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Hey everyone just wanted to take the time and answer some questions that have come up in the thread. 

First, I wanted to address what a Turret Zone is. This is essentially the radius in which you gain Defender points when standing near and objective for 30 seconds. This radius also accounts for gaining Attacker and Defender points on player kills. This allows for highly mobile fights that can stray further away from the node to still count towards each player's objective score who is within the radius and contributing to the fight. 

The second thing I wanted to address is on the topic of stalemates. Currently, if a node is unable to be captured by either team due to a stalemate then neither side will gain objective points. If this situation happens, players should be rota...

Hi everyone, 

We received reports that some players are seeing a maintenance error message when trying to log onto the PTS. We will be resetting the PTS shortly in order to see if this will fix the state that these players are in. Players who are currently on PTS should expect a bounce soon, but the server will come back up immediately after. 

Thanks!

Hi everyone, 

We received reports from players that they are unable to completely log onto the PTS as they do not see anything on the server list. If you are experiencing this, please follow these step so that we can do further investigation into this issue: 

• Send an email to [email protected] and in the subject line include "7.2.1 PTS - Empty Server List".
• Send us the host.developer.log file  C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Local\BioWare\Star Wars - The Old Republic Launcher\ on Windows
• Send us the client log located in the install directory \Star Wars-The Old Republic\publictest\retailclient\publictest\logs
• If possible, please indicate if you are experiencing this on the the launcher, Steam, both, or if one is working and not the other
• Be sure to include your account name!

Thanks all!

Hi all, 

Slightly repurposing the OP here to also include known issues for this current phase of PTS. I'll be updating this post as needed. Added the following:

Credit Economy

• Travelling between Strongholds doesn't always cost credits.
  • There is follow up info that can be found here. 
• Durability changes are not working

Thanks! 

25 minutes ago, go_rogue said:

Eric, a quick question on this. Is it for exiting to it's destination location, e.g. Alderaan stronghold exiting to Alderaan? What about Return to location from stronghold since one technically isn't travelling to a new location? E.g. I'm on Alderaan, I go to my Nar Shaddaa stronghold, then return to Alderaan?

Fair question, let me clarify within your example:

• You are on Alderaan. You go to your Nar SH and then use return to Alderaan. NO COST (you never actually traveled to another planet beyond the SH)
• You are on Alderaan. You go to your Nar SH and then exit area onto Nar Shaddaa. COST (you traveled to another location)

Generally speaking, Exit Area would have a travel cost and Return to Area would not.

-eric

3 hours ago, Enomars said:

Third test.  

New character. I pretended I didn't have 1 billion credits in my Legacy stronghold and just played normally. 

 

13 minutes ago, Siita said:

Hello!

I leveled a brand new toon on the PTS to level 10 aka a "fresh start". 

Having this kind of hands of testing, numbers, and feedback is very helpful, thank you! Appreciate you taking the time to start a new character and go through what would be a new player experience. 

Hi all, 

Appreciate everyone testing out the Warzone matches today. We're getting a lot of good feedback and data. One thing that the team would like to know is how many Medals you earned per match per win/loss. I'll be updating the OP with this question. 

Thanks!

Hey folks,

First off, thank you all for the feedback here in the thread and especially for those who have jumped on PTS and played around with the changes. There are some great points of feedback and questions in the thread and I want to respond to some of the themes we are seeing.

These changes are not enough!
You are correct, and we know that, but it is a starting point. It is very important that we make these changes slowly and that we monitor their impacts closely. There are some excellent suggestions in this thread for further changes that are already in the works. As we said up front, you should expect to see changes that focus on the economy throughout the next few updates.

We want to start small and in targeted ways. More changes are coming in future updates.

Let me give you some specifics based on suggestions I am seeing in the thread. We know that players exchanging high value items will often trade ...

17 hours ago, bockchow said:

Since my feedback keeps getting deleted I will try to not give suggestions, only provide the specific opinions allowed. ...

I am asking once again that general discussion of this topic be made in the general discussion thread here. This thread is specifically for players who have played on the PTS. Again, I underst...

Hi again, 

Reiterating once more to please keep this thread to PTS feedback. If you gone on the PTS and experienced these changes, feel free to answer the questions above along with any additional feedback you may have. General conversation and replies can be made in this thread instead. Mods will be removing posts here that are not focused on game play/experience from PTS so that we can consolidate info.  ...

Hi all, 

I understand that there is going to be a lot of conversation around this topic, but I ask that the feedback here is posted after you have gone through some game time on the PTS and experienced the adjustments. The team is asking for the specific questions in my original post to be answered, so please keep posts on topic. Completely fine if you have additional thoughts on the credit economy changes, but I ask that you all check out PTS live as that direct feedback will help us navigate changes going forward. 

And to reiterate, this is only the start of this initiative. "This will be an ongoing initiative that will be rolled out over several updates as we want to slowly introduce these new changes and give players time to adjust and also provide opportunities to give us feedback." 

Thanks, everyone! 

Hey everyone, 

With PTS opening soon, I just wanted to give an update on some changes coming in 7.2.1 to the medals system specifically on the Alderaan map and our philosophy behind some of these changes. To start with here are the changes: 

• Defender points per tick have been increased from 500 to 700 points per tick. 
• Turret Control Zones have been increased. 
• When within the control zones of a turret controlled by your team, you will receive 500 defender points when defeating a player. 
• When within the control zones of a turret controlled by the opposing team, you will receive 5...

Hi everyone, 

This is a follow up to the information we released in the Game Update 7.2.1 PTS blog post. ICYMI, 7.2.1 will be introducing initiatives to combat the inflation that is present in the game. We’ve seen conversations surrounding this topic, and we share similar sentiment to the concerns about the game’s economy. This will be an ongoing initiative that will be rolled out over several updates as we want to slowly introduce these new changes and give players time to adjust and also provide opportunities to give us feedback. 

We understand that there is demand to fix things now, but we are taking special care to introduce th...

Be sure to read this post first before jumping onto the PTS and submitting feedback in this thread! 

Alderaan Warzone Map:

• Is it easier to obtain Attacker and Defender points?
• Do you feel like you can earn 8 medals even if you do not win matches?

General PvP matches:

• Were matchups fair?
• If you participated in a match, please describe the makeup...

Be sure to read this post first before jumping onto the PTS and submitting feedback here! 

To reiterate, players will be able to see the following adjustments:

• Quick Travel now has a credit cost associated, with a minimum cost of 100 credits and a maximum cost of 5000. The cost to travel is dependent on the distance traveled.
• Priority Transport Terminal now costs the origina...