Tiranea Posted August 1, 2023 Author Share Posted August 1, 2023 Here's what's been happening on the blog in July! The Shrine of Silence is Pretty Spiffy - Everything I love about the new flashpoint Galactic Season 4 in Review - Final thoughts after achieving all my GS4 goals Savanna Vorantikus Returns! - The story of a meme Playing Story Catch-up - I talk about some "between-seasons goals" I'm working on Republic Saboteur, Part 1 - After finally getting a suitably aligned Republic character far enough in the story to turn traitor, I detail her story from Iokath to Onderon The Interpreter's Retreat - More detailed thoughts on this new planetary area Republic Saboteur, Part 2 - My saboteur's adventures continue on Mek-Sha and Corellia Planets I'd like to revisit - Since it worked pretty well for Voss, where else would be fun to return as part of the story? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felleto Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 I didn't know about the Savanah Vorantikus tale. 😄 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiranea Posted September 2, 2023 Author Share Posted September 2, 2023 Here's what's been happening on the blog in August: Never Knowing What Comes Next - I get a little melancholy about the way SWTOR's content cadence has always been somewhat irregular, especially when compared to other MMOs Romance Review: Base Game Guys for Gals - My opinions on the original romances for female characters - clearly a highly relevant topic in 2023! SWTOR Moves to the Cloud & GS5 Changes Direction - My thoughts on these two pieces of news My Very Own Malgus - I got the Black Series Malgus figure and he's the SWTOR merch I always wanted A Long, Slow Goodbye to Twitter - Musings on the support role that particular social media site has played for the blog for over a decade and where it's going Saving TOR Fashion - Some thoughts on the importance of fan sites and just how much work goes into them What Is Conquest and Why Should I Care about It? - An attempt to provide a concise answer to that question without going into too much detail 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThanderSnB Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 Thanks for your blog. I've been following it since about 2018 and enjoy seeing your perspective on things since it's different from mine (solo player here). Sorry, I don't comment there because I don't have a blogger account and hate creating new accounts, especially just to comment on one blog. That's not a knock on you though, just on how restrictive blogger is with comments. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiranea Posted September 20, 2023 Author Share Posted September 20, 2023 Well, it's not so much a Blogger account that's required as a Google account - I figure lots of people have free Gmail accounts and such. But I get it, I wish there were more options (and there used to be). Now the only other thing I can do is allow totally anonymous commenting and let's just say that hasn't always worked great in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiranea Posted October 2, 2023 Author Share Posted October 2, 2023 Here's what I've been talking about on the blog in September: Take That, Brontes! - Sharing a little joy about an operations achievement Strange Conquest Drama - A short tale about how Total Galactic War apparently brings out the worst in some people Patch 7.3.1 and Galactic Season 5 Are Here! - I pick my favourite patch notes and comment on them PvP Season 3 & A Look at Some Battle Records - Some musings on the season after completing the reward track and a look at my PvP stats since seasons were introduced The Hunt for the Best View Returns... Again! - I get excited about the Best View contest returning and share my submissions from last year Notes about Galactic Season 5, Week 2 - Thoughts on companion, operations and flashpoint objectives in GS5 Star Wars: Visions Season 2 - Sharing some thoughts on the episodes that came out in May Life in the Cloud - I summarise the move to AWS from a player perspective Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiranea Posted November 9, 2023 Author Share Posted November 9, 2023 Whoops, forgot to post my monthly update here last week! Here's what I wrote about in October: Thoughts on the Ahsoka TV show - I definitely liked parts of it, but it just didn't come together into a satisfying whole for me The Devs Speak - In which I profess to see hints of the devs being a bit happier/more relaxed in their interactions since moving to Broadsword Galactic Season 5 Story Review - GS5 is still going on, but the story can be completed once you hit season level 40, so I wanted to write down my thoughts on that Master Mode Flashpoint Tips: Infinite Army Prototype - Just a little guide as I noticed there seemed to be almost nothing out there about this boss A Livestream About 7.4 And Beyond - My thoughts on the 7.4 dev stream and which items I was most excited about Peace Out, Again - My pacifist character hit the level cap again - sadly, it wasn't that exciting the second time around Thoughts on Dxun Master Mode and NiMs in general - People clamour for more NiMs, so I was surprised to find that there's very little documentation of some of the existing MM ops even years after their release Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThanderSnB Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 On 9/20/2023 at 2:32 AM, Tiranea said: Well, it's not so much a Blogger account that's required as a Google account - I figure lots of people have free Gmail accounts and such. But I get it, I wish there were more options (and there used to be). Now the only other thing I can do is allow totally anonymous commenting and let's just say that hasn't always worked great in the past. Sorry, I didn't see your response until now. When logged out, it says "Sign in with Google." Once logged in to Google, the button changes to Sign in with Blogger. Clicking the button goes to a form to create a blog. There's no way to comment without filling out that form to create a blog. I understand you have to do what's best for your site. I'm not disappointed or anything. I hope for the best for you and your site. I continue to check every few weeks to see your perspective on what's happening in the game. Thanks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiranea Posted November 17, 2023 Author Share Posted November 17, 2023 That's interesting to know, thank you! As this is the first time I've heard of this... but then I guess a lot of the people who comment more regularly on my blog are already registered with Blogger as well so wouldn't have noticed. 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiranea Posted December 21, 2023 Author Share Posted December 21, 2023 Gah, I need to be better at remembering to post here at the start of the month! I know we're well into December now, but here's Novembers summary for now: Looking Back at SWTOR's Patch History - A massive post in which I look at SWTOR's content cadence over the years in terms of releasing story updates, group content, new planets and more Mysteries of Mek-Sha - A bit of a short rant about the incongruence of everything on that planet Surveyed! - I write about the survey that Broadsword sent out in November, what sorts of questions it asked and my personal answers to them Hotblooded on Hoth - About the experience of trying to get kill credit for world bosses while on your own New APAC Region Server Launching TODAY! - Let's just say, I was very surprised to see the Shae Vizla server launch as it did! Enjoying the New Server Smell on Shae Vizla - My experiences playing on the new server immediately after launch Liabilities of Taris - How hunting named mobs for seasons can turn into an unexpected bit of fun GS5 Review: Star Forge - TL;DR: I joined a guild and it made everything better A Week of APAC Adventure - More observations about life on a completely fresh server GS5 Review: The Leviathan - I made some new alts and struggled with bonus series bugs GS5 Review: Tulak Hord - I experimented with doing guild conquest by myself in a mini-guild I enabled non-logged-in commenting again for now after the previous exchange by the way... we'll see whether it causes any issues with spam etc. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del_Bergerac Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 Hello Shintar/Tiranea, congratulations on 12 years of SWTOR blogging! Like ThanderSnB, I have run into obstacles trying to post messages on your blog itself. Earlier today, I thought I might finally manage it (since there was an option to post using a name and URL, rather than having to log in to anything ... I didn't recall having seen that option before), but then the platform just returned an error whenever I tried to post. Oh well. If that had worked, I was going to start posting about the Shae Vizla (APAC) server, as I'm probably in the minority being an Australian who hasn't created a character there yet. I plan to do that eventually, but it isn't a priority right now. Considering SWTOR factors alone, the main reason I haven't left my current home server (Satele Shan) is because I'm in a great guild here (Elders of the Republic/Elders of the Sith). Anyway, congratulations again! 🙂 - DB 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiranea Posted December 29, 2023 Author Share Posted December 29, 2023 You wouldn't have seen the anonymous comment option before, because as I mentioned above, I enabled commenting without logging in after seeing what people were saying about having difficulties posting here... bummed to hear people are still getting errors even when trying to use that 😭 but that may just be a general issue with Blogger then. Quite annoying though. Anyway, thanks for the nice words and I do hope you enjoy SV whenever you do check it out. 😉 Though I totally get wanting to stick with your guild on SS. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del_Bergerac Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 I just tried posting again on your blog, using the name/URL option and then the anonymous option. Both times, 'an error occurred' ... 😞 I will keep trying. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiranea Posted January 1 Author Share Posted January 1 Happy New Year! December was another busy month on the blog; here's what you might have missed: GS5 Review: Satele Shan - What I got up to on that server during Galactic Season 5 7.4 First Impressions - New gear, shiny dyes and bugs, oh my! Chains in the Dark Story Review - My in-depth review of the 7.4 story update (with spoilers) A Great Dev Interview - Basically a plug for an interview done by the New Overlords podcast, with some choice dev quotes highlighted The Shae Vizla APAC Server Is a Month Old Today - Impressions of how things are going SWTOR Turns Twelve Today - I look back at a pretty momentous year and how I felt about it Twelve Years of SWTOR Blogging - My annual review of what I talked about on the blog Enjoying Life Day - How MMO holidays can sometimes deliver when real life doesn't Galactic Season 5 in Review - What I thought of this season as a whole Will We Return to Hutta in 7.5? - I look at what looks like a deliberate hint at what's to come on the new loading screen 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiranea Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 I've been pretty busy on the blog in January, updating some widgets and evergreen pages for the first time in ages - didn't realise my characters page hadn't been updated in almost seven years for example, oops. There was also the usual number of regular posts though: Is SWTOR Unusually Bottom-Heavy? - I muse on whether the low-level game is more popular/important in SWTOR than in other MMOs Struggling with Credits on Shae Vizla - Life at endgame is expensive nowadays, and you notice it more on a fresh server than on any of the old ones Thoughts on the New Galactic Trade Network - Some pros and cons of the new interface Guild Level 600 - My guild hit max level without me even realising... I feel a little melancholy Meeting the Curator - Thoughts on the Lane Vizla story continuation that came with 7.4 The End of Galactic Season 5 & The Future of Shae Vizla - My thoughts after finishing the GS5 reward track on the new APAC server PvP Season 4, Arenas & PvP on Shae Vizla - My experiences in my busiest PvP season yet Seeing How the Other Side Lives - Three things I didn't realise people liked/cared about until I became part of more casual guilds on other servers Around the SWTOR-sphere: January 2024 - A round-up of some SWTOR content by other creators that I found and enjoyed throughout the month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del_Bergerac Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Confirmed: I just managed to post on your blog using the name/URL option. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiranea Posted March 1 Author Share Posted March 1 (edited) New month, new monthly summary! These are the posts I made in February: Bring Back Kuat Drive Yards! - In which I realise that I really miss KDY and campaign for it to return to the group finder Kessan's Landing - Thoughts on the new map/daily zone that came with 7.4 Bad Romance - About the strange experience of replaying the Quinn romance after a decade 7.4.1 Dev Stream Highlights & Thoughts - What it says in the title! A new stronghold and date nights, oh my! Three Months of APAC Life & Waiting for Transfers - About the situation on the Shae Vizla server three months after its launch Republic Saboteur, Part 3 - Impressions of playing through the latter half of Onslaught and Legacy of the Sith as a Republic saboteur Around the SWTOR-sphere: February 2024 - I once again share some SWTOR content from other creators that I considered interesting throughout the month Edited March 1 by Tiranea 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiranea Posted April 3 Author Share Posted April 3 Here's what I posted about in March: Back in My Day: Datacrons - Musings on how datacrons and our relationship with them have and haven't changed over time Jumping into PvP Season 5 - I enthusiastically throw myself at a new season after more than a month's break and talk about what a different experience it can be on different servers What Have We Lost? - I take stock of what has changed since the move from Bioware to Broadsword Patch 7.4.1 Is Here! - Comments on my favourite patch notes Galactic Season 6 & Reputation - I talk a bit about the changes to reputation that came with GS6 and that the devs forgot to announce Persistent Pet Pals At Last! - I celebrate a decade-old bug finally getting fixed Shintar's Galactic Season 6 Diary, Week 1 - Insight into what it can be like to aim for 7/7 weekly objectives completed on all servers Drop In: Mek-Sha - I visit some strongholds for seasons and comment on them Date Night With Theron and Arcann - My thoughts on the two date nights I was able to access so far Shintar's Galactic Season 6 Diary, Week 2 - Another week of seasons objectives across all servers Around the SWTOR-sphere: March 2024 - Once again I share some links of interesting SWTOR content I encountered throughout the month 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saeten Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 I've used your blog for many pointers and tips on various achievements in the past. Good stuff and keep it up 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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