{"id":34643,"date":"2024-07-08T04:01:28","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T11:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/?p=34643"},"modified":"2024-07-09T19:11:15","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T02:11:15","slug":"changes-to-narr-shaddaa-nightlife-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/changes-to-narr-shaddaa-nightlife-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Changes to Nar Shaddaa Nightlife 2024 + New Developer Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Developer Joe Stramaglia gives this update via <a href=\"https:\/\/forums.swtor.com\/topic\/936091-nar-nightlife-event-updates-2024\/\">the forums<\/a> about Nar Shaddaa Nightlife and upcoming changes to gambling to make it less of a drastic timesink for collectors! <a href=\"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/swtor-nar-shaddaa-nightlife-event-guide\/\">Nar Shaddaa Nightlife event guide<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"MJ8Ag6BmHm\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/swtor-nar-shaddaa-nightlife-event-guide\/\">SWTOR Nar Shaddaa Nightlife Event Guide<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;SWTOR Nar Shaddaa Nightlife Event Guide&#8221; &#8212; Swtorista\" src=\"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/swtor-nar-shaddaa-nightlife-event-guide\/embed\/#?secret=6MDyzmlDq3#?secret=MJ8Ag6BmHm\" data-secret=\"MJ8Ag6BmHm\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"panel panel-info forums\"><div class=\"panel-body\">\n<p>Hello folks!<\/p>\n<p>Nar Nightlife is back\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forums.swtor.com\/events\/event\/72-nar-shaddaa-nightlife-les-nuits-de-nar-shaddaa-nar-shaddaa-nachtleben\/\" rel=\"\">tomorrow<\/a>! This time around we made some adjustments to how the machines work and how the Lucky and Good Karma buffs affect your plays. Previously, players could get in a loop where they spend chips only to be rewarded more chips and it resulted in longer play sessions of just spinning machines. Our goal with the below changes is to improve the Nar Nightlife experience by reducing the amount of time it takes to play and win prizes with the slot machines.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Previously Lucky and Good Karma were awarded alongside winning some Chips, however they will now be rewarded sometimes\u00a0with what was originally considered a loss. This will make the buffs a little bit rarer.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Any Win or Jackpot<\/strong>\u00a0on Kingpin\u2019s Bounty or Emperor\u2019s Grace will remove Lucky and Good Karma.<\/li>\n<li>Lucky and Good Karma will increase your odds of winning on Kingpin\u2019s Bounty. Good Karma will increase your odds even further than Lucky.<\/li>\n<li>Lucky and Good Karma can stack on Emperor\u2019s Grace Slot Machines to increase the chance of winning all the way to 100%.<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s now possible to lose on the Emperor\u2019s Grace machine, however the Max Bet cannot lose. Max Bet instead increases the chance of a Jackpot win (any non-certificate drop) with the buffs.<\/li>\n<li>Kingpin\u2019s Bounty and Smuggler\u2019s Luck Max Bet machines have much lower loss rates than previous years, the Emperor\u2019s Grace Max Bet still has no chance of losing, and all machines are less likely to reward more chips.<\/li>\n<li>Chip wins from machines are now variable, and may be the following:\n<ul>\n<li>Smuggler\u2019s Luck = 1 Smuggler\u2019s Luck Chip or 1 Kingpin\u2019s Bounty Chip.<\/li>\n<li>Smuggler\u2019s Luck Max Bet = 5 &#8211; 15 Smuggler\u2019s Luck Chips or 1 &#8211; 2 Kingpin\u2019s Bounty Chips.<\/li>\n<li>Kingpin\u2019s Bounty = 1 Kingpin\u2019s Bounty Chip or 1 Emperor\u2019s Grace Chip.<\/li>\n<li>Kingpin\u2019s Bounty Max Bet = 5 &#8211; 10 Kingpin\u2019s Bounty Chips or 1 &#8211; 2 Emperor\u2019s Grace Chips.<\/li>\n<li>Emperor\u2019s Grace and Emperor\u2019s Grace Max Bet no longer will award Chips of any kind.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Lucky will increase your odds of winning on Smuggler\u2019s Luck machines like normal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some other broad changes we\u2019ve made to the event:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We\u2019ve added some Conquest objectives related to the event.<\/li>\n<li>New Achievements have been added to previously released item drops.<\/li>\n<li>The Shady Gambler and Double Agent dyes have been added to the Golden Certificate vendor. These were originally Cartel Market dyes that had previously been retired.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thank you for taking the time to read these changes, we have a lot of future plans for this event in the longer term future so stay tuned for updates.<\/p>\n<p>May the Force Serve You<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>With less buffs and less odds for a jackpot win combined with less chips, this strategy seems lined up to drive players towards the max bet machines faster rather than actually award the jackpot prizes faster, though drop rates will have to be investigated when Nightlife arrives tomorrow. &#8211; Zahk<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: The developers added some additional information.<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel panel-info forums\"><div class=\"panel-body\">\n<p>Hey folks!<\/p>\n<p>Just wanted to let y\u2019all know we\u2019re reading the feedback. I wanted to go into a little bit into why the previously mentioned adjustments were made and add clarification to a couple of prominent points we\u2019re seeing in the thread.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Legacy Currency instead of Character<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is something we talk about internally quite a bit. We want to make changes to the way these currencies work and making them legacy based instead of character based is one of the proposed changes. While this is not a change that is happening in this year&#8217;s event, I did want to acknowledge that there is a desire to make an adjustment here, but there are also some logistical challenges to this kind of change that require a heavy lift.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Less Chip Rewards and Odds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Previously, the way chip rewards worked was that most plays just gave you back the chip you spent or gave you many of a lower tiered one. In most cases, these were \u201cslow losses\u201d. This is not an ideal workflow. With the new adjustments, the revamped odds give you a higher chance at winning an actual prize or just removing the chip, meaning you should come out with more rewards for less time investment at a cost of less chips won.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll be monitoring this change especially since it could reduce engagement with the machines. The intent behind the change was to increase reward output and decrease time spent. If we find over time that it does not remain engaging, then we\u2019ll certainly adjust in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Please keep in mind the Lucky and Karma buffs are more important than before for Emperor\u2019s Grace pulls. If you\u2019re planning on doing an Emperor\u2019s Grace pull I would recommend getting at least one of the buffs but preferably both regardless of which Emperor\u2019s Grace machine you intend to play to give you the best shot at a Jackpot.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Credit Economy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As the economy continues to stabilize, we intend to adjust the cost of the chips accordingly. So this is definitely something we will tune over time.<\/p>\n<p>I really do appreciate your feedback and we\u2019ll be incorporating it in future iterations of the event. <a href=\"https:\/\/forums.swtor.com\/topic\/936091-nar-nightlife-event-updates-2024\/page\/3\/#comment-9821715\">source<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Developer Joe Stramaglia gives this update via the forums about Nar Shaddaa Nightlife and upcoming changes to gambling to make it less of a drastic timesink for collectors! 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