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DPS, how much damage do you deliver?
At the Guild Summit BioWare announced that they will be releasing a combat log in the 1.2 Legacy Patch. This will show you everything that you do, or is done to you, with detailed information...
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Weekly Q&A and Dev Post Explanations
Everyone’s talking about the Legacy 1.2 Patch. And who’s to blame you for that? It’s exciting stuff! But before everything else gets lost to the wayside, let’s start talking about a few things you...
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How Many Modes Does an Operation Need?
In a recent interview at the Guild Summit Georg Zoeller had this to say: Georg Zoeller: (Source) I don’t think three Operations is optimal; you probably want to go at least four or five but that’s not...
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Rakata Itemization Changes in 1.2
If you missed what’s happening with the itemization changes in 1.2 many items are receiving new stats, including Rakata gear. But what has some players worried is that they replaced their...
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If you missed my previous article BioWare Blunders? End Game Gear System Design with 1.2 you need to check it out. George Zoeller touched back upon this subject saying that they would redress the...
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PvP, Nerfed by Omission?
On the 1.2 PTR Champion and Centurion gear is being phased out without any changes to their existing stats while Battlemaster gear is receiving an upgrade. BM is going from being just 8% better than...
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SWTOR from Pre-Launch to 1.2
After only 4 months SWTOR has seen a staggering array of changes, both good and bad. And while some events have sent fan boys raging, others have brought frustrated players back into the fold...
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What Could Be: Four Mini Games for SWTOR
No MMO is complete without mini games. SWTOR is no different. Many people were excited about BioWare’s April’s fool joke of playing virtual janitor. During the Guild Convention, they did confirm that...
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The GTN Will Soon be Cross Faction
Star Wars: the Old Republic has two trade networks, The Galactic Trade Network (GTN) and The Hutt Trade Network (HTN). The former is a faction specific trading network, while the latter is a cross...
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The Argument for Free-2-Play
As more and more MMOs’ release, it is evident that World of Warcraft’s success has been an anomaly. Remember when SWTOR was strutted as the next “WoW killer?” But ultimately a large exodus occurred,...
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Meet the Devs: Brendan Thorne, Content Designer
A new Meet the Devs post has gone out today from Trion, and this week they sit down and talk with Brendan Thorne. Elizabeth Tobey: So how about you start off by telling us who you are and what you do...
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Guildcenter – 12/17/12 – Special Guests: Habib Loew & Matt Witter – ANet WvW...
This week we have two special guests from ArenaNet that join us for our World vs. World segment; game developers Habib Loew – WvW Team Coordinator and Matt Witter – Systems Designer. We discuss all...
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Landmark Tools and More
A couple of days ago, we got a response from the developers on the roundtable question about how complex Landmark tools should be. While this didn’t come with any groundbreaking new information, we...
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Sitting Down with Sombrero
This week, I sat down with Nick Robalik, the creator of Sombrero. Nick is a one-man show, doing all of the development and art work for the game. Sombrero is a 2-4 player multiplayer platformer for...
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