1.6 release announcement

[rross]

Saw it on their facebook page, 1.6 is to go live on the 11th. Enjoy

[Dithanial]

Sweet, thanks!

[Liberty]

Yippee

[Sziroten]

Agents remember to get at least 2 pieces of battlemaster gear for set bonus as they will be take out of the game with 1.6, leaving new agents only with using war hero armor slots which is a loss in stats.

[Liberty]

Anybody logged-in to the game. What's the download amount & what's new on the cartel market? I'm stuck at work need the more fortunate to give me the scoops.

[Nallati]

Liberty, just to name a few things...

For Cartel items, it looks like lots of Life Day stuff, including a Czerka speeder decorated with lights. (Must have! Idontcarehowmuchitcosts), fireworks. Here's a brief listing:

Life Day Orb
Life Day Holo Tree
Life Day Tinsel Bomb
Life Day Vestments
Life Day Lower Robe
Life Day Boots
Czerka LD-1 Celebrator

Tons of fireworks. Which makes me think what the Fleet is gonna look like after awhile. O_o

Also spaceship upgrades.

Moddable armor highlights include Revan's outfit.

Weapons include:

Tac-HUD Heavy Sniper Rifle – Moddable rifle
Ziost Guardian’s Lightsaber – Moddable weapon (small sparks at the hilt)

[SoulBender]

Anybody logged-in to the game. What's the download amount & what's new on the cartel market? I'm stuck at work need the more fortunate to give me the scoops.

Downloading now... missed the initial telltale of the size.

[SoulBender]

Of course Dulfy has all the goods... Go check it out. Pretty cool new weapons:

SWTOR Patch 1.6 New Cartel Market items - Dulfy

[clamus68]

Anybody logged-in to the game. What's the download amount & what's new on the cartel market? I'm stuck at work need the more fortunate to give me the scoops.

Downloading now... missed the initial telltale of the size.

It was just over 28 mb. I was surprised by that. The patch fixes Thursday will likely be larger than that. They busted the Unify Color option for both Companions (dating to 1.5.1) and now the character is busted as well, you can unify but not UN-unify. You have to remove the item and re-equip it.

I also wish they had done more for the holidays. Blizzard got that one right.

[mlambros79]

So if we have full Battlemaster does that just go to waste and we have to regrind War Hero?

[Jetsu]

So if we have full Battlemaster does that just go to waste and we have to regrind War Hero?

Yes. Now's probably the best time to get caught up while a lot of people who just started because they got Battlemaster gear are running around less/equally geared to you.

[war1023]

So if we have full Battlemaster does that just go to waste and we have to regrind War Hero?

If you are full BM you are already behind. With 1.6 its easy to catch up. WH cost WZ comms now and EWH stats aren't a huge jump. So you won't be ankle grabbing in WZ

[Sziroten]

However the gap between recruit and the first available purple pvp gear just got larger.... though I don't really see a big problem here. The real problem are fully modified elite war hero players clashing together with recruit players. People hitting for 7-8k on a 14-15k life player is incredible, on the other side you can't bring down a fully equipped healer because you can't inflict as much damage as he can heal.

As someone who does a lot of pvp and as it comes.... a lot of pvp with lower lvl characters I wished there was a way to translate warzone comms from lvl 10 on into ranked warzone comes and already buy your pvp equipment which would still be only usable from lvl 50. Someone spending a lot of time doing pvp shouldn't start from scratch (aside the 1-2 pieces you can prepare yourself from lvl 40-50).

[Count Sacula]

However the gap between recruit and the first available purple pvp gear just got larger.... though I don't really see a big problem here. The real problem are fully modified elite war hero players clashing together with recruit players. People hitting for 7-8k on a 14-15k life player is incredible, on the other side you can't bring down a fully equipped healer because you can't inflict as much damage as he can heal.

As someone who does a lot of pvp and as it comes.... a lot of pvp with lower lvl characters I wished there was a way to translate warzone comms from lvl 10 on into ranked warzone comes and already buy your pvp equipment which would still be only usable from lvl 50. Someone spending a lot of time doing pvp shouldn't start from scratch (aside the 1-2 pieces you can prepare yourself from lvl 40-50).

And this is why I dislike having a "PVP" only stat. The rope to step into the ring constantly gets pushed higher with the ever expanding gear creep.

[war1023]

Without a PvP stat the rope to step in the ring would be much higher. Fresh 50 stepping into the ring vs BH geared player? Campaign gear? Dread Guard gear?

WH gear takes a weekend to get. Going hardcore. The stat difference between WH and EWH is nothing. They should have moved Recruit gear stat to much BM gear. But we all know they do it cheap and fast.

This past weekend I was top Medals in some of my WZ bottom in others; normally mid of the pack in most. My PT is in Recruit gear because his my newest 50. I was saving comm for 1.6.

The guys that are owning everyone deserve to. They optimize their stats.