The SWTOR team over at BioWare just posted a small update regarding what to expect with game update 5.1. Most of this is already known, but there is some new info regarding a new cartel pack comming with the patch. Check it out: Bolster your defenses with the galaxy’s newest gear, including never-before-seen armor, vehicles, weapons, and more! Lead a covert strike wearing the new Silent Warden Jedi robes, channel your inner fighter pilot with the Resourceful Engineer’s Armor, or roll into battle atop the Dread Behemoth tank. Check out the new pack in the in-game Cartel Market! The other stuff about 5.1 were things we already know – 5 new uprisings, Master mode chapters.
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SWTOR Season 7 Update
Eric Musco too on the official forums to explain why it took the SWTOR Developers so damn long to release the Top 96 pvp titles for Season 7. Season 7 Update | 01.13.2017, 02:46 PM Hey folks, Let’s talk about Season 7. We have just finished our full investigation of Season 7 and a few things have happened. All users who were found to be win-trading, hacking, botting, etc. have had their Season 7 ratings wiped out on all of their characters, they have been removed from the leaderboards, and appropriate ToS action has been levied against their account. With those actions being taken, we have gone ahead and sent the top 96 titles to the top performers of Season 7, so be sure to check your mailbox. We wanted to explain a little bit about why this process delayed the Season 7 rewards. In past seasons we started to…
SWTOR January Producer’s Livestream Coverage
Dulfy did a write up of the January SWTOR Producer’s Livestream. You can read it all below, but the original write up can be found over at Reddit LIVESTREAM NOTES Agenda This livestream will be mostly a recap of previously discussed things without much new information. The livestream at end of January will discuss some of the things coming in March. Community Topics Game Update 5.1 Endgame/Gearing Changes Looking Forward Community Topics Endgame gaming – Already discussed in previous livestream but will do a recap in endgame/gearing changes What is coming after January? – Will be discussed in Jan 26 livestream Season 7 top 3 titles – Working on removing the “cheaters” off the leaderboards so they can hand out the top 96 titles. Should be out by end of next week the latest. We are also aware of the increased cheating in PvP in the past two weeks. We are…
SWTOR Trench Runner Uprising Teaser
The SWTOR Developers over at BioWare Austin, just posted a new teaser trailer for the upcomming chapter named Trench Runner Uprising. This will go live in January 2017 . Check it out below:
Game Update 5.0.1 Patch Notes
Here is the patch notes for SWTOR gameupdate 5.0.1 Highlights In-game Event Schedule! There is a whole host of events going on in the galaxy this December! All events start and end at 4AM PST (12PM GMT): Life Day (Dec 13 – Jan 10) 5th Anniversary (Dec 13 – Jan 17). The vendor can be found in the Stronghold section of either Fleet. Rakghoul Resurgence on Corellia (Dec 13 – Dec 20) Bounty Contract Week (Dec 20 – Jan 3) Relics of the Gree (Jan 3 – Jan 10) General Fixed an issue that was causing poor performance in the Zakuul Spire area. The method of tallying points for Dark versus Light battles has been adjusted to make them more competitive across all servers. Start @ 65 Characters no longer receive abilities that were replaced by better abilities when loading in Chapter II of Knights of the Eternal Throne. Master Ranos…
SWTOR: Changes to Gearing through Galactic Command
The SWTOR Devs over at BioWare is doing some gearing changes to Galactic Command with the upcoming patch 5.1. More info will be released on SWTOR livestream on Thursday: Changes to Gearing through Galactic Command | 12.13.2016, 10:06 AM Hey folks, Please keep all of your feedback coming on Command Crates, Command XP, and Galactic Command. The team is always looking over your feedback and looking for ways we can improve the system! We have been reading everything you sent our way, and there are couple of stand-out points (this is by no means everything): There needs to be a way to work towards a specific slot of gear to fill in gaps (especially set bonuses) for people who are unlucky with Command Crates. Gearing your other characters is too grindy. With this in mind, the team has some important changes planned for Game Update 5.1 coming next month to…
BioWare Interview and SWTOR Knights of the Eternal Throne
We’ve been seeing some changes to SWTOR, especially since last year when the developers shifted the focus of the game. They decided to boost the single-player aspects of the game and while there were some players who leaned more toward the MMORPG aspect who didn’t like this, there are many more who love the story and the single-player elements. In short, they’re doing what works for them and many fans and Knights of the Fallen Empire was a clear example of that. But now we have SWTOR Knights of the Eternal Throne. Is the focus still on single-player elements? Why can’t a game be both great for single player and great for multi-player? Long time World of Warcraft players will attest that game got it right. There’s something for everyone and you don’t need to invest any time in multiplayer aspects of the game if it’s not your thing, but still…
SWTOR December Producer’s Livestream Coverage
Here is a lengthy writeup of the December SWTOR Producer’s Livestream. When: 4:30 pm CST (1 hr from this post) What: Tune in as we explore the state of the post-KOTET galaxy! Plus, get a first look at exciting upcoming events and in-game rewards, including SWTOR’s 5-Year Anniversary, Life Day, and much more! Where: Youtube mirror: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voVOQy-X5vk Notes They are showing the Bingo card at start of the stream. Musco is not able to join the stream. Community Topics Response from the community has been awesome, people on Twitter loved the story and the option to kill certain characters. Galactic Command Updates Tons of feedback, lots of request for changes. We are flexible. Made some changes on live already mainly to fix exploits but they don’t consider farming gold mobs to be an exploit. They are going to bump up the CXP for champions a bit more to 2 points….
SWTOR 5.0a Game Update Patch Notes
Here are the patch notes for SWTOR game update 5.0A General Crew Skills now display in the Crew Skills UI even if originally opened through the drop down menu. Shae Vizla now properly receives bolster, and has stats comparable to other Companions. The highlighted Galactic Command activity now gives bonus Command Experience as intended. Missions + NPCs It is now possible to complete the Makeb Mission “Descent into the Core.” Vaylin now appears with the appropriate hologram VFX when seen on the Horizon Guard’s holocom in the opening Knights of the Eternal Throne Chapter I cinematic. Fixed an issue that was causing Chapter XIV to not save player variables. The last playthrough of this Chapter completed will have its variables retained. Chapter XVI: Battle of Odessen can now be completed on Story Mode. NPCs spawned from the Hypergate Vortex in Terror From Beyond no longer grant Command Experience. Planetary Missions…
SWTOR Game Update 5.0 Known Issues
We all know how it goes, with a new game patch comes new bugs. Here are a list of knows issues with Game update 5.0 in Star Wars The: Old Republic – Knights of the eternal throne: Crew Skills are missing from the Crew Skills UI. Workaround: Open the Crew Skills window with the hotkey (“B” by default) and they will repopulate. Legacy Abilities are missing. Workaround: Relog and they will reappear.
Patch notes: Game Update 5.0: Knights of the Eternal Throne Early Access
Here are the SWTOR Patch Notes for Game Update 5.0 Knights of the Eternal Throne that will become available tomorrow for subscribers: Game Update 5.0: Knights of the Eternal Throne Early Access Highlights New Storyline: Knights of the Eternal Throne! Knights of the Eternal Throne continues the Outlander’s epic conflict against the evil Eternal Empire with nine new Chapters. New Planet: Iokath! A mysterious and unexplored alien world, built around a star to harness its energy. New Planet: Nathema! The forgotten homeworld of Valkorion, ravaged by a dark ritual and barren of life. All classes can now reach Level 70! New System! Dark vs. Light! Players can now toggle whether they are fighting for the dark or light side of the Force™. Players contribute dark and light points to their server’s alignment. New System: Galactic Command! Adventure throughout the galaxy and earn progress towards the most powerful gear regardless of what…
KOTET Q&A/Wrap up Developer Livestream Coverage
Here is a Q&A wrap up from the developer livestream yesterday. If you didn’t see the livestream like me ( they are on pretty late, and I am in Europe) you can check it out below: General Notes Agenda Community Topics KOTET New Class Ability Animations 5 Year Anniversary Community Topics/Promotions Character Transfers – Sale will run from Nov 29 to Jan 18. 90CC transfers. 150 CC for cross-region transfers Rapid Recon Walker – Be a subscriber on Nov 27 KOTET early access – Be a subscriber from October 25 to Nov 27. No pre-Fallen Empire companions will be coming back in Eternal Throne. They can allow you bring back companions you have killed off in the story via the terminal in Odessen if players want this. Black Friday Sale Collection Unlocks are 50% OFF Friday – 50% off armor sets (except the Nathema Zealot) Saturday – 50% off all…
A Mother’s Hope – SWTOR Story Blog
If there is one thing BioWare is good at, it is story. Actually I’ll go as far as saying that it is the best story creating video game creating company in the industry. Here is the prove. a short story on Vaylin and Senya written by our main man Drew Karpyshyn. Senya braced herself as she began her descent; the polluted atmosphere of Ord Mantell made turbulence common. Tightening her grip on the controls, she fought to stabilize the shuttle as it rattled and bucked. A sharp, high pitched beep rose from the back of the ship, the various machines hooked up to Arcann’s unconscious body in the makeshift med-bay signaling in protest as they were jostled by the rough ride. She was coming in fast and steep, making the turbulence worse. But the longer she stayed airborne, the greater the chance sensors from the surface would pick her up. The…
SWTOR Knights of the Eternal Throne – ‘Rule The Galaxy’ Teaser
BioWare posted a short new teaser for them upcoming expansion for Star Wars Knight of the old republic, named “Knights of the Eternal Throne”. The teaser is quite interesting as it has some footage ofan expected fight betweeen the Outland and Vaylin. Seize your destiny in the upcoming STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™ Expansion, Knights of the Eternal Throne. Watch the new ‘Rule the Galaxy’ teaser and prepare to face a life-or-death battle for the throne on December 2! A dark empress stands in your way to the throne, and her army is ready to hunt you – The Outlander – and your Alliance to the edge of the galaxy. If you’re going to survive the battles to come, you’ll need loyal friends at your side and the help of unlikely new allies. But when the battle turns desperate, are you willing to put your fate in the hands of the former Emperor?…
How SWTOR Could Compromise on Galactic Command
Are you sick and tired of the game of chance lottery that is the Galactic Command system? You won’t be alone in this thinking because many fans of the game have spoken out about how this system frustrates them. While we know it’s not likely they are going to change it at all, our pal Xam Xam from Xam Xam Says has an idea about how they could compromise. While we don’t expect them to do it, it can be fun to talk about the possibilities and who knows? Maybe Bioware is listening and will decide to give it a try! You can read the full post here but here’s the basic idea from Xam Xam: “If SWTOR brought back Commendation/Crystal vendors into the game but kept the Galactic Command system as it is, would that be acceptable? Reduce how many Commendations we earn a little but still have them as a…
Star Wars Hoth Uprisings Developer Live Stream
If you wanted to learn more about Star WarsHhoth Uprising, there was a developer life stream on November 10th that cleared up a lot of things for us. The hosts, community manager Eric Musco and the 2 hosts from The Bad Feeling Podcast show – Chuck and Brian, used this lives stream event to show a live playthrough on a test server of Firefrost. Firefrost is one of the new Uprisings, found on Hoth. They mixed up the format a bit from what we are used to in resent producer live streams and it worked out well. There wasn’t a lot of especially new info or details released but it’s a great overview for anyone who hasn’t been following along, and the game play is always fun to look at. Here are some highlights or takeaways from the event: We saw one of the new non mod-able 242 item level…
SWTOR Crafting in Eternal Throne
We saved this story a few days, but Eric Musco updated the community on the details of crafting in 5.0. As we discussed yesterday on the livestream, one of the goals of crafting is that it will be a mechanism where someone can gear up an alt, catch up to their friends, or even gear an off-spec. With the launch of Eternal Throne you will find that there is a new grade of materials and higher level items which can be learned from your Crafting Trainer. For endgame crafting, the intent is that you will be able to craft items which are within 2 item rating of the best gear in that tier, but without a set bonus. The exception to this rule is tier 1, where you will be able to craft items equivalent to the best item rating in that tier. All of the gear that you craft…
SWTOR Game Update 4.7.3 Patch Notes
Here are the patch notes for game update 4.7.3. Patch is scheduled to arrive tomorrow October 25 after maintenance (5 AM to 9 am PDT). Highlights Bounty Contract Week Returns! Hunt wanted criminals in this returning event. The event begins November 24th at 4:00AM PST/12:00PM GMT and ends Dec 1st at 4:00AM PST/12:00PM GMT. General The citizenry has laid down their arms and the galaxy is no longer filled with Training Vibrosword wielding NPCs. Player weapons are now scaling correctly and are no longer oversized. The oversized weapons are no longer needed in the cold war against the Training Vibrosword wielding NPCs. Fixed an issue that caused the rifle scope effect in Cinematics to be at an unintended angle. The “Tree: Rishi Palm” Decoration now has the correct subcategory in the Decorations UI. Cartel Market The following Cartel Market Passes are now Bind on Legacy: Weekly Pass: Flashpoints Weekly Pass: Operations Weekly…
Important Information Abut Cartel Market Passes in SWTOR
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…
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…