Flash Point 34: Two Clops Means NO
It’s an all-aussie host-fest this episode, and we cover all the news of note over the past fortnight whilst still getting waylaid by key topics such as man-bras and Dutch bestiality laws. Points of...
View ArticleFirst character transfer servers announced
With the first batch of character transfers about to get underway, BioWare have announced which servers will be eligible to transfer: Keller’s Void (PVE – US East) Hedarr Soongh (PVP – US East) Soresu...
View ArticleOceanic Guild Spotlight: Aftermath
If you’d like your guild spotlighted, just use our contact form to let us know. Or if you like, respond to the questions shown below and send them in – we love to profile guilds and the work they’re...
View ArticleSuggestion Box: Favourite Planet?
With the 1.3 update not far off, there’s a focus on new content in the game, but I thought this week we’d talk about the foundation of most gameplay in SWTOR: the planets. I’m still pretty enamoured...
View ArticleSWTOR Video News: PTR wrap and more
Asher once again jumps into the breach with a look back at the SWTOR news that was: Facebook http://www.facebook.com/lenc0rp —– THIS WEEKS NEWS —– SWTOR News PTR Coverage...
View ArticleSWTOR to go Free To Play?
Over the past 24 hours or so there’s been a lot of interest in some comments made by BioWare’s Emmanuel Lusinchi in an interview with UK magazine games™. Interestingly, the online interview preview...
View ArticleCommunity Q&A June 15th 2012: Lotsa Bits
A belated posting of this week’s Community Q&A from BioWare. It’s a decent sized one covering a range of things, although BioWare have given the heads-up that future instalments are likely to...
View ArticleOceanic Guild Spotlight: The Exiled
If you’d like your guild spotlighted, just use our contact form to let us know. Or if you like, respond to the questions shown below and send them in – we love to profile guilds and the work they’re...
View ArticleServer Downtime: June 19th 2012
Another week with a standard four-hour maintenance, which not surprisingly means 1.3 won’t drop. The time conversions for you: AEST: 5pm-9pm AWST: 3pm-7pm NZST: 7pm-11pm The full details: Hello...
View ArticleAll Roads Lead to Rodia
Any of you familiar with the movies knows that the empire of Vader’s day isn’t the alien inclusive, warm and fuzzy Sith playground of SWTOR. Aliens are not tolerated in Palpatine’s version – it’s often...
View ArticleServer transfers: updated list
We’ve not reported extensively on this the past week, mainly because the majority of Oceanic players had the first free transfers a couple of months back. That said, it’s worth posting the list of...
View ArticleThe Wrong Revolution?
MMORPG is a stale genre in many respects. Leveling, crafting, gathering. It’s all very familiar – electronic Dungeons & Dragons®. So when a new one appears we all hope that it’s got something new...
View ArticleSuggestion Box: Funniest SWTOR Username
My wordy lordy it’s the end of another week, so it’s time to mount the soapbox and give your thoughts to the gathering throng. This week I thought it was time to discuss funny SWTOR usernames seen...
View ArticleSWTOR 1.3 to drop this Tuesday
In case you hadn’t heard, BioWare have announced that this Tuesday’s maintenance downtime will be the point at which SWTOR 1.3 hits the game servers. Even better, it’s a standard four-hour downtime,...
View ArticleFlash Point 35: Awaiting the Fat Batmans
We’re to help digest all the news from the past fortnight. We tackle the 1.3 update dropping Tuesday, discuss server merges and nothing less than the future of the game. Points of discussion: – 1.3...
View Article1.3 Maintenance Downtime Extended (Updated AGAIN)
UPDATE 3: Servers are now up. UPDATE 2: there’s now no end time for the maintenance at this stage – “At this time, we do not have an estimate for the end of the maintenance. Thank you for your...
View ArticleSWTOR 1.3 Allies Final Patch Notes
It’s finally here: 1.3 Allies. As always we’ve got the full patch notes for you below, so check out at your own leisure all the changes: Game Update 1.3: Allies 6/26/2012 Highlights Group Finder is now...
View ArticleInto The Vault
As you know. we love a good piece of community-created machinima, particularly one that involves an ensemble cast of voice actors/singers. That’s exactly what you get with Into The Vault. The video’s...
View ArticleUnexpected SWTOR maintenance tonight
A six hour unexpected downtime to deploy a patch to 1.3. There’s not a lot more details than that but here’s the lowdown from BioWare: AEST: 5pm-11pm AWST: 3pm-9pm NZST: 7pm-1am And as per below you’ll...
View ArticleSuggestion Box: 1.3 impressions
It’s been two and a bit days since SWTOR 1.3 Allies went live, so most of us have hopefully had an hour or twenty to check it out. Therefore, it’s the perfect candidate for our weekly debate. So, jump...
View ArticleUnexpected Maintenance Part 2: Tonight
UPDATE: Make that 7pm-11pm AEST now… It’s no fun to report that for the second night in a row we’re facing a maintenance downtime. This one’s meant to definitely be staying within the four hour...
View ArticleCommunity Q&A 30th June 2012: Beyond Cathar
Another week, another Community Q&A! BioWare continue their promised shorter and sweeter format with a handful of questions, including the issue of playable races into the future. Read the full...
View ArticleThese are not the factions you’re looking for!
A long, long time ago in a land far away, there was a beautiful princess, handsome rogue, black knight, evil king and a brave lad about to take his first steps on a great adventure. Oh, did I mention...
View ArticleServer Downtime: July 3rd 2012
Unfortunately for Oceanic players, we’re up for our third maintenance in five days, and it’s a longer one at six hours. Time conversions: AEST: 5pm-11pm AWST: 3pm-9pm NZST: 7pm-1am The full details:...
View ArticleExtra Maintenance Tonight: 4th July
Unfortunately there’s another extra maintenance tonight to improve server stability. The good news is that at this stage it’s only scheduled for 2 hours: AEST: 5pm-7pm AWST: 3pm-5pm NZST: 7pm-9pm We...
View ArticleFrom The Holonet: The Republic’s Dangerous Enemies And What To Do With Them
From the Holonet is a series of articles, opinion pieces and features taken from the Old Republic and printed here on TOROZ. The Republic is threatened by more than just the Empire. A wretched plague...
View ArticleSuggestion Box: Group Finder
Now that SWTOR 1.3 is well and truly ensconced in our lives, it’s worth a debate on one of the key features that update brought us: the LFG tool. I picked up my first PUG via the tool to complete the...
View ArticleGannifaris and Black Holes: Server Transfer Rewards
BioWare are offering a nice little incentive for anyone that hasn’t taken up their offer of a free character transfer. Those incentives being 25 Black Hole Commendations and a Gannifari pet. You can...
View ArticleGame of Thrones Lightsaber Duel
Some great Saturday Star Wars vids for you. First up, watch Jaime Lannister and Eddard Stark go at it, lightsaber style: Thanks to Ben for the heads-up!
View ArticleCommunity Q&A: 6th July 2012
The latest community Q&A answers are now available. The first answer on future playable species was interesting, as was insight into the different class story lines. You can read them all in full...
View ArticleFlash Point 36: Lucas’ Neck and Brown Hole Commendations
Ed’s back with a vengeance to help make some excitement out of what’s been a pretty quiet fortnight news-wise. Points of discussion: – 1.3 experiences – Community Q&A – Server transfer rewards –...
View ArticleHow To Increase Your Zoom Range In SWTOR
Have you ever wanted to be able to zoom out further in SWTOR. Well here’s a little tip on how to do just that, via Reddit: Follow the video to show you how to zoom out up to 200% in Star Wars: The Old...
View ArticleServer Downtime: July 10th 2012
A six hour downtime this week: AEST: 5pm-11pm AWST: 3pm-9pm NZST: 7pm-1am The full details: Hello everyone, we wanted to let you know that we will be performing scheduled maintenance for six hours on...
View ArticleSWTOR 1.3.2 Patch Notes
The maintenance is over and lo and behold, we have SWTOR 1.3.2. The full patch notes for you below, enjoy! 1.3.2 Patch Notes 7/9/2012 General The new free trial allows anyone to create a Star Wars: The...
View ArticleChanges to Aussie and NZ Guild Listing
Since TOROZ launched back in May 2009, we’ve tried to keep some sort of guild listing for local guilds. Since SWTOR launched last December, guilds have sprung up everywhere and our old system of one...
View ArticleThe Third Edge: Mercenary/Commando Interrupts & Utility
It’s always great to welcome a new writer on board, particularly one with the passion of Jemima Moore. She’ll actually be writing two columns – more on that soon. The Third Edge is devoted to...
View ArticleSWTOR Community Q&A: 13th July 2012
There’s everything from new planet design to PVP in this week’s Q&A. There’s even some news on credit sinks that should bring a smile to most people’s faces. It’s laid out in full as usual for you...
View ArticleHK-51: More Details Released
BioWare, following up from the San Diego Comic Con, have provided a trailer and a brief snippet of text on the HK-51 assassination droid, which will be available in “the very near future”: Buried deep...
View ArticleRich Vogel Leaves BioWare: more layoffs?
Just a quick heads-up on an article over at Gamasutra, stating that SWTOR’s executive producer, Rich Vogel, has left BioWare. There are also reports of other layoffs but it’s unclear if it’s part of...
View ArticleSWTOR Community Q&A: 27th July 2012
A short few days after the delayed Q&A from last week, BioWare have covered off answers to another handful of questions. This week, there’s even some lore thrown in for good measure! The Q&A in...
View ArticleSolo Malgus Kill: Go The Assassin!
I’m sure it’s not unique, but I’m always fascinated by solo kills and this SWTOR solo kill is no different. This time it’s a Sith Assassin called Stevoo on the Master Dar’Nala Server, knocking over...
View ArticleSWTOR Goes Free to Play
In one of the biggest non-surprises of the year, BioWare have announced that SWTOR has gone free-to-play. Even though in recent weeks there have been more layoffs, including departures of some of the...
View ArticleEnter The Chevin: SWTOR’s Latest World Event
BioWare have release a teaser video via the Imperial News Network, plus this one sentence of interest: Rumor has it that the Chevin are making their move and that their presence will soon be felt on...
View ArticleSWTOR Space Combat Popularity: Some Stats
For those who play space missions in SWTOR, there was an interesting snippet of information released by BioWare in the past day. In response to a forum thread on how many people actually play space...
View ArticleSWTOR: More Info On Terror From Beyond
BioWare have posted a developer update on the latest piece of end-game content coming in Game Update 1.4: Terror From Beyond. Here’s a brief snippet: This Operation introduces the next tier of...
View ArticleRise Of The Hutt Cartel: More Details
In the post-Christmas lull I thought it was worth rounding up any further snippets of info BioWare have released on 2013’s SWTOR expansion, Rise Of The Hutt Cartel. So here we go: 1. Story/Lore in Rise...
View ArticleSWTOR Galactic Strongholds Delayed
Bioware’s Senior Producer for SWTOR, Bruce Maclean, has announced that the next SWTOR expansion, Galactic Strongholds, will be delayed close to two months. The reasons given below are well explained...
View ArticleSeeker Droid Quest on Voss: Still Glitched
For those SWTOR players trying to complete the Seeker Droid quest line, I’m afraid you may be in for some disappointment. I’ve been slowly working through the quests and had gotten up to ‘Where Madness...
View ArticleRevan is Back in SWTOR
If this doesn’t get you interested for a new Old Republic expansion I’m not sure what will: What do you say – will these draw you back to the game?
View ArticleShadows of Revan Expansion Details Announced
If you’re a SWTOR and WoW player like I am, the last two months of this year are going to be insane. Warlords of Draenor is of course launching in November, and now the next big SWTOR expansion hits...
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