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SWTOR Developer Livestream about what’s coming up in Update 7.5.1 on July 23!

| July 22, 2024

The developers will be hosting the Game Update 7.5.1 livestream on Tuesday July 23, 2024 at 1pm CT / 7pm UTC over on their streaming channel. They will be going over all the features in 7.5.1 (mostly Galactic Seasons 7 and new Date Night cutscenes) and also hinting as to what’s to come after 7.5.1 launch.

We’ll be hosting the 7.5.1 developer livestream sometime in July/August to reveal the next batch of Date Night Missions and details on Galactic Seasons 7. This stream will also be the first time we enable the Twitch Drops program, so be sure to tune in for more details! There’s quite a bit that the team has done this year, and even more to come for the rest of the year. I look forward to sharing all the juicy details in due time. Until then, please enjoy Game Update 7.5 and all the new content within. Thank you for reading and we’ll see you at the 7.5.1 livestream!

I will also be restreaming the livestream on my own channel if you want to drop by and chat with other about the news! https://twitch.tv/swtorista  – Swtorista

Time Zone Time at 1 pm CT
Central Time (CT) 1:00 PM
Pacific Time (PT) 11:00 AM
Eastern Time (ET) 2:00 PM
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) 7:00 PM
London Time 7:00 PM
Germany Time 8:00 PM
France Time 8:00 PM
Sydney Time 6:00 AM (next day)

(Double-check the international ones sorry)

 

After 7.5 / 7.5.1

What will be coming up after 7.5.1? While we don’t have many hints yet, we do know that there will eventually be…

Seasons

We know Galactic Seasons 7 will be shared in the livestream!

Date Nights

There are about 28 romanceable companions and the developers are hoping to release more date nights in the cadence of 1-2 Companion Date nights per Galactic Seasons. So Update 7.5.1 should bring 1 or 2 more date nights!

Romanceable Companions

  • Akaavi Spar
  • Andronikos Revel
  • Arcann (Update 7.4.1)
  • Aric Jorgan
  • Ashara Zavros
  • Corso Riggs
  • Doc
  • Elara Dorne
  • Felix Iresso
  • Jaesa Willsaam
  • Kaliyo
  • Khem Val
  • Kira Carsen
  • Koth Vortena (Update 7.4.1)
  • Lana Beniko (Update 7.4.1)
  • Lieutenant Pierce
  • Lord Scourge
  • Mako
  • Malavai Quinn
  • Nadia Grell
  • Raina Temple
  • Risha
  • Tharan Cedrax
  • Theron Shan (Update 7.4.1)
  • Torian
  • Vector
  • Vette
  • Zenith

DirectX 12 & Improved Steam Integrations

In a previous developer post, the devs said…

Also on the tech side, we are working on further updates such as improved integrations with Steam and updating to DirectX 12. We’ll start talking about all of this and more in the coming weeks. Source

With 64-bit now in the game, and DirectX 12 hopefully on the way, it’s possible we may see graphics updates in the future. We have already seen many graphical / art updates on the planets.

GTN Changes?

In addition to the recent changes to the GTN, the developers spoke in the past about potentially adding a buy-order system – you can put in a request to buy an item at a certain price, and other players can fulfill the order. Whether this will be added or not still is unclear, now that the new GTN is up and functional.

  • This will be an overhaul of how the GTN Works to increase usability make finding what you want easier and buy or sell items at a fair price all while providing you with more Market information than ever before to help players make informed decisions (source developer livestream 7.3)
  • We will also be building a commodity order system that lets you place orders for specific items and get them at a competitive price (source developer livestream 7.3)

Additional Servers?

All SWTOR servers are now on the cloud, and the Shae Vizla server has been running for a while as the APAC server, with transfers opened with 7.4.1. A new Fresh Start server may come in the future, players have been asking for one in North America. Read More

Future Story

We got a tease of where the story might go in the future as well, though this may be alluding to what is coming in 7.4 and forward!

And after that, more of everything. You can always expect more Flashpoints, more story, like Malgus says, ‘this is only the beginning.’ I talked a little bit about when 7.0 launched how much we had planned out the storyline and everything happening with Malgus, and how is plans are unfolding, and how the Mandalorian civil war storyline ties into that, we’ve got some stuff that I can not wait to see go live, and to see ya’lls faces and your reactions and your comments as it comes down the road.” – Charles Boyd (Former Creative Director, Developer 7.1 Livestream)

Crafting Update / Augments?

How does this affect crafting? Augments and Augmentation Kits are still craftable, and able to be used on all 7.0 gear. We are not raising Crew Skills, Gathering or Crafting levels upon the 7.0 release, but they are a part of our 10-year celebration plans. – Jackie late 2021, before the 7.0 launch

From an interview by Vulkk.com with the developers:

The official answer stated that while the developers “cannot provide a definitive timeline right now, a change to the Crafting system will not be implemented in the immediate future. At this time, players can continue spending credits on augments.” When the time comes that a crafting revamp will happen, BioWare said that they will give everyone plenty of time to adjust to the changes accordingly.

Based on BioWare’s answer, it seems that they are planning a more significant rework to the crafting system in line with other modernizations we’ve gotten with 7.0. Furthermore, it should theoretically be pretty trivial to just add another crafting tier if that’s all they wanted to do. – August 2022

Master Mode R-4?

It is unclear if Master Mode R-4 is still coming out, due to the large delay in launch of both 7.0 and the R-4 Anomaly operation in both story and veteran mode, but it is currently the only outstanding item on the list from the tenth anniversary, originally shared on a livestream July 1, 2021.

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