[Loot Boxes Back in the Media in UK]

 

Kerry Hopkins from Electronic Arts stepped in to say:

"we don't call them loot boxes - we call them surprise mechanics."

 

(Now we know where Ben Irving was getting his instructions from)

 

From the same office where current producer gets their instructions from.

[FFS, STOP SPAMMING KUAT DRIVES on GF]

Since 6.0 dropped quick-n-easy flashpoints are the norm.

[4v4 in normal PVP why]

Many players hate Huttball and want quick matchups, rather than longer drawn out ones that usually entail more drama, not to rain on your parade.

 

Many players hate Arena and want balanced matchups, rather than short ones that usually entail premades

[4v4 in normal PVP why]

I would rather wait for 8v8

Than pvp more with 4v4

["FOUNDER" Player]

My account creation date is

 

 Account Creation Date: 03.31.11 

 

I need "Founder" title + pet

[Maintenance: December 17th, 2019]

Prior years around this time any bugs or exploits usually remained intact until the Bioware returned from Christmas Vacation (Vendor stack exploit, Ravagers shortcut).

 

Just as new pvp map would be kept in heavy rotation until Bioware returns (see Rishi Arena, Yavin, Vandan). Solution: bugged maps should be put on low rotation until the fix.

[Any new strongholds in the works or coming with the new Expansion?]

Rishi and Yavin before were peak stronghold

In terms of having your own personal space aboard fleet - your ship's hangar is a swell place.

[New Armor Set but cannot buy?]

Well after looking in collections I now need the Disney Lando gear and Blade Runner handgun

[Thank You Gold Spammers]

6.0 working as intended

[gray helix components]

There should be a additional way to earn an extra Gray Helix token like the Gree weekly. For most, the Heroic is the only way to go and even then. Sure some can solo the Heroic however a lot of time and effort is required.

[Struggling to get new gear and unsure of what to do!]

the only reason to rush and get the max gear is if you pvp or do NiM/MM stuff. Otherwise, don't worry too much about it, just play the game the way you like, enjoy, and get gear as you progress.

just play the game the way you like

get gear as you progress.

 

That was 2016's talking point for EA's top-down dictated "Galactic Command" rng monetization scheme

 

This is $current_year

 

This is $current_year where RNG has been expanded to RNG vendors, of which only appear on the weekend, using gear tokens (tech fragments) which are now rewarded even less, with more gear slots (tacticals, amplifiers) to grind for.

[RIP darth malgus]

This is so unlike the Darth Malgus server

[What happens when you reach the weekly max for reputation now?]

Do not bother grinding rep is the message 6.0 is delivering

[BW it's time to admit your Kai Zykken experiment has failed.]

That Kai Zykken only appearing on weekends thing... just because there is a weekend only vendor in other games doesn't mean this game needed one.

[Pseudo-ninja change on item-refunding]

I see that "MK-ULTRA" is a free-thinking person much like myself

[Using holotraverse pushes you to africa]

This is "bug" is my favorite part of 6.0 so far

[Checking In!]

...

will continue refinements over the coming months.

...

 

For those of us who have been down this road before know it does not get better

[Bioware Should Charge us Atleast 20 Dollars per Expansion]

This expansion is not about the story.

This expansion is about the gear which is only a variation of 5.0 with added gear slots to grind for.

[How do you gear up at level 70? (And Makeb's space station Command Tier 1 vendors)]

Just play the game

 

Since the launch of 5.0 three years ago we played the "Just play the game" talking point for the subscribe to grind endgame monetization scheme known as Galactic Command now rebranded as Renown.

 

At this point just rename the game Hammer Station.

[Simple guide to gearing 6.0]

While I appreciate the lengthy guide the gearing process itself is not what I would call 'simple'.

[So I opened 50+ Renown crates while being at full 306 rating...]

Keep in mind that Galactic Command is a supplementary system. It’s supposed to work in tandem with Unassembled Components, not the main way of earning gear.

 

.....

[So I opened 50+ Renown crates while being at full 306 rating...]

Ben Irving looks good right bout now

[So Lhancelot, what're you thinking about this expansion? Curious to know]

There is no hope for this game. After 2 years of Galactic Command RNG and 1 year of Ossus we were somehow given a gearing system even worse than the previous two.

 

Alongside grinding the new in game currency "Tech Fragments" (formerly Unassembled Components) millions of credits are now needed just to purchase direct RNG gear boxes alongside sure-to-be extremely pricey augment kits and augments. That is in addition to the costly mod extraction gear prices.

[We had to destroy the game to save the game.]

We had to destroy the game to save the game.

 

Just like "Nam

[Im sorry but this "expansion" was terrible.]

As opposed to players like you who have a four year history of whining, betching and complaining about everything BW does, yet still sub just to carry on doing so?

 

For the past three years, the <insert overly exaggerated characterization here> of players towards EA and Bioware is entirely justified. Monetizing the endgame by forcing players to grind content over the years has only forced players out of their games.

 

I'm ok with the stories.

I'm not ok with spending more time grinding content for gear than actually using the gear in game.