Hi folks!
June 2024 is upon us, and this marks not only the second quarter of the year, but also our one year anniversary with Broadsword Online Games. In the past year, we’ve pushed out five content updates and 11 patches, a new APAC server, and collaborated with Lucasfilm Games to bring Ahsoka and The Acolyte inspired items to the game. And there’s much more coming! First let’s take a look at what we’ve done since Q1 and then I can give you a glimpse into what’s coming up next.
Q2 Highlights
The month of May is always a fun time for anyone who is a fan of Star Wars™! We celebrated Star Wars™ Day by releasing a droid mini-pet inspired by The Phantom Menace in celebration of the film’s 25th Anniversary!
We also hosted the Game Update 7.5 livestream in early May to give players a glimpse into the content that would be coming with the “Desperate Defiance” update.
What’s in Game Update 7.5?
In short, a lot! Not only does 7.5 contain the next story arc, but we also introduced a new seasonal event, PvP Season 6 “Great Pirate Hunt, new player customizations, and a Venture system that would allow players to obtain their very own Basilisk War Droid companion.
In the story content, players will be teaming up with Sa’har Kateen to retrieve Darth Nul’s holocron and the choices made will help shape her path as a Padawan. Players will be returning to Hutta, and the art team took the opportunity to modernize the origin planet. Various textures and environments have been updated and a new area, the Minboosa District, has been built for the new story content.
Subscribers who have completed Lane Vizla’s story missions can now embark on a Venture system that provides them an opportunity to train a Basilisk Prototype named B3-S1 and eventually obtain her as a full-fledged companion. Fully training B3-S1 will unlock all of her abilities and final appearance.
The start of PvP Seasons will now be tied directly to game updates going forward. PvP Season 6 "Great Pirate Hunt" began with Game Update 7.5, and players can begin to earn new rewards such as the Cosmic Corsair and Corsair Radiance Armor sets. More details about PvP Season 6 can be found here.
The Dantooine Spring Abundance Festival event has been added to SWTOR’s annual schedule, completing the seasonal event calendar. Players gain access to Blba Groves on Dantooine where they must take care of a new farmstead. This year's event has concluded, but while the event is active, players can partake in fun missions such as harvesting and cultivating plants, baking and sample pies, rehabilitating injured or abandoned animals and more!
Game Update 7.5 also gave us a chance to collaborate with our friends at Lucasfilm Games to bring items inspired by The Acolyte to the Cartel Market. This was a phenomenal opportunity for us as we are the only Star Wars title in existence to have The Acolyte inspired by items in-game.
And that brings us to today.
What’s coming up?
Game Update 7.5b is now live and contains various bug fixes and even more items inspired by The Acolyte! See all of the items here!
(Devoted Disciple hairstyle, armor, lightsaber, and dualsaber)
We’ll be hosting the 7.5.1 developer livestream sometime in July/August to reveal the next batch of Date Night Missions and details on Galactic Seasons 7. This stream will also be the first time we enable the Twitch Drops program, so be sure to tune in for more details!
The Nar Shaddaa Nightlife event will be live on July 9th and lucky players will be able to obtain the new High Stakes Squadron Helmet from the Emperor's Grace machine!
There’s quite a bit that the team has done this year, and even more to come for the rest of the year. I look forward to sharing all the juicy details in due time. Until then, please enjoy Game Update 7.5 and all the new content within.
Thank you for reading and we’ll see you at the 7.5.1 livestream!
-Keith