SWTOR Patch 2.7 PTS patch notes for March 13 PTS update

General

• Season 1 rewards will be sent out to players who qualified with a Group rating.

Classes +Combat 
Jedi Knight 
Guardian

• Focused Defense has been redesigned: It now empowers you with 10 charges of Focused Defense, lasting up to 30 seconds. Whenever you take damage a charge of Focused Defense is consumed to heal you for a moderate amount. This ability can be used while stunned or otherwise controlled but cannot be used while above 70% health. Cooldown increased from 45 seconds to 2 minutes.

Sith Warrior 
Juggernaut

• Enraged Defense has been redesigned: It now empowers you with 10 charges of Enraged Defense, lasting up to 30 seconds. Whenever you take damage a charge of Enraged Defense is consumed to heal you for a moderate amount. This ability can be used while stunned or otherwise controlled but cannot be used while above 70% health. Cooldown increased from 45 seconds to 2 minutes.

Jedi Consular 
Sage

• The Unshakeable buff is now correctly placed on the Sage while Enduring Bastion is in effect.
• Enduring Bastion (from Force Barrier) now properly grants interrupt immunity while it is active.
• Presence of Mind now builds up a charge whenever the Sage deals damage with Telekinetic Throw. At 3 charges, the next Disturbance or Mind Crush is cast instantly and deals 35% more damage.

Telekinetics

• Concentration now decreases the pusback from Turbulance by 50%/100% (up from 35%/70%).
• The chance to trigger Tidal Force is now 100% (up from 60% for Disturbance and Turbulence and 20% for Forcequake) and is based on ability activation rather than dealing damage with Disturbance, Turbulence, or Forcequake. The 10-second rate limit remains.

Sith Inquisitor 
Sorcerer

• The Unshakeable buff is now correctly placed on the Sorcerer while Enduring Bastion is in effect.
• Enduring Bastion (from Force Barrier) now properly grants interrupt immunity while it is active.
• Wrath now builds up a charge whenever the Sorcerer deals damage with Force Lightning. At 3 charges, the next Lightning Strike or Crushing Darkness is cast instantly and deals 35% more damage.

Lightning

• Subversion now decreases the pushback from Thundering Blast by 50%/100% (up from 35%/70%).
• The chance to trigger Lightning Storm is now 100% (up from 60% for Lightning Strike and Thundering Blast and 20% for Force Storm) and is based on ability activation rather than dealing damage with Lightning Strike, Thundering Blast, or Force Storm. The 10-second rate limit remains.

Smuggler 
Gunslinger

• Corrected a tooltip error on the Flash Powder ability.
• Dodge will no longer give Gunslingers resistance to Force/Tech abilities. (PTS specific reverts to current Live functionality).

Dirty Fighting (Gunslinger)

• Hold Your Ground now reduces the cooldown of Defense Screen by 2/4 seconds (down from 7.5/15 seconds).

Scoundrel

• Knockout will now allow a Backblast from any position for 10 seconds instead of 1 minute and 5 seconds.
• Corrected tooltip for K.O. to properly say it affects Back Blast.

Sawbones

• Emergent Emergencies now re-grants Upper Hand when Emergency Medpac is activated regardless of the targets health percentage (up from only below 30%), but this re-grant can only occur once every ten seconds.

Dirty Fighting (Scoundrel)

• Scurry now has a 50%/100% chance to make the next Kolto Pack activate instantly, cost no energy, and not require or consume Upper Hand.
• Smuggled Defenses now reduces the cooldown of Defense Screen by 2/4 seconds (down from 7.5/15 seconds).

Imperial Agent 
Sniper

• Corrected a tooltip error on the Flash Powder ability.
• Evasion will no longer gives Snipers resistance to Force/Tech ability. (PTS specific reverts to current Live functionality).

Lethality (Sniper)

• Hold Your Ground now reduces the cooldown of Shield Probe by 2/4 seconds (down from 7.5/15 seconds).

Operative

• Jarring Strikes will now allow a Backstab from any position for 10 seconds instead of 1 minute and 5 seconds.

Medicine

• Surgical Precision now re-grants Tactical Advantage when Surgical Probe is activated regardless of the targets health percentage (up from only below 30%), but this re-grant can only occur once every ten seconds.

Lethality (Operative)

• Quickening now has a 50%/100% chance to make the next Kolto Infusion activate instantly, cost no energy, and not require or consume Tactical Advantage.
• Escape Plan now reduces the cooldown of Shield Probe by 2/4 seconds (down from 7.5/15 seconds).

Flashpoints +Operations

• The Lockouts tab will now show all the locked bosses as intended.
• In Assault on Tython, Darth Soverus wont leave people stuck in the air if he dies while players are lifted.
• Darth Soverus and Commander Jensyn now reset when kited out of their rooms in Assault on Tython.
• Master Oric Thraless will no longer jump behind the forcefield when jumping towards the left Datacron in Assault on Tython.
• During his encounter in Assault on Tython, Lord Goh will now properly approach the targeted Datacron when using Untold Knowledge.
• Nightmare Concussion Mine will now be properly removed during the Corruptor Zero encounter in Nightmare Dread Fortress.
• Corruptor Zero will no longer cast Unified Beam directly after a Nightmare Concussion Mine, allowing the debuff to be removed.
• Dread Master Brontes Energy Spheres will no longer target tanks, healers, or the same target twice in a row (except when there are fewer targets available).
• Reduced the radius of Security Chief Zokars Rocket Launcher ability in Czerka Corporate Labs.
• Added two more Kolto Stations to the Security Chief Zokar encounter in Czerka Corporate Labs.
• Added collision fields in Korriban Incursion and Assault on Tython to address situations where players could avoid boss abilities by climbing on the environment.
• Bounty Hunters have re-evaluated their morals and now have a light side choice on the Secure the Jedi Council Holoterminal mission step in Assault on Tython.
• The Codex entry "Taking The Sith Academy" is now granted to all players upon entering the Korriban Incursion Flashpoint.

Galactic Starfighter 
General

• Ambient music has been added to the Denon Exosphere.
• Objectives captured by your team on the Denon Exosphere map are now correctly shown in green.

Ships + Hangar

• The S-SC4 Bloodmark and the FT-3C Imperium have had Ship Mastery achievements added.

Component + Crew

• Seeker Mines now have a proper in-game model.

Missions + NPCs

• Lord Gohs riveting game of the floor is lava has ended and he is no longer shown as standing on a chair during a cinematic during the Mission Forged Alliances: Part I.
• The final conversation with Lana Beniko during the Forged Alliance: Part I mission now grants the Lana Beniko Codex entry.

Warzones

• The PvP interface now properly states that players are in Pre-Season Two.