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If you were expecting to have a fairly comparable experience playing The Old Republic for free, you were probably disappointed to find out that you had a 25% reduced XP rate after level 10. It made the game more of a grind, and as a result, a lot of players who would have otherwise been sucked into paying for parts of the game left entirely. As of this week though, the reduction mechanic only applies at level 12, and will only slowly increase to 25% until level 20, which gives you a bit more leeway in terms of starting an alternate character. As someone who played the game at launch enough to have a max-level character, I enjoyed my time with The Old Republic. It's a shame they couldn't do more to keep people interested from an MMO standpoint, but as a completely single-player experience, it was a ton of fun. Star Wars: The Old Republic [PCGamesN] Did you know? You can now get daily or weekly email notifications when humans reply to your comments.
6:00 PM on 05.15.2013 Star Wars: The Old Republic customization update now liveBioWare has rolled out "Game Update 2.1: Customization" for Star Wars: The Old Republic. As previously demonstrated, this update introduces the Cathar as a playable race up for purchase at the Cartel Market as well as an Appe...
8:00 PM on 05.13.2013 Mass Effect spin-offs? BioWare talks potential leadsContinuing its chat with various representatives of BioWare about Mass Effect, OXM has shifted the conversation to that of spin-offs. With Shepard's trilogy over with, who might the developers want to step up as the driving f...
8:00 PM on 05.09.2013 Why BioWare only had humanoid squadmates in Mass EffectAs part of a Mass Effect retrospective feature in Official Xbox Magazine issue 99, the publication spoke with members of BioWare about concepts that didn't make it into the finished games. While great in theory, non-humanoid ...
5:45 PM on 05.07.2013 Expect new games from EA Sports, BioWare, and DICE at E3During an investor call today, EA Labels president Frank Gibeau briefly discussed the company's plans for E3 2013. As expected, June is going to be a big month for the new home consoles. "Regarding next generation consoles, w...
1:45 PM on 05.07.2013 EA's Star Wars games will use the Frostbite 3 engineAs a follow-up to news of Electronic Arts signing a multi-year deal with Disney to exclusively develop and publish games based on Star Wars, EA Labels president Frank Gibeau has shared a detail that's nice to hear confirmed. ...
5:00 PM on 04.25.2013 Pew pew pew! Check out these new Mass Effect replica gunsProject TriForce is at it again, making detailed replicas of some of our favorite game items. Joining the M-3 Predator are three more full-scale replica weapons from the Mass Effect series, including the M-77 Paladin, the Get...
11:45 AM on 04.10.2013 BioWare co-founder on the danger of being acquired by EAWhat happened to BioWare? That's a question some fans have been wondering for years now. Speaking to GamesIndustry International, studio co-founder Greg Zeschuk reflected on Electronic Arts' acquisition and how that...
3:30 PM on 04.01.2013 Do want: Hutt mounts in Star Wars: The Old RepublicWith a name like Update 2.1: Dance of the Hutts, you know you're in for a change of pace. Headlining this April Fool's Day joke for Star Wars: The Old Republic are dance-based PvP combat and "an affectionate, but reluctant ne...
4:30 PM on 03.29.2013 GDC: David Gaider talks about sex and privilegeGames like Mass Effect, Dragon Age, and others in the BioWare pantheon have always had some romantic subplots, but more recent games' naughty bits have frustrated some players. BioWare writer David Gaider has gone o...
7:15 PM on 03.28.2013 New Mass Effect and Dragon Age III built on Frostbite 3During the single-player reveal this week, some of us were more interested in seeing the engine Battlefield 4 runs on than the actual game itself. I couldn't help but daydream about how Frostbite 3 could be leveraged for deve...
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