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December Producer Livestream Wrap-up

Originally Posted by EricMusco ( Original Post ) | 15.12.2016 05:06PM
Hey folks,

Thank you to everyone who tuned in today. Here is a wrap-up of what we talked about:

New Chapter 1 KOTET TrialIn-game events live in December:
  • Life Day: Dec 13 Jan 10
  • Relics of the Gree: Dec 6 13 and January 3 10
  • Rakghoul Plague: Dec 13 20
  • Bounty Contract Week: Dec 22 29
  • All details www.swtor.com/info/in-game-events
Gearing Changes in Galactic Command
  • You can work towards specific pieces of gear through endgame activities.
  • Elements of working towards those pieces are legacy-wide.
In PvE
  • Unassembled Gear pieces are a guaranteed drop from the last boss of each Operation, with specific drops on a boss (Ex: Soa dropping chest).
  • Each other boss in an Operation has a chance to drop any token. Bosses that are later in an Operation have a higher chance then those early in the Op.
  • Turn in an Unassembled Gear piece along with Command Tokens (which come from Command Crates) to get that piece of gear.
In PvP
  • Playing any Warzone will earn you Unassembled Components. You earn more based on medals, match outcome, etc.
  • Turn Unassembled Components into a PvP vendor with a Valor requirement to get an Unassembled Gear piece.
  • Turn in an Unassembled Gear piece along with Command Tokens (which come from Command Crates) to get that piece of gear.
General Notes
  • Command Tokens are legacy-wide.
  • Command Tokens will be retroactively granted to each character based on their Command Rank when 5.1 goes live.

My interview with SWTOR Central - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E49PzwsO9x8&t=340s

Our next livestream will be in January!

-eric
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Knights of the Enternal Throne Survey

Originally Posted by EricMusco ( Original Post ) | 15.12.2016 03:13PM
Hey folks!

Good catch on the 50 characters. That section is meant for quick/brief feedback, but not quite that brief. We have alerted the team of the issue and they are looking into allowing more characters in that field. Thanks!

-eric
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Maintenance: 16 December 2016

Originally Posted by EricMusco ( Original Post ) | 15.12.2016 01:56PM
Hey everyone!

We will be taking the servers offline on December 16th in order to apply Game Update 5.0.1a. The website will also be unavailable during this time.

Details:
DATE: 16 December 2016
TIME: 7AM PST - 9AM PST (1400 GMT - 1600 GMT)
VERSION: 5.0.1a

Patch Notes:
  • It was recently discovered that snow is cold. Snowballs in the Life Day Event will now properly cool down the Overheated Droids spread around the Galaxy.
  • All NPCs can now be targeted by Snowballs during the Life Day Event.
  • Theron Shan will no longer appear hidden during Chapter 1 and Chapter 6 of Knights of the Eternal Throne.

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

-eric
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#2 Rogue One Spoilers

Originally Posted by EricMusco ( Original Post ) | 15.12.2016 10:25AM
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Originally Posted by TUXs View Post
Did you see it yet Eric? Do you guys get any sort of early access to it?
Nope! I am seeing it tomorrow and Saturday. It has been extra hard avoiding spoilers on the internet, given what my job is .

-eric
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Rogue One Spoilers

Originally Posted by EricMusco ( Original Post ) | 15.12.2016 09:54AM
Hey folks,

Tomorrow marks the release day of Rogue One!!! We are all Star Wars fans here and so I expect that all of us will be seeing the movie in short order. However, please be very wary of posting any movie spoilers. All conversation about the movie should go into off-topic and if it contains spoilers, please use a spoiler tag. I just ask that we all be respectful to each other and our mutual love of a galaxy far, far away .

-eric
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Producer Livestream 12/15

Originally Posted by EricMusco ( Original Post ) | 14.12.2016 11:38AM
Hey folks,

The stream dream team is back together for our last Producer Stream in December! Tune in tomorrow, Thursday 12/15 at 2pm Pacific at the usual place. Here is the info:

Thursday, 12/15
2PM Pacific
www.twitch.tv/swtor


Thanks everyone, we will see you there.

-eric
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Life Day Gift Droids Broken

Originally Posted by EricMusco ( Original Post ) | 14.12.2016 10:45AM
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Originally Posted by The-Kaitou-Kid View Post
As the title says, the gift droids are broken now. Since snowballs can only be used on players, the gift droids serve no purpose since they can't be hit with snowballs. This includes the overheated gift droids, as far as I can tell.
Thank you for the report, the team is aware and looking at addressing this soon. I will pass on updates as I have them.

-eric
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Throwin' Snowballs, Gettin' Command XP

Originally Posted by EricMusco ( Original Post ) | 13.12.2016 11:14AM
Hey folks,

It has been brought to our attention that when you gain a parcel from throwing a snowball in the Life Day event, you earn Command Experience Points. This is 100% intended as a nice little bonus of CXP for participating in the event. Between the cooldown on snowballs and the % chance to get parcels, this isn't better than simply participating in in-game activities such as Uprisings, Warzones, etc. We will continue to monitor this activity and if it creeps up to being better than endgame activities, we will likely lower the CXP that you earn from parcels.

Now, there is some concern about players exploiting this using bots and whatnot so here is a reminder: botting and macroing of any kind is against the Terms of Service. If an account is found to be using either, appropriate action will be taken up to and including account closure.

Happy Life Day to all! Get in there and throw some snowballs and get some CXP for yourself.

-eric
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Changes to Gearing through Galactic Command

Originally Posted by EricMusco ( Original Post ) | 13.12.2016 10:06AM
Hey folks,

Please keep all of your feedback coming on Command Crates, Command XP, and Galactic Command. The team is always looking over your feedback and looking for ways we can improve the system! We have been reading everything you sent our way, and there are couple of stand-out points (this is by no means everything):
  • There needs to be a way to work towards a specific slot of gear to fill in gaps (especially set bonuses) for people who are unlucky with Command Crates.
  • Gearing your other characters is too grindy.

With this in mind, the team has some important changes planned for Game Update 5.1 coming next month to address the above concerns! We are finalizing those changes now and will walk you through our plans during this Thursdays Livestream, 12/15 so be sure to tune in. If you cant make the stream we will be posting a recap on the forums. I just wanted to let you know that along with the changes we have already made in 5.0a and 5.0.1, your voices are being heard. We look forward to talking with all of you about the upcoming changes.

-eric

PS - I will be back on the stream this week so the stream dream team is back together again.
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Maintenance: 13 December 2016

Originally Posted by TaitWatson ( Original Post ) | 09.12.2016 10:28AM
Hey everyone!

We will be taking the servers offline on December 13th in order to apply Game Update 5.0.1. The website will also be unavailable during this time.

Details:
DATE: 13 December 2016
TIME: 4AM PST - 8AM PST (1200 GMT - 1600 GMT)
VERSION: 5.0.1

Patch Notes will be available on Monday.

Thank you for your patience as we maintain Star Wars: The Old Republic!
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Producer Livestream Wrap Up thread

Originally Posted by TaitWatson ( Original Post ) | 08.12.2016 05:37PM
Hey everyone!

For those who weren't able to join us for the Producer Stream today, you can find a brief wrap up below!

Galactic Command
  • We have been monitoring progress and feedback, and will continue making adjustments to Galactic Command.
  • In Patch 5.0.1 we are raising the Command Experience gained from a number of activities, ranging from 50 - over 100% increases.

Dark vs. Light Event
  • Rewards were delivered last week to players who reached the various tiers. Congratulations!
  • We have heard your feedback regarding the Achievements, and we will be returning the Tier Level Achievements.
  • We are fixing Master Ranos recruiting issues in Patch 5.0.1 on Tuesday.
In-Game Events*
  • Life Day (Dec 13 – Jan 10)
  • 5th Anniversary (Dec 13 – Jan 17)
  • Rakghoul Resurgence on Corellia (Dec 13 – Dec 20)
  • Bounty Contract Week (Dec 20 – Jan 3)
  • Relics of the Gree (Jan 3 - Jan 10)
Coming to SWTOR Early 2017
  • New Uprisings in January
  • Master Mode Chapters in January
  • Master Mode Uprisings in February / March

You can find the archived video of this stream - and all of the SWTOR streams - here!

Thanks,

Tait

*These dates have been corrected from those given during the stream.
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