I know a great number of you in guild have interacted with Jade Company, another GREAT guild on Shien. Starting tonight, we're diving into 16man Operations with them. We'll be focusing on Eternity Vault, and will hopefully be showing new people the story, getting them loot, and generally just kicking ass.

How does this affect our 8man runs? 

First off, Storymode 8man EV is off the table. This means if we do EV in 8man, it'll have to be hardmode. This also means gearing up is going to be a little different than what we've done already. You are, ideally, going to want to attend the 16 man run before jumping into 8mans (well, the hardmodes at least). Because of this, for my part in the operation, if I have to choose between someone already geared up for hardmodes and someone who's a pretty fresh 50, I'll lean towards the fresh 50.

Our goal is to move to Explosive Conflict 8mans in the near future, but we'll need some gear from Hardmodes before doing that.

Furthermore, I'm seriously considering requiring signups on the guild site so that I know who to expect for operations. 

That said, we've got some good stuff coming up, Operation wise, and I look forward to moving forward with you all.

Update: For the moment our Operations are going to be: 

Tuesday: 9pm - Karagga's Palace

Sunday: 7pm - Eternity Vault (paired with Jade Company, running 2 groups of 8)

WHERE: Tython, the Jedi Temple

"The Force is what gives a Jedi his power. It's an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us and penetrates us; it binds the galaxy together..."

Join the Celebration of the Force, Friday, May 4th, on Tython at the Jedi Academy.Starting at 8pm EST a Celebration of the Force will begin. Jedi will be able to acquire gear and weaponry, listen to lectures on various viewpoints from Jedi Masters, Participate in a Tournament (One for Fully-Fledged Jedi, another for Padawans), and much more.

If you would like to take part in this event, I need volunteers for the following:

And more ideas. I'm sure someone has an idea of what else we could add to this "Celebration of the Force"

Contact Craft in game, in a PM through this site, or via email: crafticus@gmail.com

May the Force be with you.

Tuesday, 9pm EST   - 8man Operation

Thursday, 9pm EST - 8man Operation

Sunday, 7pm EST    - 16man Operation

For the 16man operation, we'll be looking to fill the group with equal parts Argent Exodus and Jade Company members. 

The current plan is for us to resume 8man operations, and move onto hardmodes and Explosive Conflict in the near future. I realize we have some fresh 50s needing gear, so there's not solid time table on that. It's just a goal.

Looking forward to dropping some bad guys with you all.

While current Vaccines are temporary at best, there will also be discussion on how to best deal with the sickness as it threatens to expand beyond Tatooine, and towards the Core Worlds.

A quarantine has been set up around Tatooine, to prevent the spread of the plague to other systems, but as aid rushes to that world, rumours of carriers of the plague making it as far as to the core systems persist.

It is recommended that everyone talk to their nearest medical specialist and pick up the Rakghoul Vaccine.

And avoid Tatooine at all costs! 

That's right, the expansion of the Legacy System, a new Operation, a new Flashpoint, a new Warzone, a variety of class changes, Guild Banks and the ability to customize your appearance further is FINALLY landing.

I'm excited. How about you? What are you looking forward to the most?

Here's what we're looking for:

DPS: Commando, Gunslinger, Scoundrel

Healer: Sage, Scoundrel, Commando

If you're 50, or close to it, and want to run Operations and Flashpoints, give Craft a shout. Gear and Experience don't matter, we can help with both.

Returning to Karagga's Palace, Argent Exodus decided they had enough of the Fabricator -- and they burned that droid to the ground, before facing off against the Hatted Hutt Himself.

Fire and Mouse Droids were no match for the battle-hardened team from the Argent Exodus, and Karagga the Hutt fell to their might.

Well done everyone! Raiding Resumes on Thursday with a trip back to the Eternity Vault!

If you're a crafter, you may be interested in selling your wares at this festival.

There's a lot of changes, like the update for Legacy, the addition of Ranked Warzones, Guild Banks, a crafting rehaul, a new flashpoint, operation, and warzone, as well as UI customization.

There's a number of class updates, new pets and vehicles as well. 

You can check out the entire patch notes here: http://www.swtor.com/test-center/patchnotes

And the Test Server is up and running with 1.2 if you feel like checking that out.

He'll be more upset when Craft drinks all his beer.

The next Operation is on Monday, as Argent Exodus dives deeper into Karagga's Palace.

Monday - 9pm EST - Karagga's Palace Operation

Tuesday - 8pm EST - Galactic Pub Crawl RP Event: Anchorhead Cantina

Wednesday - 9pm EST - Flashpoints! 

Thursday - 9pm EST - Eternity Vault Operation/Whatever else

I'm also organizing an event on March 24th - The Alderaanian Spring Festival and could use help with planning. This will be a server wide roleplay event.

Argent Exodus returned to the Eternity Vault to face Soa once again. This time, mind traps, ball lightning and falling platforms were no match for Argent Exodus. Soa was defeated, and the threat of the Eternity Vault ended.

Good job everyone, and a special thank you to Adexi of the Coruscant Vanguard for helping us out when we were short a person!

Operations continue every Thursday and Monday, 9pm EST as we return to the Eternity Vault and prepare for Karagga's Palace

Our next Operation is on Thursday and will be a fresh reset, so I look forward to us doing some more damage.

Well done everyone.

And thank you for coming as well, Kri'sa

We're also looking to round out our team for Operations. We're a little light on DPS Troopers, and I'd not mind picking up an active Shadow.

Argent Exodus offers a home to people who are interested in balancing RP and PvE, who want to learn to raid and roleplay, and people who just want to be part of a social environment with good people.

Check out our recruitment page and join!

The ongoing story of the formation and adventures of the Argent Exodus has begun. The prologue has been posted at http://www.exodusgaming.com/roleplay

While the first part of the story has been written, we're looking for some participation from members in how it continues. How did your character become part of Argent Exodus? Add your part of the story to the comments of the Prologue and help shape the story moving forward.

As the next Chapters start to get written, you can look forward to in game events, as well as rewards for those who participate.

Let's see your contribution...

First for members of Argent Exodus, we've added a Blog Page. Here you can add stories about your characters, mission logs, or any sort of in character work you might have.

We've also added an event tracker. This is on the main page, just above the news you are reading now. It will keep you up-to-date on the guild events that are upcoming.

We have a Gallery, in which you can upload screenshots. I've added some, but you may want something more than glamour shots of Craft, so feel free to add them.

If there's anything else you think you'd like to add, let me know. We'll see what we can do!

Congrats to Anaximander, Jaredcox, Sibelle, Cyndan, Redric and Craft on grabbing the +10 all Stats Datacron on the Republic Fleet.

Everyone got to be like Batman, swinging all over the place.

And dying. A lot.

We've got a number of people at 50, and more of you still leveling up, so it's time to set a date for the first Operation.

I'll bring in random people if needed, but this is when I'd like to start on the Eternity Vault.

If you're 50, be there. If you want to be 50... well, consider this a goal to work towards.

You can sign up using the event calendar.