Earlier today, current lead writer of Star Wars: The old Republic, Charles Boyd took on the forums explaining the backstory of Knights of the Fallen Empire Is it wrong that, revisiting SoR, made me think what the hell went wrong w KotFE? | 06.30.2017, 12:40 PM Quote: Originally Posted by DarthDymond One of my absolute favorite lines from the vanilla game is when you encounter the Emperor in the Jedi Knight’s story and he gives his big villain speech about out why he wants to be an immortal god: “You discern a fraction of reality. Beyond these stars exist other galaxies, other worlds, other beings. I will experience or ignore them as I wish. I will spend eternity becoming everything: a farmer, an artist, a simple man. When the last living thing in the universe finally dies, I will enjoy peace and wait for the cycle to begin again.” That is a villain I can easily believe was already…
SWTOR Class Changes: Innovative Ordnance Mercenary / Assault Specialist Commando
Below you will find the currently planned Class changes for Innovative Ordnance and Assault Specialist coming in Game Update 5.3. Note: All changes below are currently in development and are subject to change before being released. Mercenary Innovative Ordnance Reduced the critical damage bonus given by Ordnance Expert from 30% to 15% Reduced the burn damage of Incendiary Missile by 10% Reduced the bleed damage of Serrated Shot by 12% Commando Assault Specialist Reduced the critical damage bonus given by Assault Trooper from 30% to 15% Reduced the burn damage of Incendiary Round by 10% Reduced the bleed damage of Serrated Bolt by 12% DevNotes: We adjusted Ordnance Expert / Assault Trooper to reduce the burst damage potential of the discipline, which also lowered its overall DPS. However, that change alone was not enough to bring the discipline down to its target DPS, so we reduced the periodic damage of two key…
SWTOR Class Changes: Madness Sorcerer / Balance Sage
Below you will find the upcoming changes for Madness and Balance coming in Game Update 5.3: Note: All changes below are currently in development and are subject to change before being released. Sorcerer Madness Changed Deathmark’s periodic damage boost from 10% to 15% Devour now gives Force Leech a 30% damage bonus (up from 25%) when damaging enemies suffering from Affliction Sage Balance Changed Force Suppression’s periodic damage boost from 10% to 15% Mind’s Eye now gives Force Serenity a 30% damage bonus (up from 25%) when damaging targets suffering from Weaken Mind DevNotes: The changes to Madness / Balance bring it up to its target DPS. We improved Deathmark / Force Suppression to boost the sustained damage that the Discipline can deal, and we improved Devour / Mind’s Eye to give Madness / Balance a survivability boost and damage increase in one fell swoop.
Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday June 27 2017
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for June 27 – July 4 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 DREAD WARLORD PACK 250 Information from TOR FASHION SUPERCRATE: DREAD WARLORD PACKS 1185 Information from TOR FASHION HYPERCRATE: DREAD WARLORD PACKS 5850 Information from TOR FASHION Items No Longer Available Helpful links MODEL EBON HAWK Information from TOR FASHION TURRET SIMULATOR MODEL GSS-5C DUSTMAKER CORELLIAN STARDRIVE SPARK EXTERMINATOR’S ARMOR SET Information from TOR FASHION RANCOR HOLO-REPLICA M8-M0 ASTROMECH DROID Information from TOR FASHION CARBONITE CHAMBER DATA ENTRY W4-K2 ASTROMECH DROID Information from TOR FASHION 5-PACK: MAJOR STARFIGHTER EXPERIENCE BOOST KICK BALL EMOTE: FREEZING Information from TOR FASHION HUTTSBANE’S GARMENTS Information from TOR FASHION INVESTIGATOR’S ARMOR SET Information from TOR FASHION DESTROYER ARMOR SET Information from…
SWTOR Maintenance: June 27th, 2017
BioWare will be taking the servers offline on Tuesday, June 27th in order to perform back end updates. As there are no client-side changes, there won’t be a version number or download associated with this maintenance. SWTOR.com will also be down during this time. Details: DATE: 27 June 2017 TIME: 5:00AM – 8:00AM PDT (1200 – 1500 GMT) VERSION: N/A Timezone(s) Start Time End Time UTC Offset Wellington June 28, 2017 12:00 am June 28, 2017 03:00 am +12:00 Australia/Brisbane, Australia/Sydney June 27, 2017 10:00 pm June 28, 2017 01:00 am +10:00 Australia/Adelaide June 27, 2017 09:30 pm June 28, 2017 12:30 am +09:30 Tokyo June 27, 2017 09:00 pm June 28, 2017 12:00 am +09:00 Australia/Perth, Hong Kong June 27, 2017 08:00 pm June 27, 2017 11:00 pm +08:00 Mumbai June 27, 2017 05:30 pm June 27, 2017 08:30 pm +05:30 EET, Moscow June 27, 2017 03:00 pm June…
SWTOR: Dread Warlord Pack Changes
Eric Musco just informed the SWTOR community that Bioware will be making changes to Dread Warlord Packs that is coming tomorrow. Dread Warlord Pack Changes | 06.26.2017, 03:37 PM Hey folks, With our last Cartel Market pack, we made some changes to how drops worked. New pack items would only contain Silver or higher rarity so that we could really focus in one quality and the other slot was a guaranteed Grand Chance Cube. The feedback we heard pretty quickly from many of you is that due to those changes, packs didn’t feel quite as rewarding when you opened them. We agree with that sentiment and we want to continue improving this process going forward. The Dread Warlord Pack contains some changes we hope will address your feedback. Each pack now will now contain 5 slots, instead of the previous 4. Here is what each slot looks like: Guaranteed new…
SWTOR: Class Changes: Virulence Sniper/Dirty Fighting Gunslinger
Eric Musco from Bioware has posted a list of the planned changes for Virulence Sniper and Dirty Fightingr coming in Patch 5.3. Class Changes: Virulence Sniper/ Dirty Fighting Gunslinger | 06.23.2017, 07:11 PM Note: All changes below are currently in development and are subject to change before being released. Sniper Virulence Cull deals 25% less damage Weakening Blast deals 11% more damage, costs 5 energy, and is no longer triggered by weapon damage from Cull Increased Lethal Shot weapon damage by 13% and reduced its poison damage by 35% Toxic Surge deals 20% more damage In addition to its previous effects, Lethal Takedown now also reduces the energy cost of Takedown by 3 Gunslinger Dirty Fighting Wounding Shots deals 25% less damage Hemorrhaging Blast deals 11% more damage, costs 5 energy, and is no longer triggered by weapon damage from Wounding Shots Increased Dirty Blast weapon damage by 13% and…
SWTOR: Class Changes: Corruption Sorcerer / Seer Consular
Eric Musco from Bioware has posted a list of the planned changes for Corruption Sorcerer and Seer Consular coming in Patch 5.3. Class Changes: Corruption Sorcerer / Seer Consular | 06.22.2017, 08:21 PM These changes will undoubtedly look and feel harsh to players who have been healing on their Sorcerers / Sages for a long time. The healing changes for Sorcerers / Sages pull the Corruption / Seer discipline down to the target HPS. We say the target HPS instead of their target HPS because all three healers have the same target HPS. In future balance patches, the other healers can expect to see changes to their healing capabilities as well to ensure they are in line with the target. Note: All changes below are currently in development and are subject to change before being released. Sorcerer Reduced the amount of healing done by Dark Heal by 4.86% Increased the…
SWTOR: Class Changes: Pyrotech Powertech / Plasmatech Vanguard
Eric Musco from Bioware has posted a list of the planned changes for Pyrotech Powertech and Plasmatech Vanguard commin in Patch 5.3. Check it out: Class Changes: Pyrotech Powertech / Plasmatech Vanguard | 06.21.2017, 08:06 PM Note: All changes below are currently in development and are subject to change before being released. Powertech Pyrotech Increased the Searing Wave damage bonus given by Superheated Flamethrower from 20% to 50% Reduced the burn damage of Incendiary Missile by 10% In addition to its previous effects, Rain of Fire now increases the damage dealt by Incendiary Missile by 10% Increased the critical damage bonus given by Firebug from 10% to 15% Vanguard Plasmatech Increased the Ion Squall damage bonus given by Pulse Generator from 20% to 50% Reduced the burn damage of Incendiary Round by 10% In addition to its previous effects, Rain of Fire now increases the damage dealt by Incendiary Round…
SWTOR: Class changes: Nerf vs. Buff
Our bellowed community manager for Star Wars The Old Republic Eric Musco, took on the forums today answering an old question on nerfs vs. buffs off classes. Check it out: Any time that nerfs happen during Class balance, there is a common question we receive “Instead of nerfing , why not buff all of the other Classes up to their performance?” This is a really good question and we want to try to explain to you why we handle balance this way. From that thread, the main point you need to understand is that we balance Classes/Disciplines based on specific DPS, HPS, and DTPS targets. Now, those balance targets not only dictate Class/Discipline balance, but they dictate balance across all combat in the entire game. Every Mission, Operation boss, piece of gear, and more is all factored around those balance targets. Let’s say that our hypothetical target for Ranged Burst…
SWTOR : Upcoming CM Item Embargo
There will be a new round of Cartel Market embargos in Star Wars: The old Republic. This one is starting on June 27. Upcoming CM Item Embargo Hey folks, This week on the Cartel Market is going to be a little different than what you have seen in the past few weeks, it’s time for a little spring (summer?) cleaning. We are going to embargo quite a few items on June 27th. That means those items will be removed from the Cartel Market and may or may not return in the future. All of the following items will be moved to the popular tab and marked 25% off starting tomorrow and they will remain on sale until they are removed on the 27th. Armor: Exterminator’s Armor Set Huttsbane Armor Set Investigator’s Armor Set* Destroyer’s Armor Set* CZ-13K Guerilla Armor Set* Outlaw’s Armor Set* Noble Commander’s Armor Set* Pathfinder’s Armor Set*…
Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday June 20 2017
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for June 20 – June 27 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 MODEL EBON HAWK 240 Information from TOR FASHION TURRET SIMULATOR 480 VENDING MACHINE 480 MODEL D5-MANTIS 240 Information from TOR FASHION Items No Longer Available Helpful links DOMINATOR’S COMMAND THRONE Information from TOR FASHION ETERNAL COMMAND PACK Information from TOR FASHION SUPERCRATE: ETERNAL COMMAND PACKS Information from TOR FASHION HYPERCRATE: ETERNAL COMMAND PACKS Information from TOR FASHION ETHEREAL RAKLING Information from TOR FASHION Items Available Again Price Helpful links GOLD DECORATION PACK 800 Information from TOR FASHION SILVER DECORATION PACK 325 Information from TOR FASHION Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links EXTERMINATOR’S ARMOR SET 1440 1080 –25% 1260 Information…
Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes: Game Update June 2017
Here are the latest patch notes for Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes. What’s New • Grand Admiral Thrawn • Grand Admiral Thrawn Legendary Event • New Guild Banners • Bug Fixes Grand Admiral Thrawn arrives in Galaxy of Heroes! It’s zero hour, and the galaxy sees its biggest threat yet! Will you be the architect of your own destruction? Gather your Phoenix Squadron characters to defeat and collect Grand Admiral Thrawn in this very rare multi-tiered event! Start: 06-15-2017 07:00 UTC | End: 06-22-2017 07:00 UTC Each Tier will indicate the required Star Count of the Phoenix Characters CHARACTERS Grand Admiral Thrawn • 5 Star Dark Side character with the Empire and Support roles o The first Empire character who can dispel debuffs on allies and can create a new debuff, Fracture! Basic: Manipulate • Base: Characters: Deal Special damage to target enemy and grant them Speed Up for 1…
Star Wars: Force arena 1.7 Balance Changes
Star Wars: Force arena comes with a new update that will bring some more balance changes to the game. These balance changes come from player feedback and also match data. Before we jump into the changes, let’s take a quick look at the stats of our newest units, the Imperial Sentry Droid and the Phoenix Squadron. Imperial Sentry Droid Phoenix Squadron Galactic Empire Boba Fett Boba Fett is one of the galaxy’s most notorious bounty hunters. However, his excellence in the battlefield has yet to truly be explored in Force Arena. We are improving his movement speed allowing him to catch his enemies and will also increase the power of his flamethrower. We hope that this will bring more justice to one of the galaxies greatest bounty hunters. ▷Movement Speed Increased from 2.5→2.8 ▷Flamethrower attack increased damage by 50% Imperial Royal Guards The Imperial Royal Guards are entrusted with defending the…
Star Wars Battlefront 2 Trailer recreated in Battlefront 2 2005
Here is something pretty awesome. Youtuber Angry Ewok had to much time on his hands, and decided to recreat the complease Star Wars: Battlefront 2 trailer showcased at EA play last week. Check it out: As as stated in the beginning, this is both crazily awesome, and sad at the same time. I haven’t played BF2 for some time, and I don’t remember it looking this… bad. Part of that is because I am remembering the parts of the new Battlefront 2 and how they’re similar, and thereby comparing them in my mind even if I don’t realize it… And I am comparing these graphics to the graphics of the new game, and the gap is so wide it makes these seem even worse. But that is just me rambling. Star Wars Battlefront 2 is slated for release on November 17 for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 with a $59.99 price tag….
SWTOR Class Changes: Arsenal Merc / Gunnery Commando
Eric musco just posted Round 2 of class changes comming with SWTOR gamupdate 5.3. This time we get to read the planned changes for Arsenal Merc / Gunnery Commando Below are the notes from the Combat Team: Class Changes: Arsenal Merc / Gunnery Commando | 06.16.2017, 11:06 AM Note: All changes below are currently in development and are subject to change before being released. Mercenary Arsenal Blazing Bolts deals 4.89% less damage and costs 20 heat (up from 16) Barrage no longer increases the damage dealt by Blazing Bolts, but still finishes its active cooldown Riddle no longer improves Unload The critical damage bonus provided by Target Tracking is now 15% (down from 30%) Decoy now has 2 charges (down from 5) Commando Gunnery Boltstorm deals 4.89% less damage and costs 20 energy cells (up from 16) Curtain of Fire no longer increases the damage dealt by Boltstorm, but still…
SWTOR: How Class Balance Happens
Eric Musco posted a pretty lengthy blog post on exactly how the developers try to reach optimal class balance in Star Wars: The old Republic. Quite an interesting read if you are into PVP: How Class Balance Happens | 06.15.2017, 02:33 PM Hey folks, Over the next few weeks, as you know, it is our plan to give you specifics on upcoming Class/Discipline changes. One things that we have never done before is really get down in the trenches and explain how we balance Classes. With our continued move towards more transparency, we really wanted to lift the hood and provide as much context as possible for those changes. Below you will find an elaborate breakdown from our combat team on not only how they balance Classes, but why. I highly recommend you read the entire post (I know it’s long!). For the non-reader among you… TLDR – We do not…
SWTOR: Discussion Topic – Master Mode Operation Gear Drops
Eric Musco started an interesting Discussion were they want players to speak there mind on Master Mode Operation Gear. Check it out: Discussion Topic: Master Mode Operation Gear Drops | 06.14.2017, 09:29 PM Hey folks, Since the launch of Galactic Command we have made great strides to change it to be a supporting gearing system versus the primary means of gearing your characters. We still have improvements to make and we will be talking more about gearing methodology in an upcoming discussion topic. For today, we really want to focus on the drops currently coming from Master Mode Operations, as this has been a hot topic. Let’s start with some context on how gearing currently works for Operations at each difficulty (all examples assume 8-player): Story Mode Operations: Each boss drops a specific Tier 2 Legendary quality item Ex: Soa in Eternity Vault will always drop 2 offhands Veteran Mode…
SWTOR: Season 8 Rewards
BioWare just posted the preliminary rewards for ranked PvP Season 8 in Star Wars: The old Republic. Check it out: Season 8 Rewards | 06.13.2017, 06:29 PM Hey folks, Here are the preliminary rewards for Season 8! Where mah day-early donuts, Keith?!?! First, the items that will be given to each individual based on which tier they place in based on their rating: Battle Flag Framed Stronghold Decoration Character Flair Title Second, the Top 96 folks will additionally receive: Title Character Flair Last but not least, the individual items which can be purchased with Season 8 tokens: PvP weapon set (one of each weapon type) New PvP inspired Stronghold Decorations Color crystal Mount In the next few weeks we will work on getting you an exact list of what each item is along with screenshots. As a reminder, the season will be ending with Game Update 5.4. Let us know…
Why Battlefront 2 Needs an eSports Element
Star Wars-themed computer games have such a hugely dedicated following simply because the games enable every fan to explore and live in their own part of the Star Wars universe. In many ways, this is the holy grail of a good Star Wars game, with titles like Star Wars: Rebellion and the original Star Wars Battlefront game allowing gamers to indulge their fantasies of running the Galactic Empire or helping the Rebel Alliance to become rulers of the galaxy. This formula has been successful for handing Star Wars games an enduring popularity, and has even helped to keep them relevant and popular during the dark days of the prequels (days which still cause fans to shudder when looking back at some of the storylines and acting!) but now gaming is changing, and perhaps it is finally time for Star Wars games to change with the gaming landscape. In a Galaxy Not…
Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday June 13 2017
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for June 13 – June 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 IOKATH WYVERN 1500 Information from TOR FASHION Items No Longer Available Helpful links SITH RECLUSE ARMOR SET Information from TOR FASHION STAR CLUSTER’S NIGHTLIFE PACK Pack contents from DulfyInformation from TOR FASHION HYPERCRATE: CLUB VERTICA’S NIGHTLIFE PACKS Pack contents from DulfyInformation from TOR FASHION CLUB VERTICA’S NIGHTLIFE PACK Pack contents from DulfyInformation from TOR FASHION HYPERCRATE: STAR CLUSTER’S NIGHTLIFE PACK Pack contents from DulfyInformation from TOR FASHION Items Available Again Price Helpful links ETHEREAL RAKLING 140 Information from TOR FASHION Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links ETERNAL COMMAND PACK 300 150 –50% 200 Information from TOR FASHION SUPERCRATE: ETERNAL…
SWTOR Game Update 5.2.2 Patch Notes
Here are the SWTOR Patch Notes for Game Update 5.2.2. which are being deployed today. Highlights The Nar Shaddaa Nightlife event is back through August! Enjoy new rewards, such as the Gamorrean Guard Companion. General Updated the mailbox user interface button layout. “Get all attachments” is now next to “select all.” Additionally, there is now more space between the “get all attachments” and “delete all” buttons. Players can now loot enemies while in other forms while on Iokath, such as the Mouse Droid. The Taspan Ambush Space Mission is once again available via the Galaxy Map. Players who finished Iokath who are unable to summon Elara Dorne or Malavai Quinn can now use the Companion Locator Terminal to retrieve them. Players can no longer see group chat after leaving or being removed from a Group Finder group. New mount speed Legacy Perks are available for purchase, Speeder Piloting 4 and…
Star Wars Battlefront 2’s DLC Is Free, but the game will have microtransactions
It was already revealed back in late April that EA wouldn’t add season pass for Star Wars Battlefront II, and yesterday, the publisher confirmed this to be true. Instead the game will Star Wars Battlefront II. The first content update will arive togeter with Star Wars: The last jedi in december, and add Finn and Captain Phasma to the game, as well as planet Crait. This all sound good and nice, but Speaking to GameSpot, the game’s design director Niklas Fegraeus said the game will add microtransactions to the game. Fegraeus elaborated on the new system as follows: “When you want to progress and get stuff, you can either play the game and when you play you earn the in-game currency, and with that you can spend towards whatever you want, if you want to accelerate that, if you can’t play for a week, you can purchase that. The important thing is everything can…
Star Wars Battlefront 2: Official Gameplay Trailer
So the new Star Wars Battlefront 2: Official Gameplay Trailer just hit the internet… Kashyyyk, Kamino, starkiller base, Yavin, holy shit. Did y’all see that wookiee. First shown at E3 in Los Angeles, the new trailer demonstrates just how expansive it will be, pulling in characters, locations, and vehicles that cover the entire 40-year history of the saga. It even has those Phantom Menace battle droids ( they look pretty dope eh? ) That beginning shot of the The First Order switching to Stormtroppers switching to Clones with the lightning flashes is so awesome. We’re still early in the hype cycle for the game, but this might be good guys. Story mode seems interesting to. What do you thing guys? Did EA just redeem itself? Holy shit. If they can deliver on what this trailer promises…. this will be one of the greatest games. And I’m just so happy prequels aren’t ignored…