Been playing on and off since 2012 (2011 beta too) and want to play this game more, plain and simple. I pay a sub to WoW which i play alot more than this. Having said this, I'd still like to play more of this as well but 30 a month total for me is not gonna cut it financially. which is why i play on and off (also new story kotet is somewhat boring to me, but thats for a different forum lol) Im assuming EA makes bank on the cartel cash shop, Does anyone think in the future this game will "survive" based on the cash shop itself ? just curious on peoples opinions:)

Okay im getting mixed answers and replies here. -Since the removal of expertise will now be active in 5.0, whats the difference between pvp and pve gear? -can we not perform well in both pve and pvp due to this change? - Since both types of gear drops from crates and crates only, whats the difference between them? -how will this affect on more of a more competitive stand point? ranked pvp/ hardmode ops? thanks in advance! P.S. im not mad about the changes at all, just havnt found info on the topics above that made sense

I have played since 2011, never have a ever seen a subpar dps marauder in ranked pvp especially if played correctly, yes it is a much more complex class to play, but dont disregard the class just because of a slight learning curve. again completely my opinion

i would much rather have the huge cauldrons and bulky armor than some brown cloth looking items...

for trooper sake i can agree with you. but these last couple of years the armor sets have been so weird looking, not interesting pieces at all, looked even worse with dyes, and has no effort into detail. Look at the war hero and battle master sets for all classes. now those were sick! there was some time in effort put into these sets and actually made you feel as if you were different from the class next or mirrored to. If you look at the cartel market peices alone, the only cool ones were revans gear and helm, mask of nihilus and maybe one other. the rest is getting more and more like "brown nomad armor" what happened to juggernauts having big metal gear looking armor, or sorcs looking like an actual sith sorc! you know damaged drapes cool detailed crystals on armor etc.. its just sad to look at. i wish i still had my armor from vanilla back in 2011

how lol? and in what pvp or pve?

i agree with the posts above to an extent. certain classes are better than most at doing 1v1, arenas, tanking with high movement, most defensive cooldowns, most burst etc... but i highly encourage you not to become a FOTM person. especially coming 5.0. practice with a class and playstyle you love and have fun with it. I LOVE both bounty hunter classes, story, both playstyles, and makes jedi look like the "biebers" of the game (lol) been merc through nerfs and buff and played powertech through OP'ness and heavy nerfs. played jugga alot in vanilla too. but to get to the point go with what fits your class fantasy, playstyle, animation, story, abilities etc.. no point in switching to THE 1v1 class if toy just doing it for the one reason. besides youll get bored or they will get nerfed then youll go down the alt-aholic route. coming 5.0 that will not be fun for you. especially in pvp. bu thats just my opinion have fun with it swtor fam!

i believe ranked is kinda dead but not regs on my server. what server you even on?

hope to see you in game lol:D

i dont know what your talking about or what server you are on. pvp times are around 1-5 MAXIMUM for me and it will be faster due to the people having no expertise this next expansion. you might be on a low pop server. last night my ques lastes 30 - 45 sec.

In you opinion they might be bad. but fro god sakes the end game gear for the new expansion look exactly the same to the class next you. white with brown stains on crappy "outlander gear" its terrible.... even if they do this i hope to god there is some much better detailed armor. you know making a sorc look like a sorc. making a guardian look like a guardian etc..

Has anyone noticed that the armor for all classes are looking really boring? I mean if you look at patch 1.2 armor for example (many other sets in the beginning too) they had deep detail and really brought out the class you were playing as. IMO made the visual game play through pve and pvp more appealing. I wish they weould really deck out some of the new gear coming in 5.0. They are all brown or black "smuggler" or "outlander" looking sets on the cartel market. especially the most recent ones. My suggestions would be: 1. Really put heavy emphasis on the class and the armor the goes with it! (juggernaut heavy metal machine type armor, sorcs have evil looking drapes and cloth, bounty hunter aggressive heavy armor, sages king and queen lighter type armor. marauders medium spiky detailed armor and so on...) 2. armor Tuning! not just weapons! Have assasins armor have maybe some type of shadow type effect. Sages have light beaming from there armor, juggernauts have orange or dark red thundery effect and etc... 3. maybe have stat boosts to specific abilitys for each one? Ex: when equppined "____ armor tuning" when force scream kills a target in impact its cooldown is refreshed. can trigger once every 30 sec. I really hope the can implement this type of accessory to the game!!! What do you guys think??!

I hope the atleast give some time of update better than "soon":mad: Im with you i love the pvp too!!

I hope you right!

Do you think that we will be able to have dark side armor for light side if we put it into the legacy bank? For example if you could put some type of bounty hunter armor and put it on a trooper? because if u were able to put "bound" items/armor into your legacy bank, wouldn't that work? well i hope it does! Then my commando would look amazing!

I agree with you 100%

[/size]Please! make the good ol' tionese, columni and rakata gear come back as either craft able again, shells come in custom (orange) gear to from some type of vendor or bring the shells back through some type of legacy vendor too. I love the looks of all of the gear and a lot of my friends do too:D I really appreciate some other thought and suggestions about this too.

hey guys, Since 2.6 came out, powertechs are only allowed to use the prototype flame thrower when in a certain cylinder, which was by far my favorite thing about the hybrid tank/dps build. Just wanted to know if there was any other powertechs that knew of any other tank/dps possibilities. also if there is any AP/Pyro dps builds. thanks guys :)

I dont think it will on the new one. I think you will be more than fine in my opinion.

Hey everyone, i just wanted to know if my macbook is playable for swtor. i have been playing on a pc for a while but i just want to switch over to macbook pro (2008) 13 inch version. i just like the feel of the macbook better, idk why. If i can play swtor on these specs, please tell me how well it will run. specs processer: 2.4GHz Intel i5 Core 2 Duo RAM: 4gb Graphics card: intel HD graphics 3000 Hard drive: 500gb thanks in advance!!!:)

hey, This was just off the top of my head but I think it would be cool if there can maybe be a new class or classes for each faction. I don't have a idea of a class now but i just wanted to know if there was anyone out there that thought of the same thing as me or at least has an idea of a new class. or.... another idea can be like the death knight in WoW. If you get a character to a certain level (ex. 30 in swtor) and you can start a new character at that level. These are just some ideas that i am throwing out there so please, no mean comments