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SWTOR expansion confirmed
jpnz
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http://www.swtor.com/buy?intcmp=sor_bwa-mkt-t-us-hp-012
It is on the official SWTOR site so it should be legitamate.
Looks pretty good so I'm happy with that. Gives me time to level my BH to 50 as well.
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Are you sure it was SWTOR? It's only to lvl 50 so far
Super excited for this! Hopefully it does well so we can look forward to more content along these lines.
I wonder if Cathar will make it out in time for the expansion...
Intresting, looks like you can't use cartel coins to buy the DLC like in other Freemium titles.
Also of note, it appears there is no class stories.hIt's my contention this was originally designed to be normal, (no extra charge) content, and was repurposed in the spring. (WHen the marketing survey went out.)
Considering that in the spring, they were considering only raising the level by two levels, I'm not sure how much content there actually is on Makeb.
Going by the title of the Expansion, "Rise of the Hutt Cartel", I guess they are using content that was originally slated for Patch 1.4 That includes a daily and a Operation "Scum and Villiany".
They also have content form previously slated 1.5 to draw upon, Ratka Prime, which has a daily, a flashpoint, and an Operation.
Perhaps they cobbled together original 1.4, original 1.5, and Makeb?
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It would have been nicer if it had more than that. The expansion just contains stuff that has been mentioned since way before F2P was even announced. They were deliberating whether to make Makeb free or chargeable, guess it is now chargeable. They should stick some more goodiee in with that, like another speeder, more armour, robes, etc. As it is it does not seem meaty enough for an expansion, but as Yoda says "size matters not!"
If going to get it may as well sub I suppose, will get 30 days time for only $5
I don;t htink the Cathar have anything along th lines of a back story, and certainly not a starter zone.
In all likelihood, they will be a purchasble legacy unlock in the cartel shop.
They are going to be a purchasable unlock in the store, but that doesn't mean they have no chance of being released alongside the expansion content. As for having a starter zone, species don't have starter zones in SWTOR (classes do), so this is irrelevant. Backstory has been established in the Expanded Universe for some time now (Juhani, KOTOR; Aric Jorgan, SWTOR, etc.).
True.
They don't mention the Cathar in any of their FAQ info: http://www.swtor.com/support/helpcenter/7137 and http://www.swtor.com/rothc.
In theory, they could very well be released before the expansion.
They have also confirmed that the expansion cannot tbe paid with cartel coins. So if a subber thought he could save up their complimentary coins to purchase the expansion, no such luck.
Out of curiosity, what do you think of switching a content update (as presented in June) to now a paid expansion to be released in the spring of 2013?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4g9qpfTLyM&feature=player_detailpage#t=386s
*edited a typo and the implication Makeb was ready to be released as is in June.
It is not what I would call an expansion, but now they have released it as an expansion, SWTOR now gets an expansion, so makes previous discussions of there never being an expansion void, although persoanlly if they do another expansion with totally new stuff, then I will call that the first expansion. Although they do say more info is coming.
When I went to link in OP I did not see anything as it was so small, but better links to it here:
http://www.swtor.com/rothc?intcmp=sor_bwa-mkt-t-us-rhp-004
http://www.swtor.com/support/helpcenter/7137
I am not preordering, will wait to see what it is all about first. Having 5 days early access is not exactly great incentive to bother
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Hardly an expansion. 10$ for a new planet and 5 levels with VO for story that is for an entire faction. Yeah, the story is not for class story, hate to burst your bubble but this was announced when they initially announced Makeb like what, 8 months ago?
No new nothing else. A new planet in SWTOR = one new zone. Sure, they have big zones, but its still not quite as great as anyone could imagine unfortunately. Unless the zone is as big as Belsavis, I would not get your hopes up. There is another glaring issue people are missing here. What does this do to current end game content? It will make it a joke? Orrr...will they force you to level in order to see it again by scaling it? There is no strong win here either way. ALOT of people will be pissed if they are forced to level again in order to see content they have already experienced. ALOT of people will be pissed if this makes the game all of a sudden have 0 end game instanced content because none of it is relevant anymore.
I just find it funny that some people are starting to forget about the disappointment they expressed when they had heard Makeb was going to be a charged expansion, instead of an update they were told in the beginning.
On top of that, for subbed players, it's also charged and not being able to use the cartel coins to purchase it, to me, is a slap in the face.
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Also, this renders all their current Raids Obsolete. Amazing. LOL
That sucks. although was able to with LOTRO latest expansion, but SOE no longer does this either now. Last years expansion could be bought with SC, but this years could not.
They probably have not gotten enough money back for SWTOR yet, so need all the extra money they can get, without giving it away for "free"
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+1
Cant wait for the exansion.
Won´t buy until I see some compelling gameplay footage from "Makeb".
All previous planets were linear, static and copy paste feeling enough.
If they do they same old static planet concept again with Makeb, I´ll pass.
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Seems more like an update than an expansion.
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Good enough.
I know right.. let the haters hate...Ill be on makeb
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This isn't an expansion. It is a game update they are charging for. Bioware is broke.
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Bioware aren't broke, they're a subsidiary of one of the largest most profitable corporations on the planet. You're probably right about the first part though, it sounds more like the DLC games like DCUO etc do than expansion. EA Marketing cogs in full spin.
Would be nice for them to surprise everyone and deliver fully fledged space that they've supposedly been working on since before launch though.