BioWare has implemented ‘BitRaider streaming’ to Star Wars: The Old Republic in an effort to get “players into the action faster with a dramatically smaller initial download,” explains the press release.
Also included in Game Update 2.4 are “many gameplay additions.
Game Update 2.4: The Dread War will be available on October 1, and will introduce new 4v4 Player-vs-Player (PvP) Warzone Arenas into the game.
Starting today, new and previous subscribers who join or re-join the fight as a subscriber, will automatically receive the game’s first Digital Expansion: Rise of the Hutt Cartel for free.