I still don't get why pandarien are blowing people's minds. like people can't comprehend a panda race.. are people stupid?

Literally all the things you mentioned are balance issues. what are simple feats in a single player RPG, is a whole new ballpark in an MMO.

So your ultimate fix is to leave slicing be (so you can get your monies worth), and let it fester until the economy IS established, and once it starts snowballing out of control, THEN its time to fix it? Thats actually a great idea. "Sir, we have a problem." "QUIET! leave it be until it becomes a bigger problem!"

People who normally wouldn't partake in RP or hate RP, are being strong-armed into it and they have no clue its even happening. I absolutely love how suiting this game is to an RP setting. My character actually plays a role in the game and its story, rather than just existing within it. I'm watching as my character who has his own personality is making decisions that shape who he is. Its a refreshing change from my prot paladin being a paladin that is prot and thats the end of his story Have to hop in to say that WoW doesn't pay tribute to its actual storyline, the books are pretty damn good, and the lore behind the game is very compelling

Then what about, for example, Bounty Hunter? Good or bad, it doesn't matter. I am not working for either side. whoever can sign the biggest paycheck is going to win my attention until the job is done. Also, there is some times where the obvious good or bad isn't really fitting at all. for example, in my class quest, I found my imprisoned arch-enemy, so I force him to beg for his release, and when he does, I go "jk go **** yourself" and leave him in the ship to rot, the ship that I will be momentarily blowing to hell with the entire crew aboard just to prove a point. Meanwhile, I disable any chance they have at saving themselves so I can be 100% sure they all die in the vacuum of space, and that's if the explosions don't rip and mangle their flesh beforehand. +100 light side. Clearly I was being a nice guy there.

It would be more like hopping in the shower, and its not the right temperature.... So you yank on the faucet, and now your countries currency is only worth a quarter of what it was.

What would have happened if they didn't fix it? People would pick up on the get rich quick scheme most every single person would have slicing for the profiteering. Eventually, in this immature fresh game economy, it would become inflated by the majority of people having far more credits than they normally could have achieved. New players would be strong-armed into slicing because it would be the only way they could afford anything in the global market, which would then just support the heavy inflation. Then, eventually they would finally say enough is enough, and nerf it. By this point, prices have already been established and the economy will bottom out. fixing it now and fixing it hard was probably the best thing they could have done.

Better do what he says, he's a Whale Biologist. EDIT: Loved that line. Hilarious post OP, 10/10

With the absolutely IMMENSE role droids play in the star wars universe, i can't see them deciding against this. I was hoping that they would make droids playable out the gate, and seeing how this game plays out now, I would love to see what kind of personalities people would invent for a cold calculating machine. DB-19 = Arguement invalid // DB-19 = Processing bullet to enemy face

Dear OP, Turn your shadows completely off. enjoy gaining 120 fps. sincerely, me

Women generally don't cause physical harm like men do. Women get inside of your head, make you turn against yourself, and suck every bit of life you have out of you, all the while making you think you are doing this to yourself, and if the news taught me anything, it is then, and only then, that they will try to light you on fire or cut your sack off when you sleep. sounds kinda sith like to me

Seeing everyone loves putting this **** in WoW terms, It would be like you on a level 85, facing off with a level 19 rogue who, although has the same health pool as you do, has nothing at his disposal outside of sinister strike and backstab. Not really competitive. that being said, i think 10-19, 20-29, 30-39 etc. is just too many brackets for the balancing stat PvP system. Imo, something like 10-29 and 30-49 and then a 50's bracket would be more than enough. The issue is pitting 10s and 20s vs 50s is a bit much, but they can easily mingle among themselves. in my low teens I had no problem dishing some serious pain to people in the high 20s to low 30s because of the stat balance.

I assume that once these augment pieces become commonplace the augments themselves will erupt until the newcomers finally get their fill

Very informative, thank you. I will probably hang on to it and level it for now; its not as if powerleveling crew skills is anything difficult for the first couple hundred plus levels. My hope is that most of the people who mass sliced for profits will QQ so hard about the epic scale of this nerf and instantly drop it for something else, in turn making my slicing more profitable in the long run

I picked up slicing pretty much purely for the profits. I knew it was broke and new it would eventually get fixed so I'm not really mad about the balancing. I am an Armstech and a Scavenger, and picked up slicing pretty much for money because its useless to my craft. Do mission discoveries sell well enough to keep it around, or should I just drop it and pick up investigation for my crafts actual mats? I don't know if it still turns enough profit to justify keeping it.

You really don't have the time of day to do something else or wait patiently for Five entire minutes? Seems like this games queues are the least of your problems. This is kind of your problem. The game has a skill queue time that you can adjust in the options. Once you have pressed a skill, you can set a select queue timer that will then prep the next ability before it casts. You can set this to 0 seconds, and it will then cancel anything you are casting in replace of the one you want to cast immediately. PEBKAC Again, this is your problem, not theirs. I have 3 computers in this room alone along of many friends who play who are all having pretty much 0 lag issue, if they do, its graphical, which the game can do nothing about. Turn your shadows off man, it does wonders. Again never heard this issue, but I will take your word on it. What kind of graphics card are you running? i know people were having issues with ATI cards. Early Game Access. I'm not saying their customer service is godly, because its not. by any means. But you really have no reason to complain until after the 20th, because anything from Beta to 11:59 on the 19th was free gameplay for you. They never said it would be miraculous, they just said you Might be able to play. Cut the guys some slack on being a bit busy in the moments before they release a ****in MMO lol As for your last wall of text, I'm not insulting you, or anyone. Everyone is entitled to their opinions, but this is relatively common in all MMO launches. It is very difficult, nay, impossible to release a game of this magnitude and have it be a gleaming gem of perfection on day one. Sorry to see you aren't enjoying it. Its not for everyone. I know I am raging at some bugs here and there, but you gotta take it with a grain of salt. Even the godly WoW has major bugs in new content, years after they have established themselves as the reigning champions of the MMO market. Keep checking the updates, and maybe we will see you around down the road. I can promise in the time to come 90% of these kinks will be smoothed out, but just as all MMO's go, for every edge they smooth, 2 more are made.

I see that it can peg a under-performing player, but how people use it, and the emotions attached with the tool are really annoying. in a sense, yes its analytical data, but it also gives people a number, and promotes the general "My number is higher" elitism. Really, I have a love/hate relationship with damage meters and gearscore/Ilevel, because on paper, its data and a system that when used appropriately can be a beneficial tool to promote the progress of your characters, but the fact of the matter is there are a few things that ruined other games community, and damage meters is one of them. I love the community on SWTOR right now, 9/10 times people are pretty cool. WoW was once like that, but now the entire game is nothing but a troll-off, to see which trolls can troll the other troll, or run of the mill "internet ******" who thinks he is the best of the best, even though often they are really bad. I loathe the idea of even having to interact with a vast majority of the population because everyone is a rude ******e. of the things that I feel contributed to this, would be damage meters, gearscore, cross-realm BGs, and Random Dungeon/Trade finder. all of these things are benificial, but promoted the deterioration of the games community. I really hope BW can find a way to give people the data they need, but really hoping the game doesn't take a dump on itself down the road.

I just got really hard

Does early access count toward our free month of gametime that comes with the game? If it does not, then the fact they bought the game now means nothing, really. Now, if we are losing gametime, then by all means hard earned money is absolutely a good arguement atm. If we are not losing gametime, and it starts counting down on the 20th, then the fact they bought the game now or later is moot point. they could have paid in full 20 years ago, or they can pay in full on tuesday, idc really. It all comes down to when the game time starts ticking.

If you guys hate this game and their horrible service so much, why are you still here lol

For a while, absolutely. It has happened with every MMO. queue timers even existed in WoW.

As much as I do hope they can get **** in line by tuesday, the whole "My hard earned money" isn't a real arguing point until the 20th

The one thing I love most about the server issues is seeing people get mad and say they are done with this game until they fix the problems, then get right back in queue lol

On the contrary, its easier for me to do this NOT sitting in front of my PC 14 hours a day. While you stare at your counter, screaming at it to go faster because you can't possibly wait another second due to the fact you have 0 patience, I choose to just do other **** and check back on it now and then. its not the end of the world.

I'm not suggesting its not a possible option, I am suggesting that its a weekend and good luck getting them to FIX IT RIGHT NOW OR I'LL CANCEL