Patch Notes – Game Update 2.3 – Titans of Industry 4o5fn

Patch notes

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patch notes below and get ready for Treek and Tauntaun mounts ( as well as many other new things) when the server comes back up.

Game Update 2.3: Titans of Industry – 8/6/2013 16234b

Highlights 2fb5o

  • CZ-198, a new Level 55 Empire and the Republic have descended on the moon in order to seize control. Details under Missions
  • New Rasmus Blys, the Czerka scientist responsible for developing the company’s most dangerous weaponry. Details under Flashpoints
  • New Level 55 Flashpoint: Czerka Core Meltdown! Race against time to stop the imminent meltdown of the CZ-198 research facility and battle against the terrifying security system known as “The Vigilant!” Details under Flashpoints
  • New Details under Legacy.
  • New Feature: Hoth, where players will find the Tauntaun Trainer and Tauntaun Handlers in Aurek and Dorn Bases.
  • New Cartel Market or Legacy Vendors in the new Cartel Bazaar hangar of the Fleet!
  • New Event: Bounty Contract Week! Each month, players can undertake contracts and pursue dangerous criminals throughout the galaxy! Details under General
  • Palette Graphics Upgrade! All environments have been given a visual upgrade with more vibrant colors.

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New Items 4c3nx

  • Players can now purchase a Mercenary Contract to obtain the new Cartel Coins
  • The Treek Customization Cartel Coins
  • A new weapon is Blaster Rifle weapon proficiency. Cost: 400 Cartel Coins

Bug Fixes 632w3c

General 694757

  • New Event: Bounty Contract Week begins on August 14th and will continue for seven days.
  • New Feature: Tauntaun Creature Mounts! Head to Hoth, where players will find the Tauntaun Trainer and Tauntaun Handlers in Aurek and Dorn Bases.
  • Palette Graphics Upgrade! All environments have been given a visual upgrade with more vibrant colors.
  • The Cartel Bazaar is a new hangar on the Republic and Imperial Fleets with an Crew Skills area and have moved to the Cartel Bazaar.
  • Added a sign to the Appearance Designer entrance on Coruscant.

Classes and Combat 6lf4m

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Telekinetics

  • Using Telekinetic Wave quickly before the proc for Tidal Force is triggered no longer prevents abilities from being cast for several seconds.

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Sorcerer y2u1a

Lightning

  • Using Chain Lightning quickly before the proc for Lightning Storm is triggered no longer prevents abilities from being cast for several seconds.

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Gunslinger 2u5m4p

Saboteur

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Sniper 6o2x2m

Engineering

  • Calculated Pursuit has been redesigned to improve how it works with Covered Escape: The skill now has a 50/100% chance to gain 4 charges of Calculated Pursuit upon exiting cover, which reduces the energy cost of Overload Shot by 100%. Each use of Overload Shot consumes 1 charge, and consumption of the first charge triggers a 20 second rate-limit on this skill. This effect lasts 15 seconds but is also removed by consuming all charges or reentering cover.

Companion Characters s5k6t

  • New Companion Character! Treek can now be obtained as an additional Companion Character via the Cartel Market or Legacy Vendors in the new Cartel Bazaar hangar of the Fleet!

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Crafting Skills d532s

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  • Crafted level 401+ Prototype (blue) quality Stims, Adrenals, and Medpacs now yield stacks of 3 or 4 rather than 1 or 2, depending on success type.

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Flashpoints and Operations 4u1a63

Flashpoints i6624

  • New Level 55 Flashpoint: Czerka Corporate Labs! Infiltrate Czerka’s corporate headquarters on CZ-198 and take down Rasmus Blys, the Czerka scientist responsible for developing the company’s most dangerous weaponry.
  • Includes all-new role-neutral Story Mode at Level 55, where Group Finder will match the first four players of any role for fast queue times!
  • Level 55 Hard Mode is also available.
  • New Level 55 Flashpoint: Czerka Core Meltdown! Race against time to stop the imminent meltdown of the CZ-198 research facility and battle against the terrifying security system known as “The Vigilant!”
  • Includes all-new role-neutral Story Mode at Level 55, where Group Finder will match the first four players of any role for fast queue times!
  • Level 55 Hard Mode is also available.

Operations 5hh59

Scum and Villainy 5y4f5j

  • Cartel Warlord Sunder’s voice will now be properly modulated by his mask in the French and German versions.

Items and Economy 4b5014

General 694757

  • New Weapons! The CZR-9001 weapons are Rating 162 weapons cost 350 Elite Commendations and require Friend rank with Adjudicators / Ordnance Acquisition Corps.
  • Arkanian, Underworld and Kell Dragon proc relics will no longer prevent other Arkanian, Underworld and Kell Dragon procs of a different type from activating. For example, a Power proc relic and a damage proc relic will both activate correctly when equipped together.
  • Bind on Use items that have a cast time now become bound when casting is complete rather than at the beginning of the cast.

Vendors 1p5o5d

  • New Reputation vendors are available in the CZ-198 Daily mission area:
  • Primary Black Secondary Blue Dye module schematic is available for players with Champion Rank with the Ordnance Acquisition Corps (Empire) / Adjudicators (Republic).
  • New Droid armor is purchasable for Companion Characters via these vendors.
  • Added a new Bounty Broker’s Association Reputation Vendor to the Cartel Bazaar on the Republic and Imperial Fleets.
  • PvP vendors inside of Warzones now trade Ranked Warzone Commendations for Warzone Commendations instead of the other way around.

Legacy 2y1u3c

  • New Galactic Reputation Organizations!
  • Complete CZ-198 missions to earn Galactic Reputation with the Ordnance Acquisition Corps (Empire) / Adjudicators (Republic) and purchase special rewards including powerful all new companion armor for Droids!
  • Complete Bounty Contracts Earn Galactic Reputation with the Bounty Brokers Association by completing bounty contracts during Bounty Contract Week!

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Missions 1t532n

General 694757

  • [WEEKLY] Galactic Conflicts can now be advanced by completing [HARD] Czerka Corporate Labs and [HARD] Czerka Core Meltdown in addition to existing level 55 Hard Mode Flashpoints.
  • The Curse of Conversation Craziness has been lifted from afflicted Companion Character hands, and when they equip certain gloves, it no longer prevents mission conversations from progressing properly.
  • Using a mission item from the Mission Tracker during or after the mission updates to the next step no longer prevents players from interacting with objects in the world.

CZ-198 6zl5

  • CZ-198, a new Level 55 Czerka Corporation‘s most secret and dangerous data, research and technology is stored. The facility has recently entered an emergency security lockdown, and both the Empire and the Republic have descended on the moon in order to seize control.
  • Complete missions to earn Galactic Reputation with the Ordnance Acquisition Corps (Empire) / Adjudicators (Republic) and purchase special rewards including powerful all new companion armor for Droids!
  • CZ-198 is now available as a destination on the Priority Transport Terminal.

NPCs 3v5a43

  • Heads have been restored to Weequay NPCs throughout the galaxy, who requested better protection for their vulnerable floating eyeballs.

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Warzones 2h481f

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  • This Warzone has been updated, and now capturing the side turrets (Objective Control Points) will not spawn a speeder that takes your team directly to that turret.

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  • The buff icon for the Dr. Oggurobb Hutt Holostatue now displays Dr. Oggurobb’s head instead of a Taun Fawn.
  • Updated Tutorial text for “Fulfill Your Destiny” to for prior changes in level cap and legacy unlock level.
  • The Guild Window will no longer display level 0 characters with blank names in some circumstances.