Update 1.3.1: Buffs. Boonta. Battlefield Extravaganza.

ornj · Tuesday at 4:07 AM

Patch Notes

The server was taken down for maintenance today, and an update was applied. Be sure to close the game and run your launcher. The update notes are as follows:

Combat

Changed Doctor buffs may now be applied to players regardless of faction status or other TEF restrictions
Changed Elevators may no longer be used in combat
Changed Fly text for Fast Attacks and Revitalize procs will no longer show for other players
Changed The Detect Camouflage stat will now further increase the range which you can detect using stealth detection abilities
Fixed Defense V Knockdown will now properly lower your chance of being knocked down

Community

Boonta Eve Classic

Added The First Annual Boonta Eve Classic event is now live!
- Race track top scores are reset, but will not be reset again until the event is over
- The first place score at the end of the week for each of the 12 planets will receive 3 points, second place will receive 2 points, and third place will receive 1 point
- The top three point scorers will receive prizes with the top prize being Restoration's first pod racer vehicle
- Contest tracks include the original six classic races:
  - Tatooine Mos Espa Track (2380 5000)
  - Naboo Keren Street Race (1395 2686)
  - Corellia Agrilat Swamp Circuit (1680 4700)
  - Talus Nashal River Race (4199 5286)
  - Rori Narmle Memorial Rally (-4975 -2227)
  - Lok Marathon (630 5055)
- As well as six new race tracks designed by Players along with corresponding badges, are now active:
  - Dantooine Break Time Dash (-362 2526) (Omarn)
  - Dathomir Howling Track (498 3088) (Vepan)
  - Endor-phine Race Rush (3290 -2900) (Tabek)
  - Yavin IV Massassi Marathon (-3187 -3101) (Silri)
  - Kashyyyk Wroshyr Run (-780 97) (Kaiden)
  - Mustafar Magma Mania (-1453 -818) (Rylor)

Content

Heroics

Added Legendary versions of Heroic weapons are now Bio-Link and Re-Deconstructable via Pehbon's Weaponsmith quest
Fixed Pet Droids and familiars will now be called correctly inside instances
Fixed Creatures and NPCs spawned within instances should no longer have a health regen bug from attacking immediately after being spawned

Mustafar

Changed After a warning, Sher Kar will now return to her nest and heal if she consistently strays more than 100 meters away.

Battlefields

Added Factionless Battlefields are now live!
- Queue for GCW, Red, or Blue upon selecting a map. In GCW mode, the group leader's faction will determine which faction is being queued. Group members of the opposite faction will not be queued (Neutral players may help either faction). There are no restrictions in Red versus Blue mode.
Added A new battlefield map, "Volcanic Turret Siege - Mustafar" has been added.
- Taking place inside the Crater of the Volcano, each team will have 3 Volcanic Siege Turrets. Your objective is to destroy as many of the opposing team's turrets as possible. Take a shortcut by using bridges across the lava. Beware, though, as they could collapse at any moment.
- Turret and bridge health will scale with the number of players in the battlefield.
- Decay has been disabled for environmental deaths and attacking objectives.
- Environmental deaths will grant 1 kill to a random nearby player, and an assist to all other nearby players.
Changed Battlefield objectives will now award 10 * (total number of players / 4) points, equivalent to eliminating half of the enemy team (from 500).
Fixed Bunkers inside battlefields will now have Line of Sight collision on the outer walls
Fixed Several issues involving neutral players in battlefields have been fixed.
- Neutral players will be made True Neutral upon entering and exiting the battlefield.
- Neutral players will be set to the appropriate helper status upon entering the pvp zone in GCW mode.
- Neutral players can now clone properly.

Scrapper Mobs

Changed Scrapper mobs (for vehicle parts) will now scale quantity with group size

Galactic Civil War

Changed Faction status changes will now be interrupted if the player performs a PvP attack, or interacts with a Watchtower

Items and Equipment

Changed Chu-Gon Dar Cube will now count down properly from when you can use the Cube again
Changed Asset updates for Sith Armor, Death Trooper Armor, Black Sun Armor, and Bryar Pistol
Fixed Rebreathers can now be equipped with wookiee chest plates
Fixed Ewok Festival of Love sparklers are now equippable

Miscellaneous

Changed AT-AT House, Emperor's Spire, Jabba's Sail Barge, and Rebel Spire Deeds are now tradeable
Fixed Moved some objects within the Ranch that were causing players to get stuck when cloning
Fixed Shadows on Merchant Tents will now render properly at far distances
Fixed All houses with tradeable deeds can now be transferred to another player

64 Bit Client

Added The client now supports anti-aliasing while running in windowed mode.
Changed The number of light sources the client can support rendering at once has greatly increased.
Changed The client now uses DirectX 9.0EX instead of DirectX 9.0c.
Fixed Greatly improved z-fighting where items like paintings would glitch/flicker when too close to walls.

Professions

Architect

Changed New Ore Mining Unit schematics will now stack to 100 instead of 50

Bio Engineer

Added Enzyme Processors now display the average Mutagen in addition to the average Purity

Bounty Hunter

Fixed Bounty Hunters that assist in taking down a Jedi will now receive a Trophy even if other hunters that have the same bounty are not in the area

Commando

Fixed You'll Regret That (snare bonus from Juggernaut set) now has a 15 second recourse timer

Creature Handler

Changed Removed the possibility of triggering Taunt from the Symbiosis Set bonus
Fixed Symbiosis set procs will now all trigger attacks correctly
Fixed Change and Trample roots will now respect diminishing returns

Doctor

Changed Thyferran buff durations have been increased from 5 minutes to 10 minutes

Droid Engineer

Changed Oil Baths will now display their functionality rating. Oil Bath durations depend on both the Overall Quality of the Lubricant as well as the Oil Bath functionality rating
Fixed A bug involving the depositing of lubricant which would throw off the oil bath timer has been resolved

Entertainer

Changed Captivator and Thriller sets now grant up to 1 5% chance to proc their respective buffs while performing normally, rather than while flourishing
Changed Watching anyone in a group of entertainers will now always use the max duration bonus of any of their group members.

Jedi

Changed Force Ghosts will no longer be able to take damage from things like Lava

Ranger

Changed Decoy (Strider Set ability) will now keep you in combat with a player while you are stealthed, and prevent you from re-entering stealth for 10 seconds when it's over
- Strider heroic jewelry sets that were purchased prior to this update are able to be refunded to claim a different jewelry set. To do so, radial a jewelry piece that shows a Refund countdown, while eligible, and click Refund.
Changed Movement speed for Fight or Flight and Burst of Shadows has decreased
Changed Net Trap spawned net health has been increased

Shipwright

Changed Kimogila texture kit has been updated to require Master Shipwright

Smuggler

Changed Feign Death now has a 30 second timer, and shows you as a corpse for the duration.

Space

Changed Players may not repair at a Space Station within 20 seconds of being hit by another Player
Changed Players may not hyperspace within 20 seconds of being hit by another player in PvP combat
Fixed Hidden Dagger Slayer Collection Badge is now properly rewarded upon completing the collection
Fixed The Homing Beacon will now work properly on Talus