BioWare just announced, that the upcoming expansion 5.9.2 to Star Wars: The old republic, named “Galactic Legends”. will be pushed back 7 days. Update 5.9.2 – Galactic Legend Release Moved to August 7 | 07.25.2018, 08:35 PM Hello everyone! Thanks to all of the amazing and constructive feedback you’ve shared with us as part of this PTS cycle, the SWTOR dev team has determined some needed improvements to key functionality as well as areas where we want to put a little more time and polish into the Rishi Hideout Stronghold to ensure the update is as awesome as possible. To that end, we are pushing the release date for 5.9.2 – Galactic Legend back one week to August 7, 2018. We will also be releasing one last update to PTS to help test out these high-priority items along with various other bugfixes that have been made; we’re aiming to make that available before…
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SWTOR: Season 9 Ranked PvP Reward
Are you ready for SWTOR PVP Season 9? Here are the season 9 Ranked PvP rewards from the team over at Bioware Austine. Check it out: Greetings PvPers! Season 9 of Ranked PvP is set to end with the launch of Game Update “Galactic Legend” 5.9.2 on July 31st. Seasonal rewards are based on your highest Solo or Group Ranked Rating when the Season ends, so be sure to get in there and compete on the Ranked Leaderboards! Let’s take a look at the reward tiers and their rewards: Bronze Tier (Rating 1250 – 1499) Bronze Season 9 Battle Flag Bronze Season 9 Frame Decoration 25,000 Ranked Season 9 Tokens Bronze Season 9 Character Portrait Flair Bronze Season 9 Title – “[Player Name] the Skilled” Silver Tier (Rating 1500 – 1749) Silver Season 9 Battle Flag Silver Season 9 Frame Decoration 85,000 Ranked Season 9 Tokens Silver Season 9 Character Portrait…
SWTOR Patch 5.9.2 PTS Final Build and Notes
BioWare posted the final set of patch notes for the Patch 5.9.2 currently on Public Test server. This is what we can expect to come with the next live game update. Check it out: Quick update, we are almost a wrap on PTS! Again, we cannot thank you all enough for the time you have spent testing 5.9.2. Your feedback has been invaluable in getting us to this point. The plan right now is that we will have our final PTS patch either later today or tomorrow. We are going to focus the last stage of testing on: Rishi Stronghold Mandalorian Battle Ring I am going to close and make new feedback threads for both of those topics to ensure we get feedback from the most recent version of PTS. Note that feedback you give from this round of changes may not be fully captured in the 5.9.2 release, but…
SWTOR Cartel Bazaar vendors reputation change
Eric Musco has informed the community that Bioware will be merging all the cartel bazaar vendor reputations into one come with game update 5.9.2. Here is the news: Hey folks, We wanted to address some of the questions we are seeing in this thread. As many of you in the thread already guessed, in 5.9.2 we will be combining all existing Cartel Market Reputations into one, the Underworld Exchange. Let’s talk about why we are making this change and how it will work. Why Combine the Reputations? Having all of the older Reputations wasn’t really serving a purpose anymore. Since we are direct selling most CM items and with the implementation of the Ultimate Pack we haven’t been bringing back embargoed packs. This means there is no availability for players to get these Reputations. This also creates an issue for Cartel Market Certificates since they aren’t consistent in how you acquire…
SWTOR PTS Update – 7/13/2018
Here are the latest patch notes from the SWTOR Public test servers. This patch bringes changes to Warzone and Arena medals. Another change with today’s patch, Warzone and Arena medal changes. We want to readjust the medal values based on the actual state of PvP we are seeing in the data. Here are the changes: Warzone Medal Changes Combatant – 500,000 Damage Dealt (was 240,000) Destroyer – 1,000,000 Damage Dealt (was 2,000,000) Demolisher – 5,000 Damage Single Hit (was 4,500) Annihilator – 10,000 Damage Single Hit (was 9,000) Healer – 750,000 Healed (was 400,000) Savior – 1,500,000 Healed (was 3,000,000) Medic – 9,000 Single Heal (was 5,000) Trauma Surgeon – 18,000 Single Heal (was 10,000) Shield – 250,000 Defense (was 300,000) Protector – 500,000 Defense (was 2,000,000) Guardian – 20,000 Defense in 1 Life (was 5,000) Paladin – 80,000 Defense in 1 Life (was 20,000) Arena Medal Changes Combatant –…
SWTOR: PvP Season and Reward Changes
Eric Musco just informed us, that the SWTOR devs are making some changes to Ranked PvP. The main goal is to make the seasons shorter. Check it out: Hey folks, Starting with Season 10 we are considering some changes to the frequency of Ranked PvP Seasons and how we structure rewards. Let’s talk about what our goals are for these changes and what we intend to change. Goals We have a few specific things we want to address: Seasons are going longer than we would like. Although this gives us a lot of time to put together awesome rewards, it does mean you have to go many months within one season. Having a new Currency to collect every Season can be clunky and adds extra complexity to earning and spending currency. We have heard a continual desire to bring back prior Season rewards in a fair but accessible way. The…
SWTOR: Season 9 Rewards
Eric Musco took over the forums, to list the rewards for Season 9 in Star Wars: The old Republic. Check it out: Below you will find the current plan for the Season 9 Rewards. The token rewards and item costs are still subject to change. Here we go: Bronze: 1250 – 1499 Bronze Season 9 Battle Flag Bronze Season 9 Frame Decoration 25,000 Ranked Season 9 Tokens Bronze Season 9 Character Portrait Flair Bronze Season 9 Title – “[Player Name] the Skilled” Silver: 1500 – 1749 Silver Season 9 Battle Flag Silver Season 9 Frame Decoration 85,000 Ranked Season 9 Tokens Silver Season 9 Character Portrait Flair Silver Season 9 Title – “[Player Name] the Adept” Bronze Season 9 Title – “[Player Name] the Skilled” Gold: 1750+ Gold Season 9 Battle Flag Gold Season 9 Frame Decoration 250,000 Ranked Season 9 Tokens Gold Season 9 Character Portrait Flair Gold Season…
SWTOR: Revised Huttball changes
Eric Musco just updated the communnity on the upcomming changes to Huttball: Planned Warzone Changes Part 2 Hey folks, Based on all of the feedback we have been reading in this thread, we are going to be walking back some of our proposed Huttball changes along with adding a few new ones. Let’s start with what we are not doing: We will no longer apply Hinder to the ball carrier. Ball carriers will once again move at 67% move speed (down from 80%) Although we are fine with tanks being the best ball carriers while under the effects of Hinder, we hear your concerns that these changes could cause Huttball to become a stalemate too often. We are also sensitive over your feeling that certain Classes would be too limited and unable to defend themselves while carrying the Huttball, since many defensive capabilities are tied to movement abilities for several…
Celebrate EA Play to Give 2018 and get a Droid Mini-Pet
As part of EA’s Play to Give campaign, BioWare as part of the EA corporation, is partnering with three charitable organizations: the United Nation’s HeForShe, PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center, and Ditch the Label. These nonprofits strive to create a world where everyone can play and feel welcomed. Check out the news below: Celebrate EA Play to Give 2018 From Friday, June 1, 2018, through Sunday, June 3, 2018, anyone who joins the battle in Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ and completes three group missions will earn the new MB-6 Micro-Defender Droid Mini-Pet and celebrate the EA Play to Give campaign!* Through EA Play to Give, we’re celebrating the importance of inclusion and play and the positive connections it makes for all the diverse players around the world. Help us celebrate what everyone in our galactic community contributes to our galaxy! Next weekend, team up with friends new and old in…
SWTOR Game Update 5.9.1 Patch Notes
Here are the patch notes for Game Update 5.9.1 released today: Highlights Double Rewards Event – Enjoy a full week of double rewards: XP, Command XP, and much more from 5/22 through 5/31. Nar Shadda Nightlife – Set course for Nar Shaddaa this summer, as the Hutts open their doors for the greatest spectacle this side of the Outer Rim. The Nar Shaddaa Nightlife Event returns from 5/22 through 6/30. General Corrected an issue where the travel button would not work for players who acquired [Solo] The Nathema Conspiracy from Activity Finder. Players will no longer be able to complete the “Cantina Crawl” Achievement earlier than intended. Darth Hexid can now only be redeemed from Collections one time per character. Dark Side Jaesa has stopped sending threatening emails to everyone in the galaxy. Classes +Combat General Shadows and Assassins will no longer remain in combat after using Force Cloak if they have…
SWTOR: 2018 summer roadmap
A few hours ago, SWTOR’s game producer Keith Kannet from BioWare Austine, published the developers summer Roadmap. In this he details the studio plans and development of the game over the summer. Check it out below: Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ – Summer Roadmap 2018 Hi everyone- This Roadmap coincides with my first full year as the Lead Producer for Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ and I’m excited to have the opportunity to share our Summer Roadmap with you. As I’ve mentioned throughout the last year, the team’s priority will continue to be providing fun story-driven gameplay with a variety of multiplayer Star Wars™ battles while making Quality of Life improvements. We recently released Game Update 5.9 – The Nathema Conspiracy, which brought an end to the Traitor storyline. We hope you’ve enjoyed your interactions with Theron Shan. We’ve met with a lot of players, influencers, press, did Livestreams, held Cantinas, received lots of…
SWTOR Patch Notes 5.9a
Here are the patch notes for Game Update 5.9a. The patch is currently being deployed. General Fixed an issue that caused the progress for certain Achievements to randomly reset after patch 5.9. Achievements that were previously affected by this have now been restored. The objective “Crafting: Invasion Force” no longer automatically completes when the player receives an Invasion Force item. Fixed an issue with completed Daily Conquest Objectives resetting when logging onto another character. Completed Daily Objectives can now only be completed once per day for each Legacy. The Gravestone should no longer be visible after completing The Nathema Conspiracy in solo-story mode. Timezone(s) Start Time End Time UTC Offset Wellington May 10, 2018 08:00 pm May 10, 2018 11:00 pm +12:00 Australia/Brisbane, Australia/Sydney May 10, 2018 06:00 pm May 10, 2018 09:00 pm +10:00 Australia/Adelaide May 10, 2018 05:30 pm May 10, 2018 08:30 pm +09:30 Tokyo May 10,…
SWTOR: Best Smuggler Lines and Funny Moments
Are you a big fan of the Smuggler? Of all the characters in SWTOR, the Smuggler may be one of the most fun. The story is great, the dialogue is hilarious, and it’s a good time all around. “If I die, I want to be buried with my ship!” “I only work for one person: ME.” Yes, the Smuggler has some of the best lines in the game. If you haven’t played through the Smuggler storyline yet, this might be a bit spoilery – but if you have, you’ll probably remember these moments as some of your favorites, too. It’s a fun mashup and it comes in under 15 minutes so it’s not like it’s going to take up your whole afternoon to give it a quick watch. If you love the Smuggler, check out this fun video compilation of the best Smuggler lines in SWTOR: There you have it!…
SWTOR patch 5.9 marks the conclusion of the whole KOTFE/KOTET expansions, new direction ahead
Creative Director for Star Wars: The Old Republic Charles Boyd, was busy tweeting earlier today. As SWTOR patch 5.9 marks the conclusion of the whole KOTFE/KOTET expansions Charles Boyd promises a different journey for the upcoming expansion. Happy 5.9 day folks! I’ve been helping family with some hard stuff this week (and continuing to do so) so I apologise for being less responsive than I’d like in Musco’s absence. So don’t hesitate to share your thoughts! Just know that if I don’t get right back to you, it’s not personal. Really hard to believe we’re at the end of KotFE/KotET; I’m so proud of our amazing team and the passion, creativity, and dedication they’ve shown all this time Hopefully you’ve enjoyed the ride! Either way, the next step in your characters’ journeys will be pretty different from the last couple of years and I’m really excited about sharing more about this new story and its…
SWTOR: Patch Notes for Game Update 5.9
Here are the patch notes for SWTOR game update 5.9. Highlights Flashpoint: The Nathema Conspiracy – The traitor saga reaches its dramatic conclusion on the planet Nathema as you face a deadly enemy determined to obliterate your entire Alliance. There will also be a Double Rewards Event running from during this time! Returning Companion: Felix Iresso – Consulars will learn the tragic circumstances that have kept their longtime ally from fighting at their side as he always had before. Returning Companions: Akaavi Spar & Mako – Bounty Hunter ally Mako and Smuggler crew member Akaavi have joined forces to become a dangerous duo of bounty hunters in their own right! General The following changes are being made to Conquest Objectives: Increasing point gains for Repeatable and Daily Repeatable Objectives. Low Repeatable increased by about 41.2%, now 120, up from 85 Medium Repeatable increased by about 38.5%, now 180, up from…
Celebrate May the 4th in #SWTOR
The guys over at Bioware Austine, just announced the upcoming May the 4th promotions and subscriber rewards! Get your M4-Y7 Astromech Droid mini-pet, TF-4 Rampage Speeder and Double Rewards Event (2XP) In honor of the upcoming May the 4th Star Wars™ holiday, we are rewarding players for their epic support. Amp your Star Wars™ adventure with the New M4-Y7 Astromech Droid login reward, new Premium player speeder plus Double XP! Log in by May 7th to qualify for your very own M4-Y7 Astromech Droid Mini-Pet!* A deeply loyal and rugged Droid, the M4-Y7 Astromech Droid is known for its steadfast and stoic reliability. No matter how far your adventures take you across the galaxy, the M4-Y7 is your “DBFF” (Droid Best Friend Forever)! Your new Astromech Droid can be claimed beginning May 9, 2018 at 11:59PM PDT (May 10, 2018 at 6:58PM GMT) through your in-game mail. Be a Premium Player as of May…
SWTOR: New Release Date for Game Update 5.9
The game develoeprs over at Bioware Austin, just informed us, the they are delaying Game Update 5.9 to Thursday May 3 instead of the usual Tuesday update. Hi everyone, One key learning this past year is not to release a Game Update if it’s not ready. We pushed really hard to be ready for next Tuesday, but we uncovered a couple of items we want resolved. To do that, we need a bit more time including this weekend to make sure our fixes are solid and ensure you have the highest quality play experience possible. We decided to give ourselves an extra couple days and release Game Update 5.9: The Nathema Conspiracy on Thursday, May 3, 2018. Just in time for May the 4th! Also, we will be providing a minor update on May 22 (Game Update 5.9.1) which includes the Nar Shaddaa Night Life event. I’m also working on a new…
SWTOR: Izax Challenge Mount and Title Announced
The guys over at Bioware, just announced that the Izax challenge will be ending on April 30 with a mount and title as hot rewards! Check it out: The Izax Challenge Ends April 30th The last and largest of the dangerous droid superweapons of Iokath has been unleashed! With no one remaining to reign in its terrifying power, Izax the Destroyer, is set to annihilate everything in its path – starting with your Alliance. Do you have what it takes to defeat Izax’s superweapon “family” of bosses and then face the final God from the Machine Operation boss… in Veteran Mode? Set your sight on epic rewards and arm yourself with some pro-tips! Epic Rewards Await: Izax-Inspired Mount and Character Title If you’re worthy enough to take down Izax in Veteran Mode by April 30, 2018, you’ll be generously rewarded! Be the proud bearer of the ‘Strike Team: Defeating Izax’…
SWTOR: Tank Balance Changes in Game Update 5.9
Game update 5.9 will see quite a lot of changes to tanks in the next game update. Here are more info: Let’s talk about the changes coming to Tanks in Game Update 5.9. There are two things that informed the changes you will find below. First, “skank tanks” are greatly overperforming in PvP. This is a player who is using a Tank Discipline but equipping DPS gear. Second, when comparing all tanks (regardless of gear) against the DPS targets we outlined last year, tanks are doing more damage than intended. The summary of what we are changing in 5.9 is that tanks across the board will be doing less damage. To ensure that this doesn’t have a negative impact on their ability to tank/hold threat, we are greatly increasing their overall threat generation. This will mean that although they will commit less damage to an encounter, holding threat will not…
SWTOR Marauder / Sentinel Changes in 5.9
Marauders /Sentinels are the only Classes in 5.9 that are receiving slightly different changes than the other Classes this patch so I wanted to call them out separately. Here are the changes: Maurader The Ruthless Aggressor utility has been changed so that activating Obfuscate temporarily yields a 75% increase in damage reduction for Force and tech attacks instead of a 75% chance to resist all Force and tech attacks. Fury Reduced the damage done by Bloody Slashes by 18.5% Sentinel The Zealous Judgment utility has been changed so that activating Pacify temporarily yields a 75% increase in damage reduction for Force and tech attacks instead of a 75% chance to resist all Force and tech attacks. Concentration Reduced the damage done by Burning Slices by 18.5% We are making two changes. First, following last year’s balance pass, these Classes are still slightly overperforming. The change to Bloody Slashes / Burning…
SWTOR Utility Changes in Game Update 5.9
Following the damage adjustments we made last year, we have been monitoring each Class’s performance to see where additional changes would be needed. Right now, we are quite close (but not perfect) on the overall damage output of each Class. One thing that has come to forefront after these changes is the lack of survivability for some of our Disciplines. Imperial Agent Sniper Virulence In addition to its other effects, Toxic Regulators now increases your damage reduction by 15% for 6 seconds after your Shield Probe collapses or expires Operative Lethality In addition to its other effects, Toxic Regulators now increases your damage reduction by 15% for 6 seconds after your Shield Probe collapses or expires Smuggler Gunslinger Dirty Fighting In addition to its other effects, Concussion now increases your damage reduction by 15% for 6 seconds after your Defense Screen collapses or expires Scoundrel Ruffian In addition to its…
SWTOR is giving out Shae Vizla and Nico Okarr to active Subscribers – coming April 3
Bioware is giving out Shae Vizla and Nico Okarr to active subscriber on 3rd of April. Yea, You herd it right. BioWare is bringing back the Subscriber rewards. Check out the news below: ‘COMPANION CHAOS’ – THE CHAOS IS OVER, NOW IT’S TIME TO CELEBRATE! The world of Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ is full of surprises. Today, we are announcing ‘Subscriber Rewards’ coming April 3, 2018. In a galaxy characterized by combat and treacherous betrayals, it is important to celebrate alliances. Nothing is more important than our relationship with each other and our loyal companions. In honor of the alliances we all create with our companions, all our premium players will receive the legendary Mandalorian leader, Shae Vizla and the infamous smuggler, Nico Okarr join your team of companions. These iconic Companions will join your team, if you have a premium status on April 3, 2018 at 12:01AM PT. All active Premium…
SWTOR: Conquest Changes in Game Update 5.9
As a follow up on the revamp of the Conquest system we got with SWTOR Game Update 5.8, The Bioware team will continue to make changes to it. So today Eric Musco took on the forums informing what we can expect with game update 5.9 Hey folks, With the 5.8a Conquest changes out the door, let’s talk about what we have planned for 5.9. We hope to address concerns over the viability of completing Conquests on alts, points for crafting, and ability to run Operations more frequently. We are going to address this through a few different changes: Increasing points gains for Objectives for repeatable and daily repeatable Objectives. An additional buff for GSF, Warzone, and Flashpoint Participation Objectives. The “Play a Flashpoint” Objective is being changed to “Play a Flashpoint or Uprising.” The “Kill X Enemies” Daily Objective will now be split into three Objectives. Kill 50 / 100 /…
SWTOR Game Update 5.8a patch notes
Here are the patch notes for Star Wars: The old Republic game update 5.8. The patch will be deployed tomorrow. General Planetary Yield targets for Guild Invasions have been reduced for all sizes: Small is now 200,000 (down from 460,000) Medium is now 550,000 (down from 1,380,000) Large is now 1,130,000 (down from 2,530,000) The Personal Conquest target is now 15,000 (down from 20,000). The following Conquest Objectives have been added to all Conquests: Completing a Warzone Winning a Warzone Completing a Galactic Starfighter Match Winning a Galactic Starfighter Match The Conquest Objective “Starfighter: Dominate the Stars” has been moved to a daily repeatable Objective and had it’s point value increased to 330 (up from 85). The “Rampage” Conquest objectives now require killing 100 enemies (down from 250). Flashpoints + Operations + Uprisings Operations Reduced the damage of the Energy and Amplifier Drones for the 16-player Story Mode Izax encounter….