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[chaos5061]

Android Authenticator App is now available.

[chaos5061]

From Bioware:
The maintenance window beginning at 2AM CST (12AM PST/3AM EST/8AM GMT/9AM CET) on December 22nd has been extended. It is now expected to last four hours. Please check back for updates as they become available!

[chaos5061]

From Bioware:
As a reminder, in the early hours of tomorrow morning (December 22nd), we will be taking both the game servers and SWTOR.com offline for maintenance. This maintenance will begin at 2AM CST (12AM PST / 3AM EST / 8AM GMT / 9AM CET) and is expected to last until 6AM CST (4AM PST / 7AM EST / 12PM GMT / 1PM CET).

Get Ready to Play

After this maintenance period is completed, in order to continue playing Star Wars: The Old Republic you will need to have completed the following steps:

1) Create an account on SWTOR.com (if you have not already done so)

2) Within the 'My Account' section:

Complete your contact information
Add between three and five security questions on your account
Redeem an official Game Product Registration Code (not a pre-order code; see below)
Sign up for a subscription or enter a Pre-Paid Game Time Code

Once you have completed all of these steps, you'll be ready to play once the servers come back up. You can complete these steps at any time before the maintenance begins, or afterwards if you prefer. Right now, approximately half of those who played in Early Game Access have completed these steps and are 'ready to play', so we'd encourage all of you to complete these steps as soon as possible.

If you have issues completing any of these steps, please contact Customer Service via support@swtor.com for assistance.

Forums 'Read Only' During High Load Period

When we bring SWTOR.com back up after maintenance, we're expecting to see very high load as users complete their 'ready to play' steps as outlined above. As having everyone complete these steps and getting them back into the game is our highest priority, we have decided to keep the official Forums in 'read only mode', hopefully just for a few hours, until load subsides. (In other words, you will be able to read the Forums, but not make posts.)

If we experience unexpected load, we may take the Forums offline for a period. Remember, when we switch the Forums back to normal, you will not be able to post unless you have completed the steps listed above.

Here are answers to some questions you might have regarding the process:

What's a 'Game Product Registration Code'?

The Game Product Registration Code is the code provided with your retail or digital copy of Star Wars: The Old Republic. This code should be found inside the packaging of any retail edition of the game, or would have been emailed to you from Origin.com if you ordered a digital Standard or Deluxe Edition.

If you have purchased a retail copy of Star Wars: The Old Republic and find the Product Registration Code missing or unreadable please email support@swtor.com with the following details:

The subject "Product Code Proof" in your email title.
A detailed description of your problem.
Attach a scan of your proof of purchase (receipt). Please write the name of the account holder on the receipt. Please make sure that your name is clearly readable on the scan.
Customer Service will get back to you as soon as they can.


If you have purchased a digital copy of Star Wars: The Old Republic and find the Product Registration Code missing or unreadable please email support@swtor.com with the following details:

The subject "Product Code Proof" in your email title.
A detailed description of your problem.
Attach a scan of your proof of purchase (receipt). Please write the name of the account holder on the receipt. Please make sure that your name is clearly readable on the scan.
Customer Service will get back to you as soon as they can.

Why do I need to sign up for a subscription?

You first 30 days of Game Time are included in the purchase of any edition of Star Wars: The Old Republic, but you must add a valid payment method to activate your account. This method of payment varies by country, but includes most major credit cards plus ELV and Paypal (in some territories). Please visit our Billing and Subscription FAQ for more details. You can also activate your account using a Pre-Paid Game Time Card, available at most major retailers.

Whenever you activate your account, your 30 days of free Game Time will begin. When using a credit card, ELV or Paypal, you will not be billed for your second month of play until your 30 days of free Game Time is complete. You may cancel your subscription at any time in your first 30 days of play. Your unused Game Time will still be available on your account and you can still play until this expires.

[chaos5061]

Also today was this but they seem to have taken it down. Think someone posted it to early:
From Bioware:
Welcome! The Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ Public Test Server is in place to test future game content, new hardware, and bug fixes. It is available to all players will an active subscription, so we encourage you to create a character and help with testing!

We’ll be regularly making updates to the patch notes as development continues. It should be noted that all changes and updates listed should be considered incomplete and are subject to change or removal before release to the live servers.

Your participation and feedback are truly appreciated. Thank you for testing!

To access the Public Test Server:

Log in to the Star Wars: The Old Republic launcher using your username and password.
The bottom left corner will have two buttons: select the button with arrows switch servers.
Under “Pick an Environment” select “Public Test”
Click “Next”
Click “Play” and you will be on the Public Test Server
Create a new character* and play!

*At this time, players are not able to copy characters from the live servers to the Public Test Server.”

[chaos5061]

A guild has taken down the final boss in the Eternity Vault Raid 8 man normal.

[chaos5061]

Patch Notes 12-16 to 22

From Bioware:

Patch Notes 12/22/2011
General

Fixed an issue that caused some pre-assigned guild names to display incorrectly.
Players who are disconnected while in the queue to join a server now retain their position upon logging back in within a reasonable amount of time.

Patch Notes 12/20/2011
General

Corrected an issue that could cause degraded performance or client crashes for some players on Taris.
Fixed a bug that could prevent players from accepting pending mission rewards

Patch Notes 12/19/2011
General

Implemented player account changes to prepare for launch.
Made several improvements to increase overall hardware stability.

Patch Notes 12/17/2011
General

Fixed an issue that could cause the game client to crash under some circumstances.

Patch Notes 12/16/2011
General

Corrected a server-side issue that caused some game systems (such as Companion Missions) to behave incorrectly.

[chaos5061]

Official Public Test Server Notice

From Bioware:
Welcome! The Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ Public Test Server is in place to test future game content and bug fixes and is available to all players with an active subscription. The server should be available the majority of the time and as with our other servers you can monitor it on the sever status page.

Because development is ongoing during testing, it should be noted that all changes and updates listed in the patch notes should be considered incomplete and are subject to change or removal before release to the live servers. The Public Test Server patch notes will be provided in English. The final release notes will be provided in English, French, and German when the content is moved to live servers.


To access the Public Test Server:

Log in to the Star Wars: The Old Republic launcher using your username and password.
Click the Settings button (gear) in the bottom left corner of the launcher
Under “Enable Public Test Server Access”, select “Yes”
Click “Save”
Now the bottom left corner will have two buttons: select the new button next to settings
Under "Pick an Environment" select "Public Test"
Click "Next" and you will begin patching on the Public Test Server*
Click "Play"


*Please note that the initial patch download will be very large, as you will be installing an additional version of the game client. Any future patches will be significantly smaller.

At this time players are not able to copy characters from the live servers to the Public Test Server, but we plan to include this feature in the future. However, any new characters on the Public Test Server will be persistent and will generally not be removed at the end of any testing phase. Extremely rare instances may require character modification or removal, and under those circumstances, we will notify players via this forum and on the Community Blog.

At this time, we will not be providing Customer Support for the Public Test Server. Attempts to file in-game will result in an error and will not be processed. However, we encourage you to use these forums for feedback and bug reporting. All gameplay policies are still in place; inappropriate or abusive players will not be tolerated on the Public Test Server, and we ask that you please report this behavior to Customer Support here.

Your feedback and participation are truly appreciated. We encourage you to create a character, level up, and help us test future content for Star Wars: The Old Republic!

[chaos5061]

Public Test Notes 1.0.1

From Bioware:
Hello everyone! With this update, the first of many for Star Wars™: The Old Republic™, we have addressed several high-priority bugs. We’ve implemented fixes for those players affected by performance issues on Taris and have corrected the problem preventing some pending mission rewards from being accepted. Additionally, the issue that could cause some gathering nodes to appear unharvestable has been addressed, and you’ll notice several bug fixes relating to Flashpoint and Operation content. We’re committed providing the best possible MMO experience, and will continue releasing fixes and updates on a regular basis. Thank you for playing Star Wars: The Old Republic!

Note: The Public Test Server patch notes will be provided in English. The final release notes will be provided in English, French, and German when the content is moved to live servers.

1.0.1 Patch Notes


Classes and Combat


Combat Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug that could cause the global cooldown to display incorrectly in the UI.


Imperial Agent


Operative

The tooltip for Acid Blade now displays the correct information.


Companion Characters


Companions


Kira Carson

Fixed an issue that could cause Kira’s affection progression to become blocked.

Bug Fixes

Companion Character dialogue now plays at the correct volume.


Crew Skills


Bug Fixes

Corrected an issue that could cause some gathering nodes to appear as unharvestable.


Flashpoints and Operations


Flashpoints


Mandalorian Raiders

Crowd control immunity has been removed from several members of the Enemy Boarding Party.


Colicoid War Game

An issue that prevented some players from mounting turrets in this Flashpoint has been corrected.


The Red Reaper

Darth Ikoral now uses his abilities correctly.


Directive 7

Mentor now resets correctly if he defeats the player group.

Operations


Eternity Vault

Fixed an issue that could cause players to instantly die when affected by Soa’s knockback.
Turrets in Normal Mode no longer behave as turrets from Hard Mode.
Players are now able to properly obtain loot from chests.
The Ancient Pylons now spawn enemies at the correct intervals.


Karagga’s Palace

Players no longer need to reset this Operation if they do not defeat Bonethrasher.
Corrected an issue that caused some players to become stuck at the throne room door.

Bug Fixes

All players in a group who have a daily Flashpoint mission now get credit for completing that Flashpoint.


Missions and NPCs


Missions


Imperial

A New Master: Defeating Teeno no longer causes him to surrender on top of Phyne, making him difficult to interact with.
General Faraire: All of Khourlet’s Elite Guards are now accessible by the player.


Bug Fixes

Fixed a mission-related issue that could cause poor performance and client crashes on Taris for some players.

NPCs


Bug Fixes

Corrected several instances of non-interactive NPCs appearing and disappearing from the player’s view.


PvP


Warzones


General

Rewards for winning Warzones have been increased.
Warzone completion rewards have been decreased.

Bug Fixes


Voidstar

Corrected an issue that could prevent some players from entering the Voidstar.

UI


Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug that could prevent players from accepting pending mission rewards.
Targeting a friendly player no longer occasionally displays incorrect text for the character’s name.
Corrected an issue that could cause some auction expirations to behave incorrectly.
The splash screen no longer displays longer than the “accept changes” dialogue when changing resolutions on some computers.
Master Looter now works correctly for items being looted from chests.
The server select screen no longer displays over the character select after being disconnected for being away.
Corrected an issue that could cause mission mapnotes to disappear when a new mission is obtained.


Miscellaneous Bug Fixes

Special characters no longer display incorrectly in the French credits.
Remaining baby names have been added to the credits.
Corrected a link that displayed in French and German versions when the servers are unavailable.

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[chaos5061]

I just run through the Esseles on my Jedi Knight with a Trooper. Every Boss Drop was a Trooper Drop. A modable weapon modable chest peice even the freaking sith at the end dropped trooper boots.

[chaos5061]

From Bioware:
Hello everyone, we wanted to let you know that we will be performing scheduled maintenance for six hours on December 27th, 2011 from 4AM CST (2AM PST/5AM EST/10AM GMT/11AM CET) until 10AM CST(8AM PST/11AM EST/4PM GMT/5PM CET). All game servers and SWTOR.com will be offline during this period. This maintenance is expected to take no more than six hours, but could be extended.

Generally speaking we are aiming to limit our scheduled maintenance period to once a week, on Tuesdays. We are aiming for this weekly maintenance period to take place in an off-peak time for both North American and European players. We are also aiming to inform players of the precise duration of any weekly maintenance period at least 24 hours before the maintenance begins.

For our new players, this weekly maintenance is done in order to make general improvements and to check performance of the game so that we can continue to provide a consistent, quality experience. Quite often (but not always) after a maintenance period there will a patch to download. Please be sure to update your launcher after any maintenance period.

Scheduled Maintenance

Date: Tuesday, December 27th, 2011

Time: 4AM CST (2AM PST/5AM EST/10AM GMT/11AM CET) to 10AM CST (8AM PST/11AM EST/4PM GMT/5PM CET)

All game servers and SWTOR.com will be offline during this period. This maintenance is expected to take no more than six hours, but could be extended.

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

[cabby]

And according to the launcher they expect to push out patch 1.01 with that maintenance.

[chaos5061]

There is now no ETA on when the servers will come up.

[chaos5061]

Still no ETA. Update they say in about 42 minutes.

[cabby]

Yeah... I liked how they waited until a half hour after it was supposed to come back up to let everyone know that it would be extended with no ETA.