SWTOR Holiday Producer Live Stream: what did we learn

The event aired on 8th December 2016. Hosts were community manager Eric Musco, creative director Charles Boyd and producer Ben Irving.

FULL VIDEO RECORDING IS ATTACHED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ARTICLE!

Community Topics

Life Day droids
EndGame gearing and RNG
Chapter 1 Trial – All Preferred get KOTET Chapter 1 free Trial. Subscribers can use their referral links to allow friends to play the same chapter 1 from KOTET for free.

5 Year Anniversary Rewards

Celebration Jawa
Senya Holostatue
7-piece art collection
Coruscant and Dromund Kaas Strongholds for 5 credits each
5-year Distinguished Veteran Subscriber stronghold decoration

Life Day and InGame Events

The lag fest… I mean snowball fight is back!

The Cartel Market offers the following items:

Wampa companion for the (silly) price of 2100 CC
Life Day Holo Shrub Toy
Festive Weapon Tuning
Droid Ecosample Stronghold

Life Day will run until 10th January. For more events during the holiday season, check my notes from the previous stream.

Galactic Command Gearing Changes

Bioware is fully aware of the negative feedback regarding the RNG system:

There needs to be a way to work towards a specific slot of gear
A bonus for gearing alts is needed too!

What they will change – EndGame (Operations and PvP) will allow players to work towards a specific piece of gear. Some elements of this “working towards a specific pieces of gear” are involving your Legacy.

PvE example

Grinding towards a specific piece of gear – Unassembled Gear Piece + Command Tokens (from command crates) will give you a chance to directly purchase Tier Gear (from a vendor).

Unassembled Gear pieces will drop from Ops Bosses. Other bosses will have a chance to drop Tier Gear Pieces. Every single Command Crate will contain Command Tokens, no RNG with this. Players will be rewarded retroactively Command Tokens for all their Command Ranks earned up until the patch day.

Guaranteed specific slot on last boss
Tier 1 – Story Difficulty
Tier 2 – Veteran Difficulty
Tier 3 – Master Difficulty

Command Tokens are earned from Command Crates and are legacy wide bound. Unassembled Gear Pieces are earned from Ops Bosses or purchased with Unassembled Components. Vendors to purchase the gear will be aded to the Fleet in Game Update 5.1 in January.

The designated gear pieces from the final bosses will NOT drop for all players. They will likely be 2 for 8-Man groups (example given) and players will have to roll for them. Command Tokens will be legacy bound, but Command Rank remains per character.

Make sure to log in at least once between now and the day the next Patch goes live in January to allow the system to record your Rank.

PvP example

Unassembled Components (from Warzones, no GSF) can be traded for Unassembled Gear Piece (from PvP Vendors).

Unassembled Gear Piece (PvP Vendors) + Command Tokens (Crates) will allow you to purchase a specific Tier Gear from a vendor.

Unassembled Components are earned from all Warzones, based on medals, match outcome and so on. Unassembled Components are used to purchase unassembled pirces of gear. There will be Valor requirement on the vendor (not the gear, but on the vendor itself). There will also be a requirement to purchase Tier 1 then upgrade to higher tiers of PvP gear.