Bioware Austine just posted the first teaser for Chapter 16 The Battle of Odessen coming August 11 (or 9 for subscribers). BioWare™ and Lucasfilm today announced details of its climactic chapter in the storyline of Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ – Knights of the Fallen Empire. Early Access to The Battle of Odessen will be available for qualified Star Wars: The Old Republic subscribers on August 9* and to all active Star Wars: The Old Republic subscribers starting August 11. In The Battle of Odessen, Arcann launches an all-out assault against the Outlander’s base. Still recovering from a shattering betrayal of the now-renegade droid, SCORPIO, the Outlander’s Alliance must rally to defeat Arcann’s forces in a desperate battle to determine the fate of the galaxy once and for all. Play and be a part of the concluding chapter as you fight your way to Knights of the Eternal Throne, the…
SWTOR: The Treasure Hunting Mission Imbalance
Over at SWTOR Economics, you will find some interesting conversations. We are especially interested in his Crafting Ideas series that is currently undergoing. He’s been telling us his ideas for improving the crafting portion of the game and also explaining how this would improve the overall economy of SWTOR. With that said, the latest edition talks about Treasure Hunting Lockboxes. Many people feel like they are causing problems in the game and he addresses that in this blog post. As usual, he breaks in down in three sections: The Game Design The Solutions Summary If you haven’t read his first post in the series, Crafting Ideas: Component Conversion, then you should go and do that first. Now come back take a look at his take on the Treasure Hunting mission imbalance. Here is a snippet: “There were a number of game design choices that have led to the current state of concern…
The Academy – “How to Transition to Preferred and Tips for Playing Preferred”
You know how we like The Academy around here if you’re a regular visitor. We’ve been writing about episodes since the series began. Swtorista is doing a great job of teaching new people about the game and even bringing more interest into the game for existing players. It’s very well done and we love that each episode is available on YouTube to make it very easy to view and listen. If you’re not familiar with The Academy, it’s basically a series of videos that started with a podcast that all explain aspects of SWTOR, with new players in mind. Although it has new players in mind, all of the videos are good review for people who have been playing for some time and they’re also great if you are a veteran player who wants to help a new friend, or invite a friend or family member to play. If someone…
[Cosplay] Shae Vizla by Laura Sánchez (Nebulaluben)
Star Wars – Shae Vizla by Laura Sánchez (Nebulaluben) Here is an impressive cosplay of a fantastic Star Wars character who needed a bigger role in SWTOR. I don’t know if we’ll ever see more of Vizla in SWTOR but you can see her in this great cosplay from costume maker, Laura Sanchez. She’s a video game and costume-making enthusiast and all of the costumes you can see in her gallery at Deviant Art are made by her personally. She does a really awesome job and this one is no exception. Check out the pictures here: Star Wars – Shae Vizla by Laura Sánchez (Nebulaluben) She uses a lot of craft foam techniques in her costume making and also lists some great resources over on her Deviant Art page for those who want to learn more about craft foam art and costume design. She even lists some shops where she…
The Most Powerful Character In All of Star Wars
When talking about Star Wars, we know that there are many powerful characters within the story. We’ve seen them in the movies and we’ve read about them in books and even comics. They are part of what makes the Star Wars story such an epic one. If we had to pick the most powerful characters in all of Star Wars, who would make the list? While some facts are facts, I also think the answer would vary based on who you ask. Opinion definitely plays at least some role into the topic. Who is the most powerful Star Wars character? Here is another great video from The Stupendous Wave that talks about this very topic. Maybe you will be surprised at the answer but it’s explained in the video. If you are not familiar with Abeloth, this story is going to enlighten you. So now that you’ve seen it yourself, what do…
Star Wars: Uprising: Patch 3.0 is live!
Patch 3.0 is Came out last week, and you can jump right into the new Lando missions. Download Star Wars: Uprising for free here. Patch Notes: Raid Feature: New End Game content for high end players! The first raids will go live on Monday, 7/18. Stay tuned for a walkthrough. Lando Feature: Find this iconic character in the Konn Nevos Spaceport to run side missions appropriate to your character level. Additons and Upgrades: Single Player Revamp – All new cinematics, levels and polish on Storyline Missions. New Monsters, New Bosses: Get ready to face the toughest foes yet. New Gear: New Vanity Sets, as well as 8 and 9 Star Tier II gear in Raids! Crew Run Upgrade – Crew runs will now highlight compatible crew, and the auto fill button will select crew for you. 18 New Crew Members – 12 new 5 Star uniques to be rolled out…
SWTOR 5-YEAR COLLAGE PROJECT
The team over at Bioware Austin want players to submit a close-up headshot of your in-game character: To celebrate over 87 MILLION unique characters created by all of you, we’ll be creating our first ever SWTOR Character Collage! Sample Headshot Join the celebration by emailing us a close-up headshot of your in-game character: Recommended resolution is 1920×1080 Turn off all user interface and text Focus on the waist up Remain in your default pose We can’t wait to share the collage with you. Stay tuned for more details!
Changes to the Cartel Market — Thursday July 21 2016
Here are some changes to the cartelmarket of July 21 – Galactic Legends Armor Pack and Black/White Modules are now available. Items Available Again Price Helpful links GRAND NIGHTLIFE PACK 1000 BLACK AND BLACK DYE MODULE 1600 WHITE AND WHITE DYE MODULE 800 Last Cartel Market Update (Grand Nightlife Pack replaced with Galactic Legends Armor Pack) Items No Longer Available Helpful links GRAND NIGHTLIFE PACK Items Available Again Price Helpful links GALACTIC LEGENDS ARMOR PACK 750
Top 10 Most Unique Lightsabers [video]
What Star Wars fan doesn’t love lightsabers? They are one of the most iconic parts of Star Wars. Even people who have not seen the movies and don’t consider themselves fans will recognize a lightsaber. So with this in mind, have you ever sat down and thought about some of the coolest ones? What are the most awesome lightsabers you’ve seen in Star Wars? Well, if you’ve never thought about it, rest assured that someone else has. Many someones, in fact, and they have requested that The Scoundrel’s Cantina make this really great video showing the 10 most unique lightsabers in the Star Wars universe. So check it out and tell us what you think. Do you agree with the list? Did your favorite make it in? Here’s the list and you can see them all in the video below: 10. Tera Sinube, Darth Maul, Haazen Sabercane 9. Pong Krell’s Double Bladed…
Darth Malgus Lightsaber (Ultrasabers Malice)
We love lightsabers (who doesn’t) and we love the people who make them a reality. This iconic Star Wars piece got many of us excited when we saw them for the first time as kids. There’s nothing quite like it and you’d run around using sticks or whatever similar object you could find to wield and fight your own battles in the backyard. So where to grown up Star Wars fans go to find their lightsabers? Whether you’re looking for one for fun, for a prop, or as part of your cosplay getup, you can’t go wrong with you get one from someone who really knows what they’re doing. The design, the attention to detail, the craftsmanship, and that iconic glow make the lightsaber truly something special. In this video, you can see the Darth Malgus lightsaber as part of his magnificent collection. As the channel explains, “You have arrived…
Changes to the SWTOR Cartel Market — Tuesday July 19 2016
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of July 19– July 26 2016. Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links CZERKA CR-17 INCENDIA SPEEDER 500 1500 +200% 1500 APPEARANCE OPTION: VIBRANT GREEN EYES 50 100 +100% 100 IMPERIAL ESSENTIALS BUNDLE 500 350 –30% 428 ARMORED WOODLAND VARACTYL 2200 1100 –50% 2200 REPUBLIC ESSENTIALS BUNDLE 500 350 –30% 428
SWTOR Celebrating Our Five Year Saga
Director of Design at Bioware, James Ohlen, has posted a new blogpost containing an infographic celebrating 5 years of SWTOR. Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ celebrates its fifth year, December 20, 2016 – thanks to you, our fans. We started on this journey ten years ago. Our vision was to build a game that would give gamers, who are Star Wars™ fans, the experience of stepping into the Star Wars universe at the center of their own saga. And it did. We built the largest Star Wars universe ever and then brought it to life online. We wanted to give fans the chance to become a Jedi, a dark and deadly Sith Lord or a snarky Smuggler. We wanted to bring our love of this great IP to life in a way that let players shape their own story making meaningful choices along the way that made the experience your…
Mynock Gets an In Game Character
How would you feel if you got a character named after you in SWTOR? This is one of the highest honors for a video game fan and it happens from time to time in some games, with someone who has done something special or recognizable with the game or the community. This is awesome but we’ll let Mynock tell you about it himself in his own words: The folks at BioWare have bestowed a huge honour on me by naming a character in Star Wars the Old Republic after me! “”Mynock” is a mando warrior NPC who can be found guarding the entrance to Shae Vizla’s camp on the planet Darvannis in the latest STWOR expansion “Mandalore‘s Revenge””. I had a little bit of say in the armor type, colour scheme and weapon he’s sporting, so now I have no excuse for not finishing my Shae Armor set! It shall be…
SWTOR Cantina event Celebration 2016 [Video]
Here is a video captured from the 2016 SWTOR Cantina event, at Star Wars celebration Europe. I suggest starting at about 2 minutes, 20 seconds: they spend the time before this trying to get the microphones to work + announcing that they will play the #SWTOR5 trailer again later at the Cantina. Dulfy also had A reader has sent over this private Q&A he had with the developers with a focus on group content. Here is a snippet: Q: “Why do so many questions go ignored for so long, it becomes hard to try and defend the dev team and Bioware. Why cant you just say ‘there will be more group content’ or ‘there will be more ops’ “ A: “It all comes down to Shadow of Revan. We announced we would release info on a new expansion and when the date of the announcement came, we had issues and had to…
SWTOR Celebration Cantina 2016 Code and Speeder
People that went to the Star Wars Celebration Cantina 2016 this weekend, was awarded the “Korrealis Regent” speeder. You can get this speeder to if you just click the Redeem Code option when you go to your account page at swtor.com and enter this code: “CelebrationCantina16“. You may need to relog or switch servers to get the mail with the Korrealis Reagent speeder. Check out the sweet ride here:
SWTOR New Expansion Revealed: Knights of the Eternal Throne!
We have been down for a few days due to new server host, but this is a story we don’t want you to miss out on. The next SWTOR expansion will be named Knights of the Eternal Throne (KotET) and is coming in Fall 2016. More info from Bioware Today, during an EA Star Wars™ “Meet the Makers” panel at Star Wars Celebration in London, James Ohlen, Director of Design for BioWare helped celebrate the game’s upcoming 5-year anniversary, revealing a brand new digital expansion coming this fall, Knights of the Eternal Throne. The all new expansion adds more of BioWare’s trademark cinematic storytelling, as well as exciting new game features in one of the largest updates the team has made since the game launched 5 years ago in 2011! BioWare also announced that beginning today, all players can prepare for the new expansion by playing Chapter 1 of the…
SWTORApps – Character API now live!
SWTORApps has some info about their Character API which is now live. You can find all of the details below and check it out for yourself. We gotta say, it looks pretty cool. For a regular player. it really doesn’t do all that much but you can check it out too, if you feel so inclined. The character manager side might be interesting to you. The people who will really benefit from this are the developers. It’s designed as a developer tool. While they are still growing with it, there does seem to be a few things useful you could do with this. They also have ideas planned for the future that would make it more useful to the everyday player, and not just for developers. So stay tuned and we will also keep you updated as things progress. Have you tried it for yourself? Let us know what you think!…
LEGO Star Wars The Force Awakens Review Roundup
We’ve been talking about Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens because the newest installment in the Lego Star Wars series has Star Wars and Lego fans alike excited. Since its recent release, the game has been selling well and getting pretty decent reviews overall. It’s especially popular in the UK, even topping Overwatch in sales. So if you’re still trying to decide for yourself if you want to shell out the cash to experience the game, let’s take a look at what a few gaming experts are saying about it. What are people saying so far about LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens? Here’s a fun review roundup for you to get some varied opinions: In a galaxy far, far, away (…okay, actually, right here in this galaxy), there was a video game series that turned beloved franchises into blocky satirical versions of themselves… and everyone loved it. The latest installment of this series is LEGO…
SWTOR Chapter XVI Release Date Change: Moving from July 28 to August 11
The release date of Chapter 16 in the SWTOR soap opera will be moved to August 11 instead of the original July 28. Chapter XVI Release Date Change: Moving from July 28 to August 11 | 07.13.2016, 06:39 PM Hey everyone, During our last Producer Livestream we announced that Chapter XVI: The Battle of Odessen would go live on July 28th (early access on the 26th); as of today we have decided to move the release to August 11th (early access on the 9th). This Chapter reveals the climactic ending to the Fallen Empire story and we want to make sure it delivers the emotional impact that the story deserves. We are going to take this time to push it further in an effort to bring the Knights of the Fallen Empire’s final Chapter to a fitting ending – one that, in the tradition of all great Star Wars stories,…
Changes to the SWTOR Cartel Market — Tuesday July 12 2016
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of July 12– July 19 2016. New Items Price Helpful links DARK VS. LIGHT PACK 250 HYPERCRATE: DARK VS. LIGHT PACKS 6300 SUPERCRATE: DARK VS. LIGHT PACKS 1150 Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links ADDITIONAL CHARACTER SLOT 450 600 +33% 600 5-PACK: MAJOR EXPERIENCE BOOST 240 360 +50% 360 QUICK TRAVEL (SINGLE USE) 45 90 +100% 90 MAJOR VALOR BOOST 20 40 +100% 40 CZERKA CR-17 INCENDIA SPEEDER 1500 500 –67% 1500 APPEARANCE OPTION: VIBRANT GREEN EYES 100 50 –50% 100
Harrison Ford Makes His Video Game Debut
At 73 years old, Harrison Ford is now a video game star. According to People magazine, the 73-year old actor recorded original dialogue featured in the game, which allows fans to play out the storylines from the famous film. If you’re a fan of Han Solo and The Force Awakens, you’re going to love this. Many of us who are video game fans know how it can be disappointing when a movie-based video game cannot get the same voice actor to play an iconic part. With a role like Han Solo, anyone other than Ford just wouldn’t cut it. Here’s a trailer from the Daily Mail if you want to see for yourself: Harrison Ford makes his appearance in the new popular LEGO game with his longtime pal and sidekick, Chewbacca. If you have not played the game yet, it closely follows the story from the film The Force Awakens so major spoilers if you haven’t…
Star Wars: Uprising – Sector Battle Imminent: Hoth
Here we go again.. This week’s Leader Board: Hoth General (Rank #1-5): 10,372,350+ Commander (Ranks 6-100): 5,507,700+ Captain (Ranks 101-3000): 923,900+ Begins at: 10 AM PST (Kabam Time) Leader Boards: Burnin Konn General (Rank #1-5): 12.148.300+ Commander (Ranks 6-100): 5.420.350+ Captain (Ranks 101-3000): 965.000+ Burnin Konn General (Rank #1-5): No info Commander (Ranks 6-100): No info Captain (Ranks 101-3000): No info Burnin Konn General (Rank #1-5): 9,135,450+ Commander (Ranks 6-100): 5,462,400+ Captain (Ranks 101-3000): 1,338,680+ Burnin Konn General (Rank #1-5): 11,603,700+ Commander (Ranks 6-100): 4,870,200+ Captain (Ranks 101-3000): 1,068,600+
SWTOR Dark vs Light Packs in the Cartel Market
BioWare’s Eric Musco posted some clarification on the official forums regarding the Dark vs Light packs in the cartel market vs the ones you get from the event. Hey folks, I wanted to let you know that later on today we will be introducing the Cartel Market version of the Dark Vs. Light packs, on sale for 250 Cartel Coins. These packs are very similar to the Dark Vs. Light event rewards, except for a few differences. Here is a comparison of each pack: Dark Vs. Light Event Packs Packs and items are Bind on Pickup All items unlock in collections Each pack contains one pack item and one misc. item No chance cubes Dark Vs. Light CM Packs Packs and items are Bind on Equip (following normal lockout timer) All items unlock in collections Each pack contains one pack item, one grand chance cube, one companion gift, and Jawa Junk Thanks…
SWTOR Next Expansion Could be Named KOTET?
We love hearing about new SWTOR content and while we’re waiting on BioWare to release any new updates and info, we have to busy ourselves taking little clues wherever we might see them. This is one such case. According to a panel list from Star Wars Celebration, the next expansion could be named SWTOR: KOTET. This could mean Knights of the Eternal Throne. What are some other theories of what it might stand for? Redditor Sakowenteta saw this little gem on the Star Wars Celebration exhibitor list. It listed SWTOR as Star Wars the Old Republic KOTET. Could be a misspelling of KOTFE or the abbreviation of the next expansion. So what do you think? What could it mean? You can see it yourself here: http://www.starwarscelebration.com/en/Exhibitors/1792379/EA-Star-Wars (Edit: it’s now been updated and doesn’t show this anymore.) Here’s a screen capture of what it did look like: Does the fact that it…