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HYPERSPACE BEACON: SIX THINGS TO DO BEFORE SWTOR’S KNIGHTS OF THE FALLEN EMPIRE LAUNCH

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When  Knights of the Fallen Empire  launches for  Star Wars: The Old Republic , certain activities will not be available in game anymore — specifically, quests like the Makeb staged weeklies and the Nightmare achievements for Eternity Vault. You should also remember that many of the regular story missions will also not be available once you start on the  KotFE  missions, and the developers have said that many of those quests will affect the story in  KotFE . We have only a month until the expansion launches, so we have to prioritize which missions and achievements we want to get before the expansion. And if you’re looking for recommendations from me, how handy — I happen to have six suggestions. Companion missions I would recommend doing as many companion missions as you can. Most of them require only that you speak to your companion over and over on board your ship, but on occasion, as with Vette, you are asked to travel to a planet to do something with or for your companion
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How Some MMOs Improve Over Time A common perception that many people have is that older things are not as good as newer ones. This is true for anything from cars to  mmorpg games . In the world of online gaming, it's expected that a normal mmo will go through the standard life cycle of launching, critical or popular success, and then a slow slide into oblivion. Every year brings out the usual dirges of that this will be the year that a particular game will finally wither and die. Yet the reality is that some mmo games get better as they age, almost like a fine wine. Let's take a look at  how some mmos improve over time . One of the most important mmo features that improves over time is content. When a new game first launches, it usually includes a good chunk of content for gamers to play through. There have been some exceptions, such as  Age of Conan , but the average gamer can play for months without getting bored. Yet there comes a time when a player finds that there