Tag Archives: Star Wars The Old Republic

BioWare’s detailed update 1.3 for Star Wars: The Old Republic, the key feature of which being a group finder for flashpoints and operations. The update, called Allies, will also come with server transfers, more legacy options and more. IGN has more details, with a video interview featuring lead game designer Daniel Erickson below.

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If anyone in the world is yet to try Star Wars: The Old Republic, here’s yet another opportunity to do so at no cost to you, the consumer. That’s right – free lightsabers.

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BioWare said during its weekly SWTOR community Q&A it’s looking into a technical issue preventing a modifiable offhand with some classes, and that it plans on added a new augment slot to existing modifiable items. The developer also there there are currently no plans for making companions more interchangeable, and also discussed the various rates of gear acquisition in progress tracks for PvE and PvP players. You can read the full thing through here. Thanks, Massively.

EA’s stock took a bit of a beating in the wake of its financial briefing earlier this week, but CEO John Riccitiello says investors are behind the times.

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BioWare’s launched the first episode of the Star Wars: The Old Republic podcast. The episode, also up on YouTube (and below the break), talks about the recently-released patch 1.2, the upcoming patch 1.3 and the presence plan of the community team for the MMO at trade season.

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SWTOR lead designer Daniel Erickson has said the team at BioWare has realized how large the PvP community is, so it has “turned a huge amount of resources” towards creating more content. He also told RPS that more team members have been assigned to create end game content as players are approaching the current cap faster than previously thought.

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BioWare has posted its weekly Community Q&A and in it, the firm teased new playable species coming to the MMO this year.

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BioWare has announced Star Wars: The Old Republic has officially launched in more European countries and the Middle East. Hit up the list here. Thanks, Talkar.

BioWare hopes to follow up on the success of Star Wars: The Old Republic’s Rakghoul Plague event, which launched without fanfare to great popularity.

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The latest patch for Star Wars: The Old Republic has been released, ending the Rakghoul plague and introducing a number of fixes.

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Server mergers for Star Wars: The Old Republic are not entirely out of the question, BioWare’s Daniel Erickson has said.

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EA has opened character transfer applications for Oceanic players keep to move onto locally-hosted Star Wars: The Old Republic servers.

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In response to player feedback, Bioware have expanded the Star Wars: the Old Republic Legacy Promotion to award a greater number of users with 30 days of free play time.

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A surprise live event has Star Wars: The Old Republic players ignoring official travel warnings to descend on Tattooine for a Rakghoul Plague outbreak.

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To celebreate Star Wars: The Old Republic’s Legacy update, BioWare has a number of free bonuses lined up for new, current and returning players.

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A much requested PvP feature for high level players has been pulled from this week’s Star Wars: The Old Republic content update.

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BioWare has announced it will be bringing down the SWTOR servers for eight hours on April 12 in order to apply Update 1.2 – Legacy. All game servers will be offline during this period, and while eight hours is the mark, it could last a bit longer so be prepared.

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BioWare is holding another free weekend event over the Easter break for MMORPG Star Wars: the Old Republic.

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You can now invite up to 25 of your friends to a free, seven day trial of Star Wars: The Old Republic, which is practically a ready-made guild roster.

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BioWare has updated the SWTOR blog to discuss the new PvP ranking system coming with patch 1.2. According to the team, changes in rank will be based on said rank when compared to your opponents’, and separate tracking options for solo and group players will be available. New Warzone rewards were also highlighted along with improvements to purchasing rewards and commendations earned in battle. A new vote-kick system will also be implemented to cut-back on AFK players. Fans can get their first taste of the PvP changes at PAX East next weekend. Hit up the blog for a more lengthy version of the changes. Thanks, Massively.