group news archive - the old republic
Posted by SSX-MS on Friday, January 13 2012
The recent test server update 1.1 sees the welcome addition of anti-aliasing as well as Rise of the Rakghouls, changes to Ilum & operation Karagga, PvP bracketing for Warzones and other fixes. This is due to hit the live servers next Tuesday, January 17th.
Come March we will see the second content update which will be much bigger. This will reportedly include a whole new planet, guild banks, a brand new warzone & operation, the second part of the Legacy system will be implemented and PvP will have ranking systems. Plus lots more.
BioWare are supporting the game really well post-launch and seem to have lots in store for players. They already have several other big updates in the works with the story already written for the fourth & fifth content updates and voiceover work is already underway for those too!
Lots to look forward to ;)
-source
Posted by Anubis on Sunday, January 1 2012
With the game having launched several weeks ago worldwide, the SSX now has a strong presence firmly established in Star Wars: The Old Republic.
With 19 members and 27 characters between them so far, we've had a relatively strong start in the game and are having a lot of fun both together and solo. Having already set up various SSX runs through Flashpoints and Heroic content, we hope to be able to do a lot more of this in the coming weeks - in between questing and chatting over Guild chat of course!
Some of our experiences so far, be they exploratory or group based happenings, have been chronicled in our Gallery, and we plan to add more images in as the group continues to grow and evolve as time passes.
Should anyone want to join us ingame, feel free to post on our forums and/or contact us ingame. We're on the Bloodworthy server (EU, English), and would be delighted to have you along for the ride with us in this exciting new game!
Posted by SSX-MS on Monday, December 12 2011
As promised I can now reveal the server information for our Empire guild in TOR.
Guild Name: Shattered Star eXiles
Allegiance to: The Sith Empire
Server Name: Bloodworthy
Europe (English), PvP
If you are one of the people who joined our pre-launch guild before importation started you will see a gold flag icon next to our assigned server on the server selection screen ingame. Pick this server and start creating your character.
Once you are ingame you will be presented with a dialogue box inviting you to join our guild. Please note that you can only accept this automatic invite once so please try and make sure that the character you accept on is your main. If you decline the invite you will be asked again on the next character you create either until you accept or you enable the "ignore guild offer" in the preferences options. ~ If you go on to create alternate characters on the same server as our guild you should either PM one of us for an invite (alts are more than welcome) or you can leave your alt(s) clanless if you would prefer.
For any existing members who may have only recently decided to join us in TOR just hit one of us up ingame and we'll throw an invite your way too!
Lastly, as a friendly reminder and at the risk of sounding like a broken record. Once you are in the guild it would be greatly appreciated if everyone can make sure their character details have been added to our Roster thread on the forums and remains up to date. - Huge thanks for this.
[For a more detailed guide on how the Guild Deployment system works you can read the announcement post here.]
Look forward to seeing you all ingame! ;)
Posted by SSX-MS on Wednesday, December 7 2011
Those of you who have pre-ordered a copy of The Old Republic will be pleased to hear that the earlier reported "up to 5 days" early access, depending on how soon you redeemed your key, has now been increased to 7 days and will start on December 13th at 12pm GMT (7am EST). Less than a week away. - If you have pre-ordered a copy of the game sit tight and you will receive an email on the day that your access begins.
If you were one of the people who participated in the beta testing weekend between November 25th & 28th and still have the client installed you will be able to use this for launch and there is no need to redownload. Just let it patch as you would normally and you're ready to go.
If you did not take part in that particular weekend or you have an older build of the client installed you are now able to pre-load the launch client ready for playing. If you come under the latter then fully uninstall first. Then simply log in to your account and navigate from "My Account > Pre-Order > Download Game Client" to begin your download process.
So, get your downloads going if you still need to!
Also be sure to check back on Monday (Dec 12th) to find out what server our guild has been deployed on!
Posted by SSX-MS on Monday, November 28 2011
Several of us here have enjoyed a wonderful weekend in the Old Republic this week. I'm happy to say that the vast majority of us seem to have come out of it with a very positive impression of the game in general and in some cases has completely rekindled their interest in the game.
Now that players are allowed to talk about their experiences and share screenshots & videos too we have a nice new selection of beta screenshots in our gallery for your viewing pleasure.
Feel free to check them out and expect to see many, many more next month when the game launches!
Posted by SSX-MS on Friday, November 4 2011
Phase 3 of The Old Republic's Pre-Launch Guild Program has now begun.
This third and final stage will shortly see guilds that have at least 4 members who have pre-ordered a copy of the game and redeemed their codes imported into the game itself.
I can happily say that the SSX has met this requirement and we are now ready for deployment. All we can do now is wrap up any pre-launch discussions we want to have before launch and patiently wait for our early access to begin which is just a matter of weeks now.
Thanks go to those of you who have redeemed your keys already. We're almost there!
Posted by SSX-MS on Friday, October 21 2011
Since many of us here have pre-ordered the Collector's Edition of The Old Republic I am sure some of you will be excited to hear that this weeks friday update from BioWare is an unboxing video displaying the many sexy contents of the CE.
To watch the video click here.
Also this week a number of the gaming press were let loose ingame and got hands-on with the Republic side of the game. They were able to play up to approximately level 15 when players receive their starship so over the next few days expect to see many beta impression articles & info popping up around the net.
Darth Hater have a handy coverage list of these articles on their site here.
Posted by SSX-MS on Friday, October 14 2011
It was previously announced that TOR would be released on Dec 20th in the US and Dec 22nd in Europe, however, BioWare have today announced that the game will be releasing simultaneously in both territories on Dec 20th instead.
Those who have pre-ordered and redeemed their keys before release will of course still receive early access.
The game can't come sooner!
Posted by SSX-MS on Saturday, October 1 2011
Now that we have a place to discuss all things TOR without cluttering the general forum it's probably best that we discuss some important topics in advance of us moving ingame.
Just a few of those will be deciding whether we leave our Sith guild on a EU server or we switch it to a US one, discussing the guilds focus (progression etc.), making a note of who has pre-ordered (or will be playing for definite) and covering our ingame moderators for both EU & US.
Please drop by the new forum when you have a few moments to spare and lend your thoughts. Some of the above discussions have already been opened and chances are we will have some more things to talk in the coming weeks to try and make sure our new group goes as smoothly as possible. There's still plenty of time left before launch though so there's no rush. Also if you have anything yourself that you think we should discuss feel free to post.
Posted by SSX-MS on Saturday, October 1 2011
Yes, you read that right.
Secretly in development and underwraps for quite some time it is now my pleasure to announce the launch of our new group website for Star Wars: The Old Republic. You can find it by clicking here!
Please read the full announcement post here.
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