Servers are not down yet, but BioWare have posted the patch notes for tomorrows update. Check them out below: Cartel Market New Items A new bundle is available on the Cartel Market. The Unlimited Content Bundle offers players the ability to participate in all extended content. Note: this bundle contains items that require level 50. Cost: 2650 Cartel Coins (Discounted by 50% for a limited time!) Bug Fixes The Primordial Blaster Besh is no longer Main Hand only and can now be equipped as an Offhand weapon. General In-game Customer Support tickets are now limited to 1610 characters. Jumping without a weapon drawn will now animate properly after using a vehicle. Classes and Combat Jedi Knight Sentinel Quickly using an ability that does not respect the Global Cooldown (such as Saber Ward) after using Force Camouflage no longer causes the player to become invisible. Sith Warrior Marauder Quickly using an ability that…
Patch 2.2
Scheduled maintenance and Patch 2.2.3
Just a heads up that BioWare will be taking down the servers next Tuesday in order to implement Patch 2.2.3. we should see the Gree event come back after the maintenance, and it should be scaled to 55. Check out the official announcement below: On July 23rd, all game servers, SWTOR.com, and the launcher will be unavailable as we perform scheduled maintenance. Game Update 2.2.3 will be implemented during this downtime. Details are as follows: Date: Tuesday July 23rd, 2013 Duration: 4 hours Time: 3AM PDT (10AM UTC) to 7AM PDT (2PM UTC) During maintenance, all updates and additional information will be posted on our Twitter account. Thank you for your patience as we maintain service for Star Wars™: The Old Republic™.
Maintenance: July 16th, 2013 + Patch Notes
BioWare will be taking down the servers tomorrow to perform maintenance. At the same time Patch 2.2.2a will be implemented Check out the official announcement and patch notes below. Maintenance: July 16th, 2013 | 07.15.2013, 08:36 AM On July 16th, all game servers will be unavailable as we perform maintenance. Patch 2.2.2a will be implemented during this downtime. Details are as follows: Date: Tuesday, July 16th, 2013 Duration: 4 hours Time: 3AM PDT (10AM UTC) to 7AM PDT (2PM UTC) Patch Notes Thank you for your patience as we maintain service for Star Wars™: The Old Republic™. Below are the patch notes: 2.2.2a Patch Notes – 7/16/2013 Cartel Market Using a Character Rename Item no longer consumes the item without granting a rename in some circumstances. General Jumping without a weapon drawn will now animate properly. UI The Chat Window now fades as intended due to inactivity and retains settings…
Game Update 2.2.2 Patch Notes – 7/10/2013
Servers are down for maintenance, and when they will be back, you need to download game update 2.2.2. Below are the patch notes: Highlights New Content! Nightmare Mode is now available for the Scum and Villainy Operation. New Vehicles!Two new vehicles are now available: The Titan 6 Containment Vehicle The Tirsa Champion Landspeeder New Title! To celebrate the 10 year anniversary of Knights of the Old Republic™, the “Revan’s Heir” Title will be available on the Cartel Market for 24 hours only beginning on July 15th at 12AM PDT/7AM UTC. Cartel Market General The tooltips for all Encrypted Datacubes have been updated to clearly indicate that the items grant a mission which can only be completed once per character. New Items New Title! To celebrate the 10 year anniversary of Knights of the Old Republic, the “Revan’s Heir” Title will be purchasable on the Cartel Market for 24 hours only…
2.2.1 Patch Notes 6/25/2013
Today is patch day and here are the patch notes. This is a 74 mb. patch with many great bug fixes. The mount/companion issue was highly annoying, and I thought it was me loosing my mind with the The quickbar lock button bug. Check it all out below: Cartel Market General Revan’s Armor has been modified to consistently match the NPC in-game appearance. New Items A new vehicle is available in the Cartel Market! The Aratech Rose is an adaptive speeder that requires level 10. A consumable granting Speeder Piloting I is included with purchase. Cost: 1,500 Cartel Coins A new weapon is available in the Cartel Market! The Cathar Warstaff, designed by Cathar bladesmiths, requires Electrostaff weapon proficiency. Cost: 400 Cartel Coins A new bundle is available in the Cartel Market! The Starter Bundle offers items to assist players who are just beginning to explore the universe. The bundle contains items…
Bug Fixes and updates Set for Patch 2.2.1
The official SWTOR Forums have been active with yellow posts today. Both Eric Musco and Amber Green have been posting update regarding bug fixes we can expect with next weeks patch. Here is a short run down off what have been said so far: Broken or Missing Titles and Achievements I wanted to give an update on the broken titles and achievements issue. These should be fixed with Game Update 2.2.1 next week. Also, after that point if you transfer a character you should not experience these issues. If you run into any problems with your titles or achievements after 2.2.1, please contact CS. -eric Bolster Changes for 2.2.1 Hey folks, Quick update, here are two changes coming to Bolster in Game Update 2.2.1 which is slated for next Tuesday, 6/25: Expertise again caps appropriately at 2018 instead of 2013. This correction to a rounding error will result in a…
2.2a Patch Notes
Patch 2.2a was deployed today, during scheduled maintenance. Below are the patch notes: Items and Economy The Advanced Black-Yellow Fortitude Crystal and SE Black-Green Color Crystal no longer have a vendor value. Encrypted Datacubes will no longer provide a Credit Boom reward option. The Major Experience Boost reward option from Encrypted Datacubes is now the Bind on Pickup version. Apparently there was a credit exploit going on were people were vendor selling the Pre-Order and Razor crystals for credits, then claiming it back via Collections system. Hotfixed today.
Game Update 2.2: Operation Nightmare Trailer
With the release of Game Update 2.2 yesterday, comes a new trailer for update 2.2 Operation Nightmare Check it out below:
Game Update 2.2: Archon’s Contraband Pack
Yesterday BioWare updated the official SWTOR website with a page featuring the newest items coming to the Cartel Market This time they are named the Archon’s Contraband Pack, and features the usual mounts, equipment and weapons. This pack also features a new interesting item — Encrypted Datacubes. The initial four will be obtainable via this pack, with the last four premiering in the Supreme Mogul’s Contraband Pack at a later date. The page also have info on a “special reward” for those who are able to collect all of them. So if you have deep pockets, good luck to you on getting them all! The new pack also features new dye modules that are exclusive to the pack itself. In addition, there are also Grade 9 Crafting Materials, as well as reusable Jawagrams. You can find a link to the official preview page here.
Game update 2.2 Patch Notes
2.2 Patch is now available for download through the launcher so if you are near a computer, now is your chance to get ready for game update 2.2. It’s not listed in the notes but word is that Master Strike/Ravage is now affected by alacrity. Good news for Sentinels and Marauders. Check out the full patch notes below: Highlights Nightmare Mode is now available for Terror from Beyond! New Vehicle! The Helix Hyperpod is now dropped in Nightmare Mode Terror from Beyond. New Rewards! New items have been added to several Story Mode encounters for the Terror from Beyond and Scum and Villainy Operations. (Additional Details under Operations.) New Feature! Characters in a guild will receive an XP and Reputation bonus based on the number of characters from unique accounts in the guild. (Additional details under General.) New sub-tier of Gear! The Kell Dragon gear can be obtained from Nightmare…
Game Update 2.2 Delayed
Eric Musco just informed the us via the official swtor forums, that Game Update 2.2 is delayed until further notice. Apparently there are some last minute bug fixes that is giving them trouble. To clarify two points in the thread. Although I don’t have exact timing yet, Game Update 2.2 will not be tomorrow (6/11) at all. The maintenance is delayed past tomorrow. As for the specific bug. What we needed to fix were some critical bugs inside of the the new Nightmare Mode Operation, which would need to be fixed before the Update went live. Upon implementing those fixes the Game Update itself became unstable. That is what we are working through now. Hope that gives a bit of insight. -eric
Scheduled Maintenance: Game Update 2.2
BioWare will be taking down the servers to perform scheduled maintenance and to patch Game Update 2.2: Operation Nightmare on Tuesday June 11th, 2013. We will post the patch notes as soon as they will be available On June 11th, all game servers, SWTOR.com, and the launcher, will be unavailable as we perform scheduled maintenance. Game Update 2.2: Operation Nightmare will be implemented during this downtime. Details are as follows: Date: Tuesday June 11th, 2013 Duration: 5 hours Time: 3AM PDT (10AM UTC) – 8AM PDT (3PM UTC) Thank you for your patience as we maintain service for Star Wars™: The Old Republic™.
SWTOR Livestream: Monday, June 10th
BioWare Austin will be hosting a Livestream Q&A to discuss the upcoming Game Update 2.2: Operation Nightmare tomorrow Monday June 10th. The new Operation won’t be the only thing they crew will be discussing tomorrow; questions regarding Underworld Gear Crafting and the new level 55 elite gear will also be discussed, so remember to attend and get your questions answered. You can find the link to their Livestream page here, and the even begins at 4PM CDT/2PM Pacific. Details can be found here, and cover how you can participate in this Q&A event. LiveStream Event – June 10, 2013 We are excited to announce the next LiveStream Q&A Event! Below is all the information you need in order to watch and participate in the LiveStream Event.Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ – LiveStreamMonday, June 10, 2013 4:00pm to 4:30pm CDT Our next LiveStream Event will discuss Game Update 2.2: Operation Nightmare, which introduces exciting new Level 55 Nightmare…
SWTOR website updated with full page devoted to Operation Nightmare
We leaned about the upcoming game update 2.2 more then a week ago, but now BioWare have devoted some pages on their website that highlight the update’s key features. Game Update 2.2 is the first of a two-part update for Nightmare modes, with Nightmare Terror From Beyond going live first and Legions of Scum and Villainy in 2.2.2 Both of these new game modes will give you access to the new sub-tier of gear, the Kell Dragon Armor. You can find a visual preview of the armor here. There’s also information on the high-level underworld crafting plans. Underworld Gear will be craftable using rare and exotic components acquired from around the galaxy. If you play in a guild, you will be interested in the guild and reputation bonuses. Every five active members of your guild will now confer a 1% bonus to both experience gains as well as reputation earned,…
SWTOR Lack of “Real” Game Updates
We’ve been writing here about Game Update 2.2 as well as the news that more features and additions are coming in the summer for SWTOR but there are many complaints coming in from players who are just not happy with the content BioWare is pushing out. The argument is that these “updates” don’t really contain any quality new game content and most consist of bug fixes and cosmetic changes here and there. In an article on Just Push Start, there is the argument that BioWare is not putting out any good, quality game updates and therefore, are disappointing their fans. Here’s a piece of that story: The release of SWTOR Game Update 2.1 a couple of weeks ago wasn’t well received by a lot of people due to the implementation of the appearance designer through the use of Cartel Coins. If you’re expecting a much better game update with 2.2…
Kell Dragon Preview – Game Update 2.2
So we’ve been talking about game update 2.2 and one thing that’s on the way with it is the new Kell Dragon gear. You will be able to get armor and weapons and the gear can only be obtained through the new Nightmare modes that are introduces in the new game update. Ask Mr Robot has item stats up already and we also found some videos to help you see what it’s all going to look like. Jedi Knight / Sith Warrior Challenger Kell Dragon Challenger’s Boots Kell Dragon Challenger’s Bracers Kell Dragon Challenger’s Device Kell Dragon Challenger’s Gloves Kell Dragon Challenger’s Headgear Kell Dragon Challenger’s Leggings Kell Dragon Challenger’s Lightsaber Kell Dragon Challenger’s MK-V Package Kell Dragon Challenger’s MK-X Package Kell Dragon Challenger’s Offhand Saber Kell Dragon Challenger’s Vest Kell Dragon Challenger’s Waistcord Weaponmaster Kell Dragon Weaponmaster’s Boots Kell Dragon Weaponmaster’s Bracers Kell Dragon Weaponmaster’s Device Kell Dragon Weaponmaster’s…
Datamining the 2.2 PTS
Lots of info is now coming out about Game Update 2.2 and what we can all expect in the next update. Reddit user swtor_miner has found some interesting info via a data mine that tells us a lot about what might be coming soon in the game. As always, don’t take data mines to heart because anything can change between now and when the game goes live. Some of the cool info mined from here is that the Rakghoul event is coming back! There are also some great new items such as: Crest of the Dread Master – This golden crest appears to have once belonged to a Dread Master, but its form is ancient and unfamiliar. A strange and unsettling power emanates from the cold, etched metal. Mounts Helix Hyperpod – Increases lateral translation rates by 110%! Titan Six Containment Mode – Increases movement speed by 110%. Represents the ultimate choice in regional…
SWTOR: Game Update 2.2 now on PTS
BioWare just opened the Public test servers with game update 2.2. I haven’t testet it out my self yet, but LightSaber from the-old-republic.ru send over a new video showcasing some of the awesome new stuff that comes with game update 2.2. This Doesn’t seem like a huge patch but rather some nice additions and changes. Check out the patch notes below the video. The video shows Dark Ward, The Visual changes to flamethrower, Kell Dragon gear & New Rated PvP Weapons we get with 2.2. Check it out: Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ Game Update 2.2 PTS Patch Notes Last Updated: 5/24/2013 The patch notes published for the Public Test Server are intended to guide testing. They are not final and are subject to change. The Public Test Server Patch Notes will be provided in English. The final release notes will be provided in English, French, and German when the content is moved to…