Yeah, I'm so happy I just cancelled my sub. Yay!

Maybe - if you're a fresh MMO player. After a while, after a couple of different MMOs I tend to cancel my subscription once there are too many grinds. And I'm not the only one in that regard.

This man speaks the truth!

Actually, yes you do. Because this product that has been out for only a month is directly competing with the one made years ago. And you can bet 99% of customers won't care how long the game is on the market - there are some things an MMO must have. But how about a comparison to Rift? That's a fresh game and somehow it was released with a ton more features than SWTOR. And before another reading-impaired troll strolls here: we do not complain about content. We complain about features. Try to remember that, k?

To be honest, that quote doesn't really tally up with responses on many issues.

And some people really don't care what titles other players find "respectable", they just like them and that's it.

^ This. I have no hope left in Bioware and their UI-making skills.

Apparently so.

And you fail to add anything of value to this thread.

If you think so, maybe you can explain the "they are completely different games" viewpoint, after seeing the following comparison: http://i.imgur.com/UmcMV.jpg

Oh really? Please explain the following to me: http://i.imgur.com/UmcMV.jpg

Oh god, I hate that line...

Yeah, considering how vocal they are about this not being an issue in this and similar threads, they shouldn't mind at all.

Yea, and that's exactly why I don't see any reason to multiply those moments of doing nothing... I would rather actually play the game than wait 10 minutes because someone thought going through 5 different transitions and load screens is a good idea Sadly, with a family, full-time job and a nightmare traffic in my city my play time is very limited. Why does it have to be futher decreased by unnecessary (and IMHO stupid) timesinks? You already have a ship with a crew - why don't they just pick you up when you need it...? Just saying...

I don't... I just don't like wasting my gaming time for tedious and unneeded things...

I never really understood that one. Do some people find watching load screens fun? Or riding a speeder through an area you've seen million times? Or just standing at the entrance to the instance, not doing anything, WAITING for others to arrive? Seriously?

What can you possibly have against barber shops? Are you telling me characters in Star Wars universe NEVER EVER changed their haircut?

Actually you're very wrong. Majority of WoW's playerbase never saw the inside of a dungeon. This all changed when the LFD was introduced, and players finishing dungeons skyrocketed. So for all intents and purposes, it's working as intended. Sorry to burst your bubble, you're not the target audience of modern MMOs. The people who use LFD are. Deal with it.

And I was almost eaten alive by fanboys right after release, when I told them this game would get a proper LFG system sooner or later. Can't help it - I told you so.

Yea, from 8AM to 12PM. We won't be able to play during our peak time.

Yeah, I never said you were wrong. Could've made my post clearer, sorry. What I mean is this - there are hundreds of ways of doing things in MMOs. Over the last couple of years some solutions were proven to be working good, while others were proven to be working bad (or not working at all). Bioware seems to have chosen many bad solutions over the good ones. It's as trivial as a non-customizable UI and as serious and insulting as maintenance during day-time or even during peak-time. It's not rocket science, all they had to do was to take a look at what works elsewhere and implement it. Instead, I see an attitude "THIS is what we did, and therefore it's the best solution. Take it or go away.". This poor attitude was already seen during beta testing, when they flat out ignored many many many suggestions, problems, bug reports and did what THEY wanted to do instead. Sometimes I just feel that Bioware forgot who's actually gonna pay for playing their game.

And yet they continue to make mistakes and wrong choices again, and again, and again. Even implementing solutions tested and proven working in other games is out of their reach.

Difference is, the game was NOT officialy released in Australia. It WAS in Europe. I feel your pain, I really do, but it's not the same.

It's how Blizzard does things. Check Rift however, it 100% doable and possible to have separate maintenance times without locking regions.

Today's maintenance is NOT in peak time? In Europe? Seriously, google "time zones" and educate yourself.