EDIT: Maintenance: September 19th, 2013 [CANCELLED] BioWare will be taking down the servers tomorrow and push a small patch. Below you can read Ambers forum post and the new patch notes. Today , 01:47 PM | #1 This is the last staff post in this thread. QUOTE On September 19th, all game servers will be unavailable while we perform maintenance. Patch 2.3.3a will be implemented during this downtime. Details are as follows: >Date: Thursday September 19th, 2013 Duration: 2 hours Time: 3AM PDT (10AM UTC) – 5AM PDT (12PM UTC) Thank you for your patience as we maintain service for Star Wars™: The Old Republic™. 2.3.3a Patch Notes General Corrected an issue that caused poor performance on CZ-198. Space Combat Taspan Ambush (Imperial)/ Syvris Evacuation (Rep): Player starships will no longer be smashed by an asteroid preventing the completion of these missions.
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Game Update 2.3.3 Patch Notes 9/17/2013
Servers are down for maintenance, and a new patch will be available when the servers come back up. Patch is about 330 MB. And will include tons of fixes. Some of them has a funny description: Treek and Blizz will no longer attempt to be even shorter by sinking into the floor while on the mission step to “Access the Isotope-5 Storage Tanks”. Below are the complete patchnotes: General Players can now use mounts and vehicles inside all Republic and Imperial bases on Hoth. Varactyl voices no longer carry such that their volume is the same regardless of their distance. Cartel Market New Items The new Bounty Pack, the Pursuer’s Bounty Pack items can now be previewed in Collections. The Pursuer’s Bounty Pack will be available in the Cartel Market on September 26th. Cost: 320 Cartel Coins Players can purchase Hypercrates containing 24 Pursuer’s Bounty Packs on September 26th. (Discounted by 10%…
2.3.2b Patch Notes 9/11/2013
BioWare has taken down the servers tor fix a bug that apparently have been pretty game breaking. I haven’t had any issues my self, but I have heard of some people that couldn’t play for days. Of course the forums are going to make it sound like this is the worst possible thing to ever have happened on September 11th. 2.3.2b Patch Notes General Corrected an issue that could cause players to be kicked back to Character Select when attempting to log into certain characters.
SWTOR 2.3.2a Patch Notes
Servers were down for a few hours today, so BioWare could add a new patch fixing some of the issues that came with patch 2.3.2. Apparently there is a bug regarding the cartel market. Check out the patch notes below: Cartel Market The in-game Cartel Coin purchasing feature has been fully disabled and the Cartel Market no longer contains a banner referencing it. Please note: Cartel Coins are still available for purchase via www.swtor.com/buy. Clicking the “Add Coins” button in the Cartel Market now properly directs players to www.swtor.com/buy. UI The Advanced Class Selection Window no longer displays incorrect text.
Patch Notes – 2.3.2 – 9/4/2013
Here are todays patch notes. One of the most noticeable one is this: The base cooldown for the Fleet Pass ability is now 9 hours for subscribers. Legacy Fleet Pass I, II, and III now reduce the ability cooldown by 3 hours each. This means that being a sub and having all three levels would give no-cooldown on fleet passes! It’s also nice to see some Codex updates, though from what I can tell Loremaster and Beastmaster are still unobtainable if these are the only changes. Game Update 2.3.2 Patch Notes 9/4/2013 Highlights New Vehicle! The Desler Nomad is a new rare drop from the final boss of all level 55 Hard Mode Flashpoints. New Feature! Players can now purchase Cartel Coins in-game through the “Add Coins” interface within the Cartel Market. (details under Cartel Market) Vendor Update! Emergency Medical Table and Mood: Outraged have been added to the Bounty Supply Company…
Game Update 2.3.1 Patch Notes – 8/21/2013
Patch notes for today’s servers maintenance is up. This time they got around to fixing out-of-space Pierce and Double Risha and “If players receive a whisper while in the process of replying to another whisper, the reply no longer displays the correct name while incorrectly delivering the message to the name who whispered most recently.” Something that have annoyed a lot of players for over a year now. Whoever writes the patch notes has a wonderful sense of humor. Check out these two goldies: “Treek no longer attempts to accentuate her humble by sinking into the ground.” Skadge has given up his ventriloquism hobby and will move his lips when saying the line “You got somethin’ to kill, or what?” Wonderful stuff 🙂 Check out the full patchnotes below: Highlights The first Packs of Shipment Three are now available for sale on the Cartel Market! Most items in the Contractor’s and Freelancer’s Bounty Packs…
Game Update 2.4: Live on PTS
The PTS is up with the first issue of Game Update 2.4. Minor change to Phase Walk and some big changes to Vanguard and PT DPS trees. And offcourse The big focus here is on the Arenas making their debut. I am Curious to hear what people think. Below are the patch notes, and below them, is a stream currently playing SWTOR on the PTS. Game Update 2.4 PTS Patch Notes – August 16th, 2013 The patch notes published for the Public Test Server are intended to guide testing. They are not final and are subject to change. The new Obroan PvP armor set is currently using placeholder art that will be updated before the release to the Live Servers; the sets themselves are incomplete on the PTS and are subject to change. The Public Test Server Patch Notes will be provided in English. The final release notes will be provided…
Patch Notes – 2.3.0c – 8/16/2013
BioWare performed a short maintenance to fix some bugs with the Bounty Contract Week. Servers should all be back up now. Below are the patch notes: 2.3.0c Patch Notes 8/16/2013 General An issue affecting the spawn rate of Shady Characters has been corrected. The respawn rate of Shady Characters has been increased significantly. The “information” count required to advance Bounty Contract missions has been reduced to 4 (from 5).
Patch Notes – 2.3.0b
BioWare implemented a small client-side patch yesterday. You need to restart your client for these changes to take effect. I’ve noticed recently that if you leave your client open (at the server selection screen) during these patches, you’re not always forced to restart the game. This has led to some weird behaviour – e.g. the last patch I couldn’t use warzone medpacs (in warzones) and this time I lost the ability to interact with my UI. I often leave my game running overnight (and am booted to the server selection screen after a given period of inactivity) and I think previous patches forced my game closed so I’m not sure if they’ve changed anything. Below are the patch notes: General Implemented a fix for a client crash that was occurring in the lobby of Czerka Flashpoints, as well as other locations in the game.
Patch Notes – Game Update 2.3 – Titans of Industry
Servers are down for maintenance but patch is up for download via the client for all who want to start patching early. Check out the patch notes below and get ready for Treek and Tauntaun mounts ( as well as many other new things) when the server comes back up. Game Update 2.3: Titans of Industry – 8/6/2013 Highlights CZ-198, a new Level 55 Daily mission area, is now available! CZ-198 is a small, private moon where Czerka Corporation‘s most secret and dangerous data, research and technology is stored. The facility has recently entered an emergency security lockdown, and both the Empire and the Republic have descended on the moon in order to seize control. Details under Missions New Level 55 Flashpoint: Czerka Corporate Labs! Infiltrate Czerka’s corporate headquarters on CZ-198 and take down Rasmus Blys, the Czerka scientist responsible for developing the company’s most dangerous weaponry. Details under Flashpoints New Level…
Launcher Patch notes – New streaming Feature
EA installs BitRaider, reduces long patch downloads, patch on the fly? We Hope so. Launcher Update Patch Notes New Launcher Feature: Streaming Mode! The Launcher now uses a streaming mode, which will allow new players to begin playing prior to downloading the entire game. Current players with an existing installation: All patching and playing functions are as before, as the streaming mode offers no advantage. All new installs of the game will see the new streaming interface. After an initial download period, the “Play” button will be active and players can create a character and begin the Origin World experience as the rest of the game downloads in the background. The time it takes to get to a playable state depends on the speed of your Internet connection: On a standard 6Mb/s connection, you should be ready to play in under 2 hours. For Internet connection speeds that are less than 6Mb/s,…
Game Update 2.2.3 Patch Notes
Servers are not down yet, but BioWare have posted the patch notes for tomorrows update. Check them out below: Cartel Market New Items A new bundle is available on the Cartel Market. The Unlimited Content Bundle offers players the ability to participate in all extended content. Note: this bundle contains items that require level 50. Cost: 2650 Cartel Coins (Discounted by 50% for a limited time!) Bug Fixes The Primordial Blaster Besh is no longer Main Hand only and can now be equipped as an Offhand weapon. General In-game Customer Support tickets are now limited to 1610 characters. Jumping without a weapon drawn will now animate properly after using a vehicle. Classes and Combat Jedi Knight Sentinel Quickly using an ability that does not respect the Global Cooldown (such as Saber Ward) after using Force Camouflage no longer causes the player to become invisible. Sith Warrior Marauder Quickly using an ability that…
Clarification on Patch Notes for 2.2.2
In the patch notes for 2.2.2 it is stated that Bioware has made ”Multiple environmental art changes have been made across the galaxy”’. Some users expressed concern and questions over this and it was brought up on the official forums by user tumpai in order to find out more about this change and how significant it would be. Amber Green, Live Services Specialist responded with a very detailed post explaining this part of the patch notes as follows: Hi there tumpai, This is actually a great question, and I’m a bit surprised it’s not come up before. The direct answer is that the note is a conglomeration of several small art fixes, and we often add a note like this to give people in the studio their props for fixing the whole darn galaxy almost every patch. These small things are not always visual, and sometimes they include things like…
Maintenance: July 16th, 2013 + Patch Notes
BioWare will be taking down the servers tomorrow to perform maintenance. At the same time Patch 2.2.2a will be implemented Check out the official announcement and patch notes below. Maintenance: July 16th, 2013 | 07.15.2013, 08:36 AM On July 16th, all game servers will be unavailable as we perform maintenance. Patch 2.2.2a will be implemented during this downtime. Details are as follows: Date: Tuesday, July 16th, 2013 Duration: 4 hours Time: 3AM PDT (10AM UTC) to 7AM PDT (2PM UTC) Patch Notes Thank you for your patience as we maintain service for Star Wars™: The Old Republic™. Below are the patch notes: 2.2.2a Patch Notes – 7/16/2013 Cartel Market Using a Character Rename Item no longer consumes the item without granting a rename in some circumstances. General Jumping without a weapon drawn will now animate properly. UI The Chat Window now fades as intended due to inactivity and retains settings…
Game Update 2.2.2 Patch Notes – 7/10/2013
Servers are down for maintenance, and when they will be back, you need to download game update 2.2.2. Below are the patch notes: Highlights New Content! Nightmare Mode is now available for the Scum and Villainy Operation. New Vehicles!Two new vehicles are now available: The Titan 6 Containment Vehicle The Tirsa Champion Landspeeder New Title! To celebrate the 10 year anniversary of Knights of the Old Republic™, the “Revan’s Heir” Title will be available on the Cartel Market for 24 hours only beginning on July 15th at 12AM PDT/7AM UTC. Cartel Market General The tooltips for all Encrypted Datacubes have been updated to clearly indicate that the items grant a mission which can only be completed once per character. New Items New Title! To celebrate the 10 year anniversary of Knights of the Old Republic, the “Revan’s Heir” Title will be purchasable on the Cartel Market for 24 hours only…
Game Update 2.3 PTS Patch Notes
BioWare hve reopend the public test servers. This time with Game Update 2-3. Right now on the test servers, the reputation vendor has an item for 1 million credits that rewards Treek, a healing ewok companion … And a kick-ass IG-88 style HK customisation skin: Also included is New titles from the BH event – Death mark if five systems, Wanted dead or alive, and cartel security. Check out the full patch notes below: Public Test Server Open! | 06.28.2013, 10:14 AM Greetings PTS Testers! The Public Test Server is now available for testing Game Update 2.3: Titans of Industry! You can read about the new content and changes in the Patch Notes. We’re excited to read everyone’s feedback! Please post your thoughts and/or any issues you find here in the PTS Forums. Also, please don’t forget to use /bug for any issues you encounter, as these are sent directly to our…
2.2.1 Patch Notes 6/25/2013
Today is patch day and here are the patch notes. This is a 74 mb. patch with many great bug fixes. The mount/companion issue was highly annoying, and I thought it was me loosing my mind with the The quickbar lock button bug. Check it all out below: Cartel Market General Revan’s Armor has been modified to consistently match the NPC in-game appearance. New Items A new vehicle is available in the Cartel Market! The Aratech Rose is an adaptive speeder that requires level 10. A consumable granting Speeder Piloting I is included with purchase. Cost: 1,500 Cartel Coins A new weapon is available in the Cartel Market! The Cathar Warstaff, designed by Cathar bladesmiths, requires Electrostaff weapon proficiency. Cost: 400 Cartel Coins A new bundle is available in the Cartel Market! The Starter Bundle offers items to assist players who are just beginning to explore the universe. The bundle contains items…
Game update 2.2 Patch Notes
2.2 Patch is now available for download through the launcher so if you are near a computer, now is your chance to get ready for game update 2.2. It’s not listed in the notes but word is that Master Strike/Ravage is now affected by alacrity. Good news for Sentinels and Marauders. Check out the full patch notes below: 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…
2.1.1 Patch Notes – 5/30/2013
As mentioned yesterday, BioWare will be taking down the servers and apply game update 2.1.1. Below are the patch notes: Highlights New Feature! Mission rewards for experience points, credits, and items can now be viewed in the Mission Log! Many Flashpoint and Operations missions have had their rewards adjusted and improved. The following missions now provide significantly improved item rewards: Call to Arms The Jedi Prisoner Ilum Under Siege An Empire Betrayed Trouble in the Tion Hegemony Outbreak in the Tion Hegemony Endless Horrors Journey to the Belsavis Depths Hutt Hospitality Explosive Conflict Ancient Allies New Frontiers The Legions of Scum and Villainy Cartel Market General Dye Modules can now be applied to the Gold Scalene Armor Set. New Items The Galactic Diversity Bundle has been added to the Cartel Market. This bundle contains 10 Legacy Unlock consumable items: one for each of the 10 available species! Cost: 3,300 Cartel Coins…
2.1.0b Patch Notes 5/17/2013
Patch notes are up. We were almost right yesterday. It was a bug fix with he crystals. People were more or less printing money off this bug, as you could vendor crystals that you could get for “free””. No event unfortunately. Check out the patch notes below: 2.1.0b Patch Notes 5/17/2013 General White Color Crystals can no longer be Reverse Engineered. The vendor value of Color Crystals that are tracked via the Collections UI has been reduced.
Game Update 2.1: Customization – 5/14/2013
As mentioned a few times lately BioWare are taking the servers down today to patch the servers with game update 2.1 Below are that patch notes: Highlights New Feature! The new Appearance Designer by AestheTech has been added to Dromund Kaas, Coruscant, and the Republic and Imperial Fleets. This kiosk will allow players to modify any feature of their physical appearance, except gender, including taking on a whole new Species. Players can also use the kiosk to access and unlock brand new character customization options. Subscribers get a substantial discount on all Appearance Designer changes. New Feature! Dye Modules are now available via Artifice Crafting, some vendors, and the Cartel Market. They function similar to other item modifications. More details under Items and Economy. New Feature! Collections provides a one-stop interface which is accessible from the Inventory Window or Cartel Market and tracks many items available from the Cartel Market, Packs (Cartel and…
2.0.0b Patch Notes
As we mentioned earlier today, BioWare are taking down the servers for scheduled maintenance tomorrow. As part of being awesome, BioWare have already posted the patch notes for the update that will be applied tomorrow. Check it out below: Crew Skills Artifice Reverse Engineering certain color crystals will no longer provide an error message. Advanced Crew Skill training is no longer required to Reverse Engineer color crystals of any type. PvP Note: For more details about these changes, please visit this post. The effect of Bolster on empty item slots has been decreased. Due to itemization changes, Expertise has been removed from all War Hero and Elite War Hero pieces except for weapon crystals. So there you have it. Your maxed elite warhero set is now vendor trash. But I guess that’s the sad nature of the MMO X-Pack beast.
Rise of the Hutt Cartel and Game Update 2.0 Patch Notes
The official patch notes for Rise of the Hutt Cartel and Game Update 2.0: Scum and Villainy are now live. BioWare have made so many changes, updates and tweaks to the game. There are about 500 notes, over 11K words in in these patch notes! Check it out below, or over at the official website. Rise of the Hutt Cartel and Game Update 2.0: Scum and Villainy 4/9/2013 . Rise of the Hutt Cartel The Hutt Cartel has emerged from the shadows to challenge the Galactic Republic and Sith Empire for control, unleashing never-before-seen Droids and monstrous battle stations to serve as powerful weapons of destruction. Join your faction and explore story-driven missions with explosive combat to save the future of the galaxy! For more information about how to access the Rise of the Hutt Cartel features and content, please visitwww.swtor.com/rothc. All Classes can now reach Level 55! New Planet:…
1.7.3 Patch Notes – 3/26/2013
BioWare went on and posted that patch notes before server maintenance this time. Pretty awesome thing to do actually, and looking through the patch notes, they are equally awesome. Ready check & Personal Star ship and Finally fixing the double bladed saber issue. This is going to be a good day 🙂 Check out the patch notes below: Highlights Ready Check is now available! Group and Operations Group leaders can initiate a Ready Check by using “/rc” or “/readycheck” chat commands or via the context group menu. Each member of the group will then receive a pop-up prompting them to respond. Responding will place a visual cue on the raid frame or group frame of that player. At the end of the Ready Check, chat feedback indicates whether the group is ready or if not, and lists any non-ready players. Cartel Market General Cartel Market Certificates have been changed to Bind on Legacy. New Items…