What's the workaround so that me and my friends can run the flashpoints together?

Hey guys it's ok, a few months from now, you get to keep paying $15/momth to run these AAA quality, bug-free, fully polished, non-laggy Operations while the rest of the game is free. wait.....

Look at this thread: http://blue.mmo-champion.com/topic/227466-beta-class-balance-analysis/ as an example. Devs giving straight answers, asking people for input, and looking for numbers/logs. They tell people the reasons why decisions were/are being made. People may not like the answers they get, but the devs are communicating what they are thinking, and the direction they are taking the game. Where is this same level of communication with the Devs in TOR? We don't have it.

This, Yes. Going to find the answers. We don't want just an "anchorman" reading us the "news" handed to him by the devs. We need a "reporter" who will go dig up the answers. Someone who can get the devs to open up more. This game is missing the amount of communication and incite that blizzard devs give their player base.

It's actually ~27ish meters, not 30. If they are getting it, than they are within the 25m most likely during the tank swap, when Toth Jumps.

This. this. this. This is where you guys, as OUR community team, need to be hammering the devs for a fix, and standing up for US (the community). Or has everyone with a backbone been let go? How are we suppose to justify spend $15/month to Op in a few months if Ops stay broken due to a bug introduced by a patch that was not properly tested.

One of the SWTTOR writers posted something vague on twitter, but then backtracked and said he would never announce the start of an event on twitter, that it was a just a preview of things to come later.

I'll be playing both actually. Also, I will be continuing to play WoW, and checking out Planetside2 and Mechwarrior Online. No need to limit yourself to one game.

He makes some good points. The Ops and endgame pvp are really not that good. Done much better in other games. Why charge $15/month for the weakest parts of your game? Like a lot of things about MMOs, BW just dosen't seem to "get it". I see them losing a huge number of subs, and people just doing ftp, leading to panic at BW trying to come up with ways to make the FTP people spend money. Look for them to make major changes to the pricing model from what they have said.

The range mentioned was between "under a million" and "well over 500,000". So, maybe 750-800 thousand? They will lose a chunk of subs after this month though. All the original 6-month subs run out(renew) this month. Accounts currently actively playing the game, more like 400,000.

Are you actually going to really fix the trash respawn issue in Denova Ops? When are you going to address the horrible "server pauses" during Denova boss fights that freeze the game for everyone in the raid?

Yep, 2 weeks in a row, we can not get past Toth/Zorn, because someone always dies during the red circle phases. They run out, but the game teleports them back into it. Or the great server pause during tank taunt. General chat full of people complaining, but according to the droid that answers tickets, it's everyone's computer/ISP. nothing wrong on BW's end. /facepalm

I heard reports that items in guild banks or that were on the GTN when the patch went live last night, did not get fixed. Can anyone confirm/deny?

For SI healers, at ~35% crit chance you should start adding Power over Willpower. Point for point Power will give you more bonus healing, and after ~35% crit chance the added crit you get from WP diminishes significantly due to the diminishing returns curve of crit ratting. Shoot for 350 (not over 400) Crit and Alacrity, and 250 (not over 300) Surge. After that go for Power.

Yep, this exact thing has been suggested/requested multiple times. It is an easy fix on paper, but I guess BW's engineers are too busy with other stuff to implement this. It would not be that big of a deal if Champion gear were easier to get. No matter what the elitists will come in here and say, only a very tiny portion of lvl 50's have actually downed a HM Denova boss. BW is hoping people will hold out and stick around long enough for the level increase and new Operation. This is when they will make Champion gear easier to get (since it will not be the top tier).