BioWare is updating the Public test servers. Here are the PTS Patch Notes for the March 13 patch: 3/13/15 PTS Update Notes | 03.13.2015, 08:46 AM Combat Changes Jedi Consular Sage The damage dealt by Forcequake has been reduced. Forcequake now consumes 60 Force (down from 120) over the duration of the channel (3 seconds, down from 6 seconds). Additionally, the snare on targets damaged by Forcequake has been removed. Balance Targets affected by Force Suppression now receive 15% additional damage (up from 10%) from your next 15 periodic damage abilities. Shadow Serenity Targets can no longer suffer from the periodic effects of Mind Crush and Vanquish simultaneously. Sith Inquisitor Sorcerer The damage dealt by Force Storm has been reduced. Force Storm now consumes 60 Force (down from 120) over the duration of the channel (3 seconds, down from 6 seconds). Additionally, the snare on targets damaged by Force Storm…
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SWTOR Additional 3.1.1 Patch Notes
BioWare added some additional patch notes to the one released yesterday. Check them out below: Flashpoints + Operations Terror From Beyond The Data Cores no longer spawn infinite droids. Battle of Rishi Marko’Ka’s summoned droids can no longer be salvaged. Legacy of the Rakata Added additional points of collision in the area around the Infinite Army Prototype to prevent the avoidance of boss mechanics. Directive 7 The Mentor Assassin Beta no longer drops loot before all of the Assassin Droids are defeated. Items + Economy The following crafted cybertech items have had their values reduced significantly to be more in line with other crafted items: Frasium Frontline Secondary Parts Frasium Frontline Primary Parts Frasium Ordnance Secondary Parts Frasium Ordnance Primary Parts Frasium Frontline Secondary Motor Frasium Ordnance Primary Motor Frasium Frontline Primary Motor Frasium Ordnance Secondary Motor Frasium Ordnance Secondary Core Frasium Ordnance Primary Core Frasium Frontline Sensor Unit Frasium…
The Star Wars: The Old Republic Community Cantina Tour Arrives in Anaheim, California on 18 April
BioWare just announced that the next stop in the Star Wars: The Old Republic Community Cantina Tour will be happening on Friday 18 April at 19:00–22:00 in PDT. The event will be hold at Hilton Anaheim 777 W Convention Way, Anaheim, California 92802: We’re happy to announce that the next stop in the Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ Community Cantina Tour will be happening on Saturday, April 18th, in Anaheim for STAR WARS: Celebration! This is your chance to join the Star Wars: The Old Republic community for a development team presentation as well as complimentary drinks*, food, and giveaways. Every attendee will also be receiving an Anaheim exclusive Prinawe Congregate vehicle code. We will also have a special appearance by the 501st, a green screen area for photos, and more! Space is limited so be sure to come early. If you’re in the area, make sure to stop by and…
SWTOR Game Update 3.1.1 Patch Notes
Here are the patchnotes for tomorrows servers maintenance: Highlights Bounty Contract Week Returns! Hunt wanted criminals in this returning event. The event begins March 17th at 04:00 PDT/11:00 GMT and ends March 24th at 04:00 PDT/11:00 GMT. General The second dialogue choice when speaking to Jerwo Vhob on Rishi no longer appears blank in French and German. The Decoration “Gree Light Pillar (Blue)” now consistently appears in the Decoration UI. Numerous mounts have been updated to allow similar styles to utilize the same hook types within Strongholds. The “Orbital Power Monitor” Decoration now has a 20% chance to drop from the final boss of Kuat Drive Yards. The following decorations have been added to their appropriate faction Starfighter and PvP Decoration vendor. They cost 5 Dark Projects and 5 Universal Prefabs MK-3 each: Ship Computer: Imperial (Full) Ship Computer: Republic (Full) Applied the appropriate soundsets to numerous Nova Blades on…
SWTOR Patch 3.1.1 scheduled for tomorrow Thursday
SWTOR Patch 3.1.1 will be scheduled for tomorrow Thursday 12 Martch, if all goes as planned. Scheduled Maintenance: March 12th, 2015 | 03.11.2015, 02:36 PM All servers will be unavailable on March 12th while we apply Game Update 3.1.1. Date: Thursday, 12 March 2015 Time: 5:00AM PDT (12:00 GMT) – 9:00AM PDT (16:00 GMT) Version: 3.1.1 Preliminary Patch Notes can be found here. Final patch notes will be posted Monday, March 9th. During maintenance, all updates and additional information will be posted on our Twitter account. Thank you for your patience as we maintain service for Star Wars™: The Old Republic™. Hey folks, I have seen some questions about why we delayed the patch so I thought I would let you know what caused the delay. There is an issue that would cause character’s with certain facial features, during conversations, to have their faces become blacked out or to appear bright…
Update on SWTOR Win-Trading and Griefing in Season 4
Yesterday Eric Musco addressed the PvP forums, and updated players on Bioware’s action towards win-traders and trolls in ranked PvP. Check it out below: Update on Win-Trading and Griefing in Season 4 | 03.10.2015, 06:45 PM Hey folks, As promised, we want to keep you informed on what we are doing about those win-traders and trolls in Ranked PvP. Here is what is happening right now: Win-traders – We have been reviewing multiple sets of data, along with the private reports that many of you have been sending to the team. Any player who, through validating data, is win-trading is receiving will be receiving at a minimum, a warning. Not only are we warning these users to stop what they are doing, continued win-trading will lead to greater actions including resetting their ratings and suspension time. Griefer – Those players that seem to have that one singular purpose, to ruin…
Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday March 10 -17 2015
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of Feb 24 – Mar 04 2015. Items No Longer Available Helpful links GOLD SCALENE ARMOR SET Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links LEGACY UNLOCK: SITH PUREBLOOD 300 600 +100% 600 LEGACY UNLOCK: MIRALUKA 300 600 +100% 600 THE ARNECLIN MASTERPIECES 600 1000 +66% 1000 DESCENDANT’S HEIRLOOM SABER 350 500 +42% 500 Information from TOR FASHION DESCENDANT’S HEIRLOOM DUELSABER 350 500 +42% 500 Information from TOR FASHION WEEKLY PASS: OPERATIONS 240 180 –25% 210 WEEKLY PASS: WARZONES 240 180 –25% 210 APPEARANCE MODIFICATION STATION 110 55 –50% 82 Information from TOR Fashion APPEARANCE OPTIONS: HUMAN HAIRSTYLES 1 240 120 –50% 180 CYBER ASSAULT CANNON 600 360 –40% 480 Information from TOR Fashion UNLOCK: ADDITIONAL LEGACY STRONGHOLD STORAGE BAY 750 450 –40% 600 GALACTIC TRADE NETWORK (WALL) 120 90 –25% 105 Information from…
SWTOR Patch 3.1.1 Delayed to later this week
Tomorrows SWTOR Patch 3.1.1 has been delayed, and will first be deployed some time later this week. Here are the details from Tait Watson: Scheduled Maintenance: TBD | 03.09.2015, 05:33 PM Hey everyone! We are going to be pushing the maintenance window to later this week. I don’t have all the details right now, but this thread will be updated when I do. Thank you for your understanding! -Tait
Scheduled Maintenance – 10 March 2015 – Patch 3.1.1
BioWare will be taking down the servers on March 10 to preform scheduled maintenance. Below are the details: Scheduled Maintenance: 10 March 2015 | 03.06.2015, 03:45 PM All servers will be unavailable on March 10th while we apply Game Update 3.1.1. Date: Tuesday, March 10th, 2015 Time: 5:00AM PDT (12:00 GMT) – 9:00AM PDT (16:00 GMT) Version: 3.1.1 Preliminary Patch Notes can be found below. Final patch notes will be posted Monday, March 9th. During maintenance, all updates and additional information will be posted on our Twitter account. Thank you for your patience as we maintain service for Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ Preliminary Game Update 3.1.1 Patch Notes: General The second dialogue choice when speaking to Jerwo Vhob on Rishi no longer appears blank in French and German. The Decoration “Gree Light Pillar (Blue)” now consistently appears in the Decoration UI. Numerous mounts have been updated to allow similar…
SWTOR Dev Blog: The Final Trial
BioWare published a new short story titled The Final Trial featuring Lana Beniko. Check it out: Lana Beniko woke with heavy lids, her mind and body brittle against the cold stone of Tulak Hord’s tomb. How long had she slept? The strain in her limbs told her not long enough, but she feared it had been days. Hunger clawed at the lining of her stomach, but Lana shook it off. She needed to keep moving, keep searching. To stay here was to become just another lifeless relic of the tomb. Dark soil stained Lana’s fingernails as she pushed herself to stand. The air was drafty, chapping her already raw lips. “You’re awake,” a hoarse voice stated. Lana had forgotten she wasn’t alone. Bensyn knelt at the entrance of the alcove they had chosen as a resting spot, his red Sith Pureblood skin easily recognizable. Kagan was curled next to him still…
SWTOR PTS 3.1.2 Update #2 Patch Notes
BioWare have updated the SWTOR Public test servers wiht a new patch. This update is focusing on class changes. Check it out below: Jedi Knight Guardian Focused Defense now grants 12 charges (up from 10) and lasts for 15 seconds (up from 10). Sith Warrior Juggernaut Enraged Defense now grants 12 charges (up from 10) and lasts for 15 seconds (up from 10). Jedi Consular Sage Redesigned the Upheaval utility: Project gains a 25% chance to produce a second Project that deals 25% damage. Telekinetics Fixed an issue that caused Tremors to apply Unshakable early, negating interrupts. Shadow Infiltration Kinetic Field now increases damage reduction by 3% for 15 seconds (up from 2%) when dealing critical damage. This effect stacks up to 3 times. Sith Inquisitor Sorcerer Redesigned the Chain Shock utility: Shock gains a 25% chance to produce a second Shock that deals 25% damage. Lightning Fixed an issue…
SWTOR 3.1a Patch Notes
Patch notes from today’s maintenance is now available. Check them out below: 3.1a Patch Notes General The Achievements for Hard Mode Battle of Rishi and Hard Mode Blood Hunt no longer reset on logout. Flashpoints and Operations The Ravagers Players must now begin the Coratanni encounter by interacting with the door to her arena before every attempt. It is no longer possible for players to get stuck in a state where there are unable to return to the Coratanni encounter. Saber Reflect no longer deflects Floor Vent damage during the Torque encounter.
Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday March 04 -10 2015
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of Feb 24 – Mar 04 2015. New Items Price Helpful links SOLUS SECANT 1500 Information from TOR FASHION GOLD SCALENE ARMOR SET 1440 Information from TOR FASHION Items No Longer Available Helpful links HYPERCRATE: ARCHITECT’S STRONGHOLD PACKS Pack contents from Dulfy ARCHITECT’S STRONGHOLD PACK Pack contents from Dulfy SENESCHAL’S STRONGHOLD PACK Pack contents from Dulfy HYPERCRATE: SENESCHAL’S STRONGHOLD PACKS Pack contents from Dulfy Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links LEGACY UNLOCK: CHISS 300 600 +100% 600 LEGACY UNLOCK: TWI’LEK 300 600 +100% 600 HEARTLESS PURSUER ARMOR SET 720 1440 +100% 1440 5-PACK: MAJOR EXPERIENCE BOOST 270 360 +33% 360 COLLAPSIBLE BOWCASTER GREK 100 400 +300% 400 Information from TOR FASHION LEGACY UNLOCK: SITH PUREBLOOD 600 300 –50% 450 LEGACY UNLOCK: MIRALUKA 600 300 –50% 450 THE ARNECLIN MASTERPIECES 1000 600 –40%…
Operation Victory Tournament Canceled Due to Bugs with New Operations
BioWare is canceling the SWTOR operation speedrun Tournament sponsored by ESL due to bugs in the Coratanni encounter. Operation Victory Tournament – *Cancelled* | 03.02.2015, 09:14 PM Hey folks, I will cut right to the chase, we are cancelling our ESL Operation Victory competition. Our reason revolves around the Coratanni encounter. I know many of you raised concerns about the issues related to the encounter, and we agree. We spent a lot of time this week testing bug fixes to see how viable the fixed version would be in a speed running environment. We have applied improvements to the Coratanni encounter as of tomorrow’s patch but there are still situations that could impact players focused on a timed run. We thank you for your feedback around the contest and should we decide to do something like this in the future, we will let you know. Also, let us know your feedback on…
New Maintenance: Update 3.1a
All SWTOR servers will be taken down tomorrow on Tuesday March 3 for maintenance and Patch 3.1a. Servers will be down from 3 am PST to 5 am PST. Maintenance: 3 March 2015 | 03.02.2015, 03:41 PM All servers will be unavailable on March 3rd while we apply Game Update 3.1a. Date: Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015 Time: 3:00AM PST (11:00 GMT) – 5:00AM PST (13:00 GMT) Version: 3.1a During maintenance, all updates and additional information will be posted on our Twitter account. Thank you for your patience as we maintain service for Star Wars™: The Old Republic™.
SWTOR PTS Patch 3.1.2 Notes
Here are the patch notes for SWTOR Public test servers. This is for the 3.1.2 PTS build. Jedi Consular The range of Mind Crush has been reduced to 10 meters (down from 30 meters). Shadow Kinetic Combat Force Break now increases the damage dealt by Combat Technique’s Force Breach and Slow Time by 40% (up from 30%). Serenity Force in Balance and Vanquish now have a maximum range of 10 meters (down from 30 meters). The life redistributed by Psychic Absorption for Sever Force and Force Technique’s Force Breach has been reduced to 10% of the damage dealt (down from 25%). Serenity Strike no longer benefits from Mind Quell. Sage Force in Balance, Vanquish, and Mind Crush now additionally receive a 20 meter range increase from Force Reach. Telekinetics Abilities affected by Telekinetic Momentum now have a 25% chance (down from 30%) to trigger a second telekinetic blast that deals 25%…
Exclusive new Black-Purple crystal for subscribers announced.
All subscribers of Star Wars: The old republic, that has a active membership onMarch 29, 2015 will received an exclusive Black-Purple Color Crystal. Here are the details: As part of the Choose Your Path promotion, we’re giving away an exclusive set of four Advanced Black-Purple Color Crystals to thank all of our Subscribers on March 31, 2015! Be a Subscriber as of March 29, 2015* and give your Lightsaber blades and blaster bolts a new dark purple color along with a +41 boost! Advanced Black-Purple Striated Eviscerating Crystal (+41 Critical) Advanced Black-Purple Striated Indestructible Crystal (+41 Endurance) Advanced Black-Purple Striated War Hero’s Crystal (+41 Expertise) Advanced Black-Purple Striated Hawkeye Crystal (+41 Power) * ACCOUNT MUST BE IN AN ACTIVE SUBSCRIPTION STATUS ON MARCH 29, 2015 AT 11:59PM PDT / MARCH 30, 2015 AT 6:59AM GMT. ITEMS DELIVERED VIA IN-GAME MAIL ON OR AROUND MARCH 31, 2015.
Relics of the Gree event is now live in SWTOR
SWTOR Relics of the Gree event has returned for one week from Feb 24 to March 3. LEVEL: Levels 50 – 60 MISSION: Explore Ilum‘s contested area in the Western Ice Shelf to uncover the mysterious purpose of the Gray Secant, an enormous ancient Gree starship. Get ready to face a powerful opponent that awaits you at the center of this ancient vessel. Visit the in-game News Terminal located on Carrick Station or Vaiken Spacedock to get started on your adventure! FEATURED REWARDS: Mounts: Cyan Sphere, Blue Sphere and Red Sphere Transport Enclosure Vehicles Reputation with the Gree Enclave Armor: White, Red, Blue Scalene Armor Weapons: Gray Helix Weapons, Gray Helix Lightsaber In-game pets: L1-L Defender, L1-L Scout, Miniature Gray Secant Gree Digitization Cube (Gree-themed rest-and-recharge item) …and more!
SWTOR: Changes to the Cartel Market — Feb 24 – Mar 04 2015
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of Feb 24 – Mar 04 2015. Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links EMOTE: CHILLY 200 400 +100% 400 EMOTE: FREEZING 200 400 +100% MERCENARY CONTRACT: TREEK 1050 2100 +100% 2100 TREE CUSTOMIZATION BUNDLE 150 300 +100% 300 THERMAL RETENTION ARMOR SET 600 1200 +100% 1200 PREFERRED ACCESS BUNDLE 324 972 +200% 972 NEWCOMER BUNDLE 202 405 +100% 405 HYPERCRATE: ARCHITECT’S STRONGHOLD PACKS 5400 3240 –40% 4320 ARCHITECT’S STRONGHOLD PACK 250 150 –40% 200 LEGACY UNLOCK: CHISS 600 300 –50% 450 LEGACY UNLOCK: TWI’LEK 600 300 –50% 450 HEARTLESS PURSUER ARMOR SET 1440 720 –50% 1080 5-PACK: MAJOR EXPERIENCE BOOST 360 270 –25% 315 COLLAPSIBLE BOWCASTER GREK 400 100 –75% 250
SWTOR Operation Victory Tournament
BioWare will be hosting an Operation Victory Tournament with ESL gaming for 8m storymode operation speed runs for Shadow of Revan. Operation Victory Tournament – Coming Soon | 02.23.2015, 04:30 PM Hey folks, BioWare is partnering with ESL to host our first ever “Operation Victory” tournament. It is a contest to “speedrun” our 8-man story mode Operations from Shadow of Revan. We wanted to give you about a week’s notice so you have time to get your teams together and establish your strategies. We will announce all of the details within the next week but here are some of the key pieces of information: The competition will be team based and all Operations run will be 8-man story mode The qualifying heat will be one week – starting next Tuesday The entire tournament will run over a few weeks with you submitting your timed runs to ESL The best teams of…
Boston Community Cantina Cancelled
Due to snow, BioWare is cancelling the Boston Community Cantina. EricMusco Cancelled The Star Wars: The Old Republic Community Cantina Tour Arrives in Boston, Massachusetts! | 02.20.2015, 09:10 AM Hey folks, Unfortunately I am here to deliver some bad news. Due to the crazy winter the northeast has been getting hit with, we are going to cancel our Boston Cantina Event. I know this may impact plans that some of you are having and so we tried to make this decision ASAP based on what the weather conditions looked like. I will make sure our news article and Facebook event also reflect this. However, as you know, at our Cantinas it has been our goal to change up the format a little bit. Focus less on the Q&A and more on a presentation or something akin to that where we can deliver new information. Well, we are going to take our…
Star Wars: The Old Republic: Choose Your Path Trailer
Remember we wrote about the new SWTOR video, BioWare were teasing about the other day? Well.. here it is. The video is just a minute long, and showes a mashup of the Sith Warrior storyline: from class stories to Makeb to SoR and a scene towards the end that is new. (It has a couple of cutscenes from FPs and WZs thrown in.) Heavy emphasis on LS vs DS choices. No new announcements. However, the new scene features Theron Shan in it: he may be back in a new update. The video was obvius made as a promotion to get more people to play the game, and not as a video for existing players. Check it out below: Watch the new Choose Your Path gameplay trailer and be the legendary hero or epic villain in your own Star Wars™ adventure in Star Wars™: The Old Republic™!
TOR TV: Opening 24x Apprentice’s Shadow Packs
We haven’t done this column for a while, so I thought it was time to do one again. There is a lot of great SWTOR videos being made since the latest game update: Shadows of Revan, and it will be appropriate for us to share them with you guys. This is the latest video from KranitokoGames were how openes 24x Apprentice’s Shadow Packs. It’s a long video, and maby longer then it should be, but still a fun view. If you go to Youtube, you can use the skip button and skip the most of the intro, but you will then miss the chance to win stuff, and you want to go win stuff. So watch it, and comment on his video. Anyways… Check it out: A little late than it usually is, the latest pack opening video is here, with special guest R3DN4 (from the Ootinicast) being in the pack intro!
SWTOR 3.1.1 PTS Shut Down
BioWare are posting down the SWTOR Public test servers for patch 3.1.1 At the same time, BioWare is teasing a new video for a new video for Star Wars: The old Republic named “Choose Your Path”“. Below is the forum update on the PTS shutdown, and below that, the Teasing form Hey everyone, Thank you all so much for your feedback and participation in this round of PTS testing! We are going to be turning off the server today at 3:30PM CST, which in-game messaging starting at 3:15PM. We look forward to hearing from you during the next testing window for 3.1.2! -Tait Post by Star Wars: The Old Republic. Note: Word from swtor_potato is that this is for a subscriber promotion in March that reward you with a Black-Purple Striated color crystal (one of each stat) for each character.