STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™ News

Since Star Wars™: Squadrons launched on October 1st, we’ve been piloting our favorite ships non-stop! As a special congratulations to the Squadrons team, alongside their launch we gave everyone who logged into Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ their very own mini-pet inspired by Vanguard Squadron. Well… why stop there? We worked side-by-side with our friends at Motive to do something a little different, like giving players rewards in both games!

First, let’s talk about The Old Republic. Last time, we gave you a remote controlled mini-pet inspired by Vanguard Squadron just for logging in. Now, we’re stepping things up a bit. Simply redeem the code SQUADRONS on your account at www.swtor.com/redeem-code to receive your very own starship mount inspired by Vanguard Squadron! The Corellian Stardrive Vanguard Mount will move you around The Old Republic with a dash of that Vanguard Squadron flair. Act quickly, as this code will only be active for two weeks, from January 14th - January 28th, 2021 (at 9AM PST respectively).



But that’s not all - you can also earn Old Republic era inspired rewards in Squadrons! The team over at Motive has made it pretty straight forward for all their pilots. Simply jump into the game and go to your hangar where you’ll be able to find the cosmetics in the Hanging Flair section when customizing your starfighters: one in the New Republic’s hangar and another in the Empire’s hangar. You can use your Glory points to unlock them right away!



Whether you’re piloting your favorite starship in Squadrons or living out your personal Star Wars fantasy in The Old Republic, you can be rewarded today!

- The STAR WARS: The Old Republic Team

Game update 6.2.1 is now live on the Public Test Server (PTS) for all subscribers. In this new update, we’ve made improvements to Amplifiers and rebalanced all Uprisings. Before this update goes live, any players interested in testing those changes can head over to the Public Test Server!



Here is a breakdown of the changes to Amplifiers and Uprisings that are available for testing:

Amplifiers

The team reorganized the Amplifiers user interface (UI) for a better browsing experience. Previously, Amplifiers were organized in alphabetical order. Now, they are organized with a tree-based view:

• Players can expand a specific Amplifier type to see all the Amplifiers available in that category or collapse the category to hide them. This change also reduces the default list.
  

A new tier of Rarity has been added to improve the visibility and readability of Amplifiers. In addition to the existing tiers: the Premium (Green), Prototype (Blue), Artifact (Purple), and Legendary (Gold) tiers, there is now a rarity for the lowest tier: Standard (White). No Amplifier values and no odds to obtain specific Amplifiers have been changed.

We’re also introducing Rarity Locking as a way for players to exchange credits for greater chances at obtaining the Amplifiers they want. This feature is costly due to the improvements it grants, so it has been coupled with the Weekly Cost Reset to allow players to save credits by waiting for more re-rolls.

Every re-roll of an amplifier increases the cost, up to 100 re-rolls. Each Tuesday, re-roll costs will be reset to their starting costs!

Uprisings

All Uprisings are now available at level 75 with a rebalance of the difficulty and time they take to complete. Along with those changes, loot drops have been increased in all Uprisings.

How to Get Started

1. Log into your account with your username and password at www.swtor.com.
   
2. Click on your account name in the top right-hand corner of the site.
   
3. Click “My Account.”
   
4. In the left column, scroll down and click the link entitled “PTS Character Copy.”
   
5. Select the server and then the character that you wish to copy.
   
6. Click the “Copy Character” button.
   
7. The site will display the current status of your character copy at the top of the page. Additionally, you can click the “View your character transfer history” link to see if the copy has completed.
   
8. Please note that if PTS is offline, you won’t see the PTS Character Copy link.

We will be taking all servers offline for back-end maintenance on January 12, 2021.

Details:
DATE: January 12, 2021
TIME: 5:00AM - 8:00AM PST (1300 - 1600 UTC)
VERSION: n/a

Thank you for your patience as we maintain Star Wars™: The Old Republic™!

• Canceling the cinematic at the following steps will no longer block players from progressing in the Spirit of Vengeance Flashpoint:
  
  • After interacting with any of the three consoles in the Spirit of Vengeance Flashpoint - Solo-Story Mode
    
  • “Reinforce Jekiah Ordo and Secure the bridge”
    
  • “Escape the Trap”
    
• Bask Sunn will no longer throw players into space in the Spirit of Vengeance Flashpoint.
  
• Bask Sunn’s Nimble Rush Ability will no longer be uninterruptible after the first encounter with the Restrained targets in the Spirit of Vengeance Flashpoint.
  
• Players can now share the Spirit of Vengeance Flashpoint - Story Mode with group members, as intended.
  
• Players will no longer be locked out of the Sharpshooter's corridor due to the door in the Seeker’s Vigil - Archives in the Spirit of Vengeance Flashpoint.
  
• Gorga Brak’s health will now be correctly scaled with the difficulty level in the Spirit of Vengeance Flashpoint.
  
• Fixed a cinematic in the Spirit of Vengeance Flashpoint where a duplicate Barge appears.
  
• Players will now be correctly bolstered in the Spirit of Vengeance - Veteran Mode.
  
• The final boss “Heta Kol” will now correctly drop set bonuses and tacticals in the Spirit of Vengeance - Master Mode.
  
• The final boss “Heta Kol” will no longer return with full health in the second phase of combat in the Spirit of Vengeance Flashpoint - Master Mode.
  
• Fixed a few typos in French and German for the Spirit of Vengeance Flashpoint Achievements and Codex.
  
• To prevent exploitive behavior, we have made adjustments to Bask Sunn’s adds in the Spirit of Vengeance Flashpoint.
  
• The final boss will now more reliably summon his horde to assist him in the final fight of Echoes of Oblivion.
  
• Players for whom Theron is alive, but are not in a romance with him, no longer receive an inappropriately romantic message from him after completing Echoes of Oblivion.
  
• Jedi Knight players who are not in a romance with Kira Carsen, no longer receive the wrong message after completing Echoes of Oblivion.
  
• Players who are not in a romance with Arcann will now receive the correct message from him after completing Echoes of Oblivion.
  
• Jedi Knight players who are not in a romance with Scourge will now receive the correct message from him after completing Echoes of Oblivion.
  
• The cinematic of the “Speak to the Voss Commando” step will no longer block players from progressing in Chapter I: Wrath and Ruin of Knights of the Eternal Throne.
  
• The cinematic at the “Defend the Companions” step will no longer block players from progressing in Chapter V: Ascension of Knights of the Eternal Throne.
  
• The cinematic at the “Board the Transport in the Military Hangar” step will no longer block players from progressing in Chapter VI: The Dragon’s Maw of Knights of the Eternal Throne.
  
• The cinematic at the “Clear the Debris” step will no longer block players from progressing in Chapter VIII: End Times of Knights of the Eternal Throne.
  
• The cinematic before the Valkorion’s encounter at the “Locate the Holocron” step will no longer block players from completing Chapter IX: The Eternal Throne of Knights of the Eternal Throne.
  
• Fleet Commendations from the Login Rewards window of the Galactic Guide can now properly be claimed from the Crate of Claimed Rewards.
  
• The Login Rewards window from the Galactic Guide will no longer change if a banner pops up on screen if the Conquest is changed.
  
• Updated the description text of the Corellian Stardrive Vanguard Mount in the Collections to add the following mention: “Increases movement speed based on Piloting Skill”.
  
• Corrected the visual effect of the Furious Gladiator’s Assault Cannon’s bayonet.
  
• The final boss “Tau Idair” will now correctly drop set bonuses and tacticals in the Objective Meridian Flashpoint - Master Mode.
  
• The Jedi Consular’s Class Mission “The Forge” will now correctly grant a lightsaber after the Forge scene.
  
• The cinematic at the “Speak to the Shroud” step will no longer block players from progressing in the Bonus Chapter: Shroud of Memory.
  
• Corrected an issue where Invasion text is showing up if the player does not have a Guild.
  
• The following issues have been previously fixed with a hotfix that was deployed on December, 10th:
  
  • Rass Ordo's companion influence level has been increased from 1 to 25 in the Spirit of Vengeance Flashpoint.
    
  • Adjusted the damage of Bask Sunn’s Uppercut Ability in the Spirit of Vengeance Flashpoint.
    

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