SWTOR Confirms Same Gender Romance Still Coming

Written by: Troy Blackburn (Twitter @InnerGeekZone - Google+) | January 3, 2013 9:15 pm

SWTOR Confirms Same Gender Romance Still Coming

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What’s Coming For SWTOR In 2013?

Star Wars: The Old Republic Executive Producer Jeff Hickman has released the second ‘State of the Game’ post for SWTOR, and touches on several topics players will be interested in.

Same gender romance is being added with some NPC’s on Makeb in the coming expansion, and the devs do plan to add more same gender romance options in the future. Romance with existing same gender companions is still on hold for now due to the amount of work required to implement it, and of course the recent development of free-to-play took priority over all projects SWTOR related.

Hickman says that the SWTOR devs have a plan in place to keep max level players busy in 2013 with a wide variety of content that will provide max level players plenty of choice in what to do. Plans include the upcoming Rise of the Hutt Cartel expansion, new Operations, new Flashpoints, new difficulty modes, and new PvP areas. There will also be special activities for you and your companion to take part in because you need to bond more with your NPC friends.

The team is concentrating on Warzones and PvP seasons for player vs. player content this year, but the open world PvP of Ilum isn’t completely forgotten. There is a change coming to the Western Ice Shelf that should be a departure from what currently exists. We don’t have any exact details on these changes yet, but we do know that the Open World PvP of Ilum won’t be seeing any upgrades anytime soon. The dev team is looking to develop a balanced open world PvP system that is both fun and functional, but Hickman says to not expect any shiny new open world PvP for SWTOR in 2013.

The ability to copy characters from live to the test servers is also scheduled to make an appearance in 2013, which will also lay the groundwork for a live character transfer system that allows players to swap realms. Expect the test server copy to be available early this year, with the live transfer system following later.

So what are you looking forward to in SWTOR for 2013, and what would you like to see implemented this year?

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http://twitter.com/AisarGaming Aisar

Omg, that picture is priceless. Weird, but priceless. I highly doubt I will be visiting Swtor again but I can’t wait for more Republic episodes as well as seeing what this year brings to the game. It’s 2013 so I don’t really have anything to say about same gender relationships, yay? Good for people who have been waiting for them all this time. Go horn it up people!
integerx

Sounds like they are trying to stir up controversy to get their game in headlines again.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Shawn-Hargrave/100003202374593 Shawn Hargrave

as long as i can play an imperial and kill them and be and authentic racist imperial souns good lol.

I guess we need to get sgr people to complain about more things apparently they get results it seems
Luci4n69

cant wait for the character transfer to go live, i have been waiting for this since the server mergers.
http://twitter.com/cipero Matt Cipriano

Eh.. Swtor is lackluster at best. I’m patiently waiting for the details to emerge about the expansion, for I am a big star wars fan, but to say my hopes aren’t high would be an understatement.
- Depravity
  
  If you’re a big Star Wars fan, you should try buying Star Wars: An XXX parody. Kept me playing a little longer.
http://profile.yahoo.com/KEZVTITPXJ5K55O2HXR4D5K4XE steve

This is what they come up with to try and get players back?
- Demi_God
  
  No this was stated from the beginning before SWTOR launched. It’s been staple in other Bioware games for years now, so any new controversy is artificial in origin.
  - http://twitter.com/dularr Dularr
    
    Seems to cover the top playerbase requests: more end game, more pvp options, same gender romance options, character transfers, test server transfers.
    - Demi_God
      
      My memory isn’t perfect, but the original Dev comment on the subject was that same sex romance options would be available later in the game.
      That these romance options wouldn’t be available for any of the companions at launch and would come via new companions. Which most of us following SWTOR at the time assumed meant this would take place on the release of the first expansion.
      - http://twitter.com/dularr Dularr
        
        Agreed, its been a question to the development team from the start.
        
        But, your comment about new companion being expansion content was interesting. With the new f2p option, you purchase the DLC, the new companion contacts you and facilitates the questline. I can see where a new companion would be part of an expansion.
http://twitter.com/TombstoneX Jason C Matzke

Just for $50.99 same sex romance can be yours! Comes with Rainbow Lightsaber free with every purchase to be proud of your sexual preference. BUY NOW BUY NOW! for S100.00 we throw in the Pink Triangle logo hover boat!
http://twitter.com/dularr Dularr

What, no chat bubbles?
JariKiv

Doesn’t it take less work to add in same gender romance?
InvaderMig

Dat picture.

That is all.
- DoctorOverlord
  
  Agreed lol.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Aaron-Farmier/687520824 Aaron Farmier

What a total joke of a game!!
Jant0n

I don’t really care one way or the other about putting in SGR’s, but the forum goers started an email campaign and wrote to the political activist group GLAAD. Politicizing the issue like this and trying to shoehorn a developer to putting it in the game is a bit ridiculous. Not to mention as I was reading a thread in their forums I found out that anyone who disagrees with SGR’s or asks for a toggle is given warnings and/or banned, even if they are civil and constructive, the cited reason for this is it is considered hate speech.
- http://www.facebook.com/chris.collins.5059601 Chris Collins
  
  confirmed,happened to a guild mate. with all the bugs and what not htat have plauged the game since launch… this is what they are wasting thier time on. i would guess that most players dont really give a crap about compainon romance. heres an idea, why dont they fix the frikkin codex entries that are missing or bugged.
- Jant0n
  
  I also find it interesting that they don’t advertise SGR’s on the page for Makeb and that they began pre-orders before announcing the inclusion of SGR’s in the expansion.
  - http://twitter.com/dularr Dularr
    
    If I’m reading this right, it’s not player based. So while your character will run across same gender relationships, it’s not an option the player can pursue.
    - Jant0n
      
      From what I have read on it the SGR’s in Makeb are going to be the same as the flirt options with NPC’s. So far those have all been one time events and then you do not interact with the NPC further.
- Revanhavoc
  
  Equality should take precedence over political ideology and human insecurities.
  
  Acknowledging the existence of same gender love is not a matter of opinion, regardless of how “civil” or “constructive” that opinion might appear.
  - Jant0n
    
    The SGR doesn’t bother me, if someone wants it all means let them have it; should have been in at launch imo. Though, deciding when and how to implement features in a game is something that should be open to discussion. I agree that this is normal in Bioware games, but to completely dismiss every opinion and/or request for a toggle as hate speech is absolutely ridiculous.
http://www.facebook.com/brandon.carpenter.773776 Brandon Carpenter

I’d rather have more companion options and the ability to speak when them at any time, Who cares about romance in a video game, Give us more Companion quests that have nothing to do with romance.
http://twitter.com/Creamie5000 Creamy Goodness

Gay marriage is already in the game to some extent. With the legacy family tree you can have any of your characters marked as married.
http://profile.yahoo.com/VU7FTNUZEEGUXT7QVQGNVS22HE lionfan96

ive cancelled my recurring 6-month sub (been a member since launch) because of the state of the game article.. not because of SGRs.. but because of their priorities. no chapter 4? no real commitment to real open world pvp – i.e. open world pvp on ALL planets over level 20.. and something this year.. not 2014 or later.

it doesnt seem like they are making any effort into improving their other multiplayer PVE aspects of the game either.. where are the new FP details? what about OPs? how about improvements into Heroic 2 and 4 missions (making it easier to find groups for those, improving the story of them, giving more choice and consequence, etc.)

sorry, but until bioware gets their priorities strait.. im moving on to Rift/Secret World. which is sad.. this game had so much going for it.
http://twitter.com/arsenicspritzer ArsenicSpritzer

Even with boobs-on-boobs, hot companion action, it wouldn’t be enough to entice me into this game. Too much else wrong with it. A vicarious lesbian adventure just ain’t enough to carry it. It sure would be a better addition than that on-rails space shooter embarrassment though.
http://www.facebook.com/tim.whitehead1 Tim Ginger Panda Whitehead

Why is any sort of Romance a concern in an MMO? Who has time for romancing (or even “Bromancing”) if your out killing pigs for their livers for some quest! All joking aside a complete waste of time programming when the game is dying on it’s feet! Trying to appeal to the gay community isn’t going to save it!
- InvaderMig
  
  On it’s feet you say? I thought it was already on it’s hands and knees, trying desperately to crawl towards the last boon of profit it could muster i.e. their “expansion”.
http://www.facebook.com/paul.gillespie.395 Paul Gillespie

I really cannot understand whats taking them so long this feature would be perfect for the Gw2 playerbase .
Think of it as Girl Wars .
Just like girls and homosexuals seem to care for looks alone and do not generally worry to much about power the end game of this game would be perfect since it is purely about collecting more beautiful gear .
Girl wars or Gay wars would be appropriate for players spending hours of time to look pretty .
When this is implemented the game will be complete .
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=754168227 Len Hobbel

COOL KHEM VEL will for sure be bitch plowing TALOS every night….His poor ass wont ever be the same
http://www.facebook.com/people/Shawn-Hargrave/100003202374593 Shawn Hargrave

did you guys know you can buy toilets now for your ship and toilet paper in the cartel market is 10 coins! Plumbing has been added as a crafting proffession
poisonsenvy

sad you can’t just play a game now a day w/o having to deal with some homo shit. I have nothing against gays but why should this even be a discussion in a shootem up space game with light saber combat its seems so irrelevant I play games to excape out current reality and live out fantasy not deal with issues like same sex marriage shit is just lame imo
Revanhavoc

Kaliyo will be mine.
- http://www.facebook.com/people/Skull-Smasher/506713966 Skull Smasher
  
  They are NOT having SGR for any companions- or new companions that will allow SGR. The best you can hope for is that there will be a couple or so with random quest givers/quest characters.
  
  Yes, Kaliyo, as it stands, will always be out of reach…
http://profile.yahoo.com/VYXV4MR43DAZBETRSMZ4IYUGME Heather

In my head, those two stormtroopers are both girls under their helmets.

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