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 to live, then it’s not as bad as it first appears. So what is the new armor and what does it take to obtain it? The answer to the first question is pretty simple: It’s 258-rated armor, which essentially just the next step in the armor progression. Of course, there are static set bonuses as there have been in every piece of armor up to this point from the dawn of the game, if I’m not mistaken. And the stats jump up with 278 in the main stat (Mastery) and 240 in endurance. Obtaining it is the more difficult part, and it’s also where I’m a little torn. Let’s get crafters involved I’ve always been an advocate of getting crafters involved in … [Read more...] about Hyperspace Beacon: Obtaining the Masterwork armor in SWTOR Update 5.10
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MMO Week in Review: What happens in EVE Vegas… actually gets reported on right here
CCP Games had plenty to show at this year’s EVE Vegas, hopefully enough to allay concerns over its recent acquisition by Black Desert’s Pearl Abyss. MOP’s Brendan has thus far reported on the 2019 launch of EVE Online mobile adaptation EVE Echoes, Project Nova’s development news and pre-alpha, and big changes coming to EVE Online – including a revamp of the wardec system that doesn’t suck. We’ve got plenty more coming, so stay tuned to the latest in our EVE Vegas landing page, and then read on to catch up with the very best of this week’s MMO news and opinions today as every Sunday in Massively Overpowered’s Week in Review! EVE VEGAS 2018 THIS WEEK’S TOP STORIES WoW Factor: Examining excitement, accomplishment, and elitism in Battle for Azeroth - It's been a while, and for good reason. But now that we're nearly three months into Battle for Azeroth, the World of Warcraft community as a whole has had some… Vague … [Read more...] about MMO Week in Review: What happens in EVE Vegas… actually gets reported on right here
Working As Intended: Returning to Star Wars Galaxies – in 2018
If you’ve followed the Massively OP Podcast this summer or read any of my ramblings in Daily Grinds and WRUPs, you probably know that I fell into a nostalgia trap, the best kind of nostalgia trap because it’s not really nostalgia at all. In fact, it was one of you lovely readers who suggested during our Star Wars Galaxies 15th anniversary stream on the original SWGemu that we try out a semi-new emulator, an NGE emulator, one called Legends. I bookmarked it, and one bored day in July, I sat down and figured out how to get it up and running. I got logged in. I made a new toon. I slogged through the old tutorial. I didn’t really expect much, but I decided to give it a try, figuring at least I’ve have something to talk about on the next podcast. I emerged on Tatooine, scribbled down a plan, and got to work. And I haven’t really wanted to play anything else since. We go back a long way, Star Wars Galaxies and me. I had been playing MMORPGs almost six … [Read more...] about Working As Intended: Returning to Star Wars Galaxies – in 2018
Hyperspace Beacon: The sorry state of roleplay in Star Wars: The Old Republic
Play SWTOR for freeSince 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 world where there is little support for our gameplay style from the developers. Some of you might remember the late ’80s, but for those who don’t that was a period of time when the only thing keeping Star Wars alive were the RPGs. Timothy Zahn would not pen Heir to the Empire until 1991, the best video game we had was arcade-only made in ’83, and The Phantom Menace was well over a decade away. This was the period of time that the keeper-of-canon Pablo Hidalgo started his quest to become a part of the Lucasfilm family. It was the time when only two things were keeping the Star Wars alive: the Kenner toys and West End … [Read more...] about Hyperspace Beacon: The sorry state of roleplay in Star Wars: The Old Republic
The Worst to Best SWTOR Class Storylines
Well, there isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t get at least a few hits on the site for people looking for what the ‘best’ storyline in Star Wars The Old Republic is. It’s a tricky subject matter because it is almost entirely subjective. What does someone define as ‘the best’? It’s like all those people who claim that the game isn’t “Star Wars”-y enough but can never actual explain what the hell that means. And while all the reviews aren’t finished yet, I have indeed played through every single class story at this point. So I might as well give people what they keep asking for. This is my personal Worst to Best Class Storylines for Star Wars: The Old Republic. #8: Trooper Anyone who has read my review for the Trooper should not be surprised to find this at the bottom of the list. The problem is just that the entire Trooper story pretty much ends with Chapter One. … [Read more...] about The Worst to Best SWTOR Class Storylines