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Edav Nomad · 01-17-2012, 01:15 PM

The scheduled 1.1 Update: Rise of the Rakghouls has been postponed due to bugs found in the Public Test Server.

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Hello everyone!

Because we care about ensuring that Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ provides you with a consistent and quality game play experience, we will be postponing weekly maintenance this week. Downtime was originally scheduled for Tuesday, January 17th, 2012 from 2AM CST (12AM PST/3AM EST/8AM GMT/9AM CET) to 10AM CST (8AM PST/11AM EST/4PM GMT/5PM CET) and will now occur at a later date due to issues requiring additional testing that have been discovered with the Game Update 1.1 content on the Public Test Server.

These issues were primarily brought to our attention by the diligent players on the Public Test Server Forums. Your participation in testing helps to improve the game as a whole, and we appreciate your discussion and feedback. The bug reports you provide are a valuable part of the development process. Thank you!

We’re working hard to bring you Game Update 1.1: Rise of the Rakghouls and are working hard to ensure your overall experience with Star Wars: The Old Republic is spectacular! The maintenance window for Game Update 1.1 will be rescheduled for some time within the next few days, and we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. When there’s a definite time, we will post here on the Community Blog as well as on the Official Forums. Please keep your eye out for updates, and we will provide information as soon as it’s available.

January 17th Scheduled Maintenance: Postponed | Star Wars: The Old Republic

Edav Nomad · 01-19-2012, 12:15 AM

Patch notes:

Rise of the Rakghouls | Star Wars: The Old Republic

Design Notes - Game Update 1.1 | Star Wars: The Old Republic

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This first Game Update will show everyone how serious we are about expanding Star Wars: The Old Republic, and there’s much more to come. We have another major update planned for March and future content arriving throughout 2012 and 2013. We plan to release new Operations, Flashpoints, Warzones, Space Missions, single player content, vehicles, and companion characters. We’ll always be improving our existing game with additions like guild banks, PVP ranked matches and interface customization. Our Legacy system expands in March, bringing more options and a new level of depth to the existing character classes.

Our Game Updates will also include bug fixes, balance changes, performance improvements and exploit-proofing based on your feedback. We review reports from the community every day and compare them to gameplay metrics, QA bugs and our own experiences in the live game—where we’re playing right alongside you. Although we already address critical issues during our weekly updates, the major Game Updates will implement some of the most sweeping changes and fixes.

Expect a few surprises between these Game Updates, too. You never know when the Republic might strike Dromund Kaas, if a mysterious alien fleet could appear in the Core Worlds… or when the Rakghoul plague of Taris might infect the rest of the Galaxy. Changes are coming, and they’ll affect everyone.

We fully intend to support Star Wars: The Old Republic—and our players—for many years to come.

Yay for interface customization!

Mad Mouse · 01-19-2012, 06:44 AM

Star Wars: The Old Republic | Game Overview

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As a 'thank you' to everyone who helped make Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ one of the most successful MMO launches in history, we are rewarding early members of The Old Republic with a unique Founder's Medal and "Founder" Title!

Sweet

**Mojo Skytower** · 01-19-2012, 10:32 AM

4:30pm GMT.
What an awesome time to shut the servers down for several hours maintenance.

Artemis Fate · 01-19-2012, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Mad Mouse

Star Wars: The Old Republic | Game Overview

Sweet

From what I read about it in the e-mail, it sounds like it's only for people who subscribe for a second month, so it's the carrot + stick for keeping subscribers past the first month slump.

Mad Mouse · 01-19-2012, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Mojo Skytower

4:30pm GMT.
What an awesome time to shut the servers down for several hours maintenance.

I has a sad, but as I understand it, PvP was hugely broken with the new patch.

Artemis Fate · 01-19-2012, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Mad Mouse

I has a sad, but as I understand it, PvP was hugely broken with the new patch.

Yeah this is apparently what the game looks like if you play Republic in Illum:

This is Ilum - Patch 1.1 (Republic Perspective)

Get ready to be outnumbered 5 to 1 by Sith Inquisitors

Mad Mouse · 01-19-2012, 10:45 AM

Wow, that's insane!

I would hope they're going to roll back people's valor they gained from that.

Kalel · 01-19-2012, 10:50 AM

I heard the rumor going around about not to play pvp cause valor would get rolled back.... is there any confirmation that they are going to do it?

I had a good time playing Huttball with all the lvl 50s gone during US prime-time last night...

There's allot of people reporting bugs tho.. For their first update, i don't think it's going so well..

Mad Mouse · 01-19-2012, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Kalel

I heard the rumor going around about not to play pvp cause valor would get rolled back.... is there any confirmation that they are going to do it?

I had a good time playing Huttball with all the lvl 50s gone during US prime-time last night...

There's allot of people reporting bugs tho.. For their first update, i don't think it's going so well..

From the official forums:

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Regarding Valor gains, with the 1.1 update, players now receive a base reward of 20 Valor per unique enemy player defeated in a short time, and this base reward is modified by the number of objectives that the player’s faction owns. The gains are rate limited per player killed, encouraging players to attack unique players, not to pursue vendettas. The Valor gains players can see over time will vary greatly depending on the activity level in the zone. This is expected.

To dispel a couple of rumors that have been seen today – there is no Valor gain from destroying turrets within enemy bases, and none from killing NPCs.

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Originally Posted by JovethGonzalez
Hi everyone,

I just wanted to be clear and let you all know that we’re definitely aware of individuals who took extreme advantage of this situation and we will be carefully evaluating and taking action as necessary.

Edav Nomad · 01-19-2012, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Kalel

There's allot of people reporting bugs tho.. For their first update, i don't think it's going so well..

I think a few of the first ones for WoW usually broke something that was working fine before as have some other MMOs. At least they are doing this pretty quickly.

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Originally Posted by Mad Mouse

From the official forums:

In other words they maybe going to judicially use the Bansaber.

P.S. How have you gotten into the official forums? I've been in a queue for about 15 minutes just for the website.

**Mojo Skytower** · 01-19-2012, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Mad Mouse

I has a sad, but as I understand it, PvP was hugely broken with the new patch.

Oh? I missed that as I didn't PvP at all yesterday. I would check the BW forum but it seems to be dead too. What was the buggy?

Mad Mouse · 01-19-2012, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Edav Nomad

I think a few of the first ones for WoW usually broke something that was working fine before as have some other MMOs. At least they are doing this pretty quickly.

In other words they maybe going to judicially use the Bansaber.

P.S. How have you gotten into the official forums? I've been in a queue for about 15 minutes just for the website.

I just typed swtor.com and clicked forums

Naeve · 01-19-2012, 11:24 AM

Personally, I really disagree with the way they handle the forums.

What's the compelling reason to keep shutting it down to read-only or even "queued" for that matter? Why should anyone ever have to queue to read a web page?

Bullet Bear · 01-19-2012, 11:25 AM

I wanna play jediiiiiiiii!

*pokes the servers*

Edav Nomad · 01-19-2012, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Naeve

Personally, I really disagree with the way they handle the forums.

What's the compelling reason to keep shutting it down to read-only or even "queued" for that matter? Why should anyone ever have to queue to read a web page?

From what I've read they want to eventually keep the forums up when the game is down. I just wish they would say why they do it now. So there must be some reason why they can't do it now. It still sucks though.

P.S. Looks like the queue is gone.

Edav Nomad · 01-19-2012, 01:08 PM

The servers are back up.

PvP fixes in patch 1.1.0a:

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PvP

Ilum
- Players can no longer enter the opposing faction’s safe base area, thus preventing players from continually "camping" the other faction's base.
- Turrets inside faction bases were not intended to be destroyed and are now immune to damage.
- The population cap for instances of Ilum has been reduced to improve performance.
- Implemented optimizations to improve performance on Ilum.

1/19/2012 | Star Wars: The Old Republic

Edav Nomad · 01-19-2012, 02:18 PM

Video of upcoming content and game systems which includes Guild Banks, expanded Legacy System and UI customization. The UI customization just consists of being able to move and re-size it. The new content Rise of the Rakghouls is just part 1 and part 2 will come later.

Star Wars: The Old Republic - Update Coming Soon - YouTube

Seyla Warden · 01-19-2012, 03:09 PM

Do we have a list of peoples' characters on Dreshdae Cantina? I need to know who to friend and bug about an invite to the Cult.

My Chiss Imperial Agent/Operative is named Xorah.

Edav Nomad · 01-19-2012, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Seyla Warden

Do we have a list of peoples' characters on Dreshdae Cantina? I need to know who to friend and bug about an invite to the Cult.

My Chiss Imperial Agent/Operative is named Xorah.

If you are still in? Contact me. My characters names is Dargothe a level 21 Bounty Hunter/Powertech.

Kavik Brock · 01-19-2012, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Seyla Warden

Do we have a list of peoples' characters on Dreshdae Cantina? I need to know who to friend and bug about an invite to the Cult.

My Chiss Imperial Agent/Operative is named Xorah.

I need to work on a few things, but you can always sign up for our Guild Site: gs.cultoftheblackorchid.com

Good names to look for, other than Edav's name:

Caffian
Heavenhill
Nyma
Captcha
Aeremis
Shylo

Or do a /who and look up "Cult of the Black Orchid" or just "Cult" and ask around for Kavik or Taco or Edav and you can get an invite. All members have the ability to do a /ginvite.

Edav Nomad · 01-19-2012, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Kavik Brock

I need to work on a few things, but you can always sign up for our Guild Site: gs.cultoftheblackorchid.com

Good names to look for, other than Edav's name:

Caffian
Heavenhill
Nyma
Captcha
Aeremis
Shylo

Or do a /who and look up "Cult of the Black Orchid" or just "Cult" and ask around for Kavik or Taco or Edav and you can get an invite. All members have the ability to do a /ginvite.

I got Seyla in the Guild earlier today as a Recruit. I couldn't change the rank though.

Kavik Brock · 01-19-2012, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Edav Nomad

I got Seyla in the Guild earlier today as a Recruit. I couldn't change the rank though.

Once I can get my PC parts back from RMA'ing them to newegg, and I get back in game, I'll work on setting some people up with the ability to invite and change rank.

Da5id Abbot · 01-19-2012, 08:43 PM

Things I learned today:

Hard Mode is well-named.
Actually, it's not as bad as it sounds. Black Talon went well for me right up to the final boss, who showed me an interesting (read "Ouch!") new move, and basically cost me the credits for completion in armour repair bills. Definitely an educational run.

Sonya Marmurek · 01-19-2012, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Da5id Abbot

Things I learned today:

Hard Mode is well-named.
Actually, it's not as bad as it sounds. Black Talon went well for me right up to the final boss, who showed me an interesting (read "Ouch!") new move, and basically cost me the credits for completion in armour repair bills. Definitely an educational run.

The last boss in hard mode Black Talon finally made me realize that perhaps the few heartbeats that I normally don't notice in lag and latency -do- matter.

Also, be grateful that they finally fixed the last boss of the Foundry. Random 70k damage in hard mode was.... painful.

01-19-2012, 10:32 AM	#454 (permalink)
Mojo Skytower Haggis Wrangler *SLU Supporter* Wibble! Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Aloha! Posts: 2,089 Business: .::Poise::. Poses	4:30pm GMT. What an awesome time to shut the servers down for several hours maintenance. __________________ "For me, socks are like sex. Tons of em around and I never seem to have any" -:- “It's always funny until someone gets hurt. Then it's just hilarious.”

01-19-2012, 10:45 AM	#458 (permalink)
Mad Mouse Clearly Mad Fraternizes with Brits Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: American as apple pie and twice as sweet Posts: 3,772 My Mood: SL Join Date: Aug. 2008	Wow, that's insane! I would hope they're going to roll back people's valor they gained from that. Last edited by Mad Mouse; 01-19-2012 at 10:50 AM.

01-19-2012, 10:50 AM	#459 (permalink)
Kalel I'm not Here! hypnotized Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Miami Posts: 863 My Mood: SL Join Date: 1/25/2006 Business: looking for fresh start.. Client: Singularity	I heard the rumor going around about not to play pvp cause valor would get rolled back.... is there any confirmation that they are going to do it? I had a good time playing Huttball with all the lvl 50s gone during US prime-time last night... There's allot of people reporting bugs tho.. For their first update, i don't think it's going so well.. __________________ "In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not." -- Lawrence Peter Berra

01-19-2012, 11:24 AM	#464 (permalink)
Naeve Cute. Real Cute. Tragically Canadian Sensibilities Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Southern California Posts: 1,022 My Mood: SL Join Date: 3/23/2007 Business: BJ Yacht Club; Kawaii Racing	Personally, I really disagree with the way they handle the forums. What's the compelling reason to keep shutting it down to read-only or even "queued" for that matter? Why should anyone ever have to queue to read a web page? __________________ -Naeve

01-19-2012, 11:25 AM	#465 (permalink)
Bullet Bear Panda Hugs! one happy panda Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: It rains a lot here Posts: 924 My Mood: Client: 1.23	I wanna play jediiiiiiiii! pokes the servers __________________ Love my mad mouse Sylvari Scribbles - Mad Mouse and Bullet Bear's adventures!

01-19-2012, 08:43 PM	#474 (permalink)
Da5id Abbot Bigger on the inside Have time, will travel. Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: UK Posts: 632 My Mood: SL Join Date: 28th March 2010 Client: Dolphin & Niran's	Things I learned today: Hard Mode is well-named. Actually, it's not as bad as it sounds. Black Talon went well for me right up to the final boss, who showed me an interesting (read "Ouch!") new move, and basically cost me the credits for completion in armour repair bills. Definitely an educational run.

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