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Shintar

@shintar.bsky.social

Avid MMO gamer and long-time blogger. Star Wars: The Old Republic is my main game, but I'm also a casual World of Warcraft player. My SWTOR blog: https://swtorcommando.blogspot.com/ My WoW blog: https://priestwithacause.blogspot.com/

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And of course as I say that... they finally confirmed a date for the stream. πŸ™‚ News on Wednesday!

23.02.2026 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The WoD Classic Question "Will we get Warlords of Draenor Classic?" is not a question I thought I would ever be asking myself ten years ago. Hell, I didn't think we'...

While I continue to wait for news about the SWTOR dev stream, here's another #WorldofWarcaft post:

23.02.2026 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
On Writing a WoW Blog in 2026 This is going to be a post about blogging, so if that doesn't interest you at all, feel free to skip this one. When I created this blog duri...

One of those blog posts about blogging, in this case in the context of #WorldofWarcraft:

21.02.2026 11:26 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think I just saw my first AI written article about SWTOR. It was an almost 10,000 word monstrosity seemingly trying to cover every SEO topic about playing through the story (I couldn't stand reading it because of the obvious AI style but that's what I got from skimming). Huh.

21.02.2026 07:41 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Good stuff 😭

19.02.2026 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You should talk more about why the old Republic is awesome in exactly the opposite way! When I first started on Bluesky I found you because you were posting about SWTOR a few times.

19.02.2026 07:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Back in My Day: Conquest " Back in My Day " is an (extremely) irregular series in which I muse about how certain aspects of SWTOR have changed over time. Today I'd l...

I checked my SWTOR drafts folder and found a half-completed post about the history of Conquest. With another Total Galactic War looming next week (uh-oh!) now seemed a good time to finish it:

18.02.2026 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

8.0 at the end of this year or early next year. The next update in general? Should be soon, the stream announcement for it should come any day now.

17.02.2026 20:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Casual Thoughts on the Midnight Class Changes It's a given these days that WoW dramatically revamps all the classes with each new expansion, but for Midnight in particular the headline w...

I had some thoughts about Midnight class changes last night. As a casual, I don't care about (knowing) the perfect rotation. I just want some buttons that are fun to press and make sense. That's... not the case right now. #WorldofWarcraft

17.02.2026 08:49 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The War Within: InΒ Review The War Within was an expansion of all time. Okay, okay, let's actually attempt to summarize how I feel about it now that it is mostly in the rearview as we hurtle at full speed towards Midnight. For me, The War Within is two halves - a gameplay half and a story/setting half, one of which was absolutely spectacular and one of my favorite WoW expansions of all time and the other is a threadbare mess of clear priority shifts and unclear ideas.

The War Within: InΒ Review

The War Within was an expansion of all time. Okay, okay, let's actually attempt to summarize how I feel about it now that it is mostly in the rearview as we hurtle at full speed towards Midnight. For me, The War Within is two halves - a gameplay half and a story/setting…

14.02.2026 21:57 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My Most Played Characters I've been seeing people talk about a new addon called " Account Played " that tallies up your /played time across all your characters and di...

I've seen a lot of talk about /played time in #WorldofWarcraft over the past couple of weeks and decided to do a bit of introspection of my own:

13.02.2026 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Out of Bounds, Into the Volcano Last weekend was another one of those rare occasions when I got to join the New Outriders Β on Star Forge for some social fun. We killed worl...

I know @thisweekinaurebesh.bsky.social already posted some screenshots, but I just had to make a short post about last weekend's #SWTOR adventure as well:

12.02.2026 20:57 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The New and Improved Exile's Reach One thing that's always fascinating to me is how little the wider WoW community cares about the starter/levelling experience. I guess it's w...

Today I take a look at the most recent changes to Exile's Reach, #WorldofWarcraft 's "tutorial island" - I was pleasantly surprised:

11.02.2026 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@blueskyfeedcreator.com My feeds have now been paused three times in three days. I get checking for activity every so often, but this seems excessive. What's going on?

11.02.2026 07:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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WoW Factor: World of Warcraft’s The War Within – great expansion or greatest expansion?

WoW Factor: World of Warcraft’s The War Within – great expansion or greatest expansion? MOP's Tyler has opinions...
#WorldofWarcraft

10.02.2026 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

From the title I thought this was going to be a "pie in the sky, let's dream about whatever" type episode. I was pleasantly surprised by the realistic approach! πŸ˜„

09.02.2026 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm near the Video Game Professionals cloud as well for some reason! Though I'm more baffled by some of my other neighbours being "Everton Football Club Supporters" and "British Wildlife and Birding Community".

09.02.2026 21:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Running Out of Steam in MoP Classic I got back into MoP Classic around Christmas one and a half months ago, and while I was initially surprised by how much fun I was having , ...

I've had more fun than expected in Mists of Pandaria Classic (after expecting nothing, basically) buuut I think I'm getting close to the point where I'm ready to move on again. Notes on what I've been up to: #WorldofWarcraft

09.02.2026 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Three Things I Miss About Knights of the Fallen Empire Back in October, Knights of the Fallen Empire turned ten years old - which is wild to me, when I still tend to think of it as a sort of divi...

It's time to don the nostalgia goggles for a day! 😎 Not just to look back though, but also to think about how the past relates to the present and future of story in #SWTOR:

08.02.2026 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
Am I Looking Forward to Midnight? After my little retrospective about War Within , I wanted to take a moment to look the other way - forward - to talk about Midnight. Specifi...

Midnight is less than a month away. I've pre-purchased and expect to have fun with it. But somehow, I'm not feeling excited for a new expansion like I usually would: #WorldofWarcraft

06.02.2026 21:59 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lol, the boop on the kitten's nose at the end. 😻

05.02.2026 00:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Interview: World of Warcraft bosses on ageing players, Midnight and expanding the Warcraft IP
YouTube video by The Game Business Interview: World of Warcraft bosses on ageing players, Midnight and expanding the Warcraft IP

Very interesting interview with Holly and Ion about the current and future direction of WoW. One tidbit I found interesting for example was their talking about how the classic and modern audiences are very different.

04.02.2026 12:45 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You've got to take Bellular videos with a massive grain of salt. Everything is always the best or the worst, whatever makes for the best clickbait title in any given week.

02.02.2026 00:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Before I cast my gaze towards Midnight, a brief look back at The War Within #WorldofWarcraft: priestwithacause.blogspot.com/2026/02/was-...

01.02.2026 21:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'd ask to exchange the frame for one made out of some hypoallergenic material then.

01.02.2026 10:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That shouldn't be a thing. Maybe your body doesn't like the specific material that pair is made of?

01.02.2026 01:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Just caught up with the 2026 State of Azeroth. "Holly, no!" was such a tease, day-um.

29.01.2026 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Farewell to FibroJedi's Website If you're very old school, you may remember a SWTOR content creator called FibroJedi . About ten years ago, he was in the official content c...

Last night I learned that @fibrojedi.me.uk , an old-school SWTOR content creator (though he's been more known for his LOTRO stuff in recent years) decided to retire from MMO blogging. In today's blog post of my own, I pay my respects and fall down a rabbit hole:

29.01.2026 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I might just do that! :)

29.01.2026 07:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well, probably not a lot, but it's still there, hasn't changed, and occasionally there's a seasons objective to do the GSI weekly so I assume people do it sometimes at least.

28.01.2026 21:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0