Same sex romance still planned for Star Wars: The Old Republic

BioWare's latest State of the Game blog for Star Wars: The Old Republic has revealed plans for more end-game content for level 50 players, as well as an ongoing effort by the developer to add same gender romance between players and NPCs.

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BioWare's latest State of the Game blog for Star Wars: The Old Republic has revealed a few plans for the year, including more end-game content for level-capped players, and an ongoing effort by the developer to add same gender romance between players, as well as NPCs.

Jeff Hickman, executive producer on the game, said that, although same gender romance has been promised for some time, the team had to put it off as going free-to-play took up quite a bit of time, and adding the same gender option is more work than expected. He said they are committed to adding this content and promised that NPCs on the new planet of Makeb in the Rise of the Hutt Cartel digital expansion will be in on the romance as well.

As for PvP, open world combat is taking a back seat to Warzones, but the upcoming 1.7 update will include an as yet unannounced PvP area involving the Gree Enclave. Hickman also said there should be plenty to keep level 50 players busy in the upcoming expansion, which raises the level cap to 55. He vowed that more end-game content is planned throughout the year, although he offered no specifics.

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    January 3, 2013 6:30 AM

    John Keefer posted a new article, Same sex romance still planned for Star Wars: The Old Republic.

    BioWare's latest State of the Game blog for Star Wars: The Old Republic has revealed plans for more end-game content for level 50 players, as well as an ongoing effort by the developer to add same gender romance between players and NPCs.

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      January 3, 2013 6:35 AM

      The golden age this ain't.

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        January 3, 2013 12:12 PM

        Shaved down there, you are not... hmmmm!

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      January 3, 2013 6:37 AM

      Sweet, same sex romance was REALLY what was missing from this game!

      Said no one ever.

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        January 3, 2013 8:15 AM

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        January 3, 2013 11:05 AM

        Clearly the reason why SWTOR failed. Bioware just needs to die, I don't see them making good games any time soon.

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          January 3, 2013 11:13 AM

          Shit makes me literally sad. I fired up Dragon Age: Origins yesterday and that game is still pure sex. Last good game they put out in my opinion. Fuck you EA.

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      January 3, 2013 6:54 AM

      Would you like to romance your Companion? Click here to buy this feature!

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      January 3, 2013 7:14 AM

      I predict 99.9% of the users of this feature will be boys fapping to girl-on-girl romance.

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        January 3, 2013 2:15 PM

        Lightsaber in one hand.. lightsaber in the other.

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      January 3, 2013 7:20 AM

      It is nice to see there working hard to make it a good game oh wait not there not there adding stuff no one wants.

      Fix the dam game so its better by adding stuff people want not useless crap maybe 1% of the player base will bother to use.

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        January 3, 2013 7:25 AM

        I'd wager more than 1% of any player base would ask for in-game lesbians.

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      January 3, 2013 7:23 AM

      Does this mean I can romance my Jawa, because if so. I'm in.

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      January 3, 2013 7:44 AM

      That's great and all but when are the Mexicans and Orientals going to be represented in the Star Wars universe?

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      January 3, 2013 8:18 AM

      F2P players will be limited to a low rez holo though. keep in mind there are 3 tiers of players.

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      January 3, 2013 9:01 AM

      Finally, that's what I've been waiting for to get me to play the game.

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      January 3, 2013 9:16 AM

      In current Bioware games everybody is potentially gay.

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      January 3, 2013 10:36 AM

      Finally, the homosexual end-game raid content I have been waiting for.

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      January 3, 2013 10:37 AM

      weren't some people really angry about bioware not having the same-sex relationships in an earlier game?

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        January 3, 2013 10:56 AM

        In Mass Effect 1 you couldn't hook up with a guy if you were male shepard but you could hook up with anything if you were fem shep.

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          January 3, 2013 11:14 AM

          Yeah that's fucked up.

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          January 3, 2013 12:04 PM

          No that is not really true you couldn't get with the human woman Ashley as a female. You could get the mono-sex alien that looks female as either

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          January 3, 2013 2:15 PM

          It at least made sense. Liara doesn't have a preference, since she comes from a mono-sex species, while Ashley and Kaiden were straight. Having NPCs' sexual orientation be arbitrarily determined by the PC's sex and sexual orientation is dumb.

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      January 3, 2013 10:53 AM

      i always feel like the outcry for more gay sex in bioware games in straight trolls

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      January 3, 2013 11:08 AM

      Press SPACEBAR to disrobe him and levitate his cock into your mouth by using the Force

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      January 3, 2013 11:22 AM

      * M A R V E L ' D *

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      January 3, 2013 2:16 PM

      Hot Twi'lek on Twi'lek action still isn't enough to draw me back.

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      January 3, 2013 4:02 PM

      Weren't the ewoks already gay?

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      January 3, 2013 4:07 PM

      Into the garbage chute, flyboy

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        January 3, 2013 4:37 PM

        if this doesn't get top lol tomorrow there is no justice in the world

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          January 3, 2013 5:30 PM

          I would have lolled it if not for this response.

          You're not the boss of me!

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        January 3, 2013 5:30 PM

        What an incredible smell you've discovered!

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        January 3, 2013 5:55 PM

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        January 3, 2013 6:14 PM

        Get in there! Get in there you big furry oaf, I don't care what you smell.

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      January 3, 2013 4:37 PM

      I blame C3P0

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      January 3, 2013 5:12 PM

      Those droids you're looking for... yep, down ma pants

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      January 3, 2013 5:52 PM

      Playing the game itself is like practicing same sex, developers reveal

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      January 3, 2013 6:10 PM

      Too bad now that Disney owns SW the 0.0000001% of KotOR 3 is now 0.0000000000001%.

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        January 3, 2013 11:36 PM

        Ya, but there's also a chance, small, that Whedon could do a SW movie. Now that has possibilities.

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          January 3, 2013 11:41 PM

          It would be like if Star Trek had emos in it.

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      January 7, 2013 3:12 AM

      Does Disney know about this?

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