The new boss Izax from patch 5.8 of Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR) doesn’t do things by halves. After less than 10 seconds, all players are dead.
The latest patch for Star Wars: The Old Republic will be released next week. The biggest feature for fans of challenging operations is likely to be the fresh boss Izax, one of the “Machine Gods” from which later the religions on Zakuul emerged. However, Izax is not a quick snack!
The boss Izax in veteran mode is particularly difficult and is likely to remind players more of the nightmare difficulty. He is so powerful that the first fight on the PTR ended after exactly 8 seconds – then Izax had wiped out the players.
Even in later attempts, things went rather poorly for the players. While some groups made it to phase 4, they were then mowed down by a horde of additional adds. The trailer for the boss was presented in the developer livestream; here is the relevant excerpt:
In story mode, Izax seems to forgive more mistakes; he has already been defeated several times there.
New “old” companions – but only for the Empire
Players of the Empire can look forward to the return of two special companions – at least if they play the corresponding classes.
- Ashara, the student of the Sith Inquisitor, returns as a companion. She has spent the last few years on Voss studying the Force – without her master. She is exclusive to the Sith Inquisitor.
- Vector, the mysterious “bug man,” also returns. Vector is exclusive to the Imperial Agent.
In the stream, the developers also revealed that there are still many plans for 2018, such as Kira returning as a companion. But there are also already plans for “2019 and beyond” that they do not want to talk about yet.
Aside from that, the conquest system is being revised. The interface is now clearer and the rewards for various tasks have been adjusted to better match their difficulty.
By the way, there are no major changes to class balance in patch 5.8. The developers want to address that in update 5.9.
Are you looking forward to patch 5.8, Ashara, and Vector? Are you going straight for the new boss? Or are you hoping for the announcement of a new expansion?
The roadmap for SWTOR has also been presented – at least spring 2018 is secured.
