss potential improvements. We will start by discussing the 3.2.1 changes to Defensive Forms. Defensive Forms: We know that this has been a sensitive topic for some time and found it pertinent to reassess the Utility and expand its functionality. By dividing the original buffs among multiple Utilities and removing the stance requirement, we aim to…
SWTOR Taking Down a Credit Selling Ring
In a joint operation across the world, Police BioWare investigators have tracked down hundreds of accounts and confiscated their total assets of more 9 billion credits. All accounts are now in jail, and awaiting the death penalty. Good work boys! Here is the official news from Eric Musco: Taking Down a Credit Selling Ring | 05.06.2015, 06:12 PM Hey folks, Over the past few months there have been many issues with Credit sellers and Advertisers. As you have noticed lately, we’re communicating more about what’s going on behind the scenes, so this is another area where we plan to keep you informed. Last week, we took action against an entire selling ring. Over multiple weeks, we investigated and compiled evidence about a large Credit selling ring which spanned across hundreds of accounts and a variety of servers. To help thwart any possible reactions from this group, we simultaneously actioned every account…
SWTOR Developer Blog – The Epic Story XP Boost
Community Manager for Star Wars: The old Republic Eric Musco, posted a developer blog about the new The Epic Story XP Boost. This XP boost is a subscriber only bonus, that will let you run through level 1-50 doing only your class quests. Check it out: Hello everyone, let’s talk about the Epic Story XP Boost and how it’s an improvement over our 12x boost that we gave prior to Shadow of Revan. Our Epic Story XP Boost allows all subscribers to level from 1-50 by playing only their Class Missions and from 50-55 on Makeb by playing only the Rise of the Hutt Cartel main storyline. This Boost does not affect Shadow of Revan as it was already designed to be a more streamlined leveling experience. If you have never played the original 8 Class stories, there has never been a better time to dive in! With the Epic…
Anaheim Cantina attendee-only rewards just went out
BioWare just send out the Anaheim Cantina attendee-only rewards. All attendees get 450 Cartel Coins! Hello <username>, We would like to start off by thanking you for pre-registering and attending the STAR WARS™ Celebration Cantina in Anaheim. It was a great event and all of us here at BioWare are thankful that so many of you could join us. As we mentioned on the pre-registration page, pre-registrants that attended the event would receive a special bonus. Below, you will find a code that you can redeem on your account page via www.swtor.com. Once redeemed, that code will grant you 450 Cartel Coins for you to use as you see fit! Your code: <code>, Again, thank you so much for joining us in Anaheim, we hope you had a great time! If you are interested in giving us feedback on how we might improve our Cantinas, feel free to fill out…