Star Wars Galaxies: Whats on Deck! Update Notes November 23rd, 2005

Update Notes November 23rd, 2005
Version 0.142954

On November 23rd, 2005 at 4:00 AM PDT all U.S. and European galaxies will be taken down for server maintenance and a live update.

Art

* Improved many animations for NPCs and players while they are in motion.

Combat

* Running now gives you a 50% chance to be missed by an NPC using a ranged weapon (Up from 25%).

Profession: Jedi

* Decreased the cool-down time for Force Run.
* Increased the duration for Force Run.
* Increased the duration of Force Throw snares.

Profession: Medic

* Executing the Nutrient Injection ability or any of the Heal-over-Time commands without a target should now target the Medic.

Quests

* Reduced the experience point rewards for Mustafar hunting quests.
* Jabba's Palace quests will now properly award experience points (XP) for the quests.
* If you deleted your Bactapack or Slitherhorn on Tansarii Point Station and cannot complete your quest, the quest giver will now give you a new quest.

User Interface

* Chat is now modal. Any time you want to chat, hit ENTER to begin chatting.
* Double-clicking on a vehicle deed will now generate the vehicle.
* Fixed the incorrect cursor that was being displayed for generating and storing vehicles or pets.
* Fixed the incorrect cursor that was being displayed for activating and deactivating waypoints via the Datapad.
* Fixed an issue where a rapid accumulation of fly-text would cause it to be pushed down on the screen.
* The new player tutorial continuation screen displays in the proper location at all resolutions.

Veteran Rewards

* Those players which should have been granted the Elder Buff, but were not, will now properly be granted the elder buff when they login.

Kurt "Thunderheart" Stangl
Community Relations Manager