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Star Wars: The Old Republic: The Roadmap Through 2015

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
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Star Wars: The Old Republic Producer Bruce Maclean has posted a brand new blog article that lays out the roadmap for 2015. The letter reminds players of the four pillars that SWTOR launched with: combat, exploration, progression and story. As previously announced, 2015 will be focused primarily on bringing more story to players, a process that began with December 2014's Shadow of Revan expansion.

With this in mind, Maclean has revealed the target dates and first information for updates coming this year to Star Wars: The Old Republic:


  • February 12th: Game Update 3.1

    • Hard Mode Flashpoint: Blood Hunt

    • Hard Mode Flashpoint: Battle for Rishi

    • Start of PvP Season 4

  • Spring: Game Update 3.2

    • Outfit Designer

      • Stay tuned for a blog on this awesome new feature coming soon!

    • A new story arc on the planet Ziost.

      • This story arc takes us to the Imperial homeworld of Ziost, where we answer many of the questions posed by the cliffhanger at the end of Shadow of Revan.

    • End of PvP Season 4 and the Start of Season 5

  • And Beyond!

    • New Stronghold

    • Playable Togruta – I kind of let the Cathar out of the bag on this one last year at the New York Cantina, but now it’s in writing!

The letter goes on to say that the items listed above are only the beginning of updates and improvements coming to SWTOR this year. Maclean indicates that as things progress further along the development path, more will be revealed.

Read the full letter on the Star Wars: The Old Republic site.

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  • HighMarshalHighMarshal Member UncommonPosts: 415

    A new story arc on the planet Ziost.

     

    Couldn't they have at least spelled it Zeist? That would have been funny!

  • BeyornBeyorn Member UncommonPosts: 372
    I was hoping for more since they have talked about story the last couple of weeks ;(.  One planet wont take me long ;(.
     
  • tawesstawess Member EpicPosts: 4,227
    Outfit designer.... Yours for as little as 1 mil cartel coins...

    This have been a good conversation

  • rodingorodingo Member RarePosts: 2,870
    Originally posted by HighMarshal

    A new story arc on the planet Ziost.

     

    Couldn't they have at least spelled it Zeist? That would have been funny!

    Gahh, that brings a bad taste to my mouth.  That whole movie was blasphemy.

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  • TribeofOneTribeofOne Member UncommonPosts: 1,006
    ohh a Twi'lek with horns, how exciting and different!
  • tawesstawess Member EpicPosts: 4,227
    Originally posted by TribeofOne
    ohh a Twi'lek with horns, how exciting and different!

    Well i know more then  a few people who are fans of the Clone Wars series in general and Asoka Tano. So it is a logical step as far as i see it. Ad it is still a step up from the previous one as far as "races at least some people know"

     

     

    This have been a good conversation

  • gwei1984gwei1984 Member UncommonPosts: 413
    That doesnt seem very much in my opinion. Guess ill wait until there is more to do 2016 :(

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  • WizardryWizardry Member LegendaryPosts: 19,332

    I'll be honest,that is a year of pretty poor effort.I am not into pvp at all so there is almost nothing there for me.

    About the only interest i would have is a new race but since combat was so boring for me,a new race won't be enticing either.

    Story,well i know lot's rave about it,no matter i won't try and say otherwise but it is not why i login to a game.There is the problem,i login for the combat and fun of playing my character,there is nothing for me .

    I left FFXIV for the same reason,awesome graphics,some cool looking enemies,but the combat was  just not good enough.

    In a whole year i rather see a SIGNIFICANT effort to bring something into the game that has been missing since day 1,an EPIC combat idea  "a BATTLE EVENT"that brings npc's and players together to defend their home base/city.If FFXI could pull off Besieged then anyone should be able to do it.

    SWTOR is not a high poly game so again it should be able to create an EPIC battle event,that takes place once a day or once a week,whatever just put something epic into the game.Also they should be adding some FUN with the weapons,there was VERY little choice at all,i would expect some combo type weapons involving primary and secondary fire for bonus damage and effects.

    What i see here for a whole year is something that should only take them about 4 months tops and that is if the new class/race is only in testing phase.This to me looks like a VERY small team is working on this game.

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  • whilanwhilan Member UncommonPosts: 3,472
    Originally posted by Wizardry

    I'll be honest,that is a year of pretty poor effort.I am not into pvp at all so there is almost nothing there for me.

    About the only interest i would have is a new race but since combat was so boring for me,a new race won't be enticing either.

    Story,well i know lot's rave about it,no matter i won't try and say otherwise but it is not why i login to a game.There is the problem,i login for the combat and fun of playing my character,there is nothing for me .

    I left FFXIV for the same reason,awesome graphics,some cool looking enemies,but the combat was  just not good enough.

    In a whole year i rather see a SIGNIFICANT effort to bring something into the game that has been missing since day 1,an EPIC combat idea  "a BATTLE EVENT"that brings npc's and players together to defend their home base/city.If FFXI could pull off Besieged then anyone should be able to do it.

    SWTOR is not a high poly game so again it should be able to create an EPIC battle event,that takes place once a day or once a week,whatever just put something epic into the game.Also they should be adding some FUN with the weapons,there was VERY little choice at all,i would expect some combo type weapons involving primary and secondary fire for bonus damage and effects.

    What i see here for a whole year is something that should only take them about 4 months tops and that is if the new class/race is only in testing phase.This to me looks like a VERY small team is working on this game.

    I'm guessing many people such as Wizardly kind of missed this part in the post:

    The letter goes on to say that the items listed above are only the beginning of updates and improvements coming to SWTOR this year.

    I"m not saying that what they haven't revealed will be "Epic" but we should also be aware of all the details including the more to come aspect indicating that what you are seeing is a piece, not the whole.

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  • DrucalionDrucalion Member UncommonPosts: 22
    Looks like you are looking for action combat which you wont find in this game. It is one of the reasons i like SWTOR. I don't want to have to concentrate too much during combat, its ok for a few minutes but after a few hours action combat becomes way too strenuous. I love SWTOR's combat, I like the fact that my action bars are full of choices not like action combat where you have like three buttons to press, attack, block and special ability, which sounds simpler but actually looking for oportunities to block all the time is very tiring after a while.
  • jesteralwaysjesteralways Member RarePosts: 2,560
    Originally posted by whilan
    Originally posted by Wizardry

    I'll be honest,that is a year of pretty poor effort.I am not into pvp at all so there is almost nothing there for me.

    About the only interest i would have is a new race but since combat was so boring for me,a new race won't be enticing either.

    Story,well i know lot's rave about it,no matter i won't try and say otherwise but it is not why i login to a game.There is the problem,i login for the combat and fun of playing my character,there is nothing for me .

    I left FFXIV for the same reason,awesome graphics,some cool looking enemies,but the combat was  just not good enough.

    In a whole year i rather see a SIGNIFICANT effort to bring something into the game that has been missing since day 1,an EPIC combat idea  "a BATTLE EVENT"that brings npc's and players together to defend their home base/city.If FFXI could pull off Besieged then anyone should be able to do it.

    SWTOR is not a high poly game so again it should be able to create an EPIC battle event,that takes place once a day or once a week,whatever just put something epic into the game.Also they should be adding some FUN with the weapons,there was VERY little choice at all,i would expect some combo type weapons involving primary and secondary fire for bonus damage and effects.

    What i see here for a whole year is something that should only take them about 4 months tops and that is if the new class/race is only in testing phase.This to me looks like a VERY small team is working on this game.

    I'm guessing many people such as Wizardly kind of missed this part in the post:

    The letter goes on to say that the items listed above are only the beginning of updates and improvements coming to SWTOR this year.

    I"m not saying that what they haven't revealed will be "Epic" but we should also be aware of all the details including the more to come aspect indicating that what you are seeing is a piece, not the whole.

    I am hoping for engine upgrade, 64 bit client, direct x 11 support and bug squashing(and for the love of god fix the damn bugs still linger from beta!!!) more than adding new content. 

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  • bingbongbrosbingbongbros Member UncommonPosts: 689
    not a very interesting road map for the year... and as a pvp player primarily it is definitely not going to reign me back in

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  • Po_ggPo_gg Member EpicPosts: 5,749
    Originally posted by tawess
    Originally posted by TribeofOne
    ohh a Twi'lek with horns, how exciting and different!

    Well i know more then  a few people who are fans of the Clone Wars series in general and Asoka Tano. So it is a logical step as far as i see it. Ad it is still a step up from the previous one as far as "races at least some people know"

    I think there was a thread / poll earlier (here on mmorpg, not an official one :) ), and most folks expected togruta as a new race, exactly because Ahsoka.

    I personally think clone wars was pathetic, one of the weakest, lamest product within the lore (in close competition with Jar-Jar, the holiday special, and with this new Rebels or whatnot image). Still, if EA thinks togruta sells, then togruta will be the new race, easy as that.

  • Azaron_NightbladeAzaron_Nightblade Member EpicPosts: 4,829
    Originally posted by Po_gg
    Originally posted by tawess
    Originally posted by TribeofOne
    ohh a Twi'lek with horns, how exciting and different!

    Well i know more then  a few people who are fans of the Clone Wars series in general and Asoka Tano. So it is a logical step as far as i see it. Ad it is still a step up from the previous one as far as "races at least some people know"

    I think there was a thread / poll earlier (here on mmorpg, not an official one :) ), and most folks expected togruta as a new race, exactly because Ahsoka.

    I personally think clone wars was pathetic, one of the weakest, lamest product within the lore (in close competition with Jar-Jar, the holiday special, and with this new Rebels or whatnot image). Still, if EA thinks togruta sells, then togruta will be the new race, easy as that.

    I know Togruta were very popular on the official forums poll too: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=765485

    And TCW probably brought a whole new generation of Star Wars fans into the fold. With Rebels continuing that tradition now. (along with the upcoming movies)

    I'm personally happy with the choice, as I like the near-human races better than those hideous alien freaks. =P (Empire 4 life baby!)

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  • elockeelocke Member UncommonPosts: 4,335
    So nothing really "new" aside from cosmetic mechanics and more boring story( I like story just not this game's delivery of it).  This further justifies my uninstalling the game a few weeks ago to make room for better games that have better content that actually "grows" the game and changes all the parts that dont' work, like GW2 and FFXIV and a few others are doing.  Guess my dreams of a proper Star Wars MMO will have to wait another decade or 2 before it's realized if ever.
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  • hikaru77hikaru77 Member UncommonPosts: 1,123
    Originally posted by gwei1984
    That doesnt seem very much in my opinion. Guess ill wait until there is more to do 2016 :(

    Is just for the 1st half of the year, read the letter, where they talk about the 2 DLC, one of them on summer and the big one, probably swtor 4.0 at the end of the year with the release of Episode VII. 

  • HulluckHulluck Member UncommonPosts: 839
    Looking forward to the outfit designer. First thing that I noticed when wanting to customize my character for a certain look.
  • delta9delta9 Member UncommonPosts: 358
    a pretty lackluster year then and another expansion with 3-5 hours of story content and a whole new gear grind?!
  • kjohiokjohio Member UncommonPosts: 35
    The problem with SWTOR is that every new planet since launch does not feel like a planet. At launch, we had planets like Tatooine, Voss, Hoth - these are vast and you feel like you are ona planet. The new, so called, planets feel more like an island. On new planets, you can practically run (if not for exhaustion zones)  from one corner to other in about 15 minutes (on speeder, of course). The new planets feel more like money grab. 
  • FlintsteenFlintsteen Member UncommonPosts: 282

    I wish they would stop using the word "awesome"

     

    A real outfit designer would be nice,  but would be taking a cut of the cartel market outfits,  so I'm not sure it's that.  Maybe if it's made in a way that you could design for free,  but to actually "print" your outfit it would cost cartel coin. That would be a nice feature though,  depending on the CC cost. 

     

    A thing I want more though is appearance tabs.  Extra tabs could even cost CC for all I care. Imo it would be nice to be able to change outfit depending on the planet you are on without having to carry several sets of armor in your inventory.

     

    More story is nice I guess,  but if it's non repeatable story I'm not sure it's such a great idea.  If it's  like the one on Oricon that ended up in us having a dayli area then I guess it's ok.  Not realy what I'm hoping for but better than making content that can only be played once (pr. character) and never again.

     

    I'm hoping for more of a forged alliance approach.  Have a lot of the story play out in flashpoints, but I suspect it will be an Oricon type planet with maybe an added operations boss at the end. Maybe even a full operation.

     

    As roadmaps go it's not looking very far ahead. To me it's more of a glimse of what's to see in the next 2 patches than it's an actual roadmap.

  • Joseph_KerrJoseph_Kerr Member RarePosts: 1,113
    Too bad.
  • NamelusNamelus Member UncommonPosts: 2
    Gee. And still no chat bubbles
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