SO, am I to believe that a player that does not want to spend 15 bucks per month for this game, for whatever reason, is spending 20 bucks in the same month? Sorry, but that won`t fly. They MIGHT buy one, but it`s my 30 bucks in 2 months vs a one time 20 bucks sale. It could be his ONLY one for all I know and I care. Also, money is money. Period. There is no other way of looking at it. You either spend real money or you don`t. A freeloader spending 1 bil ingame money is still a freeloader against real money spent to buy coins that bought whatever from the CM. Whether it sold or not, real money was spent, not lulz money. Lulz money don`t count towards revenue, sorry.

Or certain devs.. to understand the principle.. of why half a pant`s leg can`t stay on the actual leg.

Then it begs the question - What would our beloved virtual avatars do, say they enter the 4th week with the same pants on? What would a dev do with glued pants on? I`m all for suspension of disbelief, but this is borderline ridiculous.

I have an interest in the Tommy Gun for my Agent and it WILL look like crap with a golden gun. On the other hand, I won`t go near it if it would be anything than black or grey.

That would be probably the only honest way of polling the community, yes.

Wonderful. There was also a Twitter poll issued by Bioware - I linked for it a while back, I`ll try to dig it up again. And it won`t kill them to poll INGAME, would it? If they truly want to give the species the players want and not gain artistic points, that is. [EDIT] http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=555544 Scroll to 13 November. As for voting, they asked a planet vote around that time, too, then we ended up with Makeb. And Makeb was NEVER a top 10. http://torwars.com/bioware-wants-feedback-new-planets-and-improvements-to-ui-customization/ http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=4229478#edit4229478

I am against AC swapping as well. At this point, with so many options to boost XP gain, 2 separate toons is not a hard thing to achieve. AC swapping is only a tool for the lazy and I don`t particularly like them neither. As it stands RIGHT NOW, 2 toons on one side cover all the needed roles - tank, DPS, healing. One road trip from 1 to 55 is simpler and a far better option than a class overhaul or a new respec system.

Surprisingly enough, all I`ve talked to ingame actually like Cathar more than Togruta and would like Voss more. But the forum poll says otherwise. Might be just novelty, might be because they are all secretly warm and fuzzy on the inside, I don`t know. While I do appreciate that at least SOME got their wish, we have only humanoids + cats and dogs + twis. I`d like one more alien like species that is the NUMBER ONE asked thing and not one more humanoid, thank you. Not even creative, since we already have blue humanoids as Chiss and red ones as Sith, or bald / white as Rattataki so Voss won`t bring anything new.

http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=479757 http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=640602 This answers your who wants it. Cathar was NEVER above top 3 and got in. Voss, IF it is the next species, would make it only the second out of only 2 times where Bioware pisses on its community - nothing new, though.

Things are balanced as they are right now, only needing 2 toons to cover 3 roles. You still need, at best, 3 sets of gears only for PvE. With the current xp legacy boosts and exp boosts off cartel market, one 1 to 55 extra is very easy to achieve. SO, I got, on one hand, one extra toon as a drawback, vs. some "I wanna do all on one toon" idea, which will need a new balance. Sorry, but I don`t trust ANYONE more than I trust whatever process Bioware had for the CURRENT classes and their... particularities. As far as I can guess, you`re just trying to get away with only one toon leveled to 55 and want the game to change to your needs, instead of rolling a second char. That is not a good way of proposing an idea. Now, do what everybody is doing - ding 2 toons at 55, ideally with 3 roles - in your case, a powertech and a mercenary - for a total of 1 tank, 4 dps and 1 heal trees.

This game is alive because I and others pay my 15. Out of those that pay their 15`s, some will spend extra on CC`s to buy new shinies, thus spending more than they would by just spending 15. Also, the game is not dead and never was. Sure, it is far off it`s "We want a large chunk of WOW`s market" and a far cry from its 1.7 mil subs, but, money wise, it`s not doing THAT bad. Furthermore, I really really REALLY hope you won`t come in here with a straight face and tell me that a player that finds 15 bucks not worthy for this game is spending 20 a month on the same game in the form of coins. This is only the logical point of view, since we all know that the subs are the most that bankroll the game. Why? Sugar coated or not sugar coated, a sub IS a "First Class Player". Makes no difference if we call them subs or GODS. Premium sounds so mundane, won`t you agree?

The sideboob like the sideboob, but I can`t understand, for the love of me, that right leg. If the left is made to stay on the leg with a black stripe, how can you keep one half of your pants tight on the leg? It is either missing texture, or Bioware is missing common sense.

I don`t own nor collect pets. They are what they are - lulz following you. Now, why would I need to suddenly collect them to have that +1% buff in PvP?

Ugh, gangsters didn`t invent gold guns.. I think it was the pimps.. or James Bond. Might be awfully mistaken, but I`d imagine a Carlos, or a Ruiz with a golden gun rather than a "Babyface" Nelson or a "Bugsy" Siegel. Or a 50 Cent or an Eminem. I`m not particularly fond of "bling", so anything other than black would make it ridiculous.

Companion kits would be a nice thing.

1. The story is the same for any base class, so mercenary and powertech have the same story anyway, NOW. 2. I don`t like universal classes. Never have and never will. Also, I will need gear for each spec ANYWAY, so I am ONLY gaining the extra 1 - 55 trip in your request. And I sincerely don`t think it is unreasonable to need ONLY TWO toons for all 3 roles as they are. All this cluster**** is just to avoid ONE MORE toon to 55, with opening all sorts of potential stupidity and problems in balancing the classes, without the original crew to do it - which they didn`t do TOO bad up to 50 - and the new ones that still are clueless on how to balance them properly, 2 years later. And we are expecting 5 more levels worth of balancing at one point also, which will have people screaming murder soon. I`m sorry, but the potential for having bigger issues with class balance is too high for just the time you save for one toon. Especially when we are talking about the new emerging FOTM`s - stackers and CC automatic machines - and THAT will be true murder for most.

Well, I`ll give you my honest point of view. Right now, my sub covers what I expected to when I bought the game. Having been a F2P or an option to F2P in 2012, I would`ve not touched it - Star Wars or not Star Wars. Now, I trusted Bioware with my money to improve the game. They did, but I now have to pay more, or "grind - work" more for the same amount of money, only because they were imbeciles and didn`t make a game that can keep subs. So, from "I can get everything ingame as long as I grind long enough", it turned into "Oh, look! I need to pay more than 15 bucks if I want new looks on gambling, no less, or I need to work MORE to make the money to afford the expensive things". So, if I have it harder for paid money, why anyone that isn`t paying anything should have less than nightmare? Yes, some MIGHT turn into subs, but, if they didn`t already, I am safe to assume they don`t want to go above "Freeloader Status". For ONLY 15 bucks a month, you too can have no restrictions. Because, in all honesty, you get what you pay for. Not you, OP, as a singular player, but in general, of course. This is why I don`t like freeloaders - they don`t pay anything and are only good at inflating numbers, but they demand rights. Want rights? Pay 15 - nothing personal nor aggressive in this sentence, or settle with whatever "trial" you`re on. In this game you are getting the whole story. The single player all given for free should be more than enough. Want MMO? Pay for it or stay and play RPG for free - looks like a more than fair deal to me.

[EDIT to the above post]: It might be possible to argue that, if CC tokens are offered for sale, that constitutes gambling in it`s legal sense, as you are using real money in the whole process. It all comes down to how virtual goods are handled and if gambling covers them in whatever Country / State Bioware is based in. So, whether I, as a person, gamble or not, is of little concern over what Bioware, as a legal personality, does.

Blasted. Well, now you have TWO answers!

You still don`t get it. You see, there is nothing that is locked past the monthly sub. You choose NOT to be a 1st Class Citizen and fly Economic and wonder why they give you half eaten sandwiches. It doesn`t work like that, sorry. In other words - you choose to NOT BUY artifact authorization OR the monthly fee then complain that you are treated like a 2nd Class Citizen? Sorry, but that is not P2W - that is you freeloading and wanting equal rights with people that actual spend money. You didn`t explain ****. You are trying to justify your lack of money or wanna-be equal rights. IF you would pay 15 a month, we both have the same rights. Or you COULD pay artifact authorization and we are even. There isn`t ANY item on the Cash Shop that gives me an edge on EQUAL TERMS. But equal terms is a sub paid, not free play, sorry. So, pay your fifteen and stop pretending you are persecuted. To you, maybe. To others, unlikely, as P2W is something else - sell exclusive advantages for money. My sub and your sub are equal - neither of us can get +100 crystals nor 200 rated gear, regardless of how much money we might have. And why not lock it? You aren`t paying anything so you have no rights. Want stuff? Pay for it - gamble packs, sub one month or prostitute yourself for a cheap unlock - the choice is yours, but it is NOT exclusive to the CM - it is only linked to your willingness to pay 15 a month or not.

Virtual Goods . They pulled this card with the packs already. Unless we are over semantics, in which case I have no idea what you`re talking about - there is a distinct difference between a gamble and gambling . One of them is regulated by the law. Slot machines fall under gambling. Do please tell me where I am wrong if none of the above is correct and why.

And why shouldn`t it be a new addition? Pazaak and slots I mean?

This game will add only things that can be heavily monetized IMO. We might never see Pazaak... or we might, but with nice cards exclusive to CM. Now that would be hilarious - you know, them +-1`s and 2`s.

To gamble for something and gambling as an activity are different things. You see, in the little thing some call Real World, gambling is a serious thing and is regulated by law. SO, good ole Bioware should publish the return payouts for those slots.

Nobody is stopping you from doing anything. Do your dailies and earn money or don`t do your dailies and don`t earn money. Do a one time OP and get an armoring RE and craft it for cash or don`t. Slice, sell mats, prostitute yourself for all I care, but the CHOICE is there. Your refusal to make that choice isn`t a valid reason, sorry. Because if I have raiding evening and I`m spending 200k on repairs alone AND I`m levelling an alt, even with Slicing, it won`t make money. So, for that evening, I can HOPE at even, assuming I can slice my way to about 10 Thermals and a crit for mission schematic. I am not even going into alts that need augments and augment kits and the need for off-spec gear. You don`t have any of these expenses - you just pick-up and play with no worries in the world. You are paid enough for what you are doing - pew pew fun with no drawbacks. Yea, it is easier to look at the big "Crafting +750k fee" messages, but the average player is not a millionaire. And in PvP you can get good money in this regard - on par with casuals on PvE side.