SWTOR Info

[chaos5061]

From Bioware:
@SWTOR: The final wave of emails have been sent. We will be sending another wave tomorrow starting at 8am CST.
Check you client to see if you can push play instead of waiting for a email.

[cabby]

Still no go for me. And even tho I'll be getting a physical authenticator with my CE I'll wait until they have the mobile one for my Android.

[chaos5061]

From Bioware:
Welcome to Star Wars™: The Old Republic™. It’s been many years in the making and the team is very proud of what we’ve achieved. Since we’re an online game we are going to continue building on the game for years to come. You can count on us to diligently expand the game and service to surprise and delight you. We’re going to not only respond to your feedback, but also hopefully exceed your expectations on how Star Wars: The Old Republic will evolve over time.

Many of you helped make the game what it is today by participating in our testing programs. You’ve watched the game grow over the past year and have been very vocal about things you’d like to see in the game in the future.

A team is never finished building a massively multiplayer game, so we’d like to take this opportunity to reveal a little information on what the team is working on for patches coming in the near future. Our priorities have been, and will continue to be, based off of the feedback we receive from our players.

New Content – We will be adding new content to the galaxy on an ongoing basis. These worlds will include Operations, Flashpoints and solo content.
Guild Functionality – Guilds are important to the long term health of any MMORPG. We have a huge list of guild centric features. This will be an ongoing effort that will probably never end. Guild banks are the first thing we’ll be delivering in our plans for increased guild functionality. Eventually we even want to deliver on the promise of the long hinted at “Guild Capital Ships”.
UI customization – You like choice. We hear you! SWTOR is all about choice. Being able to choose how you interact with an online game is something we feel is very important. We are going to be giving more control over the UI as an ongoing effort. This is a very big priority for us.
PvP – We have an entire team dedicated to adding content and features to player vs. player. We have some of the most experienced PvP developers in the world on this team. So far very few people have seen, or know much about the stunning Open World PVP on Ilum; when you get to the high levels prepare to be blown away! In addition to that high level PVP content, expect new Warzones and new PvP features on a regular basis.
Space Combat – We will continue to add missions to the space game. We also have a special project going on right now that will expand space gameplay in a significant way... for now the details will have to remain under wraps.
Legacy System – The ability to select a surname for your character is just the start of something much bigger. Soon, the Legacy experience and levels you earn will grant your characters access to powers, objects and other cool benefits.
And more – We have an entire team of developers working on future content. Right now we are focused on nothing else but Star Wars: The Old Republic, so expect new and cool things.

It is fair to say that we’re just as excited as you are about the launch of Star Wars: The Old Republic. Not only are we launching one of the largest and most impressive games ever created, but we’re also excited about the prospect of continuing to work on the game so that you, the fans, will always have something heroic and amazing to enjoy. Thanks for playing.

James Ohlen
Game Director

[chaos5061]

Known Issues.

From Bioware:
“Hello everyone! We appreciate you joining us to play Star Wars™: The Old Republic™, and we hope you enjoy the game. As MMORPGs are large and complex projects, inevitably we do discover issues that may affect gameplay. We’re working constantly to fix anything that will affect the player experience, but for now this is our current list of high priority in-game known issues.

This list of known issues was last updated on: December 13th, 2011

For the Sith Warrior mission “A New Master”, defeating Teeno first will prevent players from speaking to Phyne to progress as intended.Workaround: Sometimes, players can leave the mission phase and enter again, which may allow for Phyne to be selected. If she is not, players will need to abandon the mission and complete the fight again, this time ensuring Teeno is not defeated first.
For the Bounty Hunter mission “A Dangerous Auction”, female Bounty Hunters may be unable to progress when attempting the step: “Speak With Juda.”
When using the Master Looter grouping feature, players currently cannot assign loot to other people in the group (normal or Operations groups) when that loot is from a chest and will receive the message: “Access denied.”
When grouped with another character of your same class and while inside a Class Phase, looting may request players to roll for loot rather than giving it to the player automatically. This happens most often when group members are not within the proper proximity to be eligible for the items. Note that the window may require more than one roll attempt, but the appropriate player will receive the loot after about 30 seconds.”

[chaos5061]

They changed a quest on Korriban. The Blood Legacy. The end mob regens health now if stays in the pool. Killed me twice before I noticed.

[chaos5061]

Well first night is over. Sith Warrior at level 11 ready to go to Kass. Got my crew skills and with Treasure Hunting got a moddable belt for my Inquisitor when she gets to level 12. Also noticed that the 30 minutes between mails does not happen if it's your character. I mailed the belt and logged on my Inq 5 minutes later and it was there waiting for me to get it. Also they changed the price of the pre-order crystal from the vendor for it. It used to be 400 credits in the beta it is now when I bought it 10 credits.

[cabby]

You'll need to send me your toon names so I can look for you once I finally get into the early start.

[chaos5061]

Rebur is the only one I have in the guild right now. Maybe other officers get in tomorrow. After they get in also look for Tadia, Malok, or Tegen. Those are Sith side. If you decide to try out Republic one day look for Judiana, Vortia, Urik or Thalia. We don't have a Republic Guild yet but we may one day.

[chaos5061]

Waves of invites starting in about 42 minutes.

[cabby]

Well, I'm hoping but I'm not holding my breath.

[cabby]

First wave of emails for the day is done now and like I figured, I didn't get in yet.

[chaos5061]

Second is also out.

[cabby]

And still not in. Think I'll go to sleep and see if I'm lucky when I wake up.

[chaos5061]

A hour ago was the third wave. And now the fourth and final wave is going out. Unless they decide to do a bonus wave again.

[chaos5061]

Server pop update:
Mine is now Standard during the day. Most servers are that. 7 servers are still Light and 2 are now at Heavy.