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Patch on the patch: more server downtime tonight

January 19, 2012 by

UPDATE: There’s a two hour delay so add that into the calculations below!

Well it seems those damn Rakghouls have spent some time chewing their way out from the inside of game update 1.1, as it hasn’t been particularly smooth sailing since last night’s downtime. The most obvious issue has been the glitch with PvP on Ilum, where people have been able to camp the enemy medcenter, which prevents their opponents leaving to recapture control points. To resolve that issue and others, there’s now further downtime scheduled:

Please be advised that the servers will be unavailable beginning at 5AM CST (3AM PST/ 6AM EST/ 11AM GMT/ 12PM CET) as we deploy a new patch. This deployment will fix a few high priority issues in the game. We expect the service to be available again by 10AM CST (8AM PST/ 11AM EST/ 4PM GMT/ 5PM CET). Please watch this thread for updates and information as they become available. To view the status of your server, please visit the Server Status Page.

So locally this means no access to SWTOR starting tonight 19th January between 10pm and 3am AEDT, 7pm to Midnight AWST and Midnight to 5am NZDT.

Below is the full text from SWTOR’s, Principal Lead PvP, Flashpoints and Operations Designer, Gabe Amatangelo:

Hello everyone; I wanted to update you on the issues we’ve been seeing today on the live servers, specifically within the Open World PvP area on Ilum. We’re aware that on some servers, either Republic or Empire groups have been capturing the Ilum control points, entering the enemy’s base and ‘camping’ the medcenters, preventing the opposite faction from leaving their base to recapture control points. This is not a fair or balanced gameplay experience and can also severely affect client performance, so we’re taking steps to address this.

Our intended design for Ilum Open World PvP is that players are instantly killed when entering the enemy’s base safe area, just like in Warzones, and that the defending faction can take taxis to other points within the zone. In Game Update 1.1, this is not working as intended. We have found the issue preventing this from happening under server load and will be publishing an Emergency Patch to address the issue. We’re aiming to have this patch published early tomorrow morning (January 19th, 5 AM US CST).

In addition to these changes, we’ll be reducing the population cap on Ilum. This should help increase performance by requiring your client to render fewer characters on-screen at once.

Regarding Valor gains, with the 1.1 update, players now receive a base reward of 20 Valor per unique enemy player defeated in a short time, and this base reward is modified by the number of objectives that the player’s faction owns. The gains are rate limited per player killed, encouraging players to attack unique players, not to pursue vendettas. The Valor gains players can see over time will vary greatly depending on the activity level in the zone. This is expected.

To dispel a couple of rumors that have been seen today – there is no Valor gain from destroying turrets within enemy bases, and none from killing NPCs.

We encourage players to avoid Ilum until our patch is deployed. As a temporary measure we will be disabling taxi services which would normally take players into the Open World PvP area. However, players will still be able to taxi out of the area.

We will continue to monitor Ilum across all servers and will make further changes to gameplay if required. We welcome your feedback here on the Forums, but please ensure your feedback is constructive and specific. Feedback based on rumor does not help us isolate potential issues.

And finally – if you’ve been exploiting the glitch, punishment may be on its way according to Joveth Gonzalez, Associate Online Community Manager:

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to be clear and let you all know that we’re definitely aware of individuals who took extreme advantage of this situation and we will be carefully evaluating and taking action as necessary.

So it’s more downtime though it’s actually a more favourable time than we’re used to, so that’s a small consolation.

Over to you: noticed any good or bad stuff about the 1.1 update?

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SWTOR Patch 1.1 live on public test server

January 7, 2012 by

I tell you what, I’m just about getting dizzy with the frequency of patch updates for SWTOR.

It’s a dizziness I’m more than happy to endure given it means an even better gameplay experience, and the announced Patch 1.1 certainly looks like it’ll deliver that.

Read on below for the full list of changes, but some of the biggies include:

– Level 50 players in their own Warzone bracket now
– The promised expanded Karagga’s Palace has four more bosses to take on
– A new level 50 Flashpoint, Kaon Under Siege is available
– Anti-aliasing now available for those that want to turn it on
– A number of changes / fixes for classes

Here’s the full list:
Star Wars: The Old Republic – Game Update 1.1

General

  • Anti-aliasing is now available and can be enabled in the preferences menu.

Classes and Combat
General

  • Healing caused by crowd control abilities no longer generates threat.
  • Tooltips for abilities modified by skill points now display correct damage values.

Guard

  • This ability now transfers to a new friendly target without requiring deactivation on the previous target.
  • Activating this ability while targeting a guarded or invalid target will still toggle the Guard ability off.
  • A distinct visual effect is now present on characters using Guard on another character, and another effect is now present on the guarded character if they leave Guard’s range.

Taunt

  • A new visual effect has been added to the user and the target of the Taunt ability for the duration of its effect.

Jedi Consular

  • Project: This ability no longer shakes the screen of onlookers.

Shadow

  • Battle Readiness: Now allows Combat Technique to trigger once every 3 seconds.
  • Combat Technique: Healing received through Combat Technique has been increased, scales properly at higher levels, and can only be triggered once every 4.5 seconds.
  • Slow Time: This ability’s damage has been increased by 15% and it now slows the movement speed of all affected targets.

Jedi Knight

  • Force Leap: This ability no longer functions on Portable Holo Dancers.

Sith Inquisitor
Assassin

  • Dark Charge: Healing received through Dark Charge has been increased, scales properly at higher levels, and can only be triggered once every 4.5 seconds.
  • Overcharge Saber: Now allows Dark Charge to trigger once every 3 seconds.
  • Wither: Damage has been increased by 15% and it now slows the movement speed of all affected targets.

Sith Warrior

  • Intercede: This ability no longer functions on Portable Holo Dancers.
  • Shatter: this ability’s tooltip now correctly reflects its damage; damage from this ability has not been adjusted.

Imperial Agent
Bug Fixes

  • Corrected an issue where activating cover, using Explosive Probe, and then using Snipe could cause Snipe to be interrupted.

Bounty Hunter
General

  • Incendiary Missile: This ability is no longer misclassified as an Area of Effect ability.

Companion Characters

General

  • C2-N2 and 2V-R8 no longer vocalize crafting commentary during combat.
  • The Carbonized Stream companion ability no longer breaks prematurely.

Companions
Kira Carsen

  • Fixed an issue that caused players to be unable to progress in Kira’s affection conversations. Players previously affected by this issue can now speak to Kira and progress normally.

Bug Fixes

  • Companions will now sell trash items when requested, regardless of group size.
  • Companion healing abilities no longer apply a permanent green effect on the character.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Companion Characters to sometimes have the incorrect appearance in cinematics.

Crew Skills
Bug Fixes

  • Corrected an issue that prevented recently completed Crew Skill missions from showing up in the next list of available missions.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause Crew Skills a character didn’t have to appear in the Crew Skills window.
  • Players can no longer loot harvesting nodes they do not have the appropriate Crew Skill for after a group member harvests (but does not loot) a node.

Flashpoints and Operations

General

  • A new level 50 Flashpoint, Kaon Under Siege, is now available for play in Normal and Hard Modes!
  • The Gav Daragon and the Ziost Shadow have been expanded to accommodate the Kaon Under Siege gateway.
  • The difficulty of some non-boss enemies in Flashpoints has been adjusted.
  • Enemies now drop credits more frequently in Flashpoints.

Flashpoints
Cademimu

  • General Ortol’s rocket fire damage no longer occurs when the rocket is not active.

The Black Talon

  • Some enemies in this Flashpoint are no longer invisible.

The Foundry

  • Corrected an issue that could cause the final boss to become stuck at 10% health.

The Battle of Ilum

  • Krel Thak’s Allied Weequay Pirates have had their toughness reduced in Hard Mode.

The False Emperor

  • The Sith Entity’s affliction ability now properly deals damage in Hard Mode.
  • HK-47 now has the correct amount of health in Normal Mode.

Operations
Eternity Vault

  • Players are now able to successfully loot the chest after defeating the Infernal Council.
  • Perimeter Defense Cannons have been re-tuned and have improved targeting behaviors.
  • Soa’s Mind Trap and Force Throw abilities no longer target the same player multiple times; they now target every player in the group once.
  • Ball lightning enemies summoned by Soa deal damage in a smaller radius.
  • The Annihilation Droid’s rocket burst attack no longer deals double damage in 16-player Operations.
  • Soa now summons fewer ball lightning enemies during the final round in 16-player Operations.

Karagga’s Palace

  • Four new bosses can now be battled by players in Karagga’s Palace!
  • Players no longer get stuck attempting to exit the Karagga’s Palace phase.

Bug Fixes
Flashpoints

  • Corrected an issue that prevented some enemy NPCs from spawning in Flashpoints.
  • The correct error message now displays when a player attempts to enter a different Flashpoint than the rest of the group.
  • Flashpoint gateways no longer display as orange in incorrect circumstances.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented Flashpoint difficulty from being set properly.
  • Fixed an issue that caused mapnotes directing players to some Flashpoints to not appear correctly.
  • Corrected map issues that made locating mission objectives on the Gav Daragon difficult.
  • Fixed an issue preventing some players from opening a chest after a boss fight if the group was previously defeated by the boss.

Items
General

  • An Item Modification Table has been added to the Supplies areas of the Republic and Imperial Fleets.

PvP

  • Battlemaster Gear Tokens have been converted into Battlemaster Commendations, which can be used to purchase any Battlemaster gear. This allows players to purchase any piece of gear instead of requiring them to purchase the piece indicated by the token.
  • Battlemaster Bags now contain Battlemaster Commendations instead of Battlemaster Gear Tokens. They still also contain Champion Commendations.

Missions and NPCs
General

  • All Bonus Series missions and their required missions can now be abandoned.
  • Certain Wampas on Hoth that were preying on lower-level characters have had their level reduced.

Missions
Imperial

  • Pressure Points: The Lerantha Lurker no longer engages players in combat before completing its spawn sequence.
  • Geroya be Haran: Objectives related to this mission now glow when selected.
  • In Cold Blood: Enemies that use Armor Piercing Cell during this mission no longer each stack a debuff on the player.
  • Shadow Spawn: The Sith Spawn no longer knocks players down for longer than intended.
  • Thuggish Behavior: Corrected an issue that could cause the player to remain stuck in combat during this mission. The required kills to complete this mission have been reduced.

Republic

  • Climbing the Ladder: A conversation related to this mission no longer ends prematurely.
  • Droid Clean Up: Corrected an issue that caused the bonus mission to persist in the player’s mission log.
  • The Summit: The difficulty of the encounter with Sidone has been reduced.
  • Vivicar Awaits: Lowered the amount of enemies that attack the player during the step “Find a Way Past the Force Field.”

NPCs

Bug Fixes

  • Jilcoln Cadera’s abilities now correctly take into account whether a player is immune from knockbacks.
  • The “Primal Destroyer” World Boss on Belsavis is now “Overwhelming” as intended.
  • The World Boss “The First” on Dromund Kaas no longer inhibits Bounty Hunter’s Rapid Shots, and Imperial Agents will no longer be knocked out of cover during combat with it.

PvP
General

  • The shuttle room in Dorn Base Command Center on Hoth is no longer considered contested territory.
  • Ka on Voss is now a PvP Sanctuary.

Warzones

  • Level 50 players now participate in their own Warzone bracket and will not be matched with lower-level players.

Ilum

  • The daily and weekly mission objectives in Ilum now require defeating enemy players and/or collecting armaments from the center objective.
  • Players now gain increased Valor from player kills in Ilum.
  • Players now gain increased bonus Valor for kills based on the number of objectives controlled by their faction.
  • Increased bonus Valor is now granted for player kills when defending an objective your faction owns.
  • A notification is now displayed when a player gains Valor.
  • Three new respawn points have been added for each faction.
  • Companions are now restricted from the PvP objective area on Ilum.
  • Notifications are now displayed when enemy players are close to an objective.

Bug Fixes
General

  • The scoreboard value for “Highest Protection Per Single Life” now functions correctly.
  • Players who have left a Warzone can no longer receive an MVP vote from teammates.
  • Your PvP status will now be toggled automatically upon leaving a PvP region.
  • Additional feedback is now provided when a player attempts to toggle their PvP flag.
  • The Bolster tooltip now more accurately represents the buff’s effects.

Huttball

  • Corrected a rare issue that could cause the Frogdogs to be declared the winner in a 0-0 match even if the Rotworms held the ball last.

Ilum

  • Mountable turrets in Ilum no longer deal damage to targets behind them or outside their range.
  • Turrets no longer immediately dismount the player after use.

UI
Maps

  • Fixed a bug that prevented the minimap title from displaying when loading into the game or refreshing the UI.
  • Corrected an issue that caused some mapnotes to disappear from the minimap when other mapnotes were updated.

Items

  • Item hyperlinks now display stats for crafted research items properly.
  • Item hyperlinks no longer display erroneous additional information relating to schematics when examined.
  • Attempting to place a non-mission item into the mission inventory now displays an error message.
  • Dragging equipment onto the character paper doll no longer prompts an item deletion notice. Items dragged to the paper doll are now equipped if possible.
  • Item set bonuses now appear on the tooltip when viewing an item on a vendor.
  • Items that can be modified now display with the correct loot color in the loot roll window.
  • Comparative tooltips now correctly display stat differences when mousing over items in the Crew Skills window.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed the tooltip display for ability cooldowns over one hour in length.
  • The interface for splitting stacks of items now displays correctly.
  • Servers that are online now always display on top of servers that are offline in the Server Select screen.
  • Corrected a typographical error in the “Additional Commands” context menu option.
  • Players nearby a player who achieves a new Legacy level no longer receive the Legacy level-up notification.
  • Legacy name display preferences now persist when travelling between planets.
  • A new confirmation dialogue now appears when submitting spam reports in game.
  • Sorting now works correctly in the Guilds tab.

Miscellaneous Bug Fixes

  • The owner of a holocall conversation is no longer shown in the last frame of the cinematic.
  • The spacebar button is now recognized when a player presses it to progress after a loading screen even if the spacebar button has been re-bound.
  • Additional issues that could impact performance on Taris have been addressed.
  • Vanity pets can no longer be considered targets for any abilities.
  • Corrected an issue that could cause some preferences to reset to defaults upon area transitions.
  • An Aim Datacron on Ilum is now accessible and no longer repeats its initial cinematic once used.
  • A Datacron on Coruscant is no longer blocked by unintentional collision.

Over to you – anything missing you were hoping for this patch or is there something you’re particularly excited about?

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