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/
Had a lot of fun with all the flashpoint objectives this week again. Another update on my Galactic Seasons progress: #SWTOR
GS9 Week 14: Flashpoints, Flashpoints, Flashpoints!
A little over a month ago I wrote about how much I've been enjoying the current Galactic Season , and how I'd been thinking about setting my...
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November 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Had a lot of fun with all the flashpoint objectives this week again. Another update on my Galactic Seasons progress: #SWTOR
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This Week in Aurebesh: Welcome to the Rock! If I had a nickle for every time a rock in Star Wars got a name I'd have two nickles, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice. I share thoughts on the news and controversies of #SWTOR's next big update!
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This Week in Aurebesh
A blog exploring the worlds of the Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO and its use of aurebesh in the game's design.
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November 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This Week in Aurebesh: Welcome to the Rock! If I had a nickle for every time a rock in Star Wars got a name I'd have two nickles, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice. I share thoughts on the news and controversies of #SWTOR's next big update!
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In today's post, I start by talking about the #SWTOR dev stream and then go totally off the rails! Sometimes these kinds of posts are the most fun to write:
An Expansion Tease & A Peculiar Controversy
On Wednesday it was time for the dev stream preparing us for the launch of 7.8 ! And it was... okay? To be honest, there were less "news" th...
swtorcommando.blogspot.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
In today's post, I start by talking about the #SWTOR dev stream and then go totally off the rails! Sometimes these kinds of posts are the most fun to write:
It's been a week of interesting news as far as my MMO interests go - besides the SWTOR dev stream, there was also a rare piece of news about WoW Classic era, which I discuss in this post:
New Changes and New People Coming to Classic Era
The Classic anniversary servers are getting ready to leave Vanilla behind and progress into the Burning Crusade, with Blizzard announcing on...
priestwithacause.blogspot.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
It's been a week of interesting news as far as my MMO interests go - besides the SWTOR dev stream, there was also a rare piece of news about WoW Classic era, which I discuss in this post:
Figures that the random Keith tease at the end was the most exciting thing about the SWTOR dev stream once again. 😂 Was also happy to hear about the ceiling hook update though. Other stuff was good, but obviously we already knew about story and Dantooine.
November 19, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Figures that the random Keith tease at the end was the most exciting thing about the SWTOR dev stream once again. 😂 Was also happy to hear about the ceiling hook update though. Other stuff was good, but obviously we already knew about story and Dantooine.
When did they change these arrows during the Ziost speeder daily? I'm pretty sure they used to be on the ground instead of floating in the air... #SWTOR
November 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
When did they change these arrows during the Ziost speeder daily? I'm pretty sure they used to be on the ground instead of floating in the air... #SWTOR
Thanks @vulkk.com for posting about Star Wars: Visions season 3 the other week, otherwise I genuinely wouldn't even have known it was out. Some short thoughts!
Star Wars: Visions Season 3
Did you know that season three of Star Wars: Visions has already been out for several weeks? For some reason I've seen zero promotional mat...
swtorcommando.blogspot.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Thanks @vulkk.com for posting about Star Wars: Visions season 3 the other week, otherwise I genuinely wouldn't even have known it was out. Some short thoughts!
Today in #WoW talk, a little ramble about how I'm honestly a bit sick of hearing about Midnight already and wish more people would just play the game that's in front of us:
Living in the Moment
One thing I personally find kind of off-putting about the wider retail WoW community is how a large chunk of it seems to spend more time loo...
priestwithacause.blogspot.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Today in #WoW talk, a little ramble about how I'm honestly a bit sick of hearing about Midnight already and wish more people would just play the game that's in front of us:
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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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LIZ:
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[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
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LIZ:
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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