The Peacemaker's Unstable Lightsaber, which I opened 3 hypercrates trying to get is now up to 175 Million on Ebon Hawk. Thank you BioWare for the middle finger to a loyal customer. Your cash grabs know no bounds... Cheers to EA.

First of all, good point on needing to do it to other types too. Second, I still have to disagree. Really rare rewards are one thing, but just locking stuff behind obscene gates in a cash grab really show what BW and EA think of the player base. I'm starting to feel treated like a battlefront gamer. Lots of money... Little content...

@BioWare The cartel packs are beginning to get out of hand. Even the silver decorations are going for millions. I buy two hypercrates every time, and my revenue on the GTN doesn't cover the cost of what I'm not getting. I know you guys love the cash grab that is the packs, but can you please loosen the gates? When every companion costs 15 mil, every lightsaber (since 90% are platinum now) 100 mil, your average chair for your stronghold 1 mil, a centerpiece 10 mil. Even buying two hypercrates, I'm finding my cost per pack to get all vehicles, single bladed sabers and pets to be between 50 and 125 mil. This most recent pack will be worse. That means you're not getting enough to your average player. People like me will ultimately run dry in funds, and they'll leave because they can't get anything cool. They just took a hacksaw to gearing in the command system, please stop punishing us in the packs, which, incidentally, pay your salaries.

Why take our achievements, that's complete BS. Buld new achievements. It sounds like there was something screwy in the code, and this was the easy way to handle it... BioFail

Update: Current Ebon Hawk Prices for Platinum Sabers Stronghold Defender's Lightsaber: Available for Cartel Certificates (None on GTN at present) Valor: Available for Cartel Certificates (One on GTN for 60M) Unstable Arbiter's Lightsaber: 46M, 70M, and 89M Unstable Arbiter's Dualsaber: 15M, 17M, and 18M Defiant Vented Lightsaber: 79M and 80M Defiant Vented Dualsaber: 9M, 10M, 15M, 24M, and 15M Senya Tirall's Llightsaber: 90M, 94M, and 95M Senya's Lightsaber Pike: 80M and 99M As you can see, the single blades are stupid rare and expensive... Thanks BW

Dear Bioware, I'm not sure what has led you to hate Jedi and Sith so much lately, but please stop making every freaking cartel market lightsaber platinum. The drop rate is too rare, and us collectors are starting to get poor. None of the other classes have to pay so high a tax for their cartel market weapons. It's not cool. Thanks - A really poor collector...

Update for Devs: I completed The Black Talon. The achievement then flashed as completed on my screen and in my chat as complete, and the tracker for the achievement disappeared. Additionally, the time-stamp updated on the achievement itself in the achievements interface updated to when I beat that last boss. I did notice that my points did not update in the Legendary category. However, the total is correct. The faux completion must have already applied the points.

Whenever I submit a bug report in game, it never shows up in my ticket list. I'm not sure if they never get created or if I just can't see them. As a result I subbed a forum post for Dark Vs Light: Flashpoint Master Broken in 4.7 Please Advise.

Dark vs Light: Flashpoint Master seems bugged with 4.7. Before 4.7, the last hard mode I needed to complete for the achievement was The Black Talon. Now the ahievement itself (in the achievements interface) is marked complete with a time-stamp of when I logged into 4.7 for the first time. Additionally, the achievement tracker in my user interface is still up for the achievement. It says I still need The Black Talon; the tracker shows 0/1 The Black Talon. Furthermore, Depths of Manaan, which I completed while the achivement was bugged, is now back in the tracker. It says 2/1 Depths of Manaan. Because the achievement is complete in the achievements interface, I can't untrack it. Please Help

The packs need to guarantee a drop from that specific pack. Otherwise it is useless to me. I have bought two hypercrates every release ever. Now that I just get a bunch of rehashed bronze garbage, kiss that good bye. I'm not going to waste the money. In a hypercrate of 30 packs, less than 10 contained items from the current pack... Ergo... Not buying new packs. The really alarming thing is that this was "thought out." Anybody promoting this as a good idea is a sellout (or a shiny new player with nothing to start).

I can tell you that I will no longer buy hypercrates. I used to buy 2 hypercrates every release... Now BW will get no extra money. They should gurantee one pack item from that pack in each pack. In an entire hypercrate. I got 3 armor boxes, one vehicle, and three decos. Everything else was garbage from the Chance Cubes. It's worse than Mafia Wars roll garbage.

Clarification question regarding Bonus Series. Can you describe how the Bonus Series work with the planetary level cap? For example, you cited being dropped to Level 32 on Alderaan, but the bonus series there isn't available until around level 40. Is there an adjustment for the missions one has active?

Additional Thought: HM Flashpoint bonuses should always grant a decoration, like the level 50s. The new 60's should be updated accordingly. Basically BioWare should do everything they can to get as many different decorations in as many hands as possible with the exception of HM/NM operations type stuff. This fosters the hunger for such items and pushes potential unlocks through Cartel Coins.

I think it is time to re-evaluate decorations and how they are introduced to the game. The vast majority are introduced as items in a cartel pack. The problem with this is that your average hypercrate right now is only likely to net you 8-15 total decorations. This is such a slow saturation, and it is resulting in ridiculous GTN prices on said decorations. I would advise that at a minimum, each pack include one decoration. Make it a standard item category per pack. I would also advise creating an alternate way to get duplicate items. Leave the current method of commissioning extra units in the game, but also add a cartel coin option (similar to collections but in the decorations interface). The way this would work is by using variable pricing (Cartel Coins) based on the item type (hook size, rarity, etc) to charge for extra copies. As an example, let's say I get a Temple Chair Ornate. Instead of buying 20 more for my stronghold at 200,000 credits a pop, yikes, I can buy extra copies for cartel coins. I could buy 5 more chairs for 20 cartel coins, 10 for 38, 25 for 88, and all 50 (other 49) for 145 cartel coins. This lets players have more access to copies, and it makes BioWare money. The issue I'm running into, especially with the upcoming limit increase, is that I don't have enough decorations of the right type for each stronghold. For example, I would love to buy the Yavin stronghold, but if I did, I would want it to be very Sith oriented. The downside is that all my Sith-like decorations are currently in my DK stronghold, which I also love. Ideally, I'd turn off my Tatooine for Yavin, but without the right type of decorations (because I couldn't get what I wanted out of packs or afford it on the GTN), I'm not willing to spend the cartel coins on Yavin. That's missed revenue for BioWare, and that is less good than more revenue based on the model above... All food for thought.

I think it would be a good idea to do something more with stronghold decorations. The bulk of the good stuff, or any current releases, are locked in packs, and they have a very low drop rate. I bought two Deep Core Explorer's hypercrates and only got around 12 decorations. That seems very light on saturation. It makes the prices for everything prohibitive on the GTN. I mean, it's costing 300,000 Credits just to buy a chair or a light for the Force's sake... That doesn't seem right. I feel like there would be more life in strongholds (and revenue) if one of the following happened (or both): More decoration only sets and stand-alone decorations Each pack drops at least one decoration (like strong-hold packs).

I would like to propose that there be a Musco emote. /Musco will do air quotes!!!

Yeah... That's pretty cold. Great way to treat your most loyal customers. On my 16 characters, I'm in it over 4.5 million credits I won't get back. So, thanks for that. I mean at 60, there are more than a dozen abilities to train at over 43k a piece. You guys need to work on figuring out your market before you get them all upset.

These posts makes good points. I would like to formally apologize for calling Aisthesis prostitutes (and for calling Tam a pimp... only gunslingers and scoundrels wear those big pimpy looking hats typically ). At any rate, this whole scenario just really rubbed me wrong, and I didn't handle it well. So again, I apologize if I didn't express my opinion in the most objective manner, and I must say to Tam, you kept your cool surprisingly well. I may not agree with the actions, but you have handled yourself well. Again, I'm sorry. I hope you take what this guy said about the credits seriously. I think he makes a good point. If you are truly just trying to help, and you don't need the credits, maybe you should give them back to those who aren't trolls. I'm sure many would tip you anyway. That's their prerogative. I just hope this thread gives BioWare something to think about.

Well, it sounds like I am of the minority opinion here, and that’s fine. Though most of the posts are either Aisthesis defenders, some who seem to be more interested in bragging, the rest seem to just be simply apathetic, which also speaks volumes to the execution of conquest. In the end, I will concede the following. This game is meant to be fun for those who play. If there are people who get a sense of accomplishment for paying to achieve something instead of actually achieving it, and if there are those who are willing to sell that as an “opportunity,” which is still a credit grab, then whatever. Knock yourself out. If BioWare feels that is not in the spirit of the game, they’ll make changes. But the sheer arrogance I’ve seen in this forum from Aisthesis and the cheapness of this move combined with the general apathy of all of it makes me a little bit sad for this game on the whole. BioWare has struggled with execution, and now the players literally just don’t care. All the comments about Aisthesis not needing anybody, whatever. Poaching people so they can get achievements, which Tam directly claimed, hurts the competition as a whole because you buy that much more strength. It makes it that much more difficult for challengers. Then, treating it like it’s a throwaway win b/c Aisthesis is so great they don’t really need to try is just another insult to the other competitors. The tone of this conversation is sad in general, and given the attitudes in here, I’m kind of sorry I even engaged in it. Good luck to all, except Aisthesis, who doesn’t need it b/c they are Force’s gift to The Ebon Hawk. I've spoken my mind, and I wish you all well. I’m out. Have fun.

Actually, Keyboardninja, despite your eloquent defense of your guild’s actions as some kind of business, I think my description is both apt and genuine. You see, at the end of the day, BioWare is the business here. Aisthesis is just a guild, albeit a guild whose ego is running away with it. Despite my issues with the execution of conquest and your defense that you’re just trying to help out, here’s what I really see. BioWare hoped that Conquest would help unite people. They hoped that guilds like yours would say something like this, “Hey everybody. Aisthesis is doing very well at conquest and we are looking to expand to see just how far we can push it. We’re looking for like-minded conquest enthusiasts who would like to join the guild. We also like, <insert whatever here>. If you think you’d be a good fit, please apply.” Instead, you took one of the largest and wealthiest guilds on the server and you said, “Hey everybody, Aisthesis is pretty much the best at conquests and we’ll sell you the privilege of taking up space in our guild for as many of our victories as you can afford. We’ll keep servicing you as long as you’re willing to pay.” Do you see the difference? You've ground the spirit of the game under your boot and tried to defend it as a helpful service or part of a business model. I guess technically, prostitution is the oldest profession. For all your words, you’re still just the guild pimp. Don’t try to tell me it isn't a cred grab, and don't tell me your doors are open when there's a 2 mil cover. Also, your description of ducking out of another guild to snag the achievement makes you a poacher, and that hurts other guilds making this even worse. If solo people are stupid enough to give you credits for this, whatever. I saw that as just unfortunate and shameless, but you poaching like this is not cool. It crosses a line. Shame on anybody who sacrifices their own guild for selfish achievements. You should help your own guild try to get them or at least place.

Faction: Republic Guild Name: The Corellian League Guild Leader: Jevarrik Officers: Da'sha and Weril PvP: Causual PvE: Progression GSF: Moderate Role Play: Moderate Website: http://www.thecorellianleague.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- Faction: Empire Guild Name: The Corellian Cabal Guild Leader: Olrac Officers: Tacharis and Durne PvP: Casual PvE: Casual GSF: Light Role Play: Light Website: http://www.thecorellianleague.com

The same thing appears to have happened to multiple objects... Perhaps across the board. My Selkath Kolto Tank is at 10 offset just to be center.

It seems to me that BioWare locked away too much of the coolest content for the strongholds in the cartel packs. It makes the content seem a bit more shallow and acts like a slap in the face to subs who pay monthly for cool content. It's unfortunate, but this brought me back to how I felt when I heard the announcement of packs in general as they rolled out the cartel market. I really hope they give us an avenue at some of those pack decorations in the future that doesn't involve packs. The GTN rates are rediculous on some of this stuff. I just feels like I keep getting promised more for my sub, but I keep getting less. Or at least, what I get is overly generic and underwhelming. I keep having to pay more on top of my sub for it to be cool. What is worse is that I am just paying for a gambler's chance. It takes focus away from the game itself, and that's unfortunate.

Hello All, This is just a reminder. The Corellian League is still recruiting for Ebon Hawk players looking for a casual guild with a PvE focus, up to and including progression operations. We do also enjoy light PvP and RP. Please consider TCL when choosing your guild. Thank You

I see what you are saying, but Legalese aside, many people are being told to stuff it when they submit complaints. I have been told that three times. At least two of those times, I absolutely qualified for the program. As such, it is an unfulfilled promise of service. I don't say that as a legal thing. I don't care at that level. I just care about the betrayal from BioWare to all the Subscribers they claim to care about but abandoned when the Cartel Market became the real money maker. My perspective is purely business.