Developer Update: Class Changes and Balance in Game Update 1.4 6u4913

SWTOR

Austin Peckenpaugh, Senior Designer on Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ has an interesting update today about the future of the game, class changes and balance that will come in game update 1.4. He explains in full detail on the community news page: 6q2u6s

For class changes made to harmonize with those control adjustments, and a reevaluation of stealth spec gameplay.

He then goes on to changes are first on the list.

He explains further:

In close range such that the controller must overextend or broadcast their intentions in some way.

In Game Update 1.4, you’ll notice the following changes:

  • Electro Dart and Cryo Grenade now have a 10-meter range.
  • Electrocute and Force Stun now have a 10-meter range.

There will also be ability changes, stealth and gameplay adjustments and more. There is a mention at the changes.

Lisa Clark 1js50

Lisa has been an avid gamer since she was old enough to hold her first controller and a game writer for more than a decade. A child of the Nintendo generation, she believes they just don’t make games like they used to but sometimes, they make them even better! While consoles will always be her first love, Lisa spends most of her gaming time on the PC these days- on MMOs and first-person shooters in particular.