Senior Designer on Star Wars: The Old Republic Austin Peckenpaugh is unstoppable this week as he continues running through all the class changes coming with SWTOR Rise of the hutt cartel. Check ouot the original story here, or check it out below. If you missed any of the other class updates posted this week, you can check the out here: Smuggler Class Changes in RotHC Imperial Agent Class Changes in RotHC Jedi Knight Class Changes in RotHC Sith Warrior Class Changes in RotHC Trooper Class Changes in RotHC Bounty Hunter Class Changes in RotHC Hello everyone. My name is Austin Peckenpaugh, and I’m a Senior Designer on Star Wars™: The Old Republic™, responsible for class design and combat systems. As such, I’m here to shed some light on the changes to the Sith Inquisitor class in Game Update 2.0. We’ll be writing about recent class changes coming to The Old Republic, but this time we’re going a little…
Crew Skill Updates for Patch 2.0.1
The new patch coming with the next Scheduled Maintenance, BioWare will be pushing a patch that should fix some of the crew skill issues that came with Star Wars: The old republic Rise of the hutt cartel. Amber Green breaks it down for us. Hello again everyone, The weekend is upon us! We’ve been listening to your feedback, and I wanted to be sure to give you folks an update about where we currently stand with regards to the various Crew Skill issues you’re seeing. As I stated in my last update, Patch 2.0.1 will contain a number of Crew Skill fixes: Tier 23 and 26 Armstech Augments now have the correct crafting times. Arkanian Relics will now be listed in the correct category in the Artifice Crafting Window. Successful Gathering Missions above level 400+ will now provide more crafting materials. Increased the number of Bio-Mechanical Interface Chips and Thermal Regulators provided as…
Scheduled Maintenance: April 23rd, 2013
Just a heads up to let you know that this comming week’s scheduled maintenance will occur on April 23rd from 2AM PDT to 8AM PDT. Star Wars: The Old Republic servers will be down during this period and when they come back up, players may have to download a patch. On April 23rd, all game servers, SWTOR.com, and the launcher will be unavailable as we perform scheduled maintenance. Game Update 2.0.1 will be implemented during this downtime. Details are as follows: Date: Tuesday April 23rd, 2013 Duration: 6 hours Time: 2AM PDT (9AM GMT) to 8AM PDT (3PM GMT) Thank you for your patience as we maintain service for Star Wars™: The Old Republic™. When the servers come back up, if there happens to be a patch, we’ll have the notes available here. For the original post in its entirety, visit the official thread.
Bounty Hunter Class Changes in RotHC
Troopers ain’t the only class that gets some attention by BioWare today. Just like the other few days BioWare also posted a second developer blog that goes through the Bunty HUnter class changes in Star Wars: The old republic Rise of the Hutt cartel. You can read the original post over at the official SWTOR webiste, or below. If you missed any of the other class updates posted this week, you can check the out here: Smuggler Class Changes in RotHC Imperial Agent Class Changes in RotHC Jedi Knight Class Changes in RotHC Sith Warrior Class Changes in RotHC Trooper Class Changes in RotHC Bounty Hunter Class Changes in RotHC Hello everyone. My name is Austin Peckenpaugh, and I’m a Senior Designer on Star Wars™: The Old Republic™, responsible for class design and combat systems. As such, I’m here to shed some light on the changes to the Bounty Hunter class…
Trooper Class Changes in RotHC
BioWare continue there developer blog updates on class changes in Star Wars: The old republic – Rise of the Hutt cartel. You can read the whole article over at the official SWTOR Website or continue reading below. If you missed any of the other class updates posted this week, you can check the out here: Smuggler Class Changes in RotHC Imperial Agent Class Changes in RotHC Jedi Knight Class Changes in RotHC Sith Warrior Class Changes in RotHC Trooper Class Changes in RotHC Bounty Hunter Class Changes in RotHC Hello everyone. My name is Austin Peckenpaugh, and I’m a Senior Designer on Star Wars™: The Old Republic™, responsible for class design and combat systems. As such, I’m here to shed some light on the changes to the Trooper class in Game Update 2.0. We’ll be writing about recent class changes coming to The Old Republic, but this time we’re going a little…
Sith Warrior Class Changes in RotHC
Jedi Knights ain’t the only class that get some attention today. Senior Designer on Star Wars: The Old Republic Austin Peckenpaugh continues his hyper activity, explaining the Sith Warrior Class Changes in Rise of the Hutt Cartel. Read the full blog post over at the official site here, or check out the copy paste below. If you missed any of the other class updates posted this week, you can check the out here: Smuggler Class Changes in RotHC Imperial Agent Class Changes in RotHC Jedi Knight Class Changes in RotHC Sith Warrior Class Changes in RotHC Trooper Class Changes in RotHC Bounty Hunter Class Changes in RotHC Now to the actual story: Hello everyone. My name is Austin Peckenpaugh, and I’m a Senior Designer on Star Wars™: The Old Republic™, responsible for class design and combat systems. As such, I’m here to shed some light on the changes to the Sith Warrior class in Game…
Jedi Knight Class Changes in RotHC
Continuing yesterdays class updates, BioWare posted the class changes for the Jedi Knight that comes with game update 2.0 Rise of the Hutt cartel. If you missed yesterdays update, We have the smuggler class changes here and the Imperial Agent Class Changes in RotHC here. This time BioWare Senior Designer on Star Wars: The Old Republic Austin Peckenpaugh shed some light on the changes to the Jedi Knight class in Game Update 2.0. Check out the original article here or read our copy pate below: If you missed any of the other class updates posted this week, you can check the out here: Smuggler Class Changes in RotHC Imperial Agent Class Changes in RotHC Jedi Knight Class Changes in RotHC Sith Warrior Class Changes in RotHC Trooper Class Changes in RotHC Bounty Hunter Class Changes in RotHC Hello everyone. My name is Austin Peckenpaugh, and I’m a Senior Designer on Star Wars™: The Old Republic™, responsible…
SWTOR Sith Warrior Marauder Leveling Build 2.0
Here is a new build from the swtorsavior.com guys. This is a leveling build for the Marauder advanced class in SWTOR. The Sith Warrior Marauder leveling builds listed below, focus on talents and abilities with potential for burst and utility and/or talents that augment Rage generation. These talent builds perform best with both instant and channeled abilities.This should set you off on the right foot and I have used this one with great results. First up here is how you allocate the points: 3/3 Enraged Slash 2/2 Cloak Of Aniliation 2/2 Short Fuse 3/3 Juyo Mastery 2/2 Bleedout 2/2 Seeping Wounds 2/2 Hungering 2/2 Blurred Speed 1/1 Deadly Saber 2/2 Enraged Charge 2/2 Subjagation 1/1 Deep Wound 3/3 Pulverise 2/2 Phantom 2/2 Agonizing Sabers 2/2 Close Quarters 3/3 Hemorage 2/2 Blood Lust 2/2 Blood Ward 1/1 Indefitable Onsalught 1/1 Aniliatye 2/2 Decimate 2/3 Narrowed Hatred As always I I will recommend you to…
Sith Talk Episode 52- Makeb Madness
The guys over at Sith Talk is live with a new podcast titled Makeb Madness. This time the guys talk about how great Mekab is, and how much fun they have leveling there. This week they also have a new great sounding episode from The Galactic Librarian. They talk about the changes to the game since 2.0.0 and the A&B Patches plus more. Remember you can be part of the show by joining them on Twitch.tv/Dattokar 2.0 Rise of the Hutt Cartel is Live! Grab your companion and explore Makeb….or just listen to our show, Hell! Do Both! Sudo starts a new book in the Lost Tribe of the Sith series, Dat give us a brief Patch note discription and Lany…well he does what Lany does. Join us wont you, and as always We’ll see you in the Pit!
Imperial Agent Class Changes in RotHC
Smugglers are not the only class that got some BioWare attention today. Just like the Smuggler class, BioWare Senior Designer, Austin Peckenpaugh breaks down all the Imperial Agent class changes that comes with Star Wars: The old republic – Rise of the Hutt Cartel. Check it out over at the official SWTOR Website, or check it out below: If you missed any of the other class updates posted this week, you can check the out here: Smuggler Class Changes in RotHC Imperial Agent Class Changes in RotHC Jedi Knight Class Changes in RotHC Sith Warrior Class Changes in RotHC Trooper Class Changes in RotHC Bounty Hunter Class Changes in RotHC Hello everyone. My name is Austin Peckenpaugh, and I’m a Senior Designer onStar Wars™: The Old Republic™, responsible for class design and combat systems. As such, I’m here to shed some light on the changes to the Imperial Agent class in…
Smuggler Class Changes in RotHC
BioWare posted a lengthy developer update today, regarding Smuggler Class Changes in Rise of the Hutt cartel. In this update, BioWare Senior Designer, Austin Peckenpaugh goes through what to expect: Check out the full developer update over at the official Star Wars: The old republic website here, or read the snipet below: If you missed any of the other class updates posted this week, you can check the out here: Smuggler Class Changes in RotHC Imperial Agent Class Changes in RotHC Jedi Knight Class Changes in RotHC Sith Warrior Class Changes in RotHC Trooper Class Changes in RotHC Bounty Hunter Class Changes in RotHC Hello everyone. My name is Austin Peckenpaugh, and I’m a Senior Designer on Star Wars™: The Old Republic™, responsible for class design and combat systems. As such, I’m here to shed some light on the changes to the Smuggler class in Game Update 2.0. We’ll be writing about recent class changes…
SWTOR Sith Warrior Juggernaut Leveling Build For game update 2.0
As we continue showcasing SWTOR builds from swtorsavior.com. we now have a Sith Warrior build for you. This is a level 10-55 leveling build for the Sith Warrior Juggernaut class that you can use with Star Wars: The old republic – Rise of the Hutt cartel. The Sith Warrior Juggernaut leveling builds listed below, focus on talents and abilities with potential for burst and utility and/or talents that augment Rage generation. These talent builds perform best with both instant and channeled abilities. 2/2 Battle Cry 2/2 Decimate 3/3 Malice 1/1 Brutality 2/2 Overpower 2/2 Strangulate 2/2 Saber Strength 2/2 Oppressor 1/1 Obliterate 2/2 Dominate 3/3 Shockwave 1/1 Force Jump 1/1 Force Lash 1/1 Gravity Manipulation 2/2 Shii Cho Mastery 3/3 Dark Resonance 3/3 Cascading Power 2/2 Force Resistance 1/1 Force Crush 3/3 Single Saber Mastery 2/2 Dreadnaught 2/2 Improved Sundering Assault 2/2 Enraged Sunder 1/2 Ravager If you want a COMPLETE set of builds…
2.0.0b Patch Notes
As we mentioned earlier today, BioWare are taking down the servers for scheduled maintenance tomorrow. As part of being awesome, BioWare have already posted the patch notes for the update that will be applied tomorrow. Check it out below: Crew Skills Artifice Reverse Engineering certain color crystals will no longer provide an error message. Advanced Crew Skill training is no longer required to Reverse Engineer color crystals of any type. PvP Note: For more details about these changes, please visit this post. The effect of Bolster on empty item slots has been decreased. Due to itemization changes, Expertise has been removed from all War Hero and Elite War Hero pieces except for weapon crystals. So there you have it. Your maxed elite warhero set is now vendor trash. But I guess that’s the sad nature of the MMO X-Pack beast.
Maintenance – April 16th
Just a heads up to let you know that BioWare will be taking down the servers on april 16th to perform some scheduled maintenance, and Patch 2.0.0b will be deployed on live servers. Check back here on the same day for any pertinent patch information. On April 16th, all game servers will be unavailable as we perform scheduled maintenance. Patch 2.0.0b will be implemented during this downtime. Details are as follows: Date: Tuesday April 16th, 2013 Duration: 2 hours Time: 5AM PDT (12PM GMT) – 7AM PDT (2PM GMT) Thank you for your patience as we maintain service for Star Wars™: The Old Republic™.
New Rise of the Hutt Cartel Launch Trailer
BioWare just released a new trailer for Star Wars: The old republic – Rise of the Hutt Cartel. This is the second trailer for the new digital expansion so far. If you haven’t already seen the first one which is titled “Fight for Makeb” be sure to do so. You can do so here. Check out the new one below: The first Digital Expansion: Rise of the Hutt Cartel has just launched, bringing with it an action-packed storyline focused on factional conflict against the Hutt Cartel. Watch the “Fight for Makeb” launch trailer to find out more about the new gear, new abilities and new challenges waiting for you in Rise of the Hutt Cartel.
SWTOR Jedi Knight Guardian Leveling Build 2.0
This guys over at swtorsavior.com have send us a new build. This time it’s a leveling build for Jedi Knight Guardian. The Jedi Knight Guardian builds listed below, focus on talents and abilities with potential for burst and utility and/or talents that augment Focus generation. These talent builds perform best with both instant and channeled abilities. Here are the points used: 3/3 Insight 2/2 Momentum 2/2 Swelling Winds 2/2 Zephyrean Slash 1/1 Swift Slash 2/2 Pulse 2/2 Saber Strength 2/2 Intervention 1/1 Zealous Leap 2/2 Felling Blow 3/3 Singularity 1/1 Force Lash 1/1 Agility Training 1/1 Gravity Defiance 3/3 Focused Resonance 2/2 Shi-Cho Mastery 2/2 Through Peace 3/3 Heightened Power 1/1 Force Exhaustion 2/2 Master Focus 2/2 Victory Rush 3/3 Single Saber Mastery 2/2 Improved Sundering Strike 1/2 Perseverance Rotations: Single Target: Sundering Strike > Zealous Leap > Force Sweep > Force Exhaustion > Force Stasis > Dispatch > Blade Storm > Master Strike…
The Star Wars: The Old Republic Community Cantina Tour Los Angeles June 13th
Looks like BIoWare is releasing a new destination in there Community Cantina Tour each week. Last week we got the news that they crew will show up in Dallas on May 17th, and today we learn they will show up in Los Angeles June 13th. Below are the details: We’re happy to announce that the Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ Community Cantina Tour will be stopping in Los Angeles on Thursday, June 13th! This is your chance to join the Star Wars™: The Old Republic community for a development team Q&A as well as complimentary drinks* and giveaways. Every attendee will be receiving a highly coveted Tauntaun Fawn code. If you’re in the area, make sure to stop by and hang out with us! Venue: Caña Rum Bar Date: Thursday, June 13th, 2013 Time: 8-11PM PDT Address: 714 West Olympic Blvd, Downtown LA, CA 90014 Space will be limited, so be sure to arrive early! You can RSVP on Facebook here (Facebook RSVP is…
Upcoming PVP Changes
It’s no secret that the launch of Star Wars: The old republic – rise of the Hutt cartel brings some PVP problems to the game. One of the main problems have been naked Bolster and the itemization issues attached to it. Yesterday SWTOR Community Manager Eric Musco took on the official forums and posted some very detailed information on everything BioWare was going to do about it. Basically it comes down to Going into a Warzone completely naked will now be worse than wearing gear. War Hero and Elite War Hero gear is viable again. Check it out below out check out the original thread over at the official forums here. Copy paste: Alex Modny Naked Bolster The main change being made to Bolster is how it treats item slots with no items in them aka the naked bolster. If there is a slot without an item in it, that slot will only…
Developer Update: Galactic Solutions Industries
BioWare have behyper active this weeks regarding Developer Updates. Today they posted yet a new one regarding the new faction: Galactic Solutions Industries that comes with The first Digital Expansion to Star Wars: The old republic – Rise of the Hutt Cartel. What is GSI, and what are their intentions? They’re a weapons research and manufacturing company that remains strictly unaligned in the galactic war. As long as you can pay for their services, they will do business with you. In fact, their company motto is “We stay neutral, so you don’t have to!” So, how do you go about doing business with GSI? As a matter of fact, GSI has conveniently placed their mission terminals across multiple planets. Complete the independent contracts they offer, and you’ll be rewarded with reputation trophies that build up your standing with them. Get to a high enough Reputation level, and you can purchase exclusive rewards from…
SWTOR Guide: Making the Most of Your Companions
Don’t forget to check out constantly growing list of guides for Star Wars: The old republic Having a companion by your side when on missions can greatly enhance the overall experience and make playing Star Wars: The Old Republic even more exciting. They can be very useful when it comes to gameplay by getting you out of some tough situations and they help to keep things interesting. However, it can be very difficult trying to decide which companion to take along on each mission, especially if you are not used to having a helper. Choosing the right one can greatly enhance gameplay but choosing the wrong one can make things more difficult than it should be. In order to get the most from your companions, here are a few things you should know. Update Your Companions Gear One of the biggest mistakes new players make is not updating their companions gear….
Developer Update: Macrobinoculars and Seeker Droids
BioWare just posted two small Developer Updates on new items available in Star Wars : The old republic Rise of the Hutt Cartel. In the first Developer Update, World Designers, Steven Chew and Michael Ammer, discuss Macrobinoculars, a new system in Rise of the Hutt Cartel. This new system allows players to scan and analyze objects far out in the distance, uncovering hidden objects and revealing interesting details about them. There may even be a reward for finding certain hidden objects. A brand new storyline will come with this new system, as players use the macrobinoculars to track down a dangerous new enemy known only as the Shroud. Players will return to previously explored planets and discover new threats, as they seek more information on the Shroud’s intricate plan. What is the Shroud up to? How will it affect the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire? Be prepared to put on your thinking cap, as the…
EA Responds to “Worst Company in America” Poll; Makes History
EA Chief Operating Officer, Peter Moore, has responded to what looks to be EA’s second year in a row winning The Consumerist’s ‘Worst Company in America’ award. Their stock might be on the rise but there are clearly still some issues that EA needs to work out. EA is the first company in the contest’s history to win this award twice (not the type of award you want to brag about, right?) Electronic Arts COO Peter Moore had some things to say about this development: “Are we really the “Worst Company in America?” Moore asks. “I’ll be the first to admit that we’ve made plenty of mistakes. These include server shut downs too early, games that didn’t meet expectations, missteps on new pricing models and most recently, severely fumbling the launch of SimCity. We owe gamers better performance than this.” He then goes on to explain how last year they won the…
Guild Rewards Program
BioWare posted an update on the official Star Wars: The old republic website, regarding new and upcoming guild features. From now on you will be getting a 5% XP boost for being in a guild. They will also be adding more guild benefits later.. Who said guild capital ships? Did you say guild capital ships? Someone said guild capital ships.?! Are you ready to earn valuable rewards for joining a guild? We’ve got great news! We’re excited to launch a new Guild Rewards Program which rewards player participation in guilds with in-game bonuses and benefits. In this initial phase, players earn an additional 5% Guild XP Bonus for all experience gained while playing in a guild. So whether you’re already in a guild or are looking to join or create one, jump in now to take advantage of this bonus! We’re working on adding more guild rewards so stay tuned…
EA’s Survival Has Been “A Rare Feat”
We’ve talked before here about the ups and downs of EA. They’ve had a rough couple of years and those shareholders who are still holding on saw stock drop from around $25 back in the winter of 2011 to just about $11 last August. Now they’re back up to around $18 a share. So those who have stayed in it for the long haul are seeing their efforts pay off. At last week’s Game Developer’s Conference, GamesIndustry International talked to EA president Frank Gibeau (a possible replacement for Riccitiello) about the state of EA: “It’s a dynamic industry. At one moment social is the hottest thing in the history of man, and the next minute it’s not. One minute console is dead, the next minute console is incredible. There’s no market in Russia, Brazil, China, and now we’re seeing some of the largest markets in the world in the emerging market. The…