It's always been about the setting and story for SWTOR but there's only so many times the typical player will go through the story content before they move on. As a result the game is on life support and considered a niche title unlike the major MMOs that are still earning quite a bit in revenue. I'm not sure there's any chance of a revival for the game but maintenance mode is fine with me as the story is fun to revisit every so often.

Some people turn off chat entirely. I dont even blame them considering how toxic it can get in a pvp environment. But just sitting out the match is like a child crossing their arms, pouting, and standing still in the middle of a sports field during a game because they think their team is bad.

Seems like you're burnt out and not enjoying it the way you used to. Try a different game or two then come back when it calls to you again.

Minor bug where some kind of passive is showing in the ship window but it doesn't have any info on it and only says "undefined". Not super urgent but thought I'd report it anyways.

This is my favorite popcorn thread.

Should just let everyone post, people who are f2p still contribute to the community and are a part of making this game feel like it has an active population. I don't see a reason why their opinions and comments aren't also valid. The concern with spam and moderation is a legitimate one but is also something that other forums manage to deal with just fine and I don't think these forums would be any different.

I think it would be cool but its likely that the armors only have the models for that specific companion and would require more work to make them available for all the player body types.

The Alderaan one is nice, I would love to have it as a decoration we could use in other strongholds too.

This is extremely helpful, thanks for putting it together.

That is amazingly thorough and great work. Thanks for putting it all together.

Maybe calling all the players on your team "trash" because they aren't good is the reason the queue doesn't pop as often as it used to. Afking as if you don't have a choice is ridiculous, just play it through and maybe if everyone else has a little fun they'll queue up for another round. People dropping and afking because they think their team is bad are just being sore losers.

This would be great. I have several characters where I haven't even chosen the second one because I'm nervous I'll pick the wrong thing and regret it later.

Are you guys really still arguing about snowballs?

GSF is awesome, tons of fun pew pewing all over. It would be nice if the matchups were a little more balanced. I really like that the weeklies give good rewards and that there are incentives for people to play the game mode. Even more would be great, I'd love to see the queue pop in off hours too although that's not really a problem exclusive to GSF.

Please, it drives me crazy.

I'll be honest, it annoyed me too but then I reminded myself not to be Scrooge McDuck and I carried on.

I don't think it should be a classic server but rather something that features more hardcore gameplay with added challenge. Over the years a variety of QoL changes have been made that have compiled into making the game, especially the leveling process, entirely too easy. It's an odd conundrum, making challenge in a game, essentially making the game harder in order to make it more satisfying. I'm betting that's what a lot of the nostalgia is really about. When you had to get everything the hard way like you did at launch, it felt more like a traditional MMO with all the grind that entails rather than a more casual experience where everything is granted to you quickly and easily. That said, many think they want that challenge but I bet they'd quickly change their minds when faced with actually going through the grind again.

How is the population in pvp lately? Are queue pops happening in off hours? A rating system would be nice but only if it doesn't make pvp unapproachable for new players.

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Interesting, so mostly just some corporate re-structuring then? That's alright with me, I think they've done a good job. Thanks for letting me know.

It's been some time since I last played and I was surprised and enthused to learn that the game was taken over by a new dev team. I saw the letter published about the last year and it looks good to me. What are your impressions about how they're doing? What are some of the major changes that have happened in the last few years?

I really hope they don't remove the sub. It is a built-in incentive for the devs to focus on core gameplay issues that will result in people playing more rather than padding out the cartel market with more items.

If you put in enough time and effort to gear up 34 alts I'd say you more than got your money's worth. Besides, GSF is probably the best thing about the game these days anyways.

Whether throwing the match by suicide or AFK the problem is a serious one for GSF. Usually the motivation for such behavior is the rewards it provides in other areas of the game. However, I don't see the solution to this problem to be getting rid of the rewards. Instead, more work needs to go into detection algorithms that determine whether or not a player is contributing and penalizing those who don't contribute. The trick is separating those who aren't contributing from those who are just struggling. A penalty that might work is forcing the player who doesn't contribute in a match to do a "remedial" set of matches against bots to learn the material and practice. After 2 or 3 of these matches they would then be able to queue again as usual.

This game is neither dead nor dying. It's been one of the top ten MMOs for a decade and I doubt it's going anywhere anytime soon.