Free-to-Play is here! Players can now experience Star Wars: The Old Republic up to level 50 (with certain restrictions) without paying a subscription fee.
The Cartel Market is now accessible. Players can use Cartel Coins to purchase boosts, unlocks, cosmetic items, and more!
HK-51 can now be acquired as a Companion Character! A shipment of the infamous Assassin Droids can be found in the wreck of an Imperial transport ship, The Fatality, in Section X. Reactivating HK-51 requires finding and assembling parts from across the galaxy.
Nightmare Mode is now available for Operation: Explosive Conflict! Bosses in Nightmare Mode present a new level of challenge, new mechanics, and high-quality rewards (such as a new vehicle and Dread Guard set pieces)!
Dreadtooth, a new world boss, can be found roaming Section X. Each time Dreadtooth is defeated, he returns with a temporary, stacking power buff which increases his difficulty and the quality of his loot rewards.
General
The names of guilds that are inactive (any guild that has had no members log in for 8 weeks) will now be released for use by new guilds. If a guild member logs back in once a name is released, that guild member can reclaim the guild's name if it has not been taken. If the name has been taken, the guild will be granted a free rename.
If no member of a guild logs in for 8 weeks, the next guild member to log in will be promoted to Guild Leader.
Classes and Combat
Subscribers are no longer charged credits for skill point re-specializations.
Jedi Knight
Sentinel
Watchman
Merciless Zeal's healing has been reduced to .5% per point (down from 1% per point).
Sith Warrior
Maurader
Annihilation
Hungering's healing has been reduced to .5% per point (down from 1% per point).
Group Finder
Travelling to a new area while in a Group Finder queue no longer occasionally causes the UI to behave as if the player is not in the queue.
Missions and NPCs
Some missions on Origin Worlds now offer Experience Boost rewards.
Items
The cost to remove mods from items has been reduced for subscribers.
The Collector's Edition vehicle and all vehicles available in the Cartel Market can now be used with the lowest-level rank. Their speed now scales based on the rank unlocked by characters.
Subscribers can now access speeders at level 15.
Campaign armorings are now available for purchase on the Black Hole vendor for Black Hole Commendations.
Dread Guard relics are now available on the Daily vendor for 300 Daily Commendations.
A new set of droid armor is now available from the Daily vendor.
More robes have been adjusted so that their backsides are not inappropriately large when worn.
New speeder vendors are now available on Taris (Republic) and Balmorra (Imperial).
Legacy
Players can now unlock their Legacy at level 10.
The Legacy panel now accommodates much larger Legacies.
Each rank of the Legacy Experience perk now grants +6% experience (as opposed to a gradual increase of +2/4/6/8/10). The total possible bonus from Legacy perks is still 30% in each category.
PvP
The caps for Warzone and Ranked Warzone Commendations have been increased. All players can now accumulate up to 4500 Ranked Warzone Commendations and 2750 Warzone Commendations.
Elite War Hero armorings, barrels, and hilts have had their stats improved slightly.
UI
Several emotes are now voiced!
Subscribers now have access to 2 additional quickslot bars.
Different quickslot bars can no longer be jumped to in the primary quickslot bar if they are already visible in another location on-screen.
The deposit for items placed on the GTN is now a percentage of the item's value (instead of being based on the player's set price).
Vehicles, mini-pets, weapons, the results of crafting schematics, and color crystals can now be previewed in the item preview window.
An additional Cargo Hold can now be purchased.
The title selection window is now scrollable. Players can now choose their Legacy name display from this window.
A progress bar has been added to the currency pane to indicate player proximity to currency caps.
Miscellaneous Bug Fixes
Several typos and instances of incorrect text have been corrected in all languages.
The Imperial Medcenter in the vicinity of the wreck of the Ambria's Fury has been moved Northeast.
An issue that caused dark outlines to appear around characters' eyes has been corrected.
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Subscribers are again able to file Customer Support tickets from the Character Selection screen.
Cartel Market
The following Cartel Market items are on sale!
Major XP Boosts: Discounted 25% to 90 Cartel Coins from 120 Cartel Coins.
Level 15 Chest Pieces: Discounted 10% to 135 Cartel Coins from 150 Cartel Coins.
Medical Probes: Discounted 25% to 375 Cartel Coins from 500 Cartel Coins.
The Experimental Flight Suit has been added to the Cartel Market! This adaptive armor can be worn by any Class at level 1. The tooltips for unlocking Speeder Pilot Ranks now correctly indicate that the unlock is per character.Restrictions have been removed from Cartel Pack White Color Crystals, which can now be equipped by anyone.Players will no longer receive an occasional error upon purchasing inventory slot unlocks for their account.
Miscellaneous Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue that would allow Preferred Accounts to trade below level 10.
French players will now have proper audio during conversations with General Avrun.
The Covert Pilot Suit has been added to the Cartel Market! This adaptive armor can be worn by any class at level 1.
General
A confirmation dialogue is now displayed for Cartel Coin purchases made outside of the Cartel Market. It shares the same "never show again" option as the confirmation for purchases made directly from the Cartel Market.
Attempting to purchase an item or unlock your character already owns or cannot use now displays a more appropriate warning dialogue.
An issue that prevented some Cartel Market purchases from being delivered correctly has been addressed.
Several errors in the French and German Cartel Market tutorials have been corrected.
Items
Players now receive a notification when attempting to equip that bind when equipped.
The tooltip for the Ball Toss item now indicates that it cannot be used on hostile NPCs.
The Darth Malgus and Satele Shan Holostatues have had their active duration increased from 20 to 60 seconds.
Pink and purple color crystals can now be listed on the Galactic Trade Network.
Descriptions for some color crystals that were missing in French and German have been added.
Unlocks
Attempting to use the Cargo Hold: Addition Bay item without first unlocking the Cargo Hold now displays the correct error.
The tooltip for Galactic Trade Network Sale Slots now correctly states that subscribers have 100 maximum slots.
The tooltip for emotes received in Cartel Market Packs now correctly states "Applies the selected unlock to your Player Character."
The tooltip for Guild Bank Access now clarifies that a player's guild must have a Guild Bank for the unlock to be useful.
Tooltips for items that require the Event Equipment Requisition Authorization now update properly when the Authorization is acquired.
Classes and Combat
Jedi Consular
Shadow
Mind Maze now appears as a debuff on its target.
Sith Inquisitor
Assassin
Mind Trap now appears as a debuff on its target.
Smuggler
Scoundrel
Sleep Dart now appears as a debuff on its target.
Sawbones
Sedatives: This ability no longer generates threat.
Imperial Agent
Operative
Tranquilizer now appears as a debuff on its target.
Medicine
Sedatives: This ability no longer generates threat.
Companion Characters
HK-51
Players now receive HK-51's starting gear in a container when they complete [HEROIC 2+] Warning: Rivals Detected (Republic) or [HEROIC 2+] Alert: Hostiles Imminent (Imperial). All characters that previously obtained HK-51 will receive this container in the mail.
Completing HK-51's mission chain now automatically unlocks the faction-appropriate HK-51 Legacy perk.
HK-51's portrait now displays correctly in the companion window for Republic characters.
Crew Skills
Players no longer receive materials for an entire stack of certain items when reverse engineering only part of the stack.
Flashpoints and Operations
Operations
Operation phase entrances now correctly change from orange to purple for players who purchase Weekly Pass: Operations while in a group.
Explosive Conflict
The damage dealt by Firebrand and Stormcaller in 16-player Nightmare Mode has been slightly reduced, and their enrage timer has been lengthened.
During the Minefield encounter in Nightmare Mode, the Imperial Demolitions Probe now utilizes Overload's knockback effect as intended.
Zorn's "Tracked" buff now displays its description in the French and German clients.
Terror From Beyond
Operator IX is no longer targetable until its spawn animation has completed.
In Hard Mode, the ground target effect on players targeted by Operator IX's "Delete" ability now more accurately matches the distance players must be within to activate the shield buff.
Kephess the Undying once again drops Armoring 26 items.
Group Finder
Players no longer lose their Group Finder daily mission (and thus its rewards) when reconnecting to the game while their group is queued for a replacement.
Guilds
Inactive guilds no longer occasionally lose their Guild Leader.
Guild Leaders in Free-to-Play guilds can now specify security key requirements for their guild's ranks.
A tooltip that incorrectly indicated that only guilds with a subscribing Guild Leader could display their guild tag has been corrected. Members of guilds can display their guild tag regardless of their Guild Leader's status.
Items
Vehicle level requirements are now properly displayed in tooltips.
Legacy
The Legacy unlock "Priority Transport: Outlaw's Den" no longer shares a cooldown with any other Priority Transport unlocks.
Missions and NPCs
World Missions
Belsavis
Section X
Several missing or incorrect voiceovers in Section X have been addressed.
March of the Dread Guard: The Shackle Remote now broadcasts the correct error message when used on invalid targets. The mission step "Return to the Mission Dropbox" now has a map note.
Targeted Misfire: Republic Marksmen now always drop Airstrike Codes.
Class Missions
Sith Inquisitor
The Prophet Arrives: Players are now appropriately awarded light side/dark side points for this mission.
NPCs
Dreadtooth's "Shriek" buff icon is no longer displayed. Its "Electrified" effect is now properly displayed as a buff instead of as a debuff.
Space Combat
Hypori Escort: This mission no longer erroneously displays a success message upon failure.
UI
General
Abilities no longer disappear from the 5th and 6th quickslot bars when transitioning between areas.
Preferred players now have access to 4 quickslot bars by default.
The 'Enable Focus Target' option is once again available under the Controls section of Preferences.
Free-to-Play and Preferred players who reach level 10 while not on their Origin World now have the correct access to general chat channels.
The "Hide Head Slot" preference now persists between play sessions.
The emote menu now works properly in the French and German clients. The following emotes do not appear in the menu, but can still be used: /backflip, /superflex, /panic, /mourn, and /mock.
Item Preview
The preview window now accurately reflects the color crystal being used in an item.
The preview window no longer ignores Unify Color settings. It no longer ignores Hide Head Slot settings (except when specifically previewing headgear).
Character Creation
All Republic customization options are now available in character creation for Legacy-unlocked Twi'lek Imperial Agent characters.
Missing French and German text for the Cyborg species on the character creation screen has been added.
Galactic Trade Network
Emote items are now properly classified in the "Emotes" subcategory of the GTN.
Miscellaneous Bug Fixes
An issue that could cause Subscribers and Preferred players to be treated as Free-to-Play after being logged out for inactivity has been corrected.
Incorrect voiceovers have been removed from several emotes.
Using the backflip emote while moving now displays the correct animation.
All characters are now able to log off in a rest area without waiting.
Public Test Server characters no longer count towards character limits.
Customer Service tickets no longer occasionally display as blank.
Some missing or incorrect French and German audio has been corrected, and some instances of incorrect French or German lip synching have been addressed.
Some instances of mismatched voiceover and subtitle text have been addressed.
