Patch 2.2.0 – Operation Nightmare
Information
| Date: | Jun 12, 2013 |
Patch Notes
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Highlights
- Nightmare Mode is now available for Terror from Beyond!
- New Vehicle! The Helix Hyperpod is now dropped in Nightmare Mode Terror from Beyond.
- New Rewards! New items have been added to several Story Mode encounters for the Terror from Beyond and Scum and Villainy Operations. (Additional Details under Operations.)
- New Feature! Characters in a guild will receive an XP and Reputation bonus based on the number of characters from unique accounts in the guild. (Additional details under General.)
- New sub-tier of Gear! The Kell Dragon gear can be obtained from Nightmare Mode Operations at level 55.
Cartel Market
- The Solus Secant vehicle can now be unlocked account wide via Collections.
- The Turncoat Armor set can now be unlocked account wide via Collections.
- A new Contraband Pack, the Archon's Contraband Pack is now available on the Cartel Market. Cost: 320 Cartel Coins
- Players can now purchase Hypercrates containing 24 Archon's Contraband Packs and a bonus Fortuitous Dye Module Kit that contains an increased chance to receive the rarest dyes. (Discounted by 10% for a limited time!) Cost: 6,912 Cartel Coins
- Appearance Options: Mirialan Tattoos 1 is now discounted by 50%. Cost: 45 Cartel Coins
- Appearance Options: Human Hair Colors 1 is now discounted by 25%. Cost: 135 Cartel Coins
- The Valiant Jedi Armor Set is now discounted by 25%. Cost: 1080 Cartel Coins
- The Sith Raider Armor Set is now discounted by 80%. Cost: 288 Cartel Coins
- The Noble Commander's Armor Set is now discounted by 75%. Cost: 300 Cartel Coins
- Unlock: Inventory Module is now discounted by 40%. Cost: 105 Cartel Coins
- Unlock: Inventory Module (Account) is now discounted by 40%. Cost: 234 Cartel Coins
- An Embargo has been placed on all Shipment 1 Cartel Packs. The following packs (and any corresponding Hypercrates) are no longer available in the Cartel Market:
- Black Market Cartel Pack
- Crime Lord's Cartel Pack
- Blockade Runner's Cartel Pack
- Skip Tracer's Cartel Pack
- Space Pirate's Cartel Pack
- The Gree Solus Secant vehicle is no longer available.
- The Gold Scalene Armor Set is no longer available.
General
New Items
New Discounts
Items Removed
General
- New Feature! Characters in a guild will receive an XP and Reputation bonus based on the number of characters from unique accounts in the guild:
- For every five active unique accounts in a guild, the XP bonus increases by 1% (on top of the base 5%) for the entire guild, up to a maximum of 10%.
- For every five active unique accounts in a guild, the Reputation bonus increases by 1% for the entire guild, up to a maximum of 10%.
- An active unique account is defined as a Preferred or Subscriber account that has logged in within the last 720 hours (30 days), and only one character per account will be applied to the guild's member count.
- The qualifying member number will only count accounts that log in after Game Update 2.2; the system will not recognize accounts that logged in in the 30 days prior to the update.
- All instances of the Republic and Imperial Fleets now share a common chat channel to make it easier to find others who are looking for a group.
Classes and Combat
- Introspection's tooltip no longer incorrectly indicates that taking damage causes the effect to end prematurely. The ability's functionality has not changed.
- Shien Form now increases movement speed by 15%, in addition to its other effects.
- Channel Hatred's tooltip no longer incorrectly indicates that taking damage causes the effect to end prematurely. The ability's functionality has not changed.
- Shien Form now increases movement speed by 15%, in addition to its other effects.
- Meditation's tooltip no longer incorrectly indicates that taking damage causes the effect to end prematurely. The ability's functionality has not changed.
- Breaching Shadows, granted by Shadow Technique, has a new visual effect that persists while 3 charges of Breaching Shadows are active.
- Seethe's tooltip no longer incorrectly indicates that taking damage causes the effect to end prematurely. The ability's functionality has not changed.
- Dark Ward has a new visual effect that persists while active.
- Static Charge, granted by Surging Charge, has a new visual effect that persists while three charges of Static Charge are active.
- Hightail It's tooltip has been reworded to properly indicate that the ability only frees from movement-slowing effects, rather than all movement-impairing effects (such as immobilize).
- Hightail It can no longer be used while exposed by the Diversion ability that removes Gunslingers from cover.
- Covered Escape's tooltip has been reworded to properly indicate that the ability only frees from movement-slowing effects, rather than all movement-impairing effects (such as immobilize).
- Covered Escape can no longer be used while exposed by the Diversion ability that removes Snipers from cover.
- Hold the Line now properly grants immunity to follow-up movement-impairing effects. (Example: Leg Shot in combination with the Debilitating Shots skill)
- Recharge and Reload's tooltip no longer incorrectly indicates that taking damage causes the effect to end prematurely. The ability's functionality has not changed.
- Sweltering Heat now slows properly when Plasma Cell is refreshed on a target.
- Made visual improvements to Flamethrower.
- Hydraulic Overrides now properly grant immunity to follow-up movement-impairing effects. (Example: Leg Shot in combination with the Debilitating Shots skill)
- Stealth Scan now requires the Bounty Hunter to have line-of-sight to the target's location.
- Sweltering Heat now slows properly when Combustible Gas Cylinder is refreshed on a target.
Jedi Knight
General
Guardian
Vigilance
Sith Warrior
General
Juggernaut
Vengeance
Jedi Consular
General
Shadow
Infiltration
Sith Inquisitor
General
Assassin
Darkness
Deception
Smuggler
Gunslinger
Imperial Agent
Sniper
Trooper
General
Commando/Vanguard
Assault Specialist
Bounty Hunter
General
Mercenary/Powertech
Pyrotech
Companion Characters
- Jaesa Willsaam's Leap ability now displays the correct animation.
Crew Skills
- Players who go from Subscriber to Preferred and then back to Subscriber status now have their Crew Skills automatically reinstated without needing to speak to a trainer.
- Underworld gear and rating-equivalent Armorings, Mods, and Enhancements can now be Reverse Engineered and learned as a schematic.
- The Rakata Medpac has been rebalanced; this reusable medpac no longer increases health by 15%.
General
Crafting Skills
General
Biochem
Flashpoints and Operations
- Nightmare Mode is now available!
- Story Mode drops have been updated to include the following in addition to current rewards:
- The Writhing Horror now drops the Arkanian Bracer Token
- The Dread Guard now drops an additional random Black Market Item
- [WEEKLY] Terror From Beyond now correctly grants 12 Ultimate and 20 Elite Commendations for both Factions.
- Story Mode drops have been updated to include the following in addition to current rewards:
- Dash'Roode now drops the Arkanian Waist Token
- Titan 6 now drops the Arkanian Implant Token
- Thrasher now drops the Arkanian Earpiece Token
- [WEEKLY] Scum and Villainy now correctly grants 12 Ultimate and 20 Elite Commendations for both Factions.
Operations
Terror From Beyond
Scum and Villainy
Items and Economy
- A new sub-tier of gear is available! Kell Dragon gear can be obtained from Nightmare Mode Operations at level 55.
- New vehicle! The Helix Hyperpod, is now dropped in Nightmare Mode Terror from Beyond.
- The Weaponmaster and Vindicator set bonuses are no longer incorrectly named.
- The Dr. Oggurobb Holostatue once again laughs when used.
- The Nano-Infused Absorb Adrenal now increases Absorb and Shield by 525 for 15 seconds.
- The Collector's Edition vendor has been updated:
- Added two new Bind on Pickup Dye Modules, Black/Medium Yellow and Deep Purple/Medium Green.
- Deep Green/Medium Yellow and Deep Orange/Deep Red Dye Modules are once again Bind on Equip.
- New vendors have been added to the Gav Daragon and Ziost Shadow where players can exchange unassembled Kell Dragon tokens for gear.
- New Rated PvP Weapons have been added to the PvP Ranked Gear vendor. These new Weapons cost 400 Ranked Commendations, and require a PvP rating of 2400
- Twist, the Republic PvP Warzone Gear vendor, has been granted legs.
- The Primeval Artifact Storage box located on the Makeb Commendations vendor has been replaced with a Makeb Storage Lockbox. This lockbox provides a randomly generated rating 144 Prototype Quality item. The cost has not changed.
General
Vendors
Legacy
- The Achievement for Defeating Titan 6 (16- Person Story Mode) no longer incorrectly displays as 8-Person.
- Alderaan Achievements for "Organa Forces Defeated" and "Thul Forces Defeated" no longer have inconsistencies between the titles and descriptions.
- Legacy Name Changes now succeed as intended, rather than fail and prompt again perpetually in some instances.
Missions and NPCs
- Seeker Droid: Dig sites are no longer deplete when players find Dreadseed or Star Forager armor pieces.
- Macrobinoculars: IR-77 will now properly draw his weapon when attacking.
- Find the Ancient Artifact: This mission on Voss is no longer incorrectly listed as optional and now provides a greater credit reward.
- The Chronicles: This mission on Taris is no longer incorrectly listed as optional and now provides a greater credit reward.
- A Brother's Request: This mission on Voss is no longer incorrectly listed as optional and now provides a greater credit reward.
- Playing Your Debts: This mission on Voss is no longer incorrectly listed as optional and now provides a greater credit reward.
- A Cultured Approach: This mission on Voss is no longer incorrectly listed as optional and now provides a greater credit reward.
- Target the Problem: This mission on Voss is no longer incorrectly listed as optional and now provides a greater credit reward.
- Alderaan Bonus Series: "A Spy in House Organa" and "Shipment of Weapons" now progress as intended if players log off while completing one of the two missions.
- Alert: Hostiles Imminent (Republic)/Warning: Rivals Detected (Imperial): Players who log out inside of The Fatality after completing the last mission step will no longer be stuck and required to use a Fleet Pass or travel ability to leave.
- Corellia Bonus Series: The holostatues in Axial Park used in the Republic bonus objective "Restore the Statues" now display their holograms.
- Reallocation: Medical Supplies collected for this mission will now stack appropriately in the Inventory Window.
- Players that are backfilled into a Warzone are now awarded a Reinforcement Medal that will count toward their total medal count for the match. This prevents backfilled players from being placed into a match without enough time to get one medal, thus missing out on the Warzone rewards at the end of the match.
- Crit rating, accuracy rating, absorb rating, defense rating, and surge rating now respect diminishing returns for low level Bolstered characters.
- The base damage and armor value granted by Bolster have been slightly increased to account to the most recent item power available to players
- Turrets (Objective Control Points) are no longer interactable while changing ownership.
- Players are no longer backfilled into Alderaan Civil War Warzone when one team has twice as many points as the enemy team.
- Players are no longer backfilled into Ancient Hypergates after the 4th explosion.
- Players are no longer backfilled into Huttball Warzone after 10 minutes have elapsed in the match.
- Players are no longer backfilled into Novare Coast when one team has less than 25% remaining on their shields and the other team has 75% or greater remaining on theirs.
- Characters with body type 1 can no longer hide in the corners of bunkers to prevent others from seeing their nameplates.
- Female Bounty Hunters and Smugglers with Body Type 2 will no longer have incorrect leg animation when near other players or NPCs.