1.3 News (update with Known Issues)

[voyak]

Feel free to ask me any info that wasnt yet covered or answered, as they've succesfully copied my char 50 lv. char on PTS

[Twyst]

My operative is there also!

Healing seems more powerful..... but nothing in that regard should have changed. But then I've just been running FPs

[voyak]

interesting one from Q&A:

Shintorg: Can you explain the reasoning behind making the BIS consumables, Exotech Stims and Adrendals, drop so rarely and seemingly only on Hard Mod EV&KP? Why isn't there a way to purchase these? Why don’t they drop in Explosive Conflict? Or off bosses?
David Hunt (Systems Designer): These schematics are split between the Black Hole and Daily Commendation vendors in Game Update 1.3. This isn’t in the version of Game Update 1.3 that’s currently on the public test server, but it will make it into Game Update 1.3 before it reaches live servers.


p.s. Twyst, what's Your name on PTS?

[Twyst]

Twyster was copied over.
I also created Twyst from scratch to earn the levelling on PTS titles

Today I ran 4x different FPs, once with the same group. I had already run 4. All via the new LFG tool which works quite well. So hopefully I've now qualified for both the 1.3 PTS titles. As a healer with 30-40 people on fleet queues popped about every 10-15 mins. As Hydian way normally has about 90-100 on at a similar time there should be very good queue times for those using the tool. All though how many were like me, just doing it for the title and thus artifically decreasing the queue times I don't know. I know that I won't be using it right away once it hits live, except possibly to get Twisted some gear.

[voyak]

Updated from latest PTS patch notes:

http://dulfy.net/2012/06/13/pts-1-3-update-1changes-to-relics-augment-kits-and-exotech-adrenals/

• Upgraded stats for Matrix Cubes
• Exotech Biochem Schematics for purchase
• PvP Relics got a passive stat boost instead of active
• Agument kits now require slicing parts

[voyak]

More about gear and aguments on the official site:

http://www.swtor.com/blog/crew-skills-and-items-game-update-1.3

[voyak]

1.3 coming in Tuesday!

Sent from my HTC Desire Z

[voyak]

Preparing for 1.3 from Dulfy

http://dulfy.net/2012/06/23/preparing-for-patch-1-3-some-tips-and-pointers/

Sent from my HTC Desire Z

[voyak]

Interview with Daniel Erickson about 1.3 and 1.4:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4g9qpfTLyM&feature=youtu.be

[voyak]

Just reminding people that you can get a free 320k Credits from the PVP Mission Terminal in 1.3. Its part of a new quest to help gear new 50s for PVP. You can either choose a box containing a Recruit PVP set or just choose the token which is worth as much as a Recruit set (320k Creds). Yaay for free credits.

http://www.reddit.com/r/swtor/comments/vm3cz/psa_get_your_free_credits_after_13_tonight/

[voyak]

1.3 is LIVE!

Feel free to ask questions

[voyak]

KNOWN ISSUES:

UPDATED: June 26th, 2012




General

• Companion lightsaber glowing may persist in some circumstances after the companion has been dismissed.
• PvP Warzone Training Dummies do not currently take the Expertise stat into account, thus the damage dealt to it will not be correct. The Operations Training dummy works as intended.
• Using persistent emotes (such as /dance and /sit) while riding the Jawa Balloon on Tatooine can cause players to be teleported to the ground.
• Using mouse trailers with the Window Mode preference set to "Fullscreen" can cause the mouse pointer to disappear.

Workaround: Players can opt to turn off mouse trailers, or change Window Mode preference to "Windowed" or "Fullscreen (Windowed)" to makes the mouse pointer visible once again.

• If the Windows Region is set to "English (United States)" and the Decimal Symbol is changed to a comma, players will be unable to progress past the initial game loading screen.

Workaround: Changing the Decimal Symbol to a period instead of a comma will allow for the game client to load as intended: from the Windows Control Panel, players should navigate to "Region and Language" settings and select "Additional Settings" from the "Formats" tab.[/I]
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Group Finder

• If group leadership is transferred manually after a group member quits or is vote-kicked, the new group leader will be unable to use the Group Finder to queue for a replacement player to fill the empty group slot until the group composition changes again.
• If a player gets an "Invalid Group" error, pressing the "Update Roles" button will cause the whole group, rather than only the player, to repeatedly see "Your group has been added to the group finder queue."
• When players are prompted with a vote-kick popup, the role icon does not correctly match the role of the player named.
• A group seeking replacement members via Group Finder that leaves the queue will not be able to select "Find Replacement" again, and will only be able to enter the queue for a new group that will reset their content.
• After losing two party members, the Group Finder Icon Tooltip displayed to the Group Leader will incorrectly message that the group is queued for a replacement.
• When attempting to manually add a replacement player to a group that is waiting to fill the slot via the Groupfinder Queue, players will not be given an error message indicating that their action is not allowed.

Classes and Combat

• The Bounty Hunter ability "Rapid Shots" and Trooper ability "Hammer" can erraneously give an "Invalid Target" error if players have select "Target Nearest Enemy" from Preferences.
• The "Take Cover" ability does not work properly when bound to the mouse wheel.
• When Bounty Hunters use the "Unload" ability and then move, the animation will continue to play.

Workaround: Players can cast Unload again without moving to stop the animation.
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Flashpoints and Operations

• Hard Mode Flashpoints do not grant the correct amount Social Points. The amount reflected in the mission complete window is the amount given.

Crew Skills

• The "Crafting Trainers" mission will not currently complete or grant credit as intended when a player trains Armstech and then speaks to the Armstech Trainer. All other Crew Skills will properly update this mission progress.
• When a moddable item is being reverse engineered, it is possible to add new item modifications into the item before accepting the materials from the reverse engineering process. Doing so will the the item modifications to be lost with no additional materials produced.

Missions and NPCs

Missions   
World Missions

• For the Imperial Daily mission "Reluctant Volunteers," if players complete the main mission before the bonus mission "Trying to Impress," the mission item will disappear from the mission tracker.

Workaround: Players can still complete the bonus mission by using the mission item directly from their inventory.
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Class Missions

• Imperial Agent: Hositle Takeover: When using the "Droid Disguise" to infiltrate the VerveGen Corporation, characters will become completely invisible.
• Bounty Hunter: Number One With A Bullet: The loading screen text does not update as intended. This does not affect the character’s game progress, and the mission’s completion is valid.

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NPCs

• Currently, the Imperial Fleet does not have a Quesh Commendation Vendor.

Workaround: Imperial players must travel to the planet to spend Quesh commendations.
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PvP

• The number of kills for a player as displayed in the Warzone GUI is incorrectly displaying one less than the correct kill count in the Warzone Scoreboard.

Items and Economy

• When purchasing the Czerka Patroller Speeder from Barik on the Republic Fleet, players will not be given a confirmation box before purchasing.
• The "Fleet Pass" item that can be purchased from the Security Key Vendors will be consumed upon use, rather than at the end of the use cast bar. Moving or canceling the cast will still consume the pass.
• Voice distortion caused by mouthpieces may be incorrectly applied to some helmets that do not cover the mouth, and some helmets that cover the mouth do not have the proper voice modification.

UI

• After using CTRL+U to refresh the UI, the Resolve Bar will no longer display correctly.

Workaround: players can log out and back in to view the Resolve Bar properly.

• New members will not display on the Guild Roster for Guildmasters after they are added to the guild.

Workaround: Guildmasters must log out of the game and log back in for the Guild Roster to properly refresh.

• It is possible for Custom Chat Channels to reach a state where regular chat text does not display, but players can use /say and /whisper in those channels.
• If a player selects "x" to cancel after choosing "Set Comment" on the Friends List, the button for "Set Comment" will become unusable.

Workaround: Players can reset the UI by pressing CTRL+U twice to resolve the issue.
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