Here is the latest blog post from BioWare Austine, explaining the new Guild Heraldry system coming with todays game update. Check it out: With Game Update 5.10.2 “Heralds of Victory” we are introducing a tool for Guilds to rally behind, Guild Heraldry, and a major re-work of the Preview Window. If you missed it, be sure to check out our detailed look into the Preview Window we posted in March. Today, we’re going to take a closer look at the Guild Heraldry system. Guild Heraldry helps Guilds by adding a route of customization to further form their own identity. Guilds can choose from a selection of Symbols and Backgrounds, along with the full hex code color spectrum, to create a personalized banner to rally behind. These Heraldries are then available to be seen both within a Guild and outside of it. Now let’s break down the individual pieces, so you know exactly…
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SWTOR – April 2019 In-Game Events
Here are the in-game events for april 2019 in Star Wars: The old republic: JUMP INTO YOUR FAVORITE IN-GAME EVENTS ALL THROUGH APRIL Relics of the Gree Event: April 2 – 9 Double Rewards Event: April 16 – 23 Bounty Contract Week: April 16 – 23 Check back for more details on future in-game events. RELICS OF THE GREE EVENTAPRIL 2 – APRIL 9, 2019 (BEGINS AND ENDS AT 10AM PDT/6PM GMT) LEVEL: Levels 50+ 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 in the Republic fleet or Vaiken Spacedock in the Imperial fleet to get started on your adventure!FEATURED REWARDS: Reputation with the Gree Enclave Gree Digitization Cube White, Red, and Blue…
SWTOR: Technical features coming in 5.10.2
Here are some of the ” under the hodd” canges Bioware is planing to add with game Patch 5.10.2. Under the Hood with SWTOR Today we want to pull back the curtain about the development process a bit, in order to talk about two feature updates that our engineers have been feverishly working on – better dynamic placeable objects and a more robust Preview Window. Both will be included with Game Update 5.10.2 ‘Heralds of Victory’. To really explain the breadth of this update, we’re going to try something a little different from what we normally do and go deeper into the tech-side of our explanations. With that, let’s dive in! Dynamic Placeable Objects (DYNs) First off, let’s talk about what DYNs are. DYNs are objects that designers place in the world that can change or be changed, based on how they’re set up. Nearly everything you interact with in-game is based…
SWTOR: Game Update 5.10.2 ‘Heralds of Victory’ Is Coming!
Yesterday the devs over at Bioware Austine announced that Patch 5.10.2, named Heralds of Victory will be landing in April and feature guild heraldry and preview window changes. When Game Update 5.10 ‘Jedi Under Siege’ launched, guilds received a boost in the form of new guild leveling and PvP challenge systems, as well as new management tools. Seeing guilds flourish from this, with Game Update 5.10.2 ‘Heralds of Victory’, we are planning to add even more for guilds! This new feature is called Guild Heraldry and it will be another tool for guilds to rally behind! Each guild can create their own emblem to represent them throughout the game. Between the combination of icons, background details, and variety of colors, guilds will be able to create something truly unique. A guild’s emblem will be displayed in the general guild window, on the conquest planetary leaderboards, and many other places! On…
SWTOR In-Game Events for March 2019
Here are the upcomming SWTOR events for the month of March 2019: BOUNTY CONTRACT WEEKDate: March 5 – March 12, 2019 (BEGINS AND ENDS AT 10AM PST/6PM GMT)Requirement: Level 15+ For a limited time, the Bounty Brokers Association has opened its doors to anyone willing to take on their dangerous contracts, offering an opportunity for both seasoned and rookie hunters to prove their skills and bring crime syndicates and violent gangs to justice! Each day, you can sign up for one standard Henchman contract and one high profile Kingpin Contract, and each may take you to a separate planet. Complete five standard contracts to unlock Kingpin missions with bigger loot! Head to the fleet now, invite your friends and visit representatives of the Association to get started on your contracts! FEATURED REWARDS: Reputation with the Bounty Brokers Association Bounty Tracker’s Armor Set and Contract Hunter’s Armor Set Assassin’s Bowcaster and Elite Tracker’s…
SWTOR Game Update 5.10.1 Patch Notes
Here are the patchnotes for SWTOR Game update 5.10.1: The Wretched Hive . Check it out: Highlights Geonosian Queen Lair Boss – The Sith Empire’s ruthless assault on the Jedi colony on Ossus began with Darth Malora, who created her own breed of mutated Geonosian warriors to use as shock troops for the attack. But before she created her insectoid army, Malora first had to create their master and originator. Left unguarded and unsupervised, this mutated Geonosian Queen is now unleashing countless waves of her monstrous spawn to dominate the planet’s surface! Ranked PvP Season 10 – This update marks the end of Season 10! This also marks the beginning of Season 11’s pre-season. Players will receive any seasonal rewards via in-game mail when Season 11 begins in a few weeks. Masterwork Weapons – Players can expand their arsenal with new masterwork weapons, these can be crafted with materials acquired from the Geonosian…
SWTOR: Game Update 5.10.1 – Going Live February 12th “THE WRETCHED HIVE”
SWTOR Game Update 5.10.1 witch is called Wretched Hive is set to go live on Tuesday next week. Here is a run down of what to expect: Game Update 5.10.1 – Going Live February 12th “THE WRETCHED HIVE” The Sith Empire’s ruthless assault on the Jedi colony on Ossus began with Darth Malora, who created her own breed of mutated Geonosian warriors to use as shock troops for the attack. But before she created her insectoid army, Malora first had to create their master and originator. Left unguarded and unsupervised, this mutated Geonosian Queen is now unleashing countless waves of her monstrous spawn to dominate the planet’s surface! Gather your most skilled and reliable friends to face this deadly challenge, acquire powerful new Masterwork weapons, and more! NEW LAIR BOSS A mutated Geonosian Queen stirs beneath the surface of Ossus, giving rise to an endless army of deadly monsters! The…
SWTOR: A Look Behind the Scenes with Ossus
BioWare just posted an interview with Charles Boyd, the Creative Director for Star Wars: The Old Republic, regarding Game update Game Update 5.10 ‘Jedi Under Siege’ witch went live back in december. Check it out: In Game Update 5.10 ‘Jedi Under Siege’ we saw the return of several characters. How did you decide which of these familiar faces players would see? Probably the biggest example here is Darth Malgus; I always felt he was a bit shortchanged in the core game’s storyline, given that he’s easily our most iconic and recognizable Sith character. That said, I didn’t want to bring him back until his return would feel like a natural part of the story. Now that we’ve returned to the core conflict of Republic versus Sith Empire that Malgus himself originally kicked off, it seemed like the right time to bring him back into the fold. Master Gnost-Dural is an interesting…
SWTOR: DARTH MALGUS RETURNS!
All Darth Malgus Cutscenes in Jedi Under Siege DARTH MALGUS Returns to SWTOR in Jedi Under Siege Patch 5.10, Star Wars: The Old Republic – All Darth Malgus Cutscenes from his carbonite unfreezing until the end. He’s baaaccckkk! Many will agree that Malgus should really be dead by now but he has an uncanny ability to make it through everything and return again and again. He came back to SWTOR with the recent Jedi Under Siege Patch 5.10 and YouTuber xLetalis took the time to compile all the cutscenes into one video for us. If you haven’t played through yet, then you may not want to watch it yet, unless you don’t mind potential spoilers. But if you have played through and you just want to enjoy Malgus again in all his glory, you’ll love this compilation video. What did you think? Which one is your favorite Darth Malgus scene?…
No SWTOR Roadmap for 2019 so far
BioWare is not planing a Roadmap for SWTOR so far. I speculate that it might because BioWare Austine is waiting to see how the upcomming game Anthem does – to see whether they’ll have the staff numbers and resources/funding left to pull most of it off. Here is the news: Hey folks, Right now I don’t believe there are any plans for a formal roadmap in the coming weeks. To calm any concerns, that isn’t because there isn’t stuff happening this year, but we have been making an effort to give you more visibility into content sooner via PTS. With that in mind, here are some details: 5.10.1 is on PTS now, which you already know. That will come out in the next couple of weeks, more details on timing this week. After 5.10.1 is out the door, look for details on 5.10.2 going to PTS. We are still locking…
Is SWTOR Worth Trying in 2019?
Are you new to SWTOR or thinking about picking up the game? Do you have friends or family who are interested in playing? Maybe you’re still playing and you’re trying to get some of your buddies in but they’re wondering if it’s worth it now that the game has been out for a long time. In this video, you can get honest thoughts from an experienced player about the game, a brief history, and whether or not it’s worth coming back to. “If you’ve heard about Star Wars: The Old Republic, and have been wondering about whether its worth trying and playing or not in 2019, from a veteran of the game. We’ll cover the cost of the game and its expansions, its strengths and weaknesses, and how it it has improved since launch. “ Personally, I really love videos from Swtorista and this one is no exception. I also…
SWTOR: Game Update 5.10.1 is Now Live on the PTS
Want to try out the upcomming SWTOR Patch? Now is your chance! Game Update 5.10.1 is now live on the Public Test Server (PTS) for all subscribers. Whether you have a max level character or not, we encourage you to check out the PTS and give us your feedback on this new Lair Boss. To get additional information on the PTS status, timing, and to give your feedback, head to the PTS Forums. You can find the following features from Game Update 5.10.1 on the PTS right now: The Mutated Geonosian Queen can be found inside of ‘The Hive of the Mountain Queen’ lair. Players seeking to tackle this fearsome foe can do so in either groups of 8 or 16 players. This Lair Boss is available on both Story and Veteran difficulties. Please note, at this time, we will not be providing Customer Support for this test server. Attempts to…
Star Wars Video Games: Monthly News Roundup – December 2018
Welcome to the Monthly News Roundup series! This post, posted at the end of every month, aims to sum up the latest updates and changes to the relevant Star Wars games currently live. December 2018: Star Wars Battlefront II (Shooter): Battlefront received one content update this month, featuring the General Kenobi skin for the light-side hero Obi-wan Kenobi. This appearance, classed as Epic, is from The Clone Wars series. Some of the content coming in early 2019 has been confirmed. This includes: lightsaber combat changes, armored looks for Clone Officers, an emote wheel, and more trooper customization. This is alongside the two new Hero characters (Count Dooku for January and Anakin Skywalker in February, and the conquest-like mode also coming in February) Star Wars: The Old Republic (MMO): Game Update 5.10 has come to the game, ‘Jedi Under Siege.’ This update includes a new storyline and daily area, guild improvements, masterwork armour,…
SWTOR: Return of Darth Malgus in ‘Jedi Under Siege’
It’s official. Malgus lives! Commemorate 7 years of Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ with the return of Darth Malgus in Game Update 5.10: Jedi Under Siege – now live. Long thought dead, the return of Malgus signals a deadly new chapter in the ongoing battle for the fate of the galaxy! Thousands of years before the Skywalker saga, war rages between the Galactic Republic and a vast and powerful Sith Empire. On the long-forgotten planet Ossus, a secret Jedi colony has come under attack by the forces of the Sith, led by their dark champion, Darth Malgus. Recovered from the wreckage of his coup attempt and revived with a dizzying array of exotic and cutting-edge technologies, Darth Malgus is as powerful and ruthless as ever. His face bears even more scars, his body even more cybernetics; his armor has been reconstructed and enhanced to increase his strength and endurance still further….
SWTOR: Upcoming Maintenance and Fixes
The guys over at Bioware Austine, will be deploying a patch next Tuesday december 18. to fix the numerous bugs with Patch 5.10. Check out the news: Hey folks, Quick update on the status of our next patch. There are some key issues that were introduced in 5.10 that we want to address next week. The current plan is to have a patch no earlier than next Tuesday, Dec 18th. Look for a post on Monday with a status update on timing. Here are the issues we are tentatively looking to fix (standard disclaimer that this is still subject to change): It is no longer possible for characters to be left with no Main Story Mission after completing “Inflection Point”. “Flesh and Steel” will now track kill progress for the entire Operations group on R8-X8 and Kil’Cik as intended. Characters who reunite with Dark Side Jaesa will no longer have her…
SWTOR Jedi Under Siege: State of the Galaxy
Here is some new story telling by Bioware to prepare us for the upcomming game update Jedi Under Siege Jedi Under Siege: State of the Galaxy Get up to speed on the state of the Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ galaxy in Sith Lord Lana Beniko’s latest intelligence report and find out more about the upcoming Game Update 5.10: Jedi Under Siege! ALLIANCE INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY 495-22 SUBJECT: STATUS AND DISPOSITION OF GALACTIC POLITICAL FACTIONS AUTHOR: BENIKO, LANA SUMMARY: War between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire is inevitable. While the Alliance cannot stand alone, both factions are eager to secure our allegiance; given the tremendous skill of the individuals in our ranks, we are far more desirable as friends than enemies. This provides us with an opportunity for continued operations and influence over galactic affairs while retaining functional autonomy. Sided with Jace Malcom and the Galactic Republic on Iokath DATA INPUT: Sided with…
SWTOR Patch 5.10 Jedi Under Siege goes live on Dec 11.
BioWare just announced that the next game update for Star Wars: The old republic, named Jedi Under Siege will goe live on tuesday december 11 2018
SWTOR: Masterwork Gear Changes in patch 5.10
Here is a new post by Eric Musco on how Masterwork gear will work with SWTOR Patch 5.10 Check it out: Hey folks, For those of you who are familiar with current Masterwork gearing plans from PTS, you will notice some changes. Otherwise, this may be an introduction to how all of this will work in 5.10. Throughout this post when I refer to Masterwork gear, I am referring to the new 252 and 258 item rating gear being introduced in 5.10. Based on our initial implementation there were a few key things we wanted to address: Getting Masterwork gear solely from PvP was more difficult than we would like. The implementation encouraged working directly to 258 while skipping 252. We don’t have a problem with this, but it made getting any gear upgrades more challenging and expensive than desired. By “stair stepping” up to 252 and then 258 there…
SWTOR: New Premium Player Reward: Paxton Rall Companion
The SWTOR Devs over at BioWare Austine, has announced the arrival of Paxton Rall, wich is a new player companion. This guys will be availible from December as a part of a Holiday Subscriber Promotion. Check out the news below: This holiday, the Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ team is excited to announce a new Premium player (Subscriber) reward* – the new Twi’lek Pirate Companion, Paxton Rall! The most notorious pirate to rise to fame across the galaxy since the invasion of the Eternal Empire, Paxton Rall scours the stars in an endless hunt for adventure and profit, making him a formidable ally in your Alliance. To fight alongside Paxton, you must have Premium player (Subscriber) status on Friday, December 14, 2018 @ 11:59PM PST / Saturday, December 15, 2018 @ 7:59AM GMT. Paxton will be delivered via in-game mail by Thursday, December 20, 2018 @ 11:59AM PST / Friday, December…
SWTOR Bolster Plans for 5.10 and Beyond
Whenever we introduce new gear to the game, there is an inevitable conversation about what changes will be made to Bolster. As I mentioned in this thread, our original intention in 5.10 was to take Bolster and move it to 248. That thread along with the rest of the forums led to a lot of great feedback from all of you on how you feel about the state of Bolster, should it be higher, or lower, etc. That brought us to sit down and really look at what we want from Bolster now and going forward and so we are going to make an additional change. Let’s talk about why we originally landed on 248, where we are going next, and why.
SWTOR Guild Leveling in 5.10
Eric Musco took on the forum, informing the community about upcomming guilding levering changes comming with game update 5.10. Check it out Hey folks, In Game Update 5.10 we will be introducing a brand new system to the game, Guild Leveling. Guild Levels tie heavily into both Conquests and Guild Perks, so please look out for forum posts on both of those other topics to get the full picture of what is changing! Fair warning, there is a lot of information to cover so expect a fairly long post. Here is a TLDR for you: Guild Levels are earned via Conquest Points. As you gain levels you can slot perks into your Guild Ship to provide a variety of benefits, leveling also gives you new benefits for XP, CXP, and Reputation gain. What is Guild Leveling and How Does it Work? Guild leveling is fairly simple at its core. Similar to a player…
SWTOR Patch 5.10 Developer Livestream Coverage
Here is run down of yesterdays SWTOR Developer livestream on Twitch. Notes Agenda Roadmap Recap Jedi Under Siege Story Update Launch timeline Livestream Cantina Reward New in-game flair Available everyone – SWCANTINA2018 Expires at end of 2018 swtor.com/redeem-code 5.10 Jedi Under Siege Coming in December (no specific date) Nightmare Mode/Master Mode Gods from the Machine Masterwork Armor Guild Improvements System Improvements Guild Management New Planet and Daily Area – Ossus is the new planet New storyline based on the rivalry between Sith and Jedi Companion Returns: Doc, Nadia, Jaesa, Khem Val (possible romance? not sure if joke or not) Gods from the Machine Master Mode Veteran Mode Changes Veteran Mode difficulty will be reduced from “hardmare”. It will be pulled more in line with other Veteran operations. PTS patch notes will have a detailed list of the changes Master Mode We weren’t going to do master mode but Keith wanted…
SWTOR Game Update 5.9.3: Fame and Fortune
Here are the patch notes for SWTOR game update 5.9.3: Fame and Fortune Highlights Vandin Huttball – The galaxy’s favorite sport* is back in an all-new venue: the Sky Shredder! Located on the scenic** world of Vandin, Huttball fanatics can look forward to new and deadlier challenges as they battle for victory! *Based on a survey of Hutt Cartel members and staff. **Visibility may vary depending on viewer’s species. Some breathing restrictions apply. Double Rewards Event – Earn double XP, CXP, and more from October 9th – October 16th! General Free-to-play players can now chat freely in Groups and Guilds. The Rooftop Garden of the Manaan Stronghold is no longer inaccessible in some situations. Ranked and Unranked Warzones now have separate queue buttons inside of Activity Finder. Players can once again enter the PvP areas of Ilum as a group. All large hooks are once again selectable on the Sky Carrier: Main Deck…
SWTOR Game Update 5.9.3 moved till next week.
The SWTOR Developers over at BioWare Austin has chosen to delay game update 5.9.3 until October 2, due to game bugs. Hey folks, The team has made the decision to delay the launch of Game Update 5.9.3 to next Tuesday, October 2nd. We have a handful of known issues that we are tracking for the Update which we want to address before it goes live. Unfortunately, we were unable to get them fixed in time for our planned release date tomorrow. Some of the issues we are seeing include: An issue with our Conquest scheduling which will stop it from proceeding as intended. The interface for holocalls not displaying properly. The preview window not activating properly for a variety of item types. In each one of these instances there is a workaround which would not actually block gameplay. Still, if we can avoid those issues being live we would like…