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2020 Developer Updates<\/h2>\n\n- They are streaming from home as they are working from home<\/span><\/li>\n
- Chris Schmidt aka BioChris is the Design Director, he took a vacation but has been back for a few months and is very excited to be there and be on the team<\/span><\/li>\n
- Charles Boyd, Creative Director, welcomes everyone and is looking forward to what they\u2019ll be going over<\/span><\/li>\n
- Keith Kanneg, Game Director, also went on vacation for a bit. Works behind the scenes with people on screen, EA leadership, work to get funding, behind the scenes KPI looking at the business make sure it is healthy, does a lot of stuff people don\u2019t know about.<\/span><\/li>\n
- Community Manager, Eric Musco, talks to you on the internet, has a dog sleeping in the background<\/span><\/li>\n
- Been very interesting for the team switching to work from home, figuring out how to manage the game and talking to everyone, and managing calls all inside of their houses<\/span><\/li>\n
- No crazy videos or giveaways in today’s stream, only 30 minute stream, will grab questions from chat as they go<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Steam Release<\/span><\/h3>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/img_5f17288117ec5.png\")
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\n- General Daerunn was the picture for the livestream enjoying a cup of steaming tea it was a hint to SWTOR being on Steam!<\/span><\/li>\n
- Keith says a lot of players mention Steam<\/span><\/li>\n
- 2 million people playing the game in the last year!<\/span><\/li>\n
- Wants to have more players come, and many players come and go in the game<\/span><\/li>\n
- Steam will be a phenomenal addition to make it happen<\/span><\/li>\n
- Asked the team what it would take to run on steam \u201comg its not gunna happen\u201d but the team said \u201cwe can actually do this\u201d executed plan and today is launch day! They hit the mark Keith is very excited to be in the position where he can ask his team for something and they deliver.<\/span><\/li>\n
- Excited to see the number of people to come join us and play the game<\/span><\/li>\n
- Players found it was online on steam within 6 minutes of it going online<\/span><\/li>\n
- If you currently play the game today, you will need to re-download the game (OR unofficially move your files, but this is not recommended by official team)<\/span><\/li>\n
- Steam players will be playing on the same servers as normal, no difference<\/span><\/li>\n
- Article live on swtor.com<\/span><\/li>\n
- Steam emoticons (jawa from forums)<\/span><\/li>\n
- Steam badges<\/span><\/li>\n
- Steam backgrounds 6-8 in total<\/span><\/li>\n
- Steam Achievements (not in today, later in the summer, retroactive!)<\/span><\/li>\n
- Steam will install the SWTOR launcher, you log in with the launcher, then it links by the first time you log in with the Steam launcher will link to your SWTOR account. Tomorrow on swtor.com you\u2019ll be able to unlink through swtor.com<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Trading cards<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/img_5f17290540fdd.png\")
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Backgrounds<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n2020 So Far<\/span><\/h3>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/img_5f17290f1cece.png\")
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\n- Very happy about the Alderaan stronghold<\/span><\/li>\n
- Lots of conquest changes<\/span><\/li>\n
- Chris: We been taking a look at conquest because it\u2019s a great system for eldergame for clear goals to clear rewards. Pretty happy so far with the changes. More refinement to come. Everything seen indicates players are a fan.<\/span><\/li>\n
- New swoop event: excited to get something tied to swoops and death defying stunts and blowing stuff up in the game. Comes back out next week.<\/span><\/li>\n
- For the new sets, tried to gear the sets towards the new operation to help making your more successful as you go along in Master mode, let them know how that plays out and if they are successful in those fights<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2020<\/span><\/h2>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/img_5f17291472fdb.png\")
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6.1.2d (July 28)<\/span><\/h3>\n\n- Start of ranked Season 13<\/span><\/li>\n
- Preview of the new Ranked 13 PvP Rewards<\/span><\/li>\n
- Winding down Replica reward program over next couple seasons, going back to \u201cmade for pvp rewards\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
- Will show you rewards as season kicks off so you know what you are working towards<\/span><\/li>\n
- Really wants to make group ranked much more rewarding than it is and ranked solo more rewarding than it is, drive better play in unranked<\/span><\/li>\n
- Give al little love to pvp especially in between seasons, dont like radical changes during seasons, keep giving feedback as they are listening and appreciate it, try something new next season<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/img_5f1729254edbc.png\")
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6.1.3 (Late Summer)<\/span><\/h3>\n\n- Steam Achievements<\/span><\/li>\n
- Next round of gameplay and content updates<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/img_5f1729299a257.png\")
<\/p>\n
\n- Conquest: tuning<\/span><\/li>\n
- PvP rewards: ongoing, replica sets to grind for throughout season 13, changing to make generic ranked tokens legacy wide<\/span><\/li>\n
- Crafting: short term fixes to make it a little more palatable, working on details<\/span><\/li>\n
- World design: Lot of content that is 8+ years old, some of which Chris worked on, but some of it plays different than the newer content, from data and from players talking about it online, going back to older planets and find missions that stand out or where combat doesn\u2019t work or they are too long, refreshing old content<\/span><\/li>\n
- Amplifiers: Quality of life update, making the system more palatable, reducing RNG, look at common feedback<\/span><\/li>\n
- These will be spread throughout the year<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
6.1.4 (Fall)<\/span><\/h3>\n\n- New Recurring Event – Feast of Prosperity (like Lifeday, once a year, for fall)<\/span><\/li>\n
- Themes around Hutteese holiday, non-combat related, elements of \u201cfeasting for the hutts\u201d who are known for their long elaborate insane eating habits<\/span><\/li>\n
- World boss for gathering ingredients<\/span><\/li>\n
- Dailies and weeklies like most events, special rewards by reputation tracks<\/span><\/li>\n
- Like the Swoop event story tied behind reputation<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/img_5f17292d8b286.png\")
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6.2 (Holidays) – Echoes of Vengeance<\/span><\/h3>\n\n- Originally aiming for fall \/ late summer, better to push it out for quality<\/span><\/li>\n
- Voiceover is in progress and wrapping up<\/span><\/li>\n
- Want to put a little more work and polish in to it to make it the best it can be<\/span><\/li>\n
- Extra stuff coming in it too<\/span><\/li>\n
- Two story updates in one<\/span><\/li>\n
- Kira\/Scourge\/Satele follow up<\/span><\/li>\n
- New flashpoint: Face new enemies and old as conflict erupts among the Mandalorians! All about Mandos. Conflict about how Mandos should move forward in the Old republic.<\/span><\/li>\n
- Might get a hint about that in an earlier update???<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/img_5f172935c5398.png\")
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This missing ship<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/img_5f172952d5095.png\")
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What is this?? Not a ship??<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/img_5f17295de97e2.png\")
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New character form the new Flashpoint<\/span><\/p>\nGameplay and content updates throughout the entire year (like updating the cinematics for the planet flyins to updating conquest).<\/span><\/p>\nNext livestream?<\/span><\/h2>\nEnd of the summer, 6.1.3 near the end of the summer<\/span><\/p>\nTalk more in earnest about Feast of Prosperity, maybe show it by then, maybe PTS, talk more about 6.2<\/span><\/p>\nWant to try and plan a \u201cCantina stream\u201d around the October stream to make up for the lack of \u00a0Star Wars Celebration – no announcements, but try and do something fun and hang out<\/span><\/p>\n10th anniversary – december of 2021<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/img_5f172963dba4b.png\")
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\nOfficial Notes<\/p>\n
These are from the Developers:<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Hey everyone!<\/p>\n
For those of you unable to watch the livestream today, here is a bulleted list of everything the team discussed. If you would like to watch the\u00a0VOD<\/a>, you can do so here.<\/p>\n
Steam Release<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
\n- General Daerunn was the picture for the livestream enjoying a cup of steaming tea it was a hint to SWTOR being on Steam!<\/span><\/li>\n
- Keith says a lot of players mention Steam<\/span><\/li>\n
- 2 million people playing the game in the last year!<\/span><\/li>\n
- Wants to have more players come, and many players come and go in the game<\/span><\/li>\n
- Steam will be a phenomenal addition to make it happen<\/span><\/li>\n
- Asked the team what it would take to run on steam \u201comg its not gunna happen\u201d but the team said \u201cwe can actually do this\u201d executed plan and today is launch day! They hit the mark Keith is very excited to be in the position where he can ask his team for something and they deliver.<\/span><\/li>\n
- Excited to see the number of people to come join us and play the game<\/span><\/li>\n
- Players found it was online on steam within 6 minutes of it going online<\/span><\/li>\n
- If you currently play the game today, you will need to re-download the game (OR unofficially move your files, but this is not recommended by official team)<\/span><\/li>\n
- Steam players will be playing on the same servers as normal, no difference<\/span><\/li>\n
- Article live on swtor.com<\/span><\/li>\n
- Steam emoticons (jawa from forums)<\/span><\/li>\n
- Steam badges<\/span><\/li>\n
- Steam backgrounds 6-8 in total<\/span><\/li>\n
- Steam Achievements (not in today, later in the summer, retroactive!)<\/span><\/li>\n
- Steam will install the SWTOR launcher, you log in with the launcher, then it links by the first time you log in with the Steam launcher will link to your SWTOR account. Tomorrow on swtor.com you\u2019ll be able to unlink through swtor.com<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/p>\n
Trading cards<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Backgrounds<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n2020 So Far<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
\n- Very happy about the Alderaan stronghold<\/span><\/li>\n
- Lots of conquest changes<\/span><\/li>\n
- Chris: We been taking a look at conquest because it\u2019s a great system for eldergame for clear goals to clear rewards. Pretty happy so far with the changes. More refinement to come. Everything seen indicates players are a fan.<\/span><\/li>\n
- New swoop event: excited to get something tied to swoops and death defying stunts and blowing stuff up in the game. Comes back out next week.<\/span><\/li>\n
- For the new sets, tried to gear the sets towards the new operation to help making your more successful as you go along in Master mode, let them know how that plays out and if they are successful in those fights<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2020<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
6.1.2d (July 28)<\/span><\/h3>\n\n- Start of ranked Season 13<\/span><\/li>\n
- Preview of the new Ranked 13 PvP Rewards<\/span><\/li>\n
- Winding down Replica reward program over next couple seasons, going back to \u201cmade for pvp rewards\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
- Will show you rewards as season kicks off so you know what you are working towards<\/span><\/li>\n
- Really wants to make group ranked much more rewarding than it is and ranked solo more rewarding than it is, drive better play in unranked<\/span><\/li>\n
- Give al little love to pvp especially in between seasons, dont like radical changes during seasons, keep giving feedback as they are listening and appreciate it, try something new next season<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/p>\n
6.1.3 (Late Summer)<\/span><\/h3>\n\n- Steam Achievements<\/span><\/li>\n
- Next round of gameplay and content updates<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/p>\n
\n- Conquest: tuning<\/span><\/li>\n
- PvP rewards: ongoing, replica sets to grind for throughout season 13, changing to make generic ranked tokens legacy wide<\/span><\/li>\n
- Crafting: short term fixes to make it a little more palatable, working on details<\/span><\/li>\n
- World design: Lot of content that is 8+ years old, some of which Chris worked on, but some of it plays different than the newer content, from data and from players talking about it online, going back to older planets and find missions that stand out or where combat doesn\u2019t work or they are too long, refreshing old content<\/span><\/li>\n
- Amplifiers: Quality of life update, making the system more palatable, reducing RNG, look at common feedback<\/span><\/li>\n
- These will be spread throughout the year<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
6.1.4 (Fall)<\/span><\/h3>\n\n- New Recurring Event – Feast of Prosperity (like Lifeday, once a year, for fall)<\/span><\/li>\n
- Themes around Hutteese holiday, non-combat related, elements of \u201cfeasting for the hutts\u201d who are known for their long elaborate insane eating habits<\/span><\/li>\n
- World boss for gathering ingredients<\/span><\/li>\n
- Dailies and weeklies like most events, special rewards by reputation tracks<\/span><\/li>\n
- Like the Swoop event story tied behind reputation<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/p>\n
6.2 (Holidays) – Echoes of Vengeance<\/span><\/h3>\n\n- Originally aiming for fall \/ late summer, better to push it out for quality<\/span><\/li>\n
- Voiceover is in progress and wrapping up<\/span><\/li>\n
- Want to put a little more work and polish in to it to make it the best it can be<\/span><\/li>\n
- Extra stuff coming in it too<\/span><\/li>\n
- Two story updates in one<\/span><\/li>\n
- Kira\/Scourge\/Satele follow up<\/span><\/li>\n
- New flashpoint: Face new enemies and old as conflict erupts among the Mandalorians! All about Mandos. Conflict about how Mandos should move forward in the Old republic.<\/span><\/li>\n
- Might get a hint about that in an earlier update???<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
This missing ship<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
What is this?? Not a ship??<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
New character form the new Flashpoint<\/span><\/p>\nGameplay and content updates throughout the entire year (like updating the cinematics for the planet flyins to updating conquest).<\/span><\/p>\nNext livestream?<\/span><\/h2>\nEnd of the summer, 6.1.3 near the end of the summer<\/span><\/p>\nTalk more in earnest about Feast of Prosperity, maybe show it by then, maybe PTS, talk more about 6.2<\/span><\/p>\nWant to try and plan a \u201cCantina stream\u201d around the October stream to make up for the lack of \u00a0Star Wars Celebration – no announcements, but try and do something fun and hang out<\/span><\/p>\n10th anniversary – december of 2021<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\nOfficial Notes<\/p>\n
These are from the Developers:<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Hey everyone!<\/p>\n
For those of you unable to watch the livestream today, here is a bulleted list of everything the team discussed. If you would like to watch the\u00a0VOD<\/a>, you can do so here.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Trading cards<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n Backgrounds<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n This missing ship<\/span><\/p>\n What is this?? Not a ship??<\/span><\/p>\n New character form the new Flashpoint<\/span><\/p>\n Gameplay and content updates throughout the entire year (like updating the cinematics for the planet flyins to updating conquest).<\/span><\/p>\n End of the summer, 6.1.3 near the end of the summer<\/span><\/p>\n Talk more in earnest about Feast of Prosperity, maybe show it by then, maybe PTS, talk more about 6.2<\/span><\/p>\n Want to try and plan a \u201cCantina stream\u201d around the October stream to make up for the lack of \u00a0Star Wars Celebration – no announcements, but try and do something fun and hang out<\/span><\/p>\n 10th anniversary – december of 2021<\/span><\/p>\n Official Notes<\/p>\n These are from the Developers:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Hey everyone!<\/p>\n For those of you unable to watch the livestream today, here is a bulleted list of everything the team discussed. If you would like to watch the\u00a0VOD<\/a>, you can do so here.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n2020 So Far<\/span><\/h3>\n
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2020<\/span><\/h2>\n
<\/p>\n<\/p>\n6.1.2d (July 28)<\/span><\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\n6.1.3 (Late Summer)<\/span><\/h3>\n
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6.1.4 (Fall)<\/span><\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\n6.2 (Holidays) – Echoes of Vengeance<\/span><\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\nNext livestream?<\/span><\/h2>\n
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