Beta Patch notes: 0.742.27 ( Build Date: 2011.12.01)

General

• Further improved and balanced all class content above level 30.
• Slightly increased mouse targeting distance.
• Implemented improvements that increase the responsiveness of combat actions.
• Tab targeting now more accurately takes into account which enemies are on screen.
• Tab targeting can now select enemies at a longer range.
• Players can now use ground-targeted area of effect attacks in a 360 degree area around their character, regardless of what direction they are facing.

Jedi Knight
General

• Jedi Knights can now obtain the Master title.

Sentinel

• Healing done by Zen has been decreased to 1% per tick while Juyo Form is active.

Bug Fixes

• Force critical bonuses conferred by Focused Resonance now display properly on the character sheet.

General

• Sith Warriors can now obtain the Darth title.

Marauder

• Healing done by Berserk has been decreased to 1% per tick while Juyo Form is active.

Bug Fixes

• Force critical bonuses conferred by Dark Resonance now display properly on the character sheet.

Jedi Consular
General

• Force Potency now increases the range of Telekinetic Throw.
• Each use of Telekinetic Throw now uses a charge of Force Potency.
• Players are no longer able to cancel Force Lift’s debuff by right-clicking it.

Shadow
Infiltration

• Situational Awareness now reduces the Force cost of Whirling Blow and no longer reduces the cooldown of Cloud Mind.

Sith Inquisitor
General

• Recklessness now increases the range of Force Lightning.
• Each use of Force Lightning now uses a charge of Recklessness.
• Players are no longer able to cancel Whirlwind’s debuff by right-clicking it.

Assassin
Deception

• Resourcefulness now reduces the Force cost of Lacerate and no longer reduces the cooldown of Cloud Mind.

General

• Cover now has a 1-second cooldown.
• Recuperate can no longer be used from cover.

Scoundrel

Scrapper

• Flechette Round now causes the next Shoot First or Back Blast to deal additional bleed damage and increases armor penetration by 50% for a moderate duration. It is not affected by the global cooldown and does not break stealth.
• Sucker Punch now requires 15 energy and has had its damage output decreased by 15%.
• Flying Fists’ damage output has been decreased by 15%.
• Sawed Off now affects Flechette Round instead of Blaster Whip.

Imperial Agent
General

• Cover now has a 1-second cooldown.
• Explosive Probe’s animation now correctly displays when the probe is resisted by an enemy.
• Recuperate can no longer be used from cover.

Operative

Concealment

• Acid Blade now causes the next Hidden Strike or Backstab to deal additional poison damage and increases armor penetration by 50% for a moderate duration. It is not affected by the global cooldown and does not break stealth.
• Laceration now requires 15 energy and has had its damage output decreased by 15%.
• Collateral Strike’s damage output has been decreased by 15%.
• Waylay now affects Acid Blade instead of Shiv.

Bounty Hunter
Powertech

• Carbonize now has a 45-second cooldown, affects up to 5 targets, and has a duration of 2.5 seconds.

Trooper
General

• Adjusted resource bar visuals for ammo gain and use.

Vanguard
Carbonize now has a 45-second cooldown, affects up to 5 targets, and has a duration of 2.5 seconds.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that prevented the skill Kolto Recharge from healing as intended.
• Concussive Force now properly increases the knockback distance of Concussion Charge.
• General Combat Bug Fixes
• Fixed an issue that caused multi-hit attacks to sometimes deal damage upon miss or deflect from the enemy.
• Calling a Medical Probe upon death now properly applies damage to equipment the player is wearing.
• The cooldown for calling a Medical Probe will now properly increase in phased areas.

Companion Characters

General

• Companion Characters now vocalize less frequently during combat.
• Companion Characters are now silent when entering stealth modes.
• Companion names now display as “’s Companion.”

 

Crew Skills
General

• Added implants to the schematic filter for the crafting window and to trainers.
• Slightly increased critical chance for crafting and missions for Orange difficulty tasks.

Crafting Skills

• Cybertechs can now craft modifiable Droid armor.
• Cybertech and Artifice modifications and enhancements have been updated.
• Crafted relics and space upgrades now bind to the character when equipped.
• Crafted items are no longer created with pre-slotted modifications.

Gathering Skills

• The highest-level gathering nodes now spawn more regularly on Corellia and in the high-level mission area on Belsavis.

Mission Skills

• Adjusted mission costs across all skill levels
• Treasure Hunting relics now bind to the character when equipped.
• Luxury Fabrics and Underworld Metals are now obtained through different missions.
• Investigation Mission Discoveries now yield Researched Compounds.
• Rich yields no longer always provide Artifact quality resources.
• Mission rewards now include higher quantities of Prototype quality crafted materials.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where Crafting schematics were not properly updating within the schematic trainer.
• Learned Biochem schematics no longer disappear from the Crafting window.
• Prototype and Artifact quality crafted weapons now have the correct weapon damage values.
• Reverse engineering mode no longer toggles off after reverse engineering an item.
• Items of less than Premium quality can no longer be reverse engineered.
• Corrected refresh and mission tier issues.
• Weapon damage and armor ratings listed on schematics now indicate these values on the resulting crafted items correctly.
• Certain Prototype quality schematics for Artifice are no longer assigned to Synthweaving.

Flashpoints and Operations

General

• Flashpoint missions can now be obtained at level-appropriate locations on most planets with complementary shuttle service to the Republic or Imperial Fleet.
• Flashpoint mission levels have been adjusted to more accurately reflect their difficulty.
• Early-level Flashpoint bosses are now slightly less difficult.
• Nightmare Mode Operations are now significantly more challenging.
• Corrected an issue that prevented Codex entries associated with Nightmare Mode from unlocking.

Flashpoints

Black Talon

• Yadira Ban’s difficulty in Hard Mode has been increased.

Bringing Down the Hammer

• Battlelord Kreshan now drops loot.

The Esseles

• Vokk’s difficulty in Hard Mode has been increased.
• Lieutenant Isric’s difficulty has been corrected in Hard Mode.

Colicoid War Games

• This Flashpoint has undergone a difficulty balance pass.
• The final boss no longer continually respawns.

Directive 7

• Bulwark’s mechanics now function properly.

The False Emperor

• Normal Mode bosses now inflict less burst damage.
• Boss mechanics in this Flashpoint now function properly in Normal and Hard Mode.

The Foundry

• A normal enemy NPC in this Flashpoint no longer drops boss loot.

Operations

General

• The Operations lockout window now displays the current boss lockouts for your group members.

Eternity Vault

• Nightmare Mode chests now contain loot.
• Enrage timers have been added to Annihilator Droid XRR-3 and Gharj.
• The Ancient Pylon puzzle enemies now spawn.
• Button use timing for the Ancient Pylon puzzle has been corrected.
• The Infernal Council fight no longer resets as soon as the fight begins.
• Lava creatures now correctly spawn in the cave before Gharj.

Karagga’s Palace

• Bonethrasher no longer enters a state that causes him to cease executing his combat mechanics.

Items
General

• Custom items now appear with an orange border in the inventory. All Custom items are modifiable.
• The Lhosan Racer is now a level 40 vehicle.
• Increased the stat diversity of medium armor drops on Origin Worlds.
• The cost of Droid armor is now comparable to the cost of other armor.
• Random relics now bind to the character when equipped.
• Modifiable Artifact quality items now only feature modification and enhancement slots.
• Some redundant random shield generators with Force stats have been replaced by random foci.
• Decreased the chance for lockboxes to contain higher-quality loot.

Vendors

• All standard modification vendors now sell a basic set of base modifications.
• All modification vendors that accept commendations now provide a consistent set of modification upgrades for each class.
• Prototype quality items sold by specialty goods vendors that accept credits can now also be found on the corresponding light, medium, and heavy armor vendors and weapon vendors.
• Republic Fleet commendation vendors now sell the special ability items that their Imperial counterparts sell.

Bug Fixes

• The speeder vendor on the Imperial Fleet Station now properly displays the vehicles for sale.
• Heavy Force armor no longer drops from levels one through nine.
• Some items with Social rank requirements can no longer be equipped without meeting the requirement.
• Many high-level items now have the correct appearance when worn.
• Droid armor can now be auctioned.
• Some Earpieces and Implants purchased with commendations are no longer mislabeled.

Legacy

• Advancement through Legacy Levels has been adjusted; it is now slower early on and does not increase dramatically as levels are gained.
• Legacy surnames are now displayed by default.

Missions and NPCs

General

• Experience gained from completing missions has been increased.
• Taris (Republic) and Balmorra (Imperial) Bonus Series mission rewards are now the appropriate level.

Missions

Republic

• Most Wanted: The weapon cache now provides a companion weapon.

Bug Fixes

• Corrected several missions that failed to grant item rewards correctly.

NPCs
General

• Decreased the difficulty of several high-level class story bosses.
• NPCs will now attempt to enter cover when fired upon.

Bug Fixes

• Standard and Weak toughness enemies no longer regenerate health while under the effects of any 60-second crowd control abilities (such as Force Lift, Concussion Missle, etc).

PvP
General

• The center-screen message associated with the Deserter debuff now occurs after 50 seconds.
• The decay time for Resolve has been significantly reduced, making characters susceptible to fewer crowd control effects over short periods of time.
• The Glacial Fissure Imperial Med Center is now a safe area for Empire characters.

PvP Items

• Added two new, exclusive vehicles to rare spawn Outlaw’s Den vendors.
• Level 20 and level 40 PvP gear is now available from vendors on the Republic and Imperial Fleets.
• Battlemaster Gear Bags are now only available from daily and weekly PvP missions.
• Battlemaster implants and earpieces can now be purchased for Warzone and Mercenary Commendations.
• PvP vehicles now have Valor rank requirements.
• PvP lockboxes under level 50 now cost 30 Warzone Commendations.
• The Overcharge consumable now increases expertise by 15% for 20 seconds.
• The PvP Heal consumable now restores 35% of maximum health.
• Valor rank requirements on items now function properly.
• Expertise has been added to many endgame PvP items.

PvP Missions
Warzones

General

• The Combatant medal is now awarded at 75k damage.
• The Healer medal is now awarded at 75k healing.

Alderaan Civil War

• Reduced the interaction time for the targeting console to 8 seconds.
• The scoreboard now indicates which team score belongs to the player.
• The large installation cannon now fires at the end of a match.
• Scoring blasts from cannons now occur at roughly 20-second intervals and now remove 10 points of shield strength.
• Art for the sky in this Warzone has been improved.

Bug Fixes

• Corrected an issue that caused Republic players to see misaligned scores.
• Small body type characters can no longer move behind the pipes near the side control nodes.
• Small body type characters no longer become stuck in some areas of this Warzone.
• Turret shots no longer hit invisible collision areas while firing at the Imperial dropship.
• Players no longer receive a development debug message while interacting with turret control consoles.
• A visual error during the destruction animation for dropships has been corrected.

Huttball

• The ball now returns to a player in the combat space (or the middle if no player is in range) if a player uses Force Pull on a character carrying the ball to bring them into the safe area.
• Players can no longer hold the ball on the edge of their respawn zone.
• Performance inside the Huttball Warzone has been increased.

Bug Fixes

• Players on the Frogdog team now properly lose the Deserter Detection debuff when they enter the combat area.

Voidstar

• The interaction time to plant bombs, extend the bridge, and lower fields has been reduced to 8 seconds.
• The detonation countdown time has been increased to 20 seconds.
• Attackers will not advance to the next respawn point until at least one attacker reaches the next room.
• Extending the bridges and lowering the forcefields now count as progress when determining tiebreakers for matches where neither team reached the datacore.
• A platform has been added to the reactor room attacker spawn location to prevent fall damage.
• The Voidstar intro cinematic has been improved.
• Environmental visual effects have been added to this Warzone.
• Radio transmission and broadcast audio (instructional and ambient) have been added.

Bug Fixes

• Players now teleport to the correct respawn location for their side when joining the Warzone after it has started.
• A crate that allowed players to bypass a forcefield has been removed.
• Mapnotes now use the appropriate “bomb planted” icons when a bomb is placed on a door.
• The bridges now appear extended correctly to players who were in the hangar room as the bridges were extended.
• The Voidstar map on the loading screen is now correct.
• Voidstar maps now take recent geometry changes into account and have been updated.
• The Revive window now closes properly between rounds.
• Fixed an issue that could cause players to be teleported to the wrong location during the round transition.
• Fixed an issue that could cause level matching in the matchmaking system to function improperly.
• Corrected an issue that caused players that were unflagged upon entering a Warzone to remain flagged after leaving one.

World PvP

• The War Effort buffs now have a new icon.
• Ambient music now plays during various events during the Battle for Ilum.

Bug Fixes

• Corrected an issue that could cause objectives to become stuck in the “secured” state.
• Corrected text inconsistencies in Battle for Ilum missions and objective notes.
• Players who load directly into the Western Shelf PvP area now properly receive the area status effect if a faction controls the area.
• The Republic and Imperial Bases now properly play aerial bombardment explosions when a faction controls the zone.
• Fixed a bug that could cause music events to not work properly when an Assault area was captured.

The Outlaws’ Den (Tatooine)

• Added two new, exclusive vehicles to the Outlaw’s Den vendors.
• Chests in Outlaw’s Den now drop 20 Mercenary Commendations.

Bug Fixes

• Mercenary Commendation chests no longer appear empty on being opened.
• The text associated with the mission for Outlaw’s Den has been corrected.

Bug Fixes

• Alacrity no longer reduces the channel time of interacting with objects inside Warzones.
• Characters now receive appropriate stat bonuses when bolstered.
• Players are no longer awarded additional stealth time when reviving if they die inside an exhaustion area.
• Players can no longer toggle their PvP flag while in contested, Team Free-for-All, Free-for-All, or opposing faction regions.
• Corrected an issue that could cause characters to remain in combat longer than intended.

General

• Player and companion voiceovers now sound like they are coming from the ship intercom.
• EMP Generator damage is no longer scaled by the setting of your power conversion module.
• Decreased the experienced gained from daily Space Combat missions.

UI
General

• When the Group Leader changes to the “Master Loot” setting, a message will now display to all members of the group or team.
• The server select screen now more accurately indicates the population of each server.
• Servers that are currently offline are now displayed at the bottom of the server list.
• Removed the /bug button from the User Interface. Players should now submit bugs using the Customer Service Portal.
• The Inspect feature now shows some stats and other information that was previously missing.
• Clicking on an item will now attach it to the mouse cursor.
• Added the ability to right-click to add/remove item modifications.
• Mail can now be opened using a single click.
• The loot window will now close if players select “Take All,” regardless of whether or not items require a group roll.
• Removed the “Show Coverbar” button from the main UI.
• Nameplate health bars now match their color to the text instead of always displaying as red.
• Added a “Character Stuck” button to the upper right corner of the Help Window.
• The Trainer window no longer displays empty tabs.
• Icons for high-level Commendation items now indicate the item type they provide.
• The visual and sound effects for a player duel challenge have been updated.
• Stackable items are now grouped together in the loot window.
• Character limitations will now display in the error message when players enter a name that is too long.
• The game credits can now be viewed by pressing the “Credits” button while on the character select screen.
• The cinematics menu on the character select screen now functions properly.

Operations

• The Operations lockout window now displays the current boss lockouts for your group members.
• Information available on the Operation lockout window is now easier to understand and displays correctly.
• Announcements in Operations are now more distinct.
• Operation raidframes can now be toggled on and off.

Quickslots

• Players will no longer be asked for confirmation when dragging items off the quickslot bar.
• Quickslot bars will no longer duplicate when activating extended bars.
• Passive abilities can no longer be moved to the quickslot bar.

Chat

• Using /group in chat will now send communications to the highest group level (i.e. Operations Teams will take precedence over groups).
• Chat channel input now defaults to /general instead of /say.
• Some chat commands have been changed. The following commands now work when used followed by player-created chat channel names: /cjoin, /cleave, /cinvite, /ckick, /mute, and /unmute.
• Fixed a bug that could cause the Chat window to be placed off-screen with some monitor configurations.

Codex

• Added or corrected images for many Codex entries and tutorials.
• Added several new Codex entries for Ilum.

Tooltips

• Added several new tooltips.
• Improved the explanation of rested experience in the experience tooltip.
• Repair tooltips no longer display stats if the values are 0.
• Player tooltips now display when a player is marked as Looking for Group.
• Space Combat ability items now have tooltips.

Social

• The Social Center will now update Looking For Group status more frequently and displays Looking For Group comments by default.
• The UI no longer displays the Quick Group button when players select a character from the opposite faction.
• Updated the art for Social Center notifications.
• Inspecting other players now displays their values for Valor.
• Reduced the number of available titles from alignment, social, and some missions.

Tutorials

• Added level requirements to some tutorials.
• Clarified the wording of many tutorials.
• Closing the tutorial window now closes all read tutorials.
• Added new tips to loading screens and adjusted many tips such that they will display at more relevant times.

Galactic Trade Network

• Improved the overall UI for the GTN.
• Added many new category and subcategory filter choices.
• Fixed category issues that could cause incorrect listings or other GTN problems.

Preferences

• Players can now map the mouse wheel up and down to any game function, and the Camera Zoom In/Out can be mapped to keys.
• Removed several obsolete entries from the Preferences Menu.
• Moved some preferences to make them easier to find.
• Preference tooltips will now indicate which options will result in better performance.
• Chat fade is now toggled off by default.
• The “Social invites as Social Center messages” preference is now toggled off by default.
• Players will now have fifteen seconds to confirm after changing the game resolution.
• The Automatic Cover bar can now be disabled via the Preferences Menu.
• Added a preference that will cause the map to flash red while in combat.
• Added a preference to toggle off the Legacy Bar.

Maps

• Updated the appearance of the minimap filter toggle buttons.
• Unusable enemy vendors no longer display on the map.
• Crew Skill trainers now show up correctly on the map and minimap.

PvP

• The UI no longer enters a bad state when it is reloaded at the end of a Warzone match.
• The Warzone invitation window now reappears if it is active when the player loads into another area.
• The character sheet now correctly displays bolstered weapon damage inside Warzones.
• PvP Codex images have been added for PvP unlockable entries.

Bug Fixes

• The server login queue now displays more accurate estimations.
• The maximum count of Codex entries now displays correctly for all planets.
• Corrected several incorrect preference tooltips.
• Preferences defaults now have the correct initial settings.
• Shift+F12 can now be remapped.
• Fixed an issue that caused chat to be unviewable when switching from portrait to widescreen.
• Players no longer lose their chat reply target upon area transition.
• The active companion bar no longer remains occasionally after unsummoning a companion.
• The Looking for Group icon no longer displays on the nameplates of players that are not looking for groups.
• Fixed an issue that could cause a player’s Legacy to incorrectly display other player characters’ Legacy.
• The player’s castbar can no longer incorrectly display another character’s castbar.
• Addressed an issue that caused the minimap arrow to sometimes point in the wrong direction and display an incorrect location.
• The Friends List now updates properly to display friends who are online.
• Trades are now cancelled when the trade window is closed.
• The character sheet now resets when reloading the UI with Ctrl+U.
• Fixed an issue with character rotation in the Item Preview window.
• Fixed an issue that caused inventory tabs to incorrectly display their capacity.
• Items with very high prices no longer display incorrectly.
• Item preview now works correctly with item hyperlinks.
• Social notifications (like group invitations) now display and behave properly.
• Fixed a tooltip bug that could cause “Main Hand” to incorrectly display in red text.
• Many incorrect icons have been replaced.

Miscellaneous Bug Fixes

• Dark Side appearances should now always be visible to other players.
• Players who initially lose conversation rolls will now correctly gain bonuses to future rolls until a roll is won.
• Characters now face forward and move at full speed when strafing right or left.
• Players will no longer be dismounted when speaking to a vendor.
• Players are no longer invulnerable after surrendering in a duel.
• Fixed an issue that was causing lag in Warzones and Flashpoints.
• Using strafe after using backwards strafe will now allow the character to move at full speed.
• Players no longer receive rewards for participating in a single-player conversation with guests.
• Fixed several issues that caused weapons to not sheath or unsheath properly.
• Groupmates that are too far away or are in another phase when a chest is looted are no longer eligible to roll on that chest’s loot.
• Made overall improvements to the profanity filter.
• French and German game clients now have their own profanity filters.
• Invalid names can no longer be created by the random name generator.