Star Wars: The Old Republic has announced another update to their MMO. The
next patch will fix a few bugs, but will also allow you to move your character
to 'a healthier server'. Bioware hasn't announced how that will work or what
kind of restrictions you might have when moving your character (or what will
happen if you want to move your character back).
For those higher level subscribers who are getting a bit bored with the
game, I'm sorry to report that there is no additional content – flashpoints or
otherwise – being added to the game at this time. The patch will, however, add
some more interesting things into the legacy system for your character,
including some sort of bonus depending on what you’d like to be doing with your
avatar.
Even with moderately good news like this, it would be awful to overlook the
layoffs at the Bioware offices (based in Austin) yesterday. An unknown number
of employees were laid off, and per Bioware that is just how things tend to go
after the release of a major game. The full force that developed it is no
longer needed since the work load is less after release.
Still, a bunch of people lost their jobs yesterday after working with the rest
of the development team to make one of the most popular MMOs on the market
today. These are sad times. I hope that they all find employment soon, and that
the disruption in job having doesn’t negatively impact their lives. Best of
luck to each of them.
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