Eric Musco had another update on the official forums today, as he just infomed the community that that all cartel market passes will be bound on legacy from tomorrows patch 4.7.3, and removed with 5.0. Hey folks, One of the things that we have talked about last week is our new Galactic Command system, only accessible to subscribers at Level 70. Galactic Command will serve as the single point of access for subscribers to earn rewards playing endgame content such as Operations and Warzones. As of the release of the Knights of the Eternal Throne, rewards from this gameplay is gained via Galactic Command, therefore passes are no longer viable. For example, a preferred player with a Weekly Pass: Operations would be able to play an Operation, but would not earn any rewards for doing so. Due to this change, we have removed all Passes from the Cartel Market. The following passes…
SWTOR Warzone Commendation Grants in 4.7.3
Eric Musco just informed the SWTOR community that Warzone commendations will be bound on pick up from game update 4.7.3 that is coming tomorrow October 25. Warzone Commendation Grants in 4.7.3 | 10.24.2016, 08:03 AM Hey folks, I wanted to give you a heads up on a change included with Game Update 4.7.3 on Tuesday. As we discussed last week, we are making changes to how gearing works in our upcoming expansion, Knights of the Eternal Throne. In support of our new Galactic Command system, we will be removing Warzone Commendations from the game on November 29th when Knights of the Eternal Throne Early Access opens. As a result, any new Warzone Commendation Grants will become bound and will Bind on Pickup starting on Tuesday, with Game Update 4.7.3. If you have a desire to move Warzone Commendations around or have a stockpile of Warzone Commendation Grants, please ensure they are on…
SWTOR Maintenance: 25 October 2016
BioWare will be taking the servers offline on October 25 in order to apply Game Update 4.7.3. The website will also be unavailable during this time. Details: DATE: October 25 2016 TIME: 5:00 AM PDT – 9:00 AM PDT (13:00 BST – 17:00 BST) VERSION: 4.7.3 We will post the patch notes when they become available.
SWTOR Galactic Command Dark Vs Light Overview
The guys at Bioware Austin published a new blog post a few days ago regarding the Dark vs Light system of the Galactic Command feature coming with game update 5.0 in Star Wars: The old Republic. Check it out: Galactic Command – Dark vs Light An exciting new feature of Knights of the Eternal Throne is the Galactic Command system which gives you the ability to impact the balance of the Force™ in the ongoing dark vs. light war. Starting from your first moments in the game, you’ll be able to choose whether to fight for the dark or light side of the Force™. If you change your allegiance, it’s no problem – changing sides can be done at any time. Plus, all of your actions, including killing enemies, completing Missions, and making choices throughout your story will determine your character’s alignment. Everything you do as part of your gameplay…
Weird Experiences in MMOs
So SWTOR is not alone in the world of “weird stuff that happened to me” when it comes to MMORPGs. I have more than a few stories I could tell as well. Two of my favorites are “I gotta go to New Jersey” and “Sorry guys, my grandma died.” Both of these are amusing to me in the way in which they were delivered. I’ll give you the short versions: Gotta Go to New Jersey – This was a WoW story, actually. We were all queued up for a dungeon. It wasn’t anything too difficult. I think it was mid-30s stuff when the level cap was still 60 (Vanilla WoW here). We have a good group and we’re moving right along at a steady pace when suddenly our healer says, “I gotta go to New Jersey.” His character stops moving and I think one of us said, “What?” and then…
Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday October 18 2016
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of Oktober 18 – Oktober 25 2016 Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links HUTTSBANE’S GARMENTS 300 600 +100% 600 APPEARANCE OPTION: BRIGHT BLUE EYES 50 100 +100% 100 APPEARANCE OPTION: BRIGHT YELLOW EYES 50 100 +100% 100 BATTLER PACK 250 300 +20% 300 SUPERCRATE: BATTLER BACKS 1150 1425 +23% 1425 HYPERCRATE: BATTLER PACKS 5460 7020 +28% 7020 REVENGE PACK 200 100 –50% 200 SUPERCRATE: REVENGE PACKS 950 475 –50% 950 HYPERCRATE: REVENGE PACKS 5400 2700 –50% 5400 PLUNDERER PACK 200 100 –50% 200 SUPERCRATE: PLUNDERER PACKS 950 475 –50% 950 HYPERCRATE: PLUNDERER PACKS 5400 2700 –50% 5400
SWTOR Galactic Command Overview
The SWTOR devs has posted an lengthy overview of the Galactic Command system coming with game update 5.0. Knights of the Eternal Throne: Galactic Command Overview Galactic Command is a brand new progression system coming in Star Wars™: The Old Republic’s™ newest expansion, Knights of the Eternal Throne. Premium players (subscribers) who have reached Level 70 can access Galactic Command from anywhere! This system puts everything in the universe at your fingertips, accessible through one interface. With every battle you face, including Warzones, Operations, new erupting action-packed Uprisings, you earn Command Rank, unlocking increasingly more powerful rewards and impacting the balance between light and dark side forces galaxy-wide. Galactic Command – Power at Your Fingertips To access the Galactic Command interface, simply press CTRL+G by default, or you can click the Galactic Command icon which is located at the top of your screen. With the interface open, you will see that you…
Gearing Changes in Knights of the Eternal Throne
BioWare is making some some big gear changes to Star Wars: The old Republic with the launch of the next expansion: Gearing Changes in Eternal Throne | 10.17.2016, 03:44 PM Hey folks, One of the things we talked a bit about on the stream is that there are gearing changes happening with Knights of the Eternal Throne. This thread is meant to give you a few more details on some of the things that will be happening in KOTET, along with being a place that I can address questions or concerns you have with these changes. First, here are the details on how gearing will work at level 70: Once you hit level 70, the source of end-game gear will be Command Crates from Galactic Command. Most activities in the game will earn Command Experience Points (CXP), which will earn you Command Ranks. Each time your Command Rank increases, you…
SWTOR Hailed Better than Many Star Wars Movies
The new trailer for SWTOR is getting a lot of attention. When we say a lot of attention, we mean a lot. People are saying this 6-minute short are better than many Star Wars movies. Just Check out the Theo james movies Bioware has been known in the past to really capture attention with their story and their attention to detail. No other MMO has story like this and no other Star Wars game has this incredibly story and dedication to the original source material. It’s no surprise then, that people are excited for the latest expansion and excited about this trailer. Even if you have no intention of playing the game, you should still see the trailer. It’s great as a standalone short, and the Internet is taking notice. It was trending on Facebook and many news stations are talking about it. As Star Wars fans await the release…
Guide: How to Run SWTOR on OS X Using Wine
How to run Star Wars: The Old Republic on OS X using Wine. (Works with release 4.7.1) – here is a fan tutorial that some of you may find useful. There will be some knowledge of programming necessary for those who want to make use of this hack. This is a very detailed description of exactly how to do it, step by step. A Reddit user by the name of AgentRG has done a huge favor to people on OS X using Wine who want to play SWTOR. If you don’t use Wine, then feel free to skip over this post or pass it along to a friend who does. He explains the project here: “As we are all well aware, gaming on a Mac machine is very limited currently, and Apple isn’t planning on addressing this in the foreseeable future. Currently OS X users are provided with three possible solutions when…
Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes – Game Update 10/11/2016
Here is the latest patch notes for Galaxy of Heroes: I’m jazzed to share this weeks update notes for 10/11/2016 WHAT’S NEW- Level cap increase Are you once again ready to make your heroes more powerful than ever before? Let the training begin – the maximum level is being raised to LEVEL 85! In celebration of the level cap increasing to 85, double drops will be active in Galactic War until Friday, October 14th at 2:00pm PDT) While you’re partying on, please peruse the changes below: Cantina battles Stage 8 unlocks at player level 83 Character gear adjustments have been made for the new 81-85 level cap 81+ gear has been added to Shipments (Please note this will not be seen until players reach level 81 on their account) New 80+ gear ingredients have been added to various locations of the game New challenges are available Campaign battles have a…
Galactic Command Overview Livestream October 17
On monday, October 17th at 2PM Pacific (4PM Central), Bioware will be doing a Galactic Command Overview livestream . Check out the announcement below: Galactic Command Overview Livestream | 10.13.2016, 06:18 PM Hey folks, We are going to be hosting our first KOTET livestream on Monday, October 17th at 2PM Pacific (4PM Central). We will talking through the recent Eternal Throne announcement, going through an overview of the new Galactic Command system, and more. Join Ben, Charles, and myself as we kick off our first Eternal Throne livestream. When: Monday, October 17th When: 2PM Pacific (4PM Central) Where: https://www.twitch.tv/swtor
Reasons to Be Excited about SWTOR’s next Expansion
There are many reasons to be excited about SWTOR’s next expansion. For one, NEW CONTENT! Yay! We all want to see more from SWTOR, right? Well, that’s not all because the new expansion, Knights of the Eternal Throne, is giving us more reasons to get worked up about it. If you haven’t seen it yet, here’s the awesome trailer to kick things off. Here are some reasons to get excited about the expansion: Something for everyone to do – New players and veterans alike will all have something to keep them happy and busy in this latest expansion. There’s expanded gameplay with the new Galactic Command feature available to subscribers. The decisions players make while engaged in Galactic Command will ultimately impact the balance of the light vs. dark side of the Force across the galaxy. If you’re a new or returning player, there is also promotional material to help catch you up on everything….
Musco Responds to the SWTOR NYCC Cantina Chatter
Eric Musco took on the forums and posted a response to clarify some of the things that was talked about during the SWTOR community cantina at this years New York Comic Con last Friday. NYC Cantina Discussion – Official Response? | 10.11.2016, 03:34 PM Quote: Originally Posted by Jamtas So I appreciate that Cristina Petrarca did some live tweeting during the Cantina of the information spoken of to go along with the site updates from Friday. (and thanks to Dulfy for linking them all as well) However, I just wanted to see if Eric, Ben or Charles was going to make a post summing everything up that was discussed as well so we can get some clear idea of everything? Are chapters being released all at once for the “binging”, in batches? Mention of a livestream in January regarding operations. Is that true, or is it not operations but Group content…
Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday October 11 2016
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of Oktober 11 – Oktober 18 2016. Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links AUTHORIZATION: CREW MEMBER APPEARANCE 162 325 +100% 325 APPEARANCE OPTION: SITH PALE EYES 50 100 +100% 100 APPEARANCE OPTION: MIRIALAN TATTOOS 1 45 90 +100% 90 UNLOCK: GUILD BANK ACCESS 300 600 +100% 600 HUTTSBANE’S GARMENTS 600 300 –50% 450 APPEARANCE OPTION: BRIGHT BLUE EYES 100 50 –50% 75 APPEARANCE OPTION: BRIGHT YELLOW EYES 100 50 –50% 100
Carrie Fisher Says Trump Has “Coke Sniff”
If you watched the US Presidential debate last night, or the first presidential debate, you may have noticed that Republican nominee, Donald J. Trump, had a bit of a sniffling problem. Even if you didn’t see it for yourself, you may have seen social media, especially Twitter, having a ball laughing and speculating over it. This is something many onlookers took note of with the first debate. Trump’s sniffles were a big topic of conversation after the first debate on September 26, and the sniffles returned for the second debate leading someone to ask Fisher about it via Twitter. Fisher was asked through social media during the debate Sunday night if Trump was a “coke head” and her answer isn’t really all that surprising. “I’m an expert & ABSOLUTELY,” the Star Wars actress responded on her verified Twitter account. @reimamy I’m an expert & ABSOLUTELY — Carrie Fisher (@carrieffisher) October 10,…
Battlefront III Legacy Mod New Features
If you’ve been following the news and development of Battlefront III Legacy, you might already know that the Battlefront II mod using Battlefront III assets has now released a new video showing more cool stuff. It’s going to have ground-to-space flight as well as Star Destroyer docking. How awesome is that? As we told you recently, the mod will be entering beta soon so for those interested in trying this themselves, the time is near. If you want to learn more about the mod and what features it will have, now is the time as well. There’s now a new video so show you more that this mod plans to deliver. It showcases the flying of a Lambda-class T-4a shuttle into a Star Destroyer. It also shows a bit of other ships like the TIE Interceptor, TIE Bomber and TIE Fighter. It’s actually a pretty decent video so what you what the…
Jesse Harlin Talks Star Wars 1313 and More
PC Gamer’s Joe Donnelly talks with Mafia 3’s composer about Star Wars 1313, the blues, mariachi bands in Monkey Island and much more. The interview is really interesting and it’s well worth the time for you to head on over and read it in full for yourself. If you’re not familiar with Jesse Harlin, chances are you are familiar with his work and you might not even know it. He composed the music for Star Wars: Republic Commando, Battlefront 2, and The Old Republic. Some of his hard work was also slashed when 1313 was tossed in the reject bin, Sadly, just like the game itself, this is something we may never get to hear. In his interview, he says this of the score: “The Massive Attack-meets-Star Wars song is sadly totally resigned to the history books,” says Harlin. “I don’t have a copy of it, it’s sitting somewhere on an…
Mount Code from SWTOR NYC Cantina
Here is the SWTOR New York Comic Con Cantina Exclusive Mount Code: “NYCantina16” You get the mount by going to your account page and place the code NYCantina16 in your account page under Code Redemption. Then exit the game, and when you log back in, you will receive the Korrealis Sheriff speeder in your mailbox. You get one for every character existing and you will ever make.
Hitman: Absolution Nude Nun Mod – A Unique Twist on Stealth (NSFW)
If you thought Hitman: Absolution was already pushing the boundaries with its intense stealth gameplay and creative assassinations, then you haven’t seen anything yet. Enter the Nude Nun Mod, a cosmetic modification that changes the appearance of one of the most memorable characters in the game. If you’re looking to add a cheeky visual twist to your next mission, this mod may be just what you need. Let’s dive into what this mod is all about, why it’s got players talking, and how you can easily install it for your next stealthy adventure. What Is the Nude Nun Mod for Hitman: Absolution? The Nude Nun Mod for Hitman: Absolution is a cosmetic mod that replaces the outfit of the iconic nun character with a fully nude version. This mod is purely visual and doesn’t change any gameplay mechanics or mission outcomes. For players who enjoy pushing the boundaries of modding…
A Lost Hope: Star Wars Fan Film
Speaking of fan films… you know how I love them and I have another fun little short for you to check out. It’s a tale of two brothers and how they learn about the Force, as well as how it develops in their Jedi training. So if you have a few minutes for a quick short, go ahead and check out A Lost Hope, the Star Wars fan film. You might find some of this is familiar and when you get to the end, you’ll see why but we’ll save all the spoilers and suggest you just go and watch it. Sure, you’ll notice some imperfections and we could be nit-picky and point those out but as someone who just loves to see the effort fans put into these, I’d rather not get too critical of it and instead just enjoy it for what it is. See for yourself here:…
SWTOR Knights of the Eternal Throne Expansion Info and Trailer
BioWare has released many new details regarding the upcoming Knights of the Eternal Throne Expansion releasing Dec 2, 2016. They also released the new awesome expansion trailer created by Blur Studio. Check it out: Battle to rule the galaxy in Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ – Knights of the Eternal Throne, a bold new digital expansion from BioWare. Be the Outlander and command a team of hand-picked allies as you face one of the most dangerous families in Star Wars™. Mother against daughter. Sister against brother. It’s a fight for control of the throne. You decide who will live, who will die and who will rule the galaxy. Fight to influence the galaxy for the light or dark side of the Force™! Best of all, Knights of the Eternal Throne is FREE to all Premium players! YOUR PERSONAL STAR WARS™ STORY – Step into your own Star Wars™ story from BioWare, featuring…
4 Major Issues With Star Wars The Old Republic
Most of us who have been playing SWTOR for a long time, especially those of us who have been playing since the beginning, know that the game has some faults. Even big fans will admit there is some room for improvement. There’s always room for improvement, and SWTOR is no exception. So here’s a video that addresses some of these issues. Give it time and an honest chance before you just shake it off as a complaint video. They bring up some legit complaints as well as some options for how this should be remedied. “Here’s our list of 4 major issues with Stars The Old Republic. Agree? Disagree? Share your thoughts in the comments below.” This is their second video about SWTOR and in Part 1, they actually give 10 reasons new players should try the game. This video is geared more toward problems that older players have with…
Warwick Davis Confirmed for ‘Star Wars: Episode VIII’
In the early 80s, Warwick Davis made a name for himself and launched his acting career as Wicket, the Ewok in the famous Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. He also returned for a cameo back in 1999 when we saw the franchise return in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. It’s no surprise then, that Star Wars fans would be asking whether or not he’ll be back for the newest trilogy. As fans speculate over the new film and where the story will go, it’s fun to see even the smallest hints of what is to be. That’s why, then, we had to share this news about Davis returning for a role in Episode VIII. Warwick Davis recently appeared in his first interview on Australian television and in most of the interview, he talked about how he felt about The Force Awakens, as someone who had worked on the previous films. His, however, directly asked if he…