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There's been a good deal of controversy surrounding the launch of Star Wars: The Old Republic's Game Update 2.1: Customization. We break down some of what we're hearing and offer our own take in this week's SWTOR column.

Let’s start with the existing pre-patch controversy (yup!) though. Players have been concerned about the basic idea that the update would be focused almost exclusively on Cartel Market content. With updates coming to the game every six to eight weeks, I honestly wouldn’t fault anyone for being upset that an entire game update was dedicated to features that mostly required players to open up their wallets. Fortunately, BioWare has explained that another Game Update is scheduled for release shortly after the launch of 2.1, and this update will be focused more on content or other systems unrelated to the Cartel Market.

Read more of Michael Bitton's Star Wars: The Old Republic: 2.1: Color & Collection Chaos.

According to yesterday's earnings call between EA and stock holders, Star Wars: The Old Republic's player base has increased by 1.7 million users. Subscriptions have stabilized near the half-million mark.

According to yesterday's earnings call between EA and stock holders, Star Wars: The Old Republic's player base has increased by 1.7 million users. Subscriptions have stablized near the half-million mark.

Source: Polygon

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BioWare has released some details on Star Wars: The Old Republic's Game Update 2.1: Customization. We're rounding up what we've discovered so far and offering our thoughts in this week's SWTOR column.

The Cathar species is easily the most significant addition coming to SWTOR in Game Update 2.1. Cathar were unveiled all the way back at E3 2012 as the first new species to be added to Star Wars: The Old Republic. Like everything else revealed back at the show, the Cathar were slated for release some time in 2012, but we all know how that turned out. Of all the features and additions announced at last year’s E3, the Cathar remain the final piece of the puzzle to be added to the game.

Read more of Michael Bitton's Star Wars: The Old Republic: Update 2.1 – What We Know So Far.

The Star Wars: The Old Republic site has been updated with a pair of articles outlining class changes to both the Jedi Knight and the Sith Warrior with the arrival of the v2.0 "Scum & Villainy" patch earlier this week.

Marauder

Dual Saber Throw (New ability): This ability throws both sabers forward, dealing high damage to everything in their path. Upon striking a target, that target is additionally slowed by 50% for 6 seconds. 18-second cooldown.

Below are some additional details on changes made to the Marauder’s skill trees. Many more skills than the ones mentioned here have changed; these are really just the highlights.

Read more about each at the links above.

The Star Wars: The Old Republic site has been updated with a pair of articles outlining class changes to both the Republic Smuggler and the Imperial Agent with the arrival of the v2.0 "Scum & Villainy" patch earlier this week.

Alacrity Improvements: One of the big changes to combat systems is the way that Alacrity works. Prior to this update, Alacrity came with a tradeoff for some classes, and it was nearly useless to other classes. The faster you attacked, the more resources you would spend, and that only worked if you had channeled abilities or abilities with activation times.

Now, Alacrity will increase the activation speed of all abilities, including instants. We haven’t just shortened the global cooldown, either. When activating any ability quicker, its animation will also play quicker. This makes some attacks look and sound very cool. Furthermore, Alacrity increases resource regeneration by the same rate, helping you to recuperate resources more quickly as you spend them more quickly. Now more Alacrity is strictly a good thing.

Read more about each at the links provided above.