Posts Tagged ‘Star Wars The Old Republic’
Let’s get naked for PvP
A common sight in PvP warzones since patch 2.0 has been naked players. An oversight in the bolster system has meant that a lot of players have been better off not having any item equipped. This is about to be fixed, with changes being made to War hero and Elite War hero gear. What will [...]
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 [...]
Let the lag wars begin Asia-Pacific servers close down!
BioWare are closing down Asia-Pacific servers of SWTOR. I just found this news on Google+ and I must say, I think it’s shocking that BioWare would not listen to the suggestions made and would instead opt to close down the Australian servers completely. This will force me, and other Australian and New Zealand players, back [...]
The Many Looks of Blizz
I am now working my way through the story line of my seventh character on SWTOR, a Bounty Hunter. Although I played a Bounter Hunter character on a different server last year, to around level 30, I decided I’d start again and play it this time as tank. To say that Bounty Hunter’s have a [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Gone are the raiders of yesteryear
Our PvP guild has decided to do some basic story mode raiding. As a fully rekata-geared tank, I offered to take the newer players through the three operations currently available ingame. But where are all the raiders gone? I did the operations Eternity Vault, Karagga’s Palace and Explosive Conflict with an active guild, but once it was cleared [...]
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 [...]
How Resolve will change after Patch 1.4
The above graph (which I found on Reddit, with no credits as to who made it) shows the changes to Resolve that will occur with Patch 1.4. These changes hope to improve the PvP experience for players. The different shapes represent different types of stuns. The graph line itself shows the path to a full [...]
New SWTOR Content Coming
Alongside the announcement of SWTOR going Free to Play in the fall, five new bits of content are coming up. Dates have not been announced yet. New operation: Terror from Beyond A raid raid takes us to planet Asation to fight a variety of new bosses and to stop the rise of the “Dread Masters”. [...]
SWTOR Free to Play This Fall!
With this surprising announcement this morning from EA, the biggest questions are, how will it effect the current subscribers, and why is SWTOR going free to play? Obviously many people will come to the conclusion that the game must have failed. As an active subscriber, with multiple toons, I can tell you that the population [...]
C2-N2 and 2V-R8 Companion Guide
2V-R8 or C2-N2 join you when you first get your ship at around level 16. Imperial players get joined by the extremely obedient and loyal 2V-R8 and Republic players get joined by the pompous, pain in the ass C2-N2. Although both of them can be annoying at times, C2-N2 makes C3-P0 seem like an ideal companion. Bioware [...]
Turning to the Dark Side brings new interest
You may have noticed that things have been a little bit quiet around here lately. To be honest, I burnt myself out a bit. I finished powering through the last of the four different Republic classes, Trooper, in order to unlock all four buffs for all my characters. Then I needed a break. I found [...]
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 [...]
Datacron guide: Dromund Kaas
What follows are facts about the datacrons to be found on Dromund Kaas. These datacrons, available to Sith Empire only faction players, can be found above a walkway, gaurded by a boss, on top of a mountain and past a few elites. All in all there are five datacrons to be found on Dromund Kaas. Galactic History [...]
Datacron guide: Hutta
What follows are facts about the datacrons to be found on Hutta. These datacrons, available to Sith Empire only faction players, can be found hidden behind a pipe, in the midst of the mob and on an island. There are three datacrons to be found on Hutta. Galactic History 01: The Architects Stat/Reward: Aim +2 [...]
Datacron guide: Korriban
What follows are facts about the datacrons to be found on Korriban. These datacrons, available to Sith Empire only players, are easy to spot compared to many other in the game. There are three datacrons to be found on Korriban. Galactic History 15: Mandalore Stat/Reward: Willpower +2 Waypoint: X: 530, Y: -163 Tips: You can [...]
Datacron Guide: Ord Mantell
What follows are facts about the datacrons to be found on Ord Mantell. These datacrons, available to Republic only faction players, can be found on a hill, near a lake and buried in the sand. All in all there are three datacrons to be found on Ord Mantell. Galactic History 12: The Birth of the [...]
Datacron guide: Tython
What follows are facts about the datacrons to be found on planet Tython. These datacrons, available to Republic only faction players can be found on top of remote mountain passes, near ancient statues, and guarded by a mysterious shaman. All in all there are three datacrons to be found on Tython. Galactic History 09: The [...]
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 [...]
Trooper Companion Information Updated
Troopers, it’s your turn: our Companion List information for Trooper Companions has now been updated to our latest style of presentation. Character information, Gameplay information and Gift Preferences are all included.http://www.swtorface.com/ Read More…
Sith Inquisitor Companion Details in Full
If you want to romance Andronikos Revel, or maybe Ashara Zavros is more your style, you’ll need to know what gifts can give you extra mileage. We’ve updated our Companion List information for the Sith Inquisitor class, with the gift preferences information and a whole lot more.Go forth, you Force-attuned, Empire aligned players and get [...]
Jedi Consular Companion List Update
If you are playing a Jedi Consular then bookmark our page of information about their companions so that you can quickly alt-tab to check out the facts as you play. The list has been updated so that not only does it look pretty, it’s got more information and no blank areas.Check it out now.http://www.swtorface.com/ Read [...]
Big update to our Bounty Hunter Companion List
Now that we’ve had the opportunity to spend more time ingame we’d thought we’d go back and optimize our companion pages which we started way back in Beta (which was only a little over 3 months ago!). We’ve included new information about when your companions are obtained and what quests actually award your companions. Information [...]
The Many Looks of Mako
Mako's bubbly personality is an absolute pleasure to be around and whoever wrote for her did a fabulous job. She probably has the most realistic personality out of all the female companions I have encountered so far. Mako is the very first companion you get as a Bounty Hunter. As a healer she makes life [...]
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