Servers were down for a few hours today, but are now back up. Here are the Patch Notes, for update 4.3a: General Placing a space at the end of a name during Character Creation no longer crashes the game client. It is now possible to use the /ginvite command to invite a character with a space in their name. It is no longer possible to sell any of the HK-55 Weapon Set weapons. Warzones The Warzone Queue has been returned to normal. Right-clicking the Warzone Queue Icon no longer places you into the Unranked Warzone Queue.
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April’s SWTOR Producer Livestream Coverage
Here is the rundown of yesterdays Livestream Coverage. When: 2-2:30 PM PDT (about 1 hr from this posting) What: Get the latest scoop on what’s happening in and around the game, and get a first look at Chapter 13: Profit and Plunder! Where: Youtube mirror: NOTES Agenda State of the Galaxy Chapter 12 Subscriber Rewards Eternal Championship Chapter 13 Wrap Up State of the Galaxy Eternal Championship now live on PTS. Ingame Chat/Mail- We have automated system to combat spam but if you see it still report it to help us. Chapter 12 so far has been great, small patch on Thursday to fix some minor bugs. Force focused user focused chapter but non-force users will find it enjoyable as well. We have not revealed the fate of Khem Val. Ak’ghal Usar is not meant to replace Khem Val. Chapter 12 brings Odessen Proving Grounds (8v8). This will be the…
SWTOR Game Update 4.3: Visions in the Dark Patch Notes
Highlights Chapter XII: Visions in the Dark! Confront Valkorion in the wilderness of Odessen as the Alliance prepares to undertake a life-and-death mission to the heart of the Eternal Empire. Players who were subscribed on April 1st have immediate access to this new Chapter, and it will be available for all other Subscribers on Thursday, April 7th. Ranked Warzone Arena Season 7 has started! Get in there and go berserk! New Warzone: Alliance Proving Ground! Train with another mixed-faction Alliance team by vying for control of multiple control sectors in this new Odessen-based Warzone! Use power ups to turn the battle in your favor! New Warzone Arena: Rishi Cove Arena! This new Warzone Arena hosts 4v4 Death matches in both Ranked and Unranked queues. New Gameplay Option: Focus! Both PvP and PvE instances are now available on any server, allowing friends who prefer any gameplay type to play together on…
Maintenance in 24 hours: Update 4.3
BioWare will be taking the SWTOR servers offline on April 5th in order to apply Game Update 4.3: Visions in the Dark. The website will also be unavailable during this time. Details: DATE: April 5th 2016 TIME: 5:00AM – 9:00AM PDT (1:00PM – 5:00PM BST) VERSION: 4.3 Patch Notes will be available later today. Timezone(s) Start Time End Time UTC Offset Wellington April 06, 2016 12:00 am April 06, 2016 04:00 am +12:00 Australia/Sydney April 05, 2016 10:00 pm April 06, 2016 02:00 am +10:00 Australia/Adelaide April 05, 2016 09:30 pm April 06, 2016 01:30 am +09:30 Australia/Brisbane April 05, 2016 10:00 pm April 06, 2016 02:00 am +10:00 Tokyo April 05, 2016 09:00 pm April 06, 2016 01:00 am +09:00 Australia/Perth, Hong Kong April 05, 2016 08:00 pm April 06, 2016 12:00 am +08:00 Mumbai April 05, 2016 05:30 pm April 05, 2016 09:30 pm +05:30 EET, Moscow April…
Star Wars: Uprising – Sector Battle Imminent: Bespin
So the Cartel Competition is over, I assume we will hear something later today or tomorrow after the SB, I will make a post for the 3rd Cartel Competition. Lately Captain minimums have been growing at around 100k~, considering it’s a weekend I assume we will see our first 1.5 minimum. There are no changes this week. Good Luck! This week’s Leader board: Bespin General (Rank #1-5): Commander (Ranks 6-100): Captain (Ranks 101-3000): Last updated at: 9 AM PST (Kabam Time) Previous Leader boards: Hoth General (Rank #1-5): 9,840,300 Commander (Ranks 6-100): 5,393,750 Captain (Ranks 101-3000): 1,301,450 Hoth General (Rank #1-5): 8,622,000+ Commander (Ranks 6-100): 4,590,000+ Captain (Ranks 101-3000): 1,152,000+ Bespin General (Rank #1-5): 6,227,350+ Commander (Ranks 6-100): 4,110,710+ Captain (Ranks 101-3000): 1,055,300+ here are the: Milestone rewards. Level VP Requirements Uprising 1 1000 10 Scrips + 1000 Credits 2 3000 10k Material XP 3 6200 10 Scrips + 1000 Credits…
Changes to the SWTOR Cartel Market — Tuesday March 29 2016
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of March 29 – April 5 2016 Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links HUMBLE HERO ARMOR SET 600 1200 +100% 1200 VINDICATOR’S LIGHTSABER 250 500 +100% 400 VINDICATOR’S SABERSTAFF 250 500 +100% 400 SIENAR PR-3 750 1500 +100% 1500 WEEKLY PASS: FLASHPOINTS 60 240 +300% 240 EMOTE: SING 50 200 +300% 200 MALEVOLENT INTERROGATOR ARMOR SET 1200 600 –50% 1200 TM-59 BLASTER PISTOL 400 250 –38% 325 COLLAPSIBLE BOWCASTER GREK 400 125 –69% 262 MERCENARY CONTRACT: TREEK 2100 1050 –50% 1995 TREEK CUSTOMIZATION BUNDLE 300 150 –50% 225
Bioware on Missing Monthly Cartel Coins in SWTOR
Eric Musco address an issue regarding missing monthly cartel coins for some players. Subscribers check your cartel coin ledgers, BioWare may be ripping you off. | 03.28.2016, 04:44 PM Hey folks, I wanted to pop in this thread and address your concerns with the 3 day delay on Cartel Coin grants. Since August of last year an issue creeped into our granting system which caused Cartel Coins to be granted every 33 days, instead of every 30 days as intended. As you pointed out, if this issue went on for a long period of time, your monthly grant could be affected and so we definitely did not want that to happen. As of right now the only effect is that your grant may be delayed. With that in mind, we have a fix for this issue planned with next week’s maintenance. After next week your grants should continue forward, 30…
Star Wars: Uprising – The New Generation of Sector Battles & New Imperial Battles
The Star Wars: Uprising community are getting an update on Sector Battle mechanics which we think look very promising. Check it out: The New Generation of Sector Battles & New Imperial Battles Next Sector Battle: Hey Everyone, Big stuff coming this next week. First: New Sector Battle Prizing and Freedom Ratings. All prizes for normal Sector Battles have been squashed together. This means all Victory levels will reward the same prizes and those prizes will be somewhere between the old Strong Victory and Overwhelming Victory prizes or, in some cases, better. So don’t sweat the Victory Points for prizing, sweat it for upping the prize brackets for next time (see below). All planets with Freedom Rating above 10 will have an even higher bracket of prizes including SILVER FACTION CURRENCY. Since it looks like it’s most certainly Hoth next, I’ll post the prize bracket for its current Freedom Rating at the end of…
Changes to the SWTOR Cartel Market — Tuesday March 22 2016
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of March 22 – March 29 2016 Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links STRONGHOLD SPACER’S DECORATION BUNDLE 800 1280 +60% 1280 ORLEAN LE-5 750 1500 +100% SITH RAIDER ARMOR SET 600 1200 +100% 1200 MAJOR WARZONE XP BOOST BUNDLE 45 180 +300% 180 APPEARANCE OPTION: DREADLOCKS 25 100 +300% HUMBLE HERO ARMOR SET 1440 600 –59% 1080 VINDICATOR’S LIGHTSABER 500 250 –50% 400 VINDICATOR’S SABERSTAFF 500 250 –50% 400 SIENAR PR-3 1500 750 –50% 1500 WEEKLY PASS: FLASHPOINTS 240 60 –75% 210 EMOTE: SING 400 50 –88% 225
Bioware on Squelch Abuse in SWTOR
Apparently some guilds in SWTOR use something called squelch abuse. The squelch system works as an anti-spamming system, that automatically revokes all chat/mail privileges for a player if someone were to send out the same message repetitively – Think credit sellers etc. This system has also been expanded to reporting spam, and apparently people are coordinating to abuse the system to report non-spammers of spamming to trigger the system to grief players they don’t like. Eric Musco went on the forums to post Bioware’s stance on it: Sucks to be Squelched | 03.21.2016, 12:59 PM Hey folks, Let’s talk a little bit about our squelch system that is in the game. This system was implemented quite some time ago as a method for players to not only avoid filling up their /ignore list, but to also help in getting a lot of those pesky Credit Sellers out of chat. This has been very…
SWTOR: Server Downtime: 22 March 2016
All servers will be unavailable on Tuesday, March 22nd while BioWare perform back end maintenance. DATE: March 22nd, 2016 TIME: 5AM PDT – 9AM PDT (12:00 – 16:00 GMT) VERSION: N/A DOWNLOAD: N/A Timezone(s) Start Time End Time UTC Offset Wellington March 23, 2016 01:00 am March 23, 2016 05:00 am +13:00 Australia/Sydney March 22, 2016 11:00 pm March 23, 2016 03:00 am +11:00 Australia/Adelaide March 22, 2016 10:30 pm March 23, 2016 02:30 am +10:30 Australia/Brisbane March 22, 2016 10:00 pm March 23, 2016 02:00 am +10:00 Tokyo March 22, 2016 09:00 pm March 23, 2016 01:00 am +09:00 Australia/Perth, Hong Kong March 22, 2016 08:00 pm March 23, 2016 12:00 am +08:00 Mumbai March 22, 2016 05:30 pm March 22, 2016 09:30 pm +05:30 Moscow March 22, 2016 03:00 pm March 22, 2016 07:00 pm +03:00 EET March 22, 2016 02:00 pm March 22, 2016 06:00 pm +02:00 CET…
SWTOR Chapter 12 “Visions in the Dark Teaser”
Bioware released a new the teaser video for Chapter 12 a few days ago. This chapter is named Visions in the Dark, and is available from April 5, 2016 with early access. Face your Star Wars™ destiny and the immortal Emperor Valkorion in ‘Visions in the Dark,’ coming April 7th in the episodic story, Star Wars™: The Old Republic™- Knights of the Fallen Empire. Prepare for your most intense confrontation yet as your Alliance risks everything to strike a mortal blow against the Eternal Empire. As the Outlander, unravel dangerous truths that bind you to your dark enemy and get ready to wield a powerful new weapon inspired by some of the greatest Force™ users in the galaxy. Will you rise to overcome your fate and shatter Arcann’s forces? Knights of the Fallen Empire, including ‘Visions in the Dark’ is free to all Subscribers and new players can jump right…
Star Wars Battlefront – Outer Rim Gameplay Trailer
Dice just posted the new gameplay trailer for Star Wars Battlefront this week. check it out below: New heroes, maps, mode, weapons, star cards and more. Fight among the factories of Sullust and battle within Jabba the Hutt’s palace on Tatooine in the Star Wars™ Battlefront™ Outer Rim digital expansion arriving in March 2016.
Star Wars: Uprising – Sector Battle Imminent: Hoth
This sector battle started yesterday Wednesday the 16th at 9 am PST like usual. Level 95 assaults are out, not many people are up at that level so I do not expect it to make a huge difference but we will see. There are no changes this week, here are the: Milestone rewards. I expect we could see up to 1.2 Mill for Captain or higher because Hoth drops Havod crystals. I will update with the new rewards for 95 and such during the SB. This week’s Leader board: Hoth General (Rank #1-5): Commander (Ranks 6-100): Captain (Ranks 101-3000): Last updated at: 9AM PST (Kabam Time) Previous Leader boards: Bespin General (Rank #1-5): 6,227,350+ Commander (Ranks 6-100): 4,110,710+ Captain (Ranks 101-3000): 1,055,300+ Mataou General (Rank #1-5): 7,416,300 Commander (Ranks 6-100): 4,118,515 Captain (Ranks 101-3000): 1,023,600 Mataou General (Rank #1-5): 6,516,125+ Commander (Ranks 6-100): 3,509,300+ Captain (Ranks 101-3000): 929,125+
Changes to the SWTOR Cartel Market — Tuesday March 15 2016
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of March 15 – March 21 2016 . Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links APPEARANCE OPTION: AFRO 25 100 +300% 100 EMOTE: CHILLY 50 200 +300% 200 X-3 TECHMASTER ARMOR SET 600 1200 +100% 1200 EMOTE: FREEZING 50 200 +300% 200 UNLOCK: CARGO HOLD ACCESS 200 475 +137% 475 STRONGHOLD SPACER’S DECORATION BUNDLE 1280 800 –38% 1280 ORLEAN LE-5 1500 750 –50% SITH RAIDER ARMOR SET 1200 600 –50% 1200 MAJOR WARZONE XP BOOST BUNDLE 180 45 –75% 180 APPEARANCE OPTION: DREADLOCKS 100 25 –75% 100
Star Wars: Uprising – Cartel Competition Cycle 2 Prizes
Here are the rewards for the most dedicated Cartels in the Star Wars: Uprising galaxy. Presenting the Cartel Cycle 2 rewards! These rewards are paid out to every member in the Cartel when the leader boards reset. Cartel Competition Cycle 2 Prizes Cartel Champion (Rank 1): 1x Title of your Cartel, 1x 6* Event Crystal, 3x 5* Event Crystal, 3x 5* Tier II Imperial Crystal, 3 Random Fragments of Purge Trooper Armor, 1M Credits Ranks 2-5: 1x 6* Event Crystal, 3x 5* Event Crystal, 3x 5* Tier II Imperial Crystal, 3 Random Pieces of Fragments Trooper Armor, 1M Credits Ranks 6-15: 1x 5* Event Crystal, 1x 5* Tier II Imperial Crystal, 1 Random Piece of Purge Trooper Armor, 10 Random Purge Trooper Fragments, 750k Credits Ranks 16-25: 1x 5* Event Crystal, 1x 5* Tier II Imperial Crystal, 20 Random Purge Trooper Fragments, 500k Credits Ranks 26-35: 1x 5* Event Crystal, 1x…
Lost legendary player status in SWTOR
Eric Musco have posted some clarification on official forums regarding the lost legendary player status, that apparently have a bug. Lost legendary player status | 03.11.2016, 03:25 PM Hey folks, We have seen quite a few reports of players who have lost their Legendary Status following Game Update 4.2 on Tuesday. First, a reminder of what Legendary Status is. This system was put in with Knights of the Fallen Empire as a reward for players who had completed all 8 Class Stories all the way through Act 3. We wanted to make sure that their efforts were rewarded, beyond just Achievements alone. Along with the KotFE launch, we also introduced Start at 60 tokens. Unfortunately, there was a bug where sometimes a character made from a token would grant a completion for Legendary Status. This was not intended as that character never played through and completed Act 3. With Game Update…
SWTOR 4.3 PTS #3 Warzone and Arena Change List
BioWare posted an update on the new changes for the Odessen Warzone and Rishi arena in SWTOR PTS 4.3 version 3. Check it out: 4.3 PTS #3 Warzone and Arena Change List | 03.11.2016, 02:02 PM Designer Note: Thanks to everyone who has tried out the new warzone on PTS, made videos, guides, etc. We are blown away with the support y’all have shown and want to thank you for your enthusiasm. We are pleased with the gameplay after the last Update so we spent more time on polish and optimization this last PTS patch. Of course, we will continue to eliminate bugs and listen to feedback, so please keep the bug reports and constructive criticism coming! While we don’t have any major optimization results for this patch we have identified a culprit and are working on fixes to eliminate its impact on the Warzone’s performance. The Speed Up Battle…
SWTOR March Producer’s Livestream Coverage
Here is the SWTOR March Producer’s Livestream notes and coverage for Star Wars: The old Republik Where: https://www.twitch.tv/swtor When: 2 PM PST (about 1 hr from this post) What: March Producer’s Livestream Notes Agenda State of the Galaxy Chapter 11 Odessen Proving Grounds & Rishi Arena Quality of Life Improvements Eternal Championship Chapter 12 story time State of the Galaxy Eternal Championship delayed due to quality issues. It wasn’t fun to play. We know there are a couple issues with Chapter 11 launch. Patch tomorrow morning to fix. Couple more fixes by early next week (hopefully Tuesday). They like to thank the youtubers/podcast for sharing info. /u/swtorista was mentioned. Chapter 11 Join forces with Major Jorgan and Havoc Squad. Venture deep into enemy territory and change the course of war. New Disavowed Cartel Market Pack is live. Standing mount and Havoc armor most popular Odessen Warzone/Rishi Arena Coming with Chapter…
Star Wars: Uprising – Sector Battle Imminent: Bespin
Great job everyone! Bespin is unlocked in Star Wars: Uprising and with it Patch 2.1 was released! There are no changes this week, here are the: Milestone rewards: 1 8 scrips + 800 credits 1000 10 Scrips + 1000 Credits 2 8k Material XP 3000 10k Material XP 3 8 scrips + 800 credits 6200 10 Scrips + 1000 Credits 4 10k Material XP 9850 20k Material XP 5 10 Scrips 14150 15 Scrips 6 1★ Tier I Weapon + 1★ Tier I Agrocite 19250 2★ Agrocite 7 10 Scrips 25150 15 Scrips 8 2★ Agrocite 31900 2★ Weapon + 2★ Agrocite 9 10 Scrips 39450 2★ Crew 10 2★ Tier I Weapon + 2★Tier I Agrocite 47950 3★ Agrocite 11 10 Scrips 57300 15 Scrips 12 3★ Tier I Agrocite 66300 3★ Weapon + 3★ Agrocite 13 4★Electrum 77777 4★ Electrum x2 14 3★ Tier I Weapon + 3★ Tier I Agrocite 87050…
Star Wars: uprising 2.1 Patch Notes
The 2.1 Patch is now live and its a biggy!. What do you guys like/don’t like about the new patch?! Star Wars: Uprising version 2.1 is now live! Here are the patch notes. Summary: Three new vendors are added to the game. One exchanges Tier I crystals, one exchanges Tier II crystals, and the third will change their wares frequently. Act I level design and cinematics have been remade. Abilities have been re-balanced and combat controls have been improved. Social Spaces will now have more players in them. Crystals have been renamed to be more clear. All daily opportunities are now 3 star or above. Many many bug fixes and improvements. A Note About Electrum and Berubium: When you log into your account, all Tier II Berubium will be converted into Tier II Weapon Crystal. Any upgrades requiring Tier II Berubium will now require Tier II Weapon Crystal. All Tier…
Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday March 08 2016
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of March 08 – March 15 2016 . New Items Price Helpful links HYPERCRATE: DISAVOWED PACKS 5400 SUPERCRATE: DISAVOWED PACKS 950 DISAVOWED PACK 200 Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links VALIANT JEDI ARMOR SET 600 1200 +100% CATHAR WARSTAFF 250 500 +100% 400 SPECIES UNLOCK: CATHAR 150 600 +300% 600 LEGACY UNLOCK: CHISS 150 600 +300% 600 IVORY MOUSE HORRANTH 24 240 +900% 240 APPEARANCE OPTION: AFRO 100 25 –75% 100 EMOTE: CHILLY 400 50 –88% 300 X-3 TECHMASTER ARMOR SET 1200 600 –50% 1200 EMOTE: FREEZING 400 50 –88% 300 UNLOCK: CARGO HOLD ACCESS 475 200 –58% 475
Game Update 4.2: Disavowed Patch Notes
Servers will be going down tomorrow (Tuesday March 08) for maintenance and game update 4.2 Patch Notes are available below: Game Update 4.2: Disavowed Patch Notes Highlights Chapter XI: Disavowed! Battle alongside Major Aric Jorgan in the next Chapter of Knights of the Fallen Empire. Players who were subscribed on March 1st have immediate access to this new Chapter, and it will be available for all other subscribers on Thursday, March 10th. Relics of the Gree is back! The Gray Secant has been spotted on Ilum, which means only one thing: the Relics of the Gree Event is back! From March 8th at 4:00PST/12:00 GMT to March 15th at 4:00PST/12:00GMT, Black Bisectors are called upon to lend a hand Bounty Contract Week Returns! Hunt wanted criminals in this returning event. The event begins March 22nd at 04:00 PST/12:00 GMT and ends March 29th at 04:00 PST/12:00 GMT. General Blizz went…
The SWTOR Eternal Championship will be Delayed
SWTOR Eternal Championship is delayed, and will not part of Patch 4.2. Read hwy below: The Eternal Championship | 03.04.2016, 10:27 PM Hey folks, We have been doing a lot of internal playtesting on the Eternal Championship and it is currently not at a level that we believe our players deserve. In keeping with our commitment to offer the highest quality experience possible with our latest expansion, we have decided to delay the launch of the Eternal Championship. We are focusing on overall balance, ensuring each boss fight is challenging, endeavoring to exceed quality expectations, and most of all, making sure it is a fun experience. Please note Bowdaar will also be delayed, but will continue to launch alongside the Eternal Championship. To help ensure we deliver on the deeper experience we promised, we have decided to make the Eternal Championship available on our Public Test Server (PTS) prior to…