The end of the year is upon us. The world did not end so we have 2013 and beyond to look forward to. But before we do let’s take a look back at 2012. (For reference, here’s my 2012 outlook and 2011 review) Life By far the biggest change of 2012 Read more…
One of the things I think is missing in games is a true Capitalship experience. A lot of games have tried, or pretended to try, but no game I’ve played or heard of has really captured what it is, I at least imagine it is, to be onboard a space Read more…
Well, it’s happened. Star Wars the Old Republic is going Free 2 Play. Does this mean that the subscription game model is officially dead? Maybe. If SWTOR can’t succeed on it, I don’t think we’ll see many more big games try. Is that good or bad? I dunno. When I Read more…
So it’s been a little quiet around here lately. I’ve done maybe 3 posts in the last two weeks. We’ve had workers here rebuilding our shower (and running out of tile) so that’s caused a bit of a distraction to my writing. In an effort to dive back in, I’ll Read more…
I got an email from Bioware the other day informing me that my account was almost due to be renewed. This I think is a nice feature. Most reoccurring subscriptions just charged you without warning. I had originally paid for the 6month plan, and with the extra time they’ve given Read more…
I’ve been managing to find time to play SWTOR some. Just in bits and pieces. Enough time to work on leveling my Sith Inquisitor but never enough of a stretch to join my guild for any Ops or Flash Points. I’ve now gotten my third character past 20 and I’ve Read more…
Well, the day has come, Patch 1.2 is live in SWTOR. It has been 2-3 weeks since I have even logged into SWTOR due to my time constraints (I have played a lot of STO ironically, but I can log in for 10min, set some DOFF missions to run and Read more…
Bioware held their Guild Summit for SWTOR today. A lot of interesting bits of information filtering out. No one from Republic Sentinels was invited to attend, unfortunately. There is so much information I can’t really comment on most of it. Darth Hater has a great summary of everything, so check Read more…
There are some changes planned for the SWTOR economy in the near future. Patch 1.2 is supposed to have a fair number of changes for many things, especially crafting, but it looks like patch 1.1.5 will already have some of the groundwork. …including the much requested removal of light side Read more…
Having some trouble picking a class in SWTOR? What to know how they are different from each other? Well here’s a quick and dirty guide based just on their game play mechanics. I warn you, I haven’t personally played all of them, so some thoughts are based on observations in Read more…