Author: Xam Xam
Star Wars The Old Republic

Guild Heraldry Guide

- by Xam Xam

Here is my Guide to the new Guild Heraldry System coming in Game Update 5.10.2 which is currently live on the PTS! How to Access Guild Heraldry In the General Tab in the Guild UI, click on ‘Edit Guild Profile’ then click on ‘Edit Heraldy’. Guild Heraldy Interface Here is how the interface looks. It allows you to play around with changes without committing to them. Guild Heraldry There are two key components to Guild Heraldry. The Symbol and the Detail. The Symbol appears in the foreground while the detail is the background. There are are currently 23 different symbols …

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Star Wars The Old Republic

SWTOR Gets Technical – A Look at the New Systems Coming in 5.10.2

- by Xam Xam

The Star Wars The Old Republic Devs have published a Blog Post detailing the new technical systems being introduced in Game Update 5.10.2 ‘Heralds of Victory’. As well as the new Guild Heraldry System, we are also getting a brand new overhauled Preview Window System as well as Updates to a system called Dynamic Placeable Objects (DYNs). Here are all the details! Under the Hood with SWTOR Today we want to pull back the curtain about the development process a bit, in order to talk about two feature updates that our engineers have been feverishly working on – better dynamic …

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Blog / The Curious Turtle

The Curious Turtle – How much damage should Siege do?

- by Xam Xam

‘The Curious Turtle’ is a new bi-weekly column I’m starting where I discuss anything ‘Elder Scrolls Online’! My aim is to do at least two articles a month. ‘Can’t these bloody milk drinkers handle a bit of extra siege damage? It’s called PURGE! Put it on your bar for god’s sake!’ It was certainly an interesting week in Cyrodiil after Wrathstone launched. The Devs managed to bug out siege so that not only were Siege Shields useless but Siege was basically doing the equivalent of Oblivion Damage (unavoidable damage). I mean it really wasn’t that bad initially when I was surfing with pugs healing them. We’d get hit with …

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Star Wars The Old Republic

Addressing the Recent Influencer Communication Controversy on the Forums #InfluencerGate

- by Xam Xam

Most of you who regularly read my content and/or follow me on Twitter likely know that I am a Bioware (SWTOR) Influencer. The program was started around the start of 2017 and I got into the program in November 2017. Back then I was Blogging on my old Website Xam Xam Says. So what is the Bioware Influencer Program? Basically, it’s a program that recognises SWTOR Content Creators and gives them access/goodies. So what do we get exactly? Exclusives/Early Access to Info Easier access to developers (via private forum/email) Promotion of our content by SWTOR on social media A quota …

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Wrathstone

Guild Trader UI Revamp Overview and Guide

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One of the major quality of life improvements coming in Update 21 (25th Feb) is a completely revamped Guild Trader UI. Here are the key features of the new Guild Trader UI. A Search Function that prompts as you type Saves Recent Searches Categories and Subcategories Search Refining Parameters Result Sorting Here’s a screen grab of the new UI from the PTS. Search Function You can either search the entire store by selecting ‘All Items’ or you can select a Category and/or Subcategory then search. When you type in the Item Name (Search) field, prompts will come up that you …

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Star Wars The Old Republic

PvE Healing 101 Guide by Lorhin

- by Xam Xam

Written by Lorhin, Edited by Xam Xam. Healers heal. Obviously. Everyone knows that. I could just end the guide here, but you didn’t come to read my guide just to see me tell you what the healer’s job is in a one word summary. You came here probably because you were interested in becoming a “good” healer instead of a “bad” or “meh” healer. Or maybe you were just bored and had nothing else to do. Either way, if you have any curiosity on what I have to say on this subject, keep reading. So…who am I? I am Lorhin. …

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Star Wars The Old Republic

SWTOR Guide Submission Info

- by Xam Xam

So you have an awesome guide and nowhere to host it or do you consider yourself an expert at something but don’t know how to go about writing a guide? Well, I can help you! I am looking for people to submit guides or help me write guides on various subjects relating to Star Wars The Old Republic that I do not have expertise on. So what am I looking for specifically? Class Guides – both PvP and PvE (this is the mian thing I’m looking for!) Anything PvE related But honestly anything really Class Guide Submission Guidelines and Info …

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Star Wars The Old Republic

Game Update 5.10.1 Patch Notes

- by Xam Xam

Here are the Patch Notes for Game Update 5.10.1. Maintenance for the Game Update 5.10.1 Patch will be happening on February 12th/13th at: 5:00 AM – 9:00 AM PST 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM GMT Midnight – 4:00 AM AEDT Highlights Geonosian Queen Lair Boss – The Sith Empire’s ruthless assault on the Jedi colony on Ossus began with Darth Malora, who created her own breed of mutated Geonosian warriors to use as shock troops for the attack. But before she created her insectoid army, Malora first had to create their master and originator. Left unguarded and unsupervised, this mutated Geonosian …

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Star Wars The Old Republic

Influencer Exclusive Season 10 Ranked Vendor Items Preview

- by Xam Xam

Here’s a look at the old Season 1 Ranked Rewards that will be available on the Season 10 Ranked Rewards Vendor when Game Update 5.10.1 Launches. For more info on the Season 10 Ranked Rewards and Changes, here’s my article – Season 10 Ranked Rewards and Info. Note: They are actually identical to the original Season 1 Ranked Rewards visually but will be named differently on the Vendor. Here are my characters with some of the original Season 1 Ranked Rewards for comparison. Note colour changes based on faction.

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Elder Scrolls Online

Morrowind Celebration Event Guide

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Travel to Morrowind the home of the Dark Elves to earn double rewards and Event Tickets! The Morrowind Celebration Event begins on Thursday, February 7 at 10:00 AM EST and will run until Monday, February 18 at 10:00 AM EST. Earn Double Rewards Earn double rewards from the following activities. Double drops from resource nodes Including Jewelry seams, but does not include nodes spawned from Survey Reports and Fishing Holes Double drops from all bosses (including the Halls of Fabrication Trial) Double reward boxes from all Daily Quests in the zone Event Tickets Earn Event Tickets from the following activities. …

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