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Shintar

@shintar.bsky.social

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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/

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Shintar @shintar.bsky.social · 1d

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!

Star Wars: The Old Republic @swtor.com · 1d

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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Shintar @shintar.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone else is sharing theirs, so here are my own first impressions of WoW Legion Remix: #worldofwarcraft

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Shintar @shintar.bsky.social · 1d

I will add! I just noticed that both sites work on my phone now, so maybe my PC just has some residual issues.

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Shintar @shintar.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, both of them throw up the same error when I try to reach them.

Shintar @shintar.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, I'm in the UK. And sorry for giving you headaches!

Shintar @shintar.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry, still getting the error. The error says "Peer received a valid certificate, but access was denied."

Shintar @shintar.bsky.social · 2d

Sorry, I meant both the West Karana URL and Chasing Dings. And I'm still getting the error now, unfortunately. This is in Firefox by the way. I tried in Edge and there F-Secure just blocks it as suspicious before I can even get there!

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Shintar @shintar.bsky.social · 2d

Hi Tipa, your blog is giving me an "Secure Connection Failed" error recently... not sure what that's about, but it does also say to contact the web site owners to inform them of this problem... (SSL_ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED_ALERT)

Shintar @shintar.bsky.social · 7d

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...

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Shintar @shintar.bsky.social · 8d

If we're calling Legion Remix "Lemix" now, does that retroactively turn MoP Remix into "Pemix"? Memix? Mopix?

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Shintar @shintar.bsky.social · 11d

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...

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Shintar @shintar.bsky.social · 11d

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.

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Shintar @shintar.bsky.social · 12d

I think Koth has a hard time because at the moment you lock him in, he competes directly with Lana and Theron. I know that's why I haven't romanced him yet, even though I generally like him.

Shintar @shintar.bsky.social · 12d

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...

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Shintar @shintar.bsky.social · 13d

What have the @swtor.com devs unleashed? 😂

Blizz Can Ride! #LetBlizzRideToo

YouTube video by /JawaFace

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Shintar @shintar.bsky.social · 14d

On my timeline this was right underneath a post about how T-Rex was formally named 120 years ago (supposedly). Seemed fitting! Hope you have a good one!

Shintar @shintar.bsky.social · 15d

I can't help seeing the :u as a cutesy smiley face.

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Shintar @shintar.bsky.social · 16d

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...

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Swtorista @swtorista.com · 17d

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! 📖

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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 ...

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Shintar @shintar.bsky.social · 17d

What did the poor Loth-cat kitten do to have to be the image for this headline... 😢

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Star Wars: The Old Republic @swtor.com · 17d

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...

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Shintar @shintar.bsky.social · 17d

Please abandon those panic stations: #SWTOR

What Will the EA Buyout Mean for SWTOR?

In case you managed to miss the big gaming news on Monday, Electronic Arts announced that it's going from a publicly traded company to a pri...

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Intisar - This Week in Aurebesh @thisweekinaurebesh.bsky.social · 18d

I hadn't planned to celebrate the 9th anniversary of This Week in Aurebesh with a post about Electronic Arts, but here we are. I don't know how this all will affect #SWTOR, but I do lament the human cost these deals take on the people who make the games we love.

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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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Shintar @shintar.bsky.social · 18d

An update for readers of my World of #Warcraft blog:

The State of My WoW-ing

I sometimes hear people say that WoW is in a better state than ever because of how many different ways to play it there are nowadays. Not en...

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Shintar @shintar.bsky.social · 19d

🤟 Feast! Feast! Feast! 🤟

(Looking forward to earning those new decos!)