Star Wars: The Old Republichas revealed its newest expansion.Legacy of the Sithwill bring a lot of new content toStar Wars: The Old Republic, while also trying to be a great jumping-on point for new players to the MMO.
It has been quite a while sinceStar Wars: The Old Republic’s last expansion,Knights of the Eternal Throne, launched all the way back in 2016. However, the game has maintained a dedicated player base, and many still findStar Wars: The Old Republicworth visitingas the game approaches its 10 year anniversary.
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The new expansion continues the ongoing storyline ofStar Wars: The Old Republicand sees players chasing down the renegade Sith from previous expansions known as Darth Malagus. Developer BioWare Austin says that the expansion will take players to new planets, including an aquatic planet, a mountainous planet, and various Operations in the remains of a research station in deep space.Star Wars: The Old Republichas been praised by critics and playersfor its focus on story-telling, and the developers claim that the newest expansion will continue the MMO’s legacy of creating interesting new stories set in theStar Warsuniverse.
The expansion will also feature a new Combat Style mechanic that will allow players to customize how they want their characters to approach combat and take advantage of mixing multiple classes. It will also include a variety of quality of life improvements that aim to help streamline the game. These include changes to equipping items and creating loadouts, as well as updating the game’s character creator.
BioWare also hopes that the changes will help attract new players to the MMO, as the improvements will also make getting used to the game’s systems easier and more friendly for new players now thatStar Wars: The Old Republicis available on Steam.
All in all, the new expansion looks like it will bring a lot of new content for fans to enjoy inStar Wars: The Old Republic. The new features of the expansion seem likely to make the game smoother and more enjoyable for existing players while also helping new players jump in and start their journey up to the new level cap of 80. The expansion is scheduled to launch this holiday season, so it will be interesting to see if it helps cementStar Wars: The Old Republicas one of the bestStar Warsgamesthat fans can play.
Star Wars: The Old Republicis available on PC with theLegacy of the Sitchexpansion launching this holiday season.
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