https://massivelyop.com MMORPG news and opinions Mon, 14 Mar 2022 12:20:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://massivelyop.com/2022/03/14/the-soapbox-swtors-legacy-of-the-sith-is-bad-but-not-for-the-reasons-youve-heard/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/03/14/the-soapbox-swtors-legacy-of-the-sith-is-bad-but-not-for-the-reasons-youve-heard/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=378824 I’ve never been a big Star Wars fan, but I am a big BioWare fan, and after many failed attempts to get into the game, Star Wars: The Old Republic finally won me over after Knights of the Fallen Empire brought the game much closer to the story-driven RPG experience I expect from BioWare. Since […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/03/14/the-soapbox-swtors-legacy-of-the-sith-is-bad-but-not-for-the-reasons-youve-heard/feed/ 38 https://massivelyop.com/2022/02/18/hyperspace-beacon-a-measured-response-to-the-legacy-of-the-sith-backlash/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/02/18/hyperspace-beacon-a-measured-response-to-the-legacy-of-the-sith-backlash/#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=375738 So Star Wars: The Old Republic fans are exploding on the internet about the franchise’s latest expansion, Legacy of the Sith. As a player of the game for 10 years, I have a lot of people asking me what I thought of it. But I think the more important question is why are fans up […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/02/18/hyperspace-beacon-a-measured-response-to-the-legacy-of-the-sith-backlash/feed/ 42 https://massivelyop.com/2021/11/18/interview-star-wars-the-old-republic-devs-talk-launch-date-new-planets-and-the-path-forward-for-legacy-of-the-sith/ https://massivelyop.com/2021/11/18/interview-star-wars-the-old-republic-devs-talk-launch-date-new-planets-and-the-path-forward-for-legacy-of-the-sith/#comments Thu, 18 Nov 2021 21:00:16 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=363338 “This is the start of a year’s celebration,” Star Wars: The Old Republic Project Director Keith Kanneg said just before showing the press the trailer for the next expansion Legacy of the Sith today. Of course, the question on every fan’s mind is when does this year-long celebration start? SWTOR launches its 10th expansion Legacy of […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2021/11/18/interview-star-wars-the-old-republic-devs-talk-launch-date-new-planets-and-the-path-forward-for-legacy-of-the-sith/feed/ 9 https://massivelyop.com/2021/11/04/hyperspace-beacon-swtors-charles-boyd-on-bioware-newbie-acquisition-economy-and-beyond/ https://massivelyop.com/2021/11/04/hyperspace-beacon-swtors-charles-boyd-on-bioware-newbie-acquisition-economy-and-beyond/#comments Thu, 04 Nov 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=361049 So it’s been two years since I wrote a piece on Star Wars: The Old Republic. I’m sorry. You’ll have to tell me what I missed. I’m kidding, I will have Vulkk and SWTORista tell me what I missed. Or I can have BioWare Creative Director Charles Boyd tell me what I missed. That’s the […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2021/11/04/hyperspace-beacon-swtors-charles-boyd-on-bioware-newbie-acquisition-economy-and-beyond/feed/ 11 https://massivelyop.com/2019/11/06/hyperspace-beacon-how-swtor-added-two-onslaught-stories-but-wrote-only-one/ https://massivelyop.com/2019/11/06/hyperspace-beacon-how-swtor-added-two-onslaught-stories-but-wrote-only-one/#comments Wed, 06 Nov 2019 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=251405 Star Wars: The Old Republic prides itself on being a game with choices that matter. Fundamentally, one of the biggest choices a player can make in the game is the faction chosen before before stepping into any storyline at all. Of course, in SWTOR, we also have class choices and then choices within the story […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2019/11/06/hyperspace-beacon-how-swtor-added-two-onslaught-stories-but-wrote-only-one/feed/ 4 https://massivelyop.com/2019/10/23/hyperspace-beacon-first-impressions-of-swtors-onslaught-and-update-6-0/ https://massivelyop.com/2019/10/23/hyperspace-beacon-first-impressions-of-swtors-onslaught-and-update-6-0/#comments Wed, 23 Oct 2019 17:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=250235 Like all other Star Wars: The Old Republic fans, I have been waiting for another expansion from BioWare for too long. Of course, the developers have attempted to keep us satisfied with the traitor questline and trips to Dantooine, but those excursions never seem to hit the right notes. We wanted something big, and expansive! […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2019/10/23/hyperspace-beacon-first-impressions-of-swtors-onslaught-and-update-6-0/feed/ 19 https://massivelyop.com/2019/10/17/hyperspace-beacon-is-swtor-prepared-for-the-onslaught/ https://massivelyop.com/2019/10/17/hyperspace-beacon-is-swtor-prepared-for-the-onslaught/#comments Thu, 17 Oct 2019 16:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=249087 Welcome back to the Hyperspace Beacon. I have taken a much-needed break over this summer to come back to the first expansion that Star Wars: The Old Republic has had in — wow — just under three years. In December of 2016, SWTOR developers launched Knights of the Eternal Throne, and in just about a […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2019/10/17/hyperspace-beacon-is-swtor-prepared-for-the-onslaught/feed/ 4 https://massivelyop.com/2019/06/06/hyperspace-beacon-thoughts-on-swtors-dantooine-incursion-update/ https://massivelyop.com/2019/06/06/hyperspace-beacon-thoughts-on-swtors-dantooine-incursion-update/#comments Thu, 06 Jun 2019 17:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=228195 Tuesday, Star Wars: The Old Republic released a new event update called the Dantooine Incursion. I played through the questlines on the PTS, then I played through them twice again on the live servers to see if maybe I missed something. I believe I understand why all the quests are kind of dull, but honestly, […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2019/06/06/hyperspace-beacon-thoughts-on-swtors-dantooine-incursion-update/feed/ 9 https://massivelyop.com/2019/05/17/hyperspace-beacon-star-wars-galaxy-of-heroes-satisfies-that-star-wars-fix-but-theres-a-catch/ https://massivelyop.com/2019/05/17/hyperspace-beacon-star-wars-galaxy-of-heroes-satisfies-that-star-wars-fix-but-theres-a-catch/#comments Fri, 17 May 2019 17:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=225083 For the last few weeks, my other job has either taken away my game time or just sucked the energy out of me so that didn’t feel like playing anything when I get home. I’m sure that many of you have been there, too. If you’re like me, you still want some time to game […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2019/05/17/hyperspace-beacon-star-wars-galaxy-of-heroes-satisfies-that-star-wars-fix-but-theres-a-catch/feed/ 8 https://massivelyop.com/2019/05/08/hyperspace-beacon-swtor-takes-us-to-dantooine-for-the-fifth-time-in-a-video-game/ https://massivelyop.com/2019/05/08/hyperspace-beacon-swtor-takes-us-to-dantooine-for-the-fifth-time-in-a-video-game/#comments Wed, 08 May 2019 18:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=222843 My very first memory of Dantooine was surprisingly its first real appearance in a video game at all. Star Wars Galaxies imagined Dantooine as a purple and green planet with a mixture of high-tech farming, pirates, and primitive humanoid civilizations. But the two things that Star Wars Galaxies had to have were the hidden and […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2019/05/08/hyperspace-beacon-swtor-takes-us-to-dantooine-for-the-fifth-time-in-a-video-game/feed/ 2 https://massivelyop.com/2019/04/17/hyperspace-beacon-why-were-excited-about-the-swtor-onslaught-announcement/ https://massivelyop.com/2019/04/17/hyperspace-beacon-why-were-excited-about-the-swtor-onslaught-announcement/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2019 19:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=220341 Before the Star Wars: The Old Republic Community Cantina, millions of voices were crying out in terror: “We are never going to get any new content from SWTOR!” Those voices were suddenly stopped by the announcement of the next expansion: Onslaught. Complete with a splashy slideshow, BioWare gave the general details of what to expect […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2019/04/17/hyperspace-beacon-why-were-excited-about-the-swtor-onslaught-announcement/feed/ 12 https://massivelyop.com/2019/04/10/hyperspace-beacon-i-cant-believe-i-forgot-these-things-about-star-wars-galaxies/ https://massivelyop.com/2019/04/10/hyperspace-beacon-i-cant-believe-i-forgot-these-things-about-star-wars-galaxies/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2019 18:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=219267 For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been able to re-experience Star Wars Galaxies. After eight years, I noticed that I might have forgotten a few things. OK, I have forgotten a lot of things. Many of the things that I forgot are great; others could be fixed still. I do wonder how much freedom […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2019/04/10/hyperspace-beacon-i-cant-believe-i-forgot-these-things-about-star-wars-galaxies/feed/ 14 https://massivelyop.com/2019/03/27/hyperspace-beacon-this-is-the-toughest-choice-in-star-wars-galaxies-legends/ https://massivelyop.com/2019/03/27/hyperspace-beacon-this-is-the-toughest-choice-in-star-wars-galaxies-legends/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2019 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=216940 I’m Larry, and I’m an altoholic. (Pauses for everyone to say “Hi, Larry.”) The toughest part of any game for me is which class to choose when starting out. Star Wars Galaxies after the NGE, which is what Legends is, made everyone make that choice right up front. Given that many of the classes play […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2019/03/27/hyperspace-beacon-this-is-the-toughest-choice-in-star-wars-galaxies-legends/feed/ 30 https://massivelyop.com/2019/03/20/hyperspace-beacon-which-star-wars-galaxies-emulator-should-i-try-first/ https://massivelyop.com/2019/03/20/hyperspace-beacon-which-star-wars-galaxies-emulator-should-i-try-first/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2019 17:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=215539 As a longtime Star Wars fan and former Star Wars Galaxies player, I’ve known there were plenty of emulators out there ripe for playing on. The code for the game is open source. In fact, there was a brief time where I was looking to set up my own server for the game, but I […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2019/03/20/hyperspace-beacon-which-star-wars-galaxies-emulator-should-i-try-first/feed/ 38 https://massivelyop.com/2019/02/06/hyperspace-beacon-the-tale-of-ood-bnar-and-his-place-in-swtor/ https://massivelyop.com/2019/02/06/hyperspace-beacon-the-tale-of-ood-bnar-and-his-place-in-swtor/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2019 19:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=207981 If you’ve not watched the “Choose My Alignment” livestreams that MJ and I have been doing over the last couple of years, then you’ve missed out a fun time where the Twitch audience gets to choose which dialogue options we take and ultimately the alignment of the character in Star Wars: The Old Republic. You […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2019/02/06/hyperspace-beacon-the-tale-of-ood-bnar-and-his-place-in-swtor/feed/ 5 https://massivelyop.com/2019/01/03/hyperspace-beacon-swtors-year-end-report-card-for-2018/ https://massivelyop.com/2019/01/03/hyperspace-beacon-swtors-year-end-report-card-for-2018/#comments Thu, 03 Jan 2019 18:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=203478 Every year, I place Star Wars: The Old Republic on a scale and weigh it against the Bartle Taxonomy, giving the different aspects letter grades based on where I believe this MMORPG falls into the different quadrants. It’s the end of the year, BioWare, so let’s grade SWTOR. Bartle’s Taxonomy divides player activities along two axes. […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2019/01/03/hyperspace-beacon-swtors-year-end-report-card-for-2018/feed/ 4 https://massivelyop.com/2018/12/13/hyperspace-beacon-first-impressions-of-swtor-5-10-jedi-under-siege/ https://massivelyop.com/2018/12/13/hyperspace-beacon-first-impressions-of-swtor-5-10-jedi-under-siege/#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2018 17:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=201166 Faith in BioWare products has been waning as of late, but Star Wars: The Old Republic seemed to always maintain a core fan base. I would consider myself one of its core fans, and even my faith was slipping because BioWare Austin‘s focus seemed to be pulled away from the game that made it a studio […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2018/12/13/hyperspace-beacon-first-impressions-of-swtor-5-10-jedi-under-siege/feed/ 21 https://massivelyop.com/2018/12/06/hyperspace-beacon-why-pvpers-are-abandoning-swtor-again/ https://massivelyop.com/2018/12/06/hyperspace-beacon-why-pvpers-are-abandoning-swtor-again/#comments Thu, 06 Dec 2018 19:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=199788 I don’t usually like to jump into the PvE-v-PvP debate because no one wins, but I have started to see an exodus of PvPers from Star Wars: The Old Republic recently. Of course, many of the top PvPers have already left because they were bored or fed up with some system or another. But it […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2018/12/06/hyperspace-beacon-why-pvpers-are-abandoning-swtor-again/feed/ 28 https://massivelyop.com/2018/11/29/hyperspace-beacon-we-have-the-star-wars-the-old-republic-story-all-wrong/ https://massivelyop.com/2018/11/29/hyperspace-beacon-we-have-the-star-wars-the-old-republic-story-all-wrong/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2018 18:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=198515 I have been buried in Star Wars: The Old Republic lore for about 8 years now, and it pains me to admit this, but I think I was wrong about the motivation of the primary antagonist. I blame part of that on myself because I didn’t put the pieces of the puzzle together, but at […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2018/11/29/hyperspace-beacon-we-have-the-star-wars-the-old-republic-story-all-wrong/feed/ 7 https://massivelyop.com/2018/11/21/hyperspace-beacon-five-things-you-need-to-do-before-swtors-5-10-update/ https://massivelyop.com/2018/11/21/hyperspace-beacon-five-things-you-need-to-do-before-swtors-5-10-update/#comments Wed, 21 Nov 2018 19:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=197274 Update 5.10 for Star Wars: The Old Republic is coming very soon, possibly next week, but more likely the week after. That’s not a lot of time to prepare for it if you want to jump in as soon as it launches. You really need to start getting into it now. The storyline called Jedi […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2018/11/21/hyperspace-beacon-five-things-you-need-to-do-before-swtors-5-10-update/feed/ 7 https://massivelyop.com/2018/11/15/hyperspace-beacon-everything-you-need-to-know-about-star-wars-the-old-republics-guild-changes/ https://massivelyop.com/2018/11/15/hyperspace-beacon-everything-you-need-to-know-about-star-wars-the-old-republics-guild-changes/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2018 17:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=196110 Since the launch of the game, guilds have been a real weakness for Star Wars: The Old Republic. For the longest time, I have felt that the developers at SWTOR didn’t know what to do with guilds, and to be fair the guild landscape has changed a lot. From the time the game was in […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2018/11/15/hyperspace-beacon-everything-you-need-to-know-about-star-wars-the-old-republics-guild-changes/feed/ 5 https://massivelyop.com/2018/11/01/hyperspace-beacon-five-tools-to-up-your-roleplay-game-in-swtor/ https://massivelyop.com/2018/11/01/hyperspace-beacon-five-tools-to-up-your-roleplay-game-in-swtor/#comments Thu, 01 Nov 2018 17:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=193180 As you all know, I like to roleplay in Star Wars: The Old Republic. In fact, creating characters and creating struggles for them within that universe is my favorite thing to do. A lot of my free time is spent coordinating with other players, designing scenarios or plots to run our characters through. I give […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2018/11/01/hyperspace-beacon-five-tools-to-up-your-roleplay-game-in-swtor/feed/ 4 https://massivelyop.com/2018/10/25/hyperspace-beacon-obtaining-the-masterwork-armor-in-swtor-update-5-10/ https://massivelyop.com/2018/10/25/hyperspace-beacon-obtaining-the-masterwork-armor-in-swtor-update-5-10/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2018 17:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=192112 I’m torn on this new armor achievement system in Star Wars: The Old Republic. On the one hand, everyone can get the armor eventually. On the other hand, there appear to be multiple artificial time-sinks barring the achievement. If we take the prices that we see on the PTS as the prices that are coming […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2018/10/25/hyperspace-beacon-obtaining-the-masterwork-armor-in-swtor-update-5-10/feed/ 7 https://massivelyop.com/2018/10/18/hyperspace-beacon-old-characters-rumors-and-nostalgia-in-star-wars-the-old-republic/ https://massivelyop.com/2018/10/18/hyperspace-beacon-old-characters-rumors-and-nostalgia-in-star-wars-the-old-republic/#comments Thu, 18 Oct 2018 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=190843 I believe a game has hit an unusual place when players get nostalgic pangs for a game within the game itself. We see that kind of things in franchise games like Elder Scrolls Online. The Morrowind expansion was a huge nostalgic trip, but it wasn’t for the earlier times within the game itself. ESO built its […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2018/10/18/hyperspace-beacon-old-characters-rumors-and-nostalgia-in-star-wars-the-old-republic/feed/ 8 https://massivelyop.com/2018/10/12/heres-a-run-down-of-everything-coming-to-swtor-in-the-next-month-and-a-half/ https://massivelyop.com/2018/10/12/heres-a-run-down-of-everything-coming-to-swtor-in-the-next-month-and-a-half/#comments Fri, 12 Oct 2018 15:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=190100 There is no eloquent way to explain everything that is coming to Star Wars: The Old Republic from now until December. So let’s just throw it all at you right now, then break it down later. The big parts will be hit right here, and the more nuanced items will come to future installments of the […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2018/10/12/heres-a-run-down-of-everything-coming-to-swtor-in-the-next-month-and-a-half/feed/ 25 https://massivelyop.com/2018/10/03/hyperspace-beacon-first-impressions-of-swtors-new-huttball-map/ https://massivelyop.com/2018/10/03/hyperspace-beacon-first-impressions-of-swtors-new-huttball-map/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2018 17:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=188564 Yesterday, Star Wars: The Old Republic released its latest update called Fame and Fortune. I’m not exactly sure why BioWare called it “Fame and Fortune” when really the only big thing that this update is a new Huttball map called Sky Shredder. Of course, there is also a smattering of quality-of-life additions, like being able to […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2018/10/03/hyperspace-beacon-first-impressions-of-swtors-new-huttball-map/feed/ 2 https://massivelyop.com/2018/09/27/hyperspace-beacon-swtor-a-roleplay-community-divided/ https://massivelyop.com/2018/09/27/hyperspace-beacon-swtor-a-roleplay-community-divided/#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2018 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=187454 Much praise and hatred have been tossed at Star Wars: The Old Republic for its decision to focus more heavily on the single-player aspects of the game. Some people have really enjoyed the meaningful decisions that could be made during the Knights of the Fallen Empire and Knights of the Eternal Throne storylines. Others have […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2018/09/27/hyperspace-beacon-swtor-a-roleplay-community-divided/feed/ 9 https://massivelyop.com/2018/09/19/hyperspace-beacon-what-will-we-see-on-swtors-ancient-jedi-world/ https://massivelyop.com/2018/09/19/hyperspace-beacon-what-will-we-see-on-swtors-ancient-jedi-world/#comments Wed, 19 Sep 2018 19:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=186235 Producer Keith Kanneg wrote, "[T]he next phase of the SWTOR storyline will kick off with a bang on the ancient Jedi world." Let's look at the clues that let us know exactly which Jedi world that is, why I am excited to see that world, and what we will likely see on that planet. I don't think I have to mention it at this point, but I will: Possible spoilers ahead, but only if I am right.]]> https://massivelyop.com/2018/09/19/hyperspace-beacon-what-will-we-see-on-swtors-ancient-jedi-world/feed/ 16 https://massivelyop.com/2018/08/29/hyperspace-beacon-how-bioware-could-get-swtor-back-on-track/ https://massivelyop.com/2018/08/29/hyperspace-beacon-how-bioware-could-get-swtor-back-on-track/#comments Wed, 29 Aug 2018 18:00:00 +0000 http://massivelyop.com/?p=167643 If you have yet to experience the conclusion to the traitor storyline from the latest story update to Star Wars: The Old Republic and you wish to remain unsullied by the twists and turns, then you will want to turn back now because we are going to be diving into spoiler territory here. Here we […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2018/08/29/hyperspace-beacon-how-bioware-could-get-swtor-back-on-track/feed/ 48 https://massivelyop.com/2018/08/16/tamriel-infinium-three-key-takeaways-from-the-elder-scrolls-online-murkmire-teaser/ https://massivelyop.com/2018/08/16/tamriel-infinium-three-key-takeaways-from-the-elder-scrolls-online-murkmire-teaser/#comments Thu, 16 Aug 2018 17:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=180636 Hopefully, everyone saw the Elder Scrolls Online presentation at Quakecon. If not, I’ll have that whole video just past the break. Game Director Matt Firor and Community Manager Gina Bruno stood on stage to give an overview of what ESO has in store for the rest of the year. Of course, Wolfhunter launched a couple […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2018/08/16/tamriel-infinium-three-key-takeaways-from-the-elder-scrolls-online-murkmire-teaser/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2018/08/01/hyperspace-beacon-swtor-is-testing-huge-changes-for-the-rishi-stronghold/ https://massivelyop.com/2018/08/01/hyperspace-beacon-swtor-is-testing-huge-changes-for-the-rishi-stronghold/#comments Wed, 01 Aug 2018 17:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=178793 I know I took more than a moment to explain why I liked the new Rishi stronghold coming to Star Wars: The Old Republic in the next big update. It seems that the development team has a little more freedom to really listen to its fans and add items to this stronghold to move it […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2018/08/01/hyperspace-beacon-swtor-is-testing-huge-changes-for-the-rishi-stronghold/feed/ 2 https://massivelyop.com/2018/07/26/hyperspace-beacon-making-roleplay-events-deeper-in-swtor-or-any-other-mmorpg/ https://massivelyop.com/2018/07/26/hyperspace-beacon-making-roleplay-events-deeper-in-swtor-or-any-other-mmorpg/#comments Thu, 26 Jul 2018 17:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=177854 From time to time, I like to break from talking about the latest news from Star Wars: The Old Republic to talk about what I enjoy most about the setting that BioWare provides: a roleplay platform. Of course, I’ve talked about the good and the bad of the game as a roleplay platform on many […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2018/07/26/hyperspace-beacon-making-roleplay-events-deeper-in-swtor-or-any-other-mmorpg/feed/ 9 https://massivelyop.com/2018/07/11/hyperspace-beacon-take-your-swtor-pvp-to-rishi/ https://massivelyop.com/2018/07/11/hyperspace-beacon-take-your-swtor-pvp-to-rishi/#comments Wed, 11 Jul 2018 18:30:00 +0000 http://massivelyop.com/?p=175874 OK, I’ll come right out and say it: I love the Rishi stronghold. The Star Wars: The Old Republic developers have outdone themselves. I will unlock that whole stronghold as soon as it’s available on the live servers. It will be expensive, even for me. But I will do it, and I will not regret […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2018/07/11/hyperspace-beacon-take-your-swtor-pvp-to-rishi/feed/ 5 https://massivelyop.com/2018/06/27/hyperspace-beacon-memorable-moments-in-star-wars-galaxies-the-original-star-wars-mmorpg/ https://massivelyop.com/2018/06/27/hyperspace-beacon-memorable-moments-in-star-wars-galaxies-the-original-star-wars-mmorpg/#comments Wed, 27 Jun 2018 17:00:00 +0000 http://massivelyop.com/?p=173691 Yesterday, the game that solidified my place in the MMO space would have turned 15 years old, and MJ, Bree, and I took a trip down memory lane by hopping into one of the Star Wars Galaxies emulators. All the memories of the adventures I had came flooding back, even though my muscle memory for […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2018/06/27/hyperspace-beacon-memorable-moments-in-star-wars-galaxies-the-original-star-wars-mmorpg/feed/ 13 https://massivelyop.com/2018/06/21/hyperspace-beacon-future-plot-points-for-swtor-and-other-unanswered-lore-questions/ https://massivelyop.com/2018/06/21/hyperspace-beacon-future-plot-points-for-swtor-and-other-unanswered-lore-questions/#comments Thu, 21 Jun 2018 16:00:00 +0000 http://massivelyop.com/?p=172715 Last night, BioWare Creative Director Charles Boyd and Community Manager Eric Musco were guests on the Passionately Casual Podcast to discuss the lore of Star Wars: The Old Republic. And since I host a segment on that podcast regularly about roleplaying in the Star Wars universe, I got to sit in on that interview and pose my own […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2018/06/21/hyperspace-beacon-future-plot-points-for-swtor-and-other-unanswered-lore-questions/feed/ 3 https://massivelyop.com/2018/05/30/hyperspace-beacon-the-sorry-state-of-roleplay-in-star-wars-the-old-republic/ https://massivelyop.com/2018/05/30/hyperspace-beacon-the-sorry-state-of-roleplay-in-star-wars-the-old-republic/#comments Wed, 30 May 2018 18:00:00 +0000 http://massivelyop.com/?p=169218 Since the server merges, the Star Forge server has unofficially become the roleplay server for Star Wars: The Old Republic. And roleplaying’s fight to remain a relevant way to enjoy this MMORPG has never been tougher. Roleplayers, if nothing else, are resilient. We are still in the game and attempting to find our place in this […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2018/05/30/hyperspace-beacon-the-sorry-state-of-roleplay-in-star-wars-the-old-republic/feed/ 25 https://massivelyop.com/2018/05/17/hyperspace-beacon-the-swtor-summer-roadmap-might-get-you-back-into-pvp/ https://massivelyop.com/2018/05/17/hyperspace-beacon-the-swtor-summer-roadmap-might-get-you-back-into-pvp/#comments Thu, 17 May 2018 18:30:00 +0000 http://massivelyop.com/?p=167711 Star Wars: The Old Republic producer Keith Kanneg just dropped the next roadmap earlier today, outlining the features upcoming before September and a little bit beyond. Although he didn’t give much detail about the future of the story for the game, he gave us enough hints that we can speculate about the direction it’s headed. At the […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2018/05/17/hyperspace-beacon-the-swtor-summer-roadmap-might-get-you-back-into-pvp/feed/ 14 https://massivelyop.com/2018/05/04/hyperspace-beacon-swtors-update-5-9-concludes-the-traitor-storyline-in-classic-style/ https://massivelyop.com/2018/05/04/hyperspace-beacon-swtors-update-5-9-concludes-the-traitor-storyline-in-classic-style/#comments Fri, 04 May 2018 17:00:00 +0000 http://massivelyop.com/?p=165877 May the fourth be with you, Massively OP readers. I hope you are having a wonderful unofficial Star Wars holiday. And if you’re thinking about jumping back into Star Wars: The Old Republic to celebrate, then I would highly recommend that you drop down enough subscription money to play through the recent storyline. I’m rarely […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2018/05/04/hyperspace-beacon-swtors-update-5-9-concludes-the-traitor-storyline-in-classic-style/feed/ 8 https://massivelyop.com/2018/04/04/hyperspace-beacon-the-swtor-prank-that-revealed-so-much-about-the-hungry-fanbase/ https://massivelyop.com/2018/04/04/hyperspace-beacon-the-swtor-prank-that-revealed-so-much-about-the-hungry-fanbase/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2018 18:00:00 +0000 http://massivelyop.com/?p=161572 With April Fool’s Day falling on a Sunday, Passover, and Easter, I didn’t actually spend a lot of time on the internet watching the pranks and funny videos. Even Star Wars: The Old Republic didn’t have its normal joke videos or Cartel Market sales. However, the SWTOR influencers did have a little bit of fun. […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2018/04/04/hyperspace-beacon-the-swtor-prank-that-revealed-so-much-about-the-hungry-fanbase/feed/ 10 https://massivelyop.com/2018/03/21/hyperspace-beacon-so-swtors-update-5-8-happened/ https://massivelyop.com/2018/03/21/hyperspace-beacon-so-swtors-update-5-8-happened/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2018 17:30:00 +0000 http://massivelyop.com/?p=159356 Yesterday, Star Wars: The Old Republic launched the delayed Update 5.8: Command Authority to the servers. BioWare now offers its first complete operation since Shadow of Revan. For those keeping score at home, SoR was launched way back in December 2014. We also see some much-needed improvements to the guild questing system that was originally […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2018/03/21/hyperspace-beacon-so-swtors-update-5-8-happened/feed/ 26 https://massivelyop.com/2018/03/14/hyperspace-beacon-why-swtor-fans-should-be-excited-about-fogbank/ https://massivelyop.com/2018/03/14/hyperspace-beacon-why-swtor-fans-should-be-excited-about-fogbank/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2018 18:00:00 +0000 http://massivelyop.com/?p=158213 This week, I’m going to depart a little from the usual insights into the world around Star Wars: The Old Republic and talk about another studio that isn’t owned by LucasFilm and certainly isn’t owned by Electronic Arts. I’d like to talk about Fogbank Entertainment. Some people believe that a studio makes a game what […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2018/03/14/hyperspace-beacon-why-swtor-fans-should-be-excited-about-fogbank/feed/ 30 https://massivelyop.com/2018/03/07/hyperspace-beacon-carving-up-the-new-swtor-conquests/ https://massivelyop.com/2018/03/07/hyperspace-beacon-carving-up-the-new-swtor-conquests/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2018 18:00:00 +0000 http://massivelyop.com/?p=157232 The original Lead Systems Designer for Star Wars: The Old Republic was a man named Damion Schubert. A friend of mine used to call him my nemesis because he seemed to be in charge of everything that I disliked about SWTOR. At community cantinas and other interaction with fans like the Guild Summit, he said […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2018/03/07/hyperspace-beacon-carving-up-the-new-swtor-conquests/feed/ 7 https://massivelyop.com/2018/02/28/hyperspace-beacon-what-was-not-said-in-the-swtor-2018-roadmap/ https://massivelyop.com/2018/02/28/hyperspace-beacon-what-was-not-said-in-the-swtor-2018-roadmap/#comments Wed, 28 Feb 2018 18:00:22 +0000 http://massivelyop.com/?p=156089 Star Wars: The Old Republic players leaped for joy when Producer Keith Kanneg finally released the winter and spring 2018 roadmap last week. It was good to hear from him after so much silence over the holidays. I don’t begrudge the silence, personally. It’s typical for people in the games industry to slow down some over […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2018/02/28/hyperspace-beacon-what-was-not-said-in-the-swtor-2018-roadmap/feed/ 41 https://massivelyop.com/2018/01/24/hyperspace-beacon-no-star-wars-the-old-republic-isnt-on-the-verge-of-sunset/ https://massivelyop.com/2018/01/24/hyperspace-beacon-no-star-wars-the-old-republic-isnt-on-the-verge-of-sunset/#comments Wed, 24 Jan 2018 19:00:00 +0000 http://massivelyop.com/?p=150888 I recently read a wild argument based on unsubstantiated rumor that Star War: The Old Republic is nearing its end of life, that BioWare is tired of it and is considering shutting it down. It’s just one among many I’ve read lately, and I don’t believe they are right. Instead, some appear to be repeating […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2018/01/24/hyperspace-beacon-no-star-wars-the-old-republic-isnt-on-the-verge-of-sunset/feed/ 67 https://massivelyop.com/2018/01/17/hyperspace-beacon-the-case-for-mature-themed-guilds-in-the-swtor-community/ https://massivelyop.com/2018/01/17/hyperspace-beacon-the-case-for-mature-themed-guilds-in-the-swtor-community/#comments Wed, 17 Jan 2018 20:00:00 +0000 http://massivelyop.com/?p=149873 I am a huge advocate for guilds that can remain friendly to the under 18 crowd. One of my favorite Star Wars: The Old Republic guilds, Unholy Alliance, is open to everyone. They have rules in place that make the guild friendly and fun for both adults and those under 18. Of course, I wouldn’t […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2018/01/17/hyperspace-beacon-the-case-for-mature-themed-guilds-in-the-swtor-community/feed/ 28 https://massivelyop.com/2018/01/03/hyperspace-beacon-three-things-swtor-could-add-in-2018-to-turn-itself-around/ https://massivelyop.com/2018/01/03/hyperspace-beacon-three-things-swtor-could-add-in-2018-to-turn-itself-around/#comments Wed, 03 Jan 2018 18:00:00 +0000 http://massivelyop.com/?p=147935 Star Wars: The Old Republic did not have a banner year in 2017. It was the first year since the launch year that did not include an expansion. And the expansion that it released in late 2016 didn’t actually live up to its expectations. Despite this, we did see some good things come out of […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2018/01/03/hyperspace-beacon-three-things-swtor-could-add-in-2018-to-turn-itself-around/feed/ 54 https://massivelyop.com/2017/12/28/hyperspace-beacon-swtors-2017-year-end-report-card/ https://massivelyop.com/2017/12/28/hyperspace-beacon-swtors-2017-year-end-report-card/#comments Thu, 28 Dec 2017 18:00:00 +0000 http://massivelyop.com/?p=147374 I love the Bartle Taxonomy; it’s been around for a long time, and it’s still relevant today. This is why when I am given an MMORPG to judge, I will measure the game’s content against the taxonomy. Star Wars: The Old Republic has been my game for years, and I continue to play it nearly […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2017/12/28/hyperspace-beacon-swtors-2017-year-end-report-card/feed/ 6 https://massivelyop.com/2017/12/20/hyperspace-beacon-a-six-year-retrospective-of-star-wars-the-old-republic/ https://massivelyop.com/2017/12/20/hyperspace-beacon-a-six-year-retrospective-of-star-wars-the-old-republic/#comments Wed, 20 Dec 2017 18:00:00 +0000 http://massivelyop.com/?p=146577 Happy birthday, Star Wars: The Old Republic. I don’t think your birthday has actually ever fallen on the same day that my article released, so this is a great treat. And it’s also an interesting time for SWTOR because things have changed so much since launch, and it continues to evolve as does its audience […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2017/12/20/hyperspace-beacon-a-six-year-retrospective-of-star-wars-the-old-republic/feed/ 30 https://massivelyop.com/2017/12/07/hyperspace-beacon-swtor-its-time-to-destroy-the-eternal-empire/ https://massivelyop.com/2017/12/07/hyperspace-beacon-swtor-its-time-to-destroy-the-eternal-empire/#comments Thu, 07 Dec 2017 17:00:00 +0000 http://massivelyop.com/?p=144221 Those players who were looking for consequence in their Star Wars: The Old Republic storyline can, I’m glad to say, look to Knights of the Eternal Throne to get it. Although the Vaylin side of the story will remain virtually unchanged regardless of the player’s choices, it’s possible to lose multiple companions, and there is even […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2017/12/07/hyperspace-beacon-swtor-its-time-to-destroy-the-eternal-empire/feed/ 14 https://massivelyop.com/2017/11/29/hyperspace-beacon-first-impressions-of-swtors-chiss-flashpoint/ https://massivelyop.com/2017/11/29/hyperspace-beacon-first-impressions-of-swtors-chiss-flashpoint/#comments Wed, 29 Nov 2017 19:30:00 +0000 http://massivelyop.com/?p=143233 Yesterday, Star Wars: The Old Republic launched update 5.6, which gave us many new quality-of-life changes to the game as well as our first trip into the Chiss Ascendency via the “A traitor among us” storyline. I am in love with many of the additions like the legacy credit storage and the activities window. But […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2017/11/29/hyperspace-beacon-first-impressions-of-swtors-chiss-flashpoint/feed/ 20