PvP Season 7 “Path to Mastery” Announcement and Rewards

During the huge developer livestream showcasing 7.6, PvP got it’s own time in the spotlight this week with Season 7! Collected here is all the news about PvP coming up with 7.6 and what kind of rewards and changes will be brought to the game this time around.

When Is Season 7 Starting?

SWTOR’s 7th PvP season since the rework will be taking place with the launch of 7.6, “Galactic Threads”. The update is aiming for a late-December “Christmas Time” release, though no solid date has been announced. Once it starts, PvP seasons run for 16 weeks, so plenty of time for people to space out and plan ahead just how much PvP they’ll be doing to get the rewards on this season’s track.

What Changes Will There Be To PvP Seasons?

Not all PvP seasons thus far have had to shake up the formula since the dissolution of ranked PvP, but Season 7 is in fact making a few adjustments. Firstly will be changes to Warzone Matchmaking – Premades are getting slashed in this upcoming season, limiting the amount of people that can queue up for a warzone together by half. Warzones are 8v8 content, and until this season it was possible to fill your team up with known players that could coordinate with you and give you an advantage. To limit the effectiveness of Premade Teams, you may now only queue with a flashpoint sized group of 4. This still allows much more coordination with 3 other friends than most teams you encounter will have, but at least 4 members of your team will always be random, at minimum.

Another change comes from some itemization tuning – Set Bonuses from level 75 Spoils of War gear have been disabled. This may have previously been a clever way to eke out an advantage in your arena fights by utilizing set bonuses less-impacted by the set PvP stat scaling than one would think. To ensure all players are on an even playing field and utilizing the same current content gear, these old armor sets will no longer work in a PvP environment.

PvP Season 7 Rewards

As usual, the PvP season track will be filled with new armor pieces, new titles, decorations, and interestingly, even a new emote. Those were showcased in the slideshow devstream this week and we’ll have some pictures below – but outside the track, we also know the Meta-Achievement title for those wishing to really push and participate in all aspects of PvP this season – Seeker. To recap, we have:

• Meta-Achievement Title: Seeker
• Title – <Character Name>, Master of Paths
• Legacy Title – Pathfinder

As well as a New Emote, Honorable Bow:

and the new Armor Sets this season, first the ones from the Seasonal Vendor, purchasable with PvP Tokens: Feathered Ranger and Feathered Huntmaster.

As well as the new Reward Track Sets for the Season: Plumed Scout and Plumed Trapper Armor.

Along with our usual Seasonal Trophies and Statue Decorations!