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Hi everyone!

Today is both a happy and sad one for me. I'm very happy to see everyone here on the team and forums again after being away for six weeks, but sadly this is also my last day with SOE. While I was out on maternity leave, my husband received a transfer from his company to another city/state, and we are moving within a matter of weeks. (We found out about two weeks after the baby was born - talk about a surprise!)

I have very much enjoyed my time on Star Wars Galaxies and I thought about you all often while I was on leave; I'm sure I'll continue to do so. During my time here I have worked my hardest to represent you and your thoughts, and I hope that I represented you all well.

I hope to cross paths with you again someday either here or in game. If you see Madoka online on Starsider, that's my play character -- feel free to tell me hi!

Thank you all for everything!

Edit: *smacks self* Made a typo on my last post!

Game Update 6 included the new Appearance system, which allows you to customize your character's look like never before. Matt "AdeptStrain" Boudreaux offers an inside look at the making of "invisible" items created to help you get just the right appearance for your character.

Click here to read more about the making of invisible items for the Appearance system.

Welcome to this week's The Puzzler!

What is The Puzzler?

It’s an image from somewhere inside the Star Wars Galaxies world. But it’s broken into several puzzle pieces – and you only get to see a few at a time until someone here on the message board correctly identifies the location depicted in the picture!

What do I get for solving The Puzzler?

If you are the first one to figure out the ‘mystery location’ by posting it in The Puzzler thread, you will hereby get bestowed upon you the forum title “Puzzler” along with the cool Puzzler icon.

There is only one winner a week so you have to be quick!

The Puzzler “Rules”

An individual can only win The Puzzler once, so if you’ve already won, please step aside and let others try their hand at it.

After the first set of puzzle pieces are posted, location guesses only will be allowed in the thread until after The Puzzler has been solved. Please don’t clutter the thread up by discussing anything else within it until the game is over. After it is, you can discuss The Puzzler to your heart’s content…but until that time, anyone posting anything other than a location in the thread will have their post removed.

You must be the first person to post the in-game location of the image within 50 units of where the image was taken (for example if the image was taken at 500, -500 and you posted 525, -450 you would be correct).

In the event that 2 people post at the same time on the message board (and the time stamp reflects this), whoever guessed the location within the closest amount of units will be the winner!

Posting Guesses:

Please post The Puzzler guesses in the following format:

Planet:
Location: 500,-500

Smuggler of the Month - January 2009

We are pleased to present our the January Smuggler of the Month and official scoundrel, DracoKyaku!

Many thanks to our Smuggler Senator, Vincent76, for putting together this recognition.

If you'd like to be the next Smuggler of the Month, it's easy! Keep an eye out in this forum for a nomination thread each month. Follow the guidelines in the thread to nominate yourself or a fellow connoisseur of beer and pie.

Previous Smugglers of the Month:

DracoKyaku's interview with Vincent76 can be found below. Congratulations!

I hope you'll all join us in congratulating DracoKyaku in achieving the title of 'Scoundrel'.

Vincent76 Wrote:

The nomination list of January has been an overwhelming support to one player on the list of allready nominated scoundrels.
Autumn is known on the Chimaera PVP scene as a force to be reckoned with. Usually jedi will turn the other way and run when they see him.
In our little corner of the world, you'd know him if you read the stickies. He's done alot of indepth combat guides as well as some more smuggler gameplay guides. This one was recently featured in the weekly picks by Valara: [Guide] The Lost Art of Slicing
Im proud to present DracoKyaku as this months Scoundrel, curiously also a member of the Smugglers Alliance guild on Chimaera.

Words from a Scoundrel ...

When did you start playing the game, ya scallywag?
I've been here from the very start and enjoyed every minute of it, when SWG finally went live in June 2003 and after I'd managed to import a copy at a reasonable price (See, Smuggling from the start!) I started my first Character on Wanderhome.

Upon the European launch of the game later the same year the Euro servers were added and I rolled a new character, Chimaera has been my home ever since.
Tell the lads when you started swigging ya first flask'a'rum like a real Pirate, ya bootlegger!
When I first started playing, my first choice was to grind up through the Marksman boxes and try out Pistols, Carbines and Rifles to find a favourite – I never got that far, once I started using pistols I was set on my path - eventually settling on a combination of Some Pistoleer, Smuggler and the Bounty Hunter pistol tree to reach the speed cap.
Although my main draw was Pistols and using a weapon that many others considered underpowered I eventually fell in love with Smuggler as a whole for much the same reasons – I guess I'm naturally drawn to what people perceive as the underdog.
Did you ever feel like walking the plank, perhaps one of those nights when the moon was Green and far far away and the lasses where all standing on the Marina?
Honestly? I can't say I have.

While always trying to stay optimistic in the face of various game changes I've also been very lucky that I've had a core group of friends who have stuck with the game through all the various iterations.
While we did lose a lot of Guild members with first the CU, then the NGE and eventually decided to disband and join another Guild, we've always managed to stay together.

What made ya stay aboard the Dutchman for all those extra years under the mast, scumbag?

Two things really..
The combat system (and I'm speaking of all three variations here, although possibly ignoring the early NGE), It can be as complex or as basic as you want it to be, I really do love spending time tweaking stats and seeing how they play out in game - embarrassing as it sounds, I really get a lot of enjoyment running through my combat log after a huge PvP fight and looking to see how *I* personally affected the battle.
The community: my long term friends, our current Guild (Smugglers Alliance on Chimaera) and the regulars on both the Chimaera and Smuggler forums all combine to make SWG a very cool and relaxing place for me to hang out.
Whats ya favorite Gamble?
I love to group up with other Smugglers and wreck as much havoc as we can in PvP zones, not much is more satisfying than hopping out of cloak along with a few well selected fellow scoundrels and dropping a larger force who have made the mistake of bunching together.

When you have ya own ship and a crew, and youre free. Whats your plans, gunrunner?

Relax and enjoy SWG for what it is: a great way to interact with fellow Star Wars fans and participate in that galaxy far, far away.

Official SOE Podcast #54 is live! Hear all about Ashlanne's and Brenlo's holiday break and New Year's resolutions. This Podcast features an interview with Olivia Malmstrom, new legal counsel at SOE, and with Tiffany "Amnerys" Spence and Joel "Raijinn" Sasaki to talk about the Vanguard anniversary. Kelly "Valara" Knox stops by for a quick chat about events in Star Wars Galaxies, and Jason "Pex" Ryan's news gives us all of the latest and greatest from many of the SOE titles! We also include a dramatic rant along with a challenge to our top ranters!

So tune in! You can get your Podcast goodness two different ways: head over to the Podcast's official site and click on your preferred bandwidth, or if you have iTunes installed, select iTunes store, type SOE into the search box and click Subscribe! Your feedback is always welcome either on the Station forums or via email.

Don't forget you can find us on Twitter and Facebook!

On Tuesday, January 20, at 4:00 AM PST all U.S. and European galaxies will be taken down for server maintenance and a live update.

When the update is complete, all galaxies will be live but unavailable while we complete final testing. All galaxies will be made available after that time.

4:00 AM PST (Los Angeles) / 6:00 AM CST (Austin) / 7:00 AM EST (New York)
12:00 PM GMT / 1:00 PM CET (Berlin) / 9:00 PM (Tokyo) / 11:00 PM AEDT (Sydney)
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Star Wars Galaxies: Game Update 6.2
Publish Notes, January 20, 2008

Appearance System:

Fixed an issue where some people were losing their appearance inventories after zoning.

Storyteller:

Blueprints now transfer with all data fully intact.

On Tuesday, January 20, at 4:00 AM PST all U.S. and European galaxies will be taken down for server maintenance and a live update.

When the update is complete, all galaxies will be live but unavailable while we complete final testing. All galaxies will be made available after that time.

4:00 AM PST (Los Angeles) / 6:00 AM CST (Austin) / 7:00 AM EST (New York)
12:00 PM GMT / 1:00 PM CET (Berlin) / 9:00 PM (Tokyo) / 11:00 PM AEDT (Sydney)
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Star Wars Galaxies: Game Update 6.2
Publish Notes, January 20, 2008

Appearance System:

Fixed an issue where some people were losing their appearance inventories after zoning.

Storyteller:

Blueprints now transfer with all data fully intact.

The Emperor was not satisfied with the previous attempt to purge the vacant structures across the galaxies, and is doubling the Empire's efforts to smoke out the Rebels. But the Rebels have plans of their own…

Read more about the Empire's and Rebellion's race to remove abandoned housing.

Feature Scramble

Every week we spotlight a Star Wars Galaxies community member. Find out more about the other people you play the game with! Meet Sipam Doby from the Valcyn galaxy and the player behind her!

Take a look at these picks for some of the best discussions on the Star Wars Galaxies forums this week. Enjoy!

The Free Character Transfer Service promotion is underway! Take a look at the official FAQ for your burning questions, and share your experiences if you've moved to a new server.

Now that the Appearance window and Game Update 6 are here, you can create a truly unique look that's all your own. Check out some new looks from across the galaxies and share your own.

The House Pack Up is coming in March! Take a look at some information about the event and get ready to call in the demolition crew.

Ever wanted to get the scoop on slicing but you were afraid to ask? Be sure to check out DracoKyaku's [Guide] The Lost Art of Slicing!

If you Twitter, be sure to start following @SWG_Events for the latest updates on player events across the galaxies.

Want to mingle and chat with the Galactic Senate? Attend the Galactic Senate Meet and Greet on January 24 to socialize with senators past and present.

Remember, if you find a thread you think should be one of the picks for the week, please email the link to starwars@soe.sony.com with the subject Weekly Picks.

On Thursday, January 15, at 4:00 AM PST all U.S. and European galaxies will be taken down for server maintenance and a live update.

When the update is complete, all galaxies will be live but unavailable while we complete final testing. All galaxies will be made available after that time.

4:00 AM PST (Los Angeles) / 6:00 AM CST (Austin) / 7:00 AM EST (New York)
12:00 PM GMT / 1:00 PM CET (Berlin) / 9:00 PM (Tokyo) / 11:00 PM AEDT (Sydney)
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Star Wars Galaxies: Game Update 6.1
Publish Notes, January 15, 2008

Appearance Window:

Items that are currently stored in the Appearance inventory now show up in your normal inventory window with a cyan highlight to them. They still will not count against your inventory count. An option to turn this behavior on and off will be added in a later update.

Fixed an issue where users wouldn't be wearing their appearance items on remote machines.

Backpacks now work with the Appearance window. To equip a backpack to the Appearance inventory, the backpack must be completely empty. You also cannot transfer items to any containers that are currently in your Appearance inventory.

Character Transfer Service:

Beast Master abilities now transfer correctly.
Beast DNA now transfers correctly; this fix is retroactive.

An "I am not ready to transfer yet. Remind me in a month." free CTS reminder option has been added.

Game Play:

A "Born on <galaxy>" title has been added for the current 25 live galaxies, Japan-Katana, and Japan-Harla. The title will be retroactively granted. If the character has transferred, including multiple transfers, the "born on galaxy" is the galaxy on which the original character was created.

The painting reward for free character transfers has been renamed from Infinity to Europe-Infinity.

Beast Mastery:

Player can no longer destroy or re-deed a Barn without removing all beasts that have been stored within.

House Pack Up:

Structures across the galaxies have been marked as "(Abandoned)" for inactive accounts that qualified. The demolition crew cannot be called in to pack up these structures until March 3.

On Thursday, January 15, at 4:00 AM PST all U.S. and European galaxies will be taken down for server maintenance and a live update.

When the update is complete, all galaxies will be live but unavailable while we complete final testing. All galaxies will be made available after that time.

4:00 AM PST (Los Angeles) / 6:00 AM CST (Austin) / 7:00 AM EST (New York)
12:00 PM GMT / 1:00 PM CET (Berlin) / 9:00 PM (Tokyo) / 11:00 PM AEDT (Sydney)
Click here for a Time Zone Calculator.

Star Wars Galaxies: Game Update 6.1
Publish Notes, January 15, 2008

Appearance Window:

Items that are currently stored in the Appearance inventory now show up in your normal inventory window with a cyan highlight to them. They still will not count against your inventory count. An option to turn this behavior on and off will be added in a later update.

Fixed an issue where users wouldn't be wearing their appearance items on remote machines.

Backpacks now work with the Appearance window. To equip a backpack to the Appearance inventory, the backpack must be completely empty. You also cannot transfer items to any containers that are currently in your Appearance inventory.

Character Transfer Service:

Beast Master abilities now transfer correctly.
Beast DNA now transfers correctly; this fix is retroactive.

An "I am not ready to transfer yet. Remind me in a month." free CTS reminder option has been added.

Game Play:

A "Born on <galaxy>" title has been added for the current 25 live galaxies, Japan-Katana, and Japan-Harla. The title will be retroactively granted. If the character has transferred, including multiple transfers, the "born on galaxy" is the galaxy on which the original character was created.

The painting reward for free character transfers has been renamed from Infinity to Europe-Infinity.

Beast Mastery:

Player can no longer destroy or re-deed a Barn without removing all beasts that have been stored within.

House Pack Up:

Structures across the galaxies have been marked as "(Abandoned)" for inactive accounts that qualified. The demolition crew cannot be called in to pack up these structures until March 3.

The Galactic Showcase puts the most creative storyteller events and player structures from all galaxies on display. The Golden Palace of Wanderhome, with pillars made from solid gold and an aquarium containing fish gathered from throughout the galaxy, first appears to resemble something from a book your parents read to you as a child.

Click here to see -Catfish-'s creation and find more details about submitting your own!

The Structures Demolition Crew is back and ready to blow up structures at your command! By decree of the Emperor himself, any abandoned structures (abandoned since July 1, 2008 or longer) in the galaxy can be demolished by the citizens of the galaxy beginning March 3, 2009. Call in the crew to demolish houses, player association halls, theaters, hospitals, cloning facilities, merchant tents and factories that are marked as Abandoned. These structures are automatically stored and packed up into the owner's datapad, ready to be placed when the owner returns.

Those looking for a way to acquire rare and valuable items for their personal collection should support the demolition effort. New rewards for the demolition event include furniture straight from the Emperor's personal collection! Other rewards include an Imperial painting, a Rebel painting, holo-pet droids, Xeno furniture, and other luxury items all available from the Lucky Despot. For every house or structure you destroy, you will earn one point that can be used to purchase these unique items.

To find out more, a secret document has been stolen and put on the galactic network at http://www.starwarsgalaxies.com/packup/. Stay tuned to the official Star Wars Galaxies web site for more details about the house pack up!

The Structures Demolition Crew is back and ready to blow up structures at your command! By decree of the Emperor himself, any abandoned structures (abandoned since July 1, 2008 or longer) in the galaxy can be demolished by the citizens of the galaxy beginning March 3, 2009. Call in the crew to demolish houses, player association halls, theaters, hospitals, cloning facilities, merchant tents and factories that are marked as Abandoned. These structures are automatically stored and packed up into the owner's datapad, ready to be placed when the owner returns.

Those looking for a way to acquire rare and valuable items for their personal collection should support the demolition effort. New rewards for the demolition event include furniture straight from the Emperor's personal collection! Other rewards include an Imperial painting, a Rebel painting, holo-pet droids, Xeno furniture, and other luxury items all available from the Lucky Despot. For every house or structure you destroy, you will earn one point that can be used to purchase these unique items.

To find out more, a secret document has been stolen and put on the galactic network at http://www.starwarsgalaxies.com/packup/. Stay tuned to the official Star Wars Galaxies web site for more details about the house pack up!

Get acquainted with featured player associations across the galaxies with the Player Association Spotlight! Find out more about Holowood Galactic Studios (HGS), a player association on the Starsider galaxy based in the role-playing city of Riva Dorata, Corellia.

Click here to read more about this player association.

Would you like to be considered for the player association spotlight? Send me a private message with the name of the guild, the character name and forum name of the guild leader or contact, and your galaxy. Thanks!

Kick off the new year with a fresh start on a new galaxy! Join up with old friends or make new ones with the free Character Transfer Service promotion! Free character transfers begin on January 13, 2009, and are only offered to those accounts with characters created on or before December 11, 2008 on the identified galaxies.

Check out these links for the most up-to-date information about transferring your character:

Please note! To prevent issues with a transfer, please close the game immediately after completing the transfer process and do not log into ANY character on that account for at least TWO HOURS after transferring.

Take a look at the galaxy far, far away through your eyes!

This week's screenshot was sent in by Galaxies Photographer Salin Burrik of Wanderhome.

Smuggling Duty

Send In Your Screenshot!

We are now taking submissions for the Screenshot of the Week. If you have taken a screenshot that you believe would be a good addition as a Screenshot of the Week, send a private message to SWGScreenshots on the official forums and include:

The link to your screenshot or insert the image in the message
Your character name and primary server
A one sentence caption to put under screenshot
Screenshots must not be altered or cropped in Photoshop.

The more interesting the picture, the more likely it will be chosen for the Screenshot of the Week!

If your image is chosen as a Screenshot of the Week, the Galaxies Photographer title and icon will be added for you on the official forums.

Good luck!

On Monday, January 12, at 4:00 AM PST all U.S. and European galaxies will be taken down for server maintenance and a live update.

When the update is complete, all galaxies will be live but unavailable while we complete final testing. All galaxies will be made available after that time.

4:00 AM PST (Los Angeles) / 6:00 AM CST (Austin) / 7:00 AM EST (New York)
12:00 PM GMT / 1:00 PM CET (Berlin) / 9:00 PM (Tokyo) / 11:00 PM AEDT (Sydney)
Click here for a Time Zone Calculator.

Star Wars Galaxies: Game Update 6
Publish Notes, January 12, 2008

Appearance Window:

The Appearance tab has been added. All characters may now access a window that determines the outward appearance of their characters. This Appearance window allows you to equip armor, clothing, and jewelry that do not alter your stats, but instead are simply for show.
Select "Appearance" in the game menu or use the command /appearancetab to open the Appearance window.

To wear an item as an appearance item, you must be able to normally equip that item and that item must be in your inventory at the time you equip it as an appearance item.

Items equipped as appearance items do not count against your total inventory space.

All profession, level, and species restrictions are still obeyed by appearance items.

A radial option "Equip Appearance" has been added to items that are eligible to become appearance items. You will only get this option if you could normally equip the item and if the item is currently in your inventory.

Added an option under the "Misc" page in the Options window. This option called "Unequip Items When Double Clicked in the Appearance Window" allows you to turn on/off the ability to unequip items in the Appearance window simply by double clicking on them.

A "Hide Appearance Items by Default" option has been added to the Misc section of the Options window. This option will automatically show you the normal appearance on any player creature you examine. The "Hide Appearance Items" option can also be toggled on the Examine window; it will just default to hiding those items.

The Examine window now has a checkbox to show/hide a user's appearance items. This will allow you to see the "true" items a character is wearing.

Users can equip/unequip items via the Appearance window's "paper doll" by checking the "Show Equipped Items" checkbox. While that checkbox is checked, any items you drag and drop between your inventory and the appearance window will equip/unequip those items.

Please be aware there is an issue with the Appearance window and the Shatterpoint Cloak and Cloak of Hate. Using the Hood Up/Down option can cause your Appearance window paper doll to be out of sync with the server. This is simply a superficial bug with the paper doll and Hood Up/Down and causes no damage to your cloak or characters. It can fixed by logging out and back in with your character.

Game Play:

A painting reward for completing the Battle of Echo Base flawlessly has been added. Players who have gotten a flawless victory in the past receive the painting on logging in to Game Update 6. Only one painting is awarded retroactively, but you can get a new painting each time the encounter is completed flawlessly.

A bug causing female eyes to not behave properly with goggles and other eyewear has been fixed for the following races: Humans, Twi'lek, Sullustan, and Zabrak. Mon Calamari and Trandoshans will be fixed in a later update due to an issue with ATI video cards.

Fixed an issue that was preventing Hoth exploration badges and a Nova Orion collection from becoming 'hidden' when unchecking the "Show Completed" box in the Collections window.

The Podracers at the Valarian Podracer bunker in the Legacy quest series are no longer floating in the air.

Corpses full of loot no longer disappear early when a player with a full inventory attempts to loot.

Newly received Junk Dealer Loot Kit components now stack. Old, previously looted, components can be placed in a loot kit then removed to make them stack.

Junk Dealer Loot Kits now have the ability to make components stack.

Junk Dealer Loot Kits now have the ability to decrement components in a stack.

TCG vendors placed by non-traders now transfer as a TCG vendor deed when packed up.

A TCG vendor placed by non-traders in a structure they do not own (admin) that is then packed by the structure owner reverts to a TCG vendor deed in the original owner's inventory.
It no longer snows in Wayfar and Dearic; snow remains on the ground of Doaba Guerfel and snow falls occasionally.

Player Cities and Structures:

Mayors will now get an email when a house has been packed up in their city.

Merchant signs can now be placed on theater structures.

The Structure Terminal 'Set Name' option no longer changes the name of the structure sign when the UI has been cancelled.

Items that increase storage capacity can now be used on the Diner and Barn.

Beasts roaming in the Barn now display the correct dyed colors.

Beast Mastery:

When a beast egg is converted into a holo-beast data cube, there is now a chance that it will become a rare colored holo-beast. The holo-beast will always be the same when loaded into an emitter, so a rare color holo-beast will always be that rare color while a normal holo-beast will always be the common hue.

Officer and Bounty Hunter:

Removed armor restrictions on expertise armor bonuses for officers and bounty hunters. The expertise for these two professions no longer require the player to be wearing a full set of the specified armor; they just get the innate bonus from the expertise.

Domestic Traders:

Domestic Traders can now craft items that have an "invisible" appearance:
- Appearance Tab Left Bracer (Level 22 schematic)
- Appearance Tab Right Bracer (Level 22 schematic)
- Appearance Tab Belt (Level 18 schematic)
- Appearance Tab Necklace (Level 18 schematic)
- Appearance Tab Gloves (Level 18 schematic)
These invisible items, when equipped in the Appearance window, make those slots appear as if you have nothing equipped.

User Interface:

Added color customization support for items with four palettes.

The collection icons for the Hoth Sharpshooter collections have been swapped.

Fixed a bug that would cause resource container icons to not properly draw their current capacity in certain situations.
Friend and ignore list entries from other games and galaxies are now displayed in the Community window with the proper identifying prefix.

Character Transfer Service:

Fixed an issue that caused Aurillian resource containers to not transfer.

Life Day:

The Life Day event has ended. Saun Dann is no longer available to begin the quest to obtain a STAP, but the other quest-related NPCs will remain for a short time for anyone who still has the quest in progress. Once the STAP reward is obtained from Watto, the quest can be deleted if desired with no loss of reward.

On Monday, January 12, at 4:00 AM PST all U.S. and European galaxies will be taken down for server maintenance and a live update.

When the update is complete, all galaxies will be live but unavailable while we complete final testing. All galaxies will be made available after that time.

4:00 AM PST (Los Angeles) / 6:00 AM CST (Austin) / 7:00 AM EST (New York)
12:00 PM GMT / 1:00 PM CET (Berlin) / 9:00 PM (Tokyo) / 11:00 PM AEDT (Sydney)
Click here for a Time Zone Calculator.

Star Wars Galaxies: Game Update 6
Publish Notes, January 12, 2008

Appearance Window:

The Appearance tab has been added. All characters may now access a window that determines the outward appearance of their characters. This Appearance window allows you to equip armor, clothing, and jewelry that do not alter your stats, but instead are simply for show.
Select "Appearance" in the game menu or use the command /appearancetab to open the Appearance window.

To wear an item as an appearance item, you must be able to normally equip that item and that item must be in your inventory at the time you equip it as an appearance item.

Items equipped as appearance items do not count against your total inventory space.

All profession, level, and species restrictions are still obeyed by appearance items.

A radial option "Equip Appearance" has been added to items that are eligible to become appearance items. You will only get this option if you could normally equip the item and if the item is currently in your inventory.

Added an option under the "Misc" page in the Options window. This option called "Unequip Items When Double Clicked in the Appearance Window" allows you to turn on/off the ability to unequip items in the Appearance window simply by double clicking on them.

A "Hide Appearance Items by Default" option has been added to the Misc section of the Options window. This option will automatically show you the normal appearance on any player creature you examine. The "Hide Appearance Items" option can also be toggled on the Examine window; it will just default to hiding those items.

The Examine window now has a checkbox to show/hide a user's appearance items. This will allow you to see the "true" items a character is wearing.

Users can equip/unequip items via the Appearance window's "paper doll" by checking the "Show Equipped Items" checkbox. While that checkbox is checked, any items you drag and drop between your inventory and the appearance window will equip/unequip those items.

Please be aware there is an issue with the Appearance window and the Shatterpoint Cloak and Cloak of Hate. Using the Hood Up/Down option can cause your Appearance window paper doll to be out of sync with the server. This is simply a superficial bug with the paper doll and Hood Up/Down and causes no damage to your cloak or characters. It can fixed by logging out and back in with your character.

Game Play:

A painting reward for completing the Battle of Echo Base flawlessly has been added. Players who have gotten a flawless victory in the past receive the painting on logging in to Game Update 6. Only one painting is awarded retroactively, but you can get a new painting each time the encounter is completed flawlessly.

A bug causing female eyes to not behave properly with goggles and other eyewear has been fixed for the following races: Humans, Twi'lek, Sullustan, and Zabrak. Mon Calamari and Trandoshans will be fixed in a later update due to an issue with ATI video cards.

Fixed an issue that was preventing Hoth exploration badges and a Nova Orion collection from becoming 'hidden' when unchecking the "Show Completed" box in the Collections window.

The Podracers at the Valarian Podracer bunker in the Legacy quest series are no longer floating in the air.

Corpses full of loot no longer disappear early when a player with a full inventory attempts to loot.

Newly received Junk Dealer Loot Kit components now stack. Old, previously looted, components can be placed in a loot kit then removed to make them stack.

Junk Dealer Loot Kits now have the ability to make components stack.

Junk Dealer Loot Kits now have the ability to decrement components in a stack.

TCG vendors placed by non-traders now transfer as a TCG vendor deed when packed up.

A TCG vendor placed by non-traders in a structure they do not own (admin) that is then packed by the structure owner reverts to a TCG vendor deed in the original owner's inventory.
It no longer snows in Wayfar and Dearic; snow remains on the ground of Doaba Guerfel and snow falls occasionally.

Player Cities and Structures:

Mayors will now get an email when a house has been packed up in their city.

Merchant signs can now be placed on theater structures.

The Structure Terminal 'Set Name' option no longer changes the name of the structure sign when the UI has been cancelled.

Items that increase storage capacity can now be used on the Diner and Barn.

Beasts roaming in the Barn now display the correct dyed colors.

Beast Mastery:

When a beast egg is converted into a holo-beast data cube, there is now a chance that it will become a rare colored holo-beast. The holo-beast will always be the same when loaded into an emitter, so a rare color holo-beast will always be that rare color while a normal holo-beast will always be the common hue.

Officer and Bounty Hunter:

Removed armor restrictions on expertise armor bonuses for officers and bounty hunters. The expertise for these two professions no longer require the player to be wearing a full set of the specified armor; they just get the innate bonus from the expertise.

Domestic Traders:

Domestic Traders can now craft items that have an "invisible" appearance:
- Appearance Tab Left Bracer (Level 22 schematic)
- Appearance Tab Right Bracer (Level 22 schematic)
- Appearance Tab Belt (Level 18 schematic)
- Appearance Tab Necklace (Level 18 schematic)
- Appearance Tab Gloves (Level 18 schematic)
These invisible items, when equipped in the Appearance window, make those slots appear as if you have nothing equipped.

User Interface:

Added color customization support for items with four palettes.

The collection icons for the Hoth Sharpshooter collections have been swapped.

Fixed a bug that would cause resource container icons to not properly draw their current capacity in certain situations.
Friend and ignore list entries from other games and galaxies are now displayed in the Community window with the proper identifying prefix.

Character Transfer Service:

Fixed an issue that caused Aurillian resource containers to not transfer.

Life Day:

The Life Day event has ended. Saun Dann is no longer available to begin the quest to obtain a STAP, but the other quest-related NPCs will remain for a short time for anyone who still has the quest in progress. Once the STAP reward is obtained from Watto, the quest can be deleted if desired with no loss of reward.

Players have voted, and here are what their votes revealed about Eclipse!

Players who visited the Eclipse galaxy forum picked these choices as the best describe the personality of the server, with a total of 63 votes:

Large number of helpful players
Strong focus on Role-Playing
Many strong player association

Kick off the new year with a fresh start on a new galaxy! Join up with old friends or make new ones with the free Character Transfer Service promotion! Free Character Transfers begin on January 13, 2009, and is only offered to those accounts with characters created on or before December 11, 2008 at 11:59 PM PST on the identified galaxies.

For eligible characters wishing to take advantage of the Free Character Transfer Service, read on for a step-by-step guide explaining the process.

Life Day ends on Monday, January 12, 2009 at 4:00 AM PST, so be sure to get your last minute gift stomping and tree decorating done! The Rebel and Imperial organizers will be leaving the cities, so don't miss your chance to get that gift you've had your eye on. Saun Dann will also depart from the cities, but if you've started your quest to obtain a STAP, the other quest NPCs will remain for a short time so that you can complete your tasks.

We hope you enjoyed this year's event!

Every week we spotlight a Star Wars Galaxies community member. Find out more about the other people you play the game with! Meet Alay State from the Starsider galaxy and the player behind her!

Helper of the Month - January 2008

We are happy to announce the January's Helper of the Month, AschMhaRhee!

Many thanks to our New Players Senator, Jod_Iegemai, for putting together this recognition.

If you'd like to be a Helper of the Month, all you have to do is post! Helpers participate in the New Player forums, answering questions and offering tips to new and returning players. Helpers are friendly, understanding, welcoming and knowledgable.

Thanks for helping out new players, AschMhaRhee!

Past Helpers:

Take a look at these picks for some of the best discussions on the Star Wars Galaxies forums this week. Enjoy!

The Free Character Transfer Service promotion is starting soon! Take a look at the official FAQ for your burning questions, and check out Warcryer's unofficial [Guide] Understanding Server Transfers.

If you're a Beast Master looking to move servers during the free CTS promotion, visit the CTS: Beast Master Welcome Wagon.

Game Update 6 is now in testing on TCPrime and TestCenter. Log in today to check out the new Appearance window, and share your feedback!

Are you a skilled storyteller? Visit the Events forum for a new Storyteller Challenge each week and flex your decorating muscles.

If you're planning on taking the opportunity to move to a different server as part of the free CTS promotion, visit the Galaxies forums to read more about each galaxy's server "personality."

This week's Galactic Tales competition has started! Craft a tale about an attempt to escape pursuit by navigating an asteroid field for this week's stories. And don't forget to read the story by the last Galactic Tales winner, rrge.

Remember, if you find a thread you think should be one of the picks for the week, please email the link to starwars@soe.sony.com with the subject Weekly Picks.

Players have voted, and here are what their votes revealed about Sunrunner!

Players who visited the Sunrunner galaxy forum picked these choices as the best describe the personality of the server, with a total of 63 votes:

Players have voted, and here are what their votes revealed about Starsider!

Players who visited the Starsider galaxy forum picked these choices as the best describe the personality of the server, with a total of 175 votes:

Players have voted, and here are what their votes revealed about Shadowfire!

Players who visited the Shadowfire galaxy forum picked these choices as the best describe the personality of the server, with a total of 102 votes:

Players have voted, and here are what their votes revealed about Radiant!

Players who visited the Radiant galaxy forum picked these choices as the best describe the personality of the server, with a total of 73 votes:

Players have voted, and here are what their votes revealed about Gorath!

Players who visited the Gorath galaxy forum picked these choices as the best describe the personality of the server, with a total of 104 votes:

Players have voted, and here are what their votes revealed about Flurry!

Players who visited the Flurry galaxy forum picked these choices as the best describe the personality of the server, with a total of 118 votes:

We value your service to our country and want to support your efforts on our behalf even in a galaxy far, far away! If you are deployed in the armed services during the time period of the Free CTS program, we will try to accommodate your right to one move per character from the identified server(s) to the designated server(s) upon your return with proper validation.

All you need to do is contact our customer service department and give them validation of your deployment during the January 13, 2009 through March 31, 2009 period and we will enable your account to allow the free move.

For validation purposes we will accept a DD-214 showing the date you entered and left active duty. (If you do not have a DD-214, attach and refer to a copy of your endorsed orders, a letter from your commanding officer, or some other documentation showing the dates and characterization of your military service.)

Players have voted, and here are what their votes revealed about Europe-FarStar!

Players who visited the Europe-FarStar galaxy forum picked these choices as the best describe the personality of the server, with a total of 129 votes:

The Galactic Showcase puts the most creative storyteller events and player structures from all galaxies on display. The Valcyn Jedi Archives is an archive of the history of Valcyn. It contains stories and information about many of the Jedi from Valcyn (and non-Jedi as well).

Click here to see Strife's creation and find more details about submitting your own!

Players have voted, and here are what their votes revealed about Europe-Chimaera!

Players who visited the Europe-Chimaera galaxy forum picked these choices as the best describe the personality of the server, with a total of 172 votes:

Players have voted, and here are what their votes revealed about Chilastra!

Players who visited the Chilastra galaxy forum picked these choices as the best describe the personality of the server, with a total of 116 votes:

Strong focus on PvP
Strong focus on Role-Playing
Large number of helpful players

Players have voted, and here are what their votes revealed about Bria!

Players who visited the Bria galaxy forum picked these choices as the best describe the personality of the server, with a total of 209 votes:

Strong focus on PvP
Strong focus on Role-Playing
Consistently high population
Strong focus on PvE

What is the Bria?

The Bria is a SoroSuub Starmite-class freighter in the Star Wars Expanded Universe.

How Would You Describe Bria?

Specific comments about this galaxy include:

Players have voted, and here are what their votes revealed about Bloodfin!

Players who visited the Bloodfin galaxy forum picked these choices as the top three to best describe the personality of the server, with a total of 191 votes:

Strong focus on PvP
Strong focus on Role-Playing
Consistently high population

What is the Bloodfin?

The Bloodfin is a Star Destroyer in the Star Wars Expanded Universe.

How Would You Describe Bloodfin?

Specific comments about this galaxy include:

if bloodfin were a movie it would be a combination of the grinch that stole christmas and groundhog day.
PvP hands down though im not heavily involved in pvp i still enjoy it and acknowledge that it is the main thing in this server
#1 pvp server tbqh

Be sure to visit Bloodfin's Important Thread Index for essential links!

Players have voted, and here are what their votes revealed about Ahazi!

Players who visited the Ahazi galaxy forum picked these choices as the top three to best describe the personality of the server, with a total of 151 votes:

Strong focus on PvP
Many strong player associations
Strong focus on PvE

What is the Ahazi?

The Ahazi is a New Republic fleet tender in the Star Wars Expanded Universe.

How Would You Describe Ahazi?

Specific comments about this galaxy include:

ahazi is the all around server we have just about everything including drama.
Lots of good strong guilds. Alot of old guilds still around with orginal members and some new faces. Alot of new strong guilds as well I think we arent as bad off as a lot of people may think.
I feel that there are many strong guilds that are very well rounded in both PVP and PVE. As far as PVP, the server is a little Rebel heavy at the moment but it goes back and forth. In a PVP day both sides usualy win several times. TIE hosts a 24/7 buff house at RUstuss for the Imperial Alliance. I am sure the rebels do the same. In order to do PVP you need to PVE equipment so many guilds do PVE. Perfect Hothh runs happen on both sides. Also there are several guilds that are really good in space -V- being very strong on the imp side (not sure what Rebel guild does space but I see them out there. There are also many crafters on this server which results in a very well rounded comunity. I do hope that people transfer to Ahazi and the will be welcomed, but I hope we manage to keep the same faction ballance. It makes for more fun for everyone.

Be sure to visit Ahazi's Important Thread Index for essential links!