Quelle: http://massivelyop.com/2015/06/23/e3-2015-bioware-dishes-more/

Wie viel Zeit verbringt man in Gefangenschaft und was wird aus den Gefährten?

For instance, since you get five new companions, what happens to the old ones?

Backus said point blank that answering me would involve spoilers, so he wouldn’t share. However, he did note that while you were frozen in carbonite for five years, your companions still had to live through the passage of time. In your absence, their lives went on — but the choices you made involving them might have something to do with where their lives headed after you disappeared. Companions are, in Backus’ words, “super important.” He said the team focused on making the experience better, giving companions more content, and making your decisions impact your companions as much as their decisions/actions impact you.

5 Jahre Haft! Die Gefährten sind wohl ein Ersatz für Klassenstories, da sie ja einen direkten Bezug zur ehemaligen Klassenstory darstellen.

Welche Gefährten bekommt man wieder?

Backus also said which companions you end up with will be reflected in the choices you make! He explained, “With the fall of both the Republic and the Empire, effectively you are that chosen one. They feel you can help rebuild, and part of that rebuilding is you going out and finding your companions. And who those companions are is kind of part of the player choice.” We know that Lana can be one, and we also met a new HK55 droid that’s programmed to protect meatbags at all costs. But it sounds as if all players will not have the same options depending on those choices they have made and will still make.

Es hängt also von den getroffenen Entscheidungen ab und wohl auch mit welchen Fraktionen man sich verbündet.

Zakuul ist einer der neuen Planeten

New worlds to explore are also a part of the expansion. One such world is Zakuul. Although it appears to be an ecumenoplis like Coruscant or Nar Shaddaa, it is not; Backus notes that while the city itself is very vast, the world also has outlying swamps and other terrain. Although we don’t know to what degree Zakuul is explorable, McLean noted that players will be fighting through the scaffolding in city heights as well as visiting the surface and the underbelly of the world.

Neben der Stadt wird man auch die Sümpfe Zakuuls betreten können. Taris-Flashbacks aus KotOR!

Wie sehen die neuen Fähigkeiten aus?

What about the new abilities for the five new levels? MacLean stated that specific information will be released in the upcoming months but that “the general philosophy is on increased mobility and action-packed combat.”

Höhere Mobilität, das haben wir schon gehört. Mehr action packed combat? Damit meint er hoffentlich verbesserte und coolere Animationen wie sie Vergeltungs-Jugger und Wachsamkeits-Hüter in 3.0 erhalten haben.

Valkorions TOCHTER!

The Emperor of the Eternal Empire is Valkorian, who has twin sons — Thexan and Arkan — and a lightning-flinging daughter, Vaylin.

Vaylin ist also ein weiteres mörderisches Kind des Unsterblichen Imperators.

Die Kinder wollen den Vater stürzen?

Backus noted that there are a lot of politics going on with this family, but he wouldn’t share details saying that the background is part of the chapters of the epic story.

Kein Kommentar.

SoR enthielt bereits Andeutungen

He did, however, note that “some of the lore and some of the fiction that we are establishing actually starts with Shadow of Revan.” As he put it, “I guarantee that once you play through especially the first nine chapters if not the first 16 chapters of Fallen Empire, if you go back through Revan and play through Revan, you can start to see hints of what’s coming.”

Da bin ich mal gespannt.

Imps und Reps arbeiten zusammen

What happened to the Empire and the Republic? That, too, is in the story, but suffice it to say that they were conquered and now folks from both those sides are working together to get you — the hero — to the point where you can save them all from the Eternal Empire.

Das klingt zu gut um wahr zu sein, aber immerhin werden auch Reps von Lana Beniko befreit und es muss irgendwo eine Widerstandsbewegung geben.

Der Auserwählte

No, really: You are the chosen one. Literally. As Backus said, “You’re special, and you’re special for a reason!” You need to restore your power and be the figurehead to fight the Eternal Empire. The whole story revolves around you.

Irgendetwas passiert da in den ersten Kapiteln und es könnte vielleicht mit Vitiate zu tun haben. Aus irgendeinem Grund wird man vielleicht zu mächtig und daher auf Eis gelegt.

BioWares neues Veröffentlichungsmodell

Those who feel they are aren’t ready for Fallen Empire right now can wait before subscribing to unlock it without missing out on any chapters. Whenever players subscribe, they will get all chapters of the story up to date to that point. That means if 25 chapters have been released, one month of subscription will net a player all 25 chapters.

Instead of doing two expansions a year, devs confirmed that SWTOR will have just one really big one, though it won’t all be released at the same time; the seasons of episodic story chapters that start with Fallen Empire will continue.

Mit diesem neuen Modell könnte man es tatsächlich schaffen ein Addon pro Jahr zu produzieren, ohne sich wegen einem Nebenprojekt wie GSF oder Housing im Jahr 2014 den gesamten Terminplan zu ruinieren.