This thread is mainly about the cost of things in the game and how it hurts the community. A lot of us progress through raids and doing so can run you 50-100k nightly, others gotta respec for pvp and or heals which is another 25-50k nightly, others get dupe champ, battlemaster, or items from the random roll system and remove the mods to put in other gear which is another 25-50k nightly, and if you wanna pick-up group you gotta expect to blow another 50-100k nightly because as we all know pickups don't go so well. My problem here is that im someone who enjoys to pickup group with people, i like to meet new people, help new people, and gear new people. But with the cost of all these things it pretty much is killing the pickup group community because the price of all these things and knowing you will wipe a few times in a pickup group is just to high in my opinion. If repair prices where lower id be pickup grouping dailys, i don't mind the wipes........but knowing every pickup group i join has a chance to destroy my bankroll after its already hurting from respecing & raids........its just to much in my opinion and it makes me wanna avoid them and i feel others feel the same. Repairs need to be lowered & a duelspec needs to be added BADLY.

They say they will fix lots of stuff then after the patch is out its not fixed so until it IS fixed, this thread can stay on the front page and they can hear our voices because there is no excuse that these aren't fixed yet.

Title says it all and i intent to keep this thread bumped until something is finally done about this. Theres no excuse that this hasn't been fixed yet, whats the point in doing hard work and trying to progress when the gear quality is worse? I mean really?

Coming early 2013?

I'm curious if vanguards are the highest shield chance type tanks and or tanks in general or do all other tanks use shield chance just as much as us? Anyone know info on this?

Topic says it all

The point is, i wanna pug, i wanna group with the noobs, i don't mind wiping.......but i know if i lfg for a pug i might as well take 50k of my credits and destroy them........pugging for groups & trying to progress through raiding combined is just to much credits lost in my opinion, even doing dailys. Raid for four hours, lose 100k-150k.........that expected, its raiding Pugging ( grouping with noobs ) is another 50-100k loss........and its wrong.......the price of repairs forces people pretty much not nor want to pug.

Id say the community as a hole, half care about wiping period where the other half do not but pretty much everyone cares about the high price of repairs........if repairs wheren't so high more people would pug and more people would enjoy group hardmodes, going out, and just meeting other people for groups but due to the high price of repairs its not like this. Many try to avoid pugging all togeather where others will only group with pugs they know. Things in the pug community would be much better if people didnt need to worry about blowing 50k+ on repairs doing group hardmodes

There needs to be a /random system for masterloot so people who don't want or need the item don't get the item via raid random. Games that came out 20 years ago had this at launch and its beyond me why swtor doesn't. Secondly you cannot masterloot normal ( you can but the loot is still randomly put to people ) this means that people who don't need nor want the item can get it instead of those who could actually use it, again why this isn't already in is beyond me. These are two very simple mechanics and should of already been put in and id love to see them before 2013.