Thank the Maker for players like Bob.

Anybody that PvPs in this game for a title is a douche. Sad but true...

Yep...pretty much pointless, all. This game is 6 years-old. Nobody gaf lol

BW took a dump on all the sync-queuers and win-traders. I think it's great. Ebon Hawk is full of them. Nothing but actually...

Was just in a WZ that ended early because there weren't enough players on our side...it was 8v4 (nice Matchmaking! lol). At the completion of the WZ, we received no unassembled components for losing.

A 7-10% advantage in any competitive scenario is extremely significant. In Ranked scenarios, where one might say skill level is equal, I would lean toward that amount being overpowered. A 5% advantage in any competitive situation is extremely significant, especially in a PvP game like this where skill (movement and keybinding) isn't as much of a factor. Overcoming a 5% advantage is a pretty steep hill to climb for just about anyone. Snave is addressing the needs of new players to 70 PvP who certainly would never possess the skill set needed to overcome that deficit. Then there are peeps in these forums who have done the math and are saying the gap is more likely 7-10%. You are certainly on the right track, however, getting people easier access to T1 gear wouldn't alleviate the problem much. There would still be a significant gear gap, 7%-10% disadvantage by Bant's estimations. That's a pretty huge hill to climb. Bolster would have to be raised to compensate. Either that or the stats improved significantly on T1 gear.

I understand the reason why people are complaining. Gear acquisition in this game used to be ridiculously easy. The change to a grind is a 180 that peeps simply weren't accustomed to so the shock is still settling in. That said...I personally objected to the 5.0 gearing system because of the indeterminate outcome. In the previous GC crate iteration, you could grind forever and never get a set of gear due to the RNG factor. However, in 5.1, that indeterminacy is gone, and I'm perfectly fine with what we have now. Now I know that my efforts will achieve the goals I set for my toons, and that if I play enough, I will acquire a full set of gear. I'm perfectly okay with this. Is the grind a bit brutal? Yes. Is the grind Alt friendly? No. The grind is significant and it requires you to make choices. The days of having 4-6 fully geared toons are gone. While I would prefer the grind be less, I still think 5.1 is much better than 5.0. By the way, my perspective is completely from a PvP POV. I don't do any PvE in this game except craft.

This was happening to me as well. I am running Windows 10 and discovered that TS/Mumble were somehow conflicting with things. Once I started shutting down those applications before exiting the game, the black screen crashes stopped. So keeping my fingers crossed...

I had no idea I was supposed to receive these things. I summoned Shae as well. Got nothing but Shae. More Biofail...

Nope. Could have been the best expansion ever, but BW ruined it with the horrid Command Crate gear grind. They were warned that it was a terrible idea, but they went ahead with it anyway. Good to see they are making changes, but it's likely too little too late. Not to mention that we still don't know what the changes are and will have to wait another month for them anyway. I'm a Founder and have stuck with this game for 5 years. Gonna unsub for the first time ever until they fix Command Create gearing to my satisfaction. It's no fun grinding gear this way, and Alts are near useless. Total fail.

Will give it three weeks. That's when my sub runs out in December.

Look...the KotFE story was good, but it was hardly worth coming back for. Even if the new story is twice as good as KotFE, people won't care much...not with the horrid RNG gear chase coming, terrible class balance changes, and near total lack of any new group content.

^ This. CXP is only a sideshow really. Even having max CXP is no guarantee of anything in terms of gear. Just refer to Musco's fail crate openings on the PTS for proof. 5.0 is garbage.

It's an RNG gear up in 5.0...so there is no clear path to the gear you want. You literally may never get it...

I'll take that bet. Been subbed to this game since EGA. Every single time the community found a major bug or problem on the PTS, it was NEVER fixed by launch date. Usually would get fixed in the patch following launch. In fact, the majority of xpac launches not only contained obvious PTS bugs but also new bugs because the BW coders have been consistently sloppy in their releases. Point being...expect the absolute worst. The RNG gear crate lottery is already a horrible idea. The RNG being terrible even at high ranks will just make matters that much worse. I've never been so disinterested in an xpac release for a game I play in my life. Not only is my excitement level zero, but I'm considering pulling the plug on my sub. I have about three weeks before it renews again so I will give the new xpac that long...

The proposed change of reintroducing gear RNG in 5.0 is a terrible idea. As a PvPer, if there is one thing in this game that I am very satisfied with, it is the current gearing situation. Grinding a new set of PvP gear is very reasonable in the time it demands and the cost. As a Player, having the ability to choose specifically how to gear is a significant boon. Reintroducing Gear RNG in the form of Command Crates is a serious step backward in this regard. It has been about 5 years so I get that you guys may have forgotten what RNG gearing was like in this game, but I recommend that you do not repeat your mistakes. What you are proposing as a change in 5.0 is strikingly similar to the RNG gear drops many of us suffered in the first few months of game launch. It was a terrible system in every way. Do not bring that back. And the caveat of having the drops match your Advanced Class really doesn't help matters much. There is a pretty massive difference on my PT between gearing for Tanking and gearing for DPS. Healer and DPS roles within advanced classes can also exemplify this difference, especially as far as Set Bonuses are concerned. Please do not reintroduce Gear RNG in 5.0. It's a horrible idea. Player choice in regard to gear is one of the positives in this game. Keep it alive.

I bought an ASUS/GEForce and absolutely love it aside from some of the bloatware it came with.

Good question. Seems the majority of player characters' wives flat out disappeared, but for some reason, the Outlander doesn't seem to care. lol

KOTFE was pretty disappointing. I did it once on one toon. Thought the story was good, but definitely not worth repeating. I currently have six 65s, only one of which leveled to 65 via KOTFE. If story is what BW is betting the house on, I, for one, hope they do better in the next expansion.

Pretty sure they play Barbie with their Strongholds.

I now live in Japan. I play on both TEH and Harb. Oddly enough, my Ping is worse on Harb than it is on TEH. I have no idea why that is the case.

I've been in a multitude of SWTOR OPvP battles in my time playing this game, and I've never seen a fight of more than 20 players result in anything more than a horrendous slideshow. I don't know enough about the technical stuff under the SWTOR hood to explain why, but the OPvP performance of this game was garbage out of the gate.

It's actually not that bad...when Pubs can get 8 players on a team. Queuing Pub PvP on Harb anytime outside of primetime, however, usually results in a shorthanded team. I primarily queue off hours and haven't had a full Pub team of 8 in three weeks. Just finished a 7v5 Voidstar. Ya...that went over well. lol wtb x-facton queues for all WZs, but alas, BW doesn't have the Tech...

If by normal you mean getting disconnected every few minutes or so, then ya...all things are back to normal.

You know the interesting irony about HK-55...I was subscribed and I still don't have him. lol Just not interested in the Fallen Empire storyline and you have to finish some Chapter to unlock the HK-55. So ya...nothing for me and I've been subscribed since launch.