{"id":30431,"date":"2023-08-17T13:31:27","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T20:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/?p=30431"},"modified":"2023-08-17T13:31:27","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T20:31:27","slug":"developer-updates-and-additional-details-on-update-7-3-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/developer-updates-and-additional-details-on-update-7-3-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Developer Updates and Additional Details on Update 7.3.1!"},"content":{"rendered":"

More news has been posted on the official forums regarding 7.3.1, which will be launching late August\/early September!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Topics include the handling of no new companion, what replaces it, how this seasons objectives will look, and even some news about Kai Zykken!<\/p>\n

Eric Musco –\u00a0 No New Companion In Season 5<\/h2>\n
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As you may have seen in our\u00a0“Game Update 7.3.1 is Coming Soon” Article<\/a>, there are a few changes coming to Galactic Seasons starting this next season. With GS5, we are going to try something a little different, there will not be a seasonal Companion. We are doing this for a variety of reasons that we hope will improve the Galactic Season experience (along with creating some separate opportunities as well, more on that later).<\/p>\n

For starters, you can still expect a great character driven story within each season, it just won\u2019t need to operate around the limitation of a single companion. That story will unlock based on your Galactic Season Progress.<\/p>\n

We obviously have a lot of companions in SWTOR, a lot. So when we make the decision to give you another one we really want to be sure that it is meaningful and more fleshed out where possible and we think that Galactic Seasons may not be the place for that. But we\u2019ll see, let us know what you think.<\/p>\n

In that same vein though, we do have some ideas of places where we could achieve those goals with a companion, but more on that another day\u2026\u00a0*makes a quick comlink to Lane*<\/em><\/p>\n

Over to Joe who is going to update you on how we are going to adjust the reward to track to account for the lack of a Companion.<\/p>\n

-eric<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

Joe Stramaglia – Rewards Changes for Season 5<\/h2>\n
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FIRST!\u00a0\":jawa_tongue:\"<\/p>\n

Hello folks! But wait, there\u2019s more!<\/p>\n

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  1. We\u2019re adding new rewards to take up the slots that would have been companion related<\/li>\n
  2. Season story will now be driven by Galactic Season Progress<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    We\u2019ll continue to make changes here and evolve the format over time based on your feedback and data!<\/p>\n

    New Rewards:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Removing Companion from the season leaves a pretty large hole in the reward structure. To make up for this we\u2019re adding some new reward types, giving more of the seasonal reputation items, and adding a new item from the Cartel Market (which will bind on legacy).<\/p>\n

    More explicitly, here is a list of new items that would have not been on the track prior to this change:<\/p>\n