[2023] 7.4 Livestream coming October 18th!

Hi all! 

Thanks to everyone who watched the stream today! I'll be making posts in the PTS sub-forums when we are ready to open up PTS. 

I also did see feedback regarding the jetpack codes, and we'll be brainstorming ideas on different ways to distribute fun promos during the next stream. Speaking of codes, don't forget to redeem code LotSVizla on this page to redeem a Shae Vizla poster Stronghold deco! If you have not gotten the Heta Kol poster, this code will also allow you to obtain that deco as well! 

Lastly, the recap article will be going up either later today or tomorrow. 

Again, thanks for joining us and we'll see you on the PTS! 

Hi all, 

I linked the recap of the stream in the OP. But just so this gets picked up on the dev tracker, here's the recap article!  I'm also consolidating some of the questions I'm seeing across various platforms. Will try to post a follow up soon! 

Hi all, 

I've got a few questions and answers from the team that I will share below. 

When is 7.4?

• As we get closer to the release itself, stay tuned for a specific release date. As we noted in the livestream (and noteworthy since the update contains a new Life Day reward), 7.4 is a holiday release.

Can we have the option to replay the class missions so we can see the lighting updates with our existing characters?

• This is definitely the kind of thing we have chatted about internally as something we would love to do, but making the original Class stories replayable or even viewable again is pretty monumental in scope. Not planned currently.

What will be done with HM R-4 Hazardous gear (from blue tokens.) Will this gear just stay as is or will there be an option to convert it to Rakata gear as well? Similar to Virulent gear

• There isn't an option to convert Hazardous to Rakata. That said, we'll be keeping an eye on feedback that comes in from players and data we collect to determine if adjustments are needed.

Regarding GTN, there was mention of the deposit becoming a fee. Does that mean it will no longer be refunded if the item doesn't sell?

• That is correct. 

What’s happening with PvP? 

As mentioned in the stream, PvP Season 4 will be starting on November 7th. Players can see the PvP Season 4 rewards now because they went in with 7.3.1. In similar fashion, Season 5 rewards will be going in with 7.4. We’ll have more details about Season 4 before it goes live. 

When it comes to matchmaking, we want to reiterate what Musco posted a while ago. Getting players into a match in a timely manner is going to be the highest priority when it comes to queuing for PvP. As a reminder: 

• We will try to match up players by their group sizes. We want to encourage matches of premades vs premades, etc.
• There are role limits per team. No more than 2 healers or 2 tanks per team in a Warzone.
• Players always have a hidden MMR (rough skill ranking) that we use to match them against other players.

To reiterate further, although matchmaking takes these rules into consideration, it will break them over time to get players into matches given the priority is to get players a pop. Any adjustments we make will be made based on the data we see and collect over time. 

Will the Dark vs Light event ever come back?

• There are currently no plans to bring back the DvL event. Reminder, that many of the DvL rewards are available in the game, notably on the Galactic Seasons vendor for GS tokens. 

When is the next Double XP event?

• No set date yet, but we anticipate running an event similar to last year’s timing. 

What about twitch drops for the next stream? Would it be hard to implement?

• Twitch drops are not possible right now as there would be some heavy lifting on the backend for us. We’re leaning more towards using a raffle tool for the next stream.

I did see other questions floating around and will try to get some answers next week!