My sub was due yesterday and I've withheld it while I wait to see how all this pans out as I'm not happy with the current situation. I like the game I just don't agree with this decision and see it as a sign of things to come.

That's exactly how I feel. I think its ridiculous subscribers have to buy the new race and I'm pretty shocked at the level of support some people are showing.

Having to buy Cathar as a subscriber is just ridiculous and is an indication of where the game is going, very disappointed.

I'm taking the fact these articles are popping up at all is really a sign of the direction the game is going. When EA feel they can make more money from f2p they will definitely make a business decision and switch models. I'm not that bothered either way, I'd rather play a game with lots of people than a dead game at this point.

Seems it's pretty much been confirmed by the EA boss it's going f2p, just a question of when. Massively News Post

I just upgraded to a 680 GTX from two HD6870's in crossfire and can tell you that going Nvidia is the way to go for SWTOR. It's far less glitchy than my old crossfire set-up and runs far better. If price isn't an issue I'd say get a 680GTX.

Sound Issues Fixed – This should have been fixed asap, it’s a joke there are still issues. Game performance improved / load times – Goes without saying the engine needs to be more optimized, even with a top PC you still get long load times and shutter (680GTX OC, i7@4.8ghz, Gen 3 SSD). Space combat developed – Biggest let down for me is the ship combat, it’s just so under developed, and there’s no point to it atm. Improved crew skills – there is simply not enough depth in the crafting to make it interesting to do long term. Global Network – Even after the improvement’s it’s still a pig to use, go check the RiFT AH out that’s how it should be done. llum – Fixed with a point to doing it other than farming kills. Proper mounts – Not just speeders, I’d like to see Bantha and the likes. Guild capital ships – they said they are in development and it’s definitely something to look forward to and hope for in 1.4 Dual Spec – Yes please! Achievements – Many more codex entries added.

Indeed the mail is poorly worded and could easily be taken the wrong way by people without 50's. I think the reason they stipulate having a 50 as eligibility is because they did not include the rated Warzones with 1.2 which for many people was a major draw to keep subbed post 1.2. Lower level players wouldn't miss them anyway as they are for 50's only and so BW may have felt they let the PVPrs down. Whether this is fair or not it's pretty clear this is why they have done it.

I personally think they just used the WZ angle to firstly make the patch seem like a GOD patch and secondly to make more people re-sub ahead of it $_$. My game time runs out in a few days so I'll check out what's in the patch then not re-sub.

Agreed it's the most important part of 1.2 for me also. The biggest disappointment in the game bugs aside was the UI, hopefully 1.2 will change that.

I've never quit a warzone although I have DC'ed a few times Personally I think there should be something like the deserter buff from another game as leaving a Warzone because of the op list is lame.

I cancelled after the first month then came back to see if things have improved this week and really not much has changed in two months. I feel bad as I promoted the game to friends who all bought it at launch and were mega disappointed and left, none of them will ever come back unlike myself. I agree with most of what you say and wish Bio would be more engaged with the community like the RiFT dev team which is fantastic.

SWTOR has several key features missing that other mmos have and yes they need to up there game but you cant really compare it to a game that has had two years post launch dev time. Star Trek was a shocking game at launch its still pretty bad even after two years post launch development. It does have an ok character creation process, runs well (now), but the game gets boring very quickly and the ground combat is terrible.

I just came back after the free month ended, its been several weeks since I played and the only thing (except illum) that I've seen changed is the performance is better, rest is just the same which was initially a disappointed before reading about 1.2. I hope 1.2 makes notable changes to the game unlike 1.1 seems to have and don't mind waiting a week more or so.

Great advice thanks all