Archive for November, 2012
Companions 101: Vette
BioWare released the third developer blog in the Companions 101 series yesterday, which focuses on the beloved Sith Warrior Twi’lek companion, Vette. Vette shoots firsts and asks questions later, but she’s never afraid to speak exactly what’s on her mind when she does get around to asking questions. Her story in Star Wars: The Old [...]
Reverse Engineering Schematics Bug
Along with the recent patch notes posted a couple days ago was information about a bug involving schematics learned through reverse engineering. In the beginning, BioWare was just investigating the occurrence of it but now, it appears to be a bigger issue than originally thought. BioWare Hi everyone,Just wanted to let you know that we’re [...]
Open Forum: One More Thing
This week’s Open Forum is a bit more free form than past installments. Over the last three and a half years of following Star Wars: The Old Republic, we have plenty of things we would like to see in game like everyone else. So, this week we ask of the community at large — What [...]
Column: Community Events (11/30/12)
Welcome back to the Community Events Column! After a break for Thanksgiving, it’s time to bring you more Community Events. We have some good ones for you this week, so I won’t keep you waiting. A Player vs. Player event on Jung Ma brings in duelists from across the Galaxy. The Ebon Hawk will be [...]
Over Exposure Special Edition: The Skinny on Vette
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. We have a special treat for you HoloSeekers as we take another sneak peek into a galactic celebrity: Read More…
The ups and downs of flying: Urgent call to arms!
Calling the Republic’s best pilots.And I mean the very best. If you’re kinda okay, a little talented, or one of those guys who got good grades at the Academy but have never really been in a real life combat situation, this message is not for you. That includes all the self-taught best-pilot-in-the-galaxy types who don’t [...]
Force Reflection: How has your character grown?
As we roleplay our characters, we notice little things about them over time that we may not have at their inception, or even a few months down the road: they get giddy at the sight of a certain style of hat; or maybe they just do not like Miraluka. Whatever the case is, this process [...]
How to get the most value out of your Cartel Coins
With the Cartel Market embedded in our game, I thought I’d better work out what is the best value for your coins. Read on, because I can save you 5 million credits worth! The first thing I did, like everybody else, was to blow all the coins I earned via my subscription on Cartel bags. [...]
BioWare Livestream Q&A Coverage
With Game Update 1.5 live, BioWare held another of their Livestream Q&A sessions Read More…
Guide: Red Reaper Flashpoint
Red Reaper is a weird Flashpoint and players rarely run it. It is a high level Flashpoint, but is not a Hard Mode so even players with capped characters find themselves with no experience doing Red Reaper. Many at this level see that finish line of level 50 nearby and decide to just grind out [...]
How Bioware Can Help Tanks in the Future
If there’s one thing I’ve noticed lately on the Space Dock, it’s the lack of players picking up the Tanking role. The lack of Tanks is nothing new to MMOs. Ever since the triangle of Tanks-Healers-DPS was established, the role of Tank has been picked up by only a small percentage of the players. [...]
Massively: Interview with Hall Hood on Future Story Content
In an interview with Massively, Hall Hood discusses writing story for Star Wars: The Old Republic. Most important to fans and players are explanations on Makeb and future content. Hall Hood Our goal when designing stories for The Old Republic is to ensure that they can be enjoyed both while playing alone or as part [...]
Novel Review: Annihilation
Players who have completed the existing story content found within Star Wars: The Old Republic have been eagerly awaiting the next chapter. Drew Karpyshyn’s latest novel, Annihilation, is that next chapter. Picking up where things leave off at the end of SWTOR’s current story, Annihilation follows several familiar characters as they plan and execute a [...]
Nik-Nak’s Workshop: Kolto Tanks and Kolto Packs
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 are taking a closer look at the use of the most popular healing property in the galaxy and how it is applied: Kolto!Kolto is a liquid known for its healing abilities. I [...]
Game Update 1.6: LiveStream Event on 11/29
Players of Star Wars: The Old Republic will have the opportunity to ask questions head on with BioWare and LucasArts during the LiveStream Event taking place on November 29th from 3:00-3:30pm CST. The second event of its kind, this particular LiveStream will be discussing Game Update 1.6: The Ancient Hypergate, as well as changes brought [...]
Patch Notes: 1.5.1a 11/28/12
Yesterday’s 1.5.1 patch saw the return of the bug where equipment stats do not apply properly to companions when summoned. During maintenance today a patch was applied to fix the issue. The layout to the Cartel Market appears to be placing the newly added Experimental Flight Suit to the front page of the market. Read [...]
SWTOR’s 2nd LiveStream Event Announced
Yesterday BioWare announced the second official SWTOR LiveStream event, which will take place on November 29th at 3:00 PM to 3:00 PM CST. This live stream will cover the upcoming The Ancient Hypergate Game Update as well as the recent free-to-play addition. The team is asking for questions prior to the event. Questions can be [...]
Maintenance: November 29
As what sometimes happens after a new patch, BioWare will bring down servers for an unscheduled maintenance window starting tomorrow morning at 2AM CST. BioWare The servers will be down for two hours on Wednesday, November 28th, 2012 from 2AM CST (12AM PST/3AM EST/8AM GMT/9AM CET/7PM AEDT) until 4AM CST (2AM PST/5AM EST/10AM GMT/11AM CET/9PM [...]
BioWare LiveStream Q&A: Game Update 1.6 11/29/2012
BioWare and LucasArts will hold their next LiveStream Q&A on November 29 at 3PM CST to discuss the upcoming Game Update 1.6 with the community at large. Details of the event are below. BioWare Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ – LiveStream 11/29/2012 3:00pm to 3:30pm CST The second LiveStream Event will discuss Game Update 1.6: [...]
Developer Update: Ancient Hypergate
With Game Update 1.6 on the Public Test Server and on the way to live servers soon, BioWare decided to introduce the new Warzone coming in the update to the community once again. While it may not contain much new information for those following Star Wars: The Old Republic closely, it still lays out the [...]
Column: PvP (11/27/2012)
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 [...]
Patch Notes: 1.5.1 11/27/12
Servers are back up after today’s scheduled maintenance period. Today’s patch includes some fixes to the CS system and level 10 restrictions, puts a few items on sale on the Cartel Market, and adds a new armor set to the Cartel Market. Full patch notes and sceenshots of the new armor can be found after [...]
Form is of the Essence: Part IV
Flip. Spin. Twirl. Sprint. Form IV: Ataru, “Way of the Hawk-Bat,” or “The Aggression Form,” relies heavily upon acrobatics and aggression. The name speaks for itself. Unlike Soresu, where the sole focus is on defence, this is its opposite. Ataru is one of the more aggressive forms where practitioners are always on the offensive, utilising [...]
1.5.1 Patch Notes – 11/27/2012
General Subscribers are again able to file Customer Support tickets from the Character Selection screen. Cartel Market The following Cartel Market items are on sale! Major XP Boosts: Discounted 25% to 90 Cartel Coins from 120 Cartel Coins. Level 15 Chest Pieces: Discounted 10% to 135 Cartel Coins from 150 Cartel Coins. Medical Probes: Discounted [...]
Quickbar Increase for Preferred Status Players
After receiving a large amount of player feedback, BioWare has decided to grant Preferred Status players (past subscribers and/or players who have purchased anything off the Cartel Market or on their account) with an extra two free Quickbar slots per character. Right now, Preferred Status players are offered the same two free bars that are [...]
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