Star Wars Galaxies: Publish 28 Armor Changes

As part of the new armor system changes, players will be finding armor pieces as loot.

Here is a look at some of the details:

* Armor will drop with randomized protections (fire, acid, etc).
* Armor protections will be scaled based on the level of the creature killed.
* Armor protections are further modified based on one or more special bonuses or penalties to opposing special protection types.

For example, a piece of armor that drops with a bonus to protection from kinetic attacks might have a penalty to protections for energy attacks.
* Armor may drop with randomized character attribute bonuses. These attribute bonuses are scaled to the appropriate level (based on the level of the creature or NPC).
* These armor loot drops will drop instead of the previous type of loot drops.
* Loot drops will drop starting at level 22 and go up to level 90.
* The armor loot drops will have randomized colors.
* Increased granularity and variety is an improvement over existing static armor which increases only at 10 level increments.
* This does not include Factional armor.

New Jedi Clothing and Armor loot drops

* New Jedi Clothing loot drops will be available for Jedi. This will offer protection for Jedi that will work similar to armor for other professions.

* This will offer Jedi a means to protect themselves as an alternative to their Jedi robes.
* These clothing and armor loot drops will be restricted to Jedi only.
* These clothing and armor loot drops will have randomized colors.
* These clothing and armor loot drops includes all features of above Improved Armor Drops.

Improved Character Attribute Clothing Drops

* New clothing items with a wider variety of character attribute bonuses will drop as loot with random stats appropriate to the level (based on the level of the creature or NPC).
* These clothing loot drops will have randomized colors.
* These clothing loot drops will drop instead of the types of clothing with character attribute bonuses that dropped previously.

Kurt "Thunderheart" Stangl
Community Relations Manager