SWTOR Patch 2.2: Operation Nightmare has dropped, so here are the full patch notes to peruse at your leisure!

Game Update 2.2: Operation Nightmare

6/12/2013

Highlights

• Nightmare Mode is now available for Terror from Beyond!
• New Vehicle! The Helix Hyperpod is now dropped in Nightmare Mode Terror from Beyond.
• New Rewards! New items have been added to several Story Mode encounters for the Terror from Beyond and Scum and Villainy Operations. (Additional Details under Operations.)
• New Feature! Characters in a guild will receive an XP and Reputation bonus based on the number of characters from unique accounts in the guild. (Additional details under General.)
• New sub-tier of Gear! The Kell Dragon gear can be obtained from Nightmare Mode Operations at level 55.

Cartel Market

New Items

• A new Contraband Pack, the Archon’s Contraband Pack is now available on the Cartel Market. Cost: 320 Cartel Coins
• Players can now purchase Hypercrates containing 24 Archon’s Contraband Packs and a bonus Fortuitous Dye Module Kit that contains an increased chance to receive the rarest dyes. (Discounted by 10% for a limited time!) Cost: 6,912 Cartel Coins

New Discounts

• Appearance Options: Mirialan Tattoos 1 is now discounted by 50%. Cost: 45 Cartel Coins
• Appearance Options: Human Hair Colors 1 is now discounted by 25%. Cost: 135 Cartel Coins
• The Valiant Jedi Armor Set is now discounted by 25%. Cost: 1080 Cartel Coins
• The Sith Raider Armor Set is now discounted by 80%. Cost: 288 Cartel Coins
• The Noble Commander’s Armor Set is now discounted by 75%. Cost: 300 Cartel Coins
• Unlock: Inventory Module is now discounted by 40%. Cost: 105 Cartel Coins
• Unlock: Inventory Module (Account) is now discounted by 40%. Cost: 234 Cartel Coins

Items Removed

• An Embargo has been placed on all Shipment 1 Cartel Packs. The following packs (and any corresponding Hypercrates) are no longer available in the Cartel Market:
  • Black Market Cartel Pack
  • Crime Lord’s Cartel Pack
  • Blockade Runner’s Cartel Pack
  • Skip Tracer’s Cartel Pack
  • Space Pirate’s Cartel Pack
• The Gree Solus Secant vehicle is no longer available.
• The Gold Scalene Armor Set is no longer available.

General

• New Feature! Characters in a guild will receive an XP and Reputation bonus based on the number of characters from unique accounts in the guild:
  • For every five active unique accounts in a guild, the XP bonus increases by 1% (on top of the base 5%) for the entire guild, up to a maximum of 10%.
  • For every five active unique accounts in a guild, the Reputation bonus increases by 1% for the entire guild, up to a maximum of 10%.
  • An active unique account is defined as a Preferred or Subscriber account that has logged in within the last 720 hours (30 days), and only one character per account will be applied to the guild’s member count.
  • The qualifying member number will only count accounts that log in after Game Update 2.2; the system will not recognize accounts that logged in in the 30 days prior to the update.

Classes and Combat

Jedi Knight

General

• Introspection’s tooltip no longer incorrectly indicates that taking damage causes the effect to end prematurely. The ability’s functionality has not changed.

Guardian

Vigilance

• Shien Form now increases movement speed by 15%, in addition to its other effects.

Sith Warrior

General

• Channel Hatred’s tooltip no longer incorrectly indicates that taking damage causes the effect to end prematurely. The ability’s functionality has not changed.

Juggernaut

Vengeance

• Shien Form now increases movement speed by 15%, in addition to its other effects.

Jedi Consular

General

• Meditation’s tooltip no longer incorrectly indicates that taking damage causes the effect to end prematurely. The ability’s functionality has not changed.

Shadow

Infiltration

• Breaching Shadows, granted by Shadow Technique, has a new visual effect that persists while 3 charges of Breaching Shadows are active.

Sith Inquisitor

General

• Seethe’s tooltip no longer incorrectly indicates that taking damage causes the effect to end prematurely. The ability’s functionality has not changed.

Assassin

Darkness

• Dark Ward has a new visual effect that persists while active.

Deception

• Static Charge, granted by Surging Charge, has a new visual effect that persists while three charges of Static Charge are active.

Smuggler

Gunslinger

• Hightail It’s tooltip has been reworded to properly indicate that the ability only frees from movement-slowing effects, rather than all movement-impairing effects (such as immobilize).
• Hightail It can no longer be used while exposed by the Diversion ability that removes Gunslingers from cover.

Imperial Agent

Sniper

• Covered Escape’s tooltip has been reworded to properly indicate that the ability only frees from movement-slowing effects, rather than all movement-impairing effects (such as immobilize).
• Covered Escape can no longer be used while exposed by the Diversion ability that removes Snipers from cover.

Trooper

General

• Hold the Line now properly grants immunity to follow-up movement-impairing effects. (Example: Leg Shot in combination with the Debilitating Shots skill)
• Recharge and Reload’s tooltip no longer incorrectly indicates that taking damage causes the effect to end prematurely. The ability’s functionality has not changed.

Commando/Vanguard

Assault Specialist

• Sweltering Heat now slows properly when Plasma Cell is refreshed on a target.

Bounty Hunter

General

• Made visual improvements to Flamethrower.
• Hydraulic Overrides now properly grants immunity to follow-up movement-impairing effects.(Example: Leg Shot in combination with the Debilitating Shots skill)
• Stealth Scan now requires the Bounty Hunter to have line-of-sight to the target’s location.

Mercenary/Powertech

Pyrotech

• Sweltering Heat now slows properly when Combustible Gas Cylinder is refreshed on a target.

Companion Characters

• Jaesa Willsaam’s Leap ability now displays the correct animation.

Crew Skills

General

• Players who go from Subscriber to Preferred and then back to Subscriber status now have their Crew Skills automatically reinstated without needing to speak to a trainer.

Crafting Skills

General

• Underworld gear and rating-equivalent Armorings, Mods, and Enhancements can now be Reverse Engineered and learned as a schematic.

Biochem

• The Rakata Medpac has been rebalanced; this reusable medpac no longer increases health by 15%.

Flashpoints and Operations

Operations

Terror From Beyond

• Nightmare Mode is now available!
• Story Mode drops have been updated to include the following in addition to current rewards:
  • The Writhing Horror now drops the Arkanian Bracer Token
  • The Dread Guard now drops an additional random Black Market Item
• [WEEKLY] Terror From Beyond now correctly grants 12 Ultimate and 20 Elite Commendations for both Factions.

Scum and Villainy

• Story Mode drops have been updated to include the following in addition to current rewards:
  • Dash’Roode now drops the Arkanian Waist Token
  • Titan 6 now drops the Arkanian Implant Token
  • Thrasher now drops the Arkanian Earpiece Token
• [WEEKLY] Scum and Villainy now correctly grants 12 Ultimate and 20 Elite Commendations for both Factions.

Items and Economy

Items

• A new sub-tier of gear is available! Kell Dragon gear can be obtained from Nightmare Mode Operations at level 55.
• New vehicle! The Helix Hyperpod, is now dropped in Nightmare Mode Terror from Beyond.
• The Weaponmaster and Vindicator set bonuses are no longer incorrectly named.
• The Dr. Oggurobb Holostatue once again laughs when used.

Vendors

• New vendors have been added to the Gav Daragon and Ziost Shadow where players can exchange unassembled Kell Dragon tokens for gear.
• New Rated PvP Weapons have been added to the PvP Ranked Gear vendor. These new Weapons cost 400 Ranked Commendations, and require a PvP rating of 2400
• Twist, the Republic PvP Warzone Gear vendor, has been granted legs.
• The Primeval Artifact Storage box located on the Makeb Commendations vendor has been replaced with a Makeb Storage Lockbox. This lockbox provides a randomly generated rating 144 Prototype Quality item. The cost has not changed.

Legacy

• The Achievement for Defeating Titan 6 (16- Person Story Mode) no longer incorrectly displays as 8-Person.
• Alderaan Achievements for “Organa Forces Defeated” and “Thul Forces Defeated” no longer have inconsistencies between the titles and descriptions.
• Legacy Name Changes now succeed as intended, rather than fail and prompt again perpetually in some instances.

Missions and NPCs

Missions

Macrobinoculars and Seeker Droid Missions

• Seeker Droid: Dig sites are no longer deplete when players find Dreadseed or Star Forager armor pieces.
• Macrobinoculars: IR-77 will now properly draw his weapon when attacking.

Class Missions

Jedi Consular

• Find the Ancient Artifact: This mission on Voss is no longer incorrectly listed as optional and now provides a greater credit reward.

Imperial Agent

• The Chronicles: This mission on Taris is no longer incorrectly listed as optional and now provides a greater credit reward.

Smuggler

• A Brother’s Request: This mission on Voss is no longer incorrectly listed as optional and now provides a greater credit reward.
• Playing Your Debts: This mission on Voss is no longer incorrectly listed as optional and now provides a greater credit reward.

Trooper

• A Cultured Approach: This mission on Voss is no longer incorrectly listed as optional and now provides a greater credit reward.

World Missions

Alderaan

• Alderaan Bonus Series: “A Spy in House Organa” and “Shipment of Weapons” now progress as intended if players log off while completing one of the two missions.

Belsavis – Section X

• Alert: Hostiles Imminent (Republic)/Warning: Rivals Detected (Imperial): Players who log out inside of The Fatality after completing the last mission step will no longer be stuck and required to use a Fleet Pass or travel ability to leave.

Corellia

• Corellia Bonus Series: The holostatues in Axial Park used in the Republic bonus objective “Restore the Statues” now display their holograms.

Makeb

• Reallocation: Medical Supplies collected for this mission will now stack appropriately in the Inventory Window.

PvP

Warzones

General

• Players that are backfilled into a Warzone are now awarded a Reinforcement Medal that will count toward their total medal count for the match. This prevents backfilled players from being placed into a match without enough time to get one medal, thus missing out on the Warzone rewards at the end of the match.
• Crit rating, accuracy rating, absorb rating, defense rating, and surge rating now respect diminishing returns for low level Bolstered characters.
• The base damage and armor value granted by Bolster have been slightly increased to account to the most recent item power available to players

Alderaan

• Turrets (Objective Control Points) are no longer interactable while changing ownership.
• Players are no longer backfilled into Alderaan Civil War Warzone when one team has twice as many points as the enemy team.

Ancient Hypergates

• Players are no longer backfilled into Ancient Hypergates after the 4th explosion.

Huttball

• Players are no longer backfilled into Huttball Warzone after 10 minutes have elapsed in the match.

Novare Coast

• Players are no longer backfilled into Novare Coast when one team has less than 25% remaining on their shields and the other team has 75% or greater remaining on theirs.
• Characters with body type 1 can no longer hide in the corners of bunkers to prevent others from seeing their nameplates.

Miscellaneous Bug Fixes

• Female Bounty Hunters and Smugglers with Body Type 2 will no longer have incorrect leg animation when near other players or NPCs.