A new Event, Relics of the Gree, has been added to the Western Ice Shelf on Ilum. An ancient Gree starship called "Gray Secant" has transformed the battlefield into a crucible for research, with PvE and PvP missions available for the duration of the Event. Earning Reputation with the Gree Enclave will unlock permission to board Gray Secant itself, which includes access to a new Operation boss - Xenoanalyst II. The "Relics of the Gree" Event will last for two weeks and will return in the future!
Galactic Reputation is a new system for advancing your Legacy. You can unlock Reputation ranks by completing missions for various organizations and earning Reputation Trophies, which can be consumed to earn Reputation points. Higher Reputation ranks will unlock rewards such as mini-pets, cosmetic gear, and Legacy Titles.
The final Cartel Pack of our initial set of packs (known as Shipment One) has arrived. The Space Pirate Pack features a wider variety of exclusive items than any previous pack!
Legacy Titles can now be unlocked in your character sheet. Legacy Titles occupy the slot below your name in your nameplate, and once unlocked, they are available to all characters in your Legacy. Your Legacy surname and Legacy Title surname are independent and can be toggled separately. Character and Cartel Market menus have been updated to reflect this.
Cartel Market
General
Updated the Cartel Market storefront to differentiate between Character Titles and Legacy Titles.
New Items
A new cartel pack, the Space Pirate's Cartel Pack, is now available on the Market. Cost: 360 Cartel Coins
"It's a Surprise!" and "I Love You" Jawagrams are now available for a limited time! Cost: 20 Cartel Coins
Players can now purchase a Hypercrate containing 24 Space Pirate's Cartel Packs. (Discounted by 15% for a limited time!) Cost: 7344
New Discounts
The Blockade Runner Cartel Pack is now discounted by 5%. Cost: 342 Cartel Coins
Authorization: Artifact Equipment (Account) is now discounted by 10%. Cost: 2430 Cartel Coins
Authorization: Artifact Equipment (Character) is now discounted by 25%. Cost: 900 Cartel Coins
Major Experience Boost (x5) are now discounted by 25%. Cost: 360 Cartel Coins
The Carbonite Chamber is now discounted by 25%. Cost: 540 Cartel Coins
The Experimental Flight Suit is now Discounted by 50%. Cost: 600 Cartel Coins
Expiring Discounts
Access Authorization: Section X (Character) is no longer 10% off. Cost: 540 Cartel Coins
Access Authorization: Section X (Account) is no longer 10% off. Cost: 1,215 Cartel Coinsl
Unlock: Cargo Hold Access (Character) is no longer 20% off. Cost: 380 Cartel Coinsl
Unlock: Cargo Hold Access (Account) is no longer 20% off. Cost: 840 Cartel Coins
Unlock: Additional Cargo Bay (Character) is no longer 20% off. Cost: 380 Cartel Coins
Unlock: Additional Cargo Bay (Account) is no longer 20% off. Cost: 840 Cartel Coins
Medical Probes are no longer 50% off. Cost: 250 Cartel Coins
Bug Fixes
Players are now able to use more than one Category-specific Experience Boost simultaneously. Ex: A player may have both a Warzone and Space Experience Boost active at the same time. However, General Experience Boosts may not be combined with Category-specific Experience Boosts.
Several Cartel Market tooltips have been corrected to indicate that they unlock for characters rather than full accounts.
Players who had previously obtained a piece of the Spymaster, Conservator's, Phantom, Despot's, Perceptor's, or Trailblazer's equipment set will receive a matching piece of the "Classic" version of the item. You will find the "Classic" version of the item delivered via in-game mail or inside of the equipment lockbox where you originally obtained the item.
The tooltip for Social Boost items now indicate that the cooldown is 1 hour.
Updated the art for the Skip Tracker's Cartel Pack to accurately depict the Stylish Dancer's items.
General
The number of abilities players can learn has been significantly increased, allowing anyone who had been unable to summon a new pet or vehicle to now do so.
Added a Cargo Bay, Guild Bank, mail box and Galactic Trade Network Terminal to VIP area on the Republic and Imperial Fleets.
All players located on Ilum prior to Game Update 1.7 will now find their positions to be updated. Imperial characters will be at the Imperial planetary shuttle and Republic characters will be located at the Republic planetary shuttle.
Flashpoints and Operations
Operations
Terror From Beyond
Reduced the damage dealt by Hypergate Irregularities during the encounter with Terror From Beyond in 16-player Story Mode.
Items and Economy
General
Item sell values and item repair costs now reflect the value of the items and any enhancements attached to them. Previously, items were incorrectly being valued without their enhancements.
Vendors
The Bartenders on the Republic and Imperial Fleets now sell "Flower Delivery" Jawagrams for 1,000 Credits.
Legacy
General
Galactic Reputation is a new system for advancing your Legacy. You can unlock Reputation ranks by completing missions for various organizations and earning Reputation Trophies, which can be consumed to earn Reputation points. Higher Reputation ranks will unlock rewards such as mini-pets, cosmetic gear, and Legacy Titles. There are four Reputations are currently available:
The Voss
The Gree Enclave
Republic Hyperspace Armada / Imperial First Mobile Fleet
Republic 5th Assault Battalion / Imperial Guard on Belsavis
Legacy Titles can now be unlocked in your character sheet. Legacy Titles occupy the slot below your name in your nameplate, and once unlocked, they are available to all characters in your Legacy. Your Legacy surname and Legacy Title surname are independent and can be toggled separately.Priority Transport: Personal Starship is now available as a Legacy unlock. This ability requires Legacy level 15 and character level 20 and does not share a cooldown with any other Priority Transport unlock.
Bug Fixes
The tooltips for "Improved Rocket Boost" Legacy unlocks now properly indicate that will have no effect on player speed without first unlocking the "Rocket Boost" first.
The Legacy Character unlock for the Imperial version of HK-51 is now properly restricted to Imperial characters.
Missions and NPCs
General
A new Event has been added to the Western Ice Shelf on Ilum. An ancient Gree starship called "Gray Secant" has transformed the battlefield into a crucible for research, with PvE and PvP missions available for the duration of the Event. Earning Reputation with the Gree Enclave will unlock permission to board Gray Secant itself, which includes access to a new Operation boss - Xenoanalyst II. The "Relics of the Gree" Event will last for two weeks and will return in the future!
Missions
World Missions
Belsavis
A new Reputation Vendor is present in both the Imperial and Republic camps of Section X.
Reputation Trophies are now awarded for completing daily and weekly missions in Section X.
Section X: Data Raid: The respawn timer has been decreased for the Energy Tubes in this Imperial Mission.
Section X: March of the Dread Guard: Players who exit the mission phase before completing all objectives will no longer be prevented from re-entering the phase.
Section X: [AREA 2+] Lost Reconnaissance: All enemies, including the Voracious Tuk'ata, now count toward mission credit when defeated.
Section X: Targeted Misfire: Both Jedi Special Operatives and Jedi Protectors now drop targeting beacons.
Voss
A new weekly mission is available in the Voss-Ka Cantina: "The Defense of Voss-Ka." This mission rewards Reputation Trophies with The Voss.
Reputation Trophies are now awarded for completing many Heroic missions on Voss.
A new Reputation Vendor is present in the Voss-Ka Cantina.
Class Missions
Jedi Knight
The Jedi Envoy: The arrivals console will now properly advise players that "You must have T-7 with you to do this" when they attempt to use the console without this companion summoned.
Jedi Consular
The Arrival: The arrivals console on Coruscant will now properly advise players that "You must have Qyzen Fess with you to do this" when they attempt to use the console without this companion summoned.
Smuggler
The Gambler: The arrivals console on Coruscant will now properly advise players that "You must have Corso Riggs with you to do this" when they attempt to use the console without this companion summoned.
Imperial Agent
The Path Leads to Dromund Kaas: The arrivals console on Dromund Kaas will now properly advise players that "You must have Kaliyo Djannis with you to do this" when they attempt to use the console without this companion summoned.
The New Truth: The Holoarchives on Hutta will now properly display the "You must have Kaliyo Djannis with you" error message if you attempt to download the holorecordings without this companion summoned.
Trooper
Coruscant Assignment: The arrivals console on Coruscant will now properly advise players that "You must have Aric Jorgan with you to do this" when they attempt to use the console without this companion summoned.
Bounty Hunter
The Hunt on Dromund Kaas: The arrivals console on Dromund Kaas will now properly advise players that "You must have Mako with you to do this" when they attempt to use the console without this companion summoned.
PvP
World PvP
Ilum
The "Battle for Ilum" [AREA] PvP missions are no longer active in the Western Ice Shelf.
The Western Ice Shelf is now divided into a Small Group Free-For-All PvP region in the south and a standard open world area in the north. Missions in these areas will activate during the "Relics of the Gree" Event.
"Small Group Free-For-All" is a new ruleset for world PvP regions where groups of up to four players compete against all other groups in the area. Operations groups are disallowed in these regions.
Space Combat
Reputation Trophies are now awarded for completing the daily Heroic Space Missions from the Fleet Command console on your ship.
A new Reputation Vendor is present on the Imperial and Republic Fleets, in the area near the Space Combat vendors.
UI
General
Your character's Galactic Reputation can now be viewed in the Legacy window.
The Character and Cartel Market windows have been updated to include Legacy Title information.
GTN
Searches on the GTN are now limited to 4,000 results (500 pages). If this limit is reached, players will need to use other search criteria to refine the search.
In order to improve overall GTN performance, when searching the GTN, each word must now be at least 3 characters long to be accepted.
Miscellaneous Bug Fixes
Corrected minor spelling and grammar errors on the Character Selection screen.
The /stuck command will now kill players who are stuck on their personal starships.
If a player that is abusing the chat system in the game is reported frequently by various players, they will be completely unable to post in chat for 12 hours.
Players who have not logged in since Game Update 1.4 will no longer be kicked to character select under rare circumstances.
Legacy
Removed the character level requirement for Improved Priority Transport: Personal Starship. This Legacy Global Unlock still has a Legacy Level requirement.
Corrected an issue that would automatically unlock all levels of Improved Priority Transport: Personal Starship.
Corrected an issue with several Return of the Gree missions that would allow players to skip steps by accepting shared missions from groupmates.
Legacy
In order to prevent players from running into an unresolved issue with Legacy unlocks for Improved Priority Transport: Personal Starship from Global Unlocks > Other > Convenience, the ability to purchase them has been temporarily disabled until we find a permanent solution. These unlocks will be enabled again in a future patch, and players are still able to purchase and use the Legacy Character Perk for Priority Transport: Personal Starship.
The Gold Scalene Armor set is now available! This adaptive gear can be worn by any Class at level 1. Cost: 1,440 Cartel Coins
Players can now purchase Hypercrates containing 24 of either the Crime Lord's or Blockade Runner's Cartel Packs. (Discounted by 15% for a limited time!) Cost: 7,344 Cartel Coins
Players can now purchase Hypercrates containing 24 Skip Tracer's Cartel Packs. (Discounted by 25% for a limited time!) Cost: 6,480 Cartel Coins
New Discounts
Cartel Packs
The Space Pirate's Cartel Pack is now discounted by 5%. Cost: 342 Cartel Coins
The Blockade Runners Cartel Pack is now discounted by 10%. Cost: 324 Cartel Coins
The Black Market Cartel Pack is now discounted by 10%. Cost: 324 Cartel Coins
The Crime Lords Cartel Pack is now discounted by 10%. Cost: 324 Cartel Coins
The Skip Tracer's Cartel Pack is now discounted by 20%. Cost: 288 Cartel Coins
Legacy Unlocks
Legacy Character Perk: Advanced Field Repair Droid is now discounted by 20%. Cost: 100 Cartel Coins
Legacy Character Perk: Basic Field Repair Droid is now discounted by 20%. Cost: 240 Cartel Coins
Legacy Character Perk: Field Mail Droid is now discounted by 20%. Cost: 200 Cartel Coins
Legacy Character Perk: Field Mail Droid: Redeployment Improvement (I and II) is now discounted by 20%. Cost: 100 Cartel Coins
Legacy Character Perk: Field Respecialization is now discounted by 20%. Cost: 280 Cartel Coins
Legacy Character Perk: HK-51 (Imperial and Republic) is now discounted by 20%. Cost: 280 Cartel Coins
Legacy Character Perk: Improved Class Mission Experience (All Levels!) is now discounted by 20%. Cost: 100 Cartel Coins
Legacy Character Perk: Improved Exploration Experience (All Levels!) is now discounted by 20%. Cost: 80 Cartel Coins
Legacy Character Perk: Improved Field Repair Droid is now discounted by 20%. Cost: 100 Cartel Coins
Legacy Character Perk: Improved Flashpoint Experience (All Levels!) is now discounted by 20%. Cost: 160 Cartel Coins
Legacy Character Perk: Improved Space Mission Experience (All Levels!) is now discounted by 20%. Cost: 160 Cartel Coins
Legacy Character Perk: Improved Speeder Piloting (All Levels!) is now discounted by 20%. Cost: 380 Cartel Coins
Legacy Character Perk: Improved Warzone Experience (All Levels!) is now discounted by 20%. Cost: 160 Cartel Coins
Legacy Character Perk: Legacy of Altruism (All Levels!) is now discounted by 20%. Cost: 20 Cartel Coins
Legacy Character Perk: Legacy of Crafting (All Levels!) is now discounted by 20%. Cost: 80 Cartel Coins
Legacy Character Perk: Legacy of Leadership (I and II) is now discounted by 20%. Cost: 60 Cartel Coins
Legacy Character Perk: Legacy of Persuasion (All Levels!) is now discounted by 20%. Cost: 20 Cartel Coins
Legacy Character Perk: Priority Transport: Capital World is now discounted by 20%. Cost: 100 Cartel Coins
Legacy Character Perk: Priority Transport: The Black Hole is now discounted by 20%. Cost: 100 Cartel Coins
Legacy Character Perk: Priority Transport: The Outlaw's Den is now discounted by 20%. Cost: 100 Cartel Coins
Legacy Global Convenience Unlock: Legacy Travel (All Levels!) is now discounted by 12%. Cost: 66 Cartel Coins.
Legacy Global Ship Unlock: Operations Training Dummy is now discounted by 12%. Cost: 154 Cartel Coins.
Legacy Global Ship Unlock: Warzone Training Dummy is now discounted by 12%. Cost: 154 Cartel Coins
All Legacy Global Species Unlocks are now discounted by 10%. Cost: 540 Cartel Coins
Legacy Global Social Unlock: Companion Dance is now discounted by 10%. Cost: 225 Cartel Coins
Legacy Global Social Unlock: Double Lasers Emote is now discounted by 10%. Cost: 225 Cartel Coins
Legacy Global Ship Unlock: Galactic Market Kiosk is now discounted by 10%. Cost: 810 Cartel Coins
Legacy Global Convenience Unlock: Improved Rocket Boost (I and II) is now discounted by 10%. Cost: 108 Cartel Coins
Legacy Global Valor Unlock: Legacy of Combat Bash is now discounted by 10%. Cost: 90 Cartel Coins
Legacy Global Valor Unlock: Legacy of Combat Jab is now discounted by 10%. Cost: 90 Cartel Coins
Legacy Global Valor Unlock: Legacy of Combat Punch is now discounted by 10%. Cost: 90 Cartel Coins
Legacy Global Valor Unlock: Legacy of Combat Uppercut is now discounted by 10%. Cost: 90 Cartel Coins
Legacy Global Alignment Unlock: Legacy of Sacrifice is now discounted by 10%. Cost: 405 Cartel Coins
Legacy Global Alignment Unlock: Legacy of Unity is now discounted by 10%. Cost: 405 Cartel Coins
Legacy Global Ship Unlock: Repair Droid is now discounted by 10%. Cost: 225 Cartel Coins
Legacy Global Convenience Unlock: Rocket Boost is now discounted by 10%. Cost: 270 Cartel Coins.
Legacy Global Ship Unlock: Ship Mailbox is now discounted by 10%. Cost: 315 Cartel Coins
Legacy Global Social Unlock: Tech Emotes is now discounted by 10%. Cost: 180 Cartel Coins
Legacy Global Social Unlock: Tool Emotes is now discounted by 10%. Cost: 180 Cartel Coins
Gear
The Covert Pilot Armor Set is now discounted by 25%. Cost: 900 Cartel Coins
The CZ-18X Avalanche Chestplate is now discounted by 40%. Cost: 195 Cartel Coins
The CZ-27K Stealth Ops Suit is now discounted by 40%. Cost: 195 Cartel Coins
The Dire Eliminator's Chestguard is now discounted by 40%. Cost: 195 Cartel Coins
The Dire Overlord's Vestments is now discounted by 40%. Cost: 195 Cartel Coins
The Dire Taskmaster's Robe is now discounted by 40%. Cost: 195 Cartel Coins
The Dire Warmaster's Body Armor is now discounted by 40%. Cost: 195 Cartel Coins
The Emergency Responder's Overcoat is now discounted by 40%. Cost: 195 Cartel Coins
The Guard Captain's Chestplate is now discounted by 40%. Cost: 195 Cartel Coins
The Honored Adept's Shroud is now discounted by 40%. Cost: 195 Cartel Coins
The Honored Champion's Robe is now discounted by 40%. Cost: 195 Cartel Coins
The Honored Master's Vestments is now discounted by 40%. Cost: 195 Cartel Coins
The Honored Saberist's Harness is now discounted by 40%. Cost: 195 Cartel Coins
The MA-52 Med-Tech Chestplate is now discounted by 40%. Cost: 195 Cartel Coins
The MA-53 Overwatch Chestplate is now discounted by 40%. Cost: 195 Cartel Coins
Other
The Newcomer Bundle is now discounted by 60%. Cost: 324 Cartel Coins
The Preferred Access Bundle is now discounted by 40%. Cost: 972 Cartel Coins
Expired Discounts
The Blockade Runners Cartel Pack is no longer 5% off. Cost: 360 Cartel Coins
Authorization: Artifact Equipment (Account) is no longer 10% off. Cost: 2700 Cartel Coins
Authorization: Artifact Equipment (Character) is no longer 25% off. Cost: 1200 Cartel Coins
Major Experience Boost x5 is no longer 25% off. Cost: 480 Cartel Coins
The Carbonite Chamber is no longer 25% off. Cost: 720 Cartel Coins
The Experimental Flight Suit is no longer 50% off. Cost: 1200 Cartel Coins
General
The Preferred Access bundle description will now properly indicate that the Customization Control is to display Legacy Title as well as Legacy Name.
Players who have previously purchased the Global Convenience Unlocks for Improved Priority Transport: Personal Starship will find them removed from all characters and will need to contact Customer Support to have the unlocks restored. Players who are unable to submit an in-game ticket, please contact Customer Service directly by emailing support@swtor.com.
General
Players will no longer be prevented from logging into the game if they had a large number of "Classic" version items refunded with Game Update 1.7.
Players will now correctly be taken to the character selection or server selection screen upon disconnect rather than becoming stuck at the loading screen.
Group Finder
Group Finder role selections will no longer work incorrectly if a player in your vicinity gains their Advanced Class.
Items and Economy
Repair costs for modifiable gear will now calculate based only on the equipped mods.
All repair costs have been reduced by 50% until Game Update 2.0.
Equipment from the Gree Event will now preview properly when accessed via item links in chat or the Inventory Window.
Missions and NPCs
General
During some phased mission conversations, the cut scene conversation dialogue or action will no longer incorrectly stop progressing.
World Missions
Belsavis
Section X
March of the Dread Guard: Trandoshan Prisoners and Gamorrean Leaders will now respawn as intended.
Class Missions
Bounty Hunter
Catching Zees: The Nebula Security Officer and Security Droids will now spawn as intended when players enter the Nebula Communications phase in the Upper Industrial Sector.
PvP
Warzones
Ancient Hypergate
Players will now be able to interact with pylons a few seconds after an explosion rather than directly after.
Huttball
Players will no longer be able to pass the Huttball into the side shelf area of the arena.
Space Combat
Regnant Station Assault: This mission will now grant the proper amount of credits upon completion.
UI
General
Rearranged the order of several Commendation types on the Currency Tab of the Inventory Window.
Gear Lockbox descriptions will now indicate the type of gear that is inside.
Added images to the Galactic Reputation description windows.
When selling back Gray Helix items, the chat window will now display the correct amount refunded.
Using Extended Quickbars will no longer prevent players from properly switching their primary quickbar to other enabled quickbars.
Galactic Trade Network (GTN)
Numeric search terms are now allowed with no length restrictions. Non-numeric terms still must be at least 3 characters long, and each search must contain at least one non-numeric term.
Added a "Companion Customization" Subcategory to the Cartel Market Category.
Players can now list Cartel Market Companion Customizations on the GTN.
Sorting
Using the inventory sort feature while any items are currently being used in another window (such as mail, GTN, or trade) will no longer cause items to be destroyed from the inventory.
The "Compact" sort option will no longer compacting items from multiple Cargo Hold tabs instead of the selected Cargo Hold tab.
Miscellaneous Bug Fixes
Players will no longer lose access to purchased Speeder Piloting ranks when switching from Subscriber to Preferred Status.
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The first Packs of Shipment Two are now available for sale on the Cartel Market! Most items in the Regulator and Enforcer's Contraband packs are not found in the Shipment One Cartel Packs.
Players may now gain reputation with the Contraband Resale Corporation, a group loosely affiliated with the Hutt Cartel! Reputation Trophies for this organization are now available in new Contraband Packs, and a new vendor has been added to allow players to capitalize on this reputation.
Additional rewards have been added to many missions throughout the game. Players will find new Experience Boost items added to the end of important mission chains and some class missions
A new vehicle reward is available on the Gree Reputation Vendor - the Blue Sphere! Blue Sphere is an adaptive mount that requires Legend rank with the Gree Enclave.
Additional rewards have also been added to some Space Missions, including Space Experience Boosts and Weekly Access Passes (useful for Free-to-Play and Preferred Players).
Adjusted reductions to experience gains for Free-to-Play and Preferred players. There will no longer be a flat reduction rate applied at level 10. Instead, experience reductions will begin at level 12 and will gradually increase to the original flat rate at level 20.
Free-to-Play and Preferred Players no longer have a lower cap on the number of Commendations they may accrue compared to Subscribers.
Cartel Market
New Items
A new Contraband Pack, the Regulator's Contraband Pack, is now available on the Cartel Market. Cost: 160 Cartel Coins
A new Contraband Pack, the Enforcer's Contraband Pack, is now available on the Cartel Market. Cost: 320 Cartel Coins
Players can now purchase Hypercrates containing 24 Enforcer's Contraband Pack. (Discounted by 15% for a limited time!) Cost: 6,912 Cartel Coins
New Discounts
All Weekly Passes (Warzone, Flashpoint, Space Combat, Operations) are now discounted by 25%. Cost: 180 Cartel Coins
The Longspur Sportster is now discounted by 25%. Cost: 540 Cartel Coins
The Destroyer Armor Set is now discounted by 25%. Cost: 900 Cartel Coins
The Sand People Pillager Armor Set is now discounted by 50%. Cost: 720 Cartel Coins
Items Removed
Jawagram: "I Love You"
Jawagram: "It's a Surprise"
Golden Scalene Armor Set
All Level 43 Chestpieces
General
Permanently reduced the cost of Medical Probes to 400 Cartel Coins!
The description for Covert Energy Armor items now explains that they are invisible.
Changed the rarity level for several Cartel Market items.
Bug Fixes
The Covert Feet Energy Armor now has an icon.
The Preferred Access Bundle now has a bullet point that references the specific type of Display Title customization available.
Previously a bullet on the Cartel Market Storefront had the incorrect list of items included in a Cartel Market purchase. The bullet has been updated to show the correct list of items included.
Animations for the Carbonite Chamber will now last for itsproper duration.
Manka Cat pets have had their rarity and binding updated to be congruent with all other Cartel Market pets.
The "Flourish" emote no longer attempts to stow weapons.
Added missing emote icons.
Relics of the Gree Event
General
A new vehicle reward is available on the Gree Reputation Vendor - the Blue Sphere! Blue Sphere is an adaptive mount that requires Legend rank with the Gree Enclave. It is a reward offered to only the most dedicated bipedal data generators.
Using "Loot All" will no longer give incorrect "Access Denied" or "Unknown Container Result" error messages in some circumstances.
Quick Travel will now work as intended in event areas.
Added missing text to several places in the French and German versions.
The "Combat Specimen" mission now grants the correct title - "Combat Specimen." Players who have already completed the mission can get the title by entering the caves or Xenoanalyst's room during the event.
Event equipment will now display properly in the Preview Window.
Players who are standing on top of the Gree Energy Pylon when it becomes interactable will no longer fall through the ground.
Missions
Charging the Pylon: Gree Energy Orbs will now expire after 5 minutes (down from 10 minutes). Additionally, this mission now only requires players to charge the pylon twice, as opposed to four times.
Supplemental Research, Supplemental Catalysis: Enemies will now always drop Specimen Data Chips.
Advanced Analysis: Core Defense Droids will no longer display an invisible "combat" buff.
Data Retrieval, Data Recollection: Increased the Memory Core drop rate.
NPCS
Gravak'k and Surgok'k now drop one Galactic Reputation Trophy for each member of the Operations group (up to 24).
Players can no longer position themselves such that Gravak'k and Surgok'k do not damage them.
General
Adjusted reductions to experience gains for Free-to-Play and Preferred players. There will no longer be a flat reduction rate applied at level 10. Instead, experience reductions will begin at level 12 and will gradually increase to the original flat rate at level 20.
Free-to-Play and Preferred Players no longer have a lower cap on the number of Commendations they may accrue compared to Subscribers.
Companion Characters
HK-51
Using a mount, elevator, or the Legacy Rocket Boost unlock will no longer cause HK-51 to lose two stacks from the "Target Eliminated" buff.
Flashpoints and Operations
Operations
Terror From Beyond
Corrected an issue that prevented players from using Force Leap on the Grappling Tentacles.
Legacy
Galactic Reputation
Players may now gain reputation with the Contraband Resale Corporation, a group loosely affiliated with the Hutt Cartel! Reputation Trophies for this organization are now available in new Contraband Packs, and a new vendor has been added to allow players to capitalize on this reputation.
Companion characters can now equip gear earned through Galactic Reputation
Players will now receive a message when ranking up with an organization.
The Galactic Reputation Window will now update properly to indicate when players rank up with an organization.
Added the text "Next Rank:" to better clarify Galactic Reputation progress.
Cosmetic gear rewards from Galactic Reputation have had their required levels reduced to 10. This affects:
Voss Ambassador's gear
Hyperspace Hotshot gear
Section Guardian gear
Blue Scalene gear
Red Scalene gear
White Scalene gear
Gray Helix Weapons
Missions and NPCs
General
Additional rewards have been added to many missions throughout the game. Players will find new Experience Boost items added to the end of important mission chains and some class missions. Note that added rewards are similar to items available from the Cartel Market but will bind to the player when received.
Missions
Bounty Hunter
The Mandalorian Killer: Players who are defeated after reaching The Aurora's Engineering Deck will no longer be revived at a medical bay without the ability to progress past the medical bay doors.
PvP
Warzones
Huttball
Players will now successfully capture the Huttball if they are standing right next to the spawn shelf.
Space Combat
Additional rewards have been added to some Space Combat missions, including Space Combat Experience Boosts and Weekly Access Passes (useful for Free-to-Play and Preferred Players). Note that added rewards are similar to items available from the Cartel Market but will bind to the player when received.
Miscellaneous Bug Fixes
The Character Selection Screen will no longer incorrectly display characters as inactive when they are broken such that they require assistance.
Switching servers will no longer reset active characters for Preferred Status Players.
Corrected an issue that could falsely decrease the limit for active characters for Preferred Status Players.
Using /stuck during or directly after a holocall will now work as intended.
Expired mail messages will now be removed from mailboxes appropriately.
Corrected several missing cinematic elements.
Cast bars will no longer erroneously cut off the bottom of text.
1.7.2b Patch Notes 3/22/2013 General Bolster has been temporarily removed on The Western Ice Shelf of Ilum so that lower level players can no longer use the area to level up more quickly than intended.
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
A new Armor set is available on the Cartel Market. The Heartless Pursuer Armor Set is a collection of adaptive gear with no modifications. This armor set is available to any class. Cost: 1440 Cartel Coins.
A new Bundle is available on the Cartel Market. The Ultimate Leveling Bundle offers the player character perks to augment their experience gains. The character perks included increased Class Mission, Exploration, Flashpoint, Space Mission, and Warzone experience. Cost: 4100 Cartel Coins.
New Discounts
The Ivory Mouse Horranth is now discounted by 75%. Cost: 60 Cartel Coins.
The Unlock: Crew Skill Slot is now discounted by 30%. Cost: 294 Cartel Coins.
The Unlock: Crew Skill Slot (Account) is now discounted by 20%. Cost: 756 Cartel Coins.
The Customization Control: Unify Colors is now discounted by 30%. Cost: 245 Cartel Coins.
The Customization Control: Unify Colors (Account) is now discounted by 20%. Cost: 620 Cartel Coins.
The Sith Raider Armor Set is now discounted by 10%. Cost: 1296 Cartel Coins.
The X-3 Techmaster Armor Set is now discounted by 33%. Cost: 800 Cartel Coins.
The Noble Commander's Armor Set is now discounted by 33%. Cost: 800 Cartel Coins.
Expiring Discounts
All Weekly Passes are no longer 25% off.
The Longspur Sportster is no longer 25% off.
The Destroyer Armor Set is no longer 25% off.
The Sand People Pillager Armor Set is no longer 50% off.
Bugfixes
The /xantha and /kloo emotes now hide player weapons appropriately while active.
The /flourish emote no longer attempts to hide weapons.
General
The Improved Priority Transport: Personal Starship character unlocks have been enabled once again.
Flashpoints and Operations
Kaon Under Siege
The "Rakghoul's Bane" title will now be properly granted upon defeating the final encounter.
Items
General
The Rhythm Augmentation Droid has been modified to provide entertainment only to those within visual range.
Bugfixes
The Blue Sphere vehicle is no longer Bind on Pickup and now Binds to Legacy when purchased.
The Gold Scalene Armor set has had the minimum level corrected from 10 to 1.
Double-Bladed Lightsabers and Dual-Edge Vibroswords will now display both blades when using all abilities.
Corrected an issue where some chestpiece hoods would not display as intended with helms underneath. This fix only applies to those items which were incorrectly modified with Patch 1.7.1.
Missions and NPCs
Class Missions
Sith Warrior
The Transponder Station: Players will now be able to enter the Transponder Vessel phase entrance after leaving their personal starship.
Space Combat
The description for Republic Hyperspace Armada Reputation has been updated to include that trophies can be earned from Operation New Eclipse Missions.
The description for Imperial First Mobile Fleet Reputation has been updated to include that trophies can be earned from Operation Ascendant Pride Missions.
UI
Updated the tooltip for the Reputation Weekly Cap to clarify that weekly reset occurs on Tuesday.
Miscellaneous Bug Fixes
Added missing text to the Galactic Reputation and Cartel Market Windows in the French and German versions.
Corrected a visual issue that manifested while leaning sharply on speeders.
