Really? You want crew skill times reduced? Its way too easy to level your crafting skills as it is without making it even quicker to do.

I think the biggest problem is that it is just far too easy to max your crafting, which means there is generally a lower demand as its easier for people to build a crafting alt and do it themselves. The concept was interesting in theory (in my opinion), but it is trivialised by how easy it is to max it out.

And god forbid you have to put a bit of work in to get that extra level of detail! Personally I think it is the right approach, it means those that want all the fine details can get access to them, but it is not so readily available ingame to make it really useful as an 'epeen' tool. And yet you are still subbed and still here If it is so bad, move on and play something that fits your needs.

Good, it was way too easy to avoid most of the mobs anyway.

If you only need it for the boss fights, is it really that much of a bother to spend the 5 seconds it takes to turn it on in prefs?

The problem is, in many peoples opinion, if they are in game they will become prereqs for a lot of guilds, at which point it becomes a lot less of a choice. Then, over time, the Operations will need to be adjusted, even if just a little bit, to take into consideration the extra information the players have, then using them or not becomes even less of a choice.

Have to agree with this, I did all 3 of my toons in about 10 minutes total.

I have been part of many MMO communities and this one isn't much different than any other to be honest.

I don't evny his job at all. It doesn't matter what repsonse he gives, it will always be the wrong one for someone. Customer relation roles are an absolute nightmare haha and I work in a customer facing role for a large company that exports across the globe!

I would say your GPU is your weakest point, the 210 is pretty much a bare minimum entry level GPU now. Infact, it is probably a downgrade from a 7800, just because its a new number system doesn't mean its a better GPU. No it doesn't, minimum specs are what are required to be able to 'run' the game, there is often a massive difference between 'running' a game and being able to 'play' the game. Minimum specs do not guarantee playability in any game.

I certainly don't see anything anywhere near 50% population drop, there are fluctuations and maybe a slight trend towards dropping rather than increasing, but nothing that significant.

Very true, however that date is an internal issue, it would be highly unlikely to publish that developement date to a potential customer, especially for a large industry. They may propose a date as and when they are pertty sure they can achieve it, otherwise it would all be internal to the company.

Actually, its not like your analogy because in your example you are paying more than just the cover charge, i.e. paying for your drinks aswell. Its more like a Satellite, Cable or other TV package. You pay a monthly premium to view the services they provide. They make all the decisions, they may well do surveys and studies to see who watches what, but at the end of the day you pay to access the service. If you don't like the service, you don't pay and you watch something else.

And where exactly did you get those figures from? Thin air perhaps?

Fair comment, but I suspect even if they did this it wouldn't make much of an impact on the complainers

Incorrect, you are still getting the product you are paying for, your monthly sub is to allow you access to the game. If you are paying your $15 p/m and you have access to the servers, you are getting what you are paying for. Extra content is a bonus that is added to help maintain interest, it is not an entitlement that you are paying for. I am not a fanboy myself, my current sub is running down as I am not currently enjoying the game as it stands, so I have chosen not to pay, it's really that simple. I will continue to watch what goes on and will almost undoubtedly pay again at some point so see what has changed and if it can hold my interest in the future.

Because it makes them feel good.

Correct, and that is as far as your 'entitlement' goes. Wrong. The 'service' is the current content, nothing more, that is what you pay to access. Yes, a lack of expansion will inevitably loose subs, however that does not make those expansions an entitlement.

http://www.darthhater.com/articles/swtor-news/20062-pax-east-2012-mmorpg-com-panel-with-james-ohlen In this interview on day 1 of Pax East 2012, James Ohlen drops that 1.2 will be out in the next week (17:12 on the vid, and quoted in the text underneath).

My bold, that is where you went wrong!

Although I agree Voss is harder in places than other planets, I don't think there was a single part of the planet that was even close to being unbeatable in my experience. As a Shield spec Vanguard using a healing companion (Elara) I had no real problems in any fights on Voss, they were a little harder than some other planets but still not much of a challenge. I think in the entire levelling process I had to pop my defensive cooldowns less that 10 times in 50 levels! Just because you are using a healer companion doesn't mean 'easy mode' for everything. My experience is that healer companions, on the whole, are good at keeping tanks up but find it harder to keep up with the damage output for less defensive builds. Maybe use a tank companion who can hold the aggro so you can unload on the mobs as a DPSer? My DPS sage uses a tanking companion (and I rarely, if ever, heal the companion). Personally, I think the bigger issue is that the rest of the planets are too easy by comparison, not that Voss is particularly hard. People get used to facerolling everything so suddenly getting a harder area becomes an issue as there is no build up to it.

You forgot a word in there.... "substandard keyboard-less and mouse-less computeres" The only time consoles are even comparable to computers in hardware capability is when they are first released, they very very rapidly fall behind the drag curve.

Non-argument regarding Legacy as the Legacy is server specific, making alts on other servers = an entirely new Legacy for that server!

And how, exactly, do you know that?

Any to finish off, your last 3 words pretty much destroyed your entire argument. If the game is OK for someone, then who aer you tell them otherwise. Everyone has differing opinions, expectations, likes and dislikes. Get over the fact that some people feel differently than you.