STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™ News

Hi folks! 

We’re now in the second half of 2024, and here to give you all a snapshot of Game Update 7.5.1 and what players can look forward to as we prepare for Game Update 7.6. 

Game Updates 

Game Update 7.5.1 “The Greatest Bounty” launched on August 20 and contains Galactic Seasons 7, the Vette and Aric Jorgan Date Night Missions, a plethora of Cartel Market offerings, and we kick started the beginning of our Twitch Drops campaign. 

Galactic Seasons 7 (GS7) is aptly named, The Greatest Bounty, as it leans into the playing the role of a Bounty Hunter. Our recurring Bounty Contract in-game event has been enabled for the duration of GS7 and it features the return of the 16 Dark vs Light event world bosses. More info can be found here. 

Game Update 7.5.1 also features two new weekly repeatable Date Night Missions starring the Sith Warrior companion, Vette and the Republic Trooper companion, Aric Jorgan! 

(Vette/Aric Jorgan)

We collaborated with our friends over at Lucasfilm Games to bring even more “inspired by” items to the Cartel Market. This update brought items such as the Deadly Outcast Armor inspired by The Acolyte series on Disney+ and weapons inspired by Star Wars: Visions™. All of the items can be seen here. 

(Deadly Outcast Armor)

We were also excited to announce the start of Twitch Drop campaigns. For 28 days post 7.5.1 launch, players who watch 4 hours of SWTOR content on Twitch could obtain the Orlean Voidstream mount. We have a variety of Drops planned out for the future, so stay tuned on further announcements. 

Game Update 7.5.1b launched on September 10 and included a number of bug fixes and additional Cartel Market offerings including the Corporate Security Outfit, weapons, and a new teal/orange dye module inspired by Disney+ series Andor and Ahsoka.
  


In late July, we released the limited time offer Master the Fight: Firebolt Edition bundle. This bundle includes: 

• 5,500 Cartel Coins 
  
• 180 Days of subscription and 600 Cartel Coins each month
  
• A Vectron 240R Firebolt Mount has a quick hotrod burst mode and is rideable at level 1
  
• 5 Primary and 5 secondary Metallic Red dyes for each character  

This bundle (valued at over $150) is available for a few more days.  Be sure to pick it up before September 23, 2024, if you want to get your hands on the speed boosted new mount, the red/black metallic dyes, and have extra Cartel Coins available for a variety of new items.



What’s coming up? 

We’re heads down on development for Game Update 7.6 “Galactic Threads”. This update is jam packed and you should expect to hear from us quite a bit! First up, in mid-October we'll be back with a video showcasing our new content type we teased on the 7.5.1 live stream along with the new Lair Boss as both of those head to PTS.

Then just a short while later in early November we'll be back for the full livestream you've come to expect where we reveal everything else coming in 7.6! We’ll talk about where the Galactic Threads story is going, details on our art modernization efforts, and more so stay tuned!

Last up, to close out this quarterly letter I have something really exciting to announce on the tech front. We are working on a native Mac launcher for SWTOR! 

We have been doing extensive internal testing for some time now on late model Mac computers and we are getting close to being ready to roll out that testing externally soon. Keep your eyes peeled to the forums in the next couple weeks as we will be posting more details on the technical requirements and testing plans for exactly how everything will work. 

This stays directly in line with one of the key goals I have talked about when we added Steam as a platform and when we came back to the APAC region, that we are going to keep pushing SWTOR onto new platforms and to new audiences wherever and whenever possible. And the cool thing about the Mac Client is it is the same game, on the same servers as the live game is now, so all of your existing data will be available!

That’s it for me today but thank you all for reading and I'll see you all soon.

-Keith 

(White Loth-cat Kitten Pet)

Galactic Seasons 7: “The Greatest Bounty” started with the launch of Game Update 7.5.1! Here is the list of the Season Objectives from September 17 - October 14.

September 17-September 23

September 24 - September 30

October 1 - October 7

October 8 - October 14

Here are all the new Cartel Market items that went live with Game Update 7.5.1!

Armors

Corporate Security Outfit inspired by Andor™

Weapons

Cunning Admiral Blaster Pistol inspired by Ahsoka™

SIS Service Pistol inspired by Andor™

Retractable Training Saber inspired by Andor™

Dyes

Teal/Orange and Orange/Teal Dye Modules (The Teal/Orange are the default colors of the Corporate Security Outfit)

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Cartel Market 

• Missing “inspired by” items have been restored under the respective “inspired by” tabs in the Cartel Market window.  

Gearing Progression

• Additional gearing progression adjustments will go live with 7.5.1b. Read details here. 

Galactic Seasons 7 

• Galactic Season 7 will now end on February 18th. Read details here.
  
• Dark Side and Light Side Tokens are now Legacy bound. 
  
  
  • The weekly limit to obtain these tokens has been increased to 200 each, however, the inventory cap will remain 100 per Legacy. 
    
  • Players who have over 100 Dark Tokens or over 100 Light Tokens across their Legacy are highly encouraged to spend them in order to continue to earn more after 7.5.1b is live. 

Original forum post can be found here. 

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• The PvP Gear vendor name now appears correctly in the item window. 
  
• Clicking the in-game button to enable in-game Cartel Coin purchases now directs to the appropriate page on the website. 
  
• Corrected a typo for the Isolationist Shive NPC. 
  
• Sorting Conquest objectives by name will now place CZ-198: Patrol next to other CZ-198 objectives as intended. 

Date Night 

Vette

• When using the Companion & Contacts “Travel to Alert Location” button for Vette’s Date Night mission, players are now able to walk into Vette’s room and trigger the Mission as intended. 
  
• Fixed an issue where Sith Pureblood characters' eyes remained closed throughout Vette’s Date Night Mission. 
  
• The SFX for the Date Night Mission are no longer missing.
  
• Vette’s character model on Makeb is now correctly leaning against the wall as intended. 
  
• For French and German clients: Fixed the mouth movements on the player and Vette character models when they speak.  
  
• Fixed the flickering texture on the Wampa’s arm. 
  
• The terminal no longer clips through Vette during the Date Night cinematic. 

Aric Jorgan

• Players can now enter the Alliance Base phase on Odessen and trigger the Date Night Mission cinematic as intended. 
  
• Interacting with Aric Jorgan in the open world after triggering the Date Night cinematic a first time no longer causes an additional 3 second cinematic to play. 
  
• Interacting with Aric Jorgan in the open world will now trigger his Date Night Mission cinematic as intended.   
  
• The SFX during Aric Jorgan’s Date Night Mission are no longer missing. 
  
• Aric Jorgan’s character model on Odessen is now correctly leaning against the pillar as intended.  
  
• Aric Jorgan’s character model on Odessen now wears armor that matches the set equipped by the companion character model. 
  
• A Mission icon is now displayed over Aric Jorgan’s character model on Odessen if a player triggers the Date Night Mission and backs out of the cinematic. 

Missions

• The Makeb repeatable Missions “Clean Bill of Health” and “Twisting the Truth” are now repeatable daily instead of weekly.
  
• Items needed to complete the Dantooine Mission “While You’re Out There” now spawn as intended. 
  
• Players that reset the Mission “Sinking History” are now able to rescan totems that they previously interacted with. 

Galactic Seasons

• The Achievement Title reward for completing “Season 7 Objective Master” has been updated to “The Greatest” as intended. 
  
• Characters over level 28 can now complete Bounty Contracts on Hutta and Ord Mantell. 
  
• Each player in a group now obtains one token after defeating a DvL boss. 
  
• The Collections description and plate description for the Galactic Seasons 7: Dangerous Game unlock now refers to Seasons 7 “The Greatest Bounty”. 
  
• Clarified that Bounty Contract Galactic Season objectives do not include Kingpin bounties as they have their own Galactic Season objectives. 
  
• Retired DvL Achievements that are no longer visible are now automatically untracked for players. 
  
• The “Dark Tidings” unlock is now available for purchase from Jaleit Nall’s inventory. 
  
• Fixed a typo and added a source in the Basilisk Prototype Customization 2 plate description. 

DvL World Bosses

• The “Agony” ability no longer persists when the boss is defeated. 

Basilisk Prototype Venture

• The Mek-Sha training mission descriptions now indicate that players can also complete Heroic missions. 
  
• Added RNG protection to help mitigate the Daily Area training steps of the Venture.

Items

• Fixed an issue that prevented the Galactic Seasons mounts earned from Seasons 4-7 from granting their enhanced speed bonuses. 
  
• The Deadly Outcast armor no longer displays a shiny overlay on the arms of characters that use Male Body Type 4. 
  
• The Honored Adepts’ Fitted Bracers appear the same color even when a dye is applied.  
  
• The following items now have dye slots: 
  
  
  • Brynjak Gloves
    
  • Brynjak Boots
    
  • Brynjak Wristguards
    
  • Super Hunter Gloves 
    
  • High Stakes Squadron Helmet
  
  
  
• The Dunestrider Dragon’s plate description has been updated to include color crystal clarification.  
  
• Fixed various textures on the Brynjak Leather and Superior Hunter armors that were stretching when the player character was riding on a mount.   
  
• Fixed an animation issue on the Superior Hunter helmet that warped when the player character blinks. 
  
• Fixed various textures on the following items that were stretching when the player character was in a combat stance or running: 
  
  
  • Dire Taskmaster’s Fitted Robe
    
  • Dire Overlord’s Fitted Robe
  
  
  
• Fixed various textures on the Devoted Disciple Armor that were stretching and clipping. 
  
• Fixed various textures on the Dark Harbinger Armor that were clipping. 
  
• The Gothic Master Armor set is no longer missing its Cartel Market image. 
  
• Updated the description for the following items to include their “inspired by” source: 
  
  
  • Armorsmith Helmet
    
  • Heavy Mandalorian Helmet
    
  • Mandalorian Commander Helmet
    
  • SMS Turbocharged Jetpack 
    
  • Chrome White & Metallic Gold Dye Bundle
    
  • Westar 19-B Weapon Bundle
    
  • Westar 19-C Weapon Bundle
  
  
  
• The Arctic Trooper’s Helmet now remains its default white color (if not dyed) regardless of the player's location. 
  
• The Primary Metallic Silver Dye module now appears more metallic than white. 
  
• The Farmland Grazer Cloth no longer clips with the Farmland Grazer Leggings. 
  
• Fixed a hitbox issue that made it difficult for players to interact with the Galactic Trade Network Kiosk decoration. 

Customizations

• Added Cathar species to the Short Locs customization description and tooltip.  

Operations

• The proximity rings VFX for Watchdog’s Polarity Bombs no longer disappear when placed on players. 
  
• Story and Veteran mode weekly missions for the R-4 Anomaly Operation can now be shared with group members. 
  
• The weekly mission for Story Mode R-4 Anomaly can now be completed 4 times per week. 
  
• Players are no longer able to walk through a gap between two walls and fall out of bounds in the Eternity Vault Operation.  

Flashpoints

• Players must now defeat the security canons in the Hammer Station Flashpoint in order to disengage the bridge in Section Zero. 

Events

• The Perfectly Ripe Vormfruit needed for the Dantooine Culinarian Achievement is now clickable as intended.
  

Defender Gilada now spawns as intended, allowing the Galactic Seasons 7 Objective "Ancient Enemies Returned II" to be completed.