STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™ News

Feast of Prosperity

Date: October 8 - November 5 (BEGINS AND ENDS AT 5:00AM PST/12:00PM GMT)
Requirement: Level 20+

Over the years, the Hutt Cartel’s reputation has taken a hit. The once powerful organization no longer instills respect and fear. To restore the Cartel’s influence, two up-and-coming Hutts, Gaboorga the Abundant and Duuba the Magnanimous, are throwing the most lavish “charitable banquet” in history for the galaxy’s underprivileged. And if the Cartel happens to advance their business interests during the Feast, everyone wins!

If Gaboorga and Duuba can cooperate, they could rocket the Cartel back into the upper echelons of the galactic underworld. But the Hutts’ conflicting priorities means they’re constantly undermining each other. Each week a new Story Mission will unlock to progress this storyline, leading to the climatic choice during the third and final week: Gaboorga or Duuba? Only one Hutt can win, and the fate of the Feast of Prosperity is at stake. Choose wisely!

For players that participated in the event when it previously ran, you'll be able to immediately jump into the Daily Missions and mini-games! If this will be your first time experiencing the event, each week a Story Mission will unlock - progressing the conflict between Gaboorga and Duuba.

FEATURED REWARDS:

• [NEW] Feast Thermalguard Outfit
  
• [NEW] Regal Grill Bar Decoration
  
• [NEW] Regal Chandelier Vessel Decoration
  
• [NEW] Regal Banquet Table Decoration
  
• [NEW] Regal Table Chair Decoration
  
• [NEW] Regal Grill Barstool Decoration
  
• [NEW] Regal Banquet Rug Decoration
  
• [NEW] Regal Floral Arrangement Decoration
  
• [NEW] Regal Wall Garden Decoration
  
• [NEW] Regal Wall Sconce (Single) Decoration
  
• [NEW] Regal Wall Sconce (Double) Decoration
  
• [NEW] Aqualish Banquet Guest Decoration
  
• [NEW] Bith Banquet Guest Decoration
  
• [NEW] Ishi Tib Banquet Guest Decoration
  
• [NEW] Snivvian Banquet Guest Decoration
  
• Gourmand’s Favorite Weapon Set
  
• Duuba and Gaboorga Transport Skiffs
  
• Feast Holo-Toy
  
• Feast Trader's Armor Set
  
• Roast Scyk Belly and Feast of Prosperity Poster decorations
  
• Feast Attire and Feast Preparation Hat
  
• Feast Ingredient Transport Mount
  
• Hairless Mudhorn and Earthen Thurrb Mini-pets
  
• Feel the Groove and Toast emotes
  
• Overstuffed Backpack and Food Launcher Toys
  
• ... and more!
  

(Regal Grill Bar and Regal Banquet Table decorations)

(Regal Table chair, Bith, Aqualish, Ishi Tib, and Snivvian Guest Decorations, Regal Banquet Rug Decorations)

(Regal Wall Sconce (single), Regal Wall Sconce (double), and Regal Wall Garden Decorations)

(Regal Floral Arrangement Decoration)

(Regal Chandelier Vessel)

General 

• In-game reward mail will no longer contain multiple items.
  
• “Your reward is here!” in-game mails now contain the correct items. 
  

Galactic Seasons 7 

• Fixed an issue that caused the Preeda the Butcher boss fight to reset. 
  
• Completing the following Bounty Contracts now gives progress toward the Season 7 Objective Master Achievement: 
  
  • Hutta
    
  • Ord Mantell
    
  • Tatooine
    
  • Nar Shaddaa
    
  • Voss
    
    
  
• The Furious Brynjak mount has been added to Jaliet Nall’s weekly inventory rotation and will be available on weeks B and D. 
  
• The Armored Brynjak mount will be available in Ki’at Thavo’s inventory: 
  
  • For players who have a free or Preferred account 
    
  • Subscribers can purchase when the season is over if they do not obtain it from the reward track
    

We will be bringing down the servers on October 1, 2024 to deploy Game Update 7.5.1c.

• Time: 7:00am CT / 12:00pm UTC
  
• Estimated downtime: 4 hours
  

Patch notes will be available here on Monday.

Following Keith’s announcement in the Q3 Producer letter that the team has been internally testing a Mac launcher, we’re happy to announce opening up a test session for players who are interested in seeing how SWTOR performs with MacOS on Macs with Apple Silicon.

We will be hosting a closed technical test for eligible players in the coming days. Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Players who have an active subscription or Preferred account.
  
• Players who use a Mac with an M-Series Chipset: M1, M2, etc…
  
• MacOS 14 Sonoma or newer - Older MacOS versions will not work during this test.
  
• This is not compatible with pre 2020 Macs with Intel processors. To find out if you have an Intel-based Mac, following these steps:
  
  • Click the Apple icon in the upper left corner
    
  • Choose “About this Mac”
    
  • If the window shows an item labeled “chip”, you have a Mac with Apple Silicon and you will be able to participate in this test.
    
  • If the window shows an item labeled “processor”, you have an Intel-based Mac and will not be able to participate in this test.
    

Please keep the following in mind:

• While this is a technical test, the launcher will be using a live environment.
  
• This is a technical test, so unexpected issues may pop up such as not being able to log into the game or the client crashing. Should these issues occur, there will not be loss of data eg. inventory or characters.
  
• All technical tests will be available in EN only.
  

If you meet the criteria above and are interested in helping us test the Mac Launcher, please fill out this form! If you are accepted into the test, you will receive an email with further instructions from us.

We will keep the form open until October 8.

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