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Game Update 7.8a Patch Notes

[p]Wreckage on Dantooine Dynamic Encounters[/p]
  • [p]The Spore-Coated Mass, Ejected Sludge Container, and Supercooled Crystalline Shard interactables in the Dantooine Crash Site now despawn and respawn as intended.[/p]
  • [p]The Orbital Core now gives progress towards the mission "\[WEEKLY] Priority Targets". [/p]
  • [p]\[Wreckage on Dantooine] Corrected an issue that prevented the \[Glacial Encounters] and \[Cold, Hard Data] missions from being granted correctly if certain biome crossover encounters were active.[/p]
  • [p]Dynamic Encounters on Dantooine now give progress towards the mission "\[WEEKLY] The Shifting Tides".[/p]
  • [p]\[Caretaker Unit K-6] Fixed an issue where the Caretaker K-6 droid could be defeated without completing the event.[/p]
  • [p]\[Glacial Trespass Biome] The Security Terminal conversation now advances the biome’s progress as intended. [/p]
  • [p]\[The Cryonest Matron] Decreased the boss' health and the increased the respawn time on the minions to balance the difficulty of the encounter. [/p]
  • [p]\[Gelid Tendrils] The Tendrils can now be defeated and the encounter advances as intended. [/p]
  • [p]Dynamic Encounters[/p]
  • [p]Timers are now shown in the tooltip when hovering over a Dynamic Encounter icon on the World Map as intended. [/p]
[p]Items[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where the Contained Spore Bomb wasn't applying vulnerability properly.[/p]
  • [p]The Greb Besrik Holo Decoration can now be unlocked.[/p]
[p]Missions[/p]
  • [p]\[Galactic Threads Crit Path] Fixed an issue that caused missions to be granted repeatedly or not be granted at all. [/p]
    • [p]Hotfix was deployed on December 9, 2025[/p]
  • [p]\[Dark Heart of the Fortress] Darth Nul's Datacron now appears properly throughout the mission.[/p]
  • [p]\[Dark Heart of the Fortress] Lana Beniko now only appears once during the cinematic. [/p]
  • [p]\[On the Run] French client only. Characters’ lips and voiced dialogue are now synced during this scene.  [/p]
[p]Operations[/p]
  • [p]\[R4-Anomaly] Corrected an issue that caused IP-CPT to activate Disproportionate Intrusion Response while invulnerable.[/p]
[p]Class Balance Changes[/p]
  • [p]Hunter Killer Droid/Advanced Recon Droid cooldown increased from 20s to 45s, Range decreased from 30m to 10m, AoE size decreased from 6m to 5m.[/p]
  • [p]Hunter Killer Droid/Advanced Recon Droid no longer gives an unintended 30% AoE damage reduction and now properly gives 30% damage reduction while stunned.[/p]
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