Update 1.2: Legacy is turning out to be a solid update for Star Wars: The Old Republic.
New Warzone - Novare Coast - this will be a 3 point majority control warzone where you need to control at least 2 out of the 3 objectives to do damage to the enemy fortification and win. The three existing warzones will allow same faction queuing which should solve the issue of too many Huttball matches previously for Empire players due to the heavy Empire population on majority of the servers.
There is also a change to the way warzone rewards/quests work. 18 new medals will be added in with patch 1.2, doubling the amount of medals currently available in the game. Majority of the new medals are objective based to encourage players to actually accomplish objectives rather than descent into a team deathmatch, Daily quests for PVP are also being changed to not requiring wins but rather obtaining a number of medals. This should eliminate some of the "rage-quitting" behavior seen in warzones when players realized that they are playing on the losing side of the match. To discourage medal "farming" with swtor power leveling, Bioware will also cap the number of possible medal gains to somewhere around 8 and have a system in place that awards medals if you win a match fast. The quicker you win the match, the more medals you get as medals are awarded for winning matches before a certain time-limit and if you are quick, you will also get all the subsequent time-limit medals as well.
What's more, Bioware is putting in additional measures to combat against AFK in warzones. A new Vote to Kick feature will be implemented with additional measures to prevent abuse. A system will also be in place to only hand out medals to those that participate and not sit around in a corner.
SWTOR Patch 1.2 will also begin the pre-season of ranked PvP - players will be able to participate in cross-server ranked warzones that rank your performance solo and in group using the ELO rating system. Ranked warzones will hand out a new currency called ranked warzone commendations which are used to purchase the new tier of PvP armor called War Hero.
War Hero will be the new tier of PVP armor above Battlemaster. This tier of SWTOR PVP armor has no valor or ranking requirements and can be directly purchased via the ranked warzone commendations.. Additionally, a new entry level PvP gear on par with the current Champion level PvP gear will be introduced that can be purchased with credits alone to help bridge the gap for new 50s jumping into warzones. Both sets of armor will focus on PvP stats heavily, making them not ideal for PvE purposes. The existing Battlemaster level of PvP gear can be purchased directly using regular warzone commendations - eliminating the current PvP bag system entirely. The Bis PvP gear will also have a crafting component as all of the War Hero mods/armoring/enhancement can be removed in 1.2. Players with time & credits can craft/buy a set of orange gear with augment slots and put in their War Hero modifications along with augments. The diminishing returns on expertise, the PvP stat, will be modified in 1.2 and any pre-existing theorycrafting will need to be re-done with swtor powerleveling. New lightsaber colors will be available for the new PvP tier and artifice will be the first crew skill progression to benefit from the PvP crafting feature.
Some new armor models were shown but it is not clear if they are the new War Hero set or the new PvE set.
SWTOR Valor will no longer be a gear progression stat for PvP. Instead, Valor will server as a prestigious stat - reflecting your experience in PvP rather than in your PvP gear progression. Higher valor ranks will unlock features such as cooler mounts or the ability to lead a warzone but will no longer off any advantage in PvP.
Ilum has gone back to the drawing board once again. Ilum's popularity was not as high as Bioware had hoped and technical difficulties with the Hero engine prevented Bioware from adding in new features/designs to Ilum. There are some plans in place for Ilum in the future but for 1.2 it will simply be an world PvP area similar to Outlaw's Den on Tatooine.
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