Here is the PDF file included with the thumbdrive, basically outlining the items contained within. There is also a wallpaper. Note that this event will be with patch 2.3 in august and available to players level 15 and above.

Hanger Decorations

The first thing to note is the New Hangar Decorations featured in the upcoming Bounty Hunter event in patch 2.3.

Here are some pictures of the Imperial Hangar that servers as the base for the Bounty Hunter missions.

New armor  & weapon rewards

New armor you can purchase as a reward when you are successful in your bounty missions and earn required reputation.

New weapon you can purchase as a reward when you are successful in your bounty missions and earned required reputation

New Item & Boss

New mission item you can deploy as part of the event – The Interrogation Probe, to pry information from a shady character.

New Tatooine Bounty Hunter mission boss that you will kill or capture.

This appear to be another boss on Hutta.

More details to come..

Some bounty hunter screens

Here are some screenshots of bounty hunter avatars, likely to show the new graphical improvements in patch 2.3.

Images and info provided by Phinn of Comfortably Numb on The Harbinger

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Cartel Market & CE vendor

• Items inside the Archon’s Contraband Pack
• Curious about those Encrypted Datacubes inside the Contraband Pack? They give you a mission to Nar Shadda to interact with a security terminal that give you ~ 1 minute cutscene of The Shroud. At the end of the cutscene you get to pick between a Major XP boost, Major Valor Boost or Credit Boom. Here is one of them (Encrypted Datacube 93-E).

• Two new dyes added to the CE vendor: Black and Medium Yellow, Deep Purple and Medium Green

• Video showing off the Jig and Woohoo emote from the Contraband Pack

Nightmare Terror from Beyond

• Loot table
• The Writhing Horror
• Heirad, Ciphas and Kel’sara
• Operator IX
• Kephess the Undying
• The Terror from Beyond

Items

• Kell Dragon armor and weapon models
• Kell Dragon gear stats
• Firebrand Rated PvP gear models

Patch Notes

• Patch 2.2 patch notes

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Archon’s Contraband Pack

The Archon’s Contraband Pack contains a diverse mix of all your favorite types of Cartel Market loot. Mount lovers will rejoice at the six possible mounts contained in the pack, including the Aratech Lux and Blur holo-augmented speeders. Our line of “Relaxed” gear continues with the Relaxed Vestments Armor Set, which looks great on both male and female characters, while the Calo Nord Armor Set expands our lore gear collection. This will also be the first pack that includes Dye Modules, in the form of six new color combinations exclusive to the Archon’s Contraband Pack. For those wishing to delve into Star Wars lore, the Archon’s pack introduces an all-new type of Cartel Market item: Encrypted Datacubes. Collect all 8 Datacubes in the shipment (there will be 4 more in the upcoming Supreme Mogul’s Contraband Pack) for a special reward. Finally, we’ve made some general changes to the pack based on your feedback, which include the addition of Grade 9 crafting materials, increased drop rates for Cartel Market Certificates, and re-useable (rather than consumable) Jawagrams!

Color Crystals

Advanced White-Black Crystal

• Advanced White-Black Eviscerating Crystal
• Advanced White-Black Indestructible Crystal
• Advanced White-Black Hawkeye Crystal
• Advanced White-Black War Hero’s Crystal

Advanced Mint Green Crystal

• Advanced Mint Green Indestructible Crystal
• Advanced Mint Green Eviscerating Crystal
• Advanced Mint Green Hawkeye Crystal
• Advanced Mint Green Hawkeye Crystal

Equipment

Calo Nord Armor Set

• Calo Nord’s Jacket
• Calo Nord’s Boots
• Calo Nord’s Gloves
• Calo Nord’s Headgear
• Calo Nord’s Pants
• Calo Nord’s Belt

Mantellian Separatist Armor Set

• Mantellian Separatist Body Armor
• Mantellian Separatist Boots
• Mantellian Separatist Gauntlets
• Mantellian Separatist Helmet
• Mantellian Separatist Leg Plates
• Mantellian Separatist Belt
• Mantellian Separatist Bracers

Covert Waist Energy Armor and Covert Wrist Energy Armor

Relaxed Vestments Armor Set

• Relaxed Vestments Chestwraps
• Relaxed Vestments Boots
• Relaxed Vestments Handwraps
• Relaxed Vestments Leggings
• Relaxed Vestments Belt
• Relaxed Vestments Wristwraps

Rotworm Home Armor Set

• Rotworm Home Gloves
• Rotworm Home Cleats
• Rotworm Home Belt
• Rotworm Home Pants
• Rotworm Home Shoulder Pads
• Rotworm Home Helmet

Rotworm Away Armor Set

• Rotworm Away Gloves
• Rotworm Away Cleats
• Rotworm Away Belt
• Rotworm Away Pants
• Rotworm Away Shoulder Pads
• Rotworm Away Helmet

Frogdog Home Armor Set

• Frogdog Home Gloves
• Frogdog Home Cleats
• Frogdog Home Belt
• Frogdog Home Pants
• Frogdog Home Shoulder Pads
• Frogdog Home Helmet

Frogdog Away Armor Set

• Frogdog Away Shoulder Pads
• Frogdog Away Cleats
• Frogdog Away Gloves
• Frogdog Away Helmets
• Frogdog Away Pants
• Frogdog Away Belts

Ulgo Statesman Armor Set

• Ulgo Statesman’s Coat
• Ulgo Statesman’s Boots
• Ulgo Statesman’s Gloves
• Ulgo Statesman’s Trousers
• Ulgo Statesman’s Sash
• Ulgo Statesman’s Cuffs

Ulgo Loyalist Armor Set

• Ulgo Loyalist Chestguard
• Ulgo Loyalist Boots
• Ulgo Loyalist Gauntlets
• Ulgo Loyalist Helmet
• Ulgo Loyalist Greaves
• Ulgo Loyalist Utility Belt
• Ulgo Loyalist Bracers

Regal Apparel Armor Set

• Regal Apparel Tiara
• Regal Apparel Blouse
• Regal Apparel Boots
• Regal Apparel Miniskirt
• Regal Apparel Sash
• Regal Apparel Cuffs

Rascal’s Toothpick

Green Efficiency Scanner

Pets

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Ebon-wing Flutterplume

Striated Wriggler

Nefarious Blurrg

CH-R1 Power Droid

Slateshard Lylek

Model B28 Extinction-Class Bomber

Titles

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• Contraband Collector
• Archon

Portable Relaxation Unit

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Vehicle

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Aratech Lux

Aratech Blur

Aratech Basic

Praxon Echo

Adno Mantis

Rendili Solar

Weapons

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Primordial Assault Cannon

Derelict Saberstaff

Primordial Blaster

Primordial Blaster Rifle

Derelict Lightsaber

Primordial Sniper Rifle

Emotes

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Emote: Boo-Hoo

Mood: Very Creepy

Emotes: Woohoo and Jig

Emote: Woohoo

Emote: Jig

Credit Boom

Consumable: Credit Boom!

Dye Modules

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• Medium Orange and Medium Blue Dye Module
• Pale Red and Pale Brown Dye Module

• Dark Yellow and Medium Yellow Dye Module
• Dark Purple and Light Purple Dye Module

• Medium Brown and Medium Green Dye Module
• Pale Blue and Pale Gray Dye Module

Miscs

These Encrypted Datacubes will give you a mission to activate a security terminal in Nar Shaddaa with a 1 minute cutscenes of The Shroud talking about his plans.  At the end of the Cutscene you receive a choice of a Major Experience Boost, Major Valor Boost or Credit Boom.

Encrypted Datacubes

• Encrypted Datacube 74-C

• Encrypted Datacube 93-E

• Encrypted Datacube 58-P

• Encrypted Datacube 68-B

Boosts

• Major Class and Minor Mission Experience Boosts
• Major and Minor Experience Boosts
• Major and Minor Exploration Boosts
• Major and Minor Flashpoint Experience Boosts
• Major and Minor Social Boosts
• Major and Minor Warzone Boosts

Companion Gifts

• Account of the Discovery of Korriban
• Drayen Hyper-Space Smuggling Routes
• Gree Temporary Mind-Link Device
• Holorecord of the Republic’s Founding
• Intricate Corellian Speeder Model
• Memoir of the Unification Wars
• Omni-Vision Battle Relay
• Splinter of a Rakata Stronghold
• Unique Rakata Grenade
• Vial of Gree Nanite Paste
• Energy Blade Bayonet
• Assassin Droid Target History
• Gourmet Ration Pack
• Zeltron Personal Aroma Gift Set
• First Edition Galactic Encyclopedia
• Aratech Reconstruction Toolkit
• Republic Senatorial Oath
• Banned Imperial History Document
• Signet Ring of Ancient Tion
• Galactic Crime Lord’s ID Card

Crafting Materials

• Hypercloth
• Reinforced Transparisteel
• Rainbow Gem
• Medical Grade Injector
• Frasium
• Nanite Threaded Cloth
• Permacrete
• Mytag Crystal
• Sterilization Kit
• Beryllius
• Bio-Mechanical Interface Chip
• Thermal Regulator

Jawagrams

• “Awesome!” Permanent Jawagram
• “May the Force be with you!” Permanent Jawagram
• “Party On!” Permanent Jawagram

Reputation Items

• Confiscated Artwork
• Prohibited Medical Supplies
• Banned Holovid
• Cartel Market Certificate

Source: http://www.swtor.com/info/news/blog/20130611

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Game Update 2.2: Operation Nightmare

6/12/2013

Highlights

• Nightmare Mode is now available for Terror from Beyond!
• New Vehicle! The Helix Hyperpod is now dropped in Nightmare Mode Terror from Beyond.
• New Rewards! New items have been added to several Story Mode encounters for the Terror from Beyond and Scum and Villainy Operations. (Additional Details under Operations.)
• New Feature! Characters in a guild will receive an XP and Reputation bonus based on the number of characters from unique accounts in the guild. (Additional details under General.)
• New sub-tier of Gear! The Kell Dragon gear can be obtained from Nightmare Mode Operations at level 55.

Cartel Market

New Items

• A new Contraband Pack, the Archon’s Contraband Pack is now available on the Cartel Market. Cost: 320 Cartel Coins
• Players can now purchase Hypercrates containing 24 Archon’s Contraband Packs and a bonus Fortuitous Dye Module Kit that contains an increased chance to receive the rarest dyes. (Discounted by 10% for a limited time!) Cost: 6,912 Cartel Coins

New Discounts

• Appearance Options: Mirialan Tattoos 1 is now discounted by 50%. Cost: 45 Cartel Coins
• Appearance Options: Human Hair Colors 1 is now discounted by 25%. Cost: 135 Cartel Coins
• The Valiant Jedi Armor Set is now discounted by 25%. Cost: 1080 Cartel Coins
• The Sith Raider Armor Set is now discounted by 80%. Cost: 288 Cartel Coins
• The Noble Commander’s Armor Set is now discounted by 75%. Cost: 300 Cartel Coins
• Unlock: Inventory Module is now discounted by 40%. Cost: 105 Cartel Coins
• Unlock: Inventory Module (Account) is now discounted by 40%. Cost: 234 Cartel Coins

Items Removed

• An Embargo has been placed on all Shipment 1 Cartel Packs. The following packs (and any corresponding Hypercrates) are no longer available in the Cartel Market:
  • Black Market Cartel Pack
  • Crime Lord’s Cartel Pack
  • Blockade Runner’s Cartel Pack
  • Skip Tracer’s Cartel Pack
  • Space Pirate’s Cartel Pack
• The Gree Solus Secant vehicle is no longer available.
• The Gold Scalene Armor Set is no longer available.

General

• New Feature! Characters in a guild will receive an XP and Reputation bonus based on the number of characters from unique accounts in the guild:
  • For every five active unique accounts in a guild, the XP bonus increases by 1% (on top of the base 5%) for the entire guild, up to a maximum of 10%.
  • For every five active unique accounts in a guild, the Reputation bonus increases by 1% for the entire guild, up to a maximum of 10%.
  • An active unique account is defined as a Preferred or Subscriber account that has logged in within the last 720 hours (30 days), and only one character per account will be applied to the guild’s member count.
  • The qualifying member number will only count accounts that log in after Game Update 2.2; the system will not recognize accounts that logged in in the 30 days prior to the update.

Classes and Combat

Jedi Knight

General

• Introspection’s tooltip no longer incorrectly indicates that taking damage causes the effect to end prematurely. The ability’s functionality has not changed.

Guardian

Vigilance

• Shien Form now increases movement speed by 15%, in addition to its other effects.

Sith Warrior

General

• Channel Hatred’s tooltip no longer incorrectly indicates that taking damage causes the effect to end prematurely. The ability’s functionality has not changed.

Juggernaut

Vengeance

• Shien Form now increases movement speed by 15%, in addition to its other effects.

Jedi Consular

General

• Meditation’s tooltip no longer incorrectly indicates that taking damage causes the effect to end prematurely. The ability’s functionality has not changed.

Shadow

Infiltration

• Breaching Shadows, granted by Shadow Technique, has a new visual effect that persists while 3 charges of Breaching Shadows are active.

Sith Inquisitor

General

• Seethe’s tooltip no longer incorrectly indicates that taking damage causes the effect to end prematurely. The ability’s functionality has not changed.

Assassin

Darkness

• Dark Ward has a new visual effect that persists while active.

Deception

• Static Charge, granted by Surging Charge, has a new visual effect that persists while three charges of Static Charge are active.

Smuggler

Gunslinger

• Hightail It’s tooltip has been reworded to properly indicate that the ability only frees from movement-slowing effects, rather than all movement-impairing effects (such as immobilize).
• Hightail It can no longer be used while exposed by the Diversion ability that removes Gunslingers from cover.

Imperial Agent

Sniper

• Covered Escape’s tooltip has been reworded to properly indicate that the ability only frees from movement-slowing effects, rather than all movement-impairing effects (such as immobilize).
• Covered Escape can no longer be used while exposed by the Diversion ability that removes Snipers from cover.

Trooper

General

• Hold the Line now properly grants immunity to follow-up movement-impairing effects. (Example: Leg Shot in combination with the Debilitating Shots skill)
• Recharge and Reload’s tooltip no longer incorrectly indicates that taking damage causes the effect to end prematurely. The ability’s functionality has not changed.

Commando/Vanguard

Assault Specialist

• Sweltering Heat now slows properly when Plasma Cell is refreshed on a target.

Bounty Hunter

General

• Made visual improvements to Flamethrower.
• Hydraulic Overrides now properly grant immunity to follow-up movement-impairing effects.(Example: Leg Shot in combination with the Debilitating Shots skill)
• Stealth Scan now requires the Bounty Hunter to have line-of-sight to the target’s location.

Mercenary/Powertech

Pyrotech

• Sweltering Heat now slows properly when Combustible Gas Cylinder is refreshed on a target.

Companion Characters

• Jaesa Willsaam’s Leap ability now displays the correct animation.

Crew Skills

General

• Players who go from Subscriber to Preferred and then back to Subscriber status now have their Crew Skills automatically reinstated without needing to speak to a trainer.

Crafting Skills

General

• Underworld gear and rating-equivalent Armorings, Mods, and Enhancements can now be Reverse Engineered and learned as a schematic.

Biochem

• The Rakata Medpac has been rebalanced; this reusable medpac no longer increases health by 15%.

Flashpoints and Operations

Operations

Terror From Beyond

• Nightmare Mode is now available!
• Story Mode drops have been updated to include the following in addition to current rewards:
  • The Writhing Horror now drops the Arkanian Bracer Token
  • The Dread Guard now drops an additional random Black Market Item
• [WEEKLY] Terror From Beyond now correctly grants 12 Ultimate and 20 Elite Commendations for both Factions.

Scum and Villainy

• Story Mode drops have been updated to include the following in addition to current rewards:
  • Dash’Roode now drops the Arkanian Waist Token
  • Titan 6 now drops the Arkanian Implant Token
  • Thrasher now drops the Arkanian Earpiece Token
• [WEEKLY] Scum and Villainy now correctly grants 12 Ultimate and 20 Elite Commendations for both Factions.

Items and Economy

Items

• A new sub-tier of gear is available! Kell Dragon gear can be obtained from Nightmare Mode Operations at level 55.
• New vehicle! The Helix Hyperpod, is now dropped in Nightmare Mode Terror from Beyond.
• The Weaponmaster and Vindicator set bonuses are no longer incorrectly named.
• The Dr. Oggurobb Holostatue once again laughs when used.

Vendors

• New vendors have been added to the Gav Daragon and Ziost Shadow where players can exchange unassembled Kell Dragon tokens for gear.
• New Rated PvP Weapons have been added to the PvP Ranked Gear vendor. These new Weapons cost 400 Ranked Commendations, and require a PvP rating of 2400
• Twist, the Republic PvP Warzone Gear vendor, has been granted legs.
• The Primeval Artifact Storage box located on the Makeb Commendations vendor has been replaced with a Makeb Storage Lockbox. This lockbox provides a randomly generated rating 144 Prototype Quality item. The cost has not changed.

Legacy

• The Achievement for Defeating Titan 6 (16- Person Story Mode) no longer incorrectly displays as 8-Person.
• Alderaan Achievements for "Organa Forces Defeated" and "Thul Forces Defeated" no longer have inconsistencies between the titles and descriptions.
• Legacy Name Changes now succeed as intended, rather than fail and prompt again perpetually in some instances.

Missions and NPCs

Missions

Macrobinoculars and Seeker Droid Missions

• Seeker Droid: Dig sites are no longer deplete when players find Dreadseed or Star Forager armor pieces.
• Macrobinoculars: IR-77 will now properly draw his weapon when attacking.

Class Missions

Jedi Consular

• Find the Ancient Artifact: This mission on Voss is no longer incorrectly listed as optional and now provides a greater credit reward.

Imperial Agent

• The Chronicles: This mission on Taris is no longer incorrectly listed as optional and now provides a greater credit reward.

Smuggler

• A Brother’s Request: This mission on Voss is no longer incorrectly listed as optional and now provides a greater credit reward.
• Playing Your Debts: This mission on Voss is no longer incorrectly listed as optional and now provides a greater credit reward.

Trooper

• A Cultured Approach: This mission on Voss is no longer incorrectly listed as optional and now provides a greater credit reward.

World Missions

Alderaan

• Alderaan Bonus Series: "A Spy in House Organa" and "Shipment of Weapons" now progress as intended if players log off while completing one of the two missions.

Belsavis – Section X

• Alert: Hostiles Imminent (Republic)/Warning: Rivals Detected (Imperial): Players who log out inside of The Fatality after completing the last mission step will no longer be stuck and required to use a Fleet Pass or travel ability to leave.
  

  Corellia

  • Corellia Bonus Series: The holostatues in Axial Park used in the Republic bonus objective "Restore the Statues" now display their holograms.

  Makeb

  • Reallocation: Medical Supplies collected for this mission will now stack appropriately in the Inventory Window.

PvP

Warzones

General

• Players that are backfilled into a Warzone are now awarded a Reinforcement Medal that will count toward their total medal count for the match. This prevents backfilled players from being placed into a match without enough time to get one medal, thus missing out on the Warzone rewards at the end of the match.
• Crit rating, accuracy rating, absorb rating, defense rating, and surge rating now respect diminishing returns for low level Bolstered characters.
• The base damage and armor value granted by Bolster have been slightly increased to account to the most recent item power available to players

Alderaan

• Turrets (Objective Control Points) are no longer interactable while changing ownership.
• Players are no longer backfilled into Alderaan Civil War Warzone when one team has twice as many points as the enemy team.

Ancient Hypergates

• Players are no longer backfilled into Ancient Hypergates after the 4th explosion.

Huttball

• Players are no longer backfilled into Huttball Warzone after 10 minutes have elapsed in the match.

Novare Coast

• Players are no longer backfilled into Novare Coast when one team has less than 25% remaining on their shields and the other team has 75% or greater remaining on theirs.
• Characters with body type 1 can no longer hide in the corners of bunkers to prevent others from seeing their nameplates.

Miscellaneous Bug Fixes

• Female Bounty Hunters and Smugglers with Body Type 2 will no longer have incorrect leg animation when near other players or NPCs.

Source: http://www.swtor.com/patchnotes/2.2/operation-nightmare

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Eric Musco, Jeff Hickman (Executive Producer) , and Bruce (Senior Producer)

Bruce: Focus of Game update 2.2 is guilds – exciting new endgame content, endgame crafting, and guild bonuses. The centerpiece of 2.2 is nightmare contents. Nightmare TFB will be with 2.2 and four weeks later we are releasing Nightmare S&V with 2.2.2. Patch 2.2 is not going live tomorrow (June 11).

• Patch 2.2 will be this week.

Jeff: We hate to make a promise we can’t keep. The development process is very fluid but we are trying to be transparent as we can.

• Double XP weekends coming up – June 22 – July 7.  We want to support you staying inside during the heat wave.
• Patch 2.3 – August 6 but we will not launch until it is quality. New flashpoints, new recurring event (Level 15+ to participate, brand new event you havn’t seen before), new daily area, new graphical upgrades.
• Gree event increased to 55, hoping to add Nightmare mode. Bolster for L50 characters.
• Cantina tours: Giving exclusive materials to players to come to these – SWTOR thumb drive with new assets and information not available to anyone else about Patch 2.3 and beyond.
• Facebook tab –> Events to see all the Cantina Tours.

Q: At end of S&V, when you defeat the dread master, can we expect these remaining 5?

A: We are definitely not done with the Dread Masters. That is all that we can say before I get shot by people behind camera with crossbows.

Q: When is cross server PvP coming?

A: Cross server queueing is very challenging so it is something we can currently working on. The root problem is queue times and we are using an aggressive move to resolve them in patch 2.4. Patch 2.4 will be the most significant PvP update since launch. If you are a ranked warzone players you will love it.

Q: Did Cathar sell well? New Species?

A: Cathar was pretty popular amongst the players. I think the answer is yes we will see a new species but I can’t give you a time on it. We have a list of 3 species that we are looking at. It is not going to be soon as it takes a looooong time to make a new speciies.

Q: What are you plans to make subscribers feel like valued customers?

A: We have heard this a lot, especially with patch 2.1. Subscribers are super important to us – a lot of you didn’t think so with patch 2.1. We are making efforts to make subscribers feel valued. In July, around weekend of July 4th, you will see subscriber only benefits. Near the end of July, we are going to do a similar thing.

Q: When we will see Grand Acqusition or Rakghoul event coming back?

A: New event in patch 2.3, that event is entirely new. Rakghoul plague is eliminated from the galaxy, there is no chance of another Rakghoul plague. The new event will be start the week after patch 2.3.

Rakghoul DNA, will we see a use for them should the event coming back? You might want to hold on to it, just in case.

Rakghoul Event is NOT Returning | 06.10.2013, 10:45 PM

Ahh sarcasm, you double edged blade. We suggested that it couldn’t possibly return because the plague has been contained. What are the odds, right? Truth is, we were all dripping with sarcasm, and just trying to have a bit of fun! Sorry for any resulting confusion.

So let me clarify: A resurgence of the Rakghoul plague is something we would like to do and is actually currently in the cards. But not within the near term set of updates.

Q: SSSP – Super Secret Space Project?

A: We never should have talked about it. Now it just sounds we are mean to you guys by not talking about it. Let me think about it before the meet and greet in 3 days. Let me see if I can give you something about it. Yes it exists and it is something we are doing specifically based on your feedback.

Q: /stuck in warzones?

A: In Patch 2.2.1, we have a change coming in for /stuck. If you are in combat and during a warzone, it forces a 20 second cooldown on you so you can’t rez right away.

That is for warzones only, not for all combat.

Q: When is the next time when Bruce will be featured in a SWTOR video? I enjoyed his appearance

A: Right now, here it is. We will be filming the next video tomorrow and I will be in it.

Q: Hood toogle

A: It is not off the table, it is one of the thing it would be great if we had build the game like that from the beginning. Doing that now is a lot of work. It doesn’t mean it is off the table, it is just in the list behind other issues. I am an old DAOC fan and I love my hood toogle.

More info on Patch 2.3 if you are going to the Los Angel meet and greet cantina tour. If you are old enough to drink, Jeff will buy you a drink.

Bolster

SWTOR Live Stream Event – Your Thoughts | 06.10.2013, 10:16 PM

Amber threw me some help on this one. Here are two Bolster bug fixes going live in Game Update 2.2:

• Crit rating, accuracy rating, absorb rating, defense rating, and surge rating now respect diminishing returns for low level Bolstered characters.
• The base damage and armor value granted by Bolster have been slightly increased to account to the most recent item power available to players.

Also we currently have two other bug fixes slated for 2.2.1, they aren’t locked in 100% as they are still in testing. But just to give you some idea around "when will Bolster be fixed?"
Hope that adds some clarity!

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Strategy for individual bosses

• The Writhing Horror
• Heirad, Ciphas and Kel’sara
• Operator IX
• Kephess the Undying
• The Terror from Beyond

Loot List (8m)

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General information & Video

• HP: 4.49 million on 8m
• Enrage: ?
• Loot: 1 Kell Dragon Helm, 2 random Shadowed item (L75 stuff without set bonus), 8 Elite Commendations, 6 Ultimate Commendations, 1 Mass Manipulation Generator, 2 Exotic Element Equalizer

Video

Main Differences from Hardmode

There are a couple  new mechanics added to the Nightmare mode but they are sometimes not noticeable due to the lax enrage timer.

Phase 1: Laser Blast

The first thing you will notice are the big yellow circles surrounding the pillar that Kephess is connected to. If you had a hard time spotting which pillar to run to previously, the big yellow circle made it much easier. The idea here is that Kephess won’t get the stacking debuff that increases your damage on him during and after Laser Blast unless he is inside the yellow circle (as long one of his feet is inside the circle it seems to work).

Another mechanic associated with the yellow circles is that tanks seem to lose aggro while inside the yellow circle which makes it hard sometimes to get Kephess inside the circle as the tank leading him can lose threat if they run head first into the yellow circle.

Phase 2: Nanities

There are two minor changes for phase 2

• Kephess have a longer delay between jumps. If you were waiting to click on the pillar after Kephess lands from a jump, this strat may not work too well in Nightmare mode. The extra delay may cause some deaths.
• Pillars now get destroyed as soon as the first person that clicks it finished channeling. Previously in hardmode you could sort of cheese it by having some players click it later and it won’t get destroyed until the last person finishes or stop channeling. For most guilds this really isn’t a noticeable change unless you have players that are slow in clicking the pillars.

Reminder of Hardmode mechanics

If you are not familiar with the hardmode mechanics, here is a quick brush up for you. For a more detailed guide, please consult this guide.

Phase 1

• Tank on Kephess will receive a debuff and will need to cleanse it by running to the big glowy circle on the ground. Tank swap is needed when this happens.
• Energy Distortions will spawn in the room and tag whoever is closest to them. Once they tag a player, only they can destroy that Energy Distortion. DPS should try to get these distortions but if a tank gets it they can remove It running to the glowy circle when they have the debuff from Kephess.
• Kephess is connected to a pillar by a beam overhead. Tanks will need to drag Kephess to this pillar. Kephess will call out a random raid member and focus his Laser Blast on them. This player will need to run to this pillar so that Kephess is directly facing the pillar.  Each time the Laser Blast hit the pillar, Kephess will get a stacking debuff (up to 4 stacks) that increase the damage the raid can do to him for a few seconds.

Phase 2

• Dread Bomb: One player will get targeted by a red circle when Kephess lifts off in the air. Kephess will land on that player and deal quite abit of damage. Other raid members will need to get away from that player.
• Corrupted Nanites: Kephess will throw out Corrupted Nanites on random raid members that can be only cleansed by clicking on a pillar and channel an ability. Finishing or canceling the channel will destroy the pillar. If Kephess is near the pillar when it is destroyed, he will get knocked down and receive a debuff that increases raid damage on him.
• Radioactive Barrage: One random raid member will receive Radioactive Barrage, a ground attack that follows the targeted player. The said player will need to run away from rest of the raid while avoiding the Barrage.

Phase 3

• This phase is triggered when Kephess reaches 10%. You should use the last pillar when Kephess is at 11-12% HP so that you can do some increased damage on Kephess to shorten the duration of this phase.
• Nonstop circles on the ground and raidwide damage. You can get through this phase easily by having everyone stack on Kephess except the tanks who will receive most of the circles and can kite those around.

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General information & Video

• HP: 4.06 million on 8m, Tunneling Tentacles – 380k, Unstable Larva – 44k
• Enrage: 8.5 minutes on phase 2 & 3. About 1 minute for Tunneling tentacles on phase 1.
• Loot: 1 Kell Dragon Offhand, 2 random Shadowed item (L75 stuff without set bonus), 8 Elite Commendations, 6 Ultimate Commendations, 1 Mass Manipulation Generator, 2 Exotic Element Equalizer, and Helix Hyperpod mount.

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Main Differences from Hardmode

This fight is tightly tuned for nightmare with a very tight DPS check that forces you to utilize different strategies from hardmode in order to meet enrage.

Phase 1 – Tentacles and Larva

Unlike hardmode, Tunneling Tentacles on on nightmare mode have a very tight enrage timer of around 1 minute. In addition, tanks can no longer simply soak up the damage from exploding Unstable Larva adds carelessly as the explosion hits for about 51k damage if these Larva get near the tank.

This two factors means that you want to burn the tentacles down as fast as possible to ensure that you only spawn one set of Unstable Larva adds (Larva spawn based on a timer). Having to split DPS with a second set of Unstable Larva adds can cause some issues as you have to decide if you want to kill adds first while risking tentacles enrage or killing tentacles first and then risk having to deal with these adds during Birthing. If your DPS isn’t ideal, try to at least burn one tentacles down quick so you may only get one add instead of two when the second set of Unstable Larva spawns.

When you get to the third set of Tunneling Tentacles, you can ignore and dodge the second set of Unstable Larvas as your raid should get pulled into phase 2.

Phase 2 – Hypergate Alacrity , Inconsistency and tight enrage.

The Grasping Tentacles in Nightmare mode gain a stacking buff called Hypergate Alacrity with every Slam that decreases the cast time of their Slam attack by 0.25 seconds every stack. This means that the longer you take to kill the tentacles, the faster their Slam attack will be, serving as an additional DPS check mechanic.

Each Grasping Tentacle spawn Hypergate Anomalies at 70% and 25% of their HP. This means that for every pair of tentacles, you will get four anomalies. To help meet the tight enrage check on the boss and deal with Hypergate Alacrity buff on the tentacles, it is advised that you have 1 DPS killing the two anomalies that spawn from the first tentacle of every pair while rest of the DPS stay on the first tentacle. . For the second tentacle, have all four DPS on the tentacle and ignore the last two anomalies that spawn. The two anomalies will despawn once both tentacles are killed. This way, you are not wasting any DPS on killing unnecessary anomalies.

Keep in mind that when you are on the 3rd pair of tentacles and the fight is about to transition to Furious Tantrum phase, you must kill all four anomalies to reduce incoming damage during Furious Tantrum.

Lastly, at 50% of each Grasping Tentacle’s HP, they will cast a new ability called Creating Inconsistency. This will spawn a Hypergate Inconsistency orb always at the exact same platform. The player at the platform closest to the entrance) will receive a debuff called Inconsistency (healing received by 80%) and a green line beaming them to the Inconsistency Orb. This player will need to run to the orb to remove their debuff and the orb. This debuff it is probably meant for the tank who is coming to the entrance platform to remove their Scream debuff but if you put a healer there, they will get this debuff instead and can deal with it instead of the tanks.

Phase 3 – Furious Tantrum

Not much change from hardmode but you will probably enter this phase with the boss enraged or close to enrage. Make sure you kill off all four anomalies from the last pair of tentacles and use cooldowns. If the boss is enraged,  it will one shot the tank so make sure to have a healer on the entrance platform with a battle rez ready to get them back into the fight as needed.

Reminder of Hardmode mechanics

If you are not familiar with the hardmode mechanics, here is a quick brush up for you. For a more detailed guide, please consult this guide.

Phase 1

• Split your raid into two groups to deal with the Tunneling Tentacles. Tentacles have a frontal atttack (Slam) and will need to be tanked away from the group. Additionally, you will want to damage both tentacles equally to deal maximum damage to the boss.
• One player in each group will also need to stand a bit far away so that they are the recipient of Acid Spit. They also need to position themselves properly to avoid getting slammed from the boss itself.
• Unstable Larva spawn from the back on a timer. These guys will beam for the tank and explode unless DPS kills them first.
• Hypergate Beacon will spawn and pull a random raid member to them. If the the Beacon pulls the same person more than 3-4  times, they will killed so DPS those down quick,
• Once both tentacles are killed, Birthing occurs to spawn a bunch of adds that everyone need to avoid.
• After 3 pairs of Tunneling Tentacles, the boss will pull everyone in for phase 2.

Phase 2

• Tanks will need their own platforms to tank the boss as he will drop spit on the tank, rendering the platform unusable. Additionally, the boss have a channeled Scream attack that deals a lot of damage and leaves a debuff on the tank that deals increased damage. Tank swap is needed here and the tank with the debuff will need to head to the entrance platform to clear their debuff.
• Pair of Grasping Tentacles spawn and will need to be killed by the DPS while avoiding their Slam attack. These tentacles will also spawn Hypergate Anomalies at 70% and 25% of their HP on random platforms that will need to be killed.
• Once the pair of Grasping Tentacles are killed, Hypergate Irregularity spawns on most platforms and will need to be killed.
• Once three pairs of Grasping Tentacles are killed, the boss enters Furious Tantrum phase

Phase 3

• During Furious Tantrum, the boss drops aggro frequently and will attack random raid members. Tanks will need to keep taunting to get their aggro back. This phase is mostly a DPS race before the damage overcome the healers.

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Solus Secant Mount – 1500 CC

Praxon Trackmaster – 250 k credits, Legend reputation with Voss (Modeled by Pri’ya)

Turncoat Armor – 900 CC

• This Outfit was recovered by Cartel Associate N4-T3 on its final day of service. Set includes: Chestguard, Leggings, Gloves, Boots, Bracers, Belt

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This mount drops in Nightmare Terror from Beyond off the last boss.

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