Date: May 18, 2013 | Written by Silverstrike | Posted Under: Article, Buzz, Column | DISQUS With Us: 4 comments
A battle hardened Knight once said, “…many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view.” These are mine.
The vocal minority is making sure the interweb hears how upset they are about SWTOR’s Cartel Market and so called broken promises about subscriptions from the Devs. It all surrounds this post from Jeff Hickman concerning the introduction of the F2P model.
Apparently he stated that subscribers would retain unlimited access to SWTOR content. Well comrades, unlimited depends on your point of view.
Along with that thought, I can’t help but think the vocal MMO minority doesn’t realize what type of genre we are playing these days. Read along for my point of view.
2.1 page update. Is this all? Nothing there for subscribers? | 05.07.2013, 07:44 AM
Hey everyone,
I wanted to specifically address the concern of “what is a subscriber getting in an all Cartel Market update?” Game Update 2.1 brings a whole lot of customization and convenience features to the game which have been requested for quite some time, such as character name changes etc. As we have stated in the past, we always design systems like this knowing that subscribers will be receiving Cartel Coins each month, and certainly more options for your monthly Cartel Coin grant can’t be a bad thing!
I think the core of some of your frustrations is that you feel like Game Update 2.1 is “eating up a slot” for our regular content cadence, and because of that, you won’t actually be receiving any new content in this “cycle.” I figure the best way to address that is to lay out a bit of a road map of what the next few weeks looks like! This will help especially if you are only looking at what you are getting within one “content cycle.” As I have done in the past, I need to make it clear that everything I am about to say is our current plan and that it is subject to change, but I want to give you as many details as I can! Here is our current plan:
Game Update 2.1 will release on Tuesday, May 14th
Game Update 2.2 will release on Tuesday, June 11th
If you are keeping track and we hit those dates, Game Update 2.2 will releasing 8 weeks and 2 days from the time we released Rise of the Hutt Cartel (so basically around our 8 week cadence that is often referenced). What that means is that even though I can’t yet tell you what is in Game Update 2.2, you are getting two Game Updates within that period. I will say this: Game Update 2.2 has no new Cartel Market features… Also, both of these Game Updates will come with the usual bug fixes, quality of life improvements, etc. which you have come to expect (reference the patch notes for more info).
I know many of you will reserve full judgment until you see what happens over the next few weeks. I hope getting a little bit more information on our timeline will help alleviate your concerns. I have stated before that our Cartel Market and content teams are two very different things internally, which is why we can have these two Game Updates release so close together. Hopefully that provides some insight into our plans!
TLDR – If you’re concerned that Game Update 2.1 is taking up space in our content cadence and only contains Cartel Market stuff, fear not, Game Update 2.2 is coming sooner than you would expect!
-eric
PS – The Gree Enclave wanted me to pass on that they will be returning soon…
I’ll miss the Dallas Cantina meet-up, but I’ll make the next southern US venue. Back to New Orleans anytime soon?
Date: May 7, 2013 | Written by Silverstrike | Posted Under: Article, Buzz | DISQUS With Us: 1 comment
Do you enjoy writing SWTOR guides for your fellow guildmates or on the official forums? Are you always maximizing your GTN profits and coming up with new, awesome ideas for DPS rotations? If so, we want to hear from you!
Force Junkies is looking to add a few more enthusiastic, talented volunteer writers to our team. This time around we’re looking for specific columns to be written.
Crew Skills and Credits
Professional Tank
Dealing Damage
Warzone Combat Log
If you know your class like the back of your own hand and constantly lead Ops, you might be the Sith or Pub we’re looking for.
All that we ask is that you’re a true fan of the game and can show us that you know a thing or two about writing. You’re more than welcome to set your own schedule and write whenever your feel inspired..
If you have any questions or would like to apply to become a writer for Junkies Nation and Force Junkies, please feel free to contact Jason Dodge at dreagon@rerollz.net or Garrett Charkalis at garret@rerollz.com. Make sure to have a writing sample handy when you contact us!
[Bug??] Did /Whisper just get changed??? | 04.24.2013, 03:56 PM
Hey everyone,
I apologize as this was not intended to be implemented, which is why we did not have a patch note for it. We can completely understand that there are some privacy concerns around this right now. If someone whispers you through your main while you are logged into an alt it will not actually show them the name of your alt unless you respond. We understand this will let them know that you are online, however, if you do not wish for them to know your alts named, simply do not respond to the whisper.
We will be working on fixing this in a future update, I will have more information as I have it.
Date: Apr 1, 2013 | Written by Silverstrike | Posted Under: Buzz | DISQUS With Us: 1 comment
I’ve been in a Black Hole of no WiFi at the ‘rents this Easter weekend. Firing up the ‘ol Laptop with my cafe this afternoon, I run across the Patch 2.1 update.
I immediately envisioned Derek Zoolander and the famous “Walk-Off” scene judged by David Bowie in the old Member’s Only Whse.
I was sadly disappointed when I realized what day it was! I foresee many upset Twi’leks tomorrow.
LET'S GET SOCIAL