The Wicked Dream - A Star Wars Galaxies Player Association

On Thursday, June 24th, 2010 at 4:00 AM PDT all U.S. and European galaxies will be taken down for server maintenance and Game Update.

When the Game Update is complete, all galaxies will be live but unavailable while we complete final testing. All galaxies will be made available after that time.


Empire Day VII / Remembrance Day VII

The Empire Day and Remembrance Day celebrations are back! The tension heats up between the Alliance and the Empire again. Both factions are recruiting members to help post propaganda and tear down whatever propaganda the other side managed to post. Entertainers are recruited to boost the troops' morale, while Traders are hired to help keep supplies flowing to the front lines.

Imperials seek out, in Theed, Major Brenn Tantor for Propaganda Quests, Droid Kaythree for Trader and Entertainer Quests, and Mara Jade for Combat Quests.

Rebels seek out, in Coronet, Captain Derlin for Propaganda Quests, Major Carlist Rieekan for Trader and Entertainer Quests, and Wedge Antilles for Combat Quests.

This year there are new badges and collections plus some new rewards including the AT-ST and AT-XT vehicles. Time to get busy! Mara Jade and Wedge Antilles have a new way to show their appreciation for their fans so make sure to visit them!

Player Placed Factional Base

The count of the number of bases reported in the War Terminal/War Intel Pad/War Table should now be accurate.
The cap of the number of bases allowed per planet should now be correctly/consistently enforced.


Bounty Hunter

The flawless Strike ability will now correctly increase the flawless bead chance by 15% for its duration.


Jedi

The Stance Glancing Blow modifier should now be correctly applied when the Jedi is in Jedi Stance.


Officer

Removed NO TRADE from Officer Tactical and Medical stims.


Storyteller

Some storyteller items may now be placed inside a player structure, others may also be placed on balcony-areas of player structures.
http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/...opic_id=1093587
Tokens will show if they can be placed on a roof in the examine window. These can also be placed on balconies or porches.
Storyteller Blueprints can no longer be used inside buildings or on the roof of buildings.
You can no longer deploy multiple NPC's when on the roof of buildings (this could lead to NPC's being spawned over the side of the building).
Due to technical issues, the Tuskan Raider Combat NPC Storyteller item may no longer be placed inside or on the roof/balcony of player structures.


NO TRADE Removal

NO TRADE has been removed from more items,
http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/...opic_id=1080498
A re-deeded YT-2400 will now also be tradable. Existing redeeded YT-2400s will be No Trade Removable.
Fixed an issue where the paintings "Five Years of Galaxies" and "Six Years of Galaxies" were not tradable or No Trade Removable.


Veteran Reward

Changed the item description for the 81 month vet reward to indicate that the item will reset the lockout for a single instance every two days.
Corrected typo in description for the Flight of the Veteran.


Misc

Corrected malfunctioning Multi-painting: Forces Under Siege.


BBP CUSTOMER NOTIFICATION: BBP has located and corrected a typo in genetic classification: many Vir Vir are now correctly classified as Vir Vur. Recent genetic alterations appear to have improved the temperament of Whisper Birds and Reptillian Fliers. They may now be successfully trained as Mounts. :END NOTICE

On Tuesday, June 29th, 2010, at 4:00 AM PDT all U.S. and European galaxies will be taken down for server maintenance and a Hotfix.

When the Hotfix is complete, all galaxies will be live but unavailable while we complete final testing. All galaxies will be made available after that time.


SWG 7th Year Anniversary

Log in to receive the year 1 gift.


Empire Day VII / Remembrance Day VII

The AT-XT and AT-ST are now both two-seaters. They also run a little faster.

On Thursday, July 15th, 2010, at 4:00 AM PDT all U.S. and European galaxies will be brought down for server maintenance and a Hotfix.

When the Hotfix is complete, all galaxies will be live but unavailable while we complete final testing. All galaxies will be made available after that time.


SWG 7th Year Anniversary

The Year 2 gift is live!


Bounty Hunter

All Bounty Hunters have received a free expertise respec.
Tangle Bomb 1-3 will now cause up to 15% increased action cost to targets.
The snare duration increase from Cruelty is now correctly applied to Tangle Bomb and Razor Net.
Advanced Armor Break now results in Ambush Tier 3-8 applying Armor Break twice to a target.
Advanced Armor Break no longer applies a 2% damage bonus to Ambush. It still applies a 10% critical hit chance to Ambush.
Improved Endurance, Marksmanship, Evasion and Pain Tolerance boxes. All of the boxes now offer 25 points per point invested.
Unlinked Relentless Onslaught and Take Cover.
Relentless Onslaught and Take Cover can now be used with all weapons.
Added the Survival Instinct box. It reduces the cooldown timer for the heal line by 2 seconds per point.
Unlinked Return Fire from Intense Assault.
Intense Assault now improves Assault damage by 5/10/15%
Ambush Intensity now improves Ambush damage by 10/20/30%
Melee Defense has been renamed to Honed Reflexes. It now offers 2 points of dodge per point.
Ranged Defense has been renamed to Reactive Armor. It now offers 2 points of Critical Hit Defense per point.
Improved Kinetic Armor to offer 500 points of kinetic armor per point invested.
Assault Efficiency and Ambush Efficiency now cost max 3 points for 5/10/20% action cost reduction.
Lethality now offers up to 20% action cost reduction to cripple.
Trap Extension now offers 10/20% trap action cost reduction. The box now also affects the range of dire traps.
Cruelty now offers up to 6 seconds cooldown reduction to cripple.
Innate Assault renamed to Enduring Assault. Enduring Assault gives a 40% chance of applying a 10% action cost reduction to assault. It can be stacked up to 5 times.
The link between Antagonize and Fumble has been removed.
The Absorption and Deflection boxes now offer innate armor instead of kinetic or energy protection.
Man hunter is now a 3 point box. Man Hunter now offer 2% strikethrough chance and 10% Improved Detects Camouflage per point.
The Arakyd Probe Droid will now warn the Bounty Hunter if the target has been inactive for 15 minutes or more.
The Arakyd Probe Droid will also warn the Bounty Hunter if the target is inside a structure that the Bounty Hunter is unable to enter, for example a house set to private or if the Bounty Hunter has been banned from entry.
When a player bounty is collected, mail will be sent to those who placed a bounty on the mark. This change is not retroactive - only bounties placed after this change will receive the mail notification.


Flawless Jewelry Set

All three levels of flawless bead now have a 100% defense bypassing effect.
Flawless bead will now only be consumed by Ambush, Antagonize, Assault, Cripple, Dread Strike, Fumble, Intimidate and Sniper Shot.
Flawless bead attacks should no longer have a chance to be incorrectly dodged.
Decreased the Flawless Strike cooldown by 5 seconds.
The Flawless Strike jewelry set now adds an innate 2% flawless bonus.
Flawless Strike no longer uses a proc based system. When the Flawless Strike ability is used, the Flawless Bead buff is applied to the BH.


GCW

Messages to the GCW channel are now always timestamped, even if the "Timestamp Incoming Messages" Chat Option is not enabled.


Player Placed Factional Base

All player placed factional bases are now displayed under a new Player Placed Factional Base node/category on the Planetary Map that's visible to everyone. Remember, for PvP bases, the Active (sun) / Inactive (moon) icon before the base name indicates whether or not the PvP base is currently in its vulnerability state (Active/sun) or not (Inactive/moon).
The cap of the number of bases per planet will be proportionately divided between the 2 factions based on the GCW percentage score for the planet. The War Terminal/War Intel Pad/War Table GCW Report window displays the per faction cap as well as the planetary cap.
You can only place a base in a contested region if your side is winning the contested region by at least 51%. The Uncontested Region is excluded from this particular restriction.
A message will be sent to the GCW channel whenever a PvP player placed factional base changes its vulnerability status.
All GCW score contributions (including Factional Presence) made by the character occurring within range of a same-faction base will receive a bonus per base. The War Terminal/War Intel Pad/War Table GCW Personal Contribution window displays the bonus that you would receive at your current location. The bonus and range for each base type are as follows.
Forward Outpost - 1%, 750m
SF Forward Outpost - 2%, 750m
Field Hospital - 3%, 1000m
SF Field Hospital - 5%, 1000m
Tactical Center - 6%, 1250m
SF Tactical Center - 8%, 1250m
Detachment Headquarters - 10%, 1500m
SF Detachment Headquarters - 12%, 1500m


Cloning Sickness Perks And Restrictions

Once a faction controls at least 70% of a planet, the following cloning sickness perks and restrictions will apply to GCW officers.
For GCW officers of the winning faction, cloning sickness duration and removal cost will be reduced by 50%. Each additional 1% control above 70% will provide an additional 1% reduction in cloning sickness duration and removal cost, for a maximum of 80% reduction in cloning sickness duration and removal cost for 100% control of a planet.
For GCW officers of the losing faction, there will be a wait before the cloning sickness can be removed by the droid in the cloning facility, or pay a 50,000 credits surcharge to skip the wait. The wait is 60s, plus an additional 2s for each additional 1% control above 70%, for a maximum wait of 120s for 100% control of a planet.
Remember, cloning sickness perks and restrictions only apply to GCW officers.


Ground Factional Presence

The amount of ground FP you gain will scale relative to the number of other "FP eligible" characters of either faction within 500m of you. Maximum ground FP is earned when there are at least 7 other "FP eligible" characters of either faction within 500m of you.


GCW City Invasions

You now have to return to the Factional Commander to complete the Eliminate Imperials and Eliminate Rebels quests.


Empire Day

Fixed an issue that would gate people from the recruitment and vandalism events if they went neutral after starting one of the quests.


Miscellaneous

Fixed lighting issue with Star Destroyer Solar Console.
The repair cost of the AT-ST and AT-XT has been reduced.
The number of waypoints has been increased to 250.


NO TRADE/BIOLINK-ON-PURCHASE/BIOLINK-ON-DECONSTRUCTION Removal

Community Requested VIII
Espionage Carbine
Espionage Pistol
Schematic: Imperial Command Hat

Bio Link-On-Deconstruct Removed I
MagnaGuard Electrostaff
WESTAR-34 Blaster Pistol
WESTAR-M5 Blaster Rifle
Buzz-Knuck
N'Gant-Zarvel 9118 Carbine
CR-1 Blast Cannon
Sith Sword
Vibrosword



As part of our ongoing effort to encourage players to actively play the game, there have been several changes made in this update. We will continue to look for ways to encourage active play over AFKing.

Sincerely, The Dev Team.

On Tuesday, July 20th, 2010, at 4:00 AM PDT all U.S. and European galaxies will be brought down for server maintenance and a Hotfix.

When the Hotfix is complete, all galaxies will be live but unavailable while we complete final testing. All galaxies will be made available after that time.


Star Wars Galaxies 7th Year Anniversary

The seven year logo is now available for your viewing pleasure!


GCW

Player Placed Factional Base

The message sent to the GCW channel whenever a PvP player placed factional base changes its vulnerability status now contains the name of the GCW region in which the base is located.


Player Cities

The RemoteCityHousePackup command will no longer trigger its cooldown when house signs are not found in range.


Bounty Hunter

Relentless Onslaught will no longer be removed if the player equips a rifle while the buff is active.

On Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010, at 4:00 AM PDT all U.S. and European galaxies will be brought down for server maintenance and a Hotfix.

When the Hotfix is complete, all galaxies will be live but unavailable while we complete final testing. Most galaxies will be made available after that time.

The folllowing servers will be down for an extended downtime for server maintenance:


Bloodfin
Chilastra
Eclipse
Gorath
Radiant
Starsider
Shadowfire



Star Wars Galaxies 7th Year Anniversary

The Year 3 gift is now available to claim!


Empire Day VII / Remembrance Day VII

This year's celebration has come to an end. We hope you enjoyed the event.

On Thursday, August 19, 2010, at 4:00 AM PDT all U.S. and European galaxies will be brought down for server maintenance and a Hotfix.

When the Hotfix is complete, all galaxies will be live but unavailable while we complete final testing. All galaxies will be made available after that time.



Star Wars Galaxies 7th Year Anniversary

The Year 4 gift is now available to claim!


GCW

GCW city invasions are now staggered so that they don't start at the same time. Bestine will start first, an hour later Dearic will start, and an hour after that Keren will start.


Bounty Hunter

Probe and Seeker Droids should now correctly inform the Bounty Hunter if their target is afk or inside a structure if the target is on a different sub server.

On Thursday, September 2nd, 2010, at 4:00 AM PDT all U.S. and European galaxies will be brought down for server maintenance and a Hotfix.

When the Update is complete, all galaxies will be live but unavailable while we complete final testing. All galaxies will be made available after that time.



Highlights

GCW Leaderboard – Access the GCW Leaderboard from the War Terminal / War Intel Pad / War Table. It displays the top scores of the Galactic Civil War. Characters contribute to the character GCW Leaderboard by contributing to the GCW score as individuals or as members of a guild or citizens of a city.

Guild Waypoint Registry – Guilds with at least ten members now have access to a Guild Waypoint Registry. With this registry guild leaders can upload waypoints for the guild members to download.

City Waypoint Registry – The City Waypoint Registry is a new window that allows mayors of player cities to upload waypoints for the citizens of that city to download.

Bonus Everything Weekend - Bonus Everything Weekend is returning this Labor Day holiday! Stock up on food and drinks, grab your favorite chair and get ready for double the action! During the Bonus Everything Weekend, everyone logged in will earn Double XP, Double GCW Points, Double Heroic Tokens, Double GCW Tokens from Battlefields and City Invasions, Double Pet XP and Loyalty, Double Chronicles XP, Double Chronicles Silver Tokens and an increased chance to earn Gold Chronicles Tokens! The bonus period starts on Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 4am PDT and ends Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at 4am PDT.

The Year 5 gift is now available to claim!

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GCW Leaderboard

Access the GCW Leaderboard from the War Terminal / War Intel Pad / War Table. It displays the top scores of the Galactic Civil War. Characters contribute to the character GCW Leaderboard by contributing to the GCW score as individuals or as members of a guild or citizens of a city.
The GCW leaderboard period is weekly and starts/ends every Thursday at 19:00:00 GMT / 11:00:00 PST / 12:00:00 PDT (same time as the GCW rank update). At the end of the period, the winners are determined, and the list (and everyone's GCW Leaderboard score) is reset to start a new period.
GCW leaderboard tracking will start Thursday September 2 2010 at 19:00:00 GMT / 12:00:00 PDT, and the first set of winners will be determined the following Thursday September 9 2010 at 19:00:00 GMT / 12:00:00 PDT.


Guild/City

Individuals need to be the same faction alignment as their city/guild to contribute to their guild/city GCW Leaderboard score.
In order to contribute to the score and receive credit for the guild/city GCW Leaderboard the character must have been in the guild/city for the period for which the guild/city won the GCW leaderboard. Characters that join a guild/city in between periods will not contribute to the guild/city GCW Leaderboard for her guild/city will start contributing to their guild/city GCW leaderboard at the start of the next GCW Leaderboard period.
The restriction for access to the ImperialWarRoom / RebelWarRoom chat room and the Imperial War Planner / Rebel War Planner title has been changed. Only same faction aligned GCW leaderboard winner for the past 2 weeks, or same faction aligned mayor or guild leader of a same faction aligned city or guild GCW leaderboard winner for the past 2 weeks are allowed to enter the ImperialWarRoom / RebelWarRoom chat room and have access to the Imperial War Planner / Rebel War Planner title.


Messaging

Whenever the character/guild/city position on the GCW leaderboard for the current period changes, a message is sent to the GCW channel for the character/all guild members/all citizens notifying of the position change for the character/guild/city.
In-game mail is sent to the characters/guild leaders/mayors of the winners when a GCW leaderboard period ends, and the winners for the character/guild/city leaderboards are determined.


Titles, Badges and Collections

Title for making the current (i.e. most recent) GCW leaderboard winners list: Reigning Alliance Hero / Reigning Imperial Champion.
Title for having won (at any time) 1st place in the GCW leaderboard winners list: Elite Alliance Hero / Elite Imperial Champion
Title for making the GCW leaderboard winners list 1 time, 5 times, 10 times, 15 times...: Decorated Alliance Hero - x Time(s) / Decorated Imperial Champion - x Time(s)
The Imperial GCW Leaderboard - Current Winner / Rebel GCW Leaderboard - Current Winner title is available to the current character GCW leaderboard winners. The title will be removed if the character doesn't make the next character GCW leaderboard winners list.
The GCW Leaderboard section in the Achievement tab of the Collections window displays the count of how many times the character has made the GCW leaderboard winners list and how many times the character was a guild member/citizen of a guild/city that won the GCW leaderboard.
The GCW Leaderboard section in the Badges tab of the Collections window displays badges the character has earned from the GCW leaderboard. It also displays the badges the character has earned for being a guild member/citizen of a guild/city that won the GCW leaderboard. Badges (and associated titles) are granted for winning 1st place, and for making the GCW leaderboard winners list 1 time, 5 times, 10 times, 15 times... as an individual and as a guild member/citizen of a guild/city.


Guild/City Travel Point Perk

The guilds and cities in the most recent winners list will be given access to guild/city travel points. 1st and 2nd place winners will get 2 guild/city travel points. 3rd, 4th, and 5th place winners will get 1 guild/city travel point.
The guild/city travel point privilege is revoked if the guild/city does not make the next winners list. To reiterate, the guild/city travel point privilege is only available to the guilds and cities in the most recent winners list.
Using the guild/city waypoint registry, the guild leader/mayor can designate the guild/city travel point(s).
There is a 1 minute cooldown after deactivating a guild/city travel point before activating another guild/city travel point.
Using the guild/city waypoint registry, guild members/citizens can travel (at no cost) to the starport/shuttleport/camp with shuttle beacon nearest to the guild/city travel point.
Only the following locations can be designated as guild/city travel point: Corellia, Dantooine, Dathomir, Endor, Kashyyyk - Etyyy, Kashyyyk - Kachirho, Kashyyyk - Khowir, Lok, Mustafar, Naboo, Rori, Talus, Tatooine, Yavin 4.
You must be at the following locations to use a guild/city travel point: Corellia, Dantooine, Dathomir, Endor, Kashyyyk - Etyyy, Kashyyyk - Kachirho, Kashyyyk - Khowir, Lok, Mustafar, Naboo, Rori, Talus, Tatooine, Yavin 4.
You cannot use a guild/city travel point if you are in combat, incapacitated/dead, riding on a pet, or in a vehicle.


Guild Waypoint Registry

The guild leader can upload waypoint to the guild waypoint registry from the waypoint's radial menu.
Guild members can download waypoint from the guild waypoint registry into the datapad.
Launch the guild waypoint registry window using the "Guild Waypoints..." button in the waypoint window, or with /guildWaypoints.
The guild waypoint registry can hold 25 waypoints.
The guild must have 10 members before the guild waypoint registry is available.


City Waypoint Registry

The mayor can upload waypoint to the city waypoint registry from the waypoint's radial menu.
Citizens can download waypoint from the city waypoint registry into the datapad.
Launch the city waypoint registry window using the "City Waypoints..." button in the waypoint window, or with /cityWaypoints.
The city waypoint registry can hold 25 waypoints.


GCW

Ground PvP kills only contribute to the GCW score if the killer is "factional presence eligible".


Hoth

Players achieving a flawless victory during a bonus weekend should now correctly receive the Badge and painting.


Beast Master

The amount of loyalty needed to reach BFF has been reduced by approximately 50%.
Beast Dietary Supplements now also affect the pet's loyalty gain by roughly the same amount as the supplements effect on experience gain.
When receiving a COMPNOR experience bonus from a destroy mission, your pet will now also receive 50% of the experience needed for the pets current level.
Active players will see an increasing bonus to the beast XP earned pr. kill, as their pet's level increases.


Restuss

All Restuss weapons can now be deconstructed.

On Thursday, September 9th, 2010, at 4:00 AM PDT all U.S. and European galaxies will be brought down for server maintenance and a Hotfix. The servers are expected just be down for their regularly scheduled Thursday downtime for 2 to 3 hours.

When the Hotfix is complete, all galaxies will be live but unavailable while we complete final testing. All galaxies will be made available after that time.


GCW

You can now buy the Imperial Gunner and Rebel Trooper Helmets using city invasion tokens. The helmets are sold by the Rebel and Imperial recruiters.
Beast Master

Beast Dietary Supplements have been made to more accurately communicate the beasts for which they are formulated.
COMPNOR mission bonuses will now benefit pets regardless of their master’s class.


Restuss

The Crusader Pistol, Crusader Carbine, Crusader Rifle, Deadbolt Pistol and C-M Reaper Rifle now all receive an appearance damage bonus when crafted.
The Restuss weapons will no longer bio-link the schematic when deconstructed.


Beast Master

Fix to pets that hit BFF without having their loyalty level updated.
Fix to the loyalty progress tracker. The loyalty progress should now be correctly shown as a value between 0 - 100%.

Restuss

Fix to conversation error in the Restuss NPC's dialog if you lacked the commendations needed to buy either of the schematics.

On Thursday, September 23rd, 2010, at 4:00 AM PDT all U.S. and European galaxies will be brought down for server maintenance and a Hotfix. The servers are expected to be down for 4 hours.

When the Hotfix is complete, all galaxies will be live but unavailable while we complete final testing. All galaxies will be made available after that time.


Star Wars Galaxies 7th Anniversary

The year 6 gift is ready to be claimed!


GCW Invasions

Added a 30 minute delay to the invasion initialization to address an issue where invasions would fail to start correctly after a server restart.
The Cure Fatigue quest now requires the entertainer to cure 20 'ticks' of fatigue instead of 10.
The Cure Fatigue quest now gives 5 invasion tokens on completion.
The Cure Fatigue quest now requires the entertainer to return to the general to complete the quest.
The Rally Troops now gives 250 points of GCW on completion (instead of the previous 12 points).


Beast Master

Update on Beast Dietary Supplements' listings of which supplement is formulated for which beast.
Beast Dye will now work on Reeks, Nexus, and Wing-clipped Hawk Bats.
Commission for the Preservation of the New Order (COMPNOR) mission bonuses will now benefit pets regardless of their master's class.


Chronicles

Fixed Tier 1 chronicler profession box shard now should say "shared."
Nunas and Durni will now drop kill and kill/collect chronicle relics.


Miscellaneous

Fixed codestrings in the bazaar window for certain items.
Fixed items showing as a codestring in the Object Type Filter window.
Craft a Component Analysis Tool relic - the word component is now spelled correctly (name and description).
Tusken Blood Hunters, Flesh Renders and the Vile Chieftain should now count towards the kill and kill/loot Chronicle relics.
Players will no longer be penalized for failing their first attempt at the Rescue the Lok Revenant quest of Nym's Themepark.

On Thursday, October 7th, 2010, at 4:00 AM PDT all U.S. and European galaxies will be brought down for server maintenance and a Hotfix. The servers are expected to be down for 4 hours.

When the Hotfix is complete, all galaxies will be live but unavailable while we complete final testing. All galaxies will be made available after that time.



Highlights

Rare Loot System - The Rare Loot System is a new feature in Star Wars Galaxies that gives adventurers a chance to obtain a bonus reward for defeating encounters. These rewards can range from items that are no longer available through normal gameplay to items that might be extremely rare to completely new items.

Restrictions are in place to prevent adventurers from farming mobs or spam killing trash mobs with area abilities. Adventurers need to fight challenging mobs to earn a chance to find rare loot.

There are three categories of rare loot: Rare, Exceptional, and Legendary. When an adventurer kills a mob and qualifies for rare loot, the encounter will have a chance to drop a rare loot chest. Adventures will need to loot the chest and open it in their inventory to discover what root loot they have won. The items acquired from the Rare Loot System will be marked with a Rare Loot tag within the examine window.

Adventurers can also complete new collections and earn a new badge and the title "Fortune Hunter" through this system.

Star Wars Galaxies 7th Anniversary - The Year 7 gift and the finale are ready to claimed. For the seventh collection item, the SWG Development team hand-crafted a little surprise using the in-game Chronicles system.


Star Wars Galaxies 7th Anniversary

Year 7 gift and the finale are ready to claimed!
For the seventh collection item, the SWG Development team hand-crafted a little surprise using the in-game Chronicles system.


Rare Loot System

Discover rare, exceptional, and legendary loot as you adventure.
Mobs can drop a chest that will contain rare loot.
Many old and new loot items have been added to this system.
Complete new collections and earn a new badge and a new title - "Fortune Hunter."
Good luck in your adventures!