Ep 20

All about the difference between free to play, subscribed and preferred in SWTOR, and which one you want to be depending on how you play.

Ep 21

There are lots of restrictions when it comes to playing as a non-paying preferred player. This episode covers what to do before you transition from subscribing to preferred mode. It offers tips to use as a preferred player, especially when it comes to the credit cap, PvP, operations and flashpoints.

Ep 22

Galactic Starfighter, better known as "GSF", is Star Wars the Old Republic's space pvp mode. All about how to play GSF, how to use the hangar, and how to choose a ship and upgrade it. A GSF starter guide!

Ep 23

Galactic Starfighter, better known as "GSF", is Star Wars the Old Republic's space pvp mode. All about how to actually fly your shp and what hte matches are like.

Ep 24

There are thousands of unique moments in Star Wars: The Old Republic. This episode of The Academy explains how to capture them with screenshots and video, how to make them look great, and how to share them with others.

Thank you all for all your wonderful comments, messages, tweets and of course subscriptions! Every time you do one of those things it makes my heart happy and feels like the work I put into this series has paid off. Cheers, and enjoy the surprise at the end!

Ep 25

There are hundreds of ways to customize the way your characters look, both when you crate them and later in the game. This episode of the academy covers the unique ways to change your character's hair and eyes, the appearance modification station, companion appearance, unlocking new species, and darkside corruption on a character.

Ep 26

Although much of Star Wars: The Old Republic can be played solo, there are many activities like flashpoints, operations, pvp and just chatting socially that are a lot more fun with a group. The episode focuses on how to find a guild that lines up with what you are looking for, and where to look for one.

Ep 27

There's a lot more to creating a guild than just getting four people together at a guild registrar!

Ep 28

Joining or creating a guild is easy - but growing a guild into a guild worth being in is a lot of work. In this episode, we discuss how to set up PvE, PvP and RP events in your guild.

Ep 29

There's a lot more than just running PvE, PvP and RP with your guild! There's all kinds of events and services you can provide for your guild.

Ep 30

A ton of tips and tricks about how to make credits in SWTOR! What to do with data crystals, heroics, and even tips for PvP credits. A little bit about playing the GTN and the cartel market too.

Ep 31

PvP, or Player vs Player, is one of the funnest things to do in Star Wars: The Old Republic. In this episode, we cover what you'll want to know before hopping in including gearing, expertise, your abilities, roles, queuing up, and resolve!

Ep 32

Arenas are one of the many types of player versus player matches you can get in Star Wars: The Old Republic. In Arenas, your team will only have 4 players instead of 8, and the objective is simple: kill the other team before they kill you. The Arenas are set on different planets with slightly different environments and setups, but they all have the same objective of killing the other team.

Ep 33

Voidstar is one of the many types of player versus player matches you can get in Star Wars: The Old Republic. Void Star, which is set in an old cobwebbed Imperial battlecruiser, your team will be either trying to defend or break through 3 sets of doors to get to the datacore at the end.

Ep 34

Civil War is set on the beautiful green and blue planet of Alderaan, and there are three turrets on the map - one at "grass" to the west, one in the middle, and one at "snow" to the east. During the match, your team will try to take control of the turrets and drive off enemy reinforcements, keeping them from capturing the massive planetary defense cannon. Capturing a turret will lock it onto enemy ships, and knock down points from the enemy's scoreboard. To win, your have to bring the enemy's score to zero before they do it to you!

Ep 35

In Novare Coast, a beachside battle in the hills of Denova, there are three bunkers that control a powerful mortar battery that's pointed towards the strategic coastline. There's one gun close to the Republic Spawn point in the West, one near the Imperial spawn point in the East, and one in the middle of the two spawn points to the South. On the scoreboard, the nodes captured by Republic are yellow and the nodes captured by the Empire are purple. As the gun's fire on the enemy's shield, it will start losing percentage points... and if the enemy team's shields reach 0% before your team's, you win!

Ep 36

Ancient Hypergates is match set on Ilum under a beautiful night sky and an aurora borealis, in an ancient ruin built around a Gree hypergate. The goal of the match is to conquer the unique technology found on the field and claim at is your own. Unfortunately, the technology is powered by energy pylons, which you will need to capture and discharge during the match to bring the Gree technology to full power.

I forgot to keep this thread up to date... but the Academy has 10+ new episodes and the Swtorista channel has tons more new videos in general, including uprisings playthroughs and pack opening videos.

The latest video is what to do at level 70!

Some non-academy content! Me and friends played through all the uprisings from 5.0 in storymode. Come watch along with us! Lots of silly commentary from friends playing together. I really liked the new uprisings.

For new Academy stuff, I'm waiting for update 5.1... but I'm heading to Tucson for 2 weeks through my work. Then it's new videos time!

Just got back form my work trip to Tucson, finished the KOTET storyline and afterwards decided to treat myself to a hypercrate! Come open it with me!

Ep 40

Galactic Command is Star Wars: The Old Republic’s new way of progressing and gaining gear once you hit max-level. It is only available to subscribers - free-to-play players can not progress or earn gear through Galactic Command. Once you hit level 70, you will begin to earn Galactic Command Experience Points - usually shortened to CXP - from almost every activity in the game. Gaining CXP helps you level up your Command Rank - and for every command rank you gain, you get a crate full of rewards.

Some non-academy content!

Me and some friends went and ran one of the new uprisings, 'Divided We Fall'! They're very fun.

Some more non-academy content, I'm currently working on an episode about Dark vs Light... this is stuff I did inbetween

I opened up a bunch of some limited-time special cartel packs... and wow did I get lucky!!!

Ep 41

Dark vs Light is a way of competing with your server in Star Wars the Old Republic to push your side to victory and gain some unique rewards on a level 70 character. This episode covers how to choose a side, how to get Dark vs Light rewards, and the new Dark vs Light bosses. This Dark vs Light system is loosely based off of the Dark vs Light limited-time event, but is not directly related.