SWTOR Outer Rim Explorer Pack Preview

Dulfy 267 Comments Jun 23, 2015

SWTOR Outer Rim Explorer’s Pack preview. This pack was released on July 21, 2015. Updated with ingame images and videos.

Contents

1 Armor
2 Mounts
3 Weapons
4 Pets
5 Misc
6 Decorations

Armor

Darth Andeddu’s Armor Set

B-400 Cybernetic Armor Set

Drifter Armor Set

Tactical Infantry Armor Set

This set has animation that shows when you have weapon drawn or in combat. The helmet has a tactical finder animation while the rest of the armor have a flowing animation in the orange places.

Armored Diplomat Armor Set

Contraband Runner Armor Set

Intelligence Officer Armor Set

Mounts

Video of all mounts (alphabetical order)

Czerka Runabout

Gurian Storm

Hyrotti-YH-33

Kalakar Advanced Simulator

Landslide Assault Speeder (Flourish)

The speeder fire its cannons when flourish is used (see video)

Rimefrost Whitefang

Sorosuub Perception

Vectron Ranger (Flourish)

This mount has the flourish animation with the extended flap going up or coming down (see video)

Weapons

The yellow bits on the weapons changes color with color crystal. Visit Tor-fashion’s youtube channel for videos of weapons in a day or two.

GT-40 XT Plasma Core Assault Cannon

GR-10 Plasma Core Blaster

VL-18 Plasma Rifle

PW-3 ST Sniper Rifle

Reckoning’s Exposed Saberstaff

Reckoning’s Exposed Lightsaber

Pets

Waspback Gizka

Virusclaw Subteroth

Misc

Green Empeth Crystal

Black-Orange Striated Color Crystal

Dark Pink and Dark Gray Dye Module

Medium Purple and Dark Red Dye Module

Video of the Regen/Emotes

Emote: Air Drums

Emote: Air Control

Regen: Sparring Droid

Guss Tuno Customization 3

Lieutenant Iresso Customization 9

Title: Galactic Wanderer

Title: Out Rim Explorer

Decorations

Gallery link: http://tor-decorating.com/category/acquired-source/cartel-market/packs/explorer-packs/outer-rim-explorers-pack/

Commemorative Statue of Shae Vizla

Flag: Mandalorian

Juvenile Krayt Trophy

Mandalorian Elite

Mandalorian Floor Torch

Mandalorian Tracker

Mandalorian Wall Sconce

Mandalorian Weapon Rack

Pit of the Sarlacc

gua543

Darth Andeddu’s armor set is a disgrace to every sith in existence. I can never believe that the sith that learned how to transfer his spirit into another being didn’t wear pants.
- Ben Fleuss
  
  Trousers are a lie, there is only freedom? 😛
- Lorien
  
  The helmet is ugly, but without it I think it makes a nice amazon looking armor for females.
  So forget about Andeddu and look at it like a nice woman warrior set.
  - The Natoorat
    
    Plus, the helmet might look good with some other armours, so it’s not a total loss 😉
    - ZapTheSheep
      
      I can think of three off hand that I want to preview that helmet with: Dark Legionnaire Chest, Ceremonial Guard, and Section Guardian. Perhaps the Freedon Nadd chest piece. Plus, with the glowing eyes of the Marauder’s ability shining through that helmet, it will be very sinister looking.
  - Aeden
    
    Peeps are gonna go crazy for the chest piece. Lots like the revealed look.
- Alex G
  
  Armor looks fine to me.
  
  http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090609034321/starwars/images/0/07/UndeadAndeddu-Leg27.jpg
  - gua543
    
    Well, I’ll be damned. Must be the skeleton look that made me forget about the no-pants part.
  - Vokel
    
    Skeletor on the way to his wedding?
    
    I think that’s the reson why I hate the SW EU so much.
Aeden

The drifter set is hilarious. Looks like a thief stole random pieces from every other class. Just one piece…. from each. Nice colored armor as well. Ha ha ha ha!!!
- CreekLegacy
  
  Looks just like one of the hunter sets from Destiny, right down to the ragged cloak.
  - Aeden
    
    True, but not in the same cool way. 😀
Sindariel

@Dulfy
You can preview the animation of the Tactical Infantry armor set by previewing a weapon first (keep the weapon drawed) and than the armor pieces.
- Sindariel
  
  PS: Head and chestpiece have seperate animations.
p4v7

B-400 helmet will be the reason why Ant-Man cosplays will appear in the game. 😉
- Sarigar
  
  Or Sith Black Manta.
  - Vokel
    
    http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090308014330/starwars/images/6/63/BountyHunters.jpg
    
    To the right.
    4-LOM
    - Naq
      
      Pretty sure its more a combination of Sergeant Doallyn and a death star droid.
Ciccio

landslider and whitefang.. rest is really shit
Darth Rassilon

love the Rimefrost Whitefang but cant help but think of WOW.
Lorien

Nice Bounty hunter guilds will be buying off every decoration from pick pack.
Lucas

bleh
Karmanak

Tactical Infantry looks so close to Energized, just the helmet has to have animation now… we’ll see. The mounts look cool, as always the more the better 🙂
- Cross Ikon
  
  Yeah, this’ll be nice for the people who can’t scrape up enough to buy the Energized/Galvanized sets.
Unoshi

Awesome decos
- Drool Bear
  
  I agree. Very cool.
vampiredirt

Finally a new weapon rack!
MatiS

I hope that sarlacc will eat you when you come too close…
Drool Bear

Wonder what the Drifter Armor head piece looks like by itself.
- ZapTheSheep
  
  Like the Classic Trailblazer head piece but with goggles. http://tor-fashion.com/classic-trailblazer/
TMNJ

Can they please stop making weapons with this stupid glowing parts?
- Chakra Kusanagi
  
  If you don’t want the glowy parts, just find a crystal with black as the colour that’s displayed in the glow.
- ZapTheSheep
  
  No. Because the majority of the community has requested them. If you don’t like them, buy something else less interesting.
  - TMNJ
    
    I just want weapons to be as much as possible like SW weapons
    - Cross Ikon
      
      Funny enough, the ‘glow’ is characteristic of a few weapons in SW
Jenia

I don’t mind the pack. However, they raised the Hypercrates almost 1000 more cartel then the regular price on sale. A bit much for my taste.
Holyfrog

Wow! Ok I’m sold on this pack. A couple weeks ago I actually said I wanted a sarlacc to put in my Tat stronghold. Now the issues becomes actually getting one.
- Naq
  
  Good luck, I can hear the greedy squeels of the sellers already echoing from the future.
  - Holyfrog
    
    Ohh, I will have the sandvag!
StrangeDais

Strong pack this time round imo. I like all the armor sets and can see uses for all of them too which hasn’t been the case of late. Weapons are decent and the Perception and Ranger mounts look like sweet rides. Impartial on the decos as BH/Smuggler side of Star Wars was never my thing but kudos for putting them out there for those who enjoy that aspect of SW.
Just nice to get away from all the Revanite stuff. Ugh…
Darth Ji’inx

So they’re finally releasing the matching speeder for Theran’s outfit XP
CraigMitchell

Mando themed decos! <3
Darth Ji’inx

Really looking forward to the Intelligence Officer set. I was getting tired of the Clandestine Officer and its lookalikes. I wonder if this is the uniform of the new Sith Intelligence?
- Kiri
  
  That set lis perfect for Malavai
Darth Me

Most of the chest pieces look good. I don’t care for any of those sets from the waist down. Seriously, wth happened to the drifter’s boots? You go from beefy armor plating to moccasins. Pistol looks awesome. Even better than the last one. Let’s hope is sounds better than the last one. Decos are all awesome. Too bad none of the armor is Mando themed. The Mando Hunter set will set you back 12 or 15 million creds on my server. Perception and Landslide speeders look cool. The Ranger is interesting. The rest are meh. I’m not a fan of my SW characters riding around on monsters. Pack animals I’m fine with, monsters should be left to WoW. Lightsaber isn’t bad, but I like the one from the Esstran vendor better.
- Naq
  
  See Beastlords of Onderon. Dathomir Witches. Most Jedi are capable of communicating with and riding beasts as well. Some Sith are able to achieve similar results through force…and the force. There are even beastlords in the game on multiple occasions.
  - Darth Me
    
    Monsters should be left to WoW.
    - Naq
      
      Most of the instances I mentioned were concieved pre-wow…You might be looking for star trek online
    - Skyward
      
      You do know animals mounts are a thing in Star Wars. Always have been. Dewbacks and Banthas were both used as mounts in in A New Hope.
AceOfDymonds

I just wanna say that I love how they seem to be making each Explorer Pack’s weapons a different model, as opposed to the ‘two models with two colors each’ approach they took in most previous Shipments. These pistols, in particular, are getting up there with the Starforged and Interstellar Regulator weapons now.

Darth Andeddu is a neat choice – that’s one lore set I hadn’t even thought of as a possibility. I like the ‘Death’s Head’ helmet design (I think in the lore it was always just that his face had gone skeletal by the time of all his appearances).

Liking the Armored Diplomat set a lot, and some pieces from the Drifter and Intelligence Officer sets will definitely work well with some of my characters. The Sorosub mount and slimmed down Tank mount are both nice, and I’m continuing to enjoy the ‘themed’ decorations for each Pack.

Overall, I’m definitely liking the Explorer Shipment quite a bit.
Bob Bilbert

animated gear? hmmm.
p4v7

Why did they use the ugliest helmet in the game for Mandalorian Tracker, lol. Bioware is cruel.
- Skyward
  
  Nah man that helmet is rad.
EleniRPG

Yay, I want a giant snow kitty!
Jonathan Parker

The Drifter chestplate and greaves are the only pieces of armor that I’ll be going for, they’d be great for a Bounty Hunter. Other than that, the Sorosuub speeder is the only thing that’s drawing my eye. I prefer the previous variants of the weapons, and the rest of the armor won’t really fit my characters very well.
- Sarigar
  
  I’m almost certain you can get those pieces now, from the vendor on Rishi who sells the Headhunter armour.
  - Darth Ji’inx
    
    I dye could make it match, but the chest will still be missing a jetpack.
  - Jonathan Parker
    
    Yeah, but it has a shitty jetpack on it. I’d rather have no pack at all than that horrible thing.
    - Cross Ikon
      
      Tch, you just don’t appreciate the harpoon jetpack enough 😛
Hyperion

Meh…the only item that I like in the pack is the animated tactical infantry helm. I could use it on my commando, but that’s about it. Not worth shelling out actual money for. Too bad EAfail took away the ability to stamp over the armor piece and retain the animation. This particular animation would have looked really cool on my sniper.
- Jason Thomas
  
  i agree hope they undo that in this 3.2.2a fix
Cross Ikon

Speeders, some of the Drifter pieces, Tac-Infantry helmet, Contraband Runner’s chestpiece and the Intel Officer suit are lovely.

The rest, I’m pretty sure somebody was high when they drew those.
Anysao

Shoot… I’m gonna be buying some Cartel Coins. I want that speeder, Admiral Ackbar skin, and Mandalorian decorations.
Grognard Foehammer

Tactical Infantry set – holodisplay is bound to the bucket, yes? Please confirm?
- Cross Ikon
  
  Helmet, yes. Not the god-awful backpack suit 😛
  - Grognard Foehammer
    
    Awesome. Pretty sure that’s the same helmet style my Commando is currently using, so that’s gonna be sweet.
King Thane

any chance this is missing or just in future pack? Love the look of it,hopin it will be in next pack.http://dulfy.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/swtor-datamined-items-outer-rim-explorer-pack-7.jpg
- Sinistor
  
  I was just thinking that! Hope its in the pack!
- Darth Ji’inx
  
  Most likely in the Wild Space Pack (August).
  - nefastus
    
    Dont orbalisks cause massive pain? I heard Bane could deal with it but what about other people? Also it couldn’t be removed right? Storywise of course.
    - Darth Ji’inx
      
      I think if you stun them simultaneously and remove them very quickly, you can get them off. Otherwise, they will kill the host.
      - nefastus
        
        Yeah, I think I read something like that but overall is pretty dangerous and if they get enough damage they will kill the host as if he tried to remove it/them. Also the pain part of having those thing biting you non stop sounds nasty.
        
        Darth Ji’inx
        
        They make great armor. They’re almost indestructible as armor. Look it up on Wookieepedia for additional info 🙂
        
        Ben Gimson
        
        They’re not something you slap on willing if you have any sense, put it that way 😛
- Cross Ikon
  
  Oh, that’s beautifiul.
- Jason Thomas
  
  Bane with Orb bugs on him
  - King Thane
    
    GG my friend,GG 🙂
awkwardkorean

Wow, so lazy. That drifter’s chestplate is a recolor of the one you get from rishi (it’s also missing the jetpack) They’re just half-assing the armor sets at this point…
- MKDAWUSS
  
  Maybe the KOTFE sets will be better. Maybe.
DarthButt

Although these are slightly better than the last several packs, as I am barely slightly interested in two of these armor sets, when will they stop giving us fugly armor?
- Cross Ikon
  
  Just buy the Resolute Protector or whatever it’s called… No glow, and no backpack.
Pherdnut

I think I mostly care about porn-stache Iresso.
sentientomega

Oh, I’m definitely getting the Darth Addendu set if I can.
Kiri

They ruined the Bounty Holding cell by not making the Ray-shields active. Nobody wants an open holding cell because you can’t put anything in it.

GIVE US THE RED RAY SHIELDS MAN!!!!!
Kiri

They ruined the Bounty Holding cell by not making the Ray-shields active. Nobody wants an open holding cell because you can’t put anything in it. So stupid.

GIVE US THE RED RAY SHIELDS MAN!!!!!
- Rebel Scum
  
  They could be interactive and turn on when you click on them.
  - Vokel
    
    If that’s the case, I hope it turns OFF when I click it.
    🙂
    - Rebel Scum
      
      Nope. You will be imprisoned for ETERNITY!!!! Mwahahahaha!!!! :p
      - Cross Ikon
        
        Kinky.
      - Vokel
        
        Me? Nope. He:
        
        http://tor-decorating.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2015/04/swtor-kel-dor-jedi-master.jpg
        
        😉
        
        Naq
        
        Riverdancing Keldor.can’t be unseen.
    - Kiri
      
      EXACTLY
- Chakra Kusanagi
  
  Often effects like that don’t show up in preview windows…
  - Kiri
    
    I hope you’re right
  - Kiri
    
    You’ve tried previewing this exact item?…….
    - Chakra Kusanagi
      
      Nope
  - Rikor
    
    Usually when that occurs, there is some form of outline or particle effect surrounding the decoration, though. This one doesn’t seem to have one. I hope it’s active, but knowing Bioware, it’s not. :/
    
    My Flagship really needs an actual brig.
- Holyfrog
  
  Well without anyone actually in them there is no reason they would be on.
- King Thane
  
  do you how high the electric bill ill be for constant shields 😛
  (for anyone who doesn’t know im kidding)
Steve

Why do they always add that dam lunch box to the back of that trooper looking armor??? ugh!!
- Franx JeKo D’Aloia
  
  I think it’s supposed to hold the shield/generator module, you know.. Unless you’d want to stick it up your ass.
- Cross Ikon
  
  Meh, I’m aiming for just the helmet, and using Resolute Protector otherwise, ‘cos it doesn’t have the glow.
- Chakra Kusanagi
  
  I can’t believe that anyone actually likes the “so many shiny lights” trooper sets 🙁
  - Darth Ji’inx
    
    The flashing armor from the Bounty Packs aren’t that bad if you can come with a story-based reason for why your character has them. 😉
    - Naq
      
      Troopers. We work hard. We play harder! *Rave*
      - Skidblade
        
        Boots and pants and boots and pants and boots and pants.
- Skidblade
  
  Gotta keep those sandviches somewhere.
- Slaytok Veranes
  
  Take a look at the Stalwart Protector set then.
Kiri

Darth Andeddu’s set (minus the helm and gloves of course) will look SICK on Xalek. Perfect for him
- Darth Ji’inx
  
  The set doesn’t have gloves, those are just the gloves that her Andronikos is wearing 😉
  - Kiri
    
    Ohh nice. I was hoping you’d say that. And the red glow on the wrists is (in hoping) part of Andeddu’s wristguards?
    - Darth Ji’inx
      
      Yes 🙂
      - Kiri
        
        Sweeeeeeeeeet!!! Gonna stock up on those, they’ll be expensive af later on.
The Watchmen

effing Ice Cat mount. Yesss!
- Skidblade
  
  Was just leveling an alt through Hoth about last month and I’m like, “Damn, wouldn’t it be sweet it they made these manka cat/ice cat things into mounts?”
  
  I’m being watched O_O
  - Holyfrog
    
    As am I. I was in my Tat SH a couple weeks ago talking about how I wanted a sarlacc to put outside the elevator room.
Jonathan Parker

My thoughts exactly.
Skyward

Sparring… droid? Was a normal punching bag not enough? Why make it a droid?

Did they program it to feel pain too?
- Skidblade
  
  That last part of that comment made me laugh harder than I should have.
- wraith808
  
  Probably because a punching bag is stationary, and perhaps this isn’t? We’d need to see the animation to be sure… with the others, it’s not a simple animation, so perhaps this isn’t either.
- King Thane
  
  “Gasp” it claptrap 😀
IceBaby7

Digging the Drifter armor and Intelligence armor. Even the whitefang. But not really anythin else.
Fly by

Air control is my style, with all these crazy flyer’s out there
Mandalore2280

Pretty much wanted Blood Hunt as my stronghold, now with all the Mando decorations looks like I need to rob a bank. Hooray!
- abaddonsmummy
  
  Robbing banks is soooooo last week!
  Apparently buying and selling chairs is the way to go these days 😛
  Mando’s at DFS (other sofa sellers are available)
  - Skidblade
    
    Or how about selling raids to scrubs?
    - MY OB
      
      More like selling time.(if you’re smart and not a complete EA drone) imo.
  - Дмитрий Иванов
    
    Yeah… right… buyin and selling chairs…which will get you banned…
Sadriel_Fett

Probably the best Explorer pack, so far. Loving the mounts and the Imperial Intelligence Officer armor. The Mando decs are just the icing on the cake. About time!
abaddonsmummy

That drifter chest piece is gonna look awesome on my merc!
abaddonsmummy

….and is it just me or are sabers losing out big time again on the aesthetics front again?
They seem to have run out of ideas unlike the ranged weapons atm.
- Falcon
  
  The exposed ones from the last pack are actually quite nice. I got one of each. Those new ones aren’t that good looking, but that’s just my opinion. Someone else might like them.
- Kodar
  
  The ranged options don’t fully “evolve” until the last pack so for me it’s all about crystal color.
- Chakra Kusanagi
  
  Not that much you can do with sabers though.
  It’s a very limited space to work with, since people seem to hate it when sabers get “too big”.
  Blasters and such can be longer, shorter, chubbier, skinnier, have all kinds of attachments.
  Sabers can pretty much just have patterns, slightly different shapes and maby some moving part.
Lamayas

Since the Outer Rim pack decos are Mandalorian themed, that means the Wild Space pack decos will almost certainly be Sith themed.
- Darth Ji’inx
  
  They actually are 😉
  - StrangeDais
    
    Woot! Good deal. My SH has been sitting at around 55% completion for the longest time waiting for more Imperial/Sithy oriented decos.
- Bro Boat
  
  I would like to think so. The core worlds had a bunch of jedi stuff.
MY OB

Wow shitty pack indeed, the Whitefang mount is the only slightly interesting thing.

How EA plans on sucking up your hard earned cash with such crappy/boring looking sets of armor in this particular pack is beyond me. Even the individual pieces don’t look like they’d mesh well with existing sets.
- Darth Ji’inx
  
  Opinions can vary. What’s important is that most of these armors are made of new parts 😉
- Chakra Kusanagi
  
  I like most of the stuff in this pack.
  That’s how they’ll suck up our hard earned cash… by knowing that people like different things.
Aeden

Honestly I think it’s a shame to add such interesting animations to armor but are subjected to mediocre armor looks. If they kept their bugs going like from the previous set I think a lot of ppl would have been interested to apply those animations but use w/e armor they choose. No one wants to wear the crappy armor they use just to get the animations. Should have seen what the electricity looked like on other armors. I couldn’t find a custom set of armor it looked bad on. Really an oversight on their part. Great idea but poor execution. Too bad. The usefulness with be shown on servers. Since the bug fix has anyone seen anyone actually wearing the armors? Me neither.
- Aeden
  
  What would be an awesome deal if they woul let you use the armor in an appearance slot if you only wanted tht animation on the said armor or allowed it to be used in your equipment slot for the animation to be applied to all armors. Boom!!! Everyone would be happy in a single shot.
  
  Not to mention for every armor piece that is exclusive to a class immediately excludes every other class when allowing this. Anyone who might like the new animation to apply to armor but may be a jedi/Sith/operative/Gunsling or anything else is gonna look quite out of place or rediculous wearing just for the animation.
  
  One quick patch could make this not only usable for more ppl but actually fair for everyone if it worked that way. I bought the previous armor only cause of how the bug worked. Been here since day one and I’ve seen at least 3,4 or maybe more variations of the same Triumvirate armor now. We outgrew it before you even released the best version. Hope someone up there sees this and says “you know what?……..” Steal my idea, Idm. It’d be worth it.
  - Aeden
    
    Best case scenario is BW puts hard work into something that will get a lot of use as opposed to how it’s gonna turn out if it stays that way.
    
    Rant End
  - Darth Ji’inx
    
    Original, Gold, Battle-damaged, skimpy, & animated
    - Aeden
      
      Thanks for that mate. Have to admit after stating that I was curious and looked it up as well but at the time I only found 4. You have them all.
- Zenahk
  
  They should just release the animations as their own items and add animation slots in outfit editor.
  - Aeden
    
    Better idea than mine ^^^^^
    
    Love it!
EyesOfGehenna .

Tricky…this pack doesn’t look like much to me. It’s personal I know but I really don’t see much I’d really want. A couple of the decorations are nice but even those are mostly meh to me.
- Chakra Kusanagi
  
  This is not a complaint on you, but it fascinates me that people feel the need to tell everyone that they don’t like this or that pack or item.
  I don’t get what drives that motivation.
  I know I’ve done it myself.
  
  But, honestly, why would anyone care if we don’t find something interesting?
  - Shaddoh Killmore
    
    Because BW reads the feedback?
    - Chakra Kusanagi
      
      On Dulfy’s page?
      - Shaddoh Killmore
        
        Why wouldn’t they? They read Reddit.
      - Vince Chance
        
        She has had to sign NDA’s before. They know about her site.
  - pmalleable
    
    I get really fed up with the posts where people rage about a certain pack, “OMG this pack is worthless grrr anger rage Bioware needs to give us xyz.” I like that the OP stated that he/she simply doesn’t like it. Like an adult. That’s a valid point.
    
    (I happen to really like this set.)
The Earl Fleabag of Turdshire

Why doesn’t the Darth Andeddu’s armor doesn’t look much like the armor he’s worn in other stuff?
- Darth Ji’inx
  
  They added torso straps, colors, and they made the skullface part of the headpiece.
Nishin

This pack is for mandalorians bh, before was for revanites , first one (deep core) was for a jedi. There is any chance wild explore pack will be for siths ? I mean thrones, meditation , lights, furniture (decorations ) personel, and items ofc?
- Darth Ji’inx
  
  Wild Space Pack will have Sith decos 🙂
  
  This lists most of their names: https://torcommunity.com/database/update-previews/463-3-2-1-pts-mined
  
  Throne: “Arrangement: Throne of the False Emperor”
  
  Commemorative Statue: Malgus
  
  NPCs: “Dark Honor Guard” & “Pureblood Sith Lord (Female)”
- Chakra Kusanagi
  
  Datamined info says it will…
  - Nishin
    
    Can you paste link to it ?
    - Darth Ji’inx
      
      https://torcommunity.com/database/update-previews/463-3-2-1-pts-mined
    - Chakra Kusanagi
      
      Just go to reddit and check
- Sadriel_Fett
  
  Only the decorations really are. I was hoping for some Mando themed armor and weapons. I do like the Imp armor, though. The mounts are really good this time around, too.
  - Chakra Kusanagi
    
    It seems they never theme the armour from packs.
    
    I think that they’re afraid that they’ll not sell as many packs if they do.
    - Sadriel_Fett
      
      There are so many Mandalorian fans, you’d think it’d sell through the roof if they did, you know?
HadesClutch

Man, they could easily add the Korrelis Commander and make it a two-seater but they keep coming up with this Czerka crap.
- sentientomega
  
  Excuse me, I like the Czerka brand of speeder as depicted above; and I’m sure I’m not the only one…
  - Chakra Kusanagi
    
    People often pass off their opinions on these packs as truths.
    Ignoring them is often the best response (albeit hard sometimes).
Chakra Kusanagi

Betting this will be out tomorrow (July 7th)
- Darth Ji’inx
  
  Sounds likely since it’s been about a month (4 weeks) since Mid Rim. However, there’s still a chance that they might delay it until 3.3 (July 21) since one of the last 2 packs was delayed to coincide with a patch.
  - Chakra Kusanagi
    
    Well, I lost that bet 🙁
    
    Luckily, no takers 🙂
Darth Ji’inx

SWTOR’s Twitter just posted a pic with some of the Mandalorian decorations, but they didn’t give a release date. https://twitter.com/SWTOR/status/620306819202854912

Hopefully, this hints that Tuesday the 14th is the release date?
- Rebel Scum
  
  If it doesn’t, someone in BioWare will wake up with a severed Hutt head under the covers….
  - Darth Ji’inx
    
    I don’t think there’s enough room for one XP
    - Chakra Kusanagi
      
      Baby hutt?
      - Darth Ji’inx
        
        Maybe…
- Darth Ji’inx
  
  Nope, still not out. Maybe Patch 3.3 (July 21)?
  - Dulfy
    
    Yeah I think july 21 is guaranteed at this point
    - King Thane
      
      so patch 3.3 is gonna be large it seems. new pack,new stronghold, new updates and last but probably not gonna get it Togruta(race).
      - Danny Seth
        
        Lady Insanity confirmed the Togruta will also be launched.
  - King Thane
    
    bioware confirm trolls, look stuff but you can’t have it ;_;
    - Darth Ji’inx
      
      They even posted a new pic on Twitter promoting the pack today :/
StrangeDais

I think this pack should be renamed the Hurry Up and Wait Pack.
Obadelia

Yesterday, SWTOR’s official Twitter posted a simple animated GIF of the Tactical Infantry Armor Set’s visual effects. https://twitter.com/SWTOR/status/620986239085355008
amy_lbenites

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Hugo A Sanchez

all the mandalorians are here trying to get decor
rose

Darth Ji’inx

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Roe

I feel real wierd about the comp custumizations. Normally I get them, but bow I kinda wonder if I should? I mean if I get a custumization for say Kira, and then post expansion Kira vanishes from the game….well it just seems odd to buy things for use between level say 48-55, like a Xaleks custumization would be.
Darth Ji’inx

Eric just announced that this does, in fact, release tomorrow (July 21) 😀
- King Thane
  
  “cough”ill trade he pack for the race. KEEP THE PACK FOR ANOTHER MONTH,but gives me Togrutaaaaaaa 😀
Quin’tain

Nice surprise. The Landslide Assault Speeder is a flourish mount. It fires lasers!
- Slaytok Veranes
  
  Video proof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYWSkEZSYG4
  - Dulfy
    
    There a video of this and other mounts up top
p4v7

When can we expect the video actualization?
- Dulfy
  
  An hr or two
Slaytok Veranes

I actually really like most of these armor sets. I wish the flowing lines on the trooper set would change to the match the color of the blaster crystal. I guess I’ll just get the helmet for now.
Nick Wenzel

Really pissed. 52 € and what i gain..nothing Drifter Armour 6 x..not even a single mandalore Flag…
- Bartje
  
  haha, why waste so much money then?
  - Nick Wenzel
    
    Because Stupidy. And such things, like i want Mandalorian stuff.
- Pherdnut
  
  I don’t know anybody who’s bought a second crate for any purpose other than to sell the packs.
  - Chakra Kusanagi
    
    Well, I bought 3 hypercrates to get decorations.
    I’ll be selling what I don’t want to keep, but I got almost all the decos and almost all the complete sets of armour.
    - Pherdnut
      
      Less than a million credits will usually let you complete all the armor sets unless something is wildly popular right off the bat like Dark Legionnaire’s. The vehicles and I suspect the decos would be the things to buy crates for if they were must-haves and you had the cash to burn. But for straight up credit profit, I’ll never try opening all the packs from a crate again.
    - King Thane
      
      nice,sell me mando personnel need some more elites and trackers 😀
      - Chakra Kusanagi
        
        Hell no! Keeping those for myself 😀
Franx JeKo D’Aloia

The 3 blasters and the Sorosuub are the only ones I’m waiting for. Hurry up dropping and listing them on gtn people after the temp bind expires, my credits are ready.
Kiri

Bounty Holding Cell has interactive ray-shields, thank the Emperor….
http://tor-decorating.com/bounty-holding-cell/
- Darth Ji’inx
  
  Unfortunately, it only stays active for a short period of time. It would be better if the panel turned off the shield rather than on so that its default setting would be on (locked).
  - Kiri
    
    Exactly, but EA are too fucking stupid to understand that
    - Vodorlo
      
      “Exactly, but Bioware is too fucking stupid to understand that”
      
      Fixed that for you.
      - Kiri
        
        Aren’t BioWare doing the storytelling? Whatever… Thanks anyway lol
        
        Vodorlo
        
        Bioware does pretty much everything in regards to the game, Ea’s just the publisher.
        
        Pherdnut
        
        Bioware is a name EA can stick on things to make people think they’ve got the right people on the job.
        
        Chakra Kusanagi
        
        Oh, you mean like how a Ferrari is just a Fiat with a different badge?
        EA does NOT work on the game. EA owns Bioware and they publish the game. But they do not make the game.
        
        Pherdnut
        
        http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-09-19-bioware-co-founders-out-little-to-no-impact-on-ea
        
        Business trades may have thought it had little to no impact (although that particular article looks like a good portion of it was a rewrite of an EA press-release). We’ll see how things turn out. Bioware definitely doesn’t suck as EA divisions go but EA has a long history of acquiring companies and either IP-ganking them, or trying to let them do their thing but slowly sucking the life out of them and ultimately absorbing them anyway (see Maxis and Bullfrog). BW definitely isn’t what it once was. It is an EA company now, like it or not. I only heard Mass Effect 3 wasn’t quite up to par with 1 and 2 but I wouldn’t know because it was only available on Origin which I refuse to play ball with. SWTOR is the last exception I’ve been willing to make for EA. They’ve been making some good moves lately but IMO, some of the bad moves they’ve made in the past probably had a lot to do with EA. Making it almost exactly like all mainstream MMOs that preceded it with all flaws intact does not strike me as a classic Bioware move. But it does strike me as an EA playing-it-too-safe-for-their-own-good move. They had a massive Star Wars MMO under their wing. Why leave a year after it’s launch? Because they didn’t have the control they wanted anymore. EA never changes.
    - Darth Ji’inx
      
      Still a good place to store Gus or a Destitute Smuggler 🙂
      - Kiri
        
        The thing that pisses me off most is that BioWare/EA always overcomplicate shit. Keep it simple. No interaction with deco where not needed, keep dye colours simple (no more pink, give us some red/red, black/gold, etc…).
        
        They have this weird idea of what we want and it’s retarded. The complete opposite of what we’re asking for in most cases.
        
        Darth Ji’inx
        
        Dev Update:
        
        “Hi all,
        
        Thank you for your feedback! It is our intention for stronghold decorations to be a fun addition to game and help you create your own Star Wars stories. As such, we will consider swapping the interactivity of the Bounty Holding Cell as suggested so that the force field is active by default, and turns off when interacted with.”
        
        Kiri
        
        Now only if they could do that with the Lucien Draay armour and take away the stupid Sith Temple Bench and Chair from the next pack and add something cool and “Sithy” like those suits of armour you find in tombs.
        
        Darth Ji’inx
        
        Like the ones on Korriban?
        
        Kiri
        
        Yea. And in the Sith Academy.
        
        They should make some of the decorations on Korriban purchasable if you’ve completed all the accomplishements on Korriban. Same for every planet, really. Get 100% achievements —> get access to special deco.
        
        I also want those “Lamp Stands” they have all over the Sith Academy and Sith Sanctum on DK. There’s usually one on each side of any major doorway.
        
        So much stuff they could add.
        
        Kiri
        
        Btw I’m the one who started the thread for the Bounty Holding Cell lmfao
Beasthuntt

In true fashion, I will have to have the color crystal. I do fancy collecting them all.
dinodoc

I want the Intelligence Officer Armor Set. Looks awesome and would fit Lokin well.
- Holyfrog
  
  I got those stupid boots in a platinum pack >:(
Yay!

Anybody noticed? Again new pink and purple dyes. Like there are no others colors. How many more? Who ever decides about new dyes in the game thinks this is Barbie, not Star Wars and has obviously never seen anything about Star Wars, or ist the biggest troll who ever worked in the gaming industrie.
- Konoha the Wiper
  
  release tons of shit dye to decrease chance of getting good dye drop
  - RDX-TWO
    
    Me think the cartel pack design are made by chicks they love those pink purple dyes lol
    - Jenai
      
      Ugh I hate the purple pink ones. Even if I like the colors, the scheme looks like an expired bottle of pepto. Even girls don’t want it. Bleh.
      - Pirate
        
        Girls don’t drink Pepto and love the Pink dyes its an all time classic.
        Maybe you should try it out too
- Pinkers
  
  You may not like them but people love them !
  Its the new galaxy trend.
  Buy some for your companions you will love them too sooner or later…………
  - Tesla
    
    I piss on Pinkers PISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
    PISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
    PISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
- Captain Obvious
  
  Makes me question their color choices for the mounts too.
  “So Jim about the simulator and czerka mounts in the new outer rim packs; what are we thinking for color choices? ”
  ” Good question Mike. Well how happy do we want the players to be? ”
  ” mildly happy Jim, mildly happy”
  “Alright Blue and yellow then”
Havik79

All of those decos should have been used to “upgrade” the bounty event rewards vendor.
- vin b
  
  agreed, but they arent that generous when they can coerce you into spending CC instead
danielo

wow! alphabetical order, wish they learned that for collections window heh
Kodar

Does the “contraband runner” armor look more like punk shop lifter armor?
And why do most “flourishes” seem like oh so much wasted code?
- vin b
  
  if you are going to call flourishes wasted code, you may as well call most mounts in general wasted code since its all just vanity additions.
Pherdnut

Am I the only one who’s most excited about the air control emote? Come on people. Bring the huttball over this way now. No, no. That’s our goal. This way. *waves glow sticks.
- CraigMitchell
  
  Plot twist: The Huttball carrier is a saboteur and is bringing it to your goal on purpose! O_O
- Holyfrog
  
  lol Can you use emotes in WZ?
  - BrianDavion
    
    yup
randy

drifter helm work with hoods?
- Pherdnut
  
  Yeah I’ve been kind of wondering where that helm ends and the cape falling off the armor begins. Or is it all the helm? I suspect no with hoods though.
  - Holyfrog
    
    That chestpiece is the same as the Rishi rep one without the jetpack. So no, the cape is not part of the helmet. If you look at the Mando Elite deco you can see it with a different helmet.
DA’CHOSEN’ONE

gonna take that tank speeder on tython and go ham.
Aeden

Didn’t get any Tactical Infantry Helms. Anyone know if the animation works if you hide the head slot?
- Vandren
  
  It doesn’t. I already tried it.
  - Aeden
    
    Damn, too bad! Couldv’e been useful.
    - Aeden
      
      Now would a Togruta get the effects seeing as they automatically hide helms?
      - Aeden
        
        Boo-yah! I love me. It worked. Looks bad ass without the ridiculous helm.
        
        Vandren
        
        Now that’s just unfair to the other species. I want my Human sniper to have this ability….lol!
        
        Aeden
        
        I keep telling BW that they exclude classes and now species with these animations. Should just make an animation slot and be done with the nonsense. In all fairness Togruta’ can’t wear helmets so its quite the trade off.
        
        Zakuak
        
        Agreed, that looks wicked cool!
        An animation slot would be perfect, something I’d surely throw more money at!
        
        Aeden
        
        Works well with the Dynamic Brawlers Eyeguard as well. Im using the Restored Triumvirate Chest and I’m lit up like a Christmas tree and lovin’ it.
- Bigjohn
  
  I dunno if it is a bug or something, when I pull out the weapon with the helmet, the animation effect appears then I check the hide head slot and the helmet is gone but not the effect. Dunno if ppl can see it or just mine
Vandren

Hi Dulfy! I just got the tactical infantry set and I thought you should know that to get the complete animation effect, you have to equip with both the chest piece and the helmet, not just the helmet. The helmet gives you the targeting HUD and the chest piece gives you the tactical sidebar. You might want to make a minor edit in your description.
King Thane

Sorry for the dumb question, but how do you get the canons on the tank to shoot when you are on it?
- Dulfy
  
  The hotkey for it I believe is ctrl + z, if not look in the keybinds for mount flourish
  - kingthane
    
    ok thanks you
Pherdnut

Also yay @ B-400 for perfect yarr pirate pants that could actually go on a character design that doesn’t look like an impractical borg type thingy.
Pixel Junky

Its incredible how much they listen to the community. I’ve made about 10 suggestions in the past 3 years. And all but 1 have been done. One of which was the mount “ability” button and animation. Like the shooting. 9 of them were executed. Incredible!
FYI the last one that wasnt (yet) and probably cause its too hard and time consuming right now, is to make a mario-kart style speeder racing mini game, including adding a full tree of speeder upgrades and crafting of various weapons and abilities by different crafters.

I wouldnt be surprised if they even took this into consideration. Bioware is just amazing. Or my ideas are 😛
- The Man in Black
  
  A KOTOR-style swoop race? I’d be in favor of this (and pazaak) but TOR doesn’t tend to have those sort of minigames unfortunately.
Mordicai

Why, oh why does the Tactical Infantry Armor Set have to have that godawful box on the back? *sigh*
IceBaby7

These explorer packs are filled with interesting stuff. The best set of packs to come out in awhile imo…..
Edmundo Weber

Love that mount (Vectron Ranger)
spoe

Does the animation on the Tactical Infantry Armor work if you equip the armor in one of the cosmetic slots, or does the animation depend on the armor being equipped in the actual gear slot?