It’s not attackable, and in this latest patch, the bugs have been fixed where it will no longer take damage from AOEs. The terminal spawns a camera avatar, and you then take control of that avatar. This doohicky launches when a player clicks on the appropriate terminal then allows a player to jump into the match simply as an observer. Lastly, I love the observation camera! We need one of these for all PvP matches. In theory, this will make PvP more about skill than about gear, and I’m fully on-board with that idea. In theory, bolster will place everyone in the stronghold on the same playing field, regardless of level. With that in mind, I fully support the bolster terminals in the Rishi stronghold. I have some nit-picky issue with the bolster system, in general, but I’m on-board with its intended purpose. I am also in favor of the bolster terminals placed in key locations around the stronghold. But there are many who like the idea of PvP as a way to resolve in-game conflict, and this is a huge step in that direction.
I know not all RPers are going to believe that PvP is the best way for conflict resolution, and I understand the arguments against PvP using game mechanics. Even if it’s just for this stronghold, it’s a big step in the right direction. I talk a lot about roleplay in MMOs, and how I think that SWTOR‘s combat system doesn’t provide a good platform for conflict resolution. If you are grouped with one to three other people, they will be on your team. When it’s on, you can literally PvP anyone you are not grouped with regardless of faction or level. If you are familiar with the PvP zone on Ilum, then you’ll be familiar with how this PvP toggle works. Although the button itself is new, the true change is the ability to toggle the whole stronghold from non-PvP to full-on PvP. “How is that a PvP change?” you might ask.
The biggest change as to be the options button in the stronghold UI. There are hooks everywhere, including out in the middle of the water where the player can’t even reach. I mentioned in my first impressions of the stronghold that “the hooks are sparse as with nearly all strongholds set outside, as on Yavin IV and Tatooine.” Well, in this latest update, that’s changed. I would like to give an honorable mention to the additional hooks add to the stronghold as well. In this case, it’s pretty great and serves its intended purpose. It’s clearly reused assets with a balcony attached to it, but reusing assets isn’t inherently bad. They were lifted from the starting cantina on Hutta. If you’ve ever made a bounty hunter or Imperial agent character, you’ll recognize the layout of these three rooms. A three-room apartment was added to the stronghold this past weekend. Thankfully, there was still time for the developers to do something about the Rishi stronghold. In fact, that was a complaint about the Yavin stronghold, too. But one fan-requested change was totally cosmetic: the additional unlock.įans on the PTS complained that the Rishi stronghold didn’t really have a home-like feel.
Many of the rooms and many of the changes to the stronghold focus on the player-versus-player aspects. The Rishi stronghold does focus quite a bit on PvP. The final round of PTS changes hit this past weekend, and I spent some time goofing around and diving into these additions. On a scale that includes jumping the timeline forward 5 years and killing off major characters, creating a PvP stronghold ranks rather low, but I’m surprised at how much it actually helps to create an enjoyable game. But I’m still a fan, and it’s improvements like the Rishi stronghold that help keep me interested in what BioWare developers are doing. I’ve clearly been critical of many of the things SWTOR has done over the year, and I rarely give it amazing scores on my yearly reviews.
It seems that the development team has a little more freedom to really listen to its fans and add items to this stronghold to move it from being a good stronghold to a great one. Play SWTOR for freeI know I took more than a moment to explain why I liked the new Rishi stronghold coming to Star Wars: The Old Republic in the next big update.
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