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<p dir="auto">**Chapter 5.8 - 10/14/2025</p>
<p dir="auto">New Color Palettes:**</p>
<ul>
<li>Almost all items in the game now have a universal color palette between armor and clothing</li>
<li>Color Palettes have been redone for clothing, armor, vehicles, starships, furniture, droids and housing</li>
<li>Recolor Kits will be available on login for corrections to correct armor. This is a stack of kits available once per account</li>
<li>Jewlery Sets, most non-crafted armor and Blacksun Ace helmets can now be colored between the Armor and Clothing Recolor Kits</li>
<li>Some NPC recolors are still a work in progress</li>
</ul>
<p dir="auto"><strong>New Rewards and Loot:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>New 2 year anniversary claimable on login</li>
<li>New server transfer painting claimable on login</li>
<li>New rewards added to the Event Vendor</li>
<li>Added New Items to GMF Vendor</li>
<li>Added 1 missing Xeno furniture piece to the RLS loot table (Xeno Recliner).</li>
<li>YT-1300 and Vigo Houses added to World Boss Vendor</li>
</ul>
<p dir="auto"><strong>Weapons</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Added Bowcaster recipes to Novice Weaponsmith</li>
<li>Added Legendary Bowcaster Schematic as rare reward in 16-man Avatar</li>
</ul>
<p dir="auto"><strong>Space</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Fixed bugs related to docking player ships in space</li>
<li>Launching your ship from a group members POB can now be done via the datapad instead of just using the escape pod to launch a random ship</li>
</ul>
<p dir="auto"><strong>Miscellaneous</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Icon fixes for Stealth Strike, Jedi Shields, &amp; Heal Cut Recourse</li>
<li>Several space vendors have been added to Mos Eisley</li>
<li>Added New Loot to New GMF Event Boss</li>
<li>Added Clothing Recolor Kit Schematic to Trader Vendor</li>
<li>Added Furniture Recolor Kit Schematic to Trader Vendor</li>
<li>Added Wampa Rug Schematic to Wampa Boss Loot Table</li>
<li>Added Wampa Pelts to Wampa Loot Tables</li>
<li>Added Trandoshan Hunter Outfit Schematic to final boss in 16-man Avatar</li>
<li>Added Wookie Pelts to Avatar Loot Tables</li>
<li>Added Anniversary Kiosk Decoration Reward</li>
<li>Removed No Trade from Entertainer, FRS, BH and World Boss Tokens</li>
<li>Fixed Issue with Deadeye Set not properly applying action damage to sure shot</li>
<li>Additional Items added to the Space GCW Vendors</li>
<li>Fixed issue with Duros species height being reset each login</li>
<li>Increased Height Ranges for male Zabraks and Nightbrothers</li>
</ul>
<p dir="auto"><strong>Combat Changes</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Root chance increased for Force Throw and Pommel Bash (When fully upgraded) from 8% to 20%</li>
<li>Force Throw’s snare duration reduced from 15 seconds to 12 seconds. Root duration reduced from 15 seconds to 12 seconds</li>
<li>Pommel Bash’s snare duration increased from 8 seconds to 12 seconds, and root duration increased from 8 seconds to 12 seconds</li>
<li>Improved Jedi Taunt CD to match Tera Kasi and Commando</li>
<li>Adjusted Force Alacrity (parry chance while saber reflecting) reduced from 20% to 15% total</li>
<li>Beast Master Provoke bumped up by ~30% strength</li>
<li>Add 25% dodge &amp; parry bypass to Dread Strike, &amp; Ambush/Snipe, improving their chance to hit</li>
</ul>
<p dir="auto"><strong>5 Piece Jewelry Updates:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>
<p dir="auto">The following Jewelry Heroic Sets have been adjusted:</p>
</li>
<li>
<p dir="auto">Cutthroat's Jewelry Set (Swordsman)</p>
</li>
<li>
<p dir="auto">Striker's Set (Swordsman)</p>
</li>
<li>
<p dir="auto">Swashbuckler's Set (Fencer)</p>
</li>
<li>
<p dir="auto">Pikeman's Set (Pikeman)</p>
</li>
<li>
<p dir="auto">Assassin's Set (Assassin)</p>
</li>
<li>
<p dir="auto">For the Cutthroat's Set, the following changes were made:</p>
</li>
<li>
<p dir="auto">Removed Cooldown Modifiers for Dizzy</p>
</li>
<li>
<p dir="auto">Added Damage Increases for Dizzy with the same modifiers as above, 1% each</p>
</li>
<li>
<p dir="auto">On the 5-Piece Bonus, 15% Damage for Dizzy was added</p>
</li>
<li>
<p dir="auto">For the Striker's Set, the following changes were made:</p>
</li>
<li>
<p dir="auto">On the 5-Piece Bonus, the following has changed:</p>
</li>
<li>
<p dir="auto">Vital Strike Damage is increased by 15%</p>
</li>
<li>
<p dir="auto">Flurry Damage is increased by 20%</p>
</li>
<li>
<p dir="auto">Flurry Damage Decrease Debuff on target has been increased by 10%, reducing damage output from target by 20%,</p>
</li>
<li>
<p dir="auto">For the Swashbuckler's Set, the following updates were made due to how SOE treated the set:</p>
</li>
<li>
<p dir="auto">Removed Decapitate Cooldown from each jewelry piece</p>
</li>
<li>
<p dir="auto">Readjusted the values of the 3/4/5 piece cooldown reduction of Decapitate to work as written</p>
</li>
<li>
<p dir="auto">The Assassin's set has been completely revamped to more closely resemble the Jedi Shadow’s Embrace Set.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p dir="auto">Jewelry stats:</p>
</li>
<li>
<p dir="auto">Luck: 35</p>
</li>
<li>
<p dir="auto">Resist Root: 2</p>
</li>
<li>
<p dir="auto">Resist Snare: 2</p>
</li>
<li>
<p dir="auto">Assassinate Damage: 2</p>
</li>
<li>
<p dir="auto">Ambush Damage Increase: 2</p>
</li>
<li>
<p dir="auto">Snipe Damage Increase: 2</p>
</li>
<li>
<p dir="auto">5-Piece set bonus stats:</p>
</li>
<li>
<p dir="auto">+150 Luck</p>
</li>
<li>
<p dir="auto">Grants Advanced Smoke Bomb ability</p>
</li>
<li>
<p dir="auto">Reduces Cooldown of Advanced Smoke Bomb</p>
</li>
<li>
<p dir="auto">For the Pikeman's set, the following has been changed:</p>
</li>
<li>
<p dir="auto">Jewelry stats:</p>
</li>
<li>
<p dir="auto">Strength: 30</p>
</li>
<li>
<p dir="auto">Pin Down Cooldown: 1</p>
</li>
<li>
<p dir="auto">Crush Damage Increase: 2</p>
</li>
<li>
<p dir="auto">Pin Down Damage Increase: 2</p>
</li>
<li>
<p dir="auto">Action Cost Reduction: 2</p>
</li>
<li>
<p dir="auto">5-Piece set bonus stats:</p>
</li>
<li>
<p dir="auto">Increase Strength by 200</p>
</li>
<li>
<p dir="auto">Reduce Cooldown of Pin Down by 6 seconds</p>
</li>
<li>
<p dir="auto">Increase Damage of Pin Down by 15%</p>
</li>
<li>
<p dir="auto">Increase Damage of Crush by 15%</p>
</li>
<li>
<p dir="auto">Converts All Basic Attacks to AOE</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p dir="auto">Thank you Domess, Arialda, Ywoski, Cailener, Robdo, Coke403, and Palon for submitting screenshots that led to many strings being fixed.</p>
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