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Hyperspace Beacon: The SWTOR Summer roadmap might get you back into PvP
Star Wars: The Old Republic producer Keith Kanneg just dropped the next roadmap earlier today, outlining the features upcoming before September and a little bit beyond....
Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR’s Update 5.9 concludes the traitor storyline in classic style
May the fourth be with you, Massively OP readers. I hope you are having a wonderful unofficial Star Wars holiday. And if you're thinking...
Hyperspace Beacon: The SWTOR prank that revealed so much about the hungry fanbase
With April Fool's Day falling on a Sunday, Passover, and Easter, I didn't actually spend a lot of time on the internet watching the...
Hyperspace Beacon: So SWTOR’s Update 5.8 happened
Yesterday, Star Wars: The Old Republic launched the delayed Update 5.8: Command Authority to the servers. BioWare now offers its first complete operation since...
Hyperspace Beacon: Why SWTOR fans should be excited about Fogbank
This week, I'm going to depart a little from the usual insights into the world around Star Wars: The Old Republic and talk about...
Hyperspace Beacon: Carving up the new SWTOR Conquests
The original Lead Systems Designer for Star Wars: The Old Republic was a man named Damion Schubert. A friend of mine used to call...
Hyperspace Beacon: What was not said in the SWTOR 2018 Roadmap
Star Wars: The Old Republic players leaped for joy when Producer Keith Kanneg finally released the winter and spring 2018 roadmap last week. It was...
Hyperspace Beacon: No, Star Wars The Old Republic isn’t on the verge of sunset
I recently read a wild argument based on unsubstantiated rumor that Star War: The Old Republic is nearing its end of life, that BioWare...
Hyperspace Beacon: The case for mature-themed guilds in the SWTOR community
I am a huge advocate for guilds that can remain friendly to the under 18 crowd. One of my favorite Star Wars: The Old...
Hyperspace Beacon: Three things SWTOR could add in 2018 to turn itself around
Star Wars: The Old Republic did not have a banner year in 2017. It was the first year since the launch year that did...
Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR’s 2017 year-end report card
I love the Bartle Taxonomy; it's been around for a long time, and it's still relevant today. This is why when I am given...
Hyperspace Beacon: A six-year retrospective of Star Wars The Old Republic
Happy birthday, Star Wars: The Old Republic. I don't think your birthday has actually ever fallen on the same day that my article released,...
Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR, it’s time to destroy the Eternal Empire
Those players who were looking for consequence in their Star Wars: The Old Republic storyline can, I'm glad to say, look to Knights of...
Hyperspace Beacon: First impressions of SWTOR’s Chiss flashpoint
Yesterday, Star Wars: The Old Republic launched update 5.6, which gave us many new quality-of-life changes to the game as well as our first...
Hyperspace Beacon: Assessing SWTOR one week after the big server merges
Many people believe that server merges are innately bad because in games like ArcheAge (or even all the way back to Star Wars Galaxies),...
Hyperspace Beacon: Datamining suggests big changes for SWTOR’s companions
It might be a little hypocritical of me to read into the datamined information from Star Wars: The Old Republic's upcoming patch 5.6, but...
Hyperspace Beacon: Star Wars The Old Republic’s cash shop is finally on the right track
Many of you will immediately turn to the free-to-play model of Star Wars: The Old Republic and reject my even thinking about the cash...
Hyperspace Beacon: 10 things you need to know about SWTOR’s Chiss
Star Wars: The Old Republic will launch its sixth major update since Knights of the Eternal Throne at the end of November. It will...
Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR’s 5.5 adds cringeworthy changes in the name of balance
Today, when I talk about the balance of a class, I hope you'll understand that I come from the perspective of a PvEer and...
Hyperspace Beacon: The pros and cons of SWTOR’s United Forces server merges
First, if you're hoping this is going to be an article hating on server merges and declaring them the ruination of an MMO community,...
