With the new format being widely accepted by our listeners we continued on just openly discussing SWTOR. This week our focus is on Game Update 1.1 and Patch 1.1.0a. We talk about some of the problems with Ilum that arose and how much fun Samm had playing in Ilum as a republic player.
Today’s patch fixes some of the combat issues found in Star Wars: The Old Republic. The delay when activating the player abilities during low framerate situations has been significantly improved. I noticed this myself last night while PvP’ing where I hit some rough spots due to an insane number of bolts of lighting flying across my screen. To view today’s full list of patch notes read on below.
The future certainly is looking bright for The Old Republic. Patch 1.1 Rise of the Rakghouls has just hit and Bioware reveals a new video detailing what we can expect in the coming months. Video is below.
BioWare is making a solid attempt at fixing Ilum with Patch 1.1.0a. After yesterday's mess where players took advantage of leveling up their Valor very quickly on Ilum. Today BioWare's patch addresses some of the issues we saw during our time in Ilum. BioWare has reduced Ilum's population cap to a currently undisclosed number. It also does not say if it will keep the sides balanced. Which unfortunately means we could very well still see the problem of imbalance on the planet. Game optimizations have also been made to help improve Ilum's performance. For the full notes read below.
So you’ve been playing SWTOR for a month. You love the game so much that you’ve registered for your second month of play time. We have great news for you then. You have earned yourself a special title of “Founder”. If you’re a title whore as I am then this news will excite you. If not, well, I guess it’s a reward that you don’t really care about.
With Patch 1.1 hitting today people swarmed to Illum to try out the new changes and continue the previously broken daily quests. However, with the current faction imbalance in favour of the Empire, the Republic are restricted to their Base, while the Sith free farm. Bioware has made a post for feedback on Illum and its not pretty. Read on at your own risk.
Its our first official content update for Star Wars: The Old Republic, and I can honestly say I am glad to see it. With these kinds of updates coming down the pipe one can only imagine what is in store for us in the future. This update brings the coveted anti-aliasing to the game. This will settle the visual enthusiasts urge for the game to look its best. As well SWTOR members are introduced to new end game content including a new flash point, four new bosses in Karagga's Palace. As well the patch includes plenty of bug fixing. Unfortunately, this patch does not include any UI changes save for bug fixes or balancing between classes. The view the entire list of patch notes read more below.
Many people expected the first content patch for SWTOR to hit today unfortunately its not to be. The lovely Amber Green has posted on the official forums that today maintenance has been postponed to ensure the best possible quality. With this being the first content patch Bioware won't want to mess this up. There has been no official date to when the patch will hit, only saying that it will come at a later date subject to additional testing. See the full post below.
With Patch 1.1 Rise of the Rakghouls coming Tuesday 17th January Bioware will be taking the servers down for approximately eight hours. See the full post below.
This weeks episode of the TOROcast the crew is joined by the winner of the site background contest Joshua G. of the Saints of the Old Republic guild. You can stop by and check them out at http://sotor.guildlaunch.com. This weeks episode we talk about the upcoming patch 1.1, discuss how we feel about new content and whether or not it'll make old content obsolete. And at the end of the show we drop some great tips for you to use during your time playing SWTOR. Download the show and have a listen.
