Dev Post CharlesBoyd Posted July 25, 2018 Dev Post Share Posted July 25, 2018 Hello everyone! Thanks to all of the amazing and constructive feedback you’ve shared with us as part of this PTS cycle, the SWTOR dev team has determined some needed improvements to key functionality as well as areas where we want to put a little more time and polish into the Rishi Hideout Stronghold to ensure the update is as awesome as possible. To that end, we are pushing the release date for 5.9.2 – Galactic Legend back one week to August 7, 2018. We will also be releasing one last update to PTS to help test out these high-priority items along with various other bugfixes that have been made; we’re aiming to make that available before this weekend, possibly as soon as tomorrow. Let’s walk through those high-priority pieces of feedback and the changes and polish that are resulting from them: The ability to toggle PvP on and off throughout the entire Rishi Hideout Stronghold: This was added directly due to your feedback – it’s a great idea and really useful for many Players. That said, there are a lot of potential complications and edge-cases involved, so we want to be sure the feature gets as much testing as possible before launch.Line-of-sight should operate normally with decorations: There were a few issues identified with decorations where they weren’t respecting line-of-sight limitations consistently, and we agree that resolving this is critical to the functionality of Rishi. We believe we have corrected these issues, but again would like to include the community in trying them out to make sure we’re hitting the mark.New area in the Rishi Hideout – The Overlook: Many passionate Stronghold lovers have requested a more “home-y” space in the Rishi Hideout. I mentioned in a post last week that we would not be able to make that happen for release, but that the dev team really took that feedback to heart. Turns out, they took it so much to heart that the team went way above and beyond to get a new area added in record time so that we could include it in the extra PTS round! So please, load in, check it out, and maybe throw a bit of love the Stronghold team’s way for making it happen This is only a short list, of course; if there’s another feature improvement or bug that you don’t see mentioned above, be sure to check out Musco’s upcoming post this week that will include more specific details about what will and won’t be making it into the update. One of our major goals with this release was to revitalize our PTS process so that we could better include the community in finalizing 5.9.2 at the high level of quality you expect from Star Wars: The Old Republic. We’re very pleased with the participation and highly constructive feedback we’ve received as a result of this process, and we’re really looking forward to repeating the experience for more of our upcoming releases later this year. Thank you all so much for your participating, sharing your thoughts, and supporting a great release for SWTOR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eksenia Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 That’s ok, take your time. Does this also move the double cxp event to the 7th? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seireeni Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 ...does "load in" mean that the Rishi sh changes are actually in the PTS right now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev Post EricMusco Posted July 25, 2018 Dev Post Share Posted July 25, 2018 That’s ok, take your time. Does this also move the double cxp event to the 7th? It should start with the 7th, yes! It will follow 5.9.2. -eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunafox Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 (edited) OMG HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you Charles and Eric and thank you dev team! Love you guys!! Thank you thank you thank you!!!! : Edited July 25, 2018 by Lunafox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eksenia Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 It should start with the 7th, yes! It will follow 5.9.2. -eric I will assume it is a personal favour to me since aligns much better with my travel plans. Thank you (and please, those hundred bucks I mailed you in unmarked bills, don’t tell the rest of the player base that. They’ll just get it all wrong, you know?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFKGCWBOT Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Is this patch live on PTS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rion_Starkiller Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 August 7, 2018. Aww Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev Post EricMusco Posted July 25, 2018 Dev Post Share Posted July 25, 2018 Is this patch live on PTS? Not yet! The new patch will be live later this week. -eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xordevoreaux Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 (edited) To that end, we are pushing the release date for 5.9.2 – Galactic Legend back one week to August 7, 2018. Zero surprised about a delay but glad that time and attention is being made to make everything as right as possible before general release. Thank you for performing due diligence in this release, and I'm happy the dev team found the motivation to make more players happy with the new stronghold. Edited July 25, 2018 by xordevoreaux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUXs Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Thanks for the heads up Charles! I'm anxious to see the new area!!! I'm thrilled you guys listened to the feedback too...THANK YOU! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuchessKristania Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 You guys are the absolute BEST! Thank you so much for doing this! Even if it ends up being something that I would not normally favor, I will absolutely buy the SH now. It's the very least I can do since so much hard work and sensitivity to players is being demonstrated. Seriously, you're all my favorite people right now! Thank you so so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happysister Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 /hug to all the devs, Charles and Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casirabit Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithMatzoll Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Could you tell us a little bit about this Overlook new area? Just so we can picture where it might be in the existing stronghold? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IoNonSoEVero Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 THANK YOU so much for listening to the feedback on the issues of the PvP toggle and the house!! It's appreciated so much that the devs have taken time to really listen to the suggestions posted. Can't wait to see the new area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ButterflyCactus Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Will season 9 still end on the 31st regardless of the patch push back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jutsman Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 (edited) Thanks so much to all the devs AND the test engineers for all your hard work on this. If a better product means this has to slip a bit that's the best way to move forward. You guys are awesome! Edited July 25, 2018 by Jutsman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omaan Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Not yet! The new patch will be live later this week. -eric What about the end Of pvp season? You postpone it again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanArgent Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Awesome news. Deadlines are a useful tool, but a terrible requirement. And kudos to the devs who made the additional area happen on short notice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LD_Little_Dragon Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 I'll add my thanks to the team for listening to the PTS feedback. The delay is not a problem at all, it's better to put the live update out in the best shape possible than to push it out too fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goreshaga Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 A PvP toggle and a house, thanks for that, i may consider buying that SH now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOrdo Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Nice to hear that you take your time Listening to what the players said is also a good thing. Could it be possible that you add the Mandalorian armor with jetpack that the player want ? Quick Reminder: Mandalorian Hunter like + jetpack + shoulder pads + heavy belt. THANK YOU ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerba Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 (edited) It's always sad to see a patch pushed back but I'll make sure to check out the PTS patch and hopefully I won't find any more bugs. Unfortunately, you don't mention the ability to sort the SH list, so I assume that will not be part of 5.9.2. Also, it would be great if you can allow guilds to have two guild strongholds. With the PvP features of the Rishi SH, it would be the perfect choice for a guild SH but we don't want to lose our existing guild SH on Tatooine. The limt for player strongholds was already increased; any chance of allowing guilds to have a second SH (in addition to the flagship)? Edited July 25, 2018 by Jerba Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudlar Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Wow--many thanks to the Stronghold team! I actually liked the latest version a lot, but it sounds like it will be even better now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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