star wars the old republic

Official Site: Star Wars: The Old Republic
Studio: BioWare/Electronic Arts
Launch Date: December 20, 2011
Genre: Sci-Fi Themepark
Business Model: Hybrid F2P (Optional Sub, Cash Shop)
Platform: PC

Craig Zinkievich’s Aliens shooter is looking more and more like an MMOFPS after all

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A couple of years ago, several key devs who once built MMOs for Cryptic - Craig Zinkievich, Shannon Posniewski, and Matt Highison - announced...
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Global Chat: Little things that add up to a great MMO

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Ever find yourself running down a list of "little things" that impress you and keep you busy in an MMO when you're trying to...

Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR’s year-end report card for 2018

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Every year, I place Star Wars: The Old Republic on a scale and weigh it against the Bartle Taxonomy, giving the different aspects letter...
This went over great.

Vague Patch Notes: How to make your points and exit gracefully from online debates

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It's 2019, people. Let's do this. And by do this I of course mean learn to actually debate things in a way that might wind up changing...
Yarr, cut out all carbs, got much lighter.

Global Chat: How do we fight early access disasters?

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With the year in MMOs ending on a sour note due to the botched rollouts of both Fallout 76 and Atlas, blogger Endgame Variable...

The Stream Team: Double agent fun in SWTOR’s Jedi Under Siege

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In order to work for the Republic, Massively OP's MJ apparently has to go back to work for the Empire. And that's after being...

The Stream Team: Happy 7th birthday SWTOR!

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Massively OP's Larry and MJ are taking a break from Choose My Alignment to bring you a SWTOR anniversary stream! The game from a...
Fences!

Vague Patch Notes: Understanding systems before you talk about them

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Here's a fun question to consider. What were Emblems of Valor and Emblems of Heroism designed to do in World of Warcraft? Yes, they were...
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Choose My Adventure: Summarizing our MMO adventures in 2018

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Sometimes I wonder how people think things work behind the scenes here at Massively Overpowered, so let me give a little peek behind the...

The Daily Grind: Do you start over when you come back to an MMO?

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In looking over my history with MMORPGs this year, one trend leaps out at me: In pretty much every old favorite that I returned...
Because it's not real.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 201: Under siege from new content

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Justin and Bree discuss holiday events across the MMO world, PlanetSide Arena, SWTOR's Jedi Under Siege, Elite Dangerous, EverQuest, LOTRO, and Pantheon, with mailbag questions on MMO-like communities and ditching MMO quests.
Ohhh snap.

Star Wars: The Old Republic celebrates seven years with firework backpacks

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It's been seven years of playing in Star Wars: The Old Republic, and to celebrate the occasion, players can strap a volatile mixture of explosives...

Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMO stories of 2018

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We've got a lot of awards going out over the next couple of weeks about the "best" and "biggest" of this and that. But...

Hyperspace Beacon: First impressions of SWTOR 5.10 ‘Jedi Under Siege’

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Faith in BioWare products has been waning as of late, but Star Wars: The Old Republic seemed to always maintain a core fan base....

The Stream Team: Jumping into SWTOR’s Jedi Under Siege

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New content off the port bow! Jedi Under Siege, the next chapter in the SWTOR story, has released, and Massively OP's Larry and MJ...

Star Wars: The Old Republic’s Jedi Under Siege update goes live today

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You'll never guess what's happening to whom in Star Wars: The Old Republic's newest update, Jedi Under Siege. Believe it or not, the Jedi...

Hyperspace Beacon: Why PVPers are abandoning SWTOR – again

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I don't usually like to jump into the PvE-v-PvP debate because no one wins, but I have started to see an exodus of PvPers...
I don't like this, but hey, someone did.

Vague Patch Notes: MMO emulation as a paean for the dead vs. a mockery of the living

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If you ever need to know why we'll happily cover Star Wars Galaxies emulators and not Ultima Online emulators here on Massively Overpowered, the reason is...

The Stream Team: Taking care of Blizzness in SWTOR

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Massively OP's Larry and MJ need to take care of Blizzness in SWTOR. They will be finishing up the Blizz recruitment quests, hoping to...
I'm definitely an elf!

Perfect Ten: The healthiest live MMORPGs at the end of 2018

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Another year is coming to a close! That means we're doing all of our usual end-of-year recaps, and that also means that we're once...

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