Avid MMO gamer and long-time blogger. Star Wars: The Old Republic is my main game, but I'm also a casual World of Warcraft player. My SWTOR blog: https://swtorcommando.blogspot.com/ My WoW blog: https://priestwithacause.blogspot.com/
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The Fall of Fort Tonvarr is a frustrating dynamic encounter when you're the only person there, but I'll concede that when it's busy like this week and there's a whole crowd enmeshed in what's basically just one giant crazy brawl, it's kind of fun. #SWTOR
SWTOR PSA for this week's Ilum encounters: For Lisk Frenzy, you don't have to capture lisks in the tiny marked area. I ran far, far away, the tracker disappeared, but the electro net button remained and I could capture lisks elsewhere and the encounter still updated.
I'm enjoying GS9's flashpoint theme so far and had a lot of fun pugging last week! #SWTOR
The dichotomy of this WoW K'aresh questing is insane. I just defeated a Void god and now I'm dancing for bees in a 20 part bee quest chain
Some interesting #WoWClassic news today, as Blizzard has filed a lawsuit against the owners of Turtle WoW, a popular private server. I try to sum up the situation and what it could mean for WoW in this blog post:
I will always have a soft spot for the consular's rescue of Tykan's first victims on Taris.
Yes, I'm still going on about the removal of cut scenes from group finder flashpoints. It just doesn't feel right to me. #SWTOR
Can't believe it's been nearly a week and info about the new WoW expansion is still trickling in. Definitely don't love this approach. What I just watched about the changes to the new player experience as well as the new dedicated returning player experience was really interesting though.
I just landed on Tatooine while the Spaceport Chaos encounter was on (the one with the bantha calves) and OMG they redid the voice-over for it! That is so random! Anyone else noticed any dynamic encounters getting re-dubbed?
I've never really used heirlooms, it's just that I saw all this story about a year ago in Remix so there's nothing new to see...
Still playing MoP Classic, but my progress has been glacial: #Warcraft
Not a fan after just watching two lowbies get bullied by a rushing level 80 in the Esseles for not running wall to wall sufficiently quickly/correctly. I just feel it sends the wrong signal, that wanting to race is the "correct" way to do flashpoints. Sucks for new players.
Did You Know that in #SWTOR you can unlock the TF-6 Striker Mount for FREE!? Link your SWTOR Account to Twitch before September 16th and watch any stream to unlock this limited edition mount before its gone! Guide todayintor.com/2024/07/24/h... #starwars #swtorfamily
With the removal of group conversations and cut scenes from group finder flashpoints in the latest patch, I wanted to pay a little tribute to this feature that I'll miss. 🥲 #SWTOR
Not sure how I feel about Dimensius story mode. I wiped 4 times to 1-shot mechanics, once while he was already emoting about being defeated, which was very annoying. Kinda feel like a single solo fight shouldn't take half an hour to get done, but it was also epic. Can't wait to see LFR. 😆 #Warcraft
You knew I'd have to jot down some thoughts about the #WoW Midnight announcement, right? Here you go (so I can get it out of my system):
I was wondering just what the heck was going on after the #SWTOR patch for my game to crash to desktop no less than five times - someone on the forum found the source: crashes are now caused by hovering over the "play" icon on the quest tracker. Definitely one of the weirder bugs I've seen...
Game Update 7.7.1 "Flashpoint Resurgence" is now live! Read for all the details about the content included in this update! www.swtor.com/info/news/ar...
I was kind of surprised by that one as well. I guess the idea is that people will mind it less with all the cut scenes skipped, but at the same time I can't imagine it being very interesting without them... guess we'll be encouraged to find out.
Here’s all you need to know about the newest Galactic Season “Flashpoint Resurgence” coming tomorrow, August 19! www.swtor.com/info/news/%5...
It can make you a bit crazy if you're constantly checking whether the encounter is up, but aside from that... it's quite chill to park a character with the food and refreshed buffs at the spot and just log them whenever you see the encounter is running.
I've made working on this one my latest project. Missing only 1 or 2 achievements now...
Today in #WorldofWarcraft , I chime in on the discourse about the story of the latest patch and where it puts the War Within and the Worldsoul Saga:
It's been another good week for my ops team and me in #SWTOR:
Enjoy those levels while you can, only 100 left!
Though also... WoW expansion announcement the same day! Always the way...
New Galactic Season starts next Tuesday! *cracks knuckles*
Glad it's not just me who thought these were weird categories! 😂
Today in #SWTOR - just a little ramble about what I've been up to recently:
Never found that out. 😛
I had a dream last night that Vaylin's voice actress had been recast and that was just... very random. #SWTOR
Looking for a cute, cuddly and reliable companion to explore K'aresh? Here's your chance to pick one up for yourself! Ghosts of K’aresh is NOW LIVE and i'm able to give away two Vulpine Familiars! Simply like and repost to enter, ends on 10.08! #WoW_Partner #WorldofWarcraft
R.I.P. mining while hovering in the air. It always felt too fun to be allowed, but Blizzard left it in for so long I was starting to hope they were fine with it. But no, the latest patch has disabled it again. #WorldofWarcraft
Is it weird that I'm put off by playing the WoW patch by the fact that all my banks are a mess now due to the bank slot revamp, and Altoholic isn't working? I kinda feel like a lot of "work" will be required until it feels like all my chars are functioning properly again... 🙁
With the big #WorldofWarcraft patch coming today/tomorrow, I wanted to jot down some thoughts about what I've been up to over the last couple of months. Lots of chasing rewards from different sources, though Collector's Bounty actually led me down a completely different rabbit hole:
Not the freshest take at this point, considering that 7.7 has been out for a couple of months, but I still wanted to write a bit about the dynamic encounters that were added to 7 more planets with this patch: #SWTOR
It was really divisive. A lot of new and more casual players said it was the best thing ever - and then unsubscribed because they were "done". The more established/group content-focused base mostly came to loathe it (for more than one reason).
I haven't forgotten about MoP Classic! You can read about my tentative first few adventures here:
None of these are *designed* to be soloable, some experienced players with maxed out gear are just able to do so anyway. When it comes to MMO players online, you'll always find a disproportionate number of claims about how easy everything is that is not representative of the player base as a whole.
Today's #SWTOR dev stream contained a lot of interesting updates, and I had a lot of thoughts. From what I loved to what still wasn't quite what I was hoping for, you can find it all here (the flashpoint changes were the biggest bit of news to me personally):
I just wanted to thank you for live-tweeting this, because when the stream dropped temporarily I got a bit lost and this thread helped me catch up! 😄
Was very pleased to join @thisweekinaurebesh.bsky.social 's #SWTOR guild #NewOutriders for a fun little guild event last night. I did a little write-up here:
Rare that something in an open chat channel in WoW actually makes me laugh, but this ad did.
Supposedly Timewalking isn't affected by Collector's Bounty, but the Deathcharger just dropped in my Strat run and 2 people already had it! Someone said they'd seen it 3x already. The one who looted asked for bids and I "won" it for 100 gold. Not how I expected to get this but not gonna complain...
Joining Swtorista's DvL farm for nearly 3 hours today was quite something! On some bosses Starparse had me down as the only healer, I felt like I was doing community service. 😂 Down to only needing 3 bosses on Star Forge, wonder if should try to get them (got everything done on Darth Malgus though).
Mark your calendars! We will be hosting the Game Update 7.7.1 livestream on July 30th at 1:00pm CT / 6:00pm UTC over on Twitch! We’ll be going over all the features in the upcoming update. See you soon! www.twitch.tv/swtor
With War Within's next major patch only a couple of weeks away, I've been focusing on finishing up some pre-patch goals. Today I beat the Underpin on ?? difficulty for example. Some thoughts:
What gets you more, all the people trying to sell it at 200 million or that the most recent sale was apparently at 345 credits? 😆
I said that was just mean and looked after this DK with extra care after that (I was healing). The whole group did several more runs and everyone was jovial even in the face of some mishaps. It was a nice change of pace but also a sad reminder that what happened to that DK is all too common. (2/2)
Did a timewalking dungeon in #WoW today and a newly dinged DK apologised for being new at their class the moment we zoned in. Me and another pug were like "it's fine, it's just timewalking, we'll smash it" and they said their last group had kicked them without a word after the first boss. (1/2)
Not holding my breath at the moment, but who knows? I think XR-53 has been well done so they do have someone who knows how to create boss fights!
I cleared both Scum & Villainy and Dread Palace on master mode this week (DP was also timed) and I haven't felt this good about doing ops with my guild in a while. ❤️ #SWTOR
Need a few more Dark vs Light bosses? On the Star Forge server? I'm putting together some community #SWTOR groups to help people get their missing DvL bosses for achievements! swtorista.com/articles/spe...
This Week in Aurebesh: Unstruck. The end of SAG-AFTRA's video game voice actor strike has big implications for Star Wars: The Old Republic. I discuss the end of the strike and wonder if the biggest story update to #SWTOR in years might not be too far away! www.generic-hero.com/ThisWeekinAu...
Matching!
Random akk puppy pet appreciation post, they like adorable little land sharks 🦈#SWTOR
Lots going on in #WorldofWarcraft recently, too much for me to talk about it all, but this has been my favourite new feature recently:
Just some short thoughts on this year's #SWTOR Nightlife event so far:
I wasn't sure about neighbourhoods (never played an MMO that had them) but I've got to admit endeavors (shared neighbourhood tasks/progress) sound like my kind of crack. Maintaining the guild housing in Neverwinter kept me with that game long after I'd stopped having fun with it otherwise.
Been a little while since we had one of those "Look at the new stuff oh no something is wrong take it down take it down" kinda days! 😂 Here's hoping they're able to figure out what's wrong soon.
"All Chips are now Legacy Currency" - YES, FINALLY! I don't know why they didn't shout this from the rooftops during the dev stream; it's the only thing I wanted from this year's event 😄
Impressions of and experiences with the Mists of Pandaria pre-patch - tl;dr: I was reminded of multiple class changes I didn't like and played through the panda starting zone, which I did like #WoWClassic
A litle something just in time for the weekend! With Mists of Pandaria Classic releasing on July 21st, i get to give away one Sha-Infused Epic Pack! To enter, simply like and repost! Winner will be drawn on July 17th. #WoW_Partner #MoPClassic
Shocked to hear this news, and I can't even imagine how you feel right now. 😢 Keeping you in my thoughts and wishing you strength to deal with the days ahead.
Today, I published a random mini-guide for GMs of smaller guilds looking for tips on how to choose the right planet for Conquest: #SWTOR
It might be that it was just a player who had been temporarily transformed into another race by a toy or something like that. There's a lot of that going around nowadays.
I hit level 85 in Cata Classic today - notes on my journey to the level cap so shortly before Classic is meant to transition into Mists of Pandaria: #WorldofWarcraft
This kind of stuff is definitely one of my favourite parts of #WorldofWarcraft, when people do silly stuff just because they can.
It's been a week! #SWTOR
As we're (slowly) approaching the end of #SWTOR Galactic Season 8, I've done my usual thing of reviewing what I liked and disliked about it. Feel free to chime in with your own comments!
You may have done it before, I remember at some point there was some sort of reset that hid some areas again on my char that had done the Galactic Explorer achievement.
Whatever else you may want to say about modern #WorldofWarcraft , there's ALWAYS something going on recently. Here's what I've been up to myself over the past month or so:
Love it when I encounter a totally unexpected SWTOR shout-out somewhere. In his latest WoW Classic video, J1mmy blames SWTOR for making him an altoholic: "That game breeds early game fiends". 😂 (link goes to the relevant section)
I was able to tick off a rare achievement in #SWTOR this past week - here's the story:
Unlike my SWTOR feed, these were created with @blueskyfeedcreator.com since I couldn't get @skyfeed.app to combine inclusions and exclusions in the way I wanted. Gotta say Feed Creator's UI is much more accessible; I just missed the instant preview function.
I've created two WoW-themed feeds for more niche topics that seemed to get drowned out in the bigger feeds: 📝WoW Text Posts - if you're looking for people just chatting or writing about WoW 🪙 WoW Classic - what it says in the title I hope someone other than me finds these useful. #WorldofWarcraft
Very relevant for SWTOR!
Last week I spent some time in Cataclysm Classic, levelling through Northrend. Here are some adventures I had and general impressions: #WorldofWarcraft
I saw a person on Discord who said they cycled through all their alts to do this encounter over 500 times chasing that achievement and still haven't got it, which is why they've now unsubbed. I don't quite know what to think of that.
Hm, current Ilum wasn't introduced until 2013, so that timeline is a bit off. A few months later the need to knock him down was removed altogether. But it doesn't really matter, was just wondering.
Oh, were there no grenades at the beginning? I thought those were always there for groups without knockbacks. I'm just sad he dies like any normal boss now.
Yes! I was so baffled when I first ran into the cap and realised there had been no warning about it whatsoever. SWTOR's can be a bit overzealous with how soon it tells you that you're getting "close" to the cap, but that WoW has nothing of the sort built in still astounds me.
As someone who still kind of misses the original iteration of that fight, even though it's been gone for SO long, I enjoyed this little story. I seem to remember having a similar moment of making the connection to Return of the Jedi.
So I found this recent game dev talk by Ion Hazzikostas online, which I thought was absolutely fascinating: some thoughts and a link to the video: #WorldofWarcraft
Not at all, I thought the same at first! But then I made a point of actually checking my balance before taking off and was disappointed. 😂
It's a small thing, but I don't like that since the latest #SWTOR patch, the map no longer shows the costs of taxi rides. Not sure whether that's a bug or an intended change either... but it means I can no longer tell whether the taxi or quick travel would be the better deal in some cases.
Hah, I didn't even know there was going to be another mount!
I'm not really interested in playing Mists of Pandaria Classic, but I do have one goal related to it - which requires me to make some preparations. #WorldofWarcraft
The old ranked rewards ceased to be symbols of "exceptional skill and dedication" when the devs introduced the current PvP seasons. Advancing the track didn't really require particular skill, and you could even buy out some levels with credits. This doesn't make much of a difference at this point.
Unlike many, I haven't had the urge to create any new characters just yet, but I've been having a lot of fun with the new dynamic encounters: #SWTOR
WoW Retail isn't perfect, but it's loads better than it was even just five years ago. MOP's Justin opines on the specific content and philosophies that reversed the MMORPG's fortunes: @worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com
All #SWTOR servers are once again available!
I guess that's one reason for them to sell those speeder bundles... 😂
The main story won't continue yet because of the voice actors' strike.
We will be taking the servers offline on May 28, 2025 at 7:00am CT / 12:00pm UTC to deploy Game Update 7.7 "Dynamic Worlds". Estimated downtime is 4 hours. A full list of patch notes can be found here on Tuesday: www.swtor.com/patchnotes
No, it's no longer supported but you can replace it with any authenticator app (including a desktop one if you prefer that). I use Google Authenticator myself.
It is Tuesday night and no more Andor. Bummer.
I have an urge to try and gather from it!
As I'm starting to finish up my first Galactic Season 8 goals, I decided to take a look back at what came before and how we got to where we are now: #SWTOR