Thanks mate I hadnt seen the PTS post on changes, but am reading it now.

Hey Hunty, Im done with PTS on this game no one ever listens to feedback anyway. Im curious though what changes are they making to Anni? It's not my main spec but I main maras, sounds like I should be bracing myself for a rough time?

yes... remove the ability to play with friends from an MMORPG... genius! I'd love to see them try and then I'll come back here in 6 months time to find people whinning that queues for regs takes too long because no one is playing.

Thanks for that. I'll defer to your experience. It wasnt just me reporting it at the time though there were loads of posts about it that seem to have just been forgotten about, thats why I was raising the issue again. It just baffles me why something like that isnt even on the known bugs list. I don't expect a dev or a moderator to reply to me directly but they do have people gathering bug reports on the forums so what I cannot figure out for the life of me is why that particular bug isnt even on known issues list. It's not so much that it was more fun before, but Im going into war zones most of the time with mastery or power and crit buff missing. So my dps is down 30% before the match has even begun. thats just painfully frustrating and its been the cause of me cancelling my subscription and spending a few months away from the game. I guess they changed it with the best of intentions but the fact is like the rest of 7.0 they did a piss poor job of implementing that change. Yeah a lot of my forum posts on the last year have been a bit salty, can you blame me? I love this game ive been here since the very beginning, I hate showing up for public test rounds give them solid feedback and then get ignored.

The fact you dont know anything about a bug that has been widely reported for months does. Also If you actually read the my opening post it describes exactly what the problem is, but seeing as you've taken to negatively commenting on all of my posts Im just going to ignore you going forward. Thanks for playing.

There were various threads on this issue months ago. Devs ignored it and hoped the problem would go away.. it hasnt. Thanks for proving my point.

Why is the class buff bug not on the list of known issues. It has been a major complaint of the last expansion but it seems to be getting ignored. It's really frustrating to go into any kind of content and have 1 or more of your class buffs missing, particularly in warzones where this puts you at a distinct disadvantage against other players. I know you know about this. Can we please have some assurance that it is at least being looked into? My suggestion for fixing it is; and has been since the first day i reported it, very simple. Roll back the way that class buffs are applied and make them an active ability again as they were prior to 7.0.

Shouldnt have to disable anti virus or firewalls. So this is not a viable option. Downloading the game on steam worked for me but i dont want to go through steam because of multiple reports of issues with paid subscriptions and cartel coin purchases not being credited to account. All glaring issues that need to be addressed.

Yeah this has been an ongoing issue since 7.0 but ive noticed recently I appear to be the only one on my team missing a buff. At least before what ever changes they made it was everybody, now its just me I'm less inclined to play until it gets the attention we deserve. But it wont get sorted because hey we got the outfitter now and thats what people really care about right?

Do yourself a favour, end the subscription and move on. I quit for about 2 months and came back for friends. That was stupid of me. This game really is a dead duck, the devs don't give a damn, they resent the player base and think were all idiots. EA are quite content to continue taking our money until more people realise this and move on. So you may as well get ahead of the crowd.

I main warrirors and have done for as long as i can remember. Ive completed the warrior story line multiple times over i have unlocked all 4 of the class buffs on imp side and a couple on rep side to boot. I am still going into warzones and seeing that my Might (warrior class buff) is being removed. I was mad enough about this before but in the last 2 warzones ive played tdoay i was the only one on my team that was missing a buff. So every warzone i play now i know going in I am at an instant disadvantage losing 5% of my power outright.

They changed something in bolster system, its affecting all group content and the problem become more severe the higher level your gear is. Hang on to your 306's they are currently better stats wise than 326

I agree

You've sabotaged your own game and you disrespected your own player base. If people are angry it is for good reason, were angry because we love the game, were angry because you disrespected us. We tried to have healthy conversation with you, we gave you our feedback on the PTS. You spat in our face as a reward for our time. The onus is now on you to put that right! Take a long hard look at the feedback you have been receiving from players not just after 7.0 but before it. You're lucky this is a Star Wars MMO, if it were any other brand the game would have died years ago.

This! There is no reason in gearign up due to the massive down scaling in all areas of content. Because there is no advantage to gearing up there is no reason to playany of the content in order to get the gear. For that reason Ive not played for 2 days and cancelled my sub. Am currently waiting on word from devs about what fixes are going to be implemented and when but as it stand Im looking for another game to play and even considering going back to world of warcraft.

There are several existing threads on this issue but I'll say again here, yes same issue any time i join a group, not specifically limited to WZ or FP. Quick fix, make class buffs an active ability again.

Couldn't agree more. Also a founder, cancelled my sub yesterday. It hurt like hell to do but Ive started to feel like Im in an abusive relationship i need to get out of.

Actually you are completely wrong there. I have been running a small guild where for the last year I have been doing exactly that. Ask anyone who knows me, I run heroics without companions because I believe they are bad for the game. I have my own rotation system that while not optimal, gives visual queues and helps people understand how their abilities work in tenden and I offer help or advice to anyone who needs it. I recently sent a lengthy and detailed in game e-mail to a random player who was asking for help with making Carnage work after 7.0 Here's the interesting thing. The guy I e-mailed about carnage never even bothered responding and the guild I started and tried so hard to make work collapsed a few months ago because people either got bored of the game or are just not interested in understanding how the game works. Fortunately I am part of another guild, a small group of friends and we almost exclusively play regs. Those guys all know their classes and we help and support each other.

I absolutely love this post. Well done you are bang on the money! I almost always play as part of a 3 or 4 man pre made. Why because its more fun with friends. The guys I play with have kept me playing this game far longer than I would have had I been playing solo.

Yeah this needs fixing ASAP! BIOWARE are you aware that you have made the pursuit of gear and upgrading that gear totally pointless. I now have no incentive what so ever to put myself through the grind you have subjected us all to. Get it sorted we've had enough of your **** now.

There's no nice way of saying this so i'll just say it... if you need a companion to keep you alive against 3-4 weak mobs then you need to learn to play your character. Trust me, its a far more rewarding and enjoyable experience once you do... until they come in with a new expansion and suck out your soul.

I agree this is incredibly frustrating. Whats the point of going to the effort of levelling up and gearing a character just to have ALL your stats knocked back down to level 20. I'm getting really tired of this **** now, the game has been ruined by incompetent devs... I'm being polite here and assuming incompetence over malice.

You should have left class buffs alone, there was no need to temper with them and now we have a situation where there are a number of issues: 1. Upon joining or leaving a group Ive had as many as 2 class buffs dissapear from my buff tray and now that they are passive i have no way of getting them back. 2. I've seen players with 2 of the same class buff.. i.e. Player has the warrior buff as well as the Jedi knight buff 3. Can no longer buff other players in group content. This utility has been a core mechanic of MMO's as far back as I can remember and you managed to break it.

You're not wrong. and guardians weren't the worst hit either.. by the end of the week they've created a new meta in which all you get in warzones now is sorcs and stealthers. Being any kind of melee class is painful to play at the moment. A special mention goes to Carnage Marauder which has been sent flying back to 5.0 levels of awful.

No! they are undeserving of slack. They have disrespected the player base by ignoring al our feedback and implementing changes no one wanted and everyone who played on PTS told them was a bad idea. We need to see a major U turn on a lot of these issues by 7.1 or there wont be enough players around to fill a flashpoint queue let alone a warzone