SWTOR Game Update 2.2 is now available for testing on the Public Test Server. Please keep in mind that the below notes are not final, and a great deal could change before the final SWTOR 2.2 patch release.
General
- Characters in a guild will receive an XP and Reputation bonus based on the number of characters from unique accounts in the guild. For every five active unique accounts in a guild, the XP and Reputation bonus increases by 1% (on top of the base 5%) for the entire guild, up to a maximum of 10%.
Classes and Combat
General
- All stunbreaks (Determination, Escape, Unbreakable Will, Resolute, etc.) will have their cooldown reset after a character comes back from a defeated state.
Jedi Knight – Guardian
Vigilance
- Shien Form now increases movement speed by 15%, in addition to its other effects.
Sith Warrior – Juggernaut
Vengeance
- Shien Form now increases movement speed by 15%, in addition to its other effects.
Infiltration
- Breaching Shadows, granted by Shadow Technique, has a new visual effect that persists while 3 charges of Breaching Shadows are active.
Sith Inquisitor – Assassin
Darkness
- Dark Ward has a new visual effect that persists while active.
Deception
- Static Charge, granted by Surging Charge, has a new visual effect that persists while 3 charges of Static Charge are active.
Bounty Hunter
General
- Made visual improvements to Flamethrower.
Crew Skills
Crafting Skills- Underworld gear can now be Reverse Engineered and learned as a schematic.
Operations
Terror From Beyond- Nightmare Mode is now available for Terror from Beyond!
- Story Mode drops have been updated to include the following in addition to current rewards:
- The Writhing Horror now drops the Arkanian Bracer Token
- The Dread Guard now drops an additional random Black Market Item
- A PTS sneak preview of nightmare mode is now available for Legions of Scum and Villainy! This will be released as part of Game Update 2.2.2.
- Story Mode drops have been updated to include the following in addition to current rewards:
- Dash’Roode now drops the Arkanian Waist Token
- Titan 6 now drops the Arkanian Implant Token
- Thrasher now drops the Arkanian Earpiece Token
Items and Economy
Items- A new sub-tier of gear is available! Kell Dragon gear can be obtained from Nightmare Mode Operations at level 55.
- A new vehicle, the Helix Hyperpod, is now dropped in Nightmare Mode Terror from Beyond.
- A new vehicle, the Titan 6 Containment Vehicle, is now dropped in Nightmare Mode Scum and Villainy.
- New vendors have been added to the Gav Daragon and Ziost Shadow where players can exchange unassembled Kell Dragon tokens for gear.
- New Rated PvP Weapons have been added to the PvP Ranked Gear Vendor. These new Weapons cost 400 Ranked Commendations, and require a pvp rating of 2400
PvP
WarzonesGeneral
- Players that are backfilled into a Warzone will be awarded a Reinforcement Medal that will count toward their total medal count for the match. This also means that backfilled players will no longer be put into a situation where they get backfilled into a match and don’t have enough time to get one medal and thus miss out on the warzone rewards at the end of the match.
- Turret (Objective Control Points) will no longer be interactable while changing ownership.
- Players will no longer be backfilled into Alderaan Civil War Warzone when one team has twice as many points as the enemy team.
- Players will no longer be backfilled into Ancient Hypergate after the 4th explosion.
- Players will no longer be backfilled into Novare Coast Warzone when one team has less than 25% remaining on their shields and the other team has 75% or greater remaining on theirs.
- Players will no longer be backfilled into Huttball Warzone after 10 minutes have elapsed in the match.
