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Choosing Your Class, RP-PvP realms confirmed, and a TotalBiscuit look at Huttball

02 Sunday Oct 2011

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Don't be sad Lord Vader-- even though launch is a few months away, there's still plenty of interesting postsin the SWTOR blogosphere!
Don’t be sad Lord Vader– even though launch is a few months away, there’s still plenty of interesting posts in the SWTOR blogosphere!

Now that the majority of the Interwebs has gotten over their dismay regarding last week’s BETA survey email snafu, the blogosphere is back to giving us interesting content to read. A few of my favorite reads over the past few days:

  • Torwars shared some thoughts about the announcement of RP-PvP realms, but without CM-enforcement of naming standards or behavior.
  • SW:TOR Strategies pointed us to TotalBiscuit’s Huttball video, shot at EuroGamer expo, and had a short post on choosing the class/role that’s the right fit for your play style.
  • Massively had a Hyperspace Beacon overview of the Star Wars story timeline leading up to SWTOR.
  • PC Gamer shared a really nicely written SWTOR preview article. Not a lot of News, but a great piece to remind you why we’re all so excited about this game, and to share with any of your friends who haven’t quite decided to take the plunge with you at launch.

I should note that I shared links out to the above content via my twitter account, so if you want a more timely report out on what I’m reading and recommending in the SWTOR blogosphere, follow me on twitter (@anexxia) or subscribe to my paper.li daily.

Sunday Reading: TORMAG Fan Magazine

04 Sunday Sep 2011

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TORMAG September, 2011Last night while browsing through my #SWTOR list on twitter I saw an announcement that issue #2 of TORMAG was out and clicked through, expecting to see a blog ‘zine.

What I saw instead is a very impressive fan publication. The 25-page PDF is designed like a gaming magazine, making liberal use of images and serving up a cover story on Korriban, the ancient birthplace of the Sith empire. Other articles include an overview of companions (including a great screenshot of a smuggler and his wookie companion), interviews with a couple of SWTOR guild leaders, bounty hunter and trooper class spotlights, and a multi-page comic, The Jedi Gambit.

I love that Star Wars: The Old Republic, even without a release date, is inspiring fan created content of this caliber. Keep up the great work!

BETA Weekends Incoming!

31 Wednesday Aug 2011

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Lord Vader Sparring with a fledgling Jedi KnightPardon my absence, but I had very important business to attend to — Wrenz and I were the entire Empire cheering section at a recent Jedi Training Academy at Disneyland. See above for the photographic evidence of Lord Vader giving a fledgling knight a little light saber action.

I was psyched to see @Rockjaw‘s announcement on twitter that BETA weekend invites were going out today, and suffered the crush of disappointment upon not finding one in my mailbox. I shall be crossing my fingers that other Mac Bootcamp users will be in there and testing and documenting any difficulties we may have once the game launches…

And to all of you who got in to play this weekend, I am both happy for you and incredibly jealous. And I can’t wait to hear about it!

Thanks to being on vacation and mostly offline for a week, then catching up with work, I’ve fallen behind in my Star Wars the Old Republic news, but here are some of my recent favorites news bits…

  • The Eternity Vault Developer Walkthrough released late last week gave a good idea of what the raiding game play will feel like. And I have to say, I liked what I saw. Especially those adorable little heal bots flitting about healing players. So adorable! And have I mentioned recently just how anxious I am to be shooting out purpley lightning?
  • Darth Hater is hosting a live Q&A tomorrow night. Great opportunity to pick the team’s brains about what they learned and played at PAX. Oh yeah– and they also filmed the final day’s PAX SWTOR panel.
  • Ask a Jedi had a nice post on how the item modification system will allow RPers and other stylish players to retain the looks they want without sacrificing the power their character level allows.

P.S. This one’s an oldie but goodie (and watching it this weekend made me even more impatient to get started playing):

Recent SWTOR Reads: Class Identity, Morality Gear, and AH Theorycrafting

14 Sunday Aug 2011

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Here are a few interesting SWTOR blog posts I’ve come across over the last few days:

  • [SWTOR] Let’s talk about class, and role, and faction, and morality, and story over on Spinksville shares thoughts on what type of story may result from which of the various classes you choose to play.
  • Darth Hater’s post on Morality Gear is a nice piece of theorycrafting around the pros and cons of a gearing system wherein your alignment affects the pieces of gear available to you, and how that might affect players’ game play and choices.
  • Coffers of Credits: Release Day Edition on Battle Meditation is good reading for the budding auctioneer, giving a high level once over for starting day auction house strategy. For those of us who’ve been playing the virtual AH game for years it may seem a little basic, but it is definitely a good primer for anyone who has had tendency to be eternally MMObroke.