Posts Tagged ‘cartel coins’
January’s Missing Complimentary Cartel Coins
For the month of January, some subscribing SWTOR players have not received their allotted amount of monthly complimentary Cartel Coins. BioWare finally addressed those players last Friday with the following statement: Originally posted by JovethGonzalez (Source) Thanks everyone for letting us know that you have not yet received your Complimentary Cartel Coins. We are aware [...]
Additional Character Slot for 600 Cartel Coins
Are you and Altoholic? If so today is a good day for you! all so Republic players can now get Imperial officers uniforms and Sith can look like smugglers if they are crazy that is.. we all know Sith outfits look way cooler than Republic street gear. check it all out on the market now! Cartel Market Update: January 10th, 2013 [...]
90 Cartel Packs Opened at a cost of $240!
Remamian from the Swtor Forums shows us why it not a good Idea to get Cartel Packs: So its getting that time of year when i normally have an extra flow of cash laying around, just so happens i have something to spend them on now. So i figured hey! I had nearly 3000 cartel coins [...]
The Cartel Market and Free 2 Play : An interview with both sides of the Cartel Coin.
SWTOR has gone Free to Play. Along with the F2P launch, an in-game market, dubbed the Cartel Market, was introduced. The Cartel Market is an integral part of the F2P model. It allows players enjoying SWTOR, at no cost, a way to purchase quality of life components. The Market appeals to subscribers by making toys, [...]
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. [...]
Laura Shot Third: Cartel Market Prices
Now that Star Wars: The Old Republic has gone free to play, many players are questioning the worth of items on the Cartel Market. Does it really pay to be a subscriber? Darth Hater recently published an article where they have done a little math and come up with some real life cash value comparisons [...]
SWTOR Free-to-Play Launching November 15th
BioWare announced a release date for Star Wars: The Old Republic’s switch to its free-to-play model yesterday– November 15th is when we’ll be able to experience all the goodies players have been testing out on the PTS. The team is also extending the Rewards Program for past subscribers: Additionally, we are extending the Rewards Program! [...]
HK-51 Classified Intel Developer Blog
As Game Update 1.5 nears, BioWare is beginning to release more information on what we’ll be seeing exactly in the update. One of the most anticipated pieces of new content is the new droid companion coming in Game Update 5.1, HK-51. Last Friday, BioWare staff members published a developer blog with some background information on [...]
Cartel Market Item and Price Preview
Star Wars: The Old Republic is going free to play this fall with an optional subscription model, and BioWare’s version of the cash shop– the Cartel Market– is currently available for player testing on the PTS. Just in case you haven’t had a chance to check out the different items on the Market, we’ve got [...]
New Preferred Player Status and F2P Changes
Yesterday we received a couple dev tracker posts stating important changes to some of the free-to-play player limitations coming in this fall’s subscription model shift. The first of these is the addition of a third type of subscription group that players can belong to and receive different bonuses in– the preferred status player group. Preferred [...]
Cartel Market Dev Tracker Posts and Updates
Since this week’s preview launch of SWTOR’s Cartel Market on the PTS, there have been a number of questions and concerns raised by the community. Luckily, BioWare’s team took some time to address many of those concerns. For your convenience, here is a collection of those posts. The first was in regards to some Cartel [...]
A Closer Look at the Crime Lord’s Cartel and Black Market Packs
Players on the test Server received 2400 Cartel Coins today to test new goodies and I decided to use the coins to compare loot in the two different Cartel Packs (the Crime Lord’s Cartel and the Black Market). I’m still really impressed with the randomness of the loot in these packs. Out of the nine [...]
200k Credit Cap For Freepers! Will it Force the Price of Items?
Free to play players (Freepers) will have a credit cap of 200k. Any extra credits made go into an Escrow account that you can see in your inventory. Once the credits have gone into that Escrow account the only way to get them back is to subscribe! If you earn 300K, for example, you can [...]
Cartel Market Now Previewing on PTS
Star Wars: The Old Republic’s big free-to-play model switch is just around the corner, and starting yesterday, players can now preview all the goodies the Cartel Market has to offer on the Public Test Server, as well as provide valuable feedback for the BioWare team. All PTS testers will be granted a temporary sum of [...]
Cartel Market Tour
Patch 1.5 introduces Free to Play for Star Wars The Old Republic and a big part of the Free to Play system is the Cartel Market. When you first log into the game after patch 1.5 hits the servers, you will get this welcome message: Although the game will be Free to Play there will [...]
Character Preview Update in Patch 1.5
Along with the launch of the Cartel Market, coming out in Patch 1.5, Bioware have introduced some new features to the character preview screen. The first change is the ability to turn your weapon on and off. Using the center button highlighted in the image below will enable your character preview interface to equip or [...]
Free-to-Play Preview #1 Video and Information
BioWare released a brand new video preview summarizing some of the recent free-to-play information that was revealed earlier this week. In it, some of the major differences between subscription players and free-to-play players are discussed, along with some nifty previews of the Party Jawa and some of the other goodies coming in the near future. [...]
New F2P Information: Cartel Coins Ledger and Model Restrictions
Yesterday, BioWare issued two sources of updated information about the big free-to-play model switch coming this November. First of all, we got a nifty Cartel Coins ledger that can be used to figure out how many complimentary Coins current subscribers will be getting. Secondly, and probably a lot more interesting, we finally received some concrete [...]
Gabe Amatangelo on SWTOR’s Free-to-Play Model
Earlier this week, Massively got a chance to interview Gabe Amatangelo, SWTOR’s Principal Lead PvP Designer. During the interview, Game Update 1.4 as well as the game’s fall move to free to play were discussed. Here are his thoughts on the model switch, which follow the original questions in bold: I’m excited for the opportunity [...]
Rewards Announced for Digital Deluxe Players
Last Friday, BioWare updated their Free to Play announcement page with rewards for players who purchased the Digital Deluxe Edition. When SWTOR goes free to play, these players, if their subscriptions are active at the time, will obtain an additional 250 Cartel Coins. This bonus is in addition to any other monthly subscription or current [...]
Will HK-51 Be Obtainable with Cartel Coins?
In MMORPG.com’s free-to-play interview held last week with Jeff Hickman, one very interesting question was touched on– how will the free-to-play model switch affect the already-announced Game Updates, including the introduction of HK-51? Here is what the article stated on the matter: I asked if HK51 would then be free for everyone, if he came [...]
MMORPG.com’s Free-to-Play Interview
Last week, MMORPG.com interviewed BioWare’s Jeff Hickman, Executive Producer of SWTOR and Matthew Bromberg, Studio General Manager on some of the company’s plans and philosophies behind the move to free to play. In the interview, the duo were asked to discuss their plans for aggressive content updates and Cartel Coin items as well as some [...]
Free-to-Play SWTOR – Making the Right Decision
By now we’ve all heard the news about SWTOR going hybrid-style free to play this fall. The news has given fans of the game some big questions to ponder. How will BioWare’s F2P model hold up to other F2P games? Is continuing my subscription worthwhile? Will EA/BioWare give in to the ugly beast named “Pay-to-Win”? [...]
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 [...]
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