STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™ News

Get ready for the Nar Shaddaa Nightlife event!

The Nar Shaddaa Nightlife event begins today! During the next six weeks, players can test their luck and earn new rewards such as the High Stakes Squadron Helmet!


(High Stakes Squadron Helmet with High Roller Armor Set dyed with Chrome White / Gold module)

This reward can be obtained from the Emperor’s Grace Machines located in the main areas of the Star Cluster and Club Vertica Casinos.

Other event featured rewards include:

• High Roller Skiff Mount
  
• High Roller Armor Set
  
• Kingpin’s and Nightlife Socialite Armor Sets
  
• Phrojo Nuray and Gammorean Bodyguard Companions
  
• Vectron Magnus and Kingpin's Rancor Mounts
  
• Kingpin’s Predator Mount
  
• Taxidermy Stronghold Decorations
  
• Cartel Market Certificates
  
• High Roller Shades
  
• Replica C1-4W Mini-pet
  
• Kingpin’s Grigna Mount
  
• Blast Pad Floor Trap and Frost Floor Trap Stronghold Decorations
  
• High Roller Weapons
  
• Lucky Pritarr Mount
  
• Fiery Grefna Chick
  
• Proud Pritarr Cub
  
• Shimmering Ginx
  
• …and more!
  

(High Roller Skiff Mount)


(High Roller Weapons. From left to right bottom: High Roller Blaster Pistol, High Roller Blaster Rifle, High Roller Cannon, High Roller Sniper Rifle, High Roller Lightsaber, and High Roller Lightstaff.)

Some adjustments have been made this year to how the machines work and how the Lucky and Good Karma buffs affect plays. Be sure to read up on all the details here!

Players with a keen eye will notice that modernization has begun on Nar Shaddaa! The first updates are to the slot machines around the planet, in the Nightlife event, and even in your Strongholds if you have them as Decorations.


(Modernized slot machine - before and after)


(Modernized slot machines)

The event will run from July 9th to August 20th, so you don’t have to spend all your credits on the first day!

Nar Shaddaa Nightlife Date: July 9- August 20 (BEGINS AND ENDS AT 12:00PM GMT)
Requirement: None!

Test your luck at the exotic Star Cluster and Club Vertica Casinos with the return of the Nar Shaddaa Nightlife event! Rare and extravagant rewards await high-rollers or those touched by Lady Luck. For those of you wanting a change in scenery, the event has broadened its horizons and is also happening on Mek-Sha. New Daily Missions and rewards await all those flushed with credits.

FEATURED REWARDS:

• High Stakes Squadron Helmet
  
• High Roller Skiff Mount
  
• High Roller Armor Set
  
• Kingpin’s and Nightlife Socialite Armor Sets
  
• Phrojo Nuray and Gammorean Bodyguard Companions
  
• Vectron Magnus and Kingpin's Rancor Mounts
  
• Kingpin’s Predator Mount
  
• Taxidermy Stronghold Decorations
  
• Cartel Market Certificates
  
• High Roller Shades
  
• Replica C1-4W Mini-pet
  
• Kingpin’s Grigna Mount
  
• Blast Pad Floor Trap and Frost Floor Trap Stronghold Decorations
  
• High Roller Weapons
  
• Lucky Pritarr Mount
  
• Fiery Grefna Chick
  
• Proud Pritarr Cub
  
• Shimmering Ginx
  
• …and more!
  

(High Stakes Squadron Helmet)



The All Worlds Ultimate Swoop Rally Date: July 9-July16 (BEGINS AND ENDS AT 12:00PM GMT)
Requirement: Level 20+

In the growing shadow of war, swoop fans across the galaxy descend on Dantooine, Tatooine, and even Onderon for the sport’s biggest spectacle—The All Worlds Ultimate Swoop Rally! They’re packing the stands, eager to take their minds off their troubles and cheer their favorite swoop gangs. The bikers are here to take on dangerous challenge courses, show off their piloting skills, and flaunt their souped-up swoop bikes. The thunder of the engines, the deafening applause from the fans, the wind battering their helmets… there’s no bigger rush for these thrill seekers.

Despite their reputation as wild rebels whose makeshift courses disregard local districting restrictions, swoop gangs aren’t a serious threat to anyone--something all true swoop fans know! They just love adrenaline-pounding speed, sweet jumps, and big explosions, and the All Worlds Ultimate Swoop Rally combines all three in one crowd-pleasing package. The biggest gangs on the circuit — Horizon’s Razor, the Pit Screamers, and the Blatant Beks — are ready to show their fans a great time.

FEATURED REWARDS:

• Swoop Rally Mounts (regular and gold versions)
  
• Swoop Gang Outfits
  
• Promotion Droid Mini-pets
  
• Various Stronghold Decorations
  
• …and more!
  

Rakghoul Resurgence on Alderaan Date: July 23-July 30 (BEGINS AND ENDS AT 12:00PM GMT)
Requirement: Level 25+

The Hyland Organization for Rakghoul Neutralization (T.H.O.R.N.) has issued an official level-2 emergency alert concerning an outbreak of the Rakghoul plague on Alderaan. Quarantines have been put in place to restrict traffic of the plague off-world, but exceptions will be made for individuals with priority clearance.

T.H.O.R.N. is recruiting qualified volunteer emergency responders to travel to affected areas to combat the spread of the Rakghoul plague. More information about the outbreak can be found by checking the News Terminals on the Republic or Imperial Fleet!

T.H.O.R.N. wishes to remind you that plague symptoms can be treated if they are identified in the early stages of infection. Whether or not you have travel plans, please consult your nearest trusted medical supply droid and get vaccinated!

FEATURED REWARDS:

• Reputation with THORN
  
• Merciless Seeker’s Armor Set
  
• THORN Epicenter and Dark Vector Armor Sets
  
• Outbreak Response Weapons
  
• Alliance Contact - Doctor Lokin
  
• Infected Varactyl and Infected Dewback Mounts
  
• Ferocious Rakghoul Mini-pets
  
• …and more!
  
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Hi folks!

June 2024 is upon us, and this marks not only the second quarter of the year, but also our one year anniversary with Broadsword Online Games. In the past year, we’ve pushed out five content updates and 11 patches, a new APAC server, and collaborated with Lucasfilm Games to bring Ahsoka and The Acolyte inspired items to the game. And there’s much more coming! First let’s take a look at what we’ve done since Q1 and then I can give you a glimpse into what’s coming up next.

Q2 Highlights

The month of May is always a fun time for anyone who is a fan of Star Wars™! We celebrated Star Wars™ Day by releasing a droid mini-pet inspired by The Phantom Menace in celebration of the film’s 25th Anniversary!



We also hosted the Game Update 7.5 livestream in early May to give players a glimpse into the content that would be coming with the “Desperate Defiance” update.

What’s in Game Update 7.5?

In short, a lot! Not only does 7.5 contain the next story arc, but we also introduced a new seasonal event, PvP Season 6 “Great Pirate Hunt, new player customizations, and a Venture system that would allow players to obtain their very own Basilisk War Droid companion.

In the story content, players will be teaming up with Sa’har Kateen to retrieve Darth Nul’s holocron and the choices made will help shape her path as a Padawan. Players will be returning to Hutta, and the art team took the opportunity to modernize the origin planet. Various textures and environments have been updated and a new area, the Minboosa District, has been built for the new story content.
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Subscribers who have completed Lane Vizla’s story missions can now embark on a Venture system that provides them an opportunity to train a Basilisk Prototype named B3-S1 and eventually obtain her as a full-fledged companion. Fully training B3-S1 will unlock all of her abilities and final appearance.



The start of PvP Seasons will now be tied directly to game updates going forward. PvP Season 6 "Great Pirate Hunt" began with Game Update 7.5, and players can begin to earn new rewards such as the Cosmic Corsair and Corsair Radiance Armor sets. More details about PvP Season 6 can be found here.

The Dantooine Spring Abundance Festival event has been added to SWTOR’s annual schedule, completing the seasonal event calendar. Players gain access to Blba Groves on Dantooine where they must take care of a new farmstead. This year's event has concluded, but while the event is active, players can partake in fun missions such as harvesting and cultivating plants, baking and sample pies, rehabilitating injured or abandoned animals and more!

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Game Update 7.5 also gave us a chance to collaborate with our friends at Lucasfilm Games to bring items inspired by The Acolyte to the Cartel Market. This was a phenomenal opportunity for us as we are the only Star Wars title in existence to have The Acolyte inspired by items in-game.



And that brings us to today.


What’s coming up?

Game Update 7.5b is now live and contains various bug fixes and even more items inspired by The Acolyte! See all of the items here!

(Devoted Disciple hairstyle, armor, lightsaber, and dualsaber)

We’ll be hosting the 7.5.1 developer livestream sometime in July/August to reveal the next batch of Date Night Missions and details on Galactic Seasons 7. This stream will also be the first time we enable the Twitch Drops program, so be sure to tune in for more details!

The Nar Shaddaa Nightlife event will be live on July 9th and lucky players will be able to obtain the new High Stakes Squadron Helmet from the Emperor's Grace machine!



There’s quite a bit that the team has done this year, and even more to come for the rest of the year. I look forward to sharing all the juicy details in due time. Until then, please enjoy Game Update 7.5 and all the new content within.

Thank you for reading and we’ll see you at the 7.5.1 livestream!

-Keith

The Devoted Disciple Appearance Customization, weapons, and armor inspired by The Acolyte have come to the Cartel Market with Game Update 7.5b!

Player Customizations

Appearance Options: Devoted Disciple



Armors

Devoted Disciple Armor Set

(Headpieces pictured above: Devoted Disciple Hood and Devoted Disciple Hood with hair)

Weapons

Devoted Disciple Lightsaber



Devoted Disciple Lightsaber

Highlights 

Nar Shaddaa Nightlife Event

• Test your luck at the exotic Star Cluster and Club Vertica Casinos with the return of the Nar Shaddaa Nightlife event coming July 9th!
  

Nar Shaddaa Modernization

• Modernization has begun on Nar Shaddaa! The first updates are to the slot machines around the planet, in the Nightlife event, and even in your Strongholds if you have them as Decorations.
  

Basilisk Prototype Venture 

• New Daily Area specific Training Modules are now available to purchase from HK-24 in Lane’s lab.
  
• Basilisk Training Missions can now be completed while players are mounted or transformed.
  
• The Collected Research Item for the Basilisk Prototype Venture can no longer be used if all granted currencies are capped.
  
• Bonus Missions will now be properly granted after players pick up Heroic Missions for Oricon, The Black Hole, and CZ-198.  
  
• The Bonus Mission, “Basilisk Prototype: Combat Training” will now be granted after picking the Colossal Threat Daily Mission from the terminal. 
  
• Combat Training Modules for Iokath can now be used as intended when the only remaining Iokath Dailies are Faction specific Missions.   
  
• The Mission Complete Windows for “Starting Out”, “Stabilized”, and “Memory Chip” now have icons. 
  
• Training Missions now properly progress when the CZ-198 Heroic Mission is complete.
  
• The Mek-Sha training Mission descriptions and Mission steps will now indicate when the player can complete Heroic Missions. 
  
• Training Module items can no longer be used once the training Mission daily limit has been reached.   
  
• The icon for “Training Mission” in the Mission tracker window is no longer missing.
  
• The “Training Reminder” Mission now scales properly with the player’s character level. 
  
• The Support and Defensive training Missions for Yavin 4 now scale properly with the player’s character level.
  
• TheHeroic Training: Section X (Bonus) mission now scales properly with the player’s character level. 
  
• The tooltip for the “Discharge” ability now displays the correct damage value. 
  
• The tooltip for the “Pulse-Fire Cannon” ability now displays the correct damage value. 
  
• The tooltips for the original and upgraded “Regenerative Burst” ability now display the correct healing values.  
  

Dantooine Spring Abundance Festival

• The “Scan for Tauntaun Nests” ability will now only be visible when players need to complete that step as intended.
  
• The “Pet” ability now stays visible even if players jump from one enclosure to the other during the “Creature Rehabilitation” Mission. 
  
• The “Pet” ability will no longer appear during the “A Real Fixer-Upper” Mission. 
  
• Fixed an issue where environment assets near the Mission Terminal in Blba Groves would disappear when viewed at certain camera angles.   
  
• The Gentle Heart Hidden Achievement now works as intended.
  
• The Zap a Fish Mission rings now indicate how long they will remain active. 
  
• The Blba Groves and Dantooine planet area will now use the same chat channel. 
  
• The plate art for the Dantooine Spring Abundance Festival codex entry is no longer missing. 
  
• The red lighting VFX for the Westar 19 Sniper Rifles now properly aligns with the weapon texture.
  

Desperate Defiance

• The jetpack used in the mission “Sundering” will now disappear when players clear the gap and approach the door to escape.
  
• In the mission “Sundering”, players who may get stuck inside the Holocron Machine during the first phase of the fight will now be teleported outside of it once the second phase begins.
  
• Sa’har will now respond appropriately according to the decisions players made regarding the prisoners during the mission “Sundering”.    
  
• The Hidden Chain and Refinery enemies in the Minboosa Shipping Facility drop loot as intended.
  
• Fixed an issue where a player could end up blocked from progressing during the “Defeat the Hidden Chain Guards” step in the “Sundering” Mission.
  
• Proximity, combat audio cues, and dialogue now work properly for the Hidden Chain Leader NPC in the Shipping Port.  
  
• Adi Vonapa’s codex entry now uses the intended icon. 
  
• Fixed typos in the “Enter the Factory Through the Tunnels” Mission description.
  
• French Client specific: NPC audio lines heard when obtaining the Industrious Medicine mission and investigating the Shipping Port’s Warehouse no longer cut off abruptly.
  

Cinematics (Desperate Defiance)

• Ri'kan now becomes neutralized during the second phase of the “Sundering” mission, allowing Sa'har to drop from combat and not interrupt the cutscene.
  
• Fixed Sa’har’s facial expressions and animations in various cutscenes. 
  
• Sa’har no longer remains idle when the player character and Adi run toward the exit in the Mission “The Path Below”.
  

General

• It is once again possible for players to have a flying mini-pet and ground mini-pet active at the same time.
  
• Defeating enemy NPCs in the Minboosa District now progresses the "Minboosa District: Defeat Enemies 2" Conquest objective as intended.
  
• Missions with conversations triggered by interactable objects now start for grouped players as intended.
  
• Hidden and uncompleted Achievements/objectives can now be removed from the Tracker on the main HUD.
  
• Fixed missing mountains along the Hutta skyline.
  
• Fixed shading issues on various armors and a mount. The following items now apply lighting and shadows as intended: 
  
  
  • Cybernetic Varactyl Mount
    
  • The Light Devotee’s Robe
    
  • Arctic Trooper Helmet
    
  • Discharged Infantry Boots
    
  • Patient Defender’s Armor Set
    
  • Exiled Padawan’s Armor Set
    
  
  
• Fixed the textures of the stairs in the Blaster's Path Cantina on Rishi.
  

UI

• The  maps for the Bastal Family Farmhouse now have their intended background images.
  
• The extra Player Icons have been removed from the Map window icon Legend.
  

Cartel Market

• The Cartel Market and Collections images for the Fieldtech Gunner Armor Set now feature the correct belt.
  

Items

• The Refined Mentor's Dualsaber no longer clips with the character’s left hand.
  
• The Refined Mentor’s Lightsaber no longer clips with characters that use female body type 2 or 4.
  
• The Refined Mentor’s Bracers are now visible on characters using female body types 1 and 2. 
  
• The Matte Black and Metallic Black Dye Modules now drop in the Ultimate Cartel and Ultimate Cartel Platinum Packs as intended.
  
• VFX for the Serpent’s Tongue is no longer missing. 
  
• The Double Agent and Shady Gambler dye modules have been added to the Golden Certificate Vendor. 
  

Achievements

• The "Rampage Achievement Boost" item now works within the Minboosa District on Hutta as intended.