The Casual SWTORian is dedicated each week to those who don’t have the time to immerse themselves in game developments but instead want a very simple roundup of things happening and stuff on the horizon. If you like what you read, tell our casual guru Ken.

Over the past few weeks Bioware have been promoting the 1.2 patch and the legacy system, telling us we would know well in advance when they would drop. However, this week with almost no warning we received the Jesus patch. Other things of smaller note are the free pet, potential free game time, and the skipping of the weekly Q&A. And so, we begin:

“The galaxy is in turmoil. War rages across countless worlds as Republic and Imperial forces struggle for control of critical resources. Amidst the chaos, threats emerge from all sides. The planet Denova, known for its extensive deposits of baradium ore, has been seized by a band of mercenaries and veteran Imperial defectors with mysterious motives. If they are not dislodged, the explosive arsenal they can create will give them the power to destroy any armed force – Republic or Imperial. On Corellia, a corrupt councilor attempts to maximize hypermatter profits by playing both sides of the conflict, and the crazed mastermind behind the Rakghoul outbreak, discovered on Ord Mantell, continues to threaten the lives of all sentient beings in the galaxy…”

• Players can now unlock a wide variety of rewards by leveling characters and reaching new Legacy levels, including buffs for your characters, unlocking additional Species choices for every class, and upgrades for your personal Starship. Build your own Legacy with the new Family Tree!

• Guilds now have access to a shared Guild Bank, accessible on the Fleets, with expandable storage.

• Players can now customize their User Interface by moving and resizing UI elements!

• The Imperial Transportation Authority and the Galactic Republic Safety Council have authorized the use of vehicles in Orbital Space Stations and Spaceports.

• A new “Customize” option now appears on the character sheet. One of the features this button enables is the ability to color coordinate any individual piece of armor with the equipped chestpiece.

• The Sprint ability is now available at level 1.

• Since our changes involve a number of skill changes for many classes, we are refunding all skill points to the affected Advanced Classes so players can adjust the distribution of their characters’ skills as they see fit with the new changes in mind. As a reminder, players can reset any character’s skill points in the Combat area on their faction’s fleet for free once per week (additional respecs cost credits).

• The cooldown associated with giving companions gifts has been removed. Giving a gift now has a 3-second activation time.

• C2-N2 and 2V-R8 have been reprimanded and now vocalize less frequently on personal starships.

• Companions now use accurate voice responses regarding the success or failure of their Crew Missions when they return.

• Schematics for color crystals in various colors (including endgame-quality varieties) have been added to the game.

• Several unusual crystal formations have been reported in the mountainous regions of Alderaan.

• Offhand weapons are now more clearly marked as such.

• Sniper Rifles no longer drop for Republic players.

• An issue that caused some items to be unlinkable in chat has been addressed.

• A set of modifiable Techblades and Techstaffs has been added to the game.

• The Korrealis line of landspeeders has been removed from vendors.

• License costs for Vehicle Piloting rank 1, 2, and 3 have been reduced.

• Junk (grey) items no longer appear in the buyback window.

• The chances for one player to win the majority of rolls in Multiplayer Conversations have been diminished.

• Several missions that require the player to defeat a specific enemy NPC have been updated. In affected missions, the player can now interact with an object in the world to spawn the target (instead of needing to wait for a respawn).

• Corrected many instances where text and voiceovers did not match.

• Players can now leave comments on entries in their Friends List in the Social Window.

• The Galactic Trade Network interface now supports text-based searches without category restrictions.

• The Emergency Fleet Pass now takes Republic players to the center of the Republic Fleet instead of the Tython and Ord Mantell arrival hangar.

• Added musical triggers to some missions and encounters.
• Numerous spelling and grammatical errors in text throughout the game have been corrected.

I’d also like to give a shout out to Why SWTOR will never ‘Jump The Shark’ and the SWTOR Gamers of Oceania Facebook Group who are awesome. As always, If you feel I missed anything feel free to comment below or you can start a religious debate – your choice.