Couple of news updates for all of you! First off is this week's Tuesday Tip!

Weapon Decay Weapons decay with usage; each time you use it, the item decays. When the condition of the weapon reaches 25% of the item's maximum total condition, the weapon’s minimum and maximum damage starts to decay. The item reaches a decay threshold at the 25% mark. For every 1% below the 25% condition threshold, the weapon’s minimum and maximum damage is decreased by 1%. This usage decay will drop a weapon's effectiveness down to 0. What you can do when your weapon reaches 25% is to "roll the dice" and try to repair your weapon. It's a long shot, but it is a chance to get your weapon repaired. A weapon repair kit is an old fashioned dice roll chance to repair your weapon. If you "get a good dice roll" and repair a weapon (or have it repaired for you) back above the 25% threshold, the weapon’s initial min/max damage is restored. For smugglers, slicing in no way effects the rate at which a weapon decays, but a sliced weapon will make the weapon repair even chancier than it already is. Weaponsmiths have a slightly greater chance of repairing a weapon than other professions. Additionally, trying to repair a weapon with less than 25% gets more and more risky with each percentage point and will probably destroy the weapon outright.

Official Post The next order of business is SOE is now searching for new correspondents for the following professions:

Image Designer Jedi Pistoleer Carbineer

For more information click on the profession you are interested in. The remaining news can be found by reading on. Tiggs (newest Dev of SWG) has released pre-patch notes from an upcoming update!

Hero of Tatooine - Players who completed all four parts of this quest were unable to get the final badge and reward. This issue has been fixed and players can now proceed forward. Commodities Market - Added time remaining field for available items on the Bazaar - Added time remaining field for players owned items that are for sale on a vendor Email - Emails are now limited to 4000 characters. FS Quests Padawan trials - Fixed an issue where the Pannaqa quest was not giving a trial task if the player restarts are fails the quest. - Fixed an issue where the trial target was automatically attacking if the player has lost enough faction standing in that NPCs faction. - Fixed an issue where players were able to speak with vanquished trial targets. This should no longer occur. NPCs - Updated Whip so that he knows when a player gave him a crate and didn't lose the crate. - Corrected the dialog with the planter NPC in the village. (Basically we corrected some typos) Phase 3 Combat - Fixed an issue where both parties were not getting rewards in team complete. Both parties should now receive the reward. - Added a system message to indicate that group mate's have completed the "kill five enemies" step. Theme park - Updated Nym's conversation so that if a player has items he'll delete them and if not he doesn't care. Vehicles and Droids - Vehicles and Droids now have increased customization lifespan to 200 calls. Vehicles - Customization fade-away for vehicles will now work like droids (fade to white). Vendors - Fixed an issue where some players were not able to create or initialize the correct number of vendors. Miscellaneous - Weapon and armor equipping should now be visible in the command queue.

Official Post Lucas Arts and SOE are looking for people to test out JTL and give their input in a group environment. More info follows.

On FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17th Nielsen Interactive Entertainment invites Star Wars Galaxies SUBSCRIBERS of all experience levels to participate in an afternoon or evening research group to test the new Star Wars Galaxies: Jump To Lightspeed expansion pack! You will play Jump To Lightspeed for 2 hours, and then participate in a focus group to tell us what you think. Research pays $100 cash for your participation. Lunch or dinner included. Please call our confirmation department toll free (877) 862 - 3456 and state that you are calling to RSVP for "CONCORD MMO research" on Friday September 17th. ALL SF / BAY AREA WELCOME. Community Relations Specialist, LucasArts

Official Post And finally is the announcement of a massive Star Wars fan festival! Details can be found here!