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A new Star wars: The Old Republic update brings many new features and upgrades to the current title. As well as a chance to invite your friends to join you in all of the action. 
 
EA, BioWare and LucasArts revealed Game Update 1.2 “Legacy” today via a press-release, sent out early this morning. The update is set to be released this April 2012. The extensive update will include “new high level group content and community-requested features including PvP Warzone Rankings and Guild Banks, along with enhancements to the game’s innovative Legacy system”.
 
The press-release also states that the update will improve “UI customization” and “gameplay fixes”. Bioware also announced a new “Friends Trial*” program. This program will allow subscribers to “invite as many as three of their friends for a seven-day free game trial”.

“Prior to release, our main priority for Star Wars: The Old Republic was to deliver a high quality game and service, right from day one,” said Dr. Greg Zeschuk, General Manager of the BioWare Label’s MMO Business Unit and Co-Founder of BioWare. “Now that we’ve achieved that, we have shifted our focus to adding more content to the game and improving and refining the experience for our fans. Legacy is our biggest update yet and a great example of the kind of content players can expect for the months and years ahead.”

Update 1.2 notes via Bioware:
 

• Flashpoint: Lost Island continues the Kaon Under Siege Flashpoint from Game Update 1.1 – Rise of the Rakghouls. Players must survive a menacing island of mystery on Ord Mantell as they hunt for clues to the Rakghoul virus outbreak that ravaged the Tion Hegemony. But the answers to this riddle may prove fatal!
• Operation: Explosive Conflict sends groups of eight or sixteen Imperial or Republic players to a new zone on the planet of Denova, where traitors and mercenaries are selling the rare explosive mineral baradium to the highest bidder. Players will battle through hordes of Droids, mercenaries and deadly creatures all fighting for control of the planet and its valuable resources.
• Warzone: Novare Coast pits two teams in an epic battle to control multiple mortar locations and use them to bombard vulnerable enemy bases. Like the Huttball Warzone, Novare Coast can be played Republic vs. Empire or with players of the same faction fighting each other in a thrilling contest of wills to determine each side’s greatest champions.

 
On March 6th, current subscribers will have the ability to start inviting friends to join their game. The trial will give new players 7 days of free access to reach level 15 across all eight classes