As 2012 comes to a close and we celebrate the one-year anniversary of Star Wars: The Old Republic, we thought it'd be interesting to take a look back at the articles Darth Hater has published over the past year and see which ones were the most popular. Browsing the articles that have had the most views of 2012 gives an interesting snapshot of how the year went for SWTOR and Darth Hater. Patch notes during major updates (and long downtimes) account for several of the top viewed articles, so those were excluded from the list. Hit the jump for the list in full.
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Official Guild Summit Panel Videos Now Available
While the Star Wars: The Old Republc Guild Summit panels were live streamed as they happened, players who were unable to attend or watch live have been waiting for videos of the event to be posted. David Bass made a post on the official forums announcing the availability of the first two panel videos and indicating more videos would be coming this week.
We've launched a new YouTube playlist featuring the Guild Summit panels, which were held on March 5th in Austin, TX. Today we are releasing the Operations/Flashpoints panel and the Player Vs. Player panel, and we'll be posting more next week.
You'll find the playlist for these videos on YouTube here:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF60542CBEE892F02
Since this was our first Guild Summit, we're very interested in hearing your feedback about the entirety of the event (as well as the content within the panels themselves). Let us know your thoughts below! -
Guild Summit: Interview With Stephen Reid
We caught up with a very tired Senior Online Community Manager Stephen Reid soon after the Guild Summit wrapped up to dicuss community plans and feedback collection. Regardless of his state, Reid was more than happy to answer the questions and prods of the community on the final day. For the interview in full, hit the jump.
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Guild Summit: Interview With Daniel Erickson
On day two of the Guild Summit, we had the pleasure to speak with Lead Game Designer Daniel Erickson on the state of the game, in-game events, his opinion on the Guild Summit and more. For our interview with Daniel Erickson in full, hit the jump.
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Guild Summit: Interview With Georg Zoeller
For over two years, we here at Darth Hater tried to pin down Georg Zoeller for an in-depth interview on combat and class balance. Last week's Guild Summit yielded an opportunity to speak with BioWare's lead combat designer about buffs, nerfs, Legacy abilities, and much more.
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Guild Summit: Patch 1.2 Hands-On Highlights
With all of the news coming up during the same day, we had a fair bit of information that did not fit in the articles for various reasons. Instead of shelving a lot of it for a later dive into 1.2, we decided to make it available to the public via this singular post. More will come throughout the day but for now, there is plenty on legacy and more beyond the jump.
UPDATE: Georg Zoeller posted on the official forums with some remarks clarifying the methods of unlocking the Legacy rewards. The full post can be found after the jump.
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Guild Summit: Novare Coast Warzone Impressions
Along with the unveiling of the new Flashpoint Lost Island came an entirely new Warzone--Novare Coast. In this majority control Warzone, teams must capture and defend two of three objective points in an effort to assault the opposing side’s shield. Novare Coast is a rather unique take on a familiar Warzone type, similar to that found in Alderaan Civil War. Beyond the jump, we preview the Warzone that will likely become a favorite among players in Star Wars: The Old Republic.
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Guild Summit: Lost Island Flashpoint Impressions
During the second day of the Guild Summit, we were lucky enough to get hands-on time with the new Flashpoint – Lost Island. In the Flashpoint, players will have to make their way through Doctor Lorrick’s base on Ord Mantell and defeat his creations along the way for the opportunity to defeat him. Lost Island will be available to the fans when patch 1.2 hits the Public Test Server. However, if you do not have time to check it out on the PTS ahead of its deployment on the live servers, we have information about the Flashpoint packed to the brim after the jump.
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Guild Summit: Day Two Content
With the embargo over on the Guild Summit content from day two, we can now unveil a plethora of new articles. A few of them will not come up until later tonight but stay tuned to this post as we’ll update it as more of them come online.
UPDATE (3/14/12): The second of the articles post the first batch of the Guild Summit content is now online.
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Game Update 1.2 Video
A high definition version of the game update 1.2 video that premiered at the Star Wars: The Old Republic Guild Summit earlier this week has been made available on the official site.
There are a number of new features coming to Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ with Game Update 1.2, “Legacy”. This includes new playable content, like Operations and Warzones, as well as new game systems like Guild Banks, Player-vs-Player Warzone ranking, and the next evolution of Legacy. Check out all of the exciting new content coming up in this video!
Watch NowFull video available after the jump.
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Guild Summit Stream Live Blog
Darth Hater is live at the Guild Summit bringing you the latest news and updates as they happen. The morning live stream session revealed a 1.2 preview video and the new "Friends of Star Wars: The Old Republic" trial program. The program allows for active subscribers to invite up to three friends to play the game free for a week.
The afternoon session is underway and will cover a variety of features expected in the 1.2 update.
Live blog notes, an embed of the live stream video, and details on the trial program can be found after the jump.
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Darth Hater Guild Summit Coverage
On March 4 - 6, Darth Hater will cover the first ever Star Wars: The Old Republic Guild Summit in person. Our focus at the event will be to cover all of the game announcements as well as bring you photos, video and interviews straight from the floor. As BioWare mentioned, a stream of the event will be available for fans on the first day and is now available via the embed after the jump. Make sure to keep your eyes on the site for our coverage of the event through the 6th.
As always, this post will serve as the round up post for all coverage from the event. Make sure to bookmark this page for up to date content directly from the event.
Current Schedule
Monday
- 10:00AM CST (4PM GMT) – Welcome and Introductions
- 10:30AM CST (4:30PM GMT) – State of the Game and Game Update 1.2 Presentation
- Break (Livestream offline from 11:00am to 2:00pm)
- 2:00PM CST (8:00PM GMT) – Operations and Flashpoints Discussion
- 2:45PM CST (8:45PM GMT) – Player vs. Player Discussion
- 3:30PM CST (9:30PM GMT) – Legacy Presentation
- 4:00PM CST (10:00PM GMT) – Economy and Crew Skills Discussion
- 4:30PM CST (10:30PM GMT) – Roleplayer's Discussion
- 5:00PM CST (11:00PM GMT) – Guild Features Discussion
- 5:30PM CST (11:30PM GMT) – User Interface Presentation
- 6:00PM CST (12:00AM GMT) - ...And The Rest
Tuesday
- Details coming soon.
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SWTOR Guild Summit Schedule and Community Q&A
In anticipation next week's Guild Summit down in Austin, BioWare posted the schedule for the livestream of the event being held on March 5. The livestream can be viewed at the link here and will begin at 10am CST and conclude later that day at 6pm CST. You can check out the full schedule and what each discussion will be about below. You'll also be able to participate remotely as they take questions from the livestream chat. BioWare will be using the official Twitter hasttag #SWTORSummit, and created a special Guild Summit Forum specifically for this event.
This week's Community Q&A also went up covering topics like achievements, neutral alignment items, and maintence windows. Next week's Community Q&A is postponed until March 16 due to Guild Summit, but the official thread to ask questions will open again on Tuesday. The full Q&A is just past the jump.
- 10:00AM CST (4PM GMT) – Welcome and Introductions
- 10:30AM CST (4:30PM GMT) – State of the Game and Game Update 1.2 Presentation
- Break (Livestream offline from 11:00am to 2:00pm)
- 2:00PM CST (8:00PM GMT) – Operations and Flashpoints Discussion
- 2:45PM CST (8:45PM GMT) – Player vs. Player Discussion
- 3:30PM CST (9:30PM GMT) – Legacy Presentation
- 4:00PM CST (10:00PM GMT) – Economy and Crew Skills Discussion
- 4:30PM CST (10:30PM GMT) – Roleplayer's Discussion
- 5:00PM CST (11:00PM GMT) – Guild Features Discussion
- 5:30PM CST (11:30PM GMT) – User Interface Presentation
- 6:00PM CST (12:00AM GMT) - ...And The Rest
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DevTracker Highlights For The Week of March 1, 2012
It’s been a quiet few weeks, but this week’s DevTracker Highlights dives into upcoming features for patch 1.2 and next week’s Guild Summit in Austin. Principal Lead Combat Designer Georg Zoeller details open world PvP activity, Cover mechanics, Crew Skills, the Collector’s Edition vendor, and topics to be discussed at next week’s Guild Summit. Senior Online Community Manager Stephen Reid adds to the Guild Summit topics and explains why Asian Pacific server transfers won’t be available until late April. Hit the jump to see all the highlights.
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Darth Hater Heads to Guild Summit
On March 4 - 6, Darth Hater will cover the Star Wars: The Old Republic Guild Summit in person. Our focus at the event will be to cover all of the game announcements as well as bring you photos, video and interviews straight from the floor. As BioWare mentioned, a stream of the event will be available for fans on the first day. Make sure to keep your eyes on the site for our coverage of the event starting on March 4 through the 6.
If you with a guild and would like an interview at the event for our guild interview series, look for sado in the Darth Hater t-shirt.
