A player known on the forums as Death_By_Smiley has decided to do the speed run challenge for himself, since the official tournament was cancelled. If you’d like to participate, the rules and guidelines are listed for you and it’s open to anyone. Goal: Be the fastest guild to clear operations! Sounds fun, right? Well, it depends on whether or not you have a guild that can pull this off and if you like this sort of thing but there are many players and guilds who like a little side competition and this could be just the right project to keep you and your members entertained in the game. Here are some details. Learn more and ask your questions here. Session #1: Current Operation: The Ravagers (from March 3, 2015-March 17, 2015) Special notes: To ensure the Coratannni bug does not occur, if you have one person leave the instance after Master/Blaster, it…
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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 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…
SWTOR Community Cantina Tour Schedule for 2015
Lead Community Coordinator Courtney Woods, was so good to e-mail us BioWares plans for upcoming Community Cantina events this year. The plans are below. The next event will be at PAX East next month in Boston, MA on Saturday, March 7th at the Hyatt Grand Regency. Please let us know if you will be attending any of these events. April Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim, CA July San Diego Comic-Con August Gamescom in Cologne, Germany September PAX Prime in Seattle, WA October New York Comic-Con
SWTOR: Pax South Cantina Tour Flash Drive Files
Here are the Pax South Cantina Tour files provided by Baa’nariim of Harbinger. Below is a run through of what attendance learned at the conference. New costume designer coming with patch 3.2 and a video will be added soon. The decision for action taken against ravagers exploiters finalized this morning. There will be a post from musco about it (no specific timeframe on when this will take action or the post will happen) There is no plan to change the new slot machine’s drop rate from its current form. They are sort of “afraid” of releasing future slot machines (future slot machines for other cartel reputations) due to the backlash and the controversy created by the community. Two more game expansions before end of the year. New Togruta race, new stronghold New planet Ziost in April They read Bruce Macleans developer letter which is slated for release on the website…
SWTOR Gree events returning end of Feb/March
Eric Musco just informed the community that the Gree events will be returning end of February/March. They team is still working out the exact timing, but they will update that information on our events page when we have it. Hey folks! When we started the Life Day event, we got questioned on two things almost immediately. Where is the Gree event and why is the Cyan Sphere on this vendor without it? Two valid questions. As I mentioned before the end of the year, it is our intent that the next time you see the Gree event it will be scaled to level 60. I am here to deliver news on both of these fronts! First, it is our plan right now that the Gree event will return end of February/March timeframe. We are still working out the exact timing but we will update that information on our events page…
The Star Wars: The Old Republic Community Cantina Tour Arrives in San Antonio, TX: 01/23 @ 7 PM CST
BioWare announced that the next stop in the Star Wars: The Old Republic Community Cantina Tour will be happening on Friday January 23rd, 2015 in San Antonio, Texas. This is your chance to join the Star Wars: The Old Republic community for a development team Q&A as well as complimentary drinks* and giveaways. Every attendee will be receiving a highly coveted M8-3R Astromech code. Venue: Henry B Gonzalez Convention Center Room 007D** Date: Friday, January 23rd, 2015 Time: 7-10PM CST Address: 200 East Market Street – San Antonio, TX 78205 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). * This is an adult event and all attendees must be prepared to show ID. ** A PAX Friday or 3-Day Badge is required for entry.
SWTOR Gree event is coming back… Sooner or later
Eric Musco Just informed the community that the Gee event will be making a return to Star Wars: The old Republic, but it might be a while. The event needs to get an update, so it fits to level 60 game play first. Hey folks, I can confirm that it is definitely our plan to bring the Gree event back at some point in the future. When the event returns, it will also be scaled up to level 60. Unfortunately, I don’t have any details around timing yet but stay tuned for any future announcements! Thanks! -eric
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:
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…
SWTOR New York Cantina Tour Flash Drive Files and Review
If you’re wondering what happened at the SWTOR New York Cantina Tour, then Dulfy (as usual) has the hook-up for you. She has a fantastic, detailed post up already with tons of images from the Flash Drive files as well as a transcription of the Q&A and more information. The flash drive even has images of the new planets that are coming with Shadow of Revan expansion. Head on over here to this link and see Dulfy’s post to see it all for yourself and give her site some love. Here’s a table of contents of what it has for you. 1 Planet Rishi 2 Planet Yavin 4 3 SOR Gear 4 Cartel Market/Misc 5 Q&A Learn about Planet Rishi, Planet Yavin 3, the new Shadow of Revan gear as well as get a sneak peek at Cartel Market items and other miscellaneous things. Finally, they wrap it all up with the…
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).
SWTOR Community cantina Cologne (gamescom 2014) – Drive Pics
German SWTOR Wesbite gamona.de was at the SWTOR Community cantina Cologne and got some sweet screenshots off the USB drive they give out to people. Looking through the images, it looks like the “Forged alliances” serie will lead us to the next paid expansion with a new planet. Planet below is Rakata Prime btw. Check it out below.. All credits goes to Bioware, watermarks belongs to gamona.de
“World First Kill” of Rakghoul Event World Boss on Tattoine
It has happened- the first world kill of the Rakghoul Event. So we know “first kill” claim on a world boss is pretty funny but it’s still an interesting story. They said they were not looking for the boss, but happened upon it while out and about doing something else. The world boss on Tattoine was taken down by a four man group, according to basedlando, who had this to say: “The boss was cool, it’s name is Plaguehorn, we four manned it with people in Dread Master Gear, 1 Assassin Tank, 1 Operative Healer, 2 Annihilation Marauders. A random Hazmat piece drops, as well as a really cool pet, called Plaguehorn Reek. It’s adorable, and requires friend rep level with THORN. We’ve killed it twice, both times the pet drops. We will be killing it more times, just to make sure the pet is guaranteed, or to see if…
The Star Wars: The Old Republic Community Cantina Tour Arrives in Germany!
BioWare just announced that the next stop in the Star Wars: The Old Republic Community Cantina Tour will be happening on Friday, August 15th, in Germany! This is the chance for European players to join the SWTOR 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! Venue: Radisson Blu Hotel Date: Friday, August 15th, 2014 Time: 7:00-11:00PM CEST Address: Messe Kreisel 3 (access Brügelmannstr. 1) D-50679 Cologne, Germany 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).
Gree Event Returns – 7/22 – 7/29
While I’m glad to finally see when it will return, I’m a bit disheartened to learn it’ll be just a week. Got a good friend that wants the armor and is a new player so he’s not gonna get it until the 2nd (or 3rd) week played. He’s cool with it and accepted it but I’m a tad sad… for him. But he’ll survive. 😉 Anyways… been waiting for this for months, can finally finish maxing out rep and get all the legacy weapons. Also kind of a PSA, because I didn’t hear myself, but legacy shotguns and vibroknives are available at the Gree vendor now. I thought they were still missing. Here is the official news from Tait Watson: Emeraldon Tomb of Freedon Nadd 2 points 28 minutes ago (2|0) Come on, BioWare! Give us more information! When is the Gree event? 🙁 July 22nd – July 29th, starting…
SWTOR Vancouver Community Cantina Recap
We love to share info with you about Community Cantinas. First, they are fun and secondly, they are informative McSluethGaming.com has a great of info (with pictures) about the Vancouver Community Cantina. Let’s take a look at some of it now: I arrived about 45 minutes before the event and was the first one there, I was then greeted by Eric Musco who was setting up the front booth, from my limited knowledge of other cantina events I was shocked to find nobody else there, as was Eric who said this was the first time ever that this had happened. Normally there is a crowd almost 2 hours before! At that point I was honestly rather worried that not many people would show up at all… It did however give me a great chance to just chat with Eric for almost a solid hour which was nice. Around 20 mins to 8 a…
Corellian Run Creates Guide to Community Cantinas
If you have yet to visit a Community Cantina, we highly encourage you to look up the schedule and find out when one is coming near you. They are free to attend and you get a thumb drive with goodies and upcoming content, before it’s released to anyone else. You also get an exclusive Special Event pet-code, and a free drink ticket. There is the opportunity to win exclusive SWTOR loot by correctly answering trivia. It’s all around a good time. Now if you’re going to attend a Community Cantina, you first need to read this great guide from Corellian Run because they will tell you exactly what you need to know before the event so you can get the most out of it. Here is a snippet from the guide: Here are a few tips on asking questions at gaming Q&As! Look up previous Q&As to make sure you…
Summer of SWTOR Update
Bruce MacleanFor just posted an updated Roadmap of what to expect in Star Wars: The old Republic this summer. The new release schedule, now that 2.8 (the end of the last roadmap) is approaching and looking very different than what was said in the last roadmap. Interesting they’re doing double fleet req/warzone comms but not valor. Not sure how I feel about this operation overhaul for 55 Operations, but if it gets more groups going to the end instead of stopping at the weeklies, more power to them. Unfortunately their decision to push back strongholds leaves us with a gap in terms of new content releases. Guess the name of the game now is patience. Check out the full forum post here, or our copy paste below: Hi again everyone! I’m here to provide an updated look at the upcoming Summer of SWTOR in light of our recent Galactic Strongholds…
Boston Cantina Tour Flashdrive assets
Sorry for the delay on this one, but here are the Boston Cantina Tour Flashdrive assets. There isn’t much new stuff here,if you already seen the contents of the Hotshot pack which is previewable on live servers now. There is some concept art of Selkath NPCs and a Wookie NPC that is interesting though. These guys will apparently play a big role in the further installments of Forged Alliances storyline. Cartel Market Coruscant Bedroom/Coruscant View Nar Shaddaa Interior
The Star Wars: The Old Republic Community Cantina Tour Arrives in Vancouver, British Columbia!
The date for the next Star Wars: The old Republic Community Cantina is up. BioWare will be visiting Vancouver, British Columbia on Friday, May 16th. 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. Space is limited so be sure to come early. Below is the details: Venue: The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver Date: Friday,May 16th, 2014 Time: 8:00PM – 11:00PM PDT Address:900 West Georgia Street Vancouver British Columbia, Canada V6C 2W6
Boulder Cantina Tour News and Info
Non of us here at swtorstrategies were at the Boulder event, so the information below is from Lumberj, and all credits goes to him. The tour was just like most others, a Q&A round, followed by trivia to a room full of nerds and then a meet and greet. Who was there? Courtney Woods, some Australian dude who lost a arm wrestling match, Blain and Cory Butler. First off, they said they could not talk about strongholds other than what was originally announced. The exact details of what the legacy storage could hold was still being worked out in response to a ? about placing bound items in them. Guild ship battles is on the Wall of Crazy (WoC) Space PvE — WoC and no current plans Open space Pvp – WoC Class Story – Not at the moment, would rather have story that all classes can experience such as what they’ve…
Community Cantina Tour Arrives in Boston, Massachusetts on April 11th, 2014
BioWare posted news regarding the Star Wars: The Old Republic Community Cantina. The next event will still be this Saturday, March 22nd, in Boulder. BUt the next after that will be happening on Friday, April 11th, in Boston. 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. Space is limited so be sure to come early. If you’re in the area, make sure to stop by and hang out with the BioWare team. Check out details below: Venue: The Hyatt Regency Boston Date: Friday, April 11th, 2014 Time: 8:00PM – 11:00PM EDT Address: 1 Avenue De Lafayette, Boston, MA 02111 Space will be limited, so be sure to arrive early! You can RSVP on Facebook here (Facebook RSVP is not required for attendance).