Posts Tagged ‘game update 1.3’
Star Wars: The Old Republic Official Podcast Episode II
Today we received a second episode of the official SWTOR podcast. It comes complete with a glimpse of some behind-the-scenes philosophies on flashpoint and operation design, along with some previously-recorded footage about Game Update 1.3. Hello everyone! My name is Eric Musco and I, along with Brooks Guthrie are happy to bring you episode two [...]
Game Update 1.3 Known Issues and Bugs
SWTOR’s Game Update was unleashed yesterday (and there was much rejoicing!), but just in case you’ve been experiencing some odd bugs, we thought we’d post a current list of some known issues and bugs. BioWare has most of this information available on the forums, but some of it’s not simple to find. We’re here to [...]
Game Update 1.3 Coming Tuesday, June 26th
Game Update 1.9 is coming June 26th. 06.22.2012 Scheduled Maintenance for Game Update 1.3: June 26th, 2012 Hello everyone, we wanted to let you know that we will be performing scheduled maintenance for four hours on Tuesday, June 26th, 2012 from 2AM CDT (12AM PDT/3AM EDT/8 AM BST/9AM CEST/5PM AEST) until 6AM CDT (4AM PDT/7AM [...]
Community News: More on Ranked Warzones
Yesterday, BioWare posted a community blog article detailing some of the behind-the-scenes plans and goals for Team Ranked Warzones, which will hopefully reach live servers when Game Update 1.3 hits. You can check out the article here. Here’s one of the most important bits of the article: Before Season One begins with official rankings, we [...]
Game Update 1.3 Legacy Perks
Currently on the PTS, Game Update 1.3′s new Legacy perks are available for player testing. Here is a preview of them, along with screenshots of tooltips, information about the different ranks, costs, and cooldowns for each of the abilities. There are four new types of perks: advancement, companion, travel, and convenience. Like other Legacy perks, [...]
Class Changes and Balance in Game Update 1.3
On June 6th, BioWare posted a community blog about some of the class and balance changes coming our way in Game Update 1.3. You can read the full blog here. The in-progress PTS patch notes in reference can be viewed here. Some interesting information was revealed on the blog concerning the changes being made to [...]
The Argument for Free-2-Play
As more and more MMOs’ release, it is evident that World of Warcraft’s success has been an anomaly. Remember when SWTOR was strutted as the next “WoW killer?” But ultimately a large exodus occurred, and layoffs followed. Many have since begun questioning the success of any subscription based MMO to follow. If Bioware is struggling [...]
What if Transfers Aren’t Enough
During last Friday’s Community Q&A session, one very good question regarding what happens after servers transfers was asked: “What will you be doing to keep guilds and server communities together once server transfer is implemented?” Here is the answer that was received: Joveth Gonzalez (Online Community Manager): “Once server transfers are implemented, we will re-evaluate [...]
HK-41 Companion Coming in 1.3?
It’s speculation time again! One of the earliest sources of future SWTOR patch leaks stated that HK-47, the popular droid companion from the Knights of the Old Republic series, would be reborn, of sorts, into a new version– as HK-41, and would enter SWTOR as a new companion in Game Update 1.3. Here is the [...]
New 1.3 Details: Information on Ranked Warzones
At the London MCM Expo held on May 26th, there was a SWTOR panel with Emmanuel Lusinchi that focused on some highlights of Game Update 1.3. Some interesting points were revealed. The entire panel can be seen on Gamespot’s Twitch TV. A very awesome transcribe of the panel can also be found over at Dulfy’s [...]
The Possibility of SWTOR Mega-servers
In a recent Massively interview with Daniel Erickson, Erickson briefly discussed BioWare’s vision for the group finder tool and the company’s reasoning behind the same-server limitation. This is what he said, according to Massively’s follow-up article: When asked if the new group finder would be cross-server, Erickson replied that it would be single-server because “we [...]
Coming Soon to SWTOR: Game Update 1.3 Video
Yesterday, BioWare released a video detailing some of the features being added to Game Update 1.3, which is being called Allies: The video doesn’t contain either an estimated release date or any type of announcement regarding its arrival on the PTS. It is nice, however, to finally be able to view some of the in-game [...]
The Silence Between Patches
Developers have been quiet on the SWTOR official forums these last couple of weeks. Besides the weekly scheduled Q&A sessions and a few augment questions that were addressed, BioWare’s Dev Tracker has remained fairly empty. Players have been awaiting more details about Game Update 1.3, especially information regarding the two features that are considered extremely [...]
Laura Shot Third: SWTOR Under Fire
By now, we all are probably familiar with the rumors spreading mass amounts of doom and gloom about SWTOR across the MMORPG community. Practically every forum and review site has at least a handful of negative opinions regarding the game. The term “TOR-tanic” is often used, comparing SWTOR to both a legendary disaster and a [...]
1.3 A Stepping Stone to X-server Group Finder
With Patch 1.2 out and Patch 1.3 on the way, “soon” the much toted Group Finder will be upon us. Whether it will be a success or just a stepping stone for cross-server is yet to be determined. To be same-sever or not to be, that is the question. Bioware initially was not a fan [...]
SWTOR Official Podcast: Episode 1 – “Rocket Boots”
Today we see the launch of Bioware’s official SWTOR podcast. Hello everyone! My name is Eric Musco and I, along with Brooks Guthrie are happy to bring you episode one of the official Star Wars: The Old Republic podcast, “Rocket Boots”. In this episode, we sit down with Daniel Erickson and Damion Schubert to talk [...]
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