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…
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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….
Scheduled Maintenance – 9/30/14 – Patch 2.10.1
On September 30th, all game servers and SWTOR.com will be unavailable as BioWare perform scheduled maintenance. Game Update 2.10.1 will be implemented during this downtime. Details are as follows: Date: Tuesday September 30th, 2014 Duration: 4 hours Time: 3AM PDT (10AM GMT) – 7AM PDT (2PM GMT) Patch notes will be available on Monday prior to the maintenance. During maintenance, all updates and additional information will be posted on the official Twitter account. Time Zone Start Time Scheduled End Time UTC Offset HST Tue Sep 30, 2014 12:00 AM Tue Sep 30, 2014 04:00 AM -10 hours AKDT Tue Sep 30, 2014 02:00 AM Tue Sep 30, 2014 06:00 AM -8 hours PDT Tue Sep 30, 2014 03:00 AM Tue Sep 30, 2014 07:00 AM -7 hours MDT Tue Sep 30, 2014 04:00 AM Tue Sep 30, 2014 08:00 AM -6 hours CDT Tue Sep 30, 2014 05:00 AM Tue…
The Star Wars: The Old Republic Community Cantina Tour Arrives in New York, New York!
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 us! Venue: Stitch Bar and Lounge Date: Thursday, October 9th, 2014 Time: 8-11PM EDT Address: 247 W 37th St New York, New York 10018 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).
Patch Notes – 9/9/2014 – Game Update 2.10: Forged Alliances Patch Notes
Servers will be updated with the new game update 2.10 2.10: Forged Alliances today. This new game update includes a new Flashpoint named “legacy of the Rakata. Bounty Contract week will also return, and Ranked Warzone arena Season 3 begins. Check out the full patch notes below. If you have any problems running the game after patching it, follow the five steps given here, stopping after each step to see if the problem is fixed. Highlights New Flashpoint: Legacy of the Rakata! The Forged Alliances storyline culminates on the remote, tropical world of Rakata Prime in this thrilling Level 55 Tactical Flashpoint. Bounty Contract Week Returns! Hunt wanted criminals in this returning event. The event begins September 9th at 05:00 PDT/12:00 GMT and ends September 19th at 05:00 PDT/12:00 GMT Welcome to Ranked Warzone Arena Season 3! Join the brutality in the Ranked Warzone Arena queue as we begin our…
Scheduled Maintenance – 9/9/2014 – Patch 2.10
On September 9th, BioWare will be taking down all game servers and SWTOR.com will be unavailable as they perform scheduled maintenance. Game Update 2.10 will be implemented during this downtime. Details are as follows: Date: Tuesday September 9th, 2014 Duration: 5 hours Time: 2AM PDT (9AM GMT) – 7AM PDT (2PM GMT) During maintenance, all updates and additional information will be posted on the official Twitter account. Time Zone Start Time Scheduled End Time UTC Offset HST Mon Sep 08, 2014 11:00 PM Tue Sep 09, 2014 04:00 AM -10 hours AKDT Tue Sep 09, 2014 01:00 AM Tue Sep 09, 2014 06:00 AM -8 hours PDT Tue Sep 09, 2014 02:00 AM Tue Sep 09, 2014 07:00 AM -7 hours MDT Tue Sep 09, 2014 03:00 AM Tue Sep 09, 2014 08:00 AM -6 hours CDT Tue Sep 09, 2014 04:00 AM Tue Sep 09, 2014 09:00 AM -5…
Patch Notes – 9/4/2014 – 2.9d Patch Notes
As Elrik wrote earlier today, BioWare had to deploy a patch to fix some of the servers performance issues, players in Star Wars: The old republic have experienced lately. S Elrik wrote, it’s encouraging that Bioware was quick to take action to fix them. Below are the patch notes: There will be no download associated with today’s maintenance. General Applied multiple fixes in order to address server stability issues. Resolved an issue that would cause a guild to lose ownership of a conquered planet after a server restart. Ensured that the historical ownership of conquered planets is correct.
Patch Notes – 8/29/2014 – 2.9c Patch Notes
BioWare is adding a new patch today, that will fix the Conquest Flashpoints exploit, tha tsome players are using. Flashpoint Conquest Objectives are intended to be one-time only, not infinitely repeatable. The only Flashpoint Objectives that can be repeated are the Group Finder ones – and those can only be done when you have the Daily Mission for the Group Finder available. Below are the patch notes: General Flashpoint Conquest Objectives are now non-repeatable as intended. The Galactic Starfighter Invasion Bonus for Ilum now applies properly. I really don’t understand the point of this. PvP/GSF grinders are doing stuff and getting points all day long. This week we’re not getting easy points for the five-minute heroics AND they’re taking the Esseles/BT runs away? Might as well rename it “PvP conquest”.