Less RNG, more challenges for groups and solo players and walkers in the battlefield – SWTOR has a lot planned.
SWTOR is currently celebrating its fifth anniversary, and the colleagues at mmorpg.com took this opportunity to have an extensive conversation with Ben Irving from BioWare. In his interview, he talks a lot about the history and SWTOR, as well as the good atmosphere among the developers, but also about the future and some complaints from players. We have summarized and translated the most important statements for you.
The next major patch for Star Wars: The Old Republic is planned for January – currently, January 24 is the target date. There will already be some significant changes, such as the “Master Chapters”.
“All 25 chapters will receive a Master Mode in January. The chapters in Master Mode are intended for solo players, but are considered one of the toughest challenges. You need the best gear in the game and companions with a high influence level to succeed.”
Developers faced significant criticism for parts of the “Galactic Command”. While much of it works well, hardcore players are bothered by the high RNG factor. If someone wants to save specifically for a helmet or belt (or any other specific piece of armor), they are left empty-handed. One is completely at the mercy of chance.
“We agree that we need to make some changes. We will make it easier and add more paths through which operation players and PvPers can obtain gear.”
Lastly, there was discussion about whether the walkers, which players could control in KotET throughout the story, could also be brought into PvP.
“If we were to do something like that, we would probably implement it first as a power-up in a war zone, so that one person can become ‘Whatever’ instead of 8vs8. But all these things are being discussed, and we just need to figure out what makes sense and how it works properly.”
In summary, it can be said that SWTOR has a lot planned for 2017 as well.
You can find the complete interview in the original English as usual in our sources.
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