Posts Tagged ‘patch’
Rise of the Hut Cartel: What to Expect (no spoilers)
The Rise of the Hut Cartel is Star Wars The Old Republic’s first digital expansion. If you were really keen and pre-ordered back in January then you’ll have access on April 9th, everybody else (who pre-order between 7th January and 13th April) will get access on April 13th. But what is this expansion? What will [...]
Making of Rise of the Hutt Cartel Part 1: Creating Makeb video and screenshots
In this video, Hall Hood, Lead Writer, and Ryan Dening, Lead Concept Artist, join forces to give more insight into the exciting new planet, Makeb, coming with the Digital Expansion: Rise of the Hutt Cartel. Watch as they discuss unique areas never-before-seen in The Old Republic™ universe, including the exotic settlement on Makeb and the [...]
Gree: Will you sing for your Galactic Reputation?
With Patch 1.7 bringing Galactic Reputation into SWTOR, how will it change our play styles? If you have played any MMO you will know that reputation grinds can be both rewarding and monotonous SWTOR has survived over a year of popular existence without it but now it’s coming to the game. Could this be the missing [...]
Ilum PvP is Back! Are you ready to Help the Gree?
Patch 1.7 will be the rebirth of Ilum PvP so no more standing round on the Station hanging for that next Warzone Pop! Adventure with other Level 50 players or journey alone to assist the Gree in their continual pursuit of information. Those who are brave enough to help the Gree will be rewarded for [...]
Scheduled Maintenance for Game Update 1.6: December 11th, 2012
Hello everyone, we wanted to let you know that we will be performing scheduled maintenance for six hours on Tuesday, December 11th, 2012 from 2AM CST (12AM PST/3AM EST/8AM GMT/9AM CET/7PM AEDT) until 8AM CST (6AM PST/9AM EST/2PM GMT/3PM CET/1AM AEDT). All game servers will be offline during this period. This maintenance is expected to [...]
Game Update 1.6: Ancient Hypergate is on Public Test Server!
SWTOR Game Update 1.6: Ancient Hypergate is on Public Test Server! Game Update 1.6: Ancient Hypergate is now on the Public Test Server (PTS) allowing players to experience brand new in-game content, including a new PvP Warzone and Heroic Space Missions. Travel to a remote Warzone to discover a brand new PvP battle mechanic. The [...]
Patch Deployment: October 2nd, 2012
“Hello everyone, we wanted to let you know that we will be deploying a patch on Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012 at 10AM CDT (8AM PDT/11AM EDT/4 PM BST/5PM CEST/1AM AEST). All game servers will remain online during this period. Please be sure to restart your game launcher at 11AM CDT (9AM PDT/12PM EDT/5 PM BST/6PM [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Server Merges Happen Tomorrow, Plus Allowed Characters Bumped To 12 For Everyone
Earlier this summer we launched the Free Character Transfer Program which offered players the option to transfer their characters from specific origin servers to selected destination servers. Following the success of the Free Character Transfer Program, and after closely monitoring server populations, we have now taken the next step in our on-going server population balancing [...]
Companion Customization Changes in Patch 1.4
A new feature coming in 1.4 is the ability to finally turn your companion’s helmet off and the ability to unify your companion’s gear color. You’re no longer required to have female companions hiding behind masks, or any companions wearing bad taste color combinations. Pressing C ingame will bring up your character screen. Then simply [...]
Republic Dread Guard Preview from Patch 1.4
In my brief look around the Republic Fleet in the Test Server this evening I was able to get some screenshots of the new Dread Guard gear. It’s always exciting to get new gear ingame. Unfortunately, all we’ve got is new colors … There is no use going into details about the changes because we’ve [...]
Patch 1.4 Changes: MK-2 PvP gear
Patch 1.4 will be making it easy for new players to jump right into PvP with the new Recruit MK-2. Just before the servers went down I managed to get a couple of screenshots of the MK-2 gear and in these screenshots I have compared it to both Battlemaster gear and the old Champion gear (which [...]
Developer Dispatch Video Terror From Beyond
Game Update 1.4 is coming soon and with it one of the most dynamic and difficult Operations in Star Wars™: The Old Republic™. In “Terror from Beyond”, you will be called upon to face a mysterious new threat that has emerged from one of the most obscure places in the galaxy: the Gree planet of [...]
Game Update 1.3: Allies patch notes
I know I missed it last night so here it is: 6/26/2012 Highlights Group Finder is now available! Players can use this feature to find groups for Flashpoints and Operations! New Legacy perks are now available! Perks offer bonuses for your character and can be purchased with credits after reaching specific Legacy levels. The Alderaan [...]
Character Transfer, Server Populations and You
Gold post on Transfers This will help a lot of players and will fix the PVP on lots of servers. 06.06.2012 In a previous Community Q&A we talked about character transfers, and announced that they were coming in early summer. Character transfers are a complex process, but we're almost ready to go. Starting next week on June [...]
Legacy Perks. Get ready to get ripped off in patch 1.3
Bioware have just released a promo video for patch 1.3. The video tells us nothing really new but does provide some extra details about the new features. The video has received many dislikes and as I go over the details, you mind understand why. The changes are: Legacy perks Group Finder Character transfer Scaling social [...]
IGN Previews Game Update 1.3
With game update 1.2 now in the past, the community is already looking forward to 1.3. IGN brings us a preview of the update along with an interview with James Ohlen. Here are a few highlights of that interview: IGN: The group finder has been a requested feature since The Old Republic’s launch, though there [...]
GOOD-MORNING Balmorra! Live! … WHAT?
“Good morning and welcome to another episode of SWTORFace. This morning we're going to be talking to one of our dependable comandos out in the Balmorra section, fighting to gain some awesome military technology for the Republic. We've John Sunrider on the line right now. Good morning John, how are you?” “I'M GOOD SWTORFACE HOW [...]
Video: 1.2 PTS Preview of GTN Changes
Want a 1st hand look at the changes to the GTN? It’s actually functional now! Check out the video below! Questions or comments? Leave one below! Twitter: @SkeletonJack_ Twitch TV: /skeleton_jack Read More…
Economic Changes in Patch 1.1.5
Originally posted by GeorgZoeller (Source) Hi everyone, Massively Multiplayer Online games are built around living, breathing worlds that are always evolving, and Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ is no different. In our upcoming Game Update 1.2, we’ll be introducing a wide assortment of new features and content, while also introducing a number of improvements and [...]
Bugging Out!!
SWTOR has bugs. Shocking, I know… Today it’s time to set my fan boy hat to the side and delve into the dark side. The fact of the matter is that SWTOR has been bungling up some pretty basic things about MMO’s. And while there are other peripheral issues that need to be addressed as [...]
Blue Milk & Cereal: Is The Ability Delay Fixed For You?
No day would be complete without the breakfast of Jedi: Blue Milk & Cereal. Every morning, the team at Ask A Jedi will get Force-induced thoughts coursing through your head with delicious issues from around the galaxy! Join in the discussion below to make your voice heard! Arguably the biggest item that’s been addressed in [...]



