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Friday Update: Imperial Agent Character Progressio...

This week’s Friday Update for the Star Wars: The Old Republic gives us the Imperial Agent progression video. The video gives a good look at both Advanced Classes. The Operative is shown using stealth and crowd control to get the upper hand on her enemies. The Sniper makes use of portable cover and high-powered rifles to take out her targets from a distance.

There was also an update to the official pre-order page that mentions the length for early game access at officially “up to 5-days” based on when you registered your pre-order code.

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Friday Update: E3 Details and The Lost Suns Comic

This week’s Star Wars: The Old Republic Friday Update is E3 Details and on The Lost Suns with an interview by Senior Writer and Managing Editor Alexander Freed. As BioWare Austin’s Community Manager Stephen Reid hinted at this morning, there are three updates today about SWTOR. This is all in preparation for the Electronic Entertainment Expo that starts June 6 and expectations are massive on the news coming out of the event.

As part of this week’s Friday update, MMORPG.com interviewed Principal Lead Combat Designer Georg Zoeller about the Advanced Classes we will see in Star Wars: The Old Republic. He covers abilities from almost every class including the Jedi Knight’s Force Leap, the different stances of the Sith Warrior, the Bounty Hunter’s helpful Kolto Missile, and the Smuggler’s explosive Shrapnel Bomb.

E3 Sneak Peaks

New Cinematic Trailer

You may recall the dramatic cinematic trailers we’ve released at previous E3 shows. First, “Deceived” showed the dark triumph the Sith Empire achieved by sacking Coruscant and destroying the Jedi Temple. Then “Hope” took us back a few years in Old Republic history to the courageous stand made by Republic heroes in the Battle of Alderaan. These are critical points in the history of The Old Republic, but there’s another moment that we’ve yet to share.

Raid Reveal(?) – 8-Man(?)

The planet of Belsavis holds a terrible secret; a secret unknown to both the Empire and Republic for thousands of years. Now, groups of elite heroes must fight to prevent this ancient threat from escaping and causing massive destruction. Prepare yourself for your first encounter with the Eternity Vault.

Raid Reveal(?)

You’ve seen Alderaan’s beautiful vistas; you’ve seen the action-packed Warzone. Now you’ll see a showdown with an army of zealous soldiers, protecting a military general who has seized control of the throne. Removing this usurper is not going to be easy, but someone has to do it…

New Flashpoint(?)

Sandpeople are easily startled, but they’ll come back soon, and in greater numbers… and that might just be the beginning. E3 attendees will get to battle Sandpeople and experience something that’s never been seen before on Tatooine…

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It what might be the first of two “external” updates for TOR fans, gaming site MMORPG.com has a nice, detailed interview with Principle Lead Combat Designer Georg Zoeller.

The piece touches on virtually every Advanced Class, as well as how each faction might stack up against the other:

MMORPG.com: In terms of the two factions how do the Advanced Classes stack up? Does every class have its equal? How are you handling class balance?

Georg Zoeller: To ensure faction balance, each Republic class has it’s ‘nemesis’ on the Empire side, balanced for equal access in utility, mitigation and damage potential, etc.

Head on over to MMORPG.com for the full interview!

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Friday Update: Sith Warrior Character Progression ...

Finally! A Friday Update worthy of a “update”. Today’s Friday Update features the Sith Warrior as he progresses in power in The Old Republic. This example provides a small glimpse of the armor progression for both the Marauder and Juggernaut Advanced Classes. Check out the video and sound off in the comments section or the official forums.

Additionally, Bioware has released a Developer Blog by Lead UI Artist Michael Voigt detailing the work that goes into creating the user interface in Star Wars: The Old Republic.

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Friday Update: Advanced Classes Update

This week’s Star Wars: The Old Republic Friday Update is the Advanced Classes Update Developer Blog by Principal Lead Combat Designer Georg Zoeller. The update includes a deep dive from Georg Zoeller on the Advanced Classes in general, talent trees, abilities, and a few interesting metrics gathered from the testing program.