BioWare has announced a new initiative to encourage more new players to jump into Star Wars: The Old Republic with the Light vs. Dark event, scheduled to go live on all servers on June 28th, 2016. The event does not have a set end date, and is intended to be experiences with characters created on or after the event's start date. The focus of the event centers on the light side and dark side decisions made by players throughout the event to unlock one of two companions depending on the majority of the choices made.
Along the way, players will have the chance to earn several new titles, mounts, armor sets, and will be able to collect crates that will gift players with items from previous cartel packs, similar to the current Grand Chance Cubes.
Requirements
All characters taking part in the event must be created on or after June 28th, 2016. Any characters that exist prior to the event will not be able to participate. Level 60 characters also cannot participate. In addition, if players do not have additional character slots availible, they must purchase additional ones through the Cartel Market, which could mean purchasing a subscription to apply the slot may be necessary.
All expansions must be purchased in order to access appropriate content for later tiers.
Tiers
There are six tiers that can be completed, each with it's own set of required achievements to be collected. While most of these achievements are already in the game itself, there will be an additional section of the Legacy tab that will show these ones specifically.
Herioc Level
Missions:
"The Story Begins" - achieve level 25 on a participating character
Rewards:
5 Force-Bound Dark vs. Light Packs (includes one “Best of” Dark or Light themed weapon, gear, mount, decoration, color crystal or dye from previous cartel packs plus either an XP Boost or Companion gift)
“The Heroic Victor” title
Legacy Level
Missions:
"The Story Continues" - achieve level 50 on a participating character
"Flashpoint Responder" - complete The Esseles, Taral V and Maelstrom Prison as a Republic character OR The Black Talon. Boarding Party and The Foundry as an Imperial Character. (Can be completed solo.)
Rewards:
Shade Stalker Runt pet
Victorious Pioneer’s Armor Set: Helm, Chest and Legs – grants +25% Bonus XP (Earn the full set to get +50% Bonus XP)
10 Force-Bound Dark vs. Light Packs
"The Destined Victor" title
Valiant Level
Missions:
"Revan" - complete the Star Wars: The Old Republic: Shadow of Revan expansion story missions
"The Outlander" - complete the first nine chapters of Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Fallen Empire (NOTE: Other objectives in different tiers require access to content that occurs before KotFE, so complete them first before beginning KotFE.)
"Home Sweet Home" - complete the Star Wars: The Old Republic: Galactic Strongholds introductory mission
Rewards:
Victor's Trailblazer Bike mount
Victorious Pioneer’s Armor Set: Belt and Bracers
10 Force-Bound Dark vs. Light Packs
"The Valiant Victor" title
Champion Level
Missions:
"Alliance Commander" - complete chapters X through XVI of Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Fallen Empire (NOTE: Chapters XV and XVI launch within the next month.)
"Building Alliances" - complete 5 Alliance recruitment missions (NOTE: "To Find a Findsman" must be completed first and does not count towards the achievement.)
"Flashpoint Expert" complete every flashpoint, save for the ones mentioned above, in Tactical mode (through the group finder queue)
"Valor" - reach Valor rank V
Rewards:
Victorious Trailblazer’s armor set
Victorious Pioneer’s Armor Set: Gloves and Boots
15 Force-Bound Dark vs. Light Packs
“The Champion Victor” title
Eternal Level
Missions:
"Republic Icon" - achieve level 65 on a participating Republic character
"Imperial Icon" - achieve level 65 on a participating Imperial character
"Eternal Contender" - complete the first five rounds of the Eternal Championship
Rewards:
Access to one of two exclusive companions - which one will be determined based from the amount of light side points to dark side points players have at the event's conclusion
15 Force-Bound Dark vs. Light Packs
"The Eternal Victor" title
Now hold onto your butts, because this is where it gets ridiculous.
Legendary Level
Missions:
"Gree Slayer" - defeat 50 Gree droids during the Relics of the Gree event
"Living Plauge" - defeat 50 Rakghouls during the Rakghoul Resurgence event
"Plaugebearer" - infect five other people with the Rakghoul Plauge during the Rakghoul Resurgence event
"Dreaded News" - defeat 50 NPC's on Oricon
"Giant Killer" - defeat five specific world bosses: Rogue Cartel Warbot on Quesh, Snowblind on Hoth, Primal Destroyer on Belsavis, Ulgo Siegebreaker on Alderaan, and Worldbreaker Monolith on Ziost
"Dragonslayer" - defeat five specific Operation bosses: Karagga the Unyielding in Karagga's Palace, Operator IX in Terror From Beyond, Sparky in The Ravagers, Gate Commander Draxus in The Dread Fortress, and TITAN 6 in Legions of Scum and Villainy.
"Eternal Champion" - complete all ten rounds of the Eternal Championship
"Flashpoint Master" - complete all flashpoints on Hard mode
"Ace Starfighter" - complete five Galactic Starfighter matches
"Manhunter" - complete three bounty contracts during the Bounty Brokers Association Week event
"Ziost" - complete the post-Shadow of Revan storyline on Ziost (NOTE: Cannot be completed if Knights of the Fallen Empire has been started on a character.)
"Alliance Hero" - achieve level 50 on a character of each class (NOTE: Characters created on or after the start date of the event are the only characters that qualify for the objective.)
"Crafting Virtuoso" - reach 550 skill level with all six Crafting Skills: Armormech, Armstech, Artifice, Biochem, Cybertech and Synthweaving
"Merciless" - achieve Dark V alignment on a participating character
"Righteous" - achieve Light V alignment on a participating character
"The Collector" - locate five new datacrons across the galaxy on Ilum, Makeb, Nar Shaddaa, Oricon and Voss
"Big Earner" - reach 1 million credits on any participating character
"Big Spender" - purchase the "Datacron: Dark vs. Light" from a vendor on Odessen for 1 million credits
"Ruthless Efficiency" - unlock HK-51 (either through the Section X missions or through a corresponding legacy unlock)
Rewards
Victor’s Titan Turret Tank mount
Victorious Titan’s armor set
30 Force-Bound Dark vs. Light Packs
"The Legendary Victor" title
Additional Information
The Victorious Pioneer's armor set is unlocked in several segments over several tiers and will grant additional experience points to players wearing it (50% more XP per action when wearing full set)
Force-Bound Dark vs. Light Packs grant players two items total: one companion gift or experience boost, and one portion of an armor set (Upper, Supplementary or Lower), weapon, dye module, mount, decoration or weapon tuning (all are bind on pickup)
Companions Master Ranos and Darth Hexid are the two companions that can be unlocked upon the event's conclusion depending on the collective light side/dark side score throughout the event. Players who complete the Eternal tier are the only ones who will have access to the winning companion
All full armor sets, mounts, pets and companions awarded for completing tiers will be awarded to the appropriate characters upon the event's conclusion, whereas all other rewards will be delivered immediately
All of these rewards are not retroactive to pre-existing characters and can only be awarded to characters participating in the event (there will be an icon next to the character's name in the character select screen to denote this participation)
All objectives are tracked through the legacy system with all other achievements
Characters can achieve level 50 and then can be deleted to make way for another character, if nessecary for players with no additional slots
Unlocked titles unlock for all characters in the legacy
The Victorious Pioneer armor set and the Force-Bound packs are bind on pickup for the character who unlocked them
The winning companion and the mounts will be sent via in-game mail to all players on the account, similar to the subscription rewards for previous expansions
Levels can be obtained through any means and does not include story missions, although it is reccomended
What do you guys think of the Light vs. Dark event? Post a comment down below to let us know your thoughts!
Legendary Level
Requirement
No
Objective
Requirement
1
Gree Slayer
Defeat 50 Gree droids during the Gree event with DvL character (June 8-15, August 23-30, and October 18-25). (Level 65)
2
Living Plague
Defeat 50 Rakghouls during the Rakghoul Resurgence event with DvL character (Level 20+)
3
Plaguebearer
Infect 5 other players with your DvL character during the Rakghoul Resurgence event (Level 20+)
4
Manhunter
Complete three Bounty Contracts on your DvL character durign the Bounty Contract Week (Level 15+)
5
Dreaded News
Defeat 50 NPCs in Oricon on your DvL character (Level 55+)
6
Giant Killer
Defeat 5 World Bosses on your DvL character
The Rogue Cartel Warbot on Quesh
Snowblind on Hoth
The Primal Destroyer on Belsavis
Ulgo Siegebreaker on Alderaan
The Worldbreaker Monolith on Ziost
7
Dragonslayer
Defeat the following operation bosses (any mode) on your DvL character
Karagga the Unyielding in Karagga’s Palace
Operator IX in Terror From Beyond
Sparky in Ravagers
Gate Commander Draxus in Dread Fortress
Titan 6 in Scum and Villainy
8
Eternal Champion
Complete Round 10 of Eternal Championship with a DvL character
9
Flashpoint Master
Complete every Hardmode Flashpoint on your DvL Character
Assault on Tython (both the Empire and Republic version)
Athiss
Battle of Ilum
Battle of Rishi
Blood Hunt
Boarding Party
Cademimu
Czerka Core Meltdown
Czerka Corporate Labs
Depths of Manaan
Directive 7
Hammer Station
Kaon Under Siege
Korriban Incursion (both the Empire and Republic version)
Legacy of the Rakata
Lost Island
Maelstrom Prison
Mandalorian Raiders
Taral V
The Black Talon
The Esseles
The False Emperor
The Foundry
The Red Reaper
10
Ace Starfighter
Complete 5 Galactic Starfighter matches on your DvL character.
11
Warzone Veteran
Complete 15 warzones on your DvL character
12
Zoist
Complete the Zoist storyline on your DvL character (Level 55+)
13
Alliance Hero
Reach level 50 on 8 DvL characters, each corresponding to the 8 classes ingame
14
Crafting Virtuoso
Reach 550 on the following crafting skills with your DvL character
Armormech
Armstech
Artifice
Biochem
Cybertech
Synthweaving
15
Merciless
Reach Dark V Alignment on a DvL character by making Dark side choices
16
Righteous
Reach Light V Alignment on a DvL character by making Light side choices
17
The Collector
Find and locate all 5 new Datacrons on your DvL character
Ilum
Makeb
Nar Shadaa
Oricon
Voss
18
Big Earner
Each 1 million credits on a DvL character
19
Big Spender
Purchase the Stronghold Decoration Datacron: Dark vs Light” from Gwhirrye Nekor in the Alliance Camp Headquarters for 1 million credits on your DvL Character.
20
Ruthless Efficiency
Unlock the HK-51 Companion on your DvL companion (can use the legacy unlock feature)