Archive for July, 2012
SWTOR Adopting Free-to-Play Hybrid Model this Fall
It’s official– BioWare and EA are taking Star Wars: The Old Republic to a new side of the galaxy, and adopting a free-to-play model with an optional subscription. This model is sometimes known as hybrid, or “freenium,” because it offers rewards for both free-to-play players and subscription players. Jeff Hickman, Executive Producer, issued a letter [...]
Star Wars For Everyone! SWTOR’s Gone Free-To-Play
Some people have predicted this, but now it’s official: Star Wars: The Old Republic launches a free-to-play model sometime this fall. All story content for the first 50 levels will be free for all players; however, much of the other content will require a subscription or a new currency dubbed as Cartel Coins.Like many other [...]
Wishful Thinking: Player-Created Legacy Perks
SWTOR’s Legacy system is unique in the fact that it can be used to easily add quality-of-life features to the game in the form of Legacy perks. Most of the perks so far haven’t been game content, but rather– cool bonuses that make life easier. And speaking of content, since we’re kind of in a [...]
New Free To Play Details Revealed
New details indicate that more content will soon be available as “free to play” within Read More…
Column: PVP (7/31/12)
Welcome to the new Darth Hater weekly PvP column, where we’ll collect and update the news about PvP that matters to the PvP community. This thread will be updated periodically throughout the week, so you can refer back to it for new information. If you have any tips on current content that should be featured, [...]
SWTOR-RP wiki article of the month: Zureth Dar
Iridonians, also referred to as Zabraks, are a renowned species from the Star Wars Read More…
Force Reflection: Does your character compete?
In case you haven’t noticed, the Games of the XXX Olympiad (known more commonly as the Summer Olympics) are happening right now in London, UK. For another fourteen or so days, athletes from all over the world compete in various tests of skill, daring, and strength.So, what do the Olympics have to do with Star [...]
Column: OpsCom (7/30/12)
This is OpsCom, where we bring you a weekly dose of Operations-related content from the world of Read More…
July 27 Q&A Community Response
Here is this week’s Q&A Community Response, where we take some of last week’s questions and corresponding answers, and provide some of the feedback straight from the community. Make sure and check out the full Q&A posts for all of the questions, because we’re only going to be covering some of the highlights. This week’s [...]
Force Reflection: What is your favorite Star Wars moment?
Six movies. Hundreds of comics, books, and T.V. episodes. Star Wars Read More…
SWTOR-RP Wiki: Have you created a profile yet?
Roleplayers love tapping into their creative abilities. We access the deepest parts of our imaginations to give life—virtually—to characters from a galaxy far, far away. We construct them physically, psychologically, emotionally, and spiritually. And most important of all, we give them true life with a history and a background story so epic that it puts [...]
Community Q&A: July 27th 2012
Today’s Community Q&A included some questions and answers about Legacy perks, the seven pillars on Corellia, the DNA samples that were part of the Rakghoul event, forced character moves due to the future server merges, and what happens during SWTOR’s server stability fixes. Keep reading for the full Q&A. Read More…
The 10 Commandments of Grouping
Now that SWTOR finally has its Group Finder tool for flashpoints, players of all levels are experiencing the, uh, joy that is otherwise known as pick-up groups. Some Group Finder groups are awesome, and it’s even possible to make new friends while using the tool, but other groups are… not awesome. Every MMO veteran by [...]
Crowd Control: What’s In Your Wallet?
Welcome to another edition of Crowd Control, a statistical analysis of Read More…
Force Reflection: What motivates your characters’ friendships?
In a galaxy of complex characters such as that of Star Wars: The Old Republic’s roleplay setting, we have the opportunity to create alliances and allegiances between those whom we call friends, and those we call enemies. As we orchestrate these relationships, the character role we play may change the way we engage these opposing [...]
First Details on Speakers at GDC Online 2012
With a little over three months until this year’s GDC Online, the first details on some of the speakers have made their way to the public. While not on the official GDC Online website, Gamasutra has the rundown of the initial panels. In the batch happens to be one on Star Wars: The Old Republic [...]
Electronic Arts 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
Today at 2PM PT, Electronic Arts will webcast their Annual Meeting of Stockholders. If you happen to be a part of the media or a shareholder, you can listen in. If EA speaks on Star Wars: The Old Republic, you can be sure that we will cover it and update this post with relevant information. [...]
Weekly Server Events – July 25
It’s time for more server events. These are taken from BioWare’s weekly Community Round-Up. If anyone knows about any other cool server events happening this week or in the future, feel free to drop us a line below in the comments section. The following events were taken from these servers: Corellian Run, The Ebon Hawk, [...]
Patch Notes: 1.3.4a 7/26/12
Today’s Star Wars: The Old Republic unscheduled maintenance period applied a fix that appears to remove a potential exploit from the game. Patch Note General Fixed an issue that could allow players to gain unearned items or crafting materials. Read More…
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Force Reflection: How did you pick your crew skills?
When it comes to picking a selection of crew skills for your character to have, the options are pretty limitless; there are a load of different combinations that you can create to give your character the skill sets that you want. But how did you decide on which ones to actually do? Did you pick [...]
1.3.4a Patch Notes 7/26/2012
General Fixed an issue that could allow players to gain unearned items or crafting materials. Read More…
Full List of Companion Gifts
Have you discovered how hard it is to search the GTN for specific companion gifts? This list will help you find what you are looking for! dont knoow what you need? Check out our gift guides for each companion here. Courting: Grade 1 - Gold Necklace X X Grade 2 - Hutt Affection Token X X Grade 3 - Authentic Tionese Cuisine Coin [...]
Maintenance: July 26
This Thursday the 26th, BioWare will take down the Star Wars: The Old Republic servers to perform unscheduled maintenance. During this window, servers will be offline but will return with the need to download a patch. It is very likely that servers are coming down to address a Read More…
July 23 Q&A Community Response
Here is this week’s Q&A Community Response, where we take some of last week’s questions and corresponding answers, and provide some of the feedback straight from the community. Make sure and check out the full Q&A posts for all of the questions, because we’re only going to be covering some of the highlights. This week’s [...]
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