Just getting back into swtor after a long break and I have to say... this isn't encouraging. The level sync absolutely needs to be optional, this should be common sense. Combining all of the stats? Someday, it seems everyone will have max stats for their level regardless of gear. Just to keep things "simple". Companion gear now meaningless? Good idea if your intention was to alienate older players and make them feel like they wasted a large chunk of their lives. Part of the fun of the leveling/gearing process was also getting to improve companions. Another nudge in the "lets all have max stats all the time at every level" direction. Which by the way, is a terrible direction to go. Hoping this is just a lapse of judgement by the dev team or a test set of notes to see the community's reaction.

I like all of the features added.. (except for this worrysome, disclaimer-ridden combat log -- A WORRY FREE COMBAT LOG IS STANDARD IN AN MMO - IT'S NOT HARD, I JUST DON'T UNDESTAND GAHH--) Aside from my rage over their inability to make an easy to manage combat log, I truly can't comprehend how there is a 50 minute queue time on my only server.. not to mention all of the legacy perks are only available on your main's server. Not much incentive to play at all. I'm truly disappointed with how this is turning out, after waiting months for the "real release" (a game isn't finished until it has a combat log...*cough*)

Still waiting for an MMO to come out with a very straightforward PvP setting. Slaughter count warzone would be so good. First team to 50 kills wins. The beauty of the plan is it's simplicity, dude.

this game's community continues to baffle me. then again, so do the game features (or lack thereof rather)..

I still don't understand why an instance can't somehow "scan" the group and only drop items that are usable by those 4 classes. It's kind of a waste of time otherwise if you're only running the instance for loot.

This is where my guild is at right now. We cleared everything, we're fully geared - but the raids don't even work anymore. Not to mention there's only 2 of them. My guild went back to League of Legends.. because there is no point in playing SWToR at this time. At least for players like us who enjoy raiding more than any other aspect of an MMO.

Unfortunately my expectations were clearly too high. BioWare had held a high standard except for DA2 and I expected that same standard. Especially when they delayed release so that the game would be "polished". A game that's polished has a combat log. Enough said.

They should be paying us a tester's salary, because that's what we are. We aren't players or customers. We are fools paying them to play unfinished content. They then ignore us when we tell them it's broken. Where's my paycheck BioWare? I'm tired of working. I want to start enjoying.

In WoW, even with all the content finished and no more raid bosses to conquer -- you could at least roll out to a trivial instance and pump some numbers out of your COMBAT LOG or DPS parser. That was at least mildly entertaining.. Can't even do that here.

I hit 50 in the first month. We cleared all the raid-content (despite intolerable bugs) it's a laughable amount of content for how long this game has been in production. BW is fooling themselves if they think leveling is the main draw for the MMO crowd. My suggestion? Go play League of Legends or StarCraft 2, that's what swtor endgame really is.

I had a dream last night that I was a panda. I also dreamed that I was a panda in a raid that worked. It was very nice. I think I'll go do that when it's real. Why am I choosing pandas over lightsabers? Pandas actually work. Lightsabers have bugs clogging their crystals. FAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLL

Truly, the end-game raid content in this game is absolute trash. Seriously, I waited years and years for this game -- and all they have to offer is TWO VERY SMALL BUG-RIDDEN raids. 5 Bosses a piece. EV has 2 bosses that aren't bosses, they are 0 skill loot boxes, one of which bugs on a regular basis and locks you out of the raid entirely, halting your progress and wasting your time. How the *(^($% can they think this is acceptable? I know now all SWToR is about is voiceover and mediocre story-lines. That is supposed to make up for how trash the game really is. League of Legends is free, they support it constantly and ensure that the player-base STAYS INTERESTED. MMO's keep their player-base interested with END-GAME... NOT voiceovers and questlines. Absolute. Epic. Fail.

Truly, the end-game raid content in this game is absolute trash. Seriously, I waited years and years for this game -- and all they have to offer is TWO VERY SMALL BUG-RIDDEN raids. 5 Bosses a piece. EV has 2 bosses that aren't bosses, they are 0 skill loot boxes, one of which bugs on a regular basis and locks you out of the raid entirely, halting your progress and wasting your time. How the *(^($% can they think this is acceptable? I know now all SWToR is about is voiceover and mediocre story-lines. That is supposed to make up for how trash the game really is. League of Legends is free, they support it constantly and ensure that the player-base STAYS INTERESTED. MMO's keep their player-base interested with END-GAME... NOT voiceovers and questlines. Absolute. Epic. Fail.

Combat logs are needed. EverQuest succeeded for years with 1 thing. It was a combat log, that was all you had. A combat log, and unless you were a bard - a handful of abilities to use. And a combat log. You looked at it, you saw numbers flying, it was good. Combat log. Combat log. Enough said. P.S. - give me more end-game content asap we already beat your game jeez

I can't believe BW hasn't even acknowledged this issue.. at least nowhere that I've looked. The fact that they shipped this without a combat log is madness. Absolute madness. Not only has my guild cleared the measly amount of end-game content - but we can't even have friendly DPS races or "push" each other to play better. Why not? Because we have absolutely no reference point. None. Zero. Just like my want to play this game. None. Zero. This after YEARS of anticipation. So disappointing.

Who decided it was okay to launch without a combat log?

Oh, I'd also like to be able to pass loot that I no longer require to someone who can actually use it, but no... it's been assigned to me already. YAY VENDOR COLUMI SET PIECES INSTEAD OF GEARING THE MARAUDER WHO DOESN'T HAVE A SINGLE PIECE YET.................

I'm with you man, this destiny loot system is absolute trash. Seriously, whoever thought this one up has NEVER raided in their LIVES. And honestly if just ONE person the culprit works with had raided in their lives, they wouldn't have allowed this horrid system into launch. I've had to send in multiple item swap requests because the system sends DPS trinkets to tanks, Healing trinkets to DPS, and Heavy Armor tank boots to Operatives (that one is really brilliant). Not to mention, none of those item swaps have completed because in-game customer support is a joke, most of the time your tickets aren't even fully read, and the automated response has nothing to do with your ticket. /endrant

the chosen one speaks again.... smh

Also MMO's aren't about replayability, single player games are. MMO's are about longevity and END GAME content, for most people I know MMOs only begin at the level cap.

No Chewpaco, me never leveling another character again does not limit the replayability of the game or the experience of new players. Even if my whole huild re-rolled new characters, that would only be 8 more lowbies on the server. It's not enough people to support your argument. A new player will always be somewhat lonesome on an MMO, the later they start, the more lonesome it will be. Regardless of how many characters people create.

Chewpaco, no I do understand. I already stated that your only motive against DS was because you wanted the game to be harder for people and that you find inconvenience to be a challenge, both things you admitted to just here. Leveling 2 characters to succeed with 1 raid group is not a reasonable solution, if you fail to see that I am sorry.

Do humans ever think about others first? Just because you don't have a job or social life doesn't mean everyone else doesn't. The game released over Christmas break. That is a lot of time away from normal daily life to lvl up a character over the course of 2 close holidays. For someone who doesn't have more than 3 hours to devote to the game a day, leveling a character just might be quite a chore and not worth the effort.. especially if it's only being leveled to fix an issue that Dual-Spec could resolve.

Who said anything about rules? This is about expressing my reasons for wanting dual-specs and my justification of playing with real-life friends over internet people since it was so challenged. You can troll me if you want but at least do it well

Let's ***-u-me that everyone in the world has the time to dedicate to leveling two character and gearing two characters. The ignorance is blinding me!!