All details and notes from the February SWTOR Producer Live Stream.
The event happened on 11th February 2016.
Ben Irving and Eric Musco are the usual hosts.
State of the Galaxy
The Isues about Chapter X launch
Bioware acknowledged the major issues players are experiencing with the launch of Chapter X. They offered an official apology. The key-bugs were fixed in 4.1a, but more connectivity issues appeared. All should be cleared up by the end of their work day.
Anarchist Cartel Market Pack
Bioware asks for more feedback and strong opinions on what parts of the changes we like and dislike. They noticed the huge wave of protest against the bad luck upon opening packs.
Email notifications and rewards for opting in for it
All Subs who opt in for email notificatoins by February 14th will receive a code by Bioware for 1050 Cartel Coins as a reward. Also they will share a FREE code to give to a friend for full access to Fallen Empire Chapter.
Nvidia’s Build your alliance contest
They showed the winning video – ~2 min long showcase video with a collection of cutscenes from various chapters with fan chosen music.
Chapter X: Anarchy in Paradise
Reminder that the chapter is now live. Only accessible to Subscribers. If you Subscribe now, you will receive access to ALL currently available 10 chapters. The choices in Chapter X are important and bring totally different outcomes. A quick mention about all other changes they made, namely Crafting Update and more.
Chapter XI: Disavowed
March 8 for Early access, March 10th for regular access! Major Jorgan returns – the first Republic Trooper companion. Chapter XI is supposed to hold a very special surprise for players, no hint on what it would be.
Eternal Championship
• My Complete Guide to the Eternal Championship is now available. Check it here.
This new feature is for solo players and will offer gladiatorial challenges in 10 different steps. Each fight is a stand alone boss fight that gets tougher as players progress through the challenges. Rare mounts and Bowdar are part of this as well. Blog Post is coming in February with details about the Championship. Musco played a video and gameplay while commenting over it:
Before the challenge begins, an introduction is made. The first boss is easy and offers less than 0 challenge. In between each round players have a choice to leave or continue. The introduction gives hints to incoming mechanics. All the fights happen in the very same arena – a circle shaped room. There are weekly rewards for defeating bosses 5, 7 and 10 with different rewards. The player can leave at any point and claim their reward.
The Championship has been tested and balanced for all classes – Tank, Healer, MDPS, RDPS.
Thanks to Jim, we have discovered that Musco had only a Knight buff, which means that he had not created other classes on this Dev server and also… Eric Musco getting killed in the Eternal Championship – can we take this as a measurement for a level of challenge and skills required? :) /troll
The new Warzone
Combination of long coridoors, open spaces and a little of everything for each player’s taste. Coming with Chapter XII in April 2016! Located on Odessen. Cross-faction Alliance teams training for their ongoing fight against the Eternal Throne. Allows for mixing Empire and Republic teams!
Lana Beniko is the Warzone’s overseer, providing directions and updates.
When the game starts, there are 2 control points. As the match goes on, more points spawn and de-spawn (2-5 control points). Claiming them players earn points to win the game. There are power-ups available, they are new, not the same as we know from other old warzones.
This warzone IS coming to PTS! It’s expected the test server to be patched with it in 2 to 3 weeks, very soon, giving plenty of time for it to be tested.
New Arena Map – the hidden surprising announcement
It’s going to be on Rishi and will launch on PTS at the same time with the new Odessen Warzone! It’s best of 3 rounds regular death match.
No information yet on next PvP season as the team is still debating when to launch it.
The new Arena will be available for test, but has no date for launch yet – to be announced later officially.
Quality of Live Improvements
Coming with Chapter XII in April
Strongholds
- Players can have 5 personal Strongholds – one of each!
- 50% increase in decoration limits for Guild Flagships
- Common decoration limits increased to 999
Guild improvements
- Bigger guilds! Total amount of players is 1000 (up from 500)
- Legacy Name column with primary character flag – allows the GM to see whose alts are these characters as well as mark who is the main character in the legacy
- Mass selection for editing guild members
Subscriber Rewards
Subbed by Jan 11 – HK-55 companion
Subbed by Feb 1 – HK-55 Jetpack, Early Access to Chapter X
Subbed by March 1 – HK-55 Helmet, Early Access to Chapter XI
The Live Stream ended with the latest official Bioware Launch Trailer for SWTOR Fallen Empire Chapter X: Anarchy in Paradise.
Eric Musco’s Wrap-Up Dev Post
Hey folks,
Thank you to everyone who tuned in today! If you missed the stream, or just want to catch up, here is a recap of the things we talked about.
Community Topics
- Chapter X Launch – We know this week has had its rough patches with the launch of Chapter X. We are working internally to improve these processes to avoid things like this from happening in the future. Thank all of you for your patience this week.
- Anarchist Pack – We have definitely seen excitement around the new items in the pack, but the pack reviews have been mixed. Please keep the feedback coming as the MTX team is always looking at ways to adjust.
February Subscriber Gift
- Be a subscriber who is opted in to receive emails by 2/14…
- Receive a code for 1050 Cartel Coins
- Receive a code you can give a friend which will give them access to Chapter I: The Hunt along with a feww level 60
- If you want to opt in to receive emails, go to your account page on swtor.com and you opt in there
Chapter XI: Disavowed
- Launches March 10th
- Join forces with Major Aric Jorgan of Havoc Squad
Eternal Championship
- Fight through 10 bosses
- Weekly Missions for defeating bosses 5, 7, and 10
- Rare Mount and Mini-pet drops
- Blog coming later this month
- View the archive of the live stream for some Eternal Championship footage
New Warzone
- Coming in April with Chapter XII
- Cross Faction Alliance teams fight together with players from opposite Factions on the same team
- Lana Beniko will be voicing this Warzone
- 2-5 control points throughout the map
- Collect power-ups that affect the control points
- PTS is planned to start in 2-3 weeks (I will pass on info as I have it)
Bonus
- Rishi Arena is coming as well
- Will come to PTS along with the new Warzone
- Launch date TBD
Quality of Life
- These changes are coming with Chapter XII in April
- You can now have all five Strongholds active at a time
- 50% increase in decoration limits for Guild Flagships
- Common decoration limit increased to 999
- Guilds can now have 1,000 members!
- There is now a Legacy Name column in your guild where you can designate that Legacy’s main character
- Mass selection for editing Guild Members
- We are working on some other QoL improvements as well which we will hopefully announce in the next few weeks
Sub Rewards
- Sub by March 1st to qualify for Early Access to Chapter XI and to receive the HK-55 inspired helmet
Thanks everyone!
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