Shintar
@shintar.bsky.social
Avid MMO gamer and long-time blogger. Star Wars: The Old Republic is my main game, but I'm also a casual World of Warcraft player.
My SWTOR blog: https://swtorcommando.blogspot.com/
My WoW blog: https://priestwithacause.blogspot.com/
My SWTOR blog: https://swtorcommando.blogspot.com/
My WoW blog: https://priestwithacause.blogspot.com/
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Mark your calendars! We will be hosting the Game Update 7.8 livestream on November 19th at 1:00pm CT / 7:00pm UTC over on Twitch! We’ll be going over all the features in the upcoming update. See you soon! www.twitch.tv/swtor
November 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Mark your calendars! We will be hosting the Game Update 7.8 livestream on November 19th at 1:00pm CT / 7:00pm UTC over on Twitch! We’ll be going over all the features in the upcoming update. See you soon! www.twitch.tv/swtor
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
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A little tale of chance encounters... It's a small world! #SWTOR
Tulak Hord Talk
After eight seasons and almost four years of playing on multiple servers, I'm pretty well settled in everywhere, with a growing roster of al...
swtorcommando.blogspot.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:23 AM
A little tale of chance encounters... It's a small world! #SWTOR
The Mek-Sha stronghold has been out for how many years? And I just walked through a side door for the first time and discovered a whole room that I never realised was there. I'm dead. 😆 #SWTOR
November 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The Mek-Sha stronghold has been out for how many years? And I just walked through a side door for the first time and discovered a whole room that I never realised was there. I'm dead. 😆 #SWTOR
Today: nothing too deep, just a little bit of squee #SWTOR
Another Season of Feasting
The Feast of Prosperity has once again come and gone, and I just wanted to make a short post about how much I enjoyed it (again). I feel lik...
swtorcommando.blogspot.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Today: nothing too deep, just a little bit of squee #SWTOR
@sixotf.bsky.social Hi! Sorry for the totally random question, but are you the same Sixo that used to post on Transformers Extreme some 20 years ago? Just came across your profile randomly and was like "that name seems familiar... would be wild if it was the same guy".
November 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
@sixotf.bsky.social Hi! Sorry for the totally random question, but are you the same Sixo that used to post on Transformers Extreme some 20 years ago? Just came across your profile randomly and was like "that name seems familiar... would be wild if it was the same guy".
Legion Remix has been out for almost a month, so naturally it's time for me to get philosophical: #WorldofWarcraft
Legion Remix: What Am I Even Doing?
Legion Remix continues to enthrall retail WoW players, and that includes me. The other week I went to K'aresh for a bit and it was like a gh...
priestwithacause.blogspot.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Legion Remix has been out for almost a month, so naturally it's time for me to get philosophical: #WorldofWarcraft
Running flashpoints on multiple servers for this Galactic Season has given me a lot of food for thought in recent weeks. I go over my current impressions in this blog post: #SWTOR
Flashpointing on Different Servers
One of the major reasons I've really been enjoying the current Galactic Season is that it's gotten me back into pugging. I've enjoyed doing ...
swtorcommando.blogspot.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Running flashpoints on multiple servers for this Galactic Season has given me a lot of food for thought in recent weeks. I go over my current impressions in this blog post: #SWTOR
Whatever you may think of #TurtleWoW, it's hard to deny that they have a lot of interesting ideas. In today's post I talk about some small changes they made to the Vanilla formula that I thought were really interesting:
Turtle WoW: Interesting Changes for a Slightly Different Sort of Vanilla Experience
I've mostly written about Turtle WoW in terms of their custom content and how it compares to real Vanilla WoW, but I wanted to also dedicate...
priestwithacause.blogspot.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Whatever you may think of #TurtleWoW, it's hard to deny that they have a lot of interesting ideas. In today's post I talk about some small changes they made to the Vanilla formula that I thought were really interesting:
Back in #SWTOR this week, I have some thoughts on the Czerka stims in the seasonal flashpoints:
Let's Talk About Czerka Combat Enhancers
During the last Galactic Season, we were introduced to the concept of experimental Czerka combat stims, which were supposed to bring a breat...
swtorcommando.blogspot.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Back in #SWTOR this week, I have some thoughts on the Czerka stims in the seasonal flashpoints:
Me: "Wonder if they fixed Brann being totally OP yet? It's been what, 3 weeks?"
Brann on the tier 11 end boss:
Brann on the tier 11 end boss:
October 25, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Me: "Wonder if they fixed Brann being totally OP yet? It's been what, 3 weeks?"
Brann on the tier 11 end boss:
Brann on the tier 11 end boss:
There've also been some new developments in the #TurtleWoW situation this week, which I sum up in this post:
Turtle WoW: Can't We Be Friends, Blizz?
I haven't played much Turtle WoW over the past few weeks as life has been quite busy and my limited WoW time has been fully taken up by Legi...
priestwithacause.blogspot.com
October 25, 2025 at 8:52 AM
There've also been some new developments in the #TurtleWoW situation this week, which I sum up in this post:
I've been a bit quiet online as work has been a pain, but I now have a week off, yay! Here's a brief post of me squeeing about what's new and coming up in SWTOR:
Looking forward to 7.8
I learned long ago not to get too hyped about new content for my favourite MMOs as it's too easy to end up disappointed, but then, what's li...
swtorcommando.blogspot.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I've been a bit quiet online as work has been a pain, but I now have a week off, yay! Here's a brief post of me squeeing about what's new and coming up in SWTOR:
I had never done the death knight order hall campaign before, so doing it in Remix and finding myself with an objective to defeat Lady Liadrin (of Midnight trailer fame) was quite funny. I didn't know what was going to happen, just that my mission was very obviously not going to work out. 😂 #WoW
October 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I had never done the death knight order hall campaign before, so doing it in Remix and finding myself with an objective to defeat Lady Liadrin (of Midnight trailer fame) was quite funny. I didn't know what was going to happen, just that my mission was very obviously not going to work out. 😂 #WoW
Love these sorts of little teaser videos; I wish they did them more often. I'm excited to get new story AND all of that in the next patch!
The SWTOR dev team gives a sneak peek into a newly developed Crash Site Area on Dantooine and the challenging encounters within. This feature will be available on the Public Test Server soon. Stay tuned for details! youtu.be/egzBGsJH6jM
Game Update 7.8 content is coming to the Public Test Server soon!
YouTube video by swtheoldrepublic
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October 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Love these sorts of little teaser videos; I wish they did them more often. I'm excited to get new story AND all of that in the next patch!
Everyone else is sharing theirs, so here are my own first impressions of WoW Legion Remix: #worldofwarcraft
priestwithacause.blogspot.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Everyone else is sharing theirs, so here are my own first impressions of WoW Legion Remix: #worldofwarcraft
A personal progress update for Galactic Season 9: #SWTOR
Galactic Season 9 Progress and Goals
We're eight weeks into Galactic Season 9 at this point, which means that the first players are getting close to hitting level 100. I tend to...
swtorcommando.blogspot.com
October 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM
A personal progress update for Galactic Season 9: #SWTOR
If we're calling Legion Remix "Lemix" now, does that retroactively turn MoP Remix into "Pemix"? Memix? Mopix?
October 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
If we're calling Legion Remix "Lemix" now, does that retroactively turn MoP Remix into "Pemix"? Memix? Mopix?
More #TurtleWoW adventures - they are definitely good at building some nice, Vanilla-like zones:
The Island of Balor
After finishing Northwind , my Turtle WoW hunter continued straight on to the private server's next custom zone, which is in fact designed f...
priestwithacause.blogspot.com
October 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
More #TurtleWoW adventures - they are definitely good at building some nice, Vanilla-like zones:
People hate "that guy" in flashpoints who runs ahead skipping everything, won't help if anyone aggros anything and then just sits there complaining. People also hate "that guy" who won't communicate, pulls everything but then also can't hold aggro despite being a tank. Both in the same run was WILD.
October 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
People hate "that guy" in flashpoints who runs ahead skipping everything, won't help if anyone aggros anything and then just sits there complaining. People also hate "that guy" who won't communicate, pulls everything but then also can't hold aggro despite being a tank. Both in the same run was WILD.
Did you enjoy #SWTOR 's date nights? You might find this interesting:
Date Night Data
Earlier in the year, Narrative Director Ashley Ruhl gave a talk at 2025's Game Developers Conference , on the subject of SWTOR's date nights...
swtorcommando.blogspot.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Did you enjoy #SWTOR 's date nights? You might find this interesting:
What have the @swtor.com devs unleashed? 😂
Blizz Can Ride! #LetBlizzRideToo
YouTube video by /JawaFace
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October 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
What have the @swtor.com devs unleashed? 😂
Continuing my exploration of #TurtleWoW, I checked out what's (I believe) their newest custom zone. Pros and cons of the experience:
Exploring the Forests of Northwind
My hunter on Turtle WoW reached the first of their mid-level custom zones recently. According to their wiki , the zone of Northwind is des...
priestwithacause.blogspot.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Continuing my exploration of #TurtleWoW, I checked out what's (I believe) their newest custom zone. Pros and cons of the experience:
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EA is being sold.
I've done my best to address many of the topics, questions, concerns and comparisons that I've seen come up from players about the future of EA and #SWTOR. A very long read, with lots of topics! 📖
swtorista.com/articles/ea-...
I've done my best to address many of the topics, questions, concerns and comparisons that I've seen come up from players about the future of EA and #SWTOR. A very long read, with lots of topics! 📖
swtorista.com/articles/ea-...
EA Set to Be Bought for $55 Billion - What does this mean for the future of the company, its studios, and its games?
Electronic Arts, better known as 'EA' and the publisher behind Star Wars: The Old Republic, has agreed a deal to sell Electronic Arts to an investor group for $55 billion, with the sale set for early ...
swtorista.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:44 PM
EA is being sold.
I've done my best to address many of the topics, questions, concerns and comparisons that I've seen come up from players about the future of EA and #SWTOR. A very long read, with lots of topics! 📖
swtorista.com/articles/ea-...
I've done my best to address many of the topics, questions, concerns and comparisons that I've seen come up from players about the future of EA and #SWTOR. A very long read, with lots of topics! 📖
swtorista.com/articles/ea-...
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A quarterly letter from Executive Producer, Keith Kanneg, detailing what’s been happening in Star Wars: The Old Republic for the third quarter of 2025 and a glimpse into what’s to come. www.swtor.com/info/news/ar...
October 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
A quarterly letter from Executive Producer, Keith Kanneg, detailing what’s been happening in Star Wars: The Old Republic for the third quarter of 2025 and a glimpse into what’s to come. www.swtor.com/info/news/ar...