You don't, since there isn't any content on the cartel market that subs need to purchase.

No, that doesn't make sense. If they did, numbers would never go down, and the number would be way higher than 10m. I wouldn't be surprised if swtor had about half of that in total accounts before f2p. Maybe there's some weirdness with the numbers going on in Asia, since apparently they have a different payment model, but I've seen no proof of that.

While I agree that perhaps there should be more effort put into directing players towards the conversations, I strongly disagree with forcing them to do the instance without group finder the first time. Some people may not care about the conversations at all, and a certain playstyle should not be forced upon them if there is no effect on other players.

Who said you're a majority ? Maybe you should stay of the queues. Or, the common sense thing to do, discuss it after the group is formed. I do no such thing, not even remotely close. But please, go ahead and jump to conclusions. Showing up isn't effort, not in group finder where you don't have a schedule to keep, you just press the find group button whenever it strikes your fancy. So do I, WHEN the player tells me that he doesn't know what to do. If they don't, we wipe because of him and he's still not willing to listen or put in any effort, you can bet your *** I'm not gonna be happy about it. First of all, I don't freak out. Second of all, if I have a repair bill because of something that is my fault, that's my problem. If I have a repair bill because of someone else, that's entirely different. So, basically, you're saying " Why do something myself, when I can have someone else do it for me ? " . Yeah, nice attitude ...

Mostly speaking from the perspective of the tactics, and not from the perspective of any gear checks that were / are, but with the exception of LI, I found all the lvl 50 HMs too easy.

And who is he to waste MY time, and the time of all the other players in the group ? Playing your way is fine, as long as you don't negatively affect the people you are grouped with. Then run it with like-minded people, or a group of friends/guildies that understands your situation and wants to support you. So, I should waste even MORE of my time, because you can't be arsed to put any effort into it, or because you think that your playstyle is somehow more important than the playstyle of everyone else in the group ? Yeah, how about no. You're exaggerating. It won't take more than a few minutes, and the things you have to memorize are generally pretty simple.

Granted. However, in the case of SWTOR, and other MMOs, pvp is a smaller part of the game compared to mp in sc2, cod or cs:go. Hell, in cs:go and cod multiplayer IS the game ( I seriously question anyone that buys cod for the singleplayer, it's awful ), and in the case of sc2 it's probably more than 50 % of the game. I think that's the case, yes. I used WoW because it's the most known, however, if you want to go even earlier than that, it only helps my argument, since my point is that it's old and outdated. Granted, but in that case we're talking about 20$, not 10$. Not to mention that the expansion still needs to be designed with subscribers in mind, since that's what Bioware seems to be aiming for, get as many ppl to subscribe as possible. I agree with everything, except the " huge " part. Personally, I feel it was an appropriate amount of content. I don't feel like I got ripped off, but it doesn't feel like a great deal either.

They didn't pull anything, each campaign has almost as many missions as all 3 campaigns did in the original game.

Balmorra was lost after you " saved " it, Taris is a dump with no value, and the whole point of the Empire being on Hoth was to tie up Republic resources, which may or may not actually make a considerable difference.

I see no evidence of that. Quantity and quality of content prior to f2p switch is roughly the same as quantity/quality of content released after f2p switch. HotS IS a full expansion. The problem is that it doesn't make sense to compare one with the other. There's one set of expectations you have for a non-MMO and a different set for MMOs. MMOs have crappier ( for lack of a better word ) gameplay compared to other games ( especially SWTOR, which is basically WoW in terms of gameplay ), so you expect more of it. You also expect more of it because it's an MMO that you pay a sub for. Yes, the sub is still a factor when it comes to expansion content/pricing, because the content needs to keep you entertained until they can release more. You don't need to play a single-player game for months on end, and for multiplayer games like HotS MP or, say, CS:GO the fun and longevity isn't in the actual content, it's in the competition.

Does it say otherwise ? If not, this isn't proof of anything.

Ok, let me rephrase that : What's your point ? Why does it matter that " hornball guys " want to see girl or girl ? Why did you post what you posted ? What did you add to the conversation ?

What relevance does that have ?

Yeah, that's not how things work. Even in face to face conversation, I'd say " stupid " is a pretty mild offense, moderate at best. On the internet, it's on the same level as " Hello ". Respond in kind or ignore it, asking them to stop won't accomplish anything.

I'll take XP loss over the instance resetting any day.

That's a logical fallacy. 40 minutes after which he was still unable to play, and unless I misunderstood his post, he flat out hasn't been able to play at all. I'd be pissed too if my gametime wasted away while I was unable to log. Would I permanently quit because of this, and never come back even if they fixed it ? Probably not, but that's my choice, I could totally understand why someone else might not choose to trust again. What you alone do is irrelevant. If statistics show that a large enough number of people are unhappy because they lost their accounts ( or are afraid that they may lose their accounts, and see that others are providing increased security ), and Bioware/EA are losing a large enough amount of money on providing support for restoring accounts, then they will try and prevent it.

That's weird. If I try and log on both the website and the game at the same time, I only get one password, which can be used in both places. Also, if I use the password on either the game or the website, I do not need to do it for the other.

Yes, that's what I said, that they shouldn't reset the entire instance, just the particular thing that killed you.

Then reset that particular pack, not the entire thing.

Having a quest arbitrarily reset on you entirely, simply because you died for a specific reason has nothing to do with with his skill at the game, or with how hard the content is or isn't. Having to kill mobs that you have already killed does not add challenge to the game, it only adds annoyance. Please keep your baseless assumptions to yourself, they add nothing to the conversation and you end up looking ... silly.

Because security questions don't really add that much protection. If we're talking about social engineering, if you're naive enough to give away your password, you're probably naive enough to give away your security questions as well. If we're talking about key logging, they will eventually ( probably sooner rather than later ) have the questions as well as your password. With an e-mail in the picture, it's harder for them. They have to deal with 2 passwords, and whatever additional protection your e-mail provider might have ( like SMS protect or smth ), and even the most naive of people would probably have alarm bells going off in their head if someone asked for their swtor password AND their e-mail password.

My beef with the particular part of your post that I quoted is that you said that the only new content type missing is a new warzone, and that you then arbitrarily used the new mission types to replace flashpoints for no good reason. Whether or not the missions compensate for the lack of new flashpoints or not is not my point. 1.1 also added heavily to Karagga's Palace.

I did separately mention the new quest types, but I'm not going to arbitrarily count them as flashpoint replacements for no apparent reason and say that the only new thing they didn't have is a warzone.

Based on the info we got before release, personally I am not surprised by this. For the longest time the only thing advertised with this expansion was the new planet. In the end, we got 1 planet, 1 op, 4 recycled fps, 2 new questing systems ( I guess we could call them that ) and other misc changes that aren't content. Play as a non-sub and let me know if you feel like subs are getting the shaft. They really aren't. Even preferred status players, who can potentially give more money to Bioware than subs, are still treated as second class citizens, and can't buy their way out of it without subscribing. You're exaggerating when you say you're being nickel and dimed. You pay your sub, you payed for the expansion ... and what else ? Where's the nickel and diming ? The cartel market has nothing of consequence that you NEED to buy. Achievements are not content. They're text that pops up on the screen when you play the game, or text on the screen that encourages you to do things in a contrived way to get more text to pop up on your screen. It didn't include any new flashpoints either. No, recycling 4 of them does not count. It wasn't ok when WoW did, it certainly isn't ok when SWTOR does it. At least Blizzard made considerable changes to some of theirs, and also had new ones alongside them ( with one exception ). I'm guessing that's why he said large patch. Overall, I am content with my purchase. I didn't get a great deal, but I don't feel like I got shafted either.

Because there are hundreds of possible hardware and software combinations that could cause issues.