Here are Vulkk’s notes and the most important news from the event
- Stay up to date with Everything about SWTOR Patch 5.2 The War for Iokath
- Catch up with updates from the previous Producer Live Streams
- Check out the Collective Post to learn Everything about SWTOR KOTET
The event aired on 6th April 2017. Hosts were community manager Eric Musco and producer Ben Irving.
FULL VIDEO RECORDING IS ATTACHED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ARTICLE!
Community Topics
- Unassembled Components and Legacy – not happening yet. Other Legacy bound CXP perks are currently under development at the moment.
- Class Changes – Nothing in 5.2.
- Command XP after the Event – Will stay pretty much the same as it was during the boost. CXP from enemies through the game is added back. Small changes and balancing acts.
- Tokens, Unassembled Pieces and Components – Changes coming to vendors to simplify the mess from 5.1.x. The only gear vendors will show is what is intended for the class of your character that is browsing the vendor’s goods. Charles said Tier 1 gear will be available for purchase directly for tokens. This was false statement. Later it was corrected on the forums that this is something that will happen in a future update, not in 5.2!
- A lot of gear and loot changes for both PvP and Operations. Find more info here: SWTOR 5.2 EndGame Gearing GUIDE for PvE and PvP
Game Update 5.2 The War for Iokath
- Iokath’s story – a new superweapon is the reason Republic and Empire will compete to take control of. Major conflict will spawn on Iokath. Charles mentioned Scorpio – possibly she might have a role in the story. More info: SWTOR 5.2 The War For Iokath: The Faction Battle Begins
- Elara and Quinn – the original voice actor is returning to voice over the Quinn character once again. Past choices will matter in regards to how your companions will react to see you again after these 5 years. Romances can be continued, provided they were started in the classic story.
New Daily Area and PvP
- Season 8 – No info yet. When it comes closer, they will start talking more about the season and season rewards, of course.
- First attempt at mounted PvP combat – using walkers in the daily area (available for purchase via new tokens)
- Story line – not repeatable. Daily area opens up after you complete the story.
- Can mount a walker or a remote control a mouse droid. Also can use a stationary turret (similar to the old turrets on Illum, from the original Open World PvP zone on the planet, back in 2011).
- Who can access Iokath’s story and Daily Area – only requirement is to have a lvl 70 character. More info here: Requirements to access the NEW SWTOR 5.2 Iokath Content
- The first choice you make during the story, will be remembered. Later on for the Daily Area activities, players can switch their factions of choice and participate in either side’s daily activities. More info here: SWTOR 5.2 Chosing Faction on Iokath: how the new feature is going to work
- Daily Teaming Up for PvP – teams still work the same classic way they work right now.
- Performance tweaks to reduce lag and FPS isues – Charles said it’s been several years and the team has made a lot of improvements to the engine and servers. Well… I play this game for over 5 years and the engine issues are still there in every aspect. What miracles they may have done to smooth up the Iokath PvP performance, we will see soon ^^
- Reputatoins work exactly as all the other older ones, except that you will earn reputation points depending on your current faction.
Gods from the Machine
- Tyth – first boss of a new operation, which will be released through the year. If you want to learn more about the boss, I have a detailed Written guide for Tyth in Story and Veteran Mode.
- The operation follows classic faction separations. Players can group up for it with their own kind only. Iokath faction choices don’t count for Operations, Gods From The Machine is too one day aiming to become a full Operation :)
New Galaxy Map
- A day earlier Musco announced the changes to the Galaxy Map. You can find the details here: SWTOR 5.2 New Galaxy Map. I’ve shared more screenshots of the new Galaxy Map at this link.
- Can access it from anywhere, no need to travel to your ship. However, you wont have access to the map before you complete the quest for your class to obtain a ship.
- The map is brand new, more detailed and shows up on top of the game, completely covering your screen. Contains a lot more information about each planet and place of interest that you can visit. Loads faster too.
Star Wars Celebration
- Bioware Austin will be hosting an outside Cantina event in a building right across the street from the main Celebration area.
- Special SWTOR shirts will be available at the cantina as a giveaway to all who show up.
- Special guest – Darin De Paul, voice of Emperor Valkorion and Tyth will be attending the Cantina.
Misc Q and A
Q: Possibly more localized events in and around Austin?
A: Nothing planned for the moment. They mentioned the Bad Feeling Podcast’s regular yearly events that the developers attend to, unofficially.
