Through all the doom-and-gloom surrounding Star Wars: The Old Republic over the past few months, SWTOR’s presence was a bit better than we expected, and we learned a couple of neat things about the future of the game at the show. All the presentation focused on some of the highlights of what players can expect to see in Star Wars: The Old Republic this year. There are some significant developments and additions coming this year, so let’s LOOK into it!
New Planet: Makeb
Makeb is an actual full-blown new planet that players will be able to run around on with full of hours and hours of new storyline content. Makeb’s content will base on the storyline of the rise of the Hutt Cartel. In short, the Hutts are making a play for control of the galaxy and Makeb is where it all begins. Players of both the Empire and Republic factions will land on Makeb in an effort to squash the efforts of the Hutts before they really take form.
New Companion: HK-51
BioWare is still tapping into this interest from players by introducing a new companion, an HK-51 droid, to the game later this year.
In any case, HK-51 will finally be coming to SWTOR power leveling and players can look forward to an involved storyline in order to acquire him.
For a little added background, HK-51 droids were advanced variants of HK-50 assassin droids that created by G0-T0 in the HK Manufacturing Plant content that was pulled from the original release of Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords. This content was re-added to the game as part of an unofficial patch released by fans following the game’s release.
New Warzone: Ancient Hypergates
Ancient Hypergates would be an 8v8 Warzone on the planet Selene featuring an all-new gameplay mechanic. No word on whether or not Ancient Hypergates would be same-faction enabled, but given the trend of recently released Warzones and updates to existing Warzones,it’s safe to say that Ancient Hypergates will follow suit.
New Race: Cathar
Cathar seemed to be the most obvious choice for anyone with a cynical viewpoint. This is, of course, due to their humanoid appearance and prevalence within the game as NPCs. Again, no word on exactly when the Cathar will show up, but it wouldn’t be surprised to see them as unlockable via the Legacy System.
Notable Cathar include KOTOR's Juhani and SWTOR's Trooper companion, Aric Jorgan.
New Space Combat Mission: Space Station Assault
Space Station Assault is a new, much more challenging, space mission that will send players flying through the inside of a space station. Think the Death Star assault in Return of the Jedi.
New Operation: Terror from Beyond
Terror from Beyond continues the endgame Dread Masters storyline that players have been following over the last couple of months. The short of it is the Dread Masters have opened some gates they probably shouldn’t have and a number of vicious beasties have spilled forth from within.
Level Cap Bump
Exactly how much of a level bump wasn’t mentioned, but we did learn that there would be some form of SWTOR power leveling bump coming with whatever update introduces the Makeb content. The level bump will come along with new talents and abilities, some of which were teased in the SWTOR E3 trailer.
Free-to-Play…Up to Level 15!
Similar to the ‘Forever Free’ program in Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, players will be able to play Star Wars: The Old Republic completely free of charge up to level 15, beginning next month.
Nightmare Mode: Explosive Conflict
Raiders in SWTOR power leveling have been waiting for this since the release of Update 1.2: Legacy, but it looks like this won’t be making it in until after 1.3: Allies.
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