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The 5.10 Gearing Op-Ed – Dismissing Entitled Casuals and the Need to bring back PvP Gear

There has certainly been a mixed reaction to the new tier of gear being introduced to Star Wars The Old Republic in Game Update 5.10. Instead of the new tier being ‘drops’ from content or Galactic Command, it will instead be craftable. The schematics will drop exclusively from NIM GOTM with the new mats needed […]

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Thoughts on the Fall 2018 Content coming to SWTOR

There’s something for every type of Star Wars The Old Republic player to look forward to in the new content being released throughout the rest of the year. Starting with Game Update 5.9.3 at the end of September and concluding with Game Update 5.10 coming later in the Fall there’s plenty of content to look out

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Vandin Huttball PTS Participation Giveaway

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FINAL DATE FOR SCREENSHOT SUBMISSION IS THURSDAY 20TH SEPTEMBER 12 PM CENTRAL. WINNERS WILL BE DRAWN FRIDAY 21ST SEPTEMBER. Hey everyone! For this round of PTS Testing (Game Update 5.9.3), I have decided to do a giveaway! All you have to do send me a screenshot of your character inside the new Vandin Huttball Map

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Fall Road Map Overview and Summary

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Keith Kanneg the Lead Game Producer for Star Wars The Old Republic, has finally given us another Roadmap to gorge over! New Stories set on a new planet to explore, NIM GOTM, Guild QoL improvements and more! Let’s take a dive, shall we? Summary Summer of PvP New Story and Daily Area NIM GOTM New

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Open World PvP – The Ultimate Player Generated Content

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Disclaimer: I was not around when the game launched, so I missed out on Ilum (I started playing the game a couple of weeks before 1.2 launched). So I will obviously not be discussing it. In a recent Bad Feeling Podcast Interview (205) (audio auto-plays) the developers talked about how, going forward, they were going

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Vandin Huttball Map Screenshot Gallery

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Here is a Gallery of Screenshots of the new Vandin Huttball Map ‘The Skyshredder’. Slideshow (If Slideshow doesn’t work for you, individual screenshots can be found below). Individual Screenshots (Click on an image to enlarge it).

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Game Update 5.9.3 Now Live on PTS featuring Vanden Huttball Map

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Star Wars The Old Republic’s Game Update 5.9.3 is now live on the PTS! The crowning jewel of this update is a new Huttball Map, The Skyshredder, set on Vanden (KOTFE Chapter 13). Here’s our first look at the map (click on the image to enlarge it). It is described in the PTS Feedback thread as

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

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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

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