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Goodbye, Club Vertica! Hello, Gold Saucer!

When I decided to start blogging about FFXIV, I told myself that I’d only blog about recipes to avoid taking focus away from SWTOR and avoid comparing apples and oranges.  Even though they’re both...

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E3 & Knights of the Fallen Empire

The Star Wars: The Old Republic presentation at E3 had a beautiful trailer but was incredibly short and lacking details about what might come in the new expansion.  They did mention that Bioware...

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Murtaugh vs. the Label Makers

Recently, I was tagged by Gamers Decrypted to define a gamer.  It’s difficult to come up with a definition beyond what the dictionary says because everyone loves games.  Our ancestors invented all...

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Review: Trooper

It’s hard being a non-Force user…. Warning: Spoilers ahead. The lives of non-Force users have always seemed far more interesting to me.  Not only are they going up against the standard arsenal of...

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Ch-Ch-Changes! Preparing For the Future

With Star Wars: The Force Awakens coming out in December, combined with the statistical evidence that the majority of SWTOR players don’t participate in endgame content, it simply makes sense for...

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To Boldly Go

I recently transferred my mercenary healer to the Shadowlands for a short-term sub position on a raid team.  The process was simple, smooth, and fast – even though the site stated that the process...

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Liebster Award

A couple weeks ago, Zernebog nominated me for a Liebster Award!  He’s one of the many SWTOR players I’ve met outside of Jedi Covenant through Twitter and blogs about his characters, tanking, and his...

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Review: Sith Warrior

Warning: Spoilers ahead. The Jedi Knight’s story is touted as being the closest thing to Knights of the Old Republic 3 but it wouldn’t be complete without its counterpart, the Sith Warrior.  The Sith...

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Review: Smuggler

As I’ve mentioned before in my trooper review, I find the lives of non-Force users to be more interesting because they’re up against so many odds.  Out of the two Republic-side ones, smugglers are...

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Review: Imperial Agent

Warning: Spoilers ahead. When I first started playing Star Wars: The Old Republic, I was told to roll an Imperial Agent because it had the best story. I’m not sure if I agree or not, but I can say this...

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Jumping into Guild Wars 2

I started playing Guild Wars 2 for a few reasons. First, it’s now free-to-play and has very few F2P restrictions. Second, ArenaNet announced that raids will be coming after the Heart of Thorns...

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Upcoming Changes With The KOTFE Expansion

SWTOR’s recent livestream detailing the upcoming changes in Knights of the Fallen Empire was probably the best update since July for current players. Musco covered a variety of topics, ranging from...

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Crafting & KOTFE

Bioware is making a lot of changes to the crafting system in Knights of the Fallen Empire! It’s not a radical overhaul to the crafting system, but rather a good bit of maintenance to prevent material...

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Extra Life Game Day 2015

I’ve met a lot of wonderful people through @swtorfamily, a Twitter account run by Madmar. Many of the players I regularly interact with are not on Jedi Covenant or the Shadowlands, but on servers I’ve...

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Exploring Western Tyria

I love my Sylvari ranger. I’m actually pretty surprised at how much fun it is – normally, I abhor classes that have pets because I’m just not good with the micromanagement. I also loathe elven-type...

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Knights of the Fallen Empire: Initial Impressions

Warning: Spoilers below. Star Wars: The Old Republic’s newest expansion, Knights of the Fallen Empire, has thoroughly delivered on the promise of a story-driven adventure with cinematic storytelling...

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Alliances & Crafting

One of the things I’ve been working on this week is organizing my crafters. Prior to Knights of the Fallen Empire, effective crafting required examining all the companion bonuses and picking crew,...

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A Place For My Stuff: Organizing Crafting Mats

This past weekend, I took the opportunity to reassess the contents of my Legacy Bank and reorganize stacks of crafting materials. Luckily, Bioware’s crafting changes made this clean up extremely easy –...

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KOTFE, One Month Later

Since the initial release of KOTFE, things have been a little crazy, both in the game and in the community. While the storytelling part of the expansion has been met with largely positive reviews, the...

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Quick Update

I haven’t been blogging as much because the last couple of months have been pretty unpleasant. Long story short, I’ll be leaving my guild of over two years due to a change in guild culture and...

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