Yup. SS is down. Well, at least the problem is not specific to my account! So that's a positive.

Something is for sure wrong. Just logged out and tried to log back in and launcher 'updated'. Now it is telling me I have been logged out due to 'inactivity'. Oh well. Update: I can log into other servers fine. Just not SV where all my characters are located.

My thinking is that it is actually the players themselves that cause this problem. Don't blame the company, put the blame squarely where it belongs. When I post on the GTN, and run into an inflated market, I try to post at a value that makes me a nice profit, and one that new players could afford to pay. Maybe that makes me stupid, but I get comfort that someone might find a good buy and be made happy. So, if you all want to see inflation go away, then start posting at reasonable prices. I guarantee that the prices will come down, and will stay down as long as folks continue to post at reasonable prices. This is not EA/Bioware issue - it is 100% a player generated problem. Just my 2c

I think the solution is an easy one. EA should just remove the RP-PVP designation and make it a normal PvP server. Then, these servers could be included in the standard PvP server consolidations. Problem solved.

To little, to late. After months of seeing that silly blurb on launching the game as to how better social standing got me access to 'better' gear.... All I could ever find was Light armor social gear. Great for Healers and Caster DPS. Sucks for any Medium or Heavy users. So, I just spend a few thousand credits for Belt and Wrist moddable pieces. The new system (which really should have been in place at launch) means nothing to me. I think SWTOR launched a year or so to soon. Just think how successful this game would have been (in the long run) if everything that is going to be in place by Dec 2012 had been there when it launched. How much additional content could have been ready. Maybe some of the disasterous design decisions, like splitting the population (and the content) into two factions, could have been reversed in time.

Blonde, have a look at GW2. The devs there are really making some fundamental changes to how MMO mechanics are done. At the very least, go to the GW2 site and watch the *very* short vids that illustrate some of the Profession (Class) abilities in action. There are 5 vids for each Profession, and they are a real eye-opener. Then, maybe read about the game mechanics. GW2 really is something new.

Glad you are enjoying the game. But what you are describing is NOT RP. In point of fact, there is very little roleplay possible in SWTOR. I won't even bother going into the reasons as to why this is true.

Because Bioware did not write this game engine. It is the 'Hero Engine' from a failed fantasy MMO, "Hero's Journey". One would expect horse type mounts to jig up over obstacles.

And, how are they going to give YOU special dispensation and refuse all the other thousands of folks that want to go there? Answer is that they won't allow you to go there, or anyone else.

As one would expect from this sort of quasi-merge.

That is a very recent modifcation to their server transfer rules. It exists that way now because there really are no very heavy pop servers in WoW anymore. Probably won't see Queues again there until MoP launches.

This happens all the time. I have quite often gotten affection results on two or three companions for even normal convo responses in quests. There have even been times when I got no affection change for my current out companion, but have gotten it for the ones on my ship, or out crafting. I guess we maintain radio contact with all our companions all the time. :/

Here is what I would consider a good baseline system : 3.0ghz CPU Dual Core minimum 3g RAM Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 (not overclocked) Win7 Home Premium Anything less than this, and you will have to turn down the graphics.

Heh. If you had an 'All' button, how is that different from clicking '20' ? A click is a click.

Maybe.