Public test realm: Game Update 2.0 PTS Update Patch Notes Last Updated: 2/28/2013 687150

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BioWare have updated patch notes:

Game Update 2.0 PTS Update Patch Notes

These changes may only apply to the PTS server.

Classes and Combat 6r6n6m

Jedi Knight 4v2o26

Guardian 3m6c6

  • Guardian Slash will now correctly deal damage to nearby enemies when it deals the killing blow to a target affected by your armor reduction.

Vigilance

  • Plasma Brand no longer requires an enemy target to be affected by the Guardian’s Sunder Armor.

Defense

  • Guardians will now receive the correct stat bonus from Blade Barrier.

Sith Warrior 2r63d

Juggernaut 3m1nu

  • Crushing Blow will now correctly deal damage to nearby enemies when it deals the killing blow to a target affected by your armor reduction.

Vengeance

  • Shatter no longer requires an enemy target to be affected by the Juggernaut’s Sunder Armor.

Immortal

  • Juggernauts will now receive the correct stat bonus from Sonic Barrier.

Jedi Consular 2o5t39

Shadow 726c4n

  • Force Breach’s accuracy debuff now lasts 30 seconds (up from 18) when using Combat Technique.

Kinetic Combat

Sith Inquisitor 314jt

Shadow 726c4n

  • Discharge’s accuracy debuff now lasts 30 seconds (up from 18) when using Dark Charge.

Kinetic Combat

  • Electrify now makes Shock generate 15% more threat per point and cost 15% less Force per point while Dark Charge is active.
  • Wither now has a 9-second cooldown and costs 20 Force. Damage remains mostly unchanged.
  • Dark Ward now has 15 Charges (up from 8).

Smuggler 56224v

Gunslinger 4f6d5s

  • The armor reduction from Flourish Shot can no longer be cleansed.

Dirty Fighting (Gunslinger)

  • Incendiary Mine will no longer cause the escaping Gunslinger to behave as if he or she is affected by a damage over time effect.

Imperial Agent v5ls

Sniper 2y6l4n

  • The armor reduction from Shatter Shot can no longer be cleansed.

Lethality (Sniper)

  • Corrosive Mine will no longer cause the escaping Sniper to behave as if he or she is affected by a damage over time effect.

Bounty Hunter p1b6c

General 734o2i

Mercenary 2p4a5j

  • Missile Salvo now automatically fires two Missile Blasts that deal 10% increased damage total.

Pyrotech (Mercenary)

  • Volatile Warhead now triggers Combustible Gas Cylinder when the second Missile Blast in Missile Salvo strikes the target. This effect cannot occur more than once every 6 seconds.

Powertech n4pk

  • Neural Dart and Sonic Missile can no longer miss.

Trooper p1lp

General 734o2i

  • While Electro Shield is active, it no longer causes extra damage to the player when the player takes environmental damage.

Commando 3g6j1q

  • Mortar Salvo now automatically fires two Explosive Rounds that deal 10% increased damage total.

Assault Specialist (Commando)

  • Hyper Assault Rounds now triggers Plasma Cell when the second Explosive Round in Mortar Salvo strikes the target. This effect cannot occur more than once every 6 seconds.

Vanguard 3f3i5d

  • Neural Jolt and Sonic Round can no longer miss.

Flashpoints and Operations 3e6g1a

General 734o2i

Flashpoints 536n4q

General 734o2i

Athiss 61693x

Cademimu j4q4a

Hammer Station 21323o

  • Added a new bonus mission and boss encounter to Hard Mode.

Operations 546vg

Terror From Beyond 1v5yd

  • Heirad will now correctly be immune to damage during Lightning Chain.
  • Covert Observer and Brutal Invader will now drop items previously found in chests.

Scum And Villainy 5f4p3z

  • Players are no longer able to drag Thrasher to the Sarlaac pit for an instant kill.
  • Health has been increased for Dash’Roode in all difficulty modes.
  • The “Summoned Rail Turret” buff will now correctly be removed when a Cartel Combat Engineers Summoned Rail Turret is killed.
  • Pirate Stimfiend’s ability “Invigoration Stim” will now display an icon in the cast bar.
  • Players who taunt a Pirate Stimfiend should no longer receive a debuff with no tooltip text.
  • Oasis City Infiltration: Greatly reduced the damage of Blue Team’s Shockwave Strike in 16-man Story Mode (by about 33%).
  • Decreased the overall damage dealt by the Accomplished Arms Trader.
  • Increased the difficulty of the Disturbed Mercenaries encountered towards the end of the Operation.
  • One of the Underworld Arms Traders in the Plateau Bazaar area has been removed.
  • Decreased the hit points for the Artillery and Battle Droids during the encounter with Olok the Shadow. 198303 – Olok the Shadow – Console colors now effectively communicate what occurs when players click on different cost buttons
  • Defeating Thrasher will now despawn the encounter’s turrets if they have not yet been destroyed.
  • Titan 6 will no longer transform while using “Rocket to the Moon.”

Items and Economy 4c4v72

General 734o2i

Set Bonuses 3f2l30

Powertech (Tank) 717063

  • 4pc (PvE): The set bonuses that increase the duration for Energy Shield will now also increase the duration of Pyro Shield.

Vanguard (Tank) 243s3b

  • Set bonuses that increase the duration of Reactive Shield now also increase the duration of Electro Shield to match.

Vendors 342535

  • A new vendor sells Partisan and Conqueror Enhancements.
  • A new Classic Commendation vendor has been placed in the new Hangar Hub area of the Gav Daragon and Ziost Shadow Fleet ships. This vendor will exchange Unassembled Rakata, Columi, or Campaign items for the new Classic Commendations.
  • Commendation vendors on Section X, Belsavis have been adjusted to sell Dread Guard Relics and Campaign Chest pieces in addition to their previous items.
  • The Mission vendors have been changed to Class Commendation Vendors.
  • The Crew Skill Trade Vendor now contains Common (white) rarity crafting items new level 51+ Crafting items.

Legacy 5o4gj

General 734o2i

Achievements i3i6

  • “Torchy Gets to Work”, “Got Your Back”, “Just Doing Business”, and “Chip Off the Block” now update properly when completing their objectives.
  • Exploring all of Taris should now properly grant “Explorer of Taris””.
  • All of a group should now correctly receive credit for kills.
  • Players will now correctly receive achievements for killing Operations Chief in all difficulty modes for Operation: Scum and Villainy
  • Players will now correctly receive achievements for killing Olok the Shadow in all difficulty modes for Operation: Scum and Villainy.
  • Players will now have to defeat all of the Warlords to acquire the achievement “Defeat Tu’chuk” instead of just defeating Tu’chuk.
  • The name of the achievement to defeat the Warlords has been changed from “Defeat Tu’chuk’ to “Defeat the Cartel Warlords””
  • All Hammer Station achievements now correctly refer to the Flashpoint as Hammer Station.
  • Kill achievements will now keep progress from previous ranks of achievements instead of resetting the kill count to 0.
  • The “Voss Vorantiki Slayer” achievement will no longer only appear after it has been completed.
  • Players will now be properly granted the achievement when defeating the following Operations boss encounters:
    • Ancient Pylons (Eternity Vault)
    • Terror From Beyond (Terror From Beyond)
    • Toth and Zorn (Explosive Conflict)

Missions and NPCs 4k5m47

Belsavis 3i6m12

Section X 5o2b6z

PvP 6bg4h

Warzones r3m31

  • Bolster will no longer incorrectly stack on players.
  • Placing points into multiple skill trees no longer causes an increased bolster of stats.
  • Ranked Warzone play.
  • Characters who have an empty armor slot will now have that slot properly bolstered when the bolstered effect is applied.
  • Non-enhanceable armor and weapons will now have their armor, weapon damage, Tech Power, and Force Power bolstered correctly.

UI 33t3g

General 734o2i

  • A new option has been added to Operation, Party, player, and target frames to resize buffs and debuffs. The Operation frames also now have the option to add spacing between party to allow room for larger buffs and debuffs.

Codex 2t4wk

  • The codex entries for the “Lucky” and “Unlucky” Titles are now properly categorized in the Codex as Titles.