Eric Musco posted an interesting update to the official SWTOR forums yesterday. We will now be getting class representatives for the forums. Each representative will only serve for a term and then new representatives will take their places so it ensures there is some balance and rotation. Class Representatives are player elected and will not be granted any special access to the BioWare team. They will be used to help Bioware staff provide more information and community involvement on the topic of classes within SWTOR. What tasks will these forum class representatives do? What Will They Do? Upon the Class representatives being selected, we will release a schedule. On each scheduled date listed, the chosen representative for each Class will make a forum post in their Class forum with the top 3 things they want to have answered or commented on. Our current plan is to do 4 ACs each…
Playtesting for SWGEmu – What You Should Know
Have you played SWGEmu yet? We’re looking for your thoughts on it as Star Wars and SWG fans. Late last year I wrote a post about the SWG emulator and what SWG fans could expect from it. Guest Tosche Station actually posted a comment to that original article recently that we thought deserved its own post since it was so lengthy and well thought-out. You can see the original comment here: If anyone reading has an interest in playtesting for SWGEmu, there are a few things you should keep in mind; 1). If you’re never played Star Wars Galaxies at all, you’re gonna have a bad time. The SWGEMU community is comprised of diehard SWG players who put on a good show of being friendly and helpful, until you start asking questions they don’t know the answers to. Then you’ll discover just how insular the SWGEMU community is, and the fact…
TORPARSE to Close 27 July
TORPARSE had one simple mission: to provide the best and easiest to use combat log parser for Star Wars: The Old Republic. But now, they will be closing their doors forever. In an announcement made July 10th, TORPARSE explained that they will soon be shutting down the site. It is a sad and bittersweet announcement as the site has been such a useful tool for SWTOR players for all of this time. Here s a snippet of that End of Service Announcement: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 End of Service Announcement Hey everybody, I’ve got some bad news today. I’ve been struggling with this decision for a few months now, but have made a decision to end the TORParse project effective 27 July 2013. I’ve had a lot of fun developing this project and working with the community the last year and a half, but have ultimately made the decision to…
Game Update 2.2.2 Patch Notes – 7/10/2013
Servers are down for maintenance, and when they will be back, you need to download game update 2.2.2. Below are the patch notes: Highlights New Content! Nightmare Mode is now available for the Scum and Villainy Operation. New Vehicles!Two new vehicles are now available: The Titan 6 Containment Vehicle The Tirsa Champion Landspeeder New Title! To celebrate the 10 year anniversary of Knights of the Old Republic™, the “Revan’s Heir” Title will be available on the Cartel Market for 24 hours only beginning on July 15th at 12AM PDT/7AM UTC. Cartel Market General The tooltips for all Encrypted Datacubes have been updated to clearly indicate that the items grant a mission which can only be completed once per character. New Items New Title! To celebrate the 10 year anniversary of Knights of the Old Republic, the “Revan’s Heir” Title will be purchasable on the Cartel Market for 24 hours only…
SWTOR PTS Update 7/9
The public test servers are now updated with the new Daily Area CZ-198. Players have already found a few interesting features such as the new HK-51 customization available there. PTS Update – 7/10 | 07.09.2013, 01:46 PM The PTS is now available for testing Game Update 2.3 content! Patch Note: Players are now able to travel to Daily Area CZ-198. Thanks for your participation!
Official Blog: A Letter from Special Executive Rasmus Blys
A BioWare corporation PR person was RP’ing a corporation PR person in yesterdays blog post. I guess that’s something they can write convincingly! They really nailed the sugarcoated corporate jargon at least, as Special Executive Rasmus Blys from the Czerka Corporation took on the official website yesterday. Check out the full “blog post ” over at the official site, our our copy paste below. Also remember to check our faction lore guide on Czerka Corporation if you are into the lore behind them. 07.08.2013 A Letter from Special Executive Rasmus Blys Greetings! My name is Rasmus Blys, and I have the great honor of serving as a Special Executive for the Czerka Corporation: the most dynamic business entity in the entirety of known space. Czerka’s history is a long and storied one; we have centuries of innovation and success to look back on, with entire worlds owing their economic and social development to our valuable…
Scheduled Maintenance: July 10th, 2013
BioWare will performing scheduled maintenance tomorrow July 10th. While servers are down, the team will implement Game Update 2.2.2. We will post the patch notes as soon as they are available. On July 10th, all game servers, SWTOR.com, and the launcher, will be unavailable as we perform scheduled maintenance. Game Update 2.2.2 will be implemented during this downtime. Details are as follows: Date: Wednesday July 10th, 2013 Duration: 4 hours Time: 3AM PDT (10AM UTC) – 7AM (2PM UTC) Thank you for your patience as we maintain service for Star Wars™: The Old Republic™. In addition to this, Amber Also updated the forums about an update on the bug that makes it impossible to travel to the new daily area, CZ-198. Hi folks! So that you know, we are planning an update tomorrow to correct this issue. Please keep your eye out for more information as to when we’ll be…
The Old Republic Insider – July 2013
The Old Republic Insider for July 2013 is here! In this episode, we learn about upcoming game content as well as what we can expect to see on the market in the future. There’s a new event: The Bounty Contract Week which will take place monthly, at the beginning of the month. So if you happen to miss one- no worries, as you will get a chance again the next month. Also in August, comes Game Update 2.3 Titans of Industry. Here’s a snippet of what to expect from this update and the Czerka Corporation: WE ARE THE GALAXY’S MOST TRUSTED BRAND For centuries, Czerka Corporation has led the industry in weapons design, Droid manufacturing, biological research, and much more. Here at our facilities on the private moon, CZ-198, we consider ourselves the heart of the Czerka Corporation. With state of the art labs and dedicated, robust R&D teams, CZ-198 continues…
The “That’s So SWTOR!” Screenshot Contest – 2400 Cartel Coin Card Giveaway!
What do you see when you first think of SWTOR? What if you had a chance to win 2400 Cartel Coins by sharing a screenshot that makes you think “That’s so SWTOR!” You can learn more from the Community post here on Reddit: Community Post | The “That’s So SWTOR!” Screenshot Contest – 2400 Cartel Coin Card Giveaway! | 7/5/13 Howdy guys! As mentioned last Friday, I’m starting a contest today to find the single most SWTOR screenshot. What does that mean? Well, it means that I want to see what SWTOR means to you! What screenshot have you taken that really remind you of everything that SWTOR is to you. Here are the rules: You can submit up to 3 pictures, but please only make one post. You can vote on submissions, but I will be choosing the winner, so don’t bother trying to downvote other peoples’ submissions. I…
Star Wars Shakespeare: A New Hope Gets a New Format
If you love Star Wars but are reluctant to dive into the works of Shakespeare, Ian Doescher has just the book to ease you in to the verses of the Bard. Dolscher’s takes Star Wars: Episode IV- A New Hope back in time to the 1600s. Apparently, the project is George Lucas sanctioned, according to Get The Big Picture. The Star Wars creator has reportedly told Doescher he should take the project as far as possible. Perhaps this means we will see the other five episodes given the Hamlettreatment. Along with references to the Elithabethan author, the book also features period style images, including one with Luke holding a storm trooper’s helmet like a skull. “The allusions to Shakespeare’s works are references I carry around in my head, so most often the allusions to plays flowed naturally with a particular character’s dialogue. Other times, the references were more carefully planned,” Doescher told Quirk. “”For instance, I knew…
Amazon Now Selling Cartel Coins and “Umbral Blurrg” Pet
Don’t you wish you could just buy your SWTOR Cartel Coin cards online instead of having to head out to the store? Well, now you can. Maybe… As some others on the SWTOR forums have realized, Amazon is now offering the Cartel Coins with “Umbral Blurrg” pet. However, there are some stipulations. For example, Amazon does not ship them outside of the US. But some players have found a workaround. For example, if you are in Canada, you can use this service (http://www.cbiusa.com/) to have your items shipped to their address or to purchase digital items like this one. Players in Europe are using a workaround with a gift card and US address to purchase it. Here it is on Amazon: And here is the official product description: The Star Wars: The Old Republic 2400 Cartel Coins Card allows gamers to purchase 2400 Cartel Coins via the convenience of their favorite…
Celebrate KOTOR’s 10 Year Anniversary in SWTOR
It was hinted at more than once previously that we would have the chance to celebrate KOTOR’s 10th Anniversary in some way in SWTOR. Well today we have an official announcement of what this will include. Sounds like a pretty good deal to me and I’m actually glad to see Bioware using this opportunity to celebrate KOTOR in SWTOR. However, these planned events are one-day-only so it sucks if you’re going to be away on summer vacation or something. Take a look at the timelines for the celebration and see if you can check in. Maybe fire up your laptop on the hotel WiFi and grab your brand new title. Or hop on over to Facebook page and try to snag some free Cartel Coins in the giveaway. This news article was shared this evening: Celebrate KOTOR’s 10 Year Anniversary We are happy to announce that on July 15th we…
500 CC Reward for SWTOR Subscribers
We’ve known for quite some time now that faithful SWTOR subscribers would receive some type of appreciate reward. But now we finally know what it is as Eric Musco confirmed in the forums with this post: Hey folks, As some of you have already begun to figure out, every subscriber is receiving a bonus of 500 Cartel Coins. Some of you may not have gotten them yet but don’t worry, the process takes a few hours. All of you should be receiving your 500 coins today. As an additional tease, we have something coming to the Cartel Market later this month that is going to be super, super cheap and available for one day only! All I will say for now is hang on to 10 Cartel Coins and look for details soon™. -eric Hey! Pretty cool, right? He also mentions that you should hold on to at least 10…
Happy Force of July
Happy force of July to our readers from over there. Hope everyone has a safe and fun time with their families and get tons of phat lewt ingame! Now stop spying on the rest of the world!
TOR TV: swtorHELL – a music Video
GGAvrii made this awesome 1o min fan film that reminds us of “a New Meme“. If you haven’t already watched that short movie yet, you are really missing out. It is one of the funniest SWTOR movie to date. This movie is great to though. GGavrii Basically made a random music with video elements that shouldn’t work together, but they do! And they do so really well. I especially like the ‘I want it now’ segment, and I swear the Dark Knight music gets me every time!
Scum and Villainy Operation Guide SWTOR
Don’t forget to check out constantly growing list of guides for Star Wars: The old republic The newest Operation to be released on the 2.0 PTS is Scum and Villainy and it has 7 bosses. It’s longer than previous Operations and offers a great deal more content. This is great for players who love Operations and are looking for more bosses and more challenge. The seven bosses in Scum and Villainy are: Dash’roode Titan 6 Thrasher Operations Chief Olok the Shadow Cartel Warlords Dread Master Styrak In storymode there is Vilus Garr, Captain Horicm Tu’chuk and Sunder. The suggested kill order is Vilus Garr <–> Captain Horic –> Tu’Chuk <–> Sunder. Each boss has 672K health. Tips and strategy: Both Vilus Garr and Captain Horic have taunt immunity and cannot be taunted. Captain Horic has a conal attack that he directs at one person in the raid. The raid should be ain…
2.3 Graphical Color Improvements to SWTOR
SWTOR is getting something of a makeover in terms of colors. Most will agree that it’s an improvement but for those who have grown accustomed to seeing it in its darker fashion might not approve. Personally, I like it. I really think some zones were just a bit too dreary and drab with all the grey/brown. I like the improved colors and crispness of it all. It also seems to have more of a real feel and texture rather than the cartoony feel in some zones. I like this. One user shared some before and after pics on Reddit to help us see what the color changes look like: What’ll strike you first is the sheer colour in the game. These screenshots were taken in the exact same locations, with the same gamma/brightness/graphics settings. Before: After: Before: After: To be honest, while I think this is a good move, I…
Bioware has Delivered Nearly Everything from May 2012 Survey
Some of you might remember that back in May 2012, there was a rumor about a survey going around. You can actually see one of the old threads about it here on the official forums that has now been revived. The reason being that while it was called a fake, Bioware has now delivered nearly everything that was in that survey over a year ago. Let’s take a look. Possible Expansion? From Swtor Survey Star Wars: The Old Republic: Makeb Mission introduces an explosive new conflict threatening the future of the galaxy. The Hutt Empire has risen from the underworld to challenge the Republic and Sith Empire for control of the galaxy, unleashing never-before-seen droids and monstrous battle stations to serve as powerful weapons of destruction. As a player, you will be forced to take a side in this sudden uprising by The Hutt Empire. Is this a manifestation of…
DICE Working on Battlefront Almost Didn’t Happen
We’re excited about DICE working on Star Wars: Battlefront, as we wrote about recently but can you believe it almost didn’t happen? While they seem like the perfect choice for this project, it’s a deal that almost didn’t happen. We’re glad to see DICE on the job because they are meticulous and great at what they do. We definitely have high hopes they will do very well with Battlefront. In Computer and Video Games, we have a great interview with EA’s Patrick Sderlund. Here is the really interesting part: So one of your big surprises was DICE working on the new Star Wars: Battlefront. As you said, that’s pretty much a match made in heaven for fans… but those sorts of dream collaborations don’t happen often. I’m glad you say that because it was almost not happening. It was just something as boring as resources and availability. The DICE guys…
Preliminary Datamining for SWTOR 2.3PTS
Datamines, datamines! What is upcoming for SWTOR in 2.3PTS? Well, swtor_miner is back with some new info that might give us a few clues. First, note that there might be SPOILERS in some of this data. Secondly, remember that datamined info is just a guess at what might be coming in the future of the game. There are no guarantees this even means what we think it means and even if it does, BioWare still have the right to change everything on us before the official release of the game update. In the meantime, it’s fun to speculate! So here is the info SWTOR Miner has for us this time: Hey guys, I got a little bit of free time and tore into the 2.3PTS files. My most interesting find was this: Czerka Executive Cruiser – Activates the Czerk Executive Cruiser, increasing movement speed by 110% and offering excellent protection against…
More info on Treek, The Healing Ewok Companion Coming in 2.3
This cute little guy comes with patch 2.3 and personally I cannot wait because he’s adorable. Who doesn’t want a little healing Ewok companion? Ok, maybe some of your wouldn’t but I’m willing to bet he’s going to be pretty popular which, of course, is why BioWare made him. We mentioned it briefly in this post but now we have more information, including some great videos on what he will look like. A new Legacy-wide Ewok companion named Treek is coming as part of patch 2.3! Treek is an Aim using Tank/Healer with awesome combat animations. madsithassassin has uploaded this video about the guy: Here is another video: https://youtube.com/watch?v=CuFS_e_j-U4%5B After looking at the videos, I think I like him even more. What do you think? Is this a companion you would want to have?
Game Update 2.3: Czerka Virtual Tour
Yesterday BioWare opened a new page on the official SWTOR website for Game Update 2.3: “Titans of Industry””. This “virtual tour” tells players some background information on both the Czerka Corporation , the game update itself, and hints at things to come. You can find the link to the update page here, and the virtual tour can be found here. Below are all the cool new screenshots:
Massively Reminisces on Star Wars Galaxies’ 10th Anniversary
It’s hard to believe it’s been that long but the 10 year anniversary of Star Wars Galaxies just passed. Are you feeling old yet, because I am! If you’re reminiscing about the good times you had then join the club because Massively was doing the same thing and they were kind enough to share it with us. Has it really been 10 years? Yep, Star Wars Galaxies did indeed launch on June 26th, 2003. And yep, this is indeed an anniversary post for an MMORPG that closed down in December of 2011. Why the reminiscing about a game that we can’t — ahem — play any longer? Simply put, SWG deserves it. If you’re reading this article, you already know why it deserves it, so we’ll skip the sandbox proselytizing and get right to the part where Massively’s Starsider veterans raise a glass and share a few of their favorite launch-era memories. You can…
SWTOR Double XP Weekend Quick Tips
If you want to make the most of the double XP weekends and stims, then here is a little trick to help you when you need to run AFK for some food or a bathroom break or … whatever. A lot of people don’t realize that when you are in a conversation with NPCs or a cutscene, your timers are paused. This means your class buffs, stims and other experience boosts will not be running down on you and you can save the time if you need to step away. Your timers will also pause when looking at the Galaxy map so this is a good way to stop everything for a few minutes when you have to AFK. This works great when you’re solo but of course if you are running with a group, it will be a bit more difficult since they can holo call into the conversation….