SWTOR released patch 7.4a on December 6th, 2023. This is one day after 7.4 was released on the day prior. Crucial bug fixes were implemented and this overview will look over the changes made.
With the release of 7.4, many players were looking forward to the features brought on by this update. From the new Chains in the Dark Story, increased Gear Rating cap, new daily mission area and the ability to get a new datacron, excited players would be disappointed with a few but ever so annoying bugs.
One prominent bug was that players who had previously completed all the Hyde and Zeek Modification missions were unable to obtain new missions to get 340 gear modifications. Fortunately, this was an easy fix, though some players had it worse.
There were reports of the game client crashing and excessive RAM usage due to a memory leak. Features on the GTN weren’t fully present after the GTN Revamp introduced with 7.4, and players couldn’t preview vendor-sold decorations.
The GTN revamp was not accepted immediately as a positive thing. I think it will be in the long run as one of the main goals of the developers is (or should be) to fight the inflation of the in-game currencies under the influence of the Cartel Market.
It looks like these were rather easy fixes for the dev team and now SWTOR 7.4 is working as intended. It took less than 24 hours for the “lettered” hotfix patch to be deployed.
It has become almost a tradition with every major update to be immediately followed by a small hotfix “lettered” patch a day or two later. But this is also a good thing. Nobody wants game-breaking bugs and glitches to prevent them from playing the game.
Full Patch Notes
Below you can read the patch notes as Broadsword posted them on swtor.com:
General
- An issue causing the client to crash or leak memory has been fixed.
Missions
- The “A Helping Hand: Deliver Supplies to Ord Mantell Outposts” spawn timers have been reduced.
Items
- The Zakuulan Exile’s Blaster, Offhand Blaster, Rifle and Sniper Rifle are now visible both in game and during the preview screens.
- Previewing a decoration sold from a vendor now opens the decoration preview as intended.
Gear
- Hyde and Zeek are now offering the 340 Zeek’s Deconstruction missions to players who completed all other Zeek’s Deconstruction missions.
GTN
- Using the search function now shows all categories.
- Search categories that do not have a subcateory will be able to be searched with just a category selection. i.e. Mounts, Pets and Ship Upgrades will now work by selecting their category.
Map
- The mouseover for the World Map/Area button now works properly
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