A boss in SWTOR ends his life himself, granting players swift progress in Galactic Command.
As part of the latest update of Star Wars: The Old Republic, players have been provided with a few new bits of content. Among them are the “Uprisings,” the uprisings that players must crush. Typically, these small events are structured so that there are different phases – some of which include intermediate and final bosses.
Lord Anril apparently does not care much for his existence as an intermediate boss and often ends the fight in a particularly elegant way after just a few seconds: He commits suicide.
Players can avoid a lengthy battle and complete the corresponding uprising significantly faster than intended by the developers.
In the official forum, Community Manager Eric Musco has already spoken up and explained that this is an exploit.
Although exploits and their dissemination are usually strictly punished by BioWare, this time they are turning a blind eye because Lord Anril often meets his demise prematurely without any special intervention from players.
No one wants to punish players who simply want to play an uprising and have no intention of exploiting it to progress faster in the ranks of Galactic Command. Since the respective uprising would be particularly lucrative even without this error, players would farm it permanently anyway.
Nonetheless, it is possible to discern who accidentally triggers this error and who does so intentionally.
A patch for the error will likely not come until January 25, as the next update with version number 5.1 goes live then.
