SWTOR 2.8.1 Patch Notes 2s4m4t

Servers are going down tomorrow for maintanence, and during this Patch 2.8.1 will be implemented. Below are the patch notes: 4868

Highlights 22f5q

Reap the Double XP Week! Get twice the experience from July 1st 07:00 GMT (00:00 PDT) to July 8th 07:00 GMT (00:00 PDT). General

Cartel Market

  • The Club Vertica Nightlife Pack is now Cartel Coins.
  • A Hypercrate of Club Vertica Nightlife Cartel Coins (Discounted 10% for a limited time!)
  • The Rest and Recharge item “Celebration Mishap” is now available to preview in Collections.
  • Corrected the nameplates and tooltips of the Pink-Magenta Color Crystal and the Armor Lootboxes in the Starcluster Nightlife Pack.
  • Updated the rarity icons for a number of Cartel Market items.
  • The animation for “Emote: Crazy Talk” now loops.
  • Items from the Nightlife Packs now properly show their name when being unlocked in Collections.
  • Mandalore the Ultimate’s Helmet has been given voice modulation.
  • Fixed an improper material on the Vectron JM-13 Torrens so that it appears properly when Bloom is disabled.
  • Beards no longer clip through Ajunta Pall’s Mask.
  • The EL-34 Rotary Plasma Cannon Cartel Market icon now matches the item.

Classes + Combat

  • Troopers now receive the correct amount of Energy Cells when accepting a Revive.
  • Using Scamper or Exfiltrate no longer causes players to become indefinitely stuck if used while being knocked back, rooted, or stunned.

Flashpoints + Operations

  • Kuat Drive Yard encounter in order to match the Imperial Master Khoris encounter.
  • Players who an Operation in progress through the Group Finder can now use the “Travel Now” option.
  • Made additional areas inaccessible during the Nefra, Who Bars the Way encounter in the Dread Fortress.
  • The Guardians of the Fortress in the Dread Fortress no longer turn immediately after casting Slam.
  • Corrupter Zero’s army no longer has Boss Immunity in Story and Hard Mode Dread Fortress.

Galactic Starfighter General

  • The Galactic Starfighter phase of the Credit gain has returned.

Components + Crew

  • The slowing effect from Interdiction Missile no longer stacks.

Missions + NPCs

Warzones

  • Warzones now give double Commendations and Credits.
  • Players who travel to a Warzone or Warzone Arena with partial Expertise on an item (and thus not getting full Bolster benefits) now receive a notification that they are wearing less than ideal gear. Players with 0 Expertise on an item will not get this notification, as they will be Bolstered accordingly.

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TaitWatson b4x70

Scheduled Maintenance: July 1, 2014 | 06.30.2014, 10:52 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Aries_cz summons Tait, Conjurer of Notes

Despite not completing the proper incantations and rituals, I shall grace you will my patch note granting presence. One thing I do want to point out is that there are two Missions that will be reset if you’re currently on them mentioned: The Republic “[WEEKLY] Tactical Flashpoints” Mission and the additional notes added tomorrow post-maintenance.


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TaitWatson b4x70

Scheduled Maintenance: July 1, 2014 | 06.30.2014, 11:08 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by TheSeventhJedi Wait – what? Are we in for a surprise? Is it a nice one?

They’re exploit fixes! Surprise! Balloons.