Star Wars: The Old Republic Dev Tracker

Morning, everyone!

We will be taking down the servers in approximately 15 minutes. 

Hi everyone, 

During tomorrow's maintenance, we will be taking down the PTS. We will not be reopening it as we will be working on polishing up 7.4. That said, I'll get a high level overview post together to let you all know what's being worked on until 7.4 launch. This will not be a comprehensive list as we'll save that for the full patch notes, but this should give you a glimpse into what we are working after getting feedback from PTS test...

Hi all, wanted to clarify that the survey is being randomly sent out to players who have had active accounts over an unspecified amount of time. And they are being sent throughout the week. Appreciate everyone who fills it out and offers constructive feedback!

On 10/26/2023 at 6:17 PM, TrixxieTriss said:

Question re: Master mode chapters.

If we run them as a group, will everyone in the group get 8 OP-1 Catalysts each? Or is only the lead player eligible for the reward? 

For 7.4, only the player running the chapter will get the OP-1 Catalysts. We are, however, looking into options to make them available to the entire group in a future update.

Hi everyone, 

We will be continuing on with migrating our backend tools over to the cloud. This next step requires us to bring down servers for a period of time, so we will be doing more backend maintenance this week. Details below: 

• Date: November 9th 
• Time: 7am CT / 1pm UTC
• Estimated downtime: 5 hours

I’ll post updates in this thread when I have them. Thanks for your patience through this process!
 

The SWTOR site and character transfer pages are available again. 

Thanks all! 

Hi everyone, 

We will be bringing down the SWTOR website and character transfer pages again tomorrow at 8am CT / 2pm UTC for backend maintenance. This is part of the process of migrating our tools over to the cloud. One of these tools impacts account purchases. Estimated downtime: 2hrs.

To avoid any issues with account purchases via the website and Steam, we encourage players to make account purchases once maintenance is over. 

Purchases in-game will not be affected by this maintenance and can be made normally.

Additionally, servers will not be impacted during this time, so players can continue to play as normal. I will post updates here as I get them. 

Thanks!
 

Hi there,

Thanks for the reports. They were forwarded onto the appropriate teams.

As a reminder, I do ask that reports of this nature be submitted using the in-game tools so the right teams get eyes on the reports and the relevant info can be pulled and investigated.
I also want to clear up a misconception about the moderators here. The forum moderators are not part of the Terms of Service team, they manage the forums only.  Naming and shaming and calling out other players is not permitted on the forums, so please report players using the in-game tools or if needed, send me a PM.

Thanks!

19 minutes ago, BenKatarn said:

So, since you are using the word "currently", do you have any intention of addressing this issue? You are killing half the GTN's armor listings this way, unless you are trying to move people more into dealing with Cartel Market gear. If I put this gear into the outfitter, yeah, it'll list it as "Unidentified Guardsman's Chestguard" instead of "Echani Guardsman's Chestguard", but that isn't the issue here. People are not buying this old gear for the stats (usually, at least), they are buying it for the appearance, usually also because of unique color variants. The blue prototype versions of these armor pieces usually also feature a different coloring form the normal green premium quality versions.

It really cannot be your intention to make so much gear unavailable to be sold, not unless you have something in mind to keep this stuff somehow available, like making it all available for ...

Hello folks! Thank you so much for all the feedback, especially from those of you that have hopped on PTS and given it a fair shake! I wanted to take a moment to answer some of your questions.

On 10/27/2023 at 1:36 PM, BenKatarn said:

Am I correct in assuming you are talking about gear that usually has a prefix to its name that is based on one of Star Wars' many companies, i.e. Adascorp, InterroTek, QorWorks etc, or in the case of low level gear, named after a race, i.e. Cerean, Gamorrean, Echani, with each of those prefixes implying a specific stat distribution?

Yes, these are the type of items that currently are incompatible with the new GTN due to the way the random elements of the items work. The system currently would make those pieces become unidentified and the item the buyer would receive would not necessarily be the item you listed.

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Hi everyone, 

We have pushed a new build for 7.4 on the PTS. Please review the updated known issues list and the changelog to see the updates that went into this build. I'll keep you all posted on further updates. 

Thanks!

Hi again, 

A new PTS build has been pushed and is now live. Please continue to use the above linked threads to leave feedback on 7.4 content!

I also did see a request for the 7.4 class balance changes. They are listed below: 

Sniper / Gunslinger

• Engineering / Saboteur
  • Reduced the critical damage bonus given to Explosive Probe / Explosive Charge from the Lazer Targeting / Sequential Targeting mod to 20% (from 25%).

Juggernaut / Guardian

• Vengeance / Vigilance
  • Removing the cooldown reduction from Major Fracture / Cauterizing Brand
  • Fixed an issue with Deep Cuts where it wasn't properly increasing periodic damage critical hit chance

Powertech / Vanguard

• Pyrotech / Plasmatech
  • Superheated Fuel now...

Hi everyone, 

We're working on getting another iteration of PTS out today! We'll let you know when it goes live. In the meantime, please check out Joe's GTN thread here and use that space to offer feedback when you've had some time testing out the GTN. 

Thanks!  

Hello there!

With the Public Test Server live I wanted to take a moment to dive into what’s changed, what the plan is moving forward, and how you fit into it all. TLDR: We want your feedback and need your help to improve this feature further.

There’s a lot of things that have changed in the backend that will be hard to see at first, but I hope you’ll agree that the new system is better overall for both the current Galactic Trade Network and the future!

The version of the GTN that is available on the PTS is in many ways still work in progress, you might find bugs or issues with it as well as find some features you preferred have changed or been removed. We wanted to get this into your hands as soon as we possibly could to ensure that we get your feedback while still having the time necessary to act on that feedback. Feel free to report issues or bugs, share feedback, and I assure you that we will do our best to address them.

Hello everyone,

This post will serve as a one stop check-in that will provide a snapshot status report of all components that are being tested in PTS for Game Update 7.4 “Chains in the Dark”.  Expect this post to be updated on an ongoing basis to reflect changes and updates regarding PTS as time passes.

Updated as of 11/2/23

Known issues:

General

• When traveling to Kessan’s Landing, Imperial characters must click on Kessan’s Landing BEFORE clicking “Travel now”. If this is not done, players will see an “Error, data not found” message.
• Map inaccuracies. (Missions markers are not impacted)
• Some animations may not work properly
• [NEW] Daily Area rewards are set up with the Reputation vendor except for decorations
• [NEW] Daily Area decos are not dropping

World boss FR3...

For those who may have missed the stream, here’s a breakdown of the changes coming to gearing. 

The power ceiling is being raised. Here are the new maximum Item Ratings for gear coming with 7.4.

• Noble Decurion - 340
• Supreme Decurion - 340
• Tionese - 340
• Columi - 340
• Rakata - 344
• Thyrsian - 336

Players who have acquired the Virulent armor from The R-4 Anomaly will be able to exchange their armor for Rakata armor at the R-4 Veteran Exchange vendor in the supplies section of the fleet using R-4 Veteran Gear Tokens, OP-1 Catalysts, and credits.

Implants will no longer drop from bosses or be given from upgrade crates above Item Rating 336. This will make it easier for players to focus on Legendary Implants. Any previously obtained Implants can still be upgraded on the Fleet.

Our dynamic smuggling duo, Hyde and Zeek, has upped their ante a...

Please answer the questions below to leave feedback on the new world boss, FR3-D0M!

• What role were you when you attempted the world boss?
• How many players and companions were with you when you fought the world boss?
• Did you find the world boss appropriately challenging?
• Were any of the world boss abilities confusing or unclear?
• Were you able to successfully defeat the world boss?
• What did you like and dislike about the world boss?
• Were there any issues or bugs you encountered with the world boss?