BioWare will be holding a specieal Star Wars: The old Republic : Shadow of Revan stream tomorrow Friday the 12 of december, with Streamer Towelliee and SWTOR Producer Bruce Maclean. If you don’t know who Towelliee is, here is a short break down. Towelliee is a Twitch.TV partner, Video Game broadcaster, ShoutCaster, Entertainer and much more, He live in California, San Diego county area, and have been around in the gaming world for years.. He is what you will call a professional gamer ( not that good, but really entertaining ). He is most known for his World of Warcraft, DayZ, Guild Wars 2 and off course SWTOR streams ( Every one plays SWTOR right?) The stream will go live at 11AM PT/ 7AM GMT! You can watch it below, or over at the official stream at twitch Watch live video from SWTOR on www.twitch.tv
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Third Anniversary Promotion
Star Wars: The Old Republic is turning three later this month, and to celebrate, BioWare is making the game’s Coruscant and Dromund Kaas Stronghold housing instances available for just three credits. Even the 5,000 credit normal price is very small. I imagine it’s to help you get familiar with the process of buying them and travelling to them, so you aren’t lost when you want to try Nar Shaddaa and Tatooine. Other then that, BioWare are giving away some pretty interesting decorations for player housings and guildships. Namely a holographic projection of the galaxy, paintings, and a fireworks launcher. You can pick these up at the Anniversary Personnel vendor in the Strongholds area of the Fleet from December 16th through January 13th. Help us celebrate three years of Star Wars™: The Old Republic™! For a limited-time, move into Coruscant and Dromund Kaas Strongholds for only THREE CREDITS (normally 5,000 credits) plus…
3.0.0b Patch Notes
Servers were down shortly today, while BioWare patched the servers. Here are the patchnotes: Items + Economy All PvP Modifications sold on vendors are now Bind on Pickup. This includes Warzone and Ranked Warzone Modifications. This means – If its like other times they changed the binding in the past – that previously purchases items will now have a BoP on them, meaning that anyone that has them now has them bound. Ones on the GTN and in Guild Banks won’t be bound to anyone yet. As soon as someone buys the mod or it is returned to the seller, it will bind. The ones in Guild Banks can stay unbound for a while until someone takes them out: we have some BoP Slot Machine decorations in our Guild Bank.
Dev Blog: Welcome to Shadow of Revan!
Shadow of Revan expansion is now official live. Technically opened last week, but for non-subscribers, the formal digital launch date was yesterday. With that Associate Producer For Star Wars: The old Republic, Andrew Horwitz, wrote a blog update over at the official websites, and of course BioWare also released a new trailer to coincide with the official launch. Check it out: Welcome to the launch of our latest expansion – Shadow of Revan! The Shadow of Revan Digital Expansion is the grand culmination of the Forged Alliances story arc. Revan is ready to make his boldest move yet, and we are excited to share it with you. When we started developing Shadow of Revan, we wanted to go back to our BioWare roots and focus on the story. We know that BioWare story is at the top of the list for things players want to experience in Star Wars™: The…
New Maintenance: Update 3.0.0b
BioWare will be taking down the servers again tomorrow to apply Patch 3.0.0b. Details: DATE: Wednesday, December 10th, 2014 TIME: 3AM PST (11AM GMT) – 5AM PST (1PM GMT) VERSION: 3.0.0b Patch Notes will be available after the maintenance window. Not posting patch notes till after maintenance usually happens when they are fixing an exploit of some kind, If any of you have any idea what’s up, let is know. yes there is tons of bugs, but if there is something useful, might as well share it with the community 🙂 Timezone Start Time End Time UTC Offset Australia/Sydney December 10, 2014 10:00 pm December 11, 2014 12:00 am +11:00 Australia/Adelaide December 10, 2014 09:30 pm December 10, 2014 11:30 pm +10:30 Australia/Brisbane December 10, 2014 09:00 pm December 10, 2014 11:00 pm +10:00 Tokyo December 10, 2014 08:00 pm December 10, 2014 10:00 pm +09:00 Australia/Perth December 10, 2014…
3.0.0a Patch Notes
All servers are now back up. Below are the patch notes: General Ability Costs have been removed from the game. Fixed a display bug that caused Prefab Decorations to not appear in the Decoration UI. Chests on Rishi and Yavin 4 no longer give too many Credits. Imperial Agent players will now get the appropriate Shadow of Revan introductory cinematic if they have completed Chapter 3 of their Class Story. Missions + NPCs The tree used to summon the Tonitran Beast during the Mission “Jungle’s Bounty” will no longer become unusable in certain cases. Corrected an issue with certain phases of the fight during the Mission “The Enemy Within.” Players who are defeated on the Mission “The Enemy Within” and return to a Medical Center can now re-enter the battle. Numerous Mission Reward Gear Packs have been fixed and now reward the appropriate items. Flashpoints + Operations The final encounter…
Maintenance: December 9th, 2014
BioWare will be taking the servers offline tomorrow on December 9th in order to apply Patch 3.0.0a. Details: DATE: Tuesday, December 9th, 2014 TIME: 3AM PST (11AM GMT) – 5AM PST (1PM GMT) VERSION: 3.0.0a This patch includes fixes and adjustments for the following issues: “The Enemy Within” encounter issues. Mission Reward Gear Packs giving the wrong/incomplete gear. The tree used to summon the Tonitran Beast on the Mission “Jungle’s Bounty” becoming unusable. “The Ravagers” final encounter not giving loot. “Temple of Sacrifice” final encounter not giving loot. This is not a complete list and full Patch Notes. We will post them here on the site when they become available after the maintenance window. Timezone Start Time End Time UTC Offset Australia/Sydney December 09, 2014 10:00 pm December 10, 2014 12:00 am +11:00 Australia/Adelaide December 09, 2014 09:30 pm December 09, 2014 11:30 pm +10:30 Australia/Brisbane December 09, 2014 09:00…
Potential Star Wars Episode VII Leak from 4Chan [Warning: Possible spoilers within. Read at your own risk]
These new leaks supposedly comes from a Lucasfilm employee who provides some details on various aspects of the upcoming Star Wars movie: The Force Awakens. We cannot verify if any or all of the rumored information provided in this post is considered new material or if it is just a roundup of existing rumors that have already been posted before, but it is still a quite interesting read. The film is dystopian and darker than Empire. Some 30-40 years have passed since Return of the Jedi, and the Empire and New Republic have been locked in a war of attrition. Everyone is languishing and sick of the war. The script, which is described as “too good for JJ Abrams”, begins in space, above a desert planet — presumably Tatooine. The opening crawl details the ongoing turmoil in the galaxy. How the fall of the Emperor left a void of power,…
Game Update 3.0 Known Issues
Tait Watson have posted an update with a a handful of Known Issues that you may encounter while progressing through the Shadow of Revan content. This is by no means complete, and will be updated as needed. Grouped players attempting to start Shadow of Revan from another player’s ship will encounter a number of issues associated with the cinematics. Workaround: Until we resolve these issues, please start Shadow of Revan from your own player ship Mission Console and then group with other players upon reaching the planet surface. The final boss of The Ravagers does not provide any loot. When grouped, players who interact with the Mission Console of the group leader’s ship will receive an error message or not see the Mission “Chapter 5: Shadow of Revan” as available. (3.0.1) If a player walks near the edge of the platform in the Trader’s Causeway, they will be killed. The…
New “Revan Returns” Trailer
BioWare just released a new trailer for the upcomming expansion for Star Wars: The old Republic. This trailer makes me smile so much that my face hurts – But I don’t care! Shae Vizla? Holy hell, where have you been since the Deceived trailer? This lady haven’t been in the game until now, so I bet she has some interesting stories to tell. seriously.. There is so much awesome in this trailer!
Fan Film: Star Wars: Threads of Destiny
Here is a nice fan video to watch on a lazy sunday. 94 years after The Battle of Yavin, the New Republic has been resurrected and democracy once again rules the galaxy. The Jedi Order is reestablished on the planet Yavin 4, and has continued to train new Jedi Knights in the art of peace and justice. But all is not peaceful in this new world. With the fall of the Dark Empire, the ancient Skenvi Empire now comes out of the shadow to make its move. The Skenvi now oppose the New Republic for control over the galaxy with their aggressively growing empire. The Skenvi seek to seize control of all the galaxy’s most valuable resources to cripple their enemies. And if a planet refuses to join them, they have been known to take very aggressive actions. Caught in between this struggle over the fate of the galaxy is…
Maintenance: November 18th, 2014 – Patch 2.10.3a
BioWare will be taking the servers offline tomorrow in order to apply Patch 2.10.3a. This patch will address an issue that could, in certain cases, cause area unresponsiveness. Below are the Details: DATE: Tuesday, November 18th 2014 TIME: 3 AM PST (1100 GMT) – 5 AM PST (1300 GMT)
Las Vegas Community Cantina Flash Drive Contents
The SWTOR Las Vegas Cantina Tory is over. As always, attendance got a nice flashdrive full of nice new images from the BioWare custom printed pop up tent models. It looks like the new revanite armor is unsurprisingly less dread guardy and more revany. The mount looks cool. The giant Massassi looks like an Ops boss, and those twin walkers look like the old twin tanks from EC. Check it out below:
SWTOR 2.10.2a Patch Notes
BioWare will be pushing a new patch with tomorrow maintenance. Below are the patch notes: 2.10.2a Patch Notes Live Date: November 4th, 2014 General The Republic and Imperial Medical Droid Decorations now function properly. “Slot Machine: Smuggler’s Gambit” now Binds on Pickup. Cartel Market The Architect’s Pack has been added to the Cartel Market.
Interview with community manager Eric Musco
Twitch user Snave1208 had the chance to interview BioWares community manager for Star Wars: The old Republic, Eric Musco. It’s a pretty good interview, were Eric talks about what he do, and were SWTOR is heading. Snave1208 don’t let Musco off easy when he was trying to dodge answering some of the questions. But i do sound like the games PVP wont get much better in the future. Personally I am not surprised or remotely happy with the PvP answers but I partially understand where Musco is coming from. He has a rough job. Their “better than cross-server” is likely to be something like “Queue for 500 matches this month and get the rest of the Baron Deathmark gear!” This is the mentality that they have, and it’s harmful. Hopefully iy will change in the future though!
TOR TV: REVAN (History & Lore before SWTOR 3.0)
Vulkk have uploaded an excellent video about on History, Lore & Facts about one of the most iconic characters in the Star Wars Universe – REVAN. The video also includes Biographies of Theron & Lana prior to SWTOR 3.0. In this video he got Teo from Ootinicast to do the narrations. He did an outstanding job and I hope you will enjoy watching this vide as much as I did. Check it out: Hey, everyone! After hours of hard work, research and gathering somewhat (!) good pictures, I present you my History & Lore video about REVAN – one of the most iconic characters in the Star Wars universe. It deals mostly with the events in his life prior to SWTOR. For this episode I have asked Teo from Ootinicast to do the narrations. He did an outstanding job and I hope you will fully enjoy his readings. The last few mins…
Scheduled Maintenance: October 21st, 2014
On October 21st, all game servers and SWTOR.com will be unavailable as BioWare perform scheduled maintenance. Details are as follows: Date: Tuesday October 21st, 2014 Duration: 4 hours Time: 3AM PDT (10AM GMT) – 7AM PDT (2PM GMT) Game Update 2.10.2 will be applied during this maintenance, and includes the return of 16-Player Operations to the Group Finder, a UI indicator for the subscriber 12x XP boost, and bug fixes. As with all pre-maintenance information, this is subject to change and shouldn’t be considered final until the servers come back up! Time Zone Start Time Scheduled End Time UTC Offset HST Tue Oct 21, 2014 12:00 AM Tue Oct 21, 2014 04:00 AM -10 hours AKDT Tue Oct 21, 2014 02:00 AM Tue Oct 21, 2014 06:00 AM -8 hours PDT Tue Oct 21, 2014 03:00 AM Tue Oct 21, 2014 07:00 AM -7 hours MDT Tue Oct 21, 2014…
The Star Wars: The Old Republic Community Cantina Tour Arrives in Las Vegas, Nevada!
BioWare announced that the next stop in the Star Wars: The Old Republic Community Cantina Tour will be happening on Thursday, October 9th, in New York. This is your chance to join the Star Wars: The Old Republic community for a development team Q&A as well as complimentary drinks*, food, and giveaways. Every attendee will be receiving a highly coveted M8-3R Astromech code. If you’re in the area, make sure to stop by and hang out with the SWTOR Team. Venue: Mandalay Bay North Convention Center Date: Saturday, November 15th, 2014 Time: 7-10PM PST Address: 3950 S Las Vegas Blvd Las Vegas, Nevada 89119 Space will be limited, so be sure to arrive early! You can RSVP on Facebook here (Facebook RSVP is not required for and does not guarantee admittance). Edit: Eric Musco did a Forum update on this: EricMusco The Star Wars: The Old Republic Community Cantina Tour…
Dev Blog: Ranked PvP Season 3 Rewards
BioWare posted another developer blog today. This one about Ranked PvP Season 3 Rewards. As most of yo will remember, the pvp developer team was hit by a shit storm by the player community for not having good enough rewards. Apparently the pvp team have been listening and is adding a sweet mount to the Season 3 Rewards. Tis the season for furious action! We hope everyone has been enjoying Season 3 thus far and ready for more intense action as we get closer to the wire. Giradda and Baron Deathmark have once again graciously opened up their personal collection of antiques and prized possessions to honor the glorious entertainment you are obliged to offer! Our goal is to get the rewards out to you, the PvPer wanting to best every opponent in the Arena of Death, sooner so you can hunker down and get to a’ slaughtering! Excitement begets…
Dev Blog: The Class Story Leveling Event
We are running behind these days here at swtorstrategies, and I apologize for that. But yesterday, Associate Producer for Star Wars: The old Republic, Andrew Horwitz, posted a new developer blog about the The Class Story Leveling Event, that is going on right now. If you pre-ordered Shadow of Revan and stay an active subscriber, you will earn 12x XP from class missions – enough to play through the game all the way to level 55 playing only epic story missions. Training new abilities will be free for you, which means you’ll have all the extra credits you need to buy a nice new speeder. What better way to prepare for the new expansion? The event will run until midnight on December 1st, at which point XP rates for class missions will return to normal for all players. How it Works If you pre-order the Shadow of Revan digital expansion, and…
SWTOR 2.10.1c Patch Notes
Servers are back up after today’s maintenance. This maintenance only addresses an update to BitRaider and the Launcher. The client update addresses compatibility with the new BitRaider. Below are the patch notes: 2.10.1c Patch Notes Launcher Updated BitRaider to improve streaming performance. Updated the Launcher to support Game Update 3.0: Shadow of Revan. Please note that the Launcher will restart twice during this update. Future updates will act as normal. General Introduced Client changes to support the new BitRaider version. If you don’t know what BitRaider is, bstr413 has a pretty good explernation: BitRaider is a program designed by a different company than EA for easily patching a game. It also allows you to play part of the game while streaming the rest of the patch. It also allows for easy repair of a corrupted program. BioWare uses this technology so that new players can download half the game and start playing…
GSF Changes in 3.0: Requisition Gain Increases; No New Maps or Ships
BioWare posted an update on the official forums today, letting us know, that there will be no new maps or ships coming with Shadow of Revan. Personally I’m not that surprised about this, as this game update came between major game expansions. I also feel space PVP have enough maps that the lack of new ones isn’t a big deal. What Galactic starfighter nees are some new game modes. There’s so many cool things they could do, it’s such a waste of potential to only have node capture and deathmatch. Anyways. Check out the news below: Howdy Space Jockeys! I wanted to pop in and let y’all know that there aren’t going to be any new maps or ships for GSF in 3.0. However, we are making a change to the Requisition curve in that all the Requisition rewards are getting a permanent boost. Remember though (because Musco would kill me if…
No Public PTS for 3.0: Only A Closed Beta
Eirc Musco posted an update on the official forums regarding the upcomming Star Wars: The old Republic update – Shadow of Revan. There wil be no testing on the public test servers this time, as the game update will be tested purly on a closed servers. Just like a regular beta test as we also experienced with Rise of the hutt cartel. It would seem like this is a way for BioWare, to stop miners from leaking new game infomation, from the upcomming expansion, for as long as possible. Hey Minisep! Let me answer your questions, and explain a bit about how PTS will work for Shadow or Revan. There will be a PTS for Shadow of Revan. However, similar to Rise of the Hutt Cartel, this PTS will be on a closed server. This closed PTS server will be testing all of the expansion! As a note, for Rise…
Patch Notes – 9/30/2014 – 2.10.1 Patch Notes
The SWTOR servers are coming down tomorrow ad BioWare will be preforming some scheduled Maintenance. Game Update 2.10.1 will be implemented during this downtime. Below are the patch notes: Highlights Bounty Contract Week Returns! Hunt wanted criminals in this returning event. The event begins October 14th at 05:00 PDT/12:00 GMT and ends October 21st at 05:00 PDT/12:00 GMT. General An in-game message sent to Jedi Knights no longer references a character who could be dead. There is now an Achievement and a Title associated with Conquering CZ-198. The Achievement “Master of the Ancients” now properly tracks Legacy of the Rakata completions. All Rancor mounts now make a sound when activated. Cartel Market New items are now able to be previewed in Collections. Several Decorations have had their Bind rules adjusted. Flashpoints + Operations It is now possible to interact with the shuttle at the end of the Legacy of the Rakata Flashpoint….