Community Update #1 [3.15.12]

[nebelstreif]

I'm reticent to say "Welcome to our first weekly community update!" because what happens if I don't post one every week? But I do want to try and start a semi-regular post that updates everyone about the awesome things happening in our growing TOR fandom!

– The past two weeks saw the convening of the first-ever SWTOR Guild Summit. The TOR news website Darth Hater continues to post interviews and information-laden posts on the subject. I don't know about you all, but I can't decide if I'm more excited about 1.2's crafting improvements, or the new Legacy system. Gosh, I don't know what, but I really want a pureblood Sith trooper.

– Over at Geek Feminism Blog, community member annalee has posted an insightful critique of TOR's "normative" assumptions. (DW comments here.) This crystallized my own thoughts on the matter, and led me to write about (what I feel to be) TOR's sexist implementation of the [Flirt] command. Pretty weight stuff, but in our defense I'm invoking Moff's Law.

– On Archive Of Our Own, I've started a TOR-centric collection for fanfic. There's not much there yet, but if you've got a TOR story, you should totally add it! (I'm looking at you, catpella!)

– Last but not least, virtualvoyages and I are both trying to complete the "20 Days of TOR" Challenge. (See our progress here and here.) We could always use a supporting comment – or better yet, take the challenge yourself!

Comments

[doomhamster]

The Legacy stuff definitely looks exciting! I'm a bit confused about the unlocks, though, and the comment from the designer didn't exactly clear it up... For species, for example, if I bring a cyborg character up to 50 I can thereafter make cyborgs of all classes. So far so good. But the other options - do I have to pay 1.5 million credits OR reach legacy level 8, or both?

Also, what servers do people here play on, and would anyone like a new guildmate/flashpoint buddy? I'm on the lookout for nice people, preferably Imperial side, who won't wham me with the Casual Gamer Xism Hammer or be terrified when I start talking about fanfic.

[nebelstreif]

Legacy stuff: there was a really good dev post on exactly this subject. From what I can figure, it's an either/or sort of thing: either you get, say, a pureblood Sith to level 50 and thereby unlock the species for all classes, or you pay 1.5 million credits. However – and on a slightly confusing note &ndash there are some exceptions: Heroic abilities can only be unlocked through leveling, while shipboard market access is Legacy-level gated, but requires credits to unlock.

As for server – I'm on Sanctum of the Exalted, which is an East Coast RP server. However, I live on the West Coast; I joined that served with the sole intent of joining the Republic Mercy Corps/Imperial Mercenary Corps, a really awesome, casual-friendly guild. I'm currently really into my Sith Inquisitor, but I've been meaning to start an Imperial Agent.

[catpella]

I'm definitely most excited for Legacy. I want Twi'lek *everything*.