On Thursday July 16 BioWare takes the SWTOR servers down for a maintenance, during which a new patch will be deployed. The SWTOR 6.1.2b Patch Notes have been released a day earlier. Check them out!
Game Update 6.1.2b was teased a few days ago to be the beginning of a new set of PvP changes. Almost everything in the notes is about changes made to PvP missions and most of these are aimed at producing healthier queues and regular participation! Let’s take a look! The list below is from http://www.swtor.com/patchnotes.
- Increased the number of Renown points and Tech Fragments received from PvP Missions.
- Warzone Medpacs and Adrenals have been added to PvP Missions.
- Increased the number of Fleet Commendations received from Galactic Starfighter Missions.
- Player will now receive Legendary Ember as rewards in the following Missions:
- [DAILY] Arena of Death!
- [WEEKLY] Go Berserk!
- [WEEKLY] Time for Pain!
The following changes have been made to Group Ranked Rewards:
- Players now receive a Prototype Warzone Crate for a Group Ranked loss, and an Artifact
- Warzone Crate for a Group Ranked victory.
- Group Ranked now contains its own reward boxes, the Daily Group Ranked Warzone Lockbox and Weekly Group Ranked Warzone Lockbox.
- The Daily Group Ranked Warzone Lockbox contains:
- Increased chances at set bonuses and tacticals compared to the Daily Ranked Warzone Lockbox.
- 5 equipment pieces relative to your item rating.
- 5 mods relative to your item rating.
- 12 Prototype Isotope Stabilizers.
- 10% chance for a Legendary Ember.
- A collection of Satchel of Crafting Mats (Grade 11).
- The Weekly Group Ranked Warzone Lockbox contains:
- Increased chances at set bonuses and tacticals compared to the Weekly Ranked Warzone Lockbox.
- 10 equipment pieces relative to your item rating.
- 10 mods relative to your item rating.
- 72 Prototype Isotope Stabilizers.
- 20% chance for a Legendary Ember.
- A large collection of Satchel of Crafting Mats (Grade 11).
The following changes have been made to Solo Ranked Rewards:
- Players now receive a Premium Warzone Crate for a Solo Ranked loss, and a Prototype Warzone Crate for a Solo Ranked victory.
- The following changes have been made to the Daily Ranked Warzone Lockbox:
- Increased chance at a random set bonus or tactical.
- Now receive 4 equipment pieces (up from 3).
- Now receive 4 mods (up from 3).
- 5% chance for a Legendary Ember.
- New chance for Satchel of Crafting Mats (Grade 11).
- Warzone Adrenals and Medpacs have been removed from lockboxes.
- Renown Trophies have been removed from lockboxes.
- The following changes have been made to the Weekly Ranked Warzone Lockbox:
- Increased chance at a random set bonus or tactical.
- Now receive 8 equipment pieces (up from 5).
- Now receive 8 mods (up from 5).
- 10% chance for a Legendary Ember.
- Now receive 18 Satchel of Crafting Mats (Grade 11) (up from 5).
- Now receive 36 Processed Isotope Stabilizer.
- Warzone Adrenals and Medpacs have been removed from lockboxes.
- Renown Trophies have been removed from lockboxes.
The following changes have been made to Unranked Rewards:
- Players now receive a Standard Warzone Crate for an Unranked loss, and a Premium Warzone Crate for an Unranked victory.
- The following changes have been made to the Daily Unranked Warzone Lockbox:
- Increased chance at a random set bonus or tactical.
- Now receive 3 equipment pieces (up from 2).
- Now receive 3 mods (up from 1).
- New chance for Satchel of Crafting Mats (Grade 11).
- Warzone Adrenals and Medpacs have been removed.
- Renown Trophies have been removed.
- The following changes have been made to the Weekly Unranked Warzone Lockbox:
- Increased chance at a random set bonus or tactical.
- Now receive 6 equipment pieces (up from 3).
- Now receive 6 mods (up from 1).
- New chance for Satchel of Crafting Mats (Grade 11).
- Warzone Adrenals and Medpacs have been removed.
- Renown Trophies have been removed.
The following changes have been made to Galactic Starfighter Rewards:
- Players will receive a Premium Starfighter Crate on a loss and a Prototype Starfighter Crate on a victory.
- The new Starfighter Crates may contain:
- A random set bonus or tactical.
- Equipment.
- Mods.
- Fleet Requisition.
- Processed Isotope Stabilizer.
- Satchel of Crafting Mats (Grade 11).
- Renown Trophy.
The following new Conquest PVP Objectives have been added:
- Solo Ranked Objectives:
- Achiever – Weekly Repeatable, 9750 points.
- Infinite Domination – Infinite Repeatable, 4000 points.
- Medalist – Infinite Repeatable, 1100 points.
- Total Domination – Weekly Repeatable, 9750 points.
- Victorious – Daily Repeatable, 2000 points.
- Victorious 2 – Daily Repeatable, 5800 points.
- Victorious 3 – Daily Repeatable, 7500 points.
- Team Ranked Objectives:
- Achiever – Weekly Repeatable, 13500 points.
- Infinite Domination – Infinite Repeatable, 7500 points.
- Medalist – Infinite Repeatable, 2100 points.
- Total Domination – Weekly Repeatable, 13500 points.
- Victorious – Daily Repeatable, 3000 points.
- Victorious 2 – Daily Repeatable, 6500 points.
- Victorious 3 – Daily Repeatable, 9750 points.
- Unranked Objectives:
- Achiever – Weekly Repeatable, 5800 points.
- Infinite Domination – Infinite Repeatable, 3000 points.
- Medalist – Infinite Repeatable, 850 points.
- Total Domination – Weekly Repeatable, 5800 points.
- Victorious – Daily Repeatable, 1750 points.
- Victorious 2 – Daily Repeatable, 3000 points.
- Victorious 3 – Daily Repeatable, 5800 points.
At the end of the notes’ list there are a few Opetation-related changes, some visual appearances fixes and additional quality of life improvements:
- Shelleigh’s health in the Nature of Progress Operation – Master Mode is now correctly scaling with each Felshade she consumes.
- The activation of the ventilation system no longer prevents the Red Venom ability from being used again on the Apex Vanguard in the Nature of Progress Operation.
- The Mandalorian Stormbringer’s Chestpiece rockets are now correctly pointing downwards when used.
- The tooltips of the Ballast Point Legs Guards and Unyielding Protector Robes of Republic characters are now displaying their 4-piece and 6-piece set bonuses.
- Lower-level players now receive a warning when travelling to a higher-level planet for the All the Worlds Ultimate Swoop Rally Event Story Missions.
- Players who didn’t have their Crew Skills rank restored to its pre-reset value with last patch, 6.1.2a, will now have their Crew Skills rank restored to its previous value.
- The Codebreaker title no longer hides the character’s name.
- Female characters’s bodies are no longer deformed when scanning or interacting with objects.
- There is no longer an invisible and fighting Holo NPC during the last step of the “We’re Wanted Men” Mission.
- The marker of the “Talk to Lana” step in the Imperial Mission “Relative Harm” on Onderon is now pointing to the correct position.
- Tacticals that apply a new effect or refresh an existing one no longer transfer the whole damage/debuff of their effects through Guard, but only half the damage/debuff as intended.
- The hooded version of the Jed’aii Robe no longer disappears when in low settings.
- The flourish animation of the Basilisk War Mount now has a sound effect as intended.
- The tooltip of the Advanced Scout Walker has been corrected and no longer mentions flourish in the mount description.
- Players will now receive a warning when withdrawing Credits from the Guild Bank if it will put them over the Credit cap.
- It is no longer possible for Incendiary Shrieks to join the Huntmaster fight in the Nature of Progress Operation – Master Mode.
As the update number suggest this is a “small patch”, so only fixes and tweaks are introduced with today’s update. No new content or major features to tweak and test.
Also this patch does not address the popular bugs with the the missing NPC from Counterfeit Tokens: Nar Shaddaa for the Imperial players, where the NPC is not available to talk to. Progress of this mission is still blocked.
It is very likely that because of that and the delay in fixing it, BioWare might decide to extend the Nar Shaddaa Nightlife event with a week or even longer. As soon as they announce something, I will let you know, of course.
Another bug related to this event also remains present in the game after 6.1.2b – the Emperor’s Grace slots are also bugged and often cannot be used by players.
The three new speeders, that you can purchase from the All Worlds Ultimate Swoop Rally reputation vendors, still do not produce sound either. This bug will be fixed in a later patch as well.
