LiveStream Event #2 - 11/29/2012 - 3:00pm to 3:30pm CST

[SoulBender]

source: Star Wars: The Old Republic | News Articles

11.27.2012 LiveStream Event #2

BioWare and LucasArts are excited to announce the next LiveStream Q&A Event. Below is all the information you need in order to watch and participate in the LiveStream Event.
Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ - LiveStream
11/29/2012
3:00pm to 3:30pm CST

The second LiveStream Event will discuss Game Update 1.6: The Ancient Hypergate and the recently launched Free-to-Play option. Game Update 1.6 brings an exciting player-versus-player Warzone and new Heroic Space Missions. If you’d like to participate in this LiveStream Q&A Event, you can ask questions on the LiveStream Channel during the event or prior to the event through Twitter (#SWTOR), Facebook, or the official forums.
Be sure to come back to www.StarWarsTheOldRepublic.com for all the latest news. Also, don’t forget that you can stay up to date on the latest news and announcements on Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ through Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube!

[war1023]

Anyone watch this?

[SoulBender]

I have yet to watch it. TORWars has a feed posted.

[war1023]

Darn you soul your suppose to keep me in the loop?

[SoulBender]

Fail. They fixed WebSense again at work.

[war1023]

Darn Websense!!!

[war1023]

For those that are interested only new cartel packs each month. Next one is life something.

Cartel update weekly. (Where the F is ny CE updated)

A lot of stuff talked about at guild summit back burner. Do to all the restaffing

Preferred player get 6 char slots. Same time they offer buying character slots.

Feb-March new ilum. Not revamp; more than pvp.


No eta on Mekab. Mekab will bring better gear structure. New way to play.

Pts copy whenever you want. Before Mekab.

Cather coming in months. Cather on Cartel will determine new race. So buy a cat if you want more races.

Mini revamp of legacy. No eta.

No elite pvp wz but grouping elite pvper together no eta.

I type these on my cell. You get down and dirty. A lot of stuff about no eta.

[SoulBender]

Good work War.... your a trooper...

Here is the recap from TorWars.com. SWTOR LiveStream Q&A Recap | TORWars

• - “Every conceivable metric” regarding F2P is showing increases. ”All our numbers are on the rise, the number of free to play members we are getting in is staggering.” The devs seem to be very excited about data coming from F2P.
• - BioWare is going to continue to “massage” F2P restrictions
• - Announcement: Preferred Players will soon have access to six character slots, and F2P/Preferred Players will be able to purchase additional slots in a future patch.
• - Initial F2P build had free accounts unable to utilize the space bar in cut scenes.
• - Jeff Hickman says “lots of interesting things coming” to PvP
• - Ilum relaunch was discussed and estimated to be coming around February/March. It will be a “minor reboot” of the planet, including PvP and PvE. Expect new PvP mechanics since the old ones were stated to “not work at all”.
• - Makeb patch to include a “slight restructuring” of gear itemization to assist in keeping stat inflation in check.
• - BioWare has plans in the future to adjust Warzone queues based on a players gear level, however they believe the best way to help with the PvP gear gap is to continue to give entry level players better starting gear.
• - Initial play-through of the Makeb Imperial storyline was completed this week. It is now at a point where they are doing final internal testing and tweaking
• - Jeff Hickman states that more information on Makeb is coming “Pretty darn soon.”
• - In regards to bugs getting worse, Jeff and Damion state that bugs are actually getting better, the problem is that the bugs being found are big and affect players in the biggest way. That gives us the sense that the game is buggier than it actually is.
• - The “Secret Space Project” is still going strong – Jeff and Damion did a play-test on the internal prototype “together” and say it is a “major departure” from the current space game iteration. It is “very far in the future” and don’t expect any information on it soon.
• - BioWare plans to update the Cartel Market on a weekly basis.
• - Announcement: There will be new cartel packs every month for the next “few months” each with new super rare items.
• - Announcement: Life Day packs confirmed including Life Day Robe, Life Day Orb, Tinsel bomb and other items including a Czerka mount that is “red, festive and super amazing”.
• - BioWare is looking at bringing “core and iconic” gear sets to the Cartel Market. They say that the mod system allows them to put up awesome gear without having people pay to win.
• - Items mentioned at the guild summit (such as guild ships, ready check, guild calendar, etc) are still in the plan, however some have been placed on the back burner due to focus on F2P conversion.
• - Guild Capital Ships is still a pet project of Damion Schubert and is mentioned to Jeff on a weekly basis.
• - Character Copies are coming to PTS before Makeb patch.
• - Makeb Patch to bring minigame-esque mechanics, not card games but some new cool ways of playing.
• - Collectors Edition/VIP Vendor update discussions have been internally tabled until January.
• - BioWare is proud of their work sticking to the 6-8 week content cycle. After 1.6, the next cycle will be 7-9 weeks due to the Holidays.

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Dulfy has the full transcript and the video...



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[war1023]

Mines reader digest version