<\/p>\n March 22nd, BioWare hosted a Community Cantina event here in CO (Boulder to be precise). \u00c2\u00a0Four brave BioWare Austin team members braved a spring snow shower here to field a whole bunch of questions from SWTOR fans. \u00c2\u00a0I took my ‘assistant’ (A.K.A, my 10 year old son) with me, and good times were had by all. \u00c2\u00a0See Dulfy’s site<\/a> for all the pics off the thumb drive we got.<\/p>\n During the official Q&A section of the event, the team took some questions from the gathered crowd (I’d guess about 200 people were in attendance). \u00c2\u00a0Since the Galactic Strongholds expansion had been announced days before, they did explain that they’d be unable to answer most Stronghold related questions, except to try and clarify what was in the announcement.<\/p>\n Here’s the notes I took during the official Q&A (questions, and answers are paraphrased a bit..I can only type so fast on my phone).<\/p>\n Q: \u00c2\u00a0What will we be able store in our Legacy Holds, particularly with regards to ‘Bound’ equipment?<\/span><\/p>\n A: \u00c2\u00a0Anything you can put in a cargo hold now, but the specifics around Bound equipment are still being worked on.<\/p>\n Q: \u00c2\u00a0Cross Server PvP?<\/p>\n A: \u00c2\u00a0Not planned for any time soon.<\/p>\n Q: \u00c2\u00a0With Galactic Starfighter out, and the announcement of Guild Flagships..does this mean Guild vs Guild PvP?<\/p>\n A: \u00c2\u00a0No current plans.<\/p>\n Q: \u00c2\u00a0Are there plans for “open” space PvP?<\/p>\n A: \u00c2\u00a0It’s on the Wall of Crazy<\/p>\n Q: \u00c2\u00a0Will the Guild Ships have practice dummies, GTN access, etc..?<\/p>\n A: \u00c2\u00a0Good idea<\/p>\n Q: \u00c2\u00a0Will we get space PvE content, based on GSF?<\/p>\n A: \u00c2\u00a0No plans currently<\/p>\n Q: \u00c2\u00a0More class story coming?<\/p>\n A: \u00c2\u00a0No plans at moment. \u00c2\u00a0Patch 2.7 starts a story arc that will last throughout the year.<\/p>\n Q: \u00c2\u00a0Mac Client?<\/p>\n A: \u00c2\u00a0(Interesting tidbit, apparently, both Blain, and Cory used to work for Aspyr!). \u00c2\u00a0No current plans, for a variety of reasons. \u00c2\u00a0Bootcamp works though. \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 (I do wonder if they’d consider doing a Cider wrapper, instead of a native OS X client though).<\/p>\n Q: \u00c2\u00a0Distribution via Steam?<\/p>\n A: \u00c2\u00a0No plans.<\/p>\n Q: \u00c2\u00a0More Galactic Starfighter maps?<\/p>\n A: \u00c2\u00a0Coming in 2.7<\/p>\n Q: \u00c2\u00a0Pazaak?<\/p>\n A: \u00c2\u00a0Wall of Crazy since before launch<\/p>\n Q: \u00c2\u00a0How are the buffs on the buff bar organized?<\/p>\n A: \u00c2\u00a0Not 100% sure of technical specifics off the top of his head, but there is ongoing discussion internally on how to improve it.<\/p>\n Q: \u00c2\u00a0Incentives coming for world PvP?<\/p>\n A: \u00c2\u00a0No plans on further incentivizing world PvP. \u00c2\u00a0Gree\/Rakghoul type events are probably going to be it.<\/p>\n Q: \u00c2\u00a0Performance based rewards for world PvP?<\/p>\n A: \u00c2\u00a0Working on something like that, that isn’t that. \u00c2\u00a0Open world PvP events\/experiments haven’t always worked well (probably won’t see another Illum type area).<\/p>\n Q: \u00c2\u00a0More planets from KOTOR (specifically, sanctuary worlds like Manaan)?<\/p>\n A: \u00c2\u00a0Really good idea.<\/p>\n Q: \u00c2\u00a0Additional rewards for completing achievements?<\/p>\n A: \u00c2\u00a0Yes<\/p>\n Q: \u00c2\u00a0Level Cap increase (asked by a little girl wearing a cool, hand-made, crocheted Twi’lek Lekku hat!)<\/p>\n A: \u00c2\u00a0Fantastic idea<\/p>\n Q: \u00c2\u00a0Lifting weapon proficiency restrictions?<\/p>\n A: \u00c2\u00a0No<\/p>\n <\/p>\n After the official Q&A Segment was over, the BioWare team began to mingle, and answer questions from people in smaller groups. \u00c2\u00a0At this point, I let my trusty assistant (the previously mentioned son who accompanied me) take charge, and he wandered around asking questions\/making suggestions to anyone that would listen to him. \u00c2\u00a0After the event, I made him write down the questions he asked, and the answers he was given… here are some of them:<\/p>\n Q: \u00c2\u00a0Are you going to make KOTOR 3?<\/p>\n A: \u00c2\u00a0EA has a 10 year license from Disney to make games, that one comes up a lot in internal discussions.<\/p>\n Q: \u00c2\u00a0Are you going to add anything from Lost Tribe of the Sith?<\/span><\/p>\n A: \u00c2\u00a0No current plans<\/p>\n Q: \u00c2\u00a0 Will I be able to move my house from planet to planet?<\/p>\n A: \u00c2\u00a0No, you’ll need to unlock a house on each planet.<\/p>\n Q: \u00c2\u00a0Can you add a place for people to create their own missions?<\/p>\n A: \u00c2\u00a0It’d be difficult, due to Disney, and Lucas needing to approve everything.<\/p>\n Q: \u00c2\u00a0Can you make a Huttball map, where you go up ramps over a Sarlacc to get the ball?<\/p>\n A: \u00c2\u00a0Try the new one on Quesh, it’s vertical…but no Sarlacc.<\/p>\n Q: \u00c2\u00a0Can you make a special quest, that awards Cartel Packs?<\/p>\n A: \u00c2\u00a0Neat idea, I’d like to.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Not to be outdone by my kid (I was though, he had way better questions than I did). \u00c2\u00a0I did get a chance to ask Cory about how much of the Strongholds stuff was going to be in the Market (I did preface my question, with that I’m not a fan of the market, I’m old school ‘my sub should give me everything’). \u00c2\u00a0I had assumed that because of all the bonus Cartel Coins subscribers are going to be getting, that the majority of the Stronghold stuff, would be on the market. \u00c2\u00a0I was pleasantly surprised when Cory let me know my assumption was wrong, and that they plan to have a lot of Stronghold stuff available via in-game methods.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n After Saturday night, my excitement for SWTOR is re-kindled. \u00c2\u00a0Between the way BioWare treated my son, the obvious enthusiasm the BioWare folks have for the game, and the answers I heard them giving questions.. I definitely need to get more SWTOR playing in my gaming time again.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"Welcome](\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SWTOR_NarShaddaaSkyPalace.jpg\")
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