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SWTOR Patch 1.1.2 details released

February 2, 2012 by
Patch 1.1.2 for SWTOR is now up on the public test server, and there’s a bunch of fixes in there as expected. The key ones for a lot of people are further improvements to ability delays and general system responsiveness. There’s also a bunch of class fixes / changes so read on for the full kahuna:
Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ – 1.1.2 Patch Notes

Classes and Combat
General

  • Improved response time for ability activation requests in low-framerate situations.
  • Implemented further improvements to ability responsiveness and client-side anticipation of ability executions.
  • The activation bar now appears at the correct time (when the activation of an ability begins) and disappears when activation is complete.
  • If Sprint was active when a player died, it now remains active when the player is revived.
  • Abilities on cooldown are now more easily distinguished from abilities that can be used.

Jedi Knight

Sentinel

  • Pacify: This ability can no longer be used on Operation Boss enemies.

Watchman

  • Plasma Blades: Now increases damage dealt by burn effects by 5% per point.
  • Searing Saber: Now correctly modifies the critical damage dealt by burn effects.
  • Changes to Searing Saber and Plasma Blades result in an overall increase in Damage Per Second.

Sith Warrior

Marauder

  • Obfuscate: This ability can no longer be used on Operation Boss enemies.

Annihilation

  • Hemorrhage: Now increases damage dealt by bleed effects by 5% per point.
  • Bleedout: Now correctly modifies critical damage dealt by bleed effects.
  • Changes to Hemorrhage and Bleedout result in an overall increase in Damage Per Second.

Jedi Consular

General

  • Unity: Now properly provides damage reduction when used.

Shadow

  • All Techniques now cost 100 Force.
  • Force Technique’s Force Breach now also deals damage when applied. Overall damage dealt by this ability has not changed.

Kinetic Combat

  • Technique Mastery: No longer increases the duration of Force Technique’s Breach effect. It now increases the damage dealt by Force Technique.
  • Particle Acceleration: This skill now also triggers from Spinning Strike. It now triggers from damage dealt (rather than ability use) such that each hit of Spinning Strike, Double Strike, and Whirling blow have an individual chance to yield the Particle Acceleration buff. The chance to trigger has been reduced to 30% per hit, and it now properly increases the critical damage dealt by Project when a Force Potency charge is consumed.
  • Harnessed Shadows: Stacks of Harnessed Shadows now last 30 seconds. Using Slow Time now yields a stack of Harnessed Shadows.

Infiltration

  • Circling Shadows: Now requires the purchase of the Shadow Technique skill. Shadow Technique must be active in order to trigger the Circling Shadows buff. This skill now also triggers from Spinning Strike.

Balance (Shared Tree)

  • Force Focus: Now additionally lowers the cooldown of Force Breach while Force Technique is active.
  • Force Strike: Now triggers from activating melee attacks that hit a target affected by Force Technique’s Breach effect. This effect now triggers more easily but cannot trigger as frequently.
  • Force in Balance: Heals the caster for 1% of maximum health for each target struck. This healing effect can no longer crit and no longer consumes Force Potency charges.
  • Psychic Absorption: Now doubles the amount of healing generated by Force in Balance and Focused Insight.

Sith Inquisitor

Assassin

  • All Saber Charges now cost 100 Force.
  • Lightning Charge’s Discharge now also deals damage when applied. Overall damage dealt by this ability has not changed.

Darkness

  • Charge Mastery: No longer increases the duration of Lightning Charge’s Discharge effect. It now increases the damage dealt by Lightning Charge.
  • Energize: This skill now also triggers from Assassinate. It now triggers from damage dealt (rather than ability use) such that each hit of Assassinate, Thrash, and Lacerate have an individual chance to yield the Energize buff. The chance to trigger has been reduced to 30% per hit.
  • Harnessed Darkness: Stacks of Harnessed Darkness now last 30 seconds. Using Wither now yields a stack of Harnessed Darkness.

Deception

  • Induction: Now requires the Surging Charge skill to be purchased and requires that Surging Charge is active in order to trigger the Induction buff. This skill now also triggers from Assassinate.

Madness (Shared Tree)

  • Crackling Charge: Now additionally lowers the cooldown of Discharge while Lightning Charge is active.
  • Raze: Now triggers from activating melee attacks that hit a target affected by Lightning Charge’s Discharge effect. This effect now triggers more easily but cannot trigger as frequently.
  • Death Field: Heals the caster for 1% of maximum health for each target struck. This healing effect can no longer crit and no longer consumes Recklessness charges.
  • Devour: Now doubles the amount of healing generated by Death Field and Parasitism.

Smuggler

Gunslinger

Sharpshooter

  • Diversion: This ability can no longer be used on Operation Boss enemies.

Imperial Agent

Sniper

Marksmanship

  • Diversion: This ability can no longer be used on Operation Boss enemies.

Bounty Hunter

Powertech

Advanced Prototype

  • Hydraulic Overrides: Visual and sound effects are now easier to recognize.

Trooper

General

  • Troopers can now access their ship after leaving and returning to Corellia within 30 minutes.

Vanguard

Tactics

  • Hold the Line: Visual and sound effects are now easier to recognize.

Companion Characters
General

  • Companion Characters no longer occasionally appear unclothed when summoned.

Companions

Doc

  • Crazy Talk (mission): Male characters can now complete the conversation related to this mission.

Crew Skills
Crafting Skills

  • Crafting skills no longer inform the player that no missions are defined for the Crew Skill.

Biochem

  • Energized and Exotech stims and adrenals no longer require Biochem to use.
  • Energized and Exotech stims and adrenals are no longer bound, allowing them to be traded or sold to other players.
  • Rakata reusable stims and adrenals have been reduced in power, providing buffs equal to Energized stims and adrenals.
  • The Exotech Med Unit schematic obtained from the Eternity Vault Operation now functions properly and can be learned.

Gathering Skills

  • Slightly lowered the amount of resources gathered from harvested droids and creatures.

Flashpoints and Operations
General

  • Players are now able to obtain destined loot from chests when Master Looter is enabled and they are not the Master Looter.

Flashpoints

The False Emperor

  • Jindo Krey’s ship no longer occasionally enters a state that prevents it from taking damage.

Kaon Under Siege

  • Infected Mercenaries can no longer permanently stun players.

Operations

Eternity Vault

  • Soa no longer resets if he uses Mind Trap on the main tank.

Karagga’s Palace

  • The chest that is awarded for defeating Karagga on Nightmare Mode no longer appears partially inside a wall and now properly spawns.
  • Foreman Crusher’s Perforating Rend now correctly applies itself to targets caught within the conical attack.
  • Jarg & Sorno: The Carbonizer Probe no longer disappears if all of the players who attacked it died before the Carbonizer Probe was destroyed.
  • Karagga no longer appears above portions of the walls during the fight.

Items
General

  • Rakata weapons are now correctly rating 140 and are fitted with mark 25 modifications. These items were previously less powerful than intended.
  • Battlemaster Bags now contain more Champion Commendations.

Vendors

  • It is no longer possible to purchase items while holding down the Shift, Alt, or Ctrl keys.

Legacy
General

  • The Legacy Experience required to advance to Legacy Levels beyond 20 has been increased.

Missions and NPCs
General

  • Commendation rewards for Hard Mode Flashpoint daily and weekly missions and Operation weekly missions have been increased.

Missions

Imperial

  • General Faraire: Khourlet’s Elite Guards no longer hide behind a door, preventing progression in this mission.
  • Last Stand: Players are now able to complete this mission as long as the Voss Scholars are inside the prison cell.
  • The Big Show: Using Force Cloak, dying, or leaving the phase while on the step “Defeat the Screaming Blade Cultists” can no longer cause the necessary NPCs to disappear and prevent mission progress.

Republic

  • Leave Nothing Behind: The Frozen Biomass Container now remains lootable if the loot window is closed.
  • Most Wanted: A mission item can no longer be rolled on if it is looted while the player is in a group.
  • Need to Impress: Players can now speak to Ambassador Jannik if they have already completed the mission Gormak Country.
  • The Lightspring: The toughness of Vaverone Zare and Nariel Pridence has been decreased. This mission can no longer be failed.
  • The Shadow Fist: Mission progress for players who are on this mission has been reset to the first step. Players can no longer become locked out of the stealth generator room.

Bug Fixes

  • Bonus Series missions on Tatooine can now be abandoned.

PvP
World PvP

Ilum

  • Particle Cannons can no longer be permanently disabled.
  • Players now receive notification when they kill a target that is not worth Valor due to being killed too recently.

Space Combat
General

  • The speed of enemy Ion Cannons has been reduced to improve balance in high-level Space Combat Missions.

UI
General

  • The reverse engineering button no longer occasionally disappears after a crafting skill is initially learned.

Miscellaneous Bug Fixes

  • Loading screens no longer appear in low resolution if the player selects the low-resolution texture option in preferences.
  • Facial animations no longer fail to play correctly in some instances.
  • During brief teleports, the splash screen does not appear incorrectly over loading screens.
  • Players will no longer experience limited audio, black portraits, or the inability to initiation conversations when they reconnect after being disconnected.
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SWTOR Patch 1.1.1 details released

January 21, 2012 by
The fixes keep on coming thick and fast, with Patch 1.1.1 hitting the public test server. The promised ability delay fix is included plus a bunch of other stuff, so have a browse through!
Star Wars: The Old Republic – 1.1.1 Patch Notes

Classes and Combat
General

  • Fixed a bug that could cause the Global Cooldown to appear as if it has been cancelled when it is actually still in effect, resulting in a feeling of unresponsiveness to input.
  • Corrected an issue that could cause an ability icon to appear usable but be unresponsive to clicks or keypresses for several seconds.
  • Players revived by other players, including by in-combat revival abilities, now revive with 25% of maximum health.

Jedi Knight

Guardian

  • Freezing Force: Now correctly lasts 9 seconds (up from 6 seconds).

Jedi Consular

Sage

  • Mental Alacrity: Now correctly costs no Force to activate.
  • Salvation: No longer heals targets twice on application. It now correctly heals all affected targets once when applied.

Smuggler

Scoundrel

  • Flechette Round: Now provides 30% armor penetration while active.
  • K.O.: This ability now knocks the target down for 1.5 seconds.
  • Shoot First: The damage output of this ability has been decreased by approximately 20% to control burst damage and because it was enabling significantly faster than intended kills in PvP.

Imperial Agent

Operative

  • Acid Blade: Now provides 30% armor penetration while active.
  • Jarring Strike: This ability now knocks the target down for 1.5 seconds.
  • Hidden Strike: The damage output of this ability has been decreased by approximately 20% to control burst damage and because it was enabling significantly faster than intended kills in PvP.

Bounty Hunter

Mercenary

  • Sweeping Blasters can now be made free with Thermal Sensor Override.

Powertech

  • Oil Slick now correctly costs no heat to activate.

Flashpoints and Operations

Flashpoints

Directive 7

  • Bulwark’s Area of Effect cone abilities now properly fire in the direction Bulwark is facing.
  • Some of Bulwark’s abilities were incorrectly susceptible to interruption. Bulwark is now immune to interrupts.

The False Emperor

  • Fixed a conversation that could cause the cinematic with Arkis Wode to function incorrectly.

The Foundry

  • Fixed an issue that could prevent the final fight in this Flashpoint from beginning after the cinematic.
  • The final boss can no longer become stuck in an invulnerable state; there was still a small window where this could occur.

The Red Reaper

  • Lord Kherus now grants less experience.
  • Some of Lord Kherus’s abilities have had their damage values adjusted to be more in line with the level of the Flashpoint.
  • Players now enter into melee range with Lord Kherus in order to stop him from throwing crates.

Operations

Eternity Vault

  • Players no longer randomly die in this Operation after being in Gharj’s lava.

Karagga’s Palace

  • Foreman Crusher’s enrage now includes a movement speed increase, allowing him to catch players who attempt to run.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented the Materials Disposal Unit’s main control station from becoming useable again after the Operation Group is defeated by the G4-B3 Heavy Fabricator on 16-man Hard Mode.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented the G4-B3 Heavy Fabricator from deploying the correct number of Proximity Pulse Mines and Security Stun Drones during combat.
  • Karagga no longer snaps up above portions of the walls during combat.

Bug Fixes

General

  • Fixed an issue that prevented some players in Operations Groups from receiving credit for the missions “[WEEKLY] Deadly Operations,” “[WEEKLY] Galactic Operations,” and “Journey to the Belsavis Depths.” The entire Operations Group now receives credit when the objective is completed.

Items
Bug Fixes

  • Comparative tooltips for researched items no longer have their stats reversed.

Missions and NPCs
Missions

Imperial

  • Number One with a Bullet: Corrected an issue that prevented Bounty Hunters from leaving The Founder.
  • The Eagle’s Nest: The Assassin’s Fortress mission is now correctly a prerequisite for this mission.
  • The Mandalorian Killer: Thendys Noori no longer continues to heal Kellian Jarro after she has surrendered.

Republic

  • Death Spiral: Fixed an issue that prevented Jedi Knights who completed the Commander Rayfel encounter from using the shuttle back to Belsavis Orbital Station.

PvP
Warzones

  • Fixed an issue that could prevent players from receiving mission rewards for completing Warzones.

Space Combat
General

  • Added two daily mission commendations to the high-level space dailies Operation Ascendant Pride (Imperial) and Operation New Eclipse (Republic).

UI
General

  • Attempting to loot an item in a group when the Master Looter is off-planet now generates an error message.

Bug Fixes

  • The leader of an Operations Group will no longer receive an incorrect message informing them that their companion has been dismissed.

Miscellaneous Bug Fixes

  • Special items related to different editions of the game have been re
  • sent if they were deleted by the mail system prior to being claimed.
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Ability delay issues: fix on the way

January 21, 2012 by

Georg Zoeller, Principal Lead Combat Designer for SWTOR at BioWare, has posted an update addressing the issue of ability delay i.e. bashing one’s keys but not seeing one’s toon do anything. According to Georg, a fix for at least some of the issues will be hitting the public test server next update:

Hi everyone; I wanted to give you all an update on the ability delay situation.

Thanks to constructive feedback from the community, including some great videos, we were able to identify an issue that could cause abilities on global cooldown to appear available to the player, resulting in unresponsive/ignored player input. A fix for the issue is currently scheduled to go to the public test server with our next update.

Additionally, we have located an issue that would cause player input for certain instant abilities to fail in frantic combat situations, resulting in unpredictable and frustrating gameplay issues for the affected player. A fix for the issue is currently scheduled to go to the public test server with our next update.

Finally, our engineers have identified an issue introducing a significant delay between player input and ability execution in certain game situations, most notably (but not limited to) fast paced PvP. The magnitude of the delay varies with a number of factors, including processor hardware, but can, especially on dual core CPUs, result in a very perceivable reduction in game responsiveness. We are in the later stages of testing a fix for the problem and hope to be able to roll it out to the servers very soon.

We’re still investigating a number of additional issues, along with some usability and quality of life improvements for responsiveness regarding player input, but the above mentioned developments should provide a very measurable improvement in combat responsiveness.

Thanks again for your patience and support and we hope to see you on the public test server to help us validate these improvements before pushing them to the live servers.

In the meantime, think of the pointless key bashing as exercise that sets you up to fight any rampaging Rakghouls in real life. Well that’s my rationale and I’m sticking to it!

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UPDATED: Server downtime this postponed: bring on Rise of the Rakghouls

January 16, 2012 by

UPDATE: due to glitches with the 1.1 update, the downtime has been pushed out a ‘few days’. Thanks for the heads-up Ben!

The usual server downtime is on Tuesday evening, but it’s an extended one due to the 1.1 update being put live. Here’s the announcement and the time-zone conversions after that.

Scheduled Maintenance

Date: Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

Time: 2AM CST (12AM PST/3AM EST/8AM GMT/9AM CET) to 10AM CST (8AM PST/11AM EST/4PM GMT/5PM CET)

All game servers and SWTOR.com will be offline during this period. This maintenance is expected to take no more than eight hours.

So that means no access for Australians between 7pm Tuesday 17th January through to 3am Wednesday 18th January.

For New Zealanders, you’re locked out between 9pm Tuesday 17th and 5am Wednesday 18th.

In the meantime, be sure to have a listen to our latest podcast dissecting the patch, or have a read through the patch notes.

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SWTOR: Rise of the Rakghouls announced

January 14, 2012 by

One month. That’s all it’s been since those with early game access on Day 1 started playing. It’s not a long time by any standards, but as shown with the two large patches already announced or implemented, Bioware aren’t backward in coming forward with updates.

That’s all chicken feed compared to the announcement that game update 1.1, called Rise of the Rakghouls, will be going live after next Tuesday’s maintenance downtime. The full patch notes are given below, but the bug ticket items are:

– a new level 50 Flashpoint called Kaon Under Siege
– the promised expansion to the Karagga’s Palace Operation, with four new bosses
– significant PvP changes with Ilum

We have some pics of Kaon Under Siege for you as well:

If you want a taste of Kaon Under Siege in action, have a look at this:

[Read more…]

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End-game gear: changes on the horizon

January 11, 2012 by

Boy George - Sith(ish) Style

Emmanuel Lusinchi, SWTOR’s Technical Design Director, has provided some hope for those unhappy with the current state of end-game gear and item modifications:

The current situation with end game gear and item modifications isn’t final and, in fact, many community members like yourself have correctly guessed at what our plans to correct the current design are.

Since this is a fairly important issue to many players, let me disclose more details about what is currently in the work regarding purple items and mods:

– All partially moddable purple items will be made fully moddable again, allowing the removal of the armoring, hilt and barrel.

– The set bonus of end gear purples (PVP and PVE) will be transferable to custom items.

– Some item modifications will be restricted to a certain item type. For example, some item modifications will only fit on helmets, while other will only fit on chests, etc.

As usual, the caveats about unfinished work apply, but this should give you and the community a very good idea of our intentions. We are serious about making custom gear an entirely valid alternative to end game gear and we support the players’ ability to customize their appearance all the way to (and including) end game.

Being a certifiable fashion disaster myself, I’m not qualified to comment on how good/bad the gear looks, but it’s good to know increased customisation is on the way. Would love to hear from those already donning their end-game gear: what do you love/hate about it currently?

[Pic via Cheezburger.com]

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Heavy Damage: Trooper Vanguard overview

January 8, 2012 by

This weeks it’s all about the Trooper Vanguard using the Shield Specialist tree. The Vanguard is a “ranged” tank according to Bioware, but in practice, it becomes very clear it’s a close range, almost melee tank. Now I’m not saying that the Vanguard isn’t capable of doing great damage or even pulling from range, only that once the conflict has begun you’re moving in close.

The Vanguard uses “Ammo” as its pacing mechanic. As with all classes you have abilities that cost, give, or are free of using your Ammo. From my experience with the Vanguard Tank, Ammo isn’t a hard resource to manage, easier than the Jedi Knight’s “Focus.” Also from my experience with the three Republic tanks, the Vanguard is VERY survivable, and one of the best tank classes I’ve played.

The Vanguard’s first companion is a DD or Damage Dealer. He’s also a Trooper, but specced as a Commando and he does excellent damage if equipped with some good gear. As with all Troopers, both the Vanguard and Commando use heavy armour, making Armormech a great crafting choice. Biochem is another great choice because you can craft reusable stims and Medpacks. Keeping your gear updated to your level is probably the most important thing you can do as a Vanguard, or any tank for that matter. Orange gear or “Artifact” gear is great for this, as you can just keep updating the armoring, mods, and enhancements, which you can do for nearly nothing if you save your commendations from each planet and use those to purchase your item mods – the same goes for weapons.

Now it’s time for some builds and some tactics – this is my build  as the 30/11. Using my build you’ll lose out on your top tier ability in the Shield Specialist tree, but gain “Gut”, a Kinetic/Bleed damaging close range ability. A Shield Vanguards Primer is a great guide to tanking with a Vanguard created by SWTOR forum member Anoiktos. Anoiktos lays out terms and rotations for both the 30/11 build and the 31/whatever builds. Here’s Anoiktos’s advice on tanking single and multiple targets:

Single Target:
Open with Storm.
Stock Strike > High Impact Bolt > Energy Blast. (Assuming 31 shield. If you’re 30 shield/11 Tactics, ignore the energy blast.) If you have excess energy, Ion Pulse is your best bet.

In addition to this, there’s a debuff priority list:
Static Field (Ion Pulse) > Gut DoT (Assuming 30/11. If not, ignore)

Multiple Target:
Open with Mortar Strike (if available), or Storm -> Explosive Surge (if not).

If any enemies are outside of easy AoE range, harpoon them now and on CD, prioritizing elites > strongs > weaks.

Now back up, and use Pulse Cannon (if up.) Otherwise mix Explosive Surge with stock strike and energy blast (if available) on CD, using hammer shot as filler and your taunt (Neural Jolt) to grab stray enemies. If you still have excess energy, try tab-gutting everything (if you have that skill) or adding more Explosive Surge to the mix.

Sticky Grenade can also be useful here, though I like to reserve it for its short hold on weak enemies that heal, and use it sparingly in AoE situations because its knockback makes subsequent AOE more difficult to pull off.

The debuff priority list is thus simple: Use Explosive Surge whenever the Static Field debuff is expiring.

Here’s a few builds that are worth a closer look:

Survival Tank – Submitted by Blackferne

Raid Tank – Submitted by darthuser3488

Here’s a couple variations of the 30/11 build set I spoke about above:

30/11 – Submitted by TyHalcyon

30/11 – Created by Yours Truly

Over to you: any tips you have on tanking as a Vanguard?

 

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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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The Mysterious Magenta Adegan Crystal

January 7, 2012 by

Just a short snippet from the official forums – there’s been some discussion on how to find the Magenta Adegan Crystal, and whether it can be gained through reverse engineering. Georg Zoeller, SWTOR’s Principal Lead Combat Designer, Georg Zoeller, has rightly kept the absolute location of the crystal secret but has clarified how it can be picked up:

The Magenta Crystal does in fact exist, but it is not acquired through Reverse Engineering. At the present time, it could be classified as one of the rarest items in the game.

While I am not going to give any more information on how, where or from whom it may be acquired, I want to debunk the idea that you have to reverse engineer endgame gear to get it so people don’t do stuff they regret.

So in case you missed it: don’t be reverse engineering end-game gear for the Magenta Adegan Crystal or you’re going to be mightily disappointed. YOU may go a shade of magenta if you do try however.

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James Ohlen: All Your Bugs Are Belong To Us

January 5, 2012 by

A quick update from SWTOR’s Game Director James Ohlen on the regularity of bug fixes for the game:

Almost every week we will be releasing a new patch. These weekly patches are almost entirely focused on bug fixes, minor balance changes and fixing any exploits in the game. These issues are the highest priority items at the studio. They are reviewed by senior leadership on a daily basis. Bug fixes usually take longer than a week to get into the game because we need to fix the issue and then test the fix. Some bugs take longer than that because of the complexity of the issue.

There are issues that we will fix immediately. These are rare and not every issue can be fixed in this manner. We usually reserve these “emergency fixes” for bugs that are stopping players from playing the game or to exploits that could unbalance the entire game if not corrected.

Any game as big and as complex as The Old Republic will have bugs. We’re working as hard as we can to find, fix, test and patch the game to eliminate as many of them as possible.

Seems a very sane and expected approach to me – I like regular updates rather than skanking huge patches that mostly fix bugs. How about you? Are you experiencing bugs that are driving you insane?

(And if you don’t get the title of this post – here’s the background)

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SWTOR coming for Mac: coming ‘soon’

January 3, 2012 by

Joystiq have a quick snippet of a quote from Bioware’s co-founders on the issue of playing SWTOR on a Mac.

Ray Muzyka:

We’ve done a lot of Mac ports before of our games. We haven’t announced any details yet for The Old Republic, but we know that’s an important and large audience.

Greg Zeschuk:

That’s definitely one of the things we’re looking at next. We want to get this launch under our belt and everything stabilized and happy, and then we’ll look at other platforms, and that’s obviously one of the first ones

There’s not a lot of concrete stuff in there but it’s a hell of a step forward from Bioware’s position to date and will bring some joy to those not willing to run the game on a Boot Camp partition (which for the record works beautifully for me).

Over to you: looking forward to a Mac port of the game?

Thanks to Gail for the heads-up!

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SWTOR Patch 1.02 details announced

December 31, 2011 by

Bioware are certainly being true to their word of regular patches to fix issues, with Patch 1.02 hitting the Public Test Server.

Read on for all the details. There’s some nice fixes, and wahoo, you can use emotes while riding a vehicle!

1.0.2 Patch Notes

 

 

General

  • Guilds that are currently leaderless will have an Officer chosen and promoted to Guild Leader.

Classes and Combat

Sith Inquisitor

General

  • The Darth title is now properly granted to Sith Inquisitors.

Bug Fixes

  • Corrected an issue that could prevent players from taking cover when targeting large NPCs.
  • Fixed a bug that caused some abilities with activation times to be interrupted when used from cover.

Flashpoints and Operations

Flashpoints

Taral V

  • General Edikar now has the correct loot in Hard Mode and no longer enrages in Normal Mode.

Operations

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue that could cause choosing Nightmare Mode to not set enemies to Nightmare difficulty.

Items

General

  • PvP lockboxes now cost 70 commendations, contain more consumables, and always contain an item.

Bug Fixes

  • Corrected several PvP items that were Bind on Equip. They are now Bind on Pickup.
  • PvP vendors on Capital Planets now offer the correct PvP items.
  • Commendations received via in-game mail are now correctly added to the Currency tab.

Missions and NPCs

Missions

Imperial

  • Number One with a Bullet: Players who choose dark side options now correctly receive the mission First Strike after completing this mission.
  • First Strike: Players who did not receive this mission will now receive it upon entering their personal starships.

Republic

  • Death Cloud: Players can now complete the “Toxic Waste” bonus objective regardless of how quickly they complete this mission.

Bug Fixes

  • Corrected mission steps on several planets that could cause client instability.
  • Fixed issues with some missions that could prevent pending rewards from being accepted.

Space Combat

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue that caused a client crash if a space station was destroyed in Space Combat.

UI

Maps

  • Group members no longer appear on all planets on the Galaxy Map.
  • Corrected an issue that could cause map notes to disappear after logging out and back into the game.
  • Corrected some map notes that referenced the incorrect map.
  • Updated map notes for “travel to planet” steps in class missions on Nar Shaddaa, Hoth, and Belsavis to indicate the planet’s space station.

Bug Fixes

  • Players now receive the appropriate message if they attempt to create more characters than are permitted per account.
  • Group members outside of a player’s phase are no longer prompted to roll on items.
  • The In-Game Customer Service Portal no longer appears to hang while the “updating” message is displayed.
  • The Guild interface now properly displays the guild member list when it is sorted.
  • The “Show Sith Corruption” option no longer toggles off when transitioning between areas.

Miscellaneous Bug Fixes

  • Taxi rides are no longer occasionally interrupted, causing the player to be dropped from the taxi.
  • Using the /dismiss command now correctly dismisses a vanity pet.
  • Corrected some issues that could cause players to become stuck on the loading screen when logging into a character.
  • Players can now use emotes while riding a vehicle.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented some text-only mail messages from being received.
  • Graphics preferences in settings files are now consistent with actual settings in use.
  • Being in Do Not Disturb mode no longer prevents characters from being logged out for being away.
  • Corrected an issue that caused poor performance on some machines in indoor areas with shadows enabled.
  • Fixed an issue that could prevent players from being logged out for inactivity.
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