This week's game update included the addition of a new Stronghold on the pirate planet of Rishi. And NOR now has fully unlocked and explorable Headquarters on Rishi!
To celebrate, we're having an open house this Sunday, August 12 at 8 PM ET and everyone is invited to attend!
The new stronghold has some unique features and this will be a good opportunity to check them out! The most notable feature is that Rishi has areas where Player vs Player combat is enabled. The massive Sky Deck of the pirate ship includes a Hutt Ball arena with mechanisms that allow score keeping and folks to observe down on the field itself!
The stronghold includes training dummies for anyone who may want to practice their dps or healing skills!
There are also a couple secret achievements and legacy titles than be earned here and I'll be happy to help folks earn ONE of them.
If you'd like a full rundown of the whole stronghold, I check out Vulkk's Rishi Stronghold Guide.
Everyone is welcome to show up, be social, explore this massive Stronghold, face off in PVP action against your fellow NORbies or start decorating a room of your own!
HOW DO I INSTALL SWTOR?
http://www.swtor.com/game/download
Beware! SWTOR is massive, so it might take some time to fully install the game.
HOW DO I VISIT THE STRONGHOLD?
The easiest way to visit NOR's Rishi stronghold is to have a character in NOR's Sith faction guild. Any level character may instantly travel to the NOR Flagship or Stronghold from the Stronghold Management Window (Hotkey: "U"). From there click the Travel button to visit the Rishi hideout. We'll be assembling on the skydeck of the pirate ship for fun and screenshots.
CAN I VISIT THE STRONGHOLD FROM A REPUBLIC CHARACTER OR CHARACTER WHO HASN'T YET JOINED NOR?
Yes! NOR's Sith Guild Stronghold is publicly listed and even Republic faction characters can visit. To do so you'll need to be least level 10 and able to access Fleet. On Fleet go to the Crew Skills and Strongholds area and look for the Rishi stronghold display (1), select "Public Listings" (2), then click on search filters (3) and make sure the Owner type is set to "Guild" (4). Locate NOR's Rishi headquarters on the list of available strongholds and travel to it from there (5)! Likewise a Sith faction character who has not yet joined NOR can visit the exact same way.
I'M VISITING FROM ANOTHER NOR BRANCH, HOW DO I JOIN NOR'S SWTOR GUILD?
Just ask! The easiest way is to pop into the NOR Discord and let us know in the "Holonet" text chat channel. I check the channel during the day and am usually available when I'm online in the evenings to set visitors up in the guild. In the game, you can also join the custom NOR channel by typing "/cjoin NOR" in the chat window. If there are other NORbies in that channel they can see anything you type in that channel. You can also search to see who is online by searching "NewOutRider" (Sith) or "New OutRiders" (Republic) in the WHO social window.
The NOR branch is located on the North American server STAR FORGE!
WILL THERE BE PUNCH AND PIE?
I can't promise pie, but if you step into the PVP arena there might be punching!
There will be door prizes! Open trade with Galaxiya and she'll might just surprise you with a mount, pet or toy!
I WANT TO COME, BUT I DON'T WANT TO PVP, IS THAT OKAY?
Absolutely! Playing a match is purely voluntary; we're here to have fun.
CAN I KILL SPEEDY THE TURTLE?
I can't stop you, but if Speedy dies, I will be sad. If someone does kill Speedy and I find out who did the dastardly deed, they will be subject to the ultimate punishment of PERMANENT PICKLING! You have been warned!
