Archive for September, 2012
Over Exposure: The Jedi Dis-Order
This is Over Exposure, an investigative look at the galaxy around us to find out what is really going on behind those closed blast doors. This week we’ll be taking a look at a blight upon The Jedi Order: The disaffected and dejected Jedi; the Jedi without purpose; The Jedi Dis-Order.Over Exposure had the displeasure [...]
Column: Community Events (9/28/12)
Like the blooming flowers of Spring, I bring you two new events this week for your minds to explore; a PvP fight and a Race. A group of Imperials will be trying to hold bridges on Alderaan while daring the Republic to remove them. Out on Belsavis, the Republic will be hosting a Swoop race [...]
Episode 135 – Consolidation and Impressions
Episode 135 – “Consolidation and Impressions” of the Read More…
SWTOR Encyclopedia Trailer
A new video was recently made available featuring the Star Wars: The Old Republic Encyclopedia. Read More…
Game Update 1.4′s Hidden Change to the Queue System
During Wednesday’s launch of Game Update 1.4, one very interesting change made its way to SWTOR’s live servers without being documented in the original Patch Notes. With this change, players who are queued up for both a Flashpoint in the Group Finder and a Warzone will find themselves taken out of the Group Finder queue [...]
Introducing Radio Free Nar Shaddaa!
How often do you listen to the radio? Everyday? I know I do. And I know how important it is, not just from an entertainment standpoint, but also as a tool to boost community involvement in media and local events. Now, Read More…
Force Reflection: Which path does your character hail from?
Our characters come from all walks of life, much like the people we meet out in the real world. Unlike the real world, however, our roleplayed characters are more likely to converse with nobility, criminals, mercenaries and the military possibly in a single night.No matter to which caste our characters claim allegiance, any mix of [...]
Known Issues: Game Update 1.4
After the deployment of Game Update 1.4, fans of Star Wars: The Old Republic noticed bugs associated with the new patch. In an effort to surface the bugs with workarounds, BioWare updated their known issues thread on the official forum. The list is a bit long but we collected it in this post after the [...]
Column: Around the Galaxy (9/27/12)
Every week, there are articles that come across our desk that frankly do not meet our requirements for breaking news to appear on the front page. At the same time, we would love to feature them and as such, we decided we would in a weekly column devoted to articles, posts, and more Around the [...]
Patch Notes: 1.4a 9/27/12
After servers returned from the unscheduled maintenance window this morning, a new patch also came online for players to download. This update includes only one entry that involves the GTN. UI Galactic Trade Network The Galactic Trade Network is now fully functional. For the official patch notes page, hit the SWTOR site. Read More…
Maintenance: September 27
As what sometimes happens after a new patch, BioWare will bring down servers for an unscheduled maintenance window starting this morning at 4AM CDT. BioWare We will be performing an unscheduled maintenance this Thursday, September 27th, 2012. After the maintenance, there will not be a new patch to download.The servers and SWTOR.com will be down [...]
Understanding Combat Logs
The 1.2 update to Star Wars: The Old Republic included functionality that is sure to make the theorycrafters and hard core raiders happy. The game client can generate an external combat log that records the details of all events involving the player. The log is written in plain text and can be opened and viewed [...]
Terror from Beyond operation boss guides
This just in from the legends over at http://dulfy.net “Hey everyone, I compiled this guide here based on my guild’s PTS raiding experience from the past few weeks. I know it is always fun to going in blind (and I strongly encourage you to do so) and figure it out yourselves but in case you are [...]
Game Update 1.4: Terror From Beyond
Highlights Terror from Beyond, a new Operation, is now available! Travel to the remote planet of Asation, where the Dread Masters have commandeered an ancient Gree Hypergate in order to unleash untold horrors upon the galaxy. Terror from Beyond features 5 powerful new boss encounters that can be challenged in 8- and 16- player Read [...]
Force Reflection: What does your character fight for?
There are a lot of reasons people choose to fight. For some it is to protect something precious to them. For others, it is to the very opposite; to take something precious from someone. It could simply be the shear thrill and rush from battle. Or it is your way of life, you fight for [...]
Many Looks of T7-01
T7-01 is one of my favorite companions, not only because he was my first companion but because he is a droid with a cool attitude! This little guy can take a real beating and he has some of the coolest comebacks in your story that you will come across! I so wish I could have given him a lightsaber and [...]
Nik-Nak’s Workshop: Carrick Space Station
Welcome to Nik-Nak’s Workshop. Each week we will be providing you with a jawa’s insight into the world of tech! This week we’ve gotten ourselves a nice look around one of the Republic’s rallying points: Carrick Space Station!The venerable Carrick Station is currently designated as the Republic Navy’s primary rally point. Due to the nature [...]
Patch Night tonight! 1.4
Hello everyone, we wanted to let you know that we will be performing scheduled maintenance for six hours on Wednesday, September 26th, 2012 from 2AM CDT (12AM PDT/3AM EDT/8AM BST/9AM CEST/5PM AEST) until 8AM CDT (6AM PDT/9AM EDT/2PM BST/3PM CEST/11PM AEST). All game servers will be offline during this period. This maintenance is expected to [...]
Game Update 1.4 Hitting Live Servers Tomorrow!
During tonight’s regularly scheduled server maintenance, BioWare will be deploying Game Update 1.4 on live servers. Remember when the team announced we’d definitely be seeing 1.4 before the end of September? So far, so good– the team’s on track. Here is the official announcement, which can be found in full here: Hello everyone, we wanted [...]
Column: PvP (9/25/12)
Welcome back to yet another installment of the Darth Hater PvP column, where we’ll collect and update the news about PvP that matters to the PvP community. This thread will be updated periodically as necessary throughout the week, so you can refer back to it for new information. If you have any tips on current [...]
TNN Special Report: Panic in the Streets of Coronet City
This is a general service announcement for the Axial Park region of Coronet City. Read More…
Game Update 1.4′s Quality of Life Improvements
Last week, BioWare published a Community News article detailing some of the quality-of-life changes coming to SWTOR in Game Update 1.4. Quality-of-life details are important in any MMORPG, and SWTOR is no exception– they’re the little things that make us want to make a digital home within a game world, socialize, and just have a [...]
Force Reflection: What does your character wear?
There’s an old saying: “Clothes make the man.” One can almost see this come to life through NPC’s. For example, if an NPC is dressed like a beggar, his clothes and face will usually be tattered and worn. If, however, an NPC is dressed like a Senator, then everything’s immaculate.One can see this in the [...]
No Scheduled Maintenance on Tuesday
Normally, we would see an announcement prior to the normal Tuesday Read More…
Highlights from SWTOR Official LiveStream: Game Update 1.4 and F2P
BioWare and LucasArts hosted SWTOR’s first official LiveStream event last Friday, September 21st. The stream hasn’t been put up on BioWare’s official Youtube channel at the time of writing this article, but it is going to be made available. For those who would like to see the stream now, check out Dulfy’s video. If you’d [...]
Column: OpsCom (9/24/12)
This is OpsCom, where we bring you a weekly dose of Operations-related content from the world of Star Wars: The Old Republic. This column will serve as an inside scoop on new content, developer feedback and community gossip. Stay tuned in the coming weeks, and we will keep you up to date on all the [...]
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