SWTOR Update 7.3 Changes Overview and Patch Notes

Full Patch Notes

Below you can read the full patch notes from BioWare, as they were published on June 13th, 2023.

General

• Upon joining a guild, players will not have access to the guild bank until they have been in the guild for 30 days.
• Fixed several gap issues on Alderaan.
• Removed the trees from the bridge in the Mos Ila Spaceport on Tatooine.
• Trees are no longer floating on the following planets:
  • Dromund Kaas
  • Taris
  • Tython
• Environment no longer disappears for players with Ryzen processors.
• The environment no longer disappears when moving the camera in the following locations:
  • The Dilapidated Waterworks on Ruhnuk
  • Abandoned Bunker area in [HEROIC 2+] Cyber Mercenaries Republic Mission
  • The Watchtower Central Control on Oricon
• Class buffs are no longer removed from Companions after transitioning to another location.
• Added resource nodes to Ruhnuk.
• Removed the Mouse Droids sounds when loading into the Character Selection window.
• If a player tries to send a bound item by mail, there is now a pop-message informing them that they can’t send a bound item via mail.
• Players can no longer accept trades that would place them over the credit cap.
• The Freight Depot Quick Travel points in CZ-198 now automatically unlock when players approach them.
• The digging machine in the Overgrown Mining Site of Ruhnuk is no longer floating above the ground.
• The pulldown list on the Guild Flagship console is now sorted alphabetically and doesn’t go off screen.
• Player’s ship, The Fury and BT-7 Thunderclap, are no longer flickering when standing on the ships’ landing ramp.
• When using the World Map’s Magnify Cursor, the x, y position will now report the correct coordinates.
• Fixed the size of the map icons on the Overlay Map.
• “Return to Medcenter” button will now spawn the player inside the Mek-Sha Stronghold.
• Players are now correctly charged when entering a Stronghold of the opposite faction.
  • All base classes will be charged 2,000 credits to enter a Stronghold of the opposite faction.
  • Smugglers and Imperial Agents will be charged 250 credits to enter a Stronghold of the opposite faction.
• Removed outdated ability tutorials from Knights of the Fallen Empire chapters.
• Increased single lightsaber companion damage by 6%.
• Added the missing tooltips of the Crew Skills and Companions & Contacts buttons.
• Crew Skills Profession names are now fully displayed in the Crew Skills window.
• French localization for “Veil Piercer” Achievement, “Perceuse de voile”, is now correctly displayed in the PvP Season 2 rewards window and in-game titles list.
• The following deprecated decorations have been removed from the Decorations Window:
  • Jedi Memorial
  • Technolith Remote Miniprobe
  • Umbaran Mantorr
  • Z-88 Blackjack
  • Zakuulan Striker
  • Desert Assault Speeder
• The Starship hook outside of the Mek-Sha Hideout Stronghold is now visible and interactable.
• Relocated the Mek’sha Hideout Stronghold Directory to each faction’s arrival point on Mek’sha.

Cartel Market

• Fixed the animation of Flair: Obsidian Squad.
• All players can now use the following mounts as Artifact Equipment Authorization is no longer needed to use those:
  • Covert Stalker
  • Covert Pathfinder
  • Swamp Slybex
  • Vicious Drakag
  • Gloomlight Vrake
  • Scavenger’s Luggerwahl
  • Noxious Boma
• The Ambitious Warrior Chestguard collection plate and icon now match the in-game appearance.
• The WL-29 Blaster Rifle from the Cartel Weapon Packs is now correctly unlocked in Collections when equipped.
• The CP-2 Bryar Pistol can now be unlocked in the Collections. The weapon’s tooltip has been updated accordingly.
• The reputation version of Mira’s Armor Set can now be unlocked in Collections.
• The following Juvenile Rancor Pets can now be unlocked in the Collections:
  • Juvenile Savannah Rancor
  • Juvenile Canyon Rancor
  • Juvenile Marsh Rancor
  • Juvenile Mountain Rancor
  • Juvenile Nocturnal Rancor
  • Juvenile Irradiated Rancor
  • Juvenile Bull Rancor
  • Juvenile Tyrant Rancor

Items + Economy

• Daily Resource Matrices have been removed from the game. They have been replaced by Conquest Commendations at an equal value.
• Commendations awarded from Group Finder’s Role in Need increased to 15 (up from 5).
• Increased the Weekly Cap of Conquest Commendations to 6000 (up from 2500) and the total cap to 4000 (up from 2500).
• Increased the Weekly cap of FP-1 Stabilizers to 3000 (up from 1200).
• Increased the Weekly cap of WZ-1 Accelerant to 2000 (up from 1200).
• Increased the Weekly cap of OP-1 Catalyst to 2000 (up from 1200).
• Currencies required to upgrade gear have been adjusted to reduce the number of currencies:
  • Conquest Gear Vendor:
    • To Purchase Gear: Conquest Commendations, Credits
    • To Upgrade Gear: Previous Gear, Conquest Commendations, Credits
  • Flashpoint Gear Vendor:
    • To Purchase Gear: Flashpoint Stabilizer, Credits
    • To Upgrade Gear: Previous Gear, Flashpoint Stabilizer, Credits
  • Operations Gear Vendor:
    • To Purchase Gear: Operation Catalyst, Credits
    • To Upgrade Gear: Previous Gear, Operation Catalyst, Credits
  • PvP Gear Vendor:
    • To Purchase Gear: PvP Accelerant, Credits
    • To Upgrade Gear: Previous Gear, PvP Accelerant, Credits
  • Legendary Implants Vendor:
    • To Purchase Gear: Conquest Commendations, Tech Fragments, Credits
    • To Upgrade Gear: Conquest Commendations, Tech Fragments, Credits
• Transferring credits between players through mail or direct trade is subject to a fee of 8% of the credits being transferred, paid by the sender.
• The transfer of some high value items through mail or direct trade is subject to a credit fee based on its value, paid by the sender.
  • These fees do not apply when sending to characters on the same account.
• Removed the Tax Evasion Guild Perk from the Guild Perk rotation.
• Executioner’s Lightsaber now correctly appears in the Lightsaber GTN sub category instead of the Double-bladed Lightsaber sub category.
• The following decorations from Mandalorian Rebels Personnel Bundle can now be sold on the GTN:
  • Varad Beskari
  • Bloodsworn
  • Churl
  • Hulk
• Fixed the visual effect of the Master Orr’s Lightsaber across all activation states.
• Fixed the visual effect and textures of Apex Sovereign’s Breastplate.
• The visual effect of the Creep Tuning is now correctly displayed on Galactic Season Assault Weapons.
• The following items can no longer be used in PvP areas:
  • Honorary Bouncer’s Badge
  • Dantooine Achievement item “Yarvok’s Gratitude”
• The belt from the Mandalorian Nomad Chestpiece no longer clips with all body types.
• The Wasteland Tech’s Helmet is no longer stretching the character blinks.
• The following belt no longer stretch when equipped with the Remote Outcast’s Goggles:
  • Cartel Combatant’s Belt
  • Cartel Prospect’s Belt
• Fixed several typos within the game:
  • Hand Warming item description
  • Vanguard Plasmatech’s mod “Primed Det Pack” description

Combat Styles

General

• Updated various tooltips for clarity and readability.
• The second combat style unlock Mission is now correctly removed if the player’s status changes from Premium to Preferred, preventing them from being stuck in the Mission.
• Fixed an issue where class passive tooltips of Jedi Combat Style players were not displayed in German.

Combat Styles

Powertech

• Adjusted timing of some ability grants to smooth out the leveling experience.
• Stealth Scan has been redesigned and renamed “Terminator Droid”. In addition to revealing stealthed enemies it also slows them and decreases their accuracy.
  • Terminator Droid – Fires off a Terminator Droid to scan the area for 15, revealing stealthed opponents and immobilizing them for 3 seconds. In addition, all enemies inside the field of the Terminator Droid have their accuracy reduced by 20% and are slowed by 30%.
• The Neural Trigger Tactical has been redesigned. It nowroots the target instead of stuns.
• Advanced Prototype
  • Prototype Rail – Increased the heat reduced from Prototype Rail to 6 (up from 5) when dealing damage to a target affected by Retractable Blade’s bleed effect with Rail Shot.
  • Prototype Weapon Systems – Increases the critical strike damage bonus of Rocket Punch, Rail Shot, Magnetic Blast, Retractable Blade, Thermal Detonator, and Energy Burst by 15% (up from 10%).
  • The Energized Blade Tactical has been redesigned and renamed Energized Vambrace
    • Energized Vambrace – Gaining an Energy Lode stack increases Retractable Blade’s bleed and Magnetic Blast’s damage by 5% for 10 seconds. Stacks up to 4 times.

Vanguard

• Adjusted timing of some ability grants to smooth out the leveling experience.
• Stealth Scan has been redesigned and renamed “Suppression Droid”. In addition to revealing stealthed enemies it also slows them and decreases their accuracy.
  • Suppression Droid – Fires off a Terminator Droid to scan the area for 15, revealing stealthed opponents and immobilizing them for 3 seconds. In addition, all enemies inside the field of the Terminator Droid have their accuracy reduced by 20% and are slowed by 30%.
• The Neural Trigger Tactical has been redesigned. It now – Neural Trigger now roots the target instead of stuns.
• Tactics
  • High Friction Bolts – High Friction Bolts restores 6 energy cells (up from 5) when dealing damage to a target affected by Gut’s bleeding effect with High Impact Round.
  • Havoc Training – Increases the critical strike damage of Rocket Punch, Rail Shot, Magnetic Blast, Retractable Blade, Thermal Detonator, and Energy Burst by 15% (up from 10%).
    • Energized Blade Tactical has been renamed Energized Vambrace
      • Energized Vambrace – Gaining an Energy Lode stack increases Gut’s bleed and Tactical Surge’s damage by 5%. Stacks up to 4 times and lasts 10 seconds.

Mercenary

• Adjusted timing of some ability grants to smooth out the leveling experience.
• Stealth Scan has been redesigned and renamed “Hunter Killer Droid”. In addition to revealing stealthed enemies it also reduces the casters damage taken while stunned.
  • Hunter Killer Droid – Fires off probes that scan the area for stealth opponents for 15 seconds and grants Droid Overwatch which increases your damage reduction while stunned by 30%. Revealed targets are immobilized and all enemies within the field are slowed by 30%.
• Random Charge has been renamed Overcharged Cells.
  • Overcharged Cells – Priming Shot, Thermal Detonator, and Healing Scan generate 3 Supercharges. This effect has a rate limit of 15 seconds.
• Bodyguard
  • Supercharged Gas has been renamed Supercharged Kolto Gas.
• Arsenal
  • Supercharged Gas has been renamed High Velocity Supercharged Gas. The duration of High Velocity Supercharged Gas has been increased by 4 seconds.

Commando

• Adjusted timing of some ability grants to smooth out the leveling experience.
• Stealth Scan has been redesigned and renamed “Advanced Recon Droid”. In addition to revealing stealthed enemies, it also reduces the casters damage taken while stunned.
  • Advanced Recon Droid – Fires off probes that scan the area for stealth opponents for 15 seconds and grants Droid Overwatch which increases your damage reduction while stunned by 30%. Revealed targets are immobilized and all enemies within the field are slowed by 30%.
• Random Charge has been renamed Overcharged Cells.
  • Overcharged Cells – Vortex Bolt, Assault Plastique, and Advanced Medical Probe generate 3 Supercharges. This effect has a rate limit of 15 seconds.
• Combat Medic
  • Supercharged Cells has been renamed Supercharged Kolto Cells.
• Gunnery
  • Supercharged Cells has been renamed to High Velocity Supercharged Cells. The duration of High Velocity Supercharged Cells has been increased by 4 seconds.

Operative

• Medicine
  • Medicine Operative’s version of Tactical Overdrive now grants interrupt immunity while it is active.
• Concealment
  • The Best Defense Mod’s lifesteal effect has been improved.
• Lethality
  • Corrosive Return no longer extends the duration of Stim Boost by 5 seconds.
  • The Viral Elements Tactical no longer causes Lethal Strike to hit the primary target twice.

Scoundrel

• Sawbones
  • Sawbones Scoundrel’s version of Hot Streak now grants interrupt immunity while it is active.
• Scrapper
  • The Best Defense Mod’s lifesteal effect has been improved.
• Ruffian
  • Brutal Return no longer extends the duration of Pugnacity by 5 seconds.
  • The Viral Elements tactical no longer causes Point Blank Shot to hit the primary target twice.

Sniper

• Updated Target Acquired tooltip to clarify its effects between disciplines.
• Updated Calculated Pursuit tooltip for more clarity.
• Reestablish Range is now granted at level 43 for all Snipers, and the knockback effect has been moved to the Sniper Pillbox ability treechoice.
• Vital Regulators is a new level 64 choice on the ability tree for all disciplines.
  • Vital Regulators heals for 3% total health every 2 seconds while in cover.
• Marksmanship
  • Targeted Ambush now triggers from killing an enemy within three seconds of damaging them with Ambush.
• Virulence
  • Corrosive Refund has been redesigned. It now causes Corrosive Grenade to refund 2 energy each time it ticks.

Gunslinger

• Updated Illegal tooltip to clarify its effects between disciplines.
• Updated Hot Pursuit tooltip for more clarity.
• Reset Engagement is now granted at level 43 for all Gunslingers, and the knockback effect has been moved to the Lay Low ability tree choice.
• Cool Under Pressure is a new level 64 choice on the ability tree for all disciplines.
  • Cool Under Pressure heals for 3% total health every 2 seconds while in cover.
• Sharpshooter
  • Hotshot now triggers from killing an enemy within three seconds of damaging them with Aimed Shot.
• Dirty Fighting
  • Scrounging has been redesigned. It now causes Shrap Bomb to refund 2 energy each time it ticks.

Assassin

• Deception
  • Increased the damage bonus given by Executioner while an opponent is below 30% max health to 5% (up from 3%).
  • Fixed a bug where Voltaic Defense was slowing targets by too much. It now slows the target by 50% and its tooltip has been updated to show the correct value.
• Hatred
  • Reduced the damage bonus given from Inevitable Demise to 25% (down from 30%).

Shadow

• Infiltration
  • Increased the damage bonus given by Judgement while an opponent is below 30% max health to 5% (up from 3%).
  • Fixed a bug where Visionary Defense was slowing targets by too much. It now slows its targets by 50% and its tooltip has been updated to show the correct value.
• Serenity
  • Reduced the damage bonus given from Aching Mind to 25% (down from 30%).

Sorcerer

• Lightning
  • Fixed typo issues in the “Convulsing Currents” passive tooltip.
  • Increased the Stormwatch tactical’s duration to 15 seconds (up from 10 seconds).
  • Increased the damage of Halted Offensive by 7%.
  • Increased Lightning Flash’s damage by 5%.
• Madness
  • Dark Echo’s change to reapply Death Brand’s slow has been reduced to 30%.
  • Vitiates Malice – Life Steal on Force Lightning has been reduced to 15% (down from 20%).
  • Death Brand’s Slow effect should no longer reapply to players that have been defeated and respawn.

Sage

• Telekinetics
  • Increased the Stormwatch tactical’s duration to 15 seconds (up from 10 seconds).
  • Increased the damage of Power of the Force by 7%.
  • Increased Telekinetic Gust’s damage by 5%.
• Balance
  • Resonating Pulse’s chance to reapply Shifted Balance’s slow has been reduced to 30%.
  • Warden’s Vigor – Life Steal from Telekinetic Throw has been reduced to 15% (down from 20%).
  • Shifted Balance’s Slow effect should no longer reapply to players that have been defeated and respawn.

Marauder

• Annihilation
  • The rage generation of Bloodlust passive has been modified. It now reads:
    • Your direct damage attacks that hit a bleeding target build 1 rage. This effect cannot occur more than once every 3 seconds.” The rest of the passive’s effect remains the same.

Sentinel

• Watchman
  • The focus generation of Burning focus passive has been modified. It now reads:
    • Your direct damage attacks that hit a burning target build 1 focus. This effect cannot occur more than once every 3 seconds.” The rest of the passive’s effect remains the same.

Flashpoints

Assault on Tython

• Enemies will no longer get stuck inside tree trunks in the Assault on Tython Flashpoint.

Cademimu

• Fixed an incorrectly rotated visual effect during the Xander encounter in the Cademimu Flashpoint.

Kaon Under Siege

• Removed the trees from the last room in the Kaon Under Siege Flashpoint.

Ruins of Nul

• Fixed an issue where it was difficult to interact with the door before Regnant in the Ruins of Nul Flashpoint.
• Canceling the “Find a Way Inside” conversation from the Ruins of Nul Flashpoint (both factions) no longer blocks the Mission.

Operations

Eternity Vault

• Fixed the issue where Soa’s platforms were invisible.

Missions + NPCs

• The Smuggler Mission “Lab Work” now progresses when the player chooses the “She brought this on herself” line during the cinematic with Lazhae in Shadow Town.
• Removed the tree that was blocking the view when the shuttle leaves Tython in the cinematic Jedi Knight Mission.
• Fixed an issue with the Jedi Masters’ map markers in [HEROIC 2+] Consume the Light Mission.
• Added codex image to Onderon Directive Missions – both factions.
• [HEROIC 2+] Possessed Hunter Mission is now progressing the Dromund Kaas: Heroic Missions Achievement.
• Removed the shadow on Lieutenant Jordan’s chest and body during Trooper cinematics on Ord Mantell.
• Musicians in the VIP section of the Vaiken Spacedock are now playing holographic instruments.
• Players will no longer gain experience from Space Combat Missions directly. Other missions or objectives that target these missions will still grant experience and other associated rewards.

Arenas + Warzones

• The list of players in the Warzone and Arena Scoreboards are now properly sorted.
• Made the following changes to PvP maps:
  • Novare Coast
    • Defenders will receive 700 defender points (up from 500) when guarding a bunker.
    • Defenders will receive 700 defender points when defeating an attacking player near the bunker.
    • Attackers who actively capture the objective will receive 2000 attacker points (1000 for actively capturing and 1000 for any assist work player may have contributed).
    • Attackers will receive 5000 attacker points when defeating a defending player near a bunker.
  • Yavin Ruins
    • Defenders will receive 700 points when defending a turret for 30 seconds.
    • Defenders will receive 500 defender points when defeating an attacker near a turret.
    • Attackers will receive 500 attacker points when defeating a defending player near a turret.
  • Voidstar
    • Defending an objective now grants 700 defender points.
    • When defeating an attacker player near the door, the player will now gain 500 defender points.
    • When an attacking player defeats a defending player, they will receive 500 attacker points.
  • Huttball (All maps: Original, Quesh, and Vandin)
    • When a ball is scored the ball carrier will receive 2500 attacker points.
    • When a ball is scored the scoring team will receive 2250 attacker points.
    • Defeating the ball carrier rewards 700 defender points (up from 500).
    • Defeating enemies near the player’s end zone rewards 500 defender points (up from 250).

Galactic Seasons

Galactic Season 4 “A Passage of Peace”

• The currency “Notes of Reflection” now has a weekly cap of 200, as intended.
• Changing Amity’s combat role after changing areas no longer deactivates Amity’s fourth ability.
• Amity’s weapon, Pummeled Peace, can now be unlocked in Collections.

PvP/PvP Season

• It is no longer possible to change the map after it has been selected by the leader in a PvP Challenge.

PvP Season Objectives

• Reduced the requirements for Arena Objectives
  • Arenas: Decorated
    • Earn at least 7 medals in 6 Arena matches (down from 8 matches)
  • Arenas: Combatant
    • Play 12 Arena matches (down from 16 matches)
  • Arenas: Domination
    • Win 4 Arena matches (down from 6 matches)
• Reduced the requirements for PvP Arena Weekly Missions:
  • [DAILY] My Kind of Scum
    • Now requires 4 Arena Matches (Wins count x3) – down from 6
  • [DAILY] Arena of Death!
    • Now requires 4 Arena Matches (Wins count x3) – down from 6
  • [WEEKLY] Time for Pain!
    • Now requires 16 Arena Matches (Wins count x3) – down from 24
  • [WEEKLY] Go Berserk!
    • Now requires 16 Arena Matches (Wins count x3) – down from 24

Events

The All Worlds Swoop Gang Rally

• Fixed the following issues on the [DAILY] Horizon’s Razor: Tatooine Mission:
  • The mission can only be completed twice per day, as intended
  • Added the missing XP and credits rewards
• The Perfection Achievements on Onderon and Tatooine can now be completed on Blatant Beks, Horizon’s Razors, and Pit Screamers.
• Made the following changes to the Perfection Achievements:
  • Completing the Bonus Mission rewards now grants 2 more tokens
  • Completing the Timed Bonus Mission grants 3 more tokens
  • None of the bonus missions grant credits

Fixed with a previous hotfix

• Colorblind mode no longer causes a black screen when launching the game.

Source: swtor.com