I totally get you and understand. At least the queue for ESO is generally short. I've been playing ToR since beta, off and on as well and the changes and experiences are pushing me away. I wish I hadn't bought the pack that gave me 2 months play time because now unsubbing won't even make any sort of statement. They already got my money.

Its intended because they stated before when they made their deliberate 'backend' changes that disallowed selling looted gear on the GTN, that they would come up with some way to help players still get looks they might want. HOWEVER, to my knowledge it was never stated that they were going to make the loot drops that we could at least deconstruct for fragments, etc and sell to vendors for change, be changed to where you could no longer even do that much (sell or deconstruct). I was extremely unhappy about the change to being able to sell the looted gear on the GTN nor were they transparent about that change. The only reference to it might be happening, that I could find, was something in testing notes. Now they've gone one step further, leaving you to clean up their crap that we can't do anything with, that's still dropping. Since they've gone this far, just make the old loot stop dropping and substitute those fantastic (/s) new world drops that won't even be added to the collection system. Between this and the change to conquest points for reputation increase that was stealth nerfed, plus recent poor customer service experiences, I'm just.. supremely disgusted right now.

I am beyond pi**ed about this. I've been unhappy with changes Broadsword has been making unannounced -or buried announcements- since they started. Fancy new dyes (that cost way too much for a single use item) and a few graphical updates and a deleted floating bottle do not make up for major changes likes this and when its stealthed in, it makes even worse. The only reason I can see this being done is the same way others are seeing it: they are increasing the grind. Conquest was nerfed before, you were forced to earn more, cut how much you got, etc saying that people were using it to level off of it and too much exp was being granted. They put in level limits as well on what could be earned when. Now that's being cut. I don't care who is responsible for the change. Some of it was BW. Some of it is Broadsword. EA is always a culprit. What matters is that its been done and how its been done. Personally, different ways to level is always appreciated and adds a layer of variables that can help keep interest alive in an aging game with many issues. Some people use PvP to level. Some use class stories. Some use FPs. I see nothing wrong with conquest being an option either. I'll throw in one more thing, though I'll look for a separate topic on that to further expound my feelings upon... the stealth change to the loot being 0 value and cannot even be sold to a vendor, plus mostly cannot even be deconstructed for tech fragments and the like has also heightened my negative feelings. Fast approaching a 'I'm so over this game' attitude. I've been playing this game since beta and I've had a lot of good memories but they are years old and more and more frequently buried under negative reactions to the game and choices being made by those handling it.

I never had an issue with this bug before, though I see it goes back a couple years. However, my luck has apparently run out and I've encountered it recently with every new toon I've created in the last few months. So, just reporting in that in July 2023, its still happening. SMH.

All I can say is that I stood in Theed, on Naboo (in SWG) and watched the Rebel fleet flying overhead as the skies went black. I can't say that I'll do the same here in ToR.

Happening in 2023.... but hey, lets fix the economy!

Still not fixed almost a year later.

And top it off with the medals, they aren't even being counted properly. I'll be showing that I have X number of medals in a match but when the match is over, it will have given me less than that. Last night, my last match, I had managed to achieve 11 medals but I only received 8 to my count. So not only did I not get credit for the extra medals earned, I also didn't get the bonus count you're supposed to get for hitting 8 or more. I honestly don't know how this is going to get fixed or improved but I don't care for the changes and it just adds to my general negativity toward the greater grinding trend that I see happening in almost every aspect of the game, not just PvP.

Well, months later and its still happening. I have to wonder if they even know how to fix it. I've a gaming partner and he stopped playing for awhile. He recently returned and we've resumed our questing together. We do compatible classes and join each other on class quests, do the planetary and all exploration missions, etc together. It was never the problem it is now, in the past. Consistently, on every planet, we're running into snags where the quest will only update for one character and not the other. It happens in heroics. It happens in the planetary quest, etc. We're also experiencing having to gain quest objectives individually far more than we ever had to before. Its to the point now where grouping is creating more trouble than playing solo. That's not how this game was designed. I play MMOs to play with friends. If I wanted a single player game, I'd be playing that. It'd be really grand if this got fixed instead of just let go.

Well, some weird magic happened and the launcher finally launched. I wish I could say that any of the suggestions I tried helped or that I could say exactly why it worked this time. I cannot. I opened up the launcher with the intent of continuing to try and poke at it. I didn't see if there was an update (if there was, it was small/fast). When I clicked play, it launched. Its worked every time since then and I hope it continues to work.

Well, I didn't see vcredist in any of the ToR folders. I searched my drive and found it in Origins and Zenimax's ESO and a couple of other files that had unrecognizable names. I'm not going to install it willynilly without knowing more so I've been searching for threads or posts that mention it. I've found some but they are related to Steam. One without but it had no helpful answers. So, still searching for something that works and hoping for responses that help. o/

I'll take a look! Thank you for the suggestion/response. This is my first experience with Win11 too and I'm not a fan. >.< But everything is fresh/brand new on the PC, including this ToR install. If those files are missing, I have to imagine that somehow they weren't included in the download.

Actually, out of that, the one thing that stood out to me that I also have not tried is reinstalling Direct X. I do have ToR listed as exceptions/allowances. I can try the reinstall of that component too! Thank you.

Well really, its very kind of you to post those things since apparently you think I haven't read them. I assure you that I have and I have tried those things as I mentioned above. Forgive me for forgetting to post that I also disabled my antivirus software as well. The only thing I haven't done is send in the host.developer.log because I didn't actually encounter any errors (there were no error codes or messages). It simply failed to launch. I was hoping for something more recent than from a month or two ago, as well as I sincerely hoped that the team would have a fix within such a time window. I don't have any issues on my Desktop PC which is running Windows 10 Pro but its currently out of commission, hence the use of the laptop, which I just bought, that is running Windows 11 home.

I bought a new laptop and can't launch the game. The laptop is running Windows 11 and it is NOT running an Intel chip. Its AMD. I've read the bug reports, googled everything I can think of and read it and none of the suggestions have worked so far. I have: run it in admin mode, changed the compatibility, updated video drivers, done all windows updates, checked to see if I can repair files (I cannot) and even sat there clicking play whenever it lights up for over the period of an hour (because some players said it took them a few times but it finally went). I am at my wit's end with this. I do not run it on Steam. Is there any help or fix for this? I am hoping I'm just missing something stupid.