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Update 7.1.1 coming on October 18! Galactic Season 3, Class changes, VIP Collectors Edition, Feast of Prosperity & more!

News Date: October 14, 2022 Patch: 7.1.1 News Source
| October 15, 2022

The next update for Star Wars: The Old Republic has been announced, and was a surprise to many players! While we knew update 7.1.1 was coming, players had been guesing it may come later down the line.

Update 7.1.1 will be launched October 18, 2022. While we are still waiting for the patch notes, it should include:

  • Galactic Seasons 3! 🥳
  • Class changes
  • VIP Collectors Edition
  • R-4 changes
  • Feast of Prosperity event with new reward
  • Daily Resource Matrices increase from heroics / dailies
  • Ability to name and favorite outfits in the Oufitter
  • Conquest objectives for the Manaan Daily Area
  • (also the Swoop event is scheduled to start)

Announcement

Hey everyone,

We will be taking the servers offline on October 18, 2022 to deploy Game Update 7.1.1!

Details:
DATE: October 18, 2022
TIME: 7:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT (12:00 PM – 5:00 PM UTC)
VERSION: 7.1.1

Patch notes will be available on Monday, here: https://www.swtor.com/patchnotes

Thank you!

Source

Want to learn more about these upcoming changes? Here’s the details!

Galactic Seasons 3

While we’ll have to wait for it to start on October 18th, you can learn more about Galactic Seasons in general from past events here.

Galactic Seasons is a limited-time event that lasts about 5 months, so it will run until about March 17, 2023. It will have unique rewards that you can’t get any other way.

I loved the last Season so I hope you enjoy this one too! There has been a lot of excitement in the community waiting for season 3.

We do know the new theme is “Galactic Gaming”!

SWTOR Galactic Seasons Guide and Rewards – Season 6, Building a Foundation!

Class Changes

While it’s well-known that class balancing is needed as some classes are underperforming, players are always wary about class changes and there’s been a lot of discussion on the forums about the proposed changes.

Most of the changes in this round are numbers-based, so you likely won’t see any changes to what abilities you have available like you id in 7.0, but you may notice you are more or less powerful than you were before.

Forum Thread About Class Changes

The changes are quite extensive, so please visit the thread and its replies for more info.

VIP Collectors Edition

While we are still waiting for more information about the specific of this new unlock, here’s what we know:

Lastly, access to the Collector’s Edition vendor has been highly requested over the years, so we are creating a path for players to access this vendor with the purchase of an access pass that can be obtained from the Cartel Market. Once the item is consumed, it will unlock the ability to speak to the CE vendor, grant access to the VIP area where the vendor is located, and it will unlock account-wide. Below are the items that are available on the vendor:

  • 7 companion customizations (Ashara Zavros, 3x Deshade, Kaliyo Djannis, Mako, Vette)
  • 5 pieces of the Imperial Trooper armor set
  • 4 Dye Modules
  • 3 Pets
  • 2 Statue stronghold decorations
  • 1 ‘Scanner’ helmet

Source

R-4 Changes

R-4 is the newest operation in SWTOR, and it’s quite difficult, even in story mode.

We also have seen the feedback players have provided for the R-4 bosses. The team is focusing on making adjustments to the following for 7.1.1:

  • Reducing IP-CPT’s health on Veteran so the DPS check isn’t as demanding
  • Adjusting the difficulty in the Overgrown Hallways to be less deadly in Story Mode
  • Reduce Lady Dominique’s health slightly in Story Mode
  • Damage from Nihrot is no longer reflectable
  • Nihrot suppression grenades should no longer get caught up in the ceiling tentacles
  • The issues some players are experiencing with IP-CPT falling into the floor

While these seem to be the most common reports we are seeing for the bosses, we do welcome additional feedback. If you are reporting difficulty you are experiencing with any of the R-4 bosses, please also include details of the gear you are using.

Source

In addition, the team is looking for feedback about some of the things that drop from R4, though these are not in the 7.1.1 changes:

FEEDBACK ON GEARING IN THE R-4 ANOMALY OPERATION Thread

  • Do you feel your group was able to progress in power through the Operation?
  • Do you think improvements could be made to make it easier to progress as a group? If so, what do these improvements look like?
  • Did you want to upgrade your Hazardous gear?
  • How quickly were you able to upgrade your Hazardous gear?
  • Was Hazardous gear helpful in completing The R-4 Anomaly?
  • Do you like the look of these armor sets?
  • Did you attempt to clear The R-4 Anomaly to earn these armor sets?
  • Is there anything you’d like to see from future Operations armors?
  • Do you like the look of this mount?
  • Did you attempt to clear The R-4 Anomaly to earn this mount?
  • Is there anything you’d like to see from future Operations mounts?

Feast of Prosperity

The Feast of Prosperity event is a limited-time event that has a cooking game, a serving mini game, a short story quest, and a world boss hunt. Each day brings new recipes and world bosses, and you can ear unique rewards only available during the event. There is supposed to be new rewards for 2022!

SWTOR Feast of Prosperity Event Guide

Swoop Event

While the Swoop event is not necessarily part of this update, it should be starting at the same time. Here’s a guide if you need it!

SWTOR Swoop Event Guide

 

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