Star Wars: Old Republic free to play this weekend

[Dark Drakan]

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Every man and his dog has heard about Bioware's new player in the MMO market Star Wars: Old Republic. It was met with rave reviews and lots of positive feedback by fans and at the beginning of February, EA reported the game had 1.7 million subscribers and it is reported to have been growing. So it seems they are trying to tempt even more people to take the MMO plunge with a weekend free trial. From 5:01am GMT on Thursday until 7:00am Monday the trial will be open to everyone with the following limitations:​

• A Weekend Pass Free Trial character cannot exceed level 15. The player will be notified via in-game notifications and chat message once they have hit the maximum level for the trial experience.
• A Weekend Pass Free Trial character will only be able to play on their Origin World, Capital World, the Fleet, all Warzones, and in their first Flashpoint. A message box will appear if a character attempts to go outside of these areas.
• A Weekend Pass Free Trial character will not be able to use general chat, trade chat, or PvP chat. The character will only be able to use local chat, group chat, guild chat, and reply to whispers.
• A Weekend Pass Free Trial character will not be able to send or reply to mail by other trial characters. However, your character will be able to receive in-game mail during the trial.
• A Weekend Pass Free Trial character will not be able to use the Galactic Trade Network or trade with other players.
• A Weekend Pass Free Trial character will only be able to level their Crew Skills ranking to around 40.

Visit the website for more info and to download the client (here).

• A Weekend Pass Free Trial character will not be able to earn Legacy XP.