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Influencer Exclusive Season 10 Ranked Vendor Items Preview

February 12, 2019February 12, 2019 - by Xam Xam - Leave a Comment

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.

Star Wars The Old Republic

Game Update 5.10.1 – ‘The Wretched Hive’ Going Live 12th February

February 7, 2019February 7, 2019 - by Xam Xam - Leave a Comment

Return to Ossus to face Darth Malora’s deadliest creation and work you way towards new powerful weapons! Various bug fixes (including many for companions) are also coming in Game Update 5.10.1 so keep an eye out for the Patch Notes for more info! Game Update 5.10.1 is launching the 12th February! New Lair Boss A mutated Geonosian Queen stirs beneath the surface of Ossus, giving rise to an endless army of deadly monsters! The Mutated Geonosian Queen and her brood can be found inside of ‘The Hive of the Mountain Queen’ lair. Group together in teams of 8 or 16 …

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Season 10 Ranked Rewards and Info

January 31, 2019January 31, 2019 - by Xam Xam - Leave a Comment

The rewards and details for Season 10 have finally been announced! There are quite a few changes from other seasons so be sure to read through all the info. Greetings PvPers! Season 10 of Ranked PvP is set to end with the launch of Game Update 5.10.1. Just as a reminder, after Season 10 ends all Season 9 tokens will be converted into credits. This will be your last chance to redeem these tokens, don’t miss out! Season 10 marks the first time that cross-faction play has been a part of Ranked PvP. With more competition comes a couple of changes …

Star Wars The Old Republic

A rare peek behind the Curtain – SWTOR Developer Interview by Bad Feeling Podcast

August 28, 2018August 28, 2018 - by Xam Xam

What follows is a loose summary and some paraphrasing of the interview with some commentary interjected (commentary is italicised). There is also a Further Comments section where I briefly discuss PvP topics not mentioned in the interview. Chuck and Brian from Bad Feeling Podcast recently had the pleasure of interviewing a couple of Star Wars The Old Republic Developers. Senior Designer David Demaree, Design Lead Brett Hoffman and Community Manager Eric Musco about PvP. I’d highly recommend listening to it in full which you can do from below (it starts around the 8-minute mark)! http://badfeelingpodcast.com/audio/podcasts/episode_205_final.mp3 The Interview They started by discussing the …

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SWTOR Summer Roadmap Overview

May 17, 2018May 17, 2018 - by Xam Xam

Keith Kanneg has surprised us with the release of a new Summer Road Map for Star Wars The Old Republic. Keith started off with some general statements again emphasising their focus to provide fun, story-driven gameplay with a variety of multiplayer battles and making ‘quality of life’ improvements. He also noted that much of the upcoming changes are based on Player Feedback. We’ve met with a lot of players, influencers, press, did Livestreams, held Cantinas, received lots of emails and private messages, and reviewed the feedback on our Forums and on Social Media. As a result, we’ll be making a lot of …

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Ranked PvP Leaderboards Down in SWTOR

January 20, 2018 - by Xam Xam

Eric Musco, the Community Manager for Star Wars The Old Republic, recently addressed player complaints about the Ranked Arena Leaderboards. The Leaderboards were not updating correctly. Bioware finally looked into it and discovered that there was something wrong and have taken the Leaderboards down for the time being. Hey folks, Quick update. We are seeing some incorrect data being pulled into the season 9 leaderboards, so we are going to disable them for the time being while we investigate. It doesn’t look like it will be fixed today, I will let you know of any updates early next week. This …