The swoop racing event unfortunately suffers from some problems first-time events always have. What makes the event more than just a minigame pastime is that each of the factions has its own backstory and as you advance in reputation with them, you gain the access to other quests that may take you to completely different planets. Onderon, with its late-story content, is open only to a fraction of players, and Dantooine is essentially empty outside the Pirate event. It was a great idea to further utilise otherwise underused planets (besides Tatooine). Horizon’s Razor values speed, and the Pit Screamers want you to show off on your bike, performing acrobatic stunts as you drive. To get reputation with the Blatant Beks (an obvious nod to KOTOR’s Hidden Beks), you must complete your courses while causing lots of explosions on the track to please their fans.
Another innovation is that you do not receive reputation with the swoopers as a whole, but with each faction separately.
Players do not race on their own swoop bikes, but bikes of three specific factions. Swoop racing is effectively a mini-game, but I don’t think that is a problem. To center the entire thing around swoop racing was a bold move, but it was a step in the right direction. One must first and foremost praise the decision to make something else than just another event where majority of the content revolves around “go there and kill X pirates/rakghouls/what-have-you”. The event takes the players back to Dantooine and afterwards to two other worlds: Tatooine and Onderon. This week, Bioware has added another event into the list: All Worlds Ultimate Swoop Rally, that runs until 7th July and then shall return in regular intervals. It has been a year since Star Wars: The Old Republic’s list of recurring in-game events received an update in the form of Dantooine Pirate Incursion.
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