tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.comments2024-03-16T23:50:21.392+00:00Going Commando | A SWTOR Fan BlogShintarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comBlogger6547125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-41195532691042683322024-03-16T23:50:21.392+00:002024-03-16T23:50:21.392+00:00Ohh, I actually missed that Intisar also tweeted a...Ohh, I actually missed that Intisar also tweeted about it! Still, I feel the word on this needs to be spread as far and wide as possible. 😜Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-23398062017372445252024-03-16T18:35:18.460+00:002024-03-16T18:35:18.460+00:00I'll let you know when I get there. Right now...I'll let you know when I get there. Right now I am really savoring the Agent story, which I haven't played in at least five or six years. It's been long enough that I barely remember anything that happens. Lot of neat twists and turns.Yeebohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08028940396189544294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-63983946526987737362024-03-16T16:31:55.851+00:002024-03-16T16:31:55.851+00:00I saw Intisar talking about the pet change on twit...I saw Intisar talking about the pet change on twitter and tried it out myself yesterday. I'm glad they added this change because I'm a pet enthusiast but having to resummon them every time was a real pain.Chash Larolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14649814769291048024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-15689758740792542092024-03-15T21:48:38.415+00:002024-03-15T21:48:38.415+00:00Heh, seasons have become such an integral part of ...Heh, seasons have become such an integral part of the game it's kind of easy to forget that they were only added at the end of Onslaught. They are indeed a pretty nice system. Yes, it's another way to incentivise re-playing existing content, but it's well done.<br /><br />Curious to hear what you think of the content that's been added since you last played.Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-72422599705824273852024-03-15T19:44:39.327+00:002024-03-15T19:44:39.327+00:00I just started playing again about two weeks ago, ...I just started playing again about two weeks ago, after having been absent since around the launch of Onslaught. I have zero context for what was going on in the last seasons, so this new thing seems neither better nor worse to me.<br /><br />I will say that in complete isolation I like this new system. It's fun to watch a reward track tick up and get a stronghold and some mounts and furniture from it. Seems like there is also a good variety of activities in there. The extra reward track for subbers is also nice. It seems like a big upgrade over the "cartel coins, access to all your hotbars, and almost nothing else" you used to get from a sub in the olden days.<br /><br />Yeebohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08028940396189544294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-18453578560298083112024-03-15T00:47:24.109+00:002024-03-15T00:47:24.109+00:00The seasonal currency confused me because it said ...The seasonal currency confused me because it said legacy bound. I assumed it was a glitch and held onto them only to find out they were supposed to be junk. I noticed when I logged in today, they 're no longer bound by legacy.<br /><br />I'm surprised they took this long to nerf the reputation conquest since it was an easy way to make conquest on multiple characters. I was expecting them to slash the points sooner or later.Chash Larolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14649814769291048024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-53820243378562765372024-03-14T23:25:13.825+00:002024-03-14T23:25:13.825+00:00I hope the intent to stick to having rep factions ...I hope the intent to stick to having rep factions tied to daily areas and other such stuff sticks. 7.5 introducing a new area and a new event, both of which could easily bring in their own reputation tracks, and in GS6's case potentially having three rep tracks to deal with would perhaps be too much.<br /><br />In general I feel the seasons formula has kind of reached a peak of "introducing things to track for the sake of adding things to track", but I do get them not wanting to remove the currencies altogether even if they are mostly useless this time.Galactic Anticshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12414162698665967228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-20280625374333846532024-03-14T23:17:08.941+00:002024-03-14T23:17:08.941+00:00I for one, am glad that you finally got rid of the...I for one, am glad that you finally got rid of the GS Reputation Tracks. I get what Eric meant about the FOMO feeling, but that still happened with the Reputation achievements and having a companion customization attached to the achievements. It never made sense to me that we could still level up the Reputation track when the event wasn't active, but it would only count towards the achievement for getting to the Legend rank when the season was active.Gezmondohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09564493413825412177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-84201341104763565562024-03-14T23:17:02.366+00:002024-03-14T23:17:02.366+00:00"I do think the devs are going to back-pedal ..."I do think the devs are going to back-pedal a little bit after the amount of pushback there's been on the forums (...)"<br /><br />I counted at least twelve people, that claimed to have unsubscribed over this. ^^<br />It can not get any more serious. This is already totally out of hand. ^^Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-25605233894386422352024-03-14T20:57:24.676+00:002024-03-14T20:57:24.676+00:00That is funny to hear! It's interesting to see...That is funny to hear! It's interesting to see different guilds' approaches to Conquest. I got Galaxy Conqueror on Shae Vizla the other day in a guild that officially doesn't care about Conquest but just happens to be big.Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-26149001325642429792024-03-14T20:42:24.659+00:002024-03-14T20:42:24.659+00:00Hahaha! I'm GM of chiss 😀I actually remember ...Hahaha! I'm GM of chiss 😀I actually remember this but the reason we stopped was because I went on holiday last few days , we had already won Iokath before so we wasn't really fighting for the planet at all. Just we have a very active guild. So the feel of us catching over night and all the is just coincidence of activity nothing more Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-75855118699482072472024-03-13T11:14:53.824+00:002024-03-13T11:14:53.824+00:00I guess I travel back and forth to the fleet so mu...I guess I travel back and forth to the fleet so much I never noticed. Silly me.<br /><br />Now, losing my 'the Unyielding' title, that could cause me to be a bit salty if it ends up being gone forever.Pallaishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01052537793722183657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-73826210474765422582024-03-13T00:35:09.950+00:002024-03-13T00:35:09.950+00:00I got about five pieces from killing fewer than 10...I got about five pieces from killing fewer than 100 open world mobs... they've <a href="https://forums.swtor.com/topic/934096-game-update-741-known-issues/#comment-9803850" rel="nofollow">already acknowledged</a> on the forums that the drop rates are a bit high and that they intend to lower them.<br /><br />Also, at the moment these pieces can't be sold on the GTN either, which was definitely not intended.Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-45382777543654312752024-03-13T00:09:00.347+00:002024-03-13T00:09:00.347+00:00My inventory fills up with armor pieces. A lot of ...My inventory fills up with armor pieces. A lot of armor pieces.<br /><br />And instead of selling them easy and fast with other junk like med-packs to a vendor for 1 credit each, i have to sell first the other trash AND after that i have to destroy all armor pieces.<br /><br />This basically doubles my time with inventory management.<br /><br />Thanks Obama.<br /><br />That is not a well thought through reintroduction of these armor pieces. It's annoying and we are just a few hours in...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-22895128364034279412024-03-13T00:04:35.551+00:002024-03-13T00:04:35.551+00:00That has been there since they added the cost to q...That has been there since they added the cost to quick travel. It's why I've been using my fleet pass a lot more instead, since that's still free. Yes, I know the exiting from the stronghold only costs 100 credits, but it's about the principle of the thing!Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-26287192882832189952024-03-12T23:58:35.284+00:002024-03-12T23:58:35.284+00:00I noticed there's cost now to travel to the fl...I noticed there's cost now to travel to the fleet from your stronghold (bottom option of the menu). I'm not sure if that was there before or if it is just that I've been going to the fleet a lot on that particular character. I'll investigate more tomorrow when I'm not so tired. :)Pallaishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01052537793722183657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-56867110507876547422024-03-12T22:50:03.433+00:002024-03-12T22:50:03.433+00:00I probably should have said 'open the kimono&#...I probably should have said 'open the kimono', whereas 'pull back' and 'open' both work for curtains. Well, at least in my area. All I can plead is that my wife's medical surgeries today had my mind a bit more scattered than usual. :)Pallaishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01052537793722183657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-43121971503614109862024-03-12T19:18:14.286+00:002024-03-12T19:18:14.286+00:00"Pulled back the kimono"? That sounds sl..."Pulled back the kimono"? That sounds slightly dirty to me, haha! I've only ever heard that expression with "curtains".<br /><br />I think realistically, the dev team's resources are still going to be the same or slightly less for now, so nobody should be expecting any miracles. My only hope is that if it's true what was being hinted at on social media when the transfer news first came out and Bioware was using revenue from SWTOR to fund the slowness of its single-player development, there might be an improvement in funds being fed back into the game at Broadsword that could slowly increase its budget/output again if the devs do well.Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-90720207455749436122024-03-12T13:15:22.710+00:002024-03-12T13:15:22.710+00:00"(...) but I wonder if some players felt like..."(...) but I wonder if some players felt like EA/Bioware was deliberately holding Swtor back and that the move to Broadsword meant the team would release a storm of content in every area (...)"<br /><br />Over the years i learned that parts of the community are exactly like this... hopelessly optimistic. Sometimes i wonder if they actually live the better life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-71956099611925813102024-03-12T12:06:29.069+00:002024-03-12T12:06:29.069+00:00I don't do Conquest, so that's a nice obse...I don't do Conquest, so that's a nice observation to hear. I suspect we'll see things like that around the edges due, as you say, to the smaller staff sizes. (I know how that feels, as well. It can be overwhelming if you dwell too much on what isn't getting done...)<br /><br />I do like the steady drip of content now over waiting between larger patches, but I wonder if some players felt like EA/Bioware was deliberately holding Swtor back and that the move to Broadsword meant the team would release a storm of content in every area. :sigh: It would be nice, though, to see content in each of the areas with the various seasons. But then we're back to 'robbing Peter to pay Paul'. I have no answers, but I am glad to see the game seeming to thrive under the move to Broadsword.<br /><br />As far as communication goes, while Broadsword may not be communication as much, I find the quality and depth of the communications are noticeably improved. They've 'pulled back the kimono' in a way they didn't in the Bioware days. Pallaishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01052537793722183657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-66687420980867484692024-03-12T07:35:12.942+00:002024-03-12T07:35:12.942+00:00I woul say overall their communication has increas...I woul say overall their communication has <i>increased</i> since the move to Broadsword. There may have been fewer "fluff" social media posts about things like favourite companions and CM sales, but I certainly feel like I have a much better idea of what's going on and what they're working on. The last month or so in particular has been fairly quiet, but that's not unusual as we basically knew what was coming after the last dev stream and they were getting ready to launch.Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-18944294998308198632024-03-12T06:55:09.255+00:002024-03-12T06:55:09.255+00:00I'm not sure if this is true or not, but Broad...I'm not sure if this is true or not, but Broadsword seems to communicate less than before. Sometimes over a week goes by without a single post from them. Sometimes their social media pages aren't updated for a number of days either. I think they are probably overworked and doing the best they can, so I'm not criticizing them. It's just an observation. Things will probably improve for a few weeks after today's update though.Thandernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-46944175555373842422024-03-11T10:38:34.130+00:002024-03-11T10:38:34.130+00:00I'm not sure about the legal situation in the ...I'm not sure about the legal situation in the US, but here in the UK, if your job stays the same but your employer changes due to some reorganising, you are given the option to stay on or end your employment without penalty.<br /><br />If something similar happened here, the "are expected to move" wording may have been in reference to that, in the sense that EA wasn't actually looking to actively lay people off but that they hadn't had legal confirmation from everyone yet that they were happy to stay in their jobs under Broadsword, so they had to estimate a ballpark figure. IGN broke the news before EA had actually said anything officially, so EA basically had to scramble to get an official statement out on short notice.Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-67577557481789061932024-03-11T09:35:17.275+00:002024-03-11T09:35:17.275+00:00" We don't know the exact numbers, but ba..." We don't know the exact numbers, but based on the official statement at the time, the team could've lost up to slightly less than half of its members."<br /><br />Thank you for finding the source. I was the Anonymous, who brought that up in your earlier post on Kessan's Landing.<br /><br />And i was in a stream of SWTORISTA a few weeks ago, were this got mentioned too. And she flat out called this basically a lie. That the "around 50% mark" was never mentioned anywhere.<br />I was flabbergasted, because i was sure i read that somewhere. I didn't find it asap and thought i was crazy and have imagined things.<br /><br />I never know, what to do with those official company statements. They are always worded in the most unclear way. "...more than half of whom are expected to move to Broadsword". What does this mean? "expected to move". They basically wrote their statement without knowing for sure!? Which means the "expected 50%" have or have not moved to Broadsword.<br /><br />Not, that this matter much. We will find out eventually.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-22495914811628991182024-03-10T23:38:55.058+00:002024-03-10T23:38:55.058+00:00Yuuup, that's exactly how I felt. Having to re...Yuuup, that's exactly how I felt. Having to re-do the savrip tunnel was the most annoying bit to me every time.Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.com