There has been a lot of drama in the Star Wars Battlefront 2 community in the past few days. Some of it was regarding a post that EA community manager Mat Everett made on Twitter that ticked a lot of people off. He says the tweet was “taken out of context” but many who had purchased the game believed he was insulting them over their complaints about the game. Like we said, drama! So, what actually went down? Star Wars: Battlefront 2 has been in the headlines a lot lately, and not for very good reasons, honestly. It was recently reported that it could take up to 40 hours to unlock even a single hero in the game without purchasing loot boxes, leaving players to feel like it’s a money sink. Some have criticized EA for what they are calling predatory microtransaction practices. In fact, the debate over this has become so…
Developers Blame EA for Star Wars Battlefront 2 Controversy
Speaking of the big Star Wars Battlefront 2 controversy of the past couple of days, more and more details are emerging and no one seems to want to admit blame for anything that’s happening. Players were enraged days before the official release (Nov 17th) because of the multiplayer monetization methods that are being called aggressive and predatory. First, it had loot boxes, which people weren’t keen on. Then, they tried to modify the loot box system to calm the angered fans, but they may have even made things worse. As review copies made their rounds, details came out about the game that includes Star Wars Battlefront 2’s wildly expensive hero/villain unlocks, requiring countless hours of play in order to amass enough credits to purchase just one character. The restrictions that were uncovered, combined with EAs poor solution to the backlash just made it worse. So, before the game even officially…
It will take 4,528 hours of gameplay (or $2100) to unlock all base-game content in star Wars: Battlefront 2
Star Wars: Battlefront 2 has made headlines, not just for its stunning visuals and epic multiplayer battles, but also for the staggering amount of time (or money) required to unlock all of its base-game content. If you’re dedicated enough to play through everything without spending a dime, you’re looking at 4,528 hours of gameplay. Alternatively, if you’d rather speed up the process, it will cost you around $2,100. Less then it will cost you to play on casino-utan-svensk-licens.com. This article breaks down these eye-popping figures and explores how the grind or the price tag shapes the player experience in Battlefront 2. A Breakdown of the 4,528 Hours The enormous 4,528-hour figure isn’t a random guess. It’s based on some basic math and the game’s reward structure. Here’s how it adds up: To unlock all Star Cards and upgrades, you need to either earn them through loot crates or directly upgrade…
Changes to the Cartel Market — Monday November 13 2017
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for November 13– November 20 2017. Remember you can support this blog by buying your cartel coins on Amazon via this link were you also will get a Exclusive Item [Online Game Code] New Items Price Helpful links DARTH MALGUS’S ARMOR SET 1650 Information from TOR FASHION IMPERATOR’S COMMAND HOVERCHAIR 2560 Information from TOR FASHION OVERCHARGED WEAPON TUNING 2000 Information from TOR FASHION REVAN HOLOSTATUE 1500 Information from TOR FASHION VOLATILE CONQUEROR’S LIGHTSABER 1250 Information from TOR FASHION Items No Longer Available Helpful links SENSUOUS DRESS Information from TOR FASHION MUSIC THERAPY PROBE Information from TOR FASHION WARBOUND CRUSADER PACK Information from TOR FASHION HYPERCRATE: WARBOUND CRUSADER PACKS Information from TOR FASHION Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links STRATEGIC COMMAND WALKER 1350 1500 +11% 1500 Information from TOR FASHION SAND PEOPLE PILLAGER ARMOR SET 720 1440 +100% 1440…
Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes: Content Update 11/8/2017
Here are the Game Updates for 11/8/2017 NEW CHARACTERS This month Kylo Ren is unmasked! This release includes his ship, the TIE silencer, the First Order Special Forces TIE Pilot and his ship, the First Order Special Forces TIE fighter. These units are perfect for crushing the Resistance! Kylo Ren (Unmasked) gives the First Order a survivable Tank whose ability, HALT, can Stun his opponents for 2 turns. SCARRED increases his survivability by reducing how much percent Health damage he takes and let him recover Health and Protection. Finally, his Leader ability, MERCILESS PURSUIT, gives First Order Increased Speed, Critical Damage, and Turn Meter gain on Critical Hits. His ship, the TIE silencer, is a ruthless attacker with the ability to Stun opponents who have 50% Turn Meter, or more. Additionally, this ship will gain stacks of Speed and Offense Up when damaging, or is damaged by, ships who have…
SWTOR: Battlefront II Promotion Special Forces Armor
Celebrating the launch of Star Wars: Battlefront, Bioware is giving all players a gift. Check it out below: Get your own Special Forces Armor The Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ team is excited to celebrate the launch of Star Wars™ Battlefront™ II this month! Now through November 20th, redeem the code ‘SPECIALFORCES’ at www.swtor.com/redeem-code to claim your free Special Forces Armor in Star Wars: The Old Republic and get the look inspired by the elite Inferno Squad forces from Star Wars Battlefront II. The custom-crafted Special Forcers Armor provides protection and mobility for the most elite soldiers in the galaxy. As you enter into battle, a unique observer droid is deployed, completing your heroic look! SPECIALFORCES Visit www.swtor.com/redeem-code and enter the shareable code above. Claim your armor through your in-game mail! Hurry! This code expires Monday, November 20, 2017 at 11:59PM PST / Tuesday, November 21, 2017 at 7:59AM GMT.
SWTOR Server Merges Information
Yesterday the SWTOR servers was merged into 5 new servers. Below information is from reddit: Why are the servers being merged? There are not as many players actively playing as there were years ago. Players have requested server merges for years to help boost queue times for group activities and to make it easier for players to more easily find others to play with. The population of the servers had also become extremely unbalanced – some servers like the Harbinger and the Red Eclipse had extremely high populations, many others had “ok” populations, but there were a few servers including Jung Ma and Prophecy of the Five that had very few players logging in to play on them. Server merges will ensure that new and returning players won’t accidentally wind up on “dead” servers, and should help queue times for those who enjoy group content including flashpoints, operations, PvP and GSF….
Star Wars Force Arena – 2.2 Update Details
It’s time for a large Star Wars™: Force Arena update and this time we are bringing new factions, new cards, new modes and more! This update promises to be a large one, so make sure to check out the details below and learn more about version 2.2! ■New Era, New Units, New Playstyles! A new era of the Star Wars era has being added. We are adding the First Order and the Resistance to the game, bringing the total factions up to 6! Light Side will be divided into Galactic Republic, Rebel Alliance and Resistance. Dark Side will be divided into Separatist, Galactic Empire and the First Order. Check out the all new era bonuses for the First Order and the Resistance! Of course, we couldn’t bring you some new Era’s without populating them with cards! The first of the new leaders and Units are listed below! Resistance- Light Side Rey Unlocked at Tier 2- Carbonite Challenger Rey’s…
Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes: Rey’s Hero’s Journey
Yesterday the devs over at Star Wars; Galaxy of Heroes posted a new blogpost regarding the event form “Hero’s Journey”“. Coming soon to Star Wars™: Galaxy of Heroes, you’ll be able to live Rey’s adventures through the Hero’s Journey special event. Check out the blogpost: Earlier this year, Star Wars™: Galaxy of Heroes introduced the very first Hero’s Journey event, featuring Luke Skywalker as he first appeared on Tatooine in Star Wars™: A New Hope. Players could experience iconic events from the film and eventually unlock the next evolution of his character, Commander Luke Skywalker. It wasn’t a long time ago that we were introduced to Rey in Star Wars™: The Force Awakens. On the desert planet of Jakku, a series of events set into motion a journey that would change her life forever. Coming soon to Star Wars™: Galaxy of Heroes, you’ll be able to live Rey’s adventures through the Hero’s Journey…
SWTOR Game Update 5.5.1 Patch Notes
Here are the patch notes for SWTOR Game Update 5.5.1: Game Update 5.5.1 Highlights *United Forces is now live! *With this update we’ve united players on five new servers, expanding your connection to our galactic-sized community. This allows players to discover new Guilds, new friends, and jump into multiplayer content more easily. Login between 11/8 and 11/27 to earn the “Mini Mogul NM-1” mini-pet. This item will be delivered to all eligible players on 11/28. Earn the merciless Darth Hexid Companion by completing three PvE activities in Group Finder or three PvP Warzone matches. Darth Hexid will be delivered to all eligible players on 11/28. General The default character slots per server has changed for all players: Free to play: Now 4 characters per server (up from 2) Preferred: Now 12 characters per server (up from 6) Subscriber: Now 24 characters per server (up from 12) All Legacy Family Trees…
Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday November 07 2017
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for November 7– November 14 2017. Remember you can support this blog by buying your cartel coins on Amazon via this link were you also will get a Exclusive Item [Online Game Code] New Items Sensuous Dress — 1440 CC — History of item Adept Scout Armor Set — 1440 CC — History of item Troublemaker Armor Set — 1440 CC — History of item Thana Vesh”s Armor Set — 1440 CC — History of item Imperial Huttball Home Uniform — 500 CC — History of item Republic Huttball Home Uniform — 500 CC — History of item Jolee Bindo”s Armor Set — 1440 CC — History of item Recovered Hero”s Armor Set — 1000 CC — History of item Mantellian Peacemaker Aurek — 300 CC — History of item Over Tuned Conqueror”s Lightsaber — 300 CC — History of item Cartel Hedonist Skiff — 1800 CC — History of item Venomcrest Lylek — 120 CC — History of item Gs 1 Sentry Droid — 120 CC — History of…
EA removed RNG progression system for Star Wars Battlefront II, rebalanced loot crates
EA and DICE have announced that they have made changes to crates and progression based on player’s feedback. According to the press release, the beta gave the team a chance to test all of its systems in action and tune things up for better balance. As such, Epic Star Cards, the highest tier of Star Cards available at launch, have been removed from Crates. Here’s what I’ve realized from this entire P2W controversy. Most gamers are people with lots of time and not a lot of money, or at least not a lot of money they’re willing to spend on games. Most of them also want to retain whatever advantages they can, but don’t like it when the tables are turned on them and someone has an advantage over them. How do I know this? Simple. Because people aren’t remotely bothered by the notion that Player X has an advantage…
SWTOR changes to Carnage and Combat with Game Update 5.6.
Hey folks, Here are some updated planed changes for Carnage and Combat coming with game update 5.6: Marauder Carnage Ferocity is now stack-based with 2 stacks lasting up to 10 seconds; affecting Devastating Blast, Gore, Vicious Throw, Massacre, Ravage, Smash, and Sweeping Slash; and consuming a stack each time one of those abilities is used Ferocity grants an additional 3rd stack if used while Berserk is active The triggered effect for Slaughter now lasts up to 18 seconds, up from 15 Sentinel Combat Precision is now stack-based with 2 stacks lasting up to 10 seconds; affecting Clashing Blast, Lance, Dispatch, Blade Rush, Blade Barrage, Force Sweep, and Cyclone Slash; and consuming a stack each time one of those abilities is used Precision grants an additional 3rd stack if used while Zen is active The triggered effect for Hand of Justice now lasts up to 18 seconds, up from 15 DevNotes:…
Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes Content Update[HF] 11/1/2017
Capital Games pushed a small Hotfix Update. Check out the details below: DAILY LOGIN Daily Login Characters for November are First Order TIE Pilot AND First Order TIE Fighter. NOV EVENTS For more information on some of the events planned for the month of November, be sure to check out the Event Calendar <<HERE>> BUGS Endor Escalation- Reward range has been corrected to show 10 Shards. Endor Escalation- Ewok units with Retribution attacked by the AT-ST, and who do not have DAZE, will Counter-Attack the AT-ST.
SWTOR: Game Update 5.5a
Here are the patch notes for game update 5.5a: Game Update 5.5a General Corrected various typos in the United Forces Achievements. The Command Experience (CXP) rewarded for the following planetary [Weekly] Missions have been greatly increased: Iokath now rewards 10,000 CXP Oricon now rewards 6,750 CXP Makeb now rewards 8,000 CXP Yavin 4 now rewards 9,000 CXP Black Hole now rewards 6,750 CXP Section X now rewards 6,750 CXP CZ-198 now rewards 5,625 CXP Ziost now rewards 5,625 CXP The Conquest reset now happens six hours later than it did previously, the new reset time is 6PM (1800) UTC.
Star Wars: The Card Game – Yay or Nay?
“Pilot card” (CC BY-SA 2.0) by dave_banks_geekdad Since December 2012, Star Wars: The Card Game has been ‘a thing’. In fact, even those unfamiliar with the film franchise may have played this two-player Living Card Game (LCG) set within Episodes IV, V and VI of the Star Wars story. With the next Star Wars film, The Last Jedi set to reach our cinema screens next month, this card game is almost certain to get some game time over the Christmas season, so we thought it’d be a good idea to give you the lowdown on the mechanics of the game and why it is winning over a new generation of Star Wars fans. How does it work? The basic concept of the game is that player one takes charge of a Light Side faction card deck e.g. the Rebel Alliance, while player two controls a Dark Side faction card deck e.g. the Sith…
Maintenance: October 31st, 2017
BioWare will be taking the servers offline on Tuesday, October 31st in order to apply Game Update 5.5a. The website will also be unavailable during this time. Details: DATE: 31 October 2017 TIME: 6:00AM – 9:00AM PDT (1300 – 1600 UTC) VERSION: 5.5a Patch Notes will be available on SWTORStrategies later Timezone(s) Start Time End Time UTC Offset Wellington November 01, 2017 02:00 am November 01, 2017 05:00 am +13:00 Australia/Sydney November 01, 2017 12:00 am November 01, 2017 03:00 am +11:00 Australia/Brisbane October 31, 2017 11:00 pm November 01, 2017 02:00 am +10:00 Australia/Adelaide October 31, 2017 11:30 pm November 01, 2017 02:30 am +10:30 Tokyo October 31, 2017 10:00 pm November 01, 2017 01:00 am +09:00 Australia/Perth, Hong Kong October 31, 2017 09:00 pm November 01, 2017 12:00 am +08:00 Mumbai October 31, 2017 06:30 pm October 31, 2017 09:30 pm +05:30 Moscow October 31, 2017 04:00 pm…
Changes to the Cartel Market — Monday October 30 2017
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for October 30 – November 6 2017. Remember you can support this blog by buying your cartel coins on Amazon via this link were you also will get a Exclusive Item [Online Game Code] New Items Price Helpful links ARMOR OF DARTH REVAN 2240 Information from TOR FASHION VISAS MARR’S ARMOR SET 1440 Information from TOR FASHION FREEDON NADD’S ARMOR SET 1200 Information from TOR FASHION CLASSIC LIGHTWEIGHT VIBROSWORD 500 Information from TOR FASHION CLASSIC DOUBLE-BLADED VIBROSWORD 500 Information from TOR FASHION CLASSIC VIBROSWORD 500 Information from TOR FASHION ADVANCED CYAN-BLUE EVISCERATING CYSTAL 500 Information from TOR FASHION ADVANCED CYAN-BLUE INDESTRUCTIBLE CYSTAL 500 Information from TOR FASHION ADVANCED CYAN-BLUE WAR HERO’S CRYSTAL 500 Information from TOR FASHION ADVANCED CYAN-BLUE HAWKEYE CRYSTAL 500 Information from TOR FASHION ADVANCED LIME-GREEN EVISCERATING CRYSTAL 500 Information from TOR FASHION ADVANCED LIME-GREEN INDESTRUCTIBLE CRYSTAL 500 Information from TOR FASHION…
SWTOR Utility Changes coming in GU 5.6
Biowares own Eric Musco has posted a list of the class utility changes coming with SWTOR Game Update 5.6. As we alluded to in the roadmap, we are planning a host of utility changes in Game Update 5.6 coming on 11/28. Instead of splitting them up by Class we decided to just deliver all of them to you at once. Below you will find every utility change that is currently planned: Imperial ———————————————————————————————————————— Sniper The heal given to Ballistic Shield by Defensive Safeguards has been reduced from 3% to 1% of maximum health per second while under Ballistic Shield DevNotes: The Sniper’s defensive cooldowns were too strong, so we reduced the effectiveness of Defensive Safeguards. — Virulence Lethal Purpose now restores 1 energy each time a poison effect deals damage, instead of 2 energy each time a poison effect deals critical damage DevNotes: We changed Lethal Purpose to smooth out…
SWTOR news on Character Slot Post Merge
Eric Musco took on the forums to update the community on the character slots increases post server merge. One of the questions that has come up regarding United Forces is character slots and what will be happening for everyone. After the update, it is possible that a player could have more characters than they have slots currently. For subscribers they will still be able to play all of their characters (even if they go over their slots) but they can’t make any new characters. We wanted to do our best to alleviate some of the issues for not only subscribers, but F2P and preferred status players as well. Here is what you can expect to see changed on November 8 alongside United Forces: F2P players will have a default of 4 characters per server (up from 2) Preferred players will have a default of 12 characters per server(up from 6)…
Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday October 24
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for October 24 – October 31 2017. Remember you can support this blog by buying your cartel coins on Amazon via this link were you also will get a Exclusive Item [Online Game Code] New Items Unstable Peacemaker”s Lightsaber — 5700 CC — History of item Darth Malak”s Armor Set — 1650 CC — History of item Title: Revan”s Heir — 10 CC — History of item Galactic Legends Armor Pack — 750 CC — History of item Model Ebon Hawk — 240 CC — History of item New Discounts Access Authorization: Section X — 187 CC -51% Discount — History of item Items No Longer Available Dathomir Rancor — History of item Creature Companion: Mawvorr — History of item
SWTOR: Update on the Status of Server Mergers
SWTOR Game Producer Keith Kanneg, took on the forums to update the community on the forthcoming Server Mergers: Hi all, Today’s maintenance was part of the United Forces effort! We have completed the upgrade of the Game Servers along with all their supporting infrastructure in the Data Centers. We made a large investment of new hardware and software and one of our primary goals was to substantially reduce our footprint while improving our overall server capacity. During our evaluation of the new servers, we determined we could also combine our North American datacenters. That also occurred today and we have officially moved out of our West Coast location. Our testing showed no impact on the gameplay experience, but we expect some of you playing on formerly West Coast servers may see higher ping times. We’ll use the next two weeks to smooth out any kinks and resolve any performance issues…
Star Wars Battlefront 2 Brings Original Character Back from the Dead
The long-anticipated Star Wars Battlefront 2 game is packed to the brim with action, plot twists and more. Any self-respecting Star Wars enthusiast will have a keen idea of what to expect, story-wise, having watched the single and multiplayer trailer a few times just for good measure. However, not many people are aware that EA and DICE have made the decision to bring back an original Star Wars character back from the dead for a small cameo appearance, and this could make the game even more successful. Spoiler Alert Battle Front 2 takes players straight into the action, just like a CAD casino. The game kicks off somewhere towards the end of Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. This is the part just before the rebels are able to penetrate the Empire’s defences and destroy the Death Star. If you are one of those players who always want to be…
The Best Star Wars Games So Far
The Best Star Wars Games So Far When it comes to video game adaptations of films or licenced properties, the Star Wars franchise is certainly one of the most successful, having maintained a reasonably high standard of games over the years. This is not to say there haven’t been any duds. We are all keenly aware of how bad Force Unleashed 2 was; challenging the prequel trilogy for worst Star Wars idea/execution ever. That being said, there have been some absolutely stunners that recreate the Star Wars universe in magnificent detail and enhance the franchise in every way. Here is a short list of games that will go down in history as the best so far. Star Wars: Dark Forces One of the earliest and most revolutionary Star Wars games to take the franchise to where it is now was Dark Forces. This game did a brilliant job of bringing…