SWTOR Info

[chaos5061]

From SWTOR Dev:

The website and all game servers will be unavailable beginning at 5:00AM CST (11:00 London, 12:00 Paris/Berlin) on 12/2 as we perform maintenance.

In order to prepare for this weekend’s test, the servers will be unavailable for logins until 1:00PM CST (19:00 London, 20:00 Paris/Berlin) on 12/2.

Check this thread for updates. Thanks for your patience!

[cabby]

Those bastards never sent me my email!!!!

Hope I can get in this weekend but if not I'll just have to keep suffering with these withdrawl symptoms.

[chaos5061]

If your in then you should be able to patch right this minute. I just patched. Also if you get this on your client:
The email address, password,or security key you have entered is incorrect. Please confirm your login or contact us.

Then you need to go and reset your password because they issued a password reset recently.

[cabby]

I've been running the patcher almost every day and getting patches just to keep it updated.

[chaos5061]

That's weird usually you can't login to patch unless you get a invite to a test. At least that's how it used to be they may have changed it.

[cabby]

I don't know. I do know that ever since the beta weekend stopped I've been able to log into the patcher whenever I want and get it to download any patches but the Play button is always grey.

[chaos5061]

Look for patch note to start appearing in about a hour or less.

[chaos5061]

Okay then so they did change it. You'll just have to try logging in sometime tomorrow after 1PM CST and see if you can get in.

[cabby]

If not I'm coming over to your house and taking over your computer.

[chaos5061]

Not unless you want to travel to East Texas.

[chaos5061]

Starting to work on the patch notes. Going to have to split it into parts. May come out as 3-5 parts.

[cabby]

I can be there in about 7 hours.. gives me a lot of weekend time.

[chaos5061]

Patch Notes 12-1-11 Pt.1

From Bioware:
Build Date: 2011.12.01
Patch: 0.742.27

General:

- Experience gains on Origin Worlds have been adjusted to help solo players reach levle 10 more easily.
- Improved the overall performance of vanity pets.
- Using the /stuck command will no longer kill the player unless a safe location cannot be determined. Players can now only use /stuck every 120 seconds.
- Moving to a new planet instance no longer uses the players Quick Travel cooldown.
- Mail sent to another player will now have a 30 minute delay.

Classes and Combat:

General:
- Further improved and balanced all class content above level 30.
- Slightly increased mouse targeting idstance.
- Implemented improvements that increase the responsiveness of combat actions.
- Tab targeting now more accurately takes into account which enemies are on screen.
- Tab targeting can now select enemies at a longer range.
- Players can now use ground-targeted area of effect attacks in a 360 degree area around their character, regardless of what direction they are facing.

Jedi Knight (Forum / Talent Calculator / Abilities)

General:
- Jedi Knights can now obtain the Master title.

Sentinel:
- Healing done by Zen has been decreased to 1% per tick while Juyo Form is active.

Bug Fixes:

- Force critcal bonuses conferred by Focused Resonance now display properly on the character sheet.

Sith Warrior (Forum / Talent Calculator / Abilities)

General:
- Sith Warriors can now obtain the Darth title.

Marauder:
- Healing done by Berserk has been decreased to 1% per tick while Juyo Form is active.

Bug Fixes:
- Force critical bonuses conferred by Dark Resonance now display properly on the character sheet.

Jedi Consular (Forum / Talent Calculator / Abilities)

General:
- Force Potency now increases the range of Telekinetic Throw.
- Each use of Telekinetic Throw now uses a charge of Force Potency.
- Players are no longer able to cancel Force Lifts debuff by right-clicking it.

Shadow:

Infiltration:
- Situational Awareness now reduces the Force cost of Whirling Blow and no longer reduces the cooldown of Cloud Mind.

Sith Inquisitor (Forum / Talent Calculator / Abilities)

General:
- Recklessness now increases the range of Force Lightning.
- Each use of Force Lightning now uses a charge of Recklessness.
- Players are no longer able to cancel Whirlwinds debuff by right-clicking it.

Assassin:

Deception:
- Resourcefulness now reduces the Force cost of Lacerate and no longer educes the cooldown of Cloud Mind.

Smuggler (Forum / Talent Calculator / Abilities)

General:
- Cover now has a 1-second cooldown.
- Recuperate can no longer be used from cover.

Scoundrel:

Scrapper:

- Flechette Round now causes the next Shoot First or Back Blast to deal additional bleed damage and increases armor penetration by 50% for a moderate duration. It is no affected by the global cooldown and does not break stealth.
- Sucker Punch now requires 15 energy and has had its damage output decreased by 15%.
- Flying Fists damage output has been decreased by 15%.
- Sawed-Off now affects Flechette Round instead of Blaster Whip.

Imperial Agent (Forum / Talent Calculator / Abilities)

General:

- Cover now has a 1-second cooldown.
- Explosive Probe's animation now correctly displays when the probe is resisted by an enemy.
- Recuperate can no longer be used from cover.

Operative:

Concealment:
- Acid Blade now causes the next Hidden Strike or Backstab to deal additional poison damage and increases armor penetration by 50% for a moderate duration. It is not affected by the global cooldown and does not break stealth.
- Laceration now requires 15 energy and has had its damage output decreased by 15%.
- Collateral Strike's damage output has been decreased by 15%.
- Waylay now affects Acid Blade instead of Shiv.

Trooper (Forum / Talent Calculator / Abilities)

General:
- Adjusted resource bar visuals for ammo gain and use.

Bug Fixes:
- Fixed an issue that prevented the skill Kolto Recharge from healing as intended.
- Concussive Force now properly increases the knockback distance of Concussion Charge.

General Combat Bug Fixes:

- Fixed an issue that caused multi-hit attacks to sometimes deal damage upon miss of deflect from the enemy.
- Calling a Medical Probe upon death now properly applies damage to equipment the player is wearing.
- The cooldown for calling a Medical Probe will now properly increase in phased areas.

Compansion Characters:

General:
- Companion Characters now vocalize less frequently during combat.
- Companion Characters are now silent when entering stealth modes.
- Companion names now display as a Companion.

Crew Skills:

General:
- Added implants to the schematic filter for the crafting window and to triainers.
- Slightly increased critical chance for craftingand missions for Orange difficulty tasks.

Crafting Skills:
- Cybertechs can now craft modifiable Droid armor.
- Cybertech and Artifice modfications and enhancements have been updated.
- Crafted relics and space upgrades now bind to the character when equipped.
- Crafted items are no longer created with pre-slotted modifications.

Gathering Skills:
- The highest-level gathering nodes now spawn more regularly on Corellia and in the high-level mission area on Belsavis

Mission Skills:
- Adjusted mission costs across all skill levels
- Treasure hunting relics now bind to the character when equipped
- Luxury Fabrics and Underworld Metals are now obtained through different missions
- Investigaion Mission Discoveries now yield Researched Compounds
- Rich yields no longer always provide Artifact quality resources
- Mission rewards now include higher quantities of Prototype quality crafted materials

Bug Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where Crafting schematics were not properly updating within the schematic trainer
- Learned Biochem schematics no longer disappear from the Crafting window
- Prototype and Artifact quality crafted weapons now have the correct weapon damage values
- Reverse engineering mode no longer toggles off after reverse engineering and item
- Items of less than Premium quality can no longer be reverse engineered
- Corrected refresh and mission tier issues
- Weapon damage and armor ratings listed on schematics now indicate these values on the resulting crafted items correctly
- Certain Prototype quality schematics for Artifice are no longer assigned to Synthweaving

Flashpoints and Operations:

General:
- Flashpoint missions can now be obtained at level appropriate locations on most planets with complementary shuttle service to the Republic or Imperial Fleet
- Flashpoint mission levels have been adjusted to more accurately reflect their difficulty
- Early-level Flashpoint bosses are now slightly less difficult
- Nightmare Mode Operations are now significantly more challenging
- Corrected an issue that prevented Codex entries associated with Nightmare Mode from unlocking

Flashpoints: The Black Talon:
- Yadira Ban’s difficulty in Hard Mode has been increased

Bringing Down the Hammer:
- Battlelord Kreshan now drops loot

Colicoid War Games:
- This Flashpoint has undergone a difficulty balance pass
- The final boss no longer continually respawns

Directive 7:
- Bulwark’s mechanics now function properly

The Esseles:
- Vokk’s difficulty in Hard Mode has been increased
- Lieutenant Isric’s difficulty has been corrected in Hard Mode

The False Emperor:
- Normal Mode bosses now inflict less burst damage
- Boss mechanics in this Flashpoint now fuction properly in Normal and Hard Mode

The Foundry:
- A normal enemy NPC in this Flashpoint no longer drops boss loot

Operations:

General:
- The Operations lockout window now displays the current boss lockouts for your group members.

Eternity Vault:
- Nightmare mode chests now contain loot.
- Enrage timers have been added to Annihilator Droid XRR-3 and Gharj.
- The Ancient Pylon puzzle enemies now spawn.
- Button use timing for the Ancient Pylon puzzle has been corrected.
- The Infernal Council fight no longer resets as soon as the fight begins.
- Lava creatures now correctly spawn in the cave before Gharj.

Karaggas Palace:
- Bonethrasher no longer enters a state that causes him to cease executing his comibat mechanics.

Items:

General:
- Custom items now appear with an orange border in the inventory. All Custom items are modifiable.
- The Lhosan Racer is now a level 40 vehicle.
- Increased the stat diversity of medium armor drops on Origin Worlds.
- The cost of Droid armor is now comparable to the cost of other armor.
- Modifiable Artifact quality items now only feature modification and enhancement slots.
- Some redundant random shield generators with Force stats have been replaced by random foci.
- Decreased the chance for lockboxes to contain high-quality loot.

Vendors:
- All modification vendors that accept commendation now provide a consistent set of modification updgrades for each class.
- Prototype quality items sold by specialty goods vendors that accept credits can now also be found on the corresponding light, medium, and heavy armor vendors and weapon vendors.
- Republic Fleet commendation vendors now sell the special ability items that their Imperial counterparts sell.

Bug Fixes:
- The speeder vendor on the Imperial Fleet Station now properly displays the vehicles for sale.
- Heavy Force armor no longer drops from levels one through nine.
- Some items with Social rank requirements can no longer be equipped without meeting the requirement.
- Many high-level items now have the correct apperance when worn.
- Droid armor can now be auctioned.
- Some Earpieces and Implants purchased with commendations are no longer mislabeled.

[chaos5061]

I have to find a darker orange color but I can't.

[chaos5061]

Unless there is a way to change the background color of a single post that I don't know about.