In this week’s Community Q&A we’ve searched out questions on Game Update 1.2, which is currently available to test on the Public Test Server, and coming to live servers soon.

With so much new content and additions in Game Update 1.2, we found plenty of questions – and got you plenty of answers! However, we’ve got so many questions and answers that we’re going to extend this Q&A into next week as well. After that, we’ll return to taking new questions from everyone. As always, we have edited some questions below for clarity or brevity.

If you’d like to discuss any of the answers in this week’s Q&A, please use this Forum thread.

Today Gabe Amatangelo talks about the 1.2 changes to PVP in the latest dev blog on SWTOR.com.

We believe competitive measure is an important part of a complete PvP experience. As such we are excited to be introducing the first phase of that to Star Wars™: The Old Republic™’s PvP gameplay in Game Update 1.2: Legacy, with Pre-Season of Ranked Warzones. We want to emphasize this is Pre-Season while the community and development teams collect data and refine the system in preparation for Season One, which will begin with the inclusion of cross-server Warzone queuing. The Pre-Season ratings will be reset when Season One officially begins.

Source: PVP in Game Update 1.2

Originally posted by AmberGreen (Source)

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On 3/31 from 1PM CDT (11AM PDT/ 2PM EDT/ 7PM GMT/ 8PM CEST/ 12AM AEDT) until 3PM CDT (1PM PDT/ 4PM EDT/ 9PM GMT/ 10PM CEST/ 2AM AEDT), we invite all our PTS testers to queue up for Warzones! Our developers will be observing this event and are looking for bug reports and feedback from our PTS testers. If you haven’t tested Novare Coast, the new Warzone, now’s your chance to check it out and provide your feedback! All you need to do to participate is queue up for (and play) Warzones on PTS during the listed hours. We encourage you to test as many areas as possible by queuing with full and partial groups, playing many matches in a row, and if you have a level 50 character, please focus your testing efforts by queuing for Ranked Warzones.

We appreciate your participation and are looking forward to seeing your bug reports and feedback in this thread (we will open it when the event begins)!

When providing your feedback, respond to the following if you can:

These notes detail changes made to the PTS server on 3/29/2012. These changes ONLY apply to the PTS server.

UPDATE: PTS Patch Notes have been updated. 5:00 EST 3/30/2012

Patch 1.2 is just around the corner and the PvP’ers out there need to know what they’re getting into.  As a heads up, Champion and Centurion gear will no longer be acquirable in game.  So if you have any duplicate tokens still in the bank make sure to use them before the patch goes live.

Want to know how to get War Hero gear?  Curious about the changes to Valor requirements?  Want to know about the new set being added?  Click Continue Reading.

Today we get William Wallace, Sr. Game Designer to tell us all about the legacy that is coming with the upcoming patch.

Where would you start if you were constructing the Skywalker family tree? Let’s start with Anakin. If you ask me, Anakin is a level 50 Sith Warrior anchoring the top of the family tree. He’s married to Padme Amidala and they have two kids, Luke and Leia. Luke and Leia were both strong in the Force, like their father before them. Leia ends up marrying Han Solo, undoubtedly a level 50 Smuggler, and they have three children who all turn out to be Jedi. Luke marries Mara Jade, and they in turn have Ben, who is also a powerful Jedi Knight. Looking at their family tree, it’s clear that the Skywalker legacy produces powerful Force users and great heroes.

You can read the complete post here on the SWTOR Official site as Mr. Wallace tells us all about the different Unlocks we’ll be able to get our hands on.

On the 1.2 PTR Champion and Centurion gear is being phased out without any changes to their existing stats while Battlemaster gear is receiving an upgrade.  BM is going from being just 8% better than Champion to being 81% better than Champion regarding the Expertise stat.

Originally posted by David Hunt (Source)

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Unlike Champion gear, Battlemaster gear does have stat changes. All current and future (1.2+) tier PvP gear is going through a stat transition to give it more expertise.

Are you wearing only Centurion or Champion gear?  Want to know how you’re being left behind without any compensation?  Click Continue Reading.

Originally posted by Stephen Reid (Source)

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We have a dedicated team within the larger development team that’s working on in-game events. Our definition of ‘events’ are time-limited, game-wide events that hopefully many of you will get to see.

The team has been hard at work putting an event together that will… manifest after Game Update 1.2 reaches the live servers. The event will be quite widespread and should be hard to miss.

There are already plans for events in the future as well, but details on those will have to wait. We want there to be an element of surprise.

Keep reading for a follow up post where Stephen Reid replies to a few of your questions.

Since the introduction of the bumbling duo, C-3PO and R2-D2, the Star Wars universe has shown fans a fantastic world of machines capable of thought, emotions, and unique personalities. The title of this article (a tagline from The Essential Guide to Droids) only gives a small taste of what these automatons are capable of. The Old Republic in particular gives players quite a few droids to interact and journey with, and incorporating them into roleplay stories can be challenging at times. What are they capable of? How are they seen by the citzens of the galaxy? And could they be dramatic heroes and villains on par with any organic?

Jump past the cut to explore their machinations.