Summary of new things about 1.3 learned from this panel
Permanent free trial starting in patch 1.3 – still restricted to a certain level
Improved in-game tutorials for new players
Performance optimizations for low-mid machines
Allow you to link missions in chat
Keep same original group after warzones
Same faction Alderaan Civil war.
Weekly missions to defeat world bosses
Vote kick feature in groups created by group finder
Ranked warzones are on for patch 1.3 but could be disabled if the quality is not there.
Adding rewards for those who are neutral in the alignment (if not this update, then definitely 1.4)
Free server transfers is just the beginning, mega server clusters is a concept in development.
A new trailer for adaptive social gear was released in this panel