The Zandar Legacy

So it’s been some time since the last Swtor update due to the BioWare to broadsword giving over. At the time many were rightly skeptical but since this point we’ve truly seen how determined EA is to run BioWare into the ground so if anything Swtor escaped more of that.

Swtor has been kinda stewing waiting for its next update and it was rightly kept back while the voice actors strike was happening. But even before that when legacy of the Sith came out it was easy to get caught up on quite how short it was.

Sure the idea was to release updates as they went into that and the whole of 7. Was legacy of the Sith but still. The updates that did come out were quite fun imo but they all focussed heavily on the hidden chain side of the conflict when to me malgus and the “legacy of the Sith” was the thing that had always intrigued me.

When we captured him I was surprised but given our power level it’s understandable, still it felt odd. Either way it built the story to the last ever BioWare update when shae freed Malgus. I must admit I can’t exactly remember shaes reasoning but she’s always been a bit of a morally grey character. Plus I’m playing a sith so tomato tomato on her allying.

Still a lot was on this update for getting back to that legacy of the Sith part, Nul was touched on and talked about but the focus was just that. I like Sa’har but it took a long time to get that holocron.

But anyway this update, I think it’s safe to say it finally got back into this Nul and legacy of the Sith stuff. The missions were as fun as any Swtor mission is but the storylines were a decent romp with about as much questing as legacy of the Sith on release tbh.

I liked the lesbian mandos it’s a long way for Swtor to have come from the no gay romances to have these two front and center kiss.

Nuls experiments and philosophy has been interesting to dig into and especially the way she hid her experiments from vitiate with a shiny new weapon or two was something i appreciated.

Returning to Ilum felt very narratively satisfying and showed a clear understanding of continuity and more to the point a show that broadsword know the story.

The conversation between Lana and my Inq about the idea of Malgus’ beliefs and joining him was a particular highlight showing a great understanding of Lana’s character.

Finding Nul trapped while a theme that never stops in Swtor made for a fun fight and added to the inqs do not steal my body list

Malgus’ idea to destroy or change for good the Jedi and Sith is great to me, it’s different it’s not Jedi vs Sith which feels so played out in the Swtor canon after the eternal empire was so different. I’m curious what exactly it means and the fact we could posit the question that the idea of changing that was not a bad thing was very interesting.

Lana again kept it so real saying there were points but their methods didn’t reflect well, she’s such a well written character.

All of this is to say Malgus’ MO is quite fascinating and deeply different from a power hungry Sith or a god like being like Tenebrae. It’s in line with the end of chapter 3 and builds on what his plans were at that point would that we didn’t stop him.

It all feels connected which is what I want.

Another point i enjoyed was the frequent options to keep things from the dark council and remain as neutral as onslaught allowed, I always want my alliance to be seperate.

And I may as well stop beating around the bush JADUS!!!! My guy is back!!! And by the looks of things he may be working on our side? I genuinely couldn’t tell his intent but his involvement in this is curious and makes complete sense. I’m not sure if his model is updated but it looks good.

It seems with Jadus, the references to malgus’ original plans and Talos that the team at broadsword are familiar with the story but I don’t know how much BioWare showed them the direction for this story before they bounced.

Darth nul trying to steal my inqs form