STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™ News

The All Worlds Ultimate Swoop Rally Date: July 28 – August 4, 2020 (BEGINS AND ENDS AT 11:00AM PDT/6:00PM UTC)
Requirement: Levels 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!
  

Nar Shaddaa Nightlife Date: July 14 - August 25, 2020 (BEGINS AND ENDS AT 11:00AM PDT/6:00PM UTC)
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 a rewards await all those flushed with credits.

FEATURED REWARDS:

• Kingpin’s and Nightlife Socialite Armor Sets
  
• Phrojo Nuray and Gammorean Bodyguard Companions
  
• Vectron Magnus and Kingpin's Rancor Mounts
  
• New Kingpin’s Predator Mount
  
• New Taxidermy Stronghold Decorations
  
• Cartel Market Certificates
  
• ... and more!
  

Bounty Contract Week Date: August 11 – August 18, 2020 (BEGINS AND ENDS AT 11:00AM PDT/6:00PM UTC)
Requirement: Level 15+

For a limited time, the Bounty Brokers Association has opened its doors to anyone willing to take on their dangerous contracts, offering an opportunity for both seasoned and rookie hunters to prove their skills and bring crime syndicates and violent gangs to justice!

Each day, you can sign up for one standard Henchman contract and one high profile Kingpin Contract, and each may take you to a separate planet. Complete five standard contracts to unlock Kingpin missions with bigger loot! Head to the fleet now, invite your friends and visit representatives of the Association to get started on your contracts!

FEATURED REWARDS:

• Reputation with the Bounty Brokers Association
  
• Bounty Tracker’s Armor Set and Contract Hunter’s Armor Set
  
• Assassin’s Bowcaster and Elite Tracker’s Bowcaster weapons
  
• Lobelot, Swamp Kell Drake, and Drink Server Probe Mini-pets
  
• BH-7X Custom Hunter Mount
  
• … and more!
  

Pirate Incursion Date: August 25 - September 1, 2020 (BEGINS AND ENDS AT 11:00AM PST/6:00PM UTC)
Requirement: Level 20+

The remote planet Dantooine has been thrust into the center of escalating hostilities between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire. Spurred on in secret by covert Imperial forces, the Nova Blade pirates have staged an all-out attack on the pastoral Republic world. As the Republic scrambles to defend this key territory at the edge of Imperial space, the Empire plans to capitalize on the chaos and deal a major blow to the longtime Republic bastion.

FEATURED REWARDS:

• Nova Blade and Dantooine Homesteader Armor Sets
  
• Ugnaught Companion
  
• Walker Mount
  
• Kath Hound Mount
  
• Kath Hound Mini-pet
  
• Dantooine-inspired Stronghold Decorations
  
• …and more!
  

Nar Shaddaa Nightlife Date: July 14 - August 25, 2020 (BEGINS AND ENDS AT 11:00AM PDT/6:00PM UTC)
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 a rewards await all those flushed with credits.

FEATURED REWARDS:

• Kingpin’s and Nightlife Socialite Armor Sets
  
• Phrojo Nuray and Gammorean Bodyguard Companions
  
• Vectron Magnus and Kingpin's Rancor Mounts
  
• New Kingpin’s Predator Mount
  
• New Taxidermy Stronghold Decorations
  
• Cartel Market Certificates
  
• ... and more!
  

Ranked PvP Season 13 has officially started! Rewards for Bronze, Silver, and Gold ranked players from Season 12 are waiting in your mailboxes. For those who climbed to the very top and obtained Platinum ranking, rewards are going out in the near future. Before we kick off the new season, let’s talk about new rewards, the future of replicas, and the revised win requirements.

New Rewards

As we announced at the end of Season 12, we’ll be revealing the seasonal rewards at the start of the new season! Check out the concept art for the Season 13 Armor Set below! Stay tuned--later in the season we’ll show off screenshots of the Armor Set in action.



Replica Rewards

Throughout the course of Season 13 and into the start of Season 14, we’re bringing out all of the remaining Replica rewards. No more waiting for the one you’ve got your eye on to come back each Season! Here’s more information on the order they’ll return and their costs:

• Predacious Weapon Set (Season 6) and Commanding Weapon Set (Season 8)
  
  • 50,000 PvP tokens for each Weapon Set
    
• Gladiator Weapon Set (Season 5) and Giradda’s Acklay Mount (Season 7)
  
  • 50,000 tokens for the weapon set, 200,000 for the mount
    
• Furious Armor and Weapon Sets (Season 3)
  
  • 100,000 tokens each for the armor sets (there are 4), 50,000 for the Weapon Set
    

There’s no unique currency necessary to purchase Replica rewards, so you can start saving now! We’re going to completely retire the Replica rewards from the vendor after the Replica Furious Armor Set is released, so we’ll be sure to communicate the specific time frame well in advance. We want to make sure we give everyone ample notice and ample time to get all of the rewards that they want. Following this change, we’ll be focusing on creating new and unique rewards for our PvP community!

Tier Requirements

Lastly, we wanted to share the Season 13 tier requirements. While we won’t know the rating requirements until later in the season, here are the adjusted win requirements:

• Bronze: Rating requirement + 20 wins (down from 25).
  
• Silver: Rating requirement + 40 wins (down from 50).
  
• Gold: Rating requirement + 80 wins (down from 100).
  
• Platinum: 160 wins (down from 200) + be one of the top 3 rated players for your Class amongst the players with at least 160 wins.
  

Earlier this month, we made a number of changes to improve the overall rewards received from playing PvP, which you can check out here. Keep your eyes peeled for more Season 13 details, including rating requirements and the release of the first batch of Replica rewards!

[h2]Highlights[/h2]
Ranked PvP Season 13 - Today marks the beginning of Ranked PVP Season 13. Players who participated and earned Bronze, Silver, and Gold rewards during season 12 will find their rewards waiting in their mailboxes. Top 96 players will receive their rewards in the coming days.
Nar Shaddaa Nightlife event - The Nar Shaddaa Nightlife Event has been extended until August 25th.

[h2]Flashpoints + Operations + Uprisings[/h2]
[h3]Operations[/h3]
The Nature of Progress

• The Tour De Beast Achievement from the “Nature of Progress” Operation is now working as intended.
  
• The Ventilation Station in “The Nature of Progress” Operation is no longer consuming all the charges of the battery as intended.
  

[h2]Galactic Starfighter[/h2]

• Players above level 10 are now receiving rewards after completing Galactic Starfighter matches as intended.
  

[h2]Items + Economy[/h2]

• Corrected the German name for the Meteor Brawler boots.
  

[h2]Warzones[/h2]
[h3]General[/h3]

• Purple team icons are no longer displayed as white in Warzones.
  
• Players should no longer be able to travel to their Stronghold from PvP matches as intended.
  
• Players now receive a Leaver Penalty when leaving Unranked Warzone. They will not be able to queue for 15 minutes.
  
• The following PvP Missions now only progress on victories, previously they progressed based on points earned with Victories counting for 5 or 2 points and Losses counting for 1 point:
  
  • [DAILY] March Them Down - Now requires 1 Victory (previously required 4 points).
    
  • [DAILY] No Quarter - Now requires 1 Victory (previously required 4 points).
    
  • [DAILY] United We Stand - Now requires 1 Victory (previously required 2 points).
    
  • [DAILY] Zero Tolerance - Now requires 1 Victory (previously required 2 points).
    
  • [WEEKLY] The War Front - Now requires 10 Victories (previously required 5 points).
    
  • [WEEKLY] Conspicuous Valor - Now requires 10 Victories (previously required 20 points).
    
  • [WEEKLY] The Spoils of War - Now requires 10 Victories (previously required 20 points).
    
  • [DAILY] Arena of Death! - Now requires 1 Victory (previously required 10 points).
    
  • [DAILY] My Kind of Scum - Now requires 1 Victory (previously required 10 points).
    
  • [WEEKLY] Go Berserk! - Now requires 6 Victories (previously required 50 points).
    
  • [WEEKLY] Time for Pain! - Now requires 8 Victories (previously required 50 points).
    
• For Season 13, the “minimum games won” requirement has been changed for each Ranked PvP tier as follows:
  
  • Bronze - 20 wins (down from 25).
    
  • Silver - 40 wins (down from 50).
    
  • Gold - 80 wins (down from 100).
    
  • Platinum - 160 wins (down from 200) and be one of the top 3 rated players for your class among the players with at least 160 wins.
    
• The Unranked Warzone map rotation has been adjusted to favor match variety over map variety. Players will have an equal chance to have a Capture Point, Huttball, Ancient Hypergates, or Voidstar match type pop.
  
• Due to performance issues, we have temporarily disabled Vandin and Quesh Huttball maps from the Unranked Warzone queue.
  
• The chance for players to have the Odessen Proving Grounds in the Unranked Warzone map rotation has been reduced.
  

[h3]Events[/h3]
Nar Shaddaa Nightlife

• The NPC to complete the step "Travel to Marked Site" from the "Counterfeit Tokens - Nar Shaddaa" Mission is now visible.
  
• Emperor's Grace Slot machines are no longer stuck in a winning state, preventing players from interacting with them.
  
• Players can now interact with the Kingpin Slot machines.
  
• The "Red Zone" map from the "Counterfeit Tokens - Mek-Sha" Mission on the Imperial side is now displaying correct information.
  
• Corrected an issue where an unintended error message is displayed if there is no target selected when using the Mission item to complete the "Buy In, Sell Out" Mission.
  
• Corrected an issue where players didn’t receive any rewards attached to the mail when completing the Imperial or Republic "Counterfeit Tokens - Mek-Sha" Mission.
  
• Players are no longer kicked out of their conversation when other players choose the fighting option in the "Counterfeit Tokens - Mek-Sha" Mission.
  

Hey everyone!

For those of you unable to watch the livestream yesterday, here is a bulleted list of everything the team discussed. If you would like to watch the VOD, you can do so here.

• SWTOR is now on Steam! A full breakdown of everything related to that can be found in the article we published yesterday.
  
• Brief re-cap of 2020 so far (Alderaan Stronghold, Conquest, Swoop Rally etc.)
  
• Things to come in 2020:
  
  • 6.1.2d will kick off the start of PvP Season 13.
    
  • 6.1.3 - Phase 2 of Steam.
    
  • 6.1.4 - New seasonal event called Feast of Prosperity.
    
  • 6.2 - Holidays this year. We had initially wanted to get 6.2 out at the end of the summer, but the team decided that in order to deliver the true vision we want players to experience, releasing it around the holidays would be best.
    

Game Update 6.1.2d

• We are going to start showing the rewards at the beginning of the Season.
  
• Team’s goal is to make Group/Solo Ranked more rewarding than it currently is and drive better play in Unranked.
  

Game Update 6.1.3

• Steam Achievements.
  
• Next round of Gameplay and Content Updates.
  

Game Update 6.1.4 - Feast of Prosperity

• New recurring seasonal event for Fall.
  
• Multi-week duration.
  
• Feast-themed minigame Missions (non-combat) for the Hutts.
  
• Group to defeat World Bosses for rare ingredients.
  
• Repeatable Daily and Weekly Missions.
  
• Earn Reputation to unlock special Feast of Prosperity rewards.
  
• Complete Achievements for Titles and prestige.
  
• New Reputation-gated Story Missions.
  

Game Update 6.2 - Echoes of Vengeance

• Two story updates in one!
  
• Continuation of Kira/Scourge/Satele storyline.
  
  • Locate the missing ship and uncover the truth of its disappearance.
    
• New Flashpoint
  
  • Face new enemies and old as conflict erupts among the Mandalorians.
    
• Showed off a few screenshots/concept for the new story content.
  

Gameplay and Content Updates

• Conquests
  
  • Fine tuning to make the system work better.
    
• PvP Rewards
  
  • Releasing Replica rewards at an increased rate. First pieces will come mid-Season 13. Ranked tokens will become legacy based in a future update.
    
  • Committed to fixing Desync.
    
• Crafting
  
  • Changes coming later this year.
    
• World Design
  
  • Going back to refresh older planets/pieces of content to make the gameplay feel better.
    

Amplifiers

• In an upcoming update there will be a quality of life update, reducing RNG and addressing feedback we’ve received.
  

What’s Next?

• Next stream planned in late Summer.
  
• “Cantina” stream in October (tentative).
  
• Look for regular updates on the Forums on upcoming Gameplay and Content updates.