SWTOR: Titans of Industry patch in now live, gear up and gather more SWTOR credits

Star Wars: The Old Republic’s latest update 2.3 – better known as Titans Industry – features more story line and two new level 55 Flashpoints – Czerka Corporate Labs and Czerka Core Meltdown. The Game update also includes game fixes, tweaks, and other necessities and also a new companion pet (also known as Treek) and the very first animal mount. Fans of SWTOR can expect a plethora of PVE contents.

The content will focus on the Czerka Corporation. There will be a lot of new bosses and brand new challenges that awaits you. You can check them out by visiting the daily mission area on CZ-198 via a ship or the Priority Transport Terminal, or by using the Hard Mode Flashpoints (Level 55) category in Group Finder. The story mode for these Flashpoints is balanced for a group of two to four players. Those who want to earn more SWTOR credits, this is your chance as there will be a lot of new methods and places to gather more SWTOR credits.

The update also added Rating 162 CZR-9001 weapons, and reward vendors for the Bounty Contract event, which kicks off next week. You may visit the Cartel Bazaar on the fleet to check them out; you can get there from the central elevators.

Change log:

• CZ-198, a new Level 55 Daily mission area, is now available!
•  New Level 55 Flashpoint: Czerka Corporate Labs!
• New Level 55 Flashpoint: Czerka Core Meltdown!
• New Galactic Reputation Organizations!
•  New Feature: Tauntaun Creature Mounts!
• New Companion Character!
• New Event: Bounty Contract Week!
• Palette Graphics Upgrade!

You can view more detailed changes here.

Want a new partner? Ready your SWTOR credits and buy him now

Treek, arrives with Game Update 2.3: Titans of industry. This mysterious alien mercenary is accessible for all character categories, and can be attained in-game SWTOR credits or purchased directly from the Cartel Market to assist clarify these completely different choices.

There are two options: the cash shop or in-game credits. For the former, obtaining your Ewok companion is as easy as forking over 2100 Cartel Coins and obtaining a Mercenary Contract quest starter item from the Cartel Market. You'll need to be level 10 to finish the quest and claim your reward.

If you prefer to avoid cash shops, you can still obtain the Mercenary Contract via the Astromech Legacy Vendor located on your faction's fleet. You'll need a Legacy level of 40 and a million SWTOR credits.

There's a third option, too, and that is buying the contract from another player via the global auction house. There's a bit more info on the process at the official SWTOR website.

She is a heavy armor user with Aim as her primary stat. She has both heal and tank stance. Treek uses either Blaster Pistol/Blaster Rifle in her mainhand slot and a generator/shield in her offhand slot.

The real face of Treek is not as cute as this one but it certainly makes them a good companion for you.

Swordsman Online Hits Chinese Beta Testing

For our regular viewers that caught JamesBl0nde and DizzyPW's Most Anticipated Games of 2013, you may have learned of a distant gem we had our sights on since its extraordinarily early appearance at E3 2010, Swordsman Online. Well the long wait is finally over, at least for those that know Chinese, as the open beta is now going strong (and without IP block!).

Recent in-house developed titles by Perfect World have shown remarkable speed in localization so our prediction of a fourth quarter 2013 English beta may be spot on the mark. But for now be sure to check out the Youtube video maker Yuusha Exa for a look at the early gameplay, character customization, and preview of advanced martial arts. While animations are still lacking on a lot of NPCs, it can't be denied the cutscenes and skill animations are top notch.

Source: OnRPG

Path of Exile adds Twitch integration

Indie action RPG Path of Exile now boasts integrated, in-client Twitch features, including webcam and chat support. You’ll even be able to click straight through to live streams from the race leader boards to scope out the competition’s technique, while the highest-ranked streamer will be spotlighted on the race page of the Path of Exile site neat. Path of Exile is a free-to-play, New Zealand-developed Diablo-esque with a sprawling skill tree.

Source: VG247

The power of ratio and the importance of POE orb

The currency system in the Path of Exile can be quite confusing especially for the new players. It doesn't follow the traditional “gold” system like the other MMORPG but instead the players are encouraged to trade using items like POE orbs or depending on their needs.

The Vendor exchange ratio of POE Orb

Everything in the POE has a certain value in it. The prices of each POE orbs are determined by the levels of rarity, vendor exchange prices, recipes and player’s demand. The economy in this game is like the other MMORPG that included markets that based on supply and demand.

Below is a sample on what might the vendors has to offer:

Some of the prices in the market often fluctuate slightly. It is important to note that highly valued POE orbs are often sold at a much higher price than normal since some of the players are willing to pay.

SWTOR credit guide for the empty wallets

Some or new players don’t have any idea how to increase their SWTOR credits or they‘re just lazy to do it. Perhaps if you have a bit of time available, you could learn anything from this guide which could help you on how to increase you SWTOR credits. If you’re lucky you could become rich.

Filling up your wallet with SWTOR credits

The most important thing to do to increase your SWTOR credits is by completing missions, of course especially the main ones for your class. Completing the missions will earn you enough credits, and that credits will be your own capital for the more advance technique when increasing you SWTOR credits. Most players spend their SWTOR credits on gears, med packs, stim packs or other items that is not really important or useless. You DON’T need to spend that much. Just take every mission as you can and while you’re at it, take also the bonus mission reward. Leveling from up to 50 is enough without buying much; this will make you start on Galactic Market Trading Empire.

Trading on Galactic Market is the most effective way to earn more SWTOR credits. You will not stop making more credits once you start using this method. Know the items that you want to sell especially with a high value items. When the items have been sold, you can have a decent amount of SWTOR credits.

Or if you’re just really that lazy then you could just buy SWTOR credits from other players for instant credits. Players that sells SWTOR credits can be found on some forum markets or some site that provide trading platforms to use to trade between players.

[Tips] What exactly POE orbs are?

Path of Exile (POE) uses traditional currency of gold but instead of gold they prefer a series of POE orb which can be used to modify some aspect of an item as their preferred currency that can be used for both trading and crafting.

Uses of POE Orbs for Crafting

1. Orb of Alchemy – It upgrades white items to rare items.
2. Orb of Scouring – Downgrades rare/magic item to a white item.
3. Chaos Orb – Re forges a rare item
4. Orb of Chance - Upgrades a white item to a magic/rare/unique
5. Regal Orb - Adds ONE mod to a magic item (changing it into a rare)
6. Exalted Orb - Adds ONE mod to a rare item (max of 6 mods)
7. Divine Orb - Rerolls the values on an item's mods
8. Blessed Orb - Rerolls the value on an item's implicit mod.
9. Chromatic Orb - Rerolls the colors on an item's sockets.
10. Jeweler’s Orb - Rerolls the number of sockets on an item
11. Orb of Fusing - Rerolls the links on an item
12. Orb of Transmutation - Changes a white item to a magic item
13. Orb of Augmentation - Add a mod to a magic item with only 1 mod.
14. Eternal Orb – Creates an Imprint of an item for later restoration.

Source: Path of Exile forum

To prevent wasting your orb to some useless items, you need to remember to use the POE orb to an item that is hard to purchase. Don’t overspend your orb as long as you can, you might need them in the future.

Alienware Arena Dragon Nest PvP Tournament Season 2 Report

The Alienware Arena Dragon Nest PvP Tournament Season 2 held over the weekend at the Alienware Arena in Lucky Chinatown, Singapore, was yet another jewel in Cherry Credits' crown of community events. Though Dragon Nest PvP action has alway been a crowd pleaser, especially with the addition of a seasoned caster this round, Cherry Credits outdid itself in terms of community engagement this time round.

Apart from the live cast of nailbiting PvP matches, free game time and an in-game pet was offered to Dragon Nest community members who came down to spectate. Hourly lucky draws for Ttesport peripherals and limited edition Dragon Nest plushies were also conducted for spectators who registered their attendance. At least 100 gamers were on site taking part in the festivities.

"The crowd is as good as our previous events," said GM Adriano of Cherry Credits. The Dragon Nest PvP Tournament Season 1 was held way back in November 2011, but participation has not dwindled in spite of the gap in between seasons. "Some players even came down from Kuala Lumpur to support the Malaysian team," Adriano added.

Though the Singapore Dragon Nest community is definitely not as big as the followings in neighbouring countries like the Philippines, it still encompasses a dedicated bunch of players, and this is all thanks to the effort Cherry Credits puts into engaging its community.

Dragon Nest, developed by Korean developers Eyedentity Games and published by Shanda Games in Singapore is a game that the latter firm believes is the best for promoting e-sports with, hence their focus on it. Apart from frequent big ticket scenarios that appear with certain patches, such as the upcoming Green Dragon S$20,000 boss-kill challenge, Cherry Credits also makes it a point to meet up frequently with the players.

"We have meet-the-player sessions whenever we have a big patch (like the Kali patch)," GM Adriano told us. "Our producer Addison Kang sends out invites to notable community members. In turn, these people share the invite with their guild. Everyone gathers at the session and we give them a game update and information on the patch."

Community engagement like that certainly paid off over the weekend. We counted no less than over 100 Dragon Nest gamers throughout last Saturday's event. Many satisfied participants walked away not just with their in-game Hound pets, but also with gaming gear and plushies.

Dragon Nest will undoubtedly continue to be one of the top games in Shanda Games' catalogue , with Marketing Manager of Cherry Credits, Cheryl Tan, adding that the team is "looking forward to the PvP tournament becoming an annual occasion."

Mary-Anne is a the Singapore Correspondence for IGN Asia Pacific. You can identify her by her Magikarp tattoo or her propensity to launch into fangirl mode over a certain icy game company. She someday hopes to actually finish the games she owns. Follow her on Twitter @missfors

 SOURCE: IGN

WHEN COMPETITION IS TOO MANY…

RuneScape is one of the oldest but trending games in MMO nowadays.

Last November 2012, the Evolution of Combat has been released. It is said that the new update is to balance the game’s classes, since previously melee are more powerful compared to Range and Magic. While later this year in February 2013 RuneScape 2007 has been re-launch having the old feel and game interface of the old school RuneScape system.

A lot of players continue to transfer to RuneScape 2007 due to the said updates (EOC). Even my friends transferred to RuneScape 2007, I can’t help myself but to transfer as well since my friends are there… and they are waiting….

On the other hand players that had transferred to RuneScape 2007 are most likely the veteran and PVP/PK oriented players, they transferred because of the simplicity and nostalgia feel of the old RuneScape. But most likely, they really didn’t like the Evolution of Combat system.

I noticed that Gold sellers are also moving to RuneScape 2007, since in RuneScape the market competition of RSGP is high, that the sellers tends to lower their selling price due to the growing numbers of sellers While on RuneScape 2007, the demand in buying gold is increasing due to the players who are transferring from RuneScape. Since the server is somewhat new, the consumer demand in gold is increasing but the sellers are still few unlike RuneScape.

Sellers in RuneScape 2007 are commonly buying bulks of gold which are much cheaper, so that they can resell it to a higher price. But there is a downside to it in which leading the buyer on getting banned due to suspicious trade. The trading of large amount of gold can be detected by the game system itself. Due to this case, buyers should have safety measures to consider. I read a thread at STYHE forum about the successful trade using a secured trading platform called PlayerAuctions; it’s a Gaming Marketplace that allows players to exchange real money to different types of game currency.

I would recommend using PlayerAuctions since most of the users at SYTHE use it when trading in RuneScape 2007 and it is pretty much safe.

No need to compete for the low prices, when you can just migrate to another server.

When “dedicated” Dungeon Defender shop is not too dedicated

Co-Op games are one of the game types that usually played by a casual gamers like me; playing with friends is the key! Dungeon Defender is all about treadmill and defending your dungeon, some people usually say its like Diablo III + TowerDefense and you get DD! As I play the game, I come to notice that it seems like the players around me are focusing on their everyday grinding; grinding for Mana to be exact (in-game money).

                I’ve been focusing on grinding my dream set of equipments, I spent time on grinding for gears but I always ended up not getting any. I’m getting really tired of it and wanted to fully enjoy the game before deciding to leave the game. Catching up with my friends on a very short time is my target but with my level and dealing with newbie, greedy or bot partymate sure is a pain in the head.

As time goes by, I’m getting more and more desperate on having my dream set. It would be MUCH MUCH easier for me if there are cheap mana around. I did my research and saw this online trading site that is “dedicated” for Dungeon Defenders. As dedicated as it can be, the items are still expensive and feedback from them that I don’t like is the delivery time. Again, I did my research and found an interesting Online Trading Platform named playerauctions which is one of the top online trade markets to provide many reliable sellers with good feedback that claimed to deliver the goods on time.

Thanks to that and I’m able to kick some cry babies in-game.

When dedicated shop is not too dedicated, that’s the time to look for alternatives.

Dungeon Defenders 2 co-op gameplay revealed in first trailer

Earlier this week, Trendy Entertainment announced that Dungeon Defenders 2—a follow-up to the co-op action tower defense original—will be free-to-play and feature a competitive MOBA mode. The new mode is already in closed beta, but the continuation of DunDef’s co-op won’t be playable until later this year. Even so, Trendy has released a pre-alpha co-op gameplay trailer—it’s bigger and prettier, but doesn’t look to stray from the original in any fundamental way.

That’s what I want: more super-saturated tower defense. We’ve got a while to wait, though, so in the meantime we hope to test out the new competitive mode soon.

SOURCE: PCGamer

Dungeon Defenders 2 announced: free-to-play with a MOBA mode in closed beta now

Dungeon Defenders is a fun co-op action tower defense game. Dungeon Defenders II, announced today by Trendy Entertainment, is that idea give or take everything that’s happened in PC gaming over the past three years. It’s free-to-play with cross-platform multiplayer (PC, Mac, iOS, Android, and Web), and it’s launching in two parts: a new competitive MOBA mode that’s in closed beta now and will be playable at PAX East this week in Boston, and an update to the cooperative defense mode of the original, which is scheduled for beta late this year or early next. So, not much has changed.

The competitive mode, which Trendy happily labels a MOBA, is taking beta signups right now. It will initially feature just one 5v5 map, but on the hero side Trendy anticipates it will have amassed 24 to choose from by launch. Some of those will be paid heroes, but the rotating selection of free heroes is expected to match “similar free-to-play games.” Meaning League of Legends, of course.

And, as is now standard practice when announcing F2P games, Trendy already has an answer for the question: “Is the game pay-to-win?”

“Of course not!” reads the official FAQ. “As of this moment in development, everything sold in the game is obtainable through play. Furthermore, all stat giving items are awarded only through play, not pay. Like many other games in the genre though, you will be able to purchase boosts that will let you level faster or find better cosmetics.”

But why make a cooperative game into a MOBA in the first place? Answer us that, Trendy!

“During the development of Dungeon Defenders we constantly tried different multiplayer modes. Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, you name it. None of them really fit. When planning the sequel, we couldn’t drop the idea that a MOBA in the Dungeon Defenders universe would rock. Maybe it was all the after hour games of League we played in the office. We don’t know. But it fit well into the storyline and achieved a core goal of helping Dungeon Defenders players meet new players, so we went all in.”

Oh, well that makes sense. But what makes it different from League of Legends and Dota 2? Don’t have an answer for that, do you?

“Our take on the MOBA genre is more rpg-esque, with more hero customization, persistent hero leveling, loot and a town square where players can socialize, manage their heroes, shop, trade, and queue for matches. We’ve drastically simplified the item system, to reduce the learning curve for new players and are aiming for shorter total match times. We’re also experimenting with some other unique twists that you might find out about later (if they work!).”

Alright fine, announce your game with plenty of details and jump straight into closed beta like some kind of indie game studio that communicates frankly and only when it has something to show. See if thatworks. And while you’re at it, why not promise a gameplay reveal in the announcement post? Schedule it for this Friday, maybe? Yeah, I thought you would, and now I guess have to get real excited about it with no need for sarcasm, because it actually is pretty exciting.

I’m not a big MOBA fan, so I’m more excited to see more of Dungeon Defenders’ original co-op, but I’m willing to give the competitive mode a chance while I wait. What say you?

 SOURCE: PCGamer

DON’T UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF 2D GAMES

Socializing can be this exciting! If you are not familiar with Habbo, it’s a 2d web-based game social networking site. The game is famous for its unique blocky 2D graphics. Nowadays Habbo is one of the trending games, so I tried the playing it myself. On my first experience, the interface and quest is very confusing for a beginner. But thankfully the game has its own help chat.

                My Habbo character has its own room which I can customize by adding different kinds of furniture.  To avail furniture, I tried doing the mini-games which I earn duckets. Duckets are the secondary currency wherein it is only use for renting. I wanted to have permanent furniture, but only gold coin can be use to avail permanent furniture.

                To experience the full customization and permanent in-game items, I asked my in-game friends where I can find cheaper gold coins other than buying in the habbo site. One of them said to use a site called PlayerAuctions wherein the site also provide security in all of my transaction. Thankfully I use this site; I’ve never had any issue in buying my gold coins.