Category: Star Wars: The Old Republic News
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Star Wars: The Old Republic: Something’s Afoot Come Tuesday
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Star Wars: The Old Republic: Companion Balance Changes Detailed
Bioware’s Michael Backus has written an extensive post on the Star Wars: The Old Republic site to let players know that their voices have been heard with regard to recent changes to the way companions were buffed when Knights of the Fallen Empire launched last month. In it, Backus details why changes were made, but acknowledges that “we didn’t realize how with Knights of the Fallen Empire gameplay had evolved.”
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Star Wars: The Old Republic: Action Items Based on Feedback – Companion Buffs Incoming
Bioware has a new post from Eric Musco that concerns recent feedback about changes in the companion system after the last Star Wars: The Old Republic patch. According to Musco, the team has taken player feedback from the official forums, Reddit, fan sites and more into consideration for creating an “action list” of things they will be addressing over time.
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Star Wars: The Old Republic: Forums Aflame – Companion Nerf Under Fire
The Star Wars: The Old Republic forums are afire with the nerf to companion damage and healing outputs that arrived with yesterday’s patch. Bioware’s Eric Musco took to the forum to explain why alterations in companions’ base stats and damage/healing r…
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Star Wars: The Old Republic: Ian Ryan Joins Bioware Austin as Lead Writer
Ian Ryan has sent out a new Twitter post to let the world know that he is headed to Bioware Austin as the new Lead Writer for Star Wars: The Old Republic. Ryan has worked on other notable projects including Thief, Game of Thrones Ascent and on the Star…
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Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Fallen Empire Boldly Pushes Forward
Is it worth it for BioWare to try and build what seems like an actual singleplayer RPG on top of an MMO foundation? If we treat the first nine chapters of Knights of the Fallen Empire as BioWare’s sales pitch, I’m going to have to say yes.
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Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Fallen Empire Launches
All Star Wars: The Old Republic players can now log into the game to experience Bioware’s return to story with the Knights of the Fallen Empire expansion. KotFE brings significant changes to several game systems and brings story back to the forefront o…
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Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Fallen Empire – BioWare Ups its Game
Star Wars: The Old Republic’s newest expansion, Knights of the Fallen Empire, starts off with a bang and just doesn’t let go. I thought BioWare really upped its game with Shadow of Revan, but I had to check to make sure I was actually still playing SWT…
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Star Wars: The Old Republic: ‘But Do You Love Me?’ No Companion Needs to Say Again
With the launch of the early access program for the Star Wars: The Old Republic expansion, Knights of the Fallen Empire, a big change will be coming to the companion system that can be boiled down to the change from gaining “affection” to earning “influence”. The more influence, the more power a companion has which has a direct relationship to companion damage, healing, and health.
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Star Wars: The Old Republic: Is Knights of the Fallen Empire SWTOR’s Sequel?
There are a host of sweeping game changes coming to SWTOR when Knights of the Fallen Empire launches later this morning. We were scheduled to have some early hands-on time with BioWare’s expansion, but some technical oddities with the test server and M…