No the point of pre-season is to get people a rank and place them with people of equal skill for season one.

My god is that guy annoying. I couldn't bare it. I know my opinion on EA and I don't need someone to tell me what I should feel.

TOROcast – Episode 152 – Lotta’ ‘Sodes With E3 having come and gone we had a ton to talk about for the show this week. First, game update 1.3 hit the public test server for players to being testing what’s coming in 1.3. We have heard a lot of good things about the game update. Maybe BioWare has done something right. We talk a bit about what was announced during the EA Download press conference. And last but not least we do a very quick overview of this weeks community Q&A. We hope you enjoy the show leave comments and let us know how we’re doing. Also, the first episode for the Twonk Hammer podcast will be available later this afternoon, check http://www.twonkhammer.com for more information.

Because if they allowed everyone to move on whatever server they want, you'll be the one on here ************ about server queues.

I love the fact that people are jumping to the conclusion that your going to have to pay for this content. Bioware have said nothing about it, other than its coming. I personally believe you will have to pay nothing more than the subscription you already pay. Its not an expansion, its just a patch.

I dunno about you mate but it doesn't take me three minutes to get into my ship. Now I'm not going to say that the game isn't optimised. Not by a long shot. The loading times are really still far too long and they have a lot of work to do on the engine to help with that problem. But just because its not perfect first time doesn't mean you rip out the entire engine and start again. Dear god if we did that nothing would get done.

This and THIS again. People seem to think that World of Warcraft instantly got 12 million subscribers. They seem to forget all those years of development and effort Blizz put into it. Then again at that time the MMO community was a very different place. Its either all now or nothing.

I'm pretty sure Bioware are working on all of these points in some form or another. Just don't expect them all to come out at the same time. On the free to play issue. I can definitely see Bioware giving people at least a week back to try out patch 1.3 and the server transfers and to give the game a go on a thriving server population.

You say the game needs a huge overhaul, yet you do not offer suggestions or ideas as to what needs to change. A Major overhaul? Of course the game doesn't need it. The game itself is solid. Bioware made a mistake by opening to many servers and they are paying for it. They are working as fast as they can to solve that problem but things take time. (Imo too long) However, whats done is done and can't be changed. All that Bioware can do is look forward and learn from their mistakes. They certainly don't need thread, after thread saying the same thing over and over again. Trust me. Bioware hears you and understand what the community are asking for but it takes time.

TOROcast – Episode 151 – The Bright Side This week’s episode was an interesting episode to record. Tom and Samm discuss the future of game update 1.3 and break down this weeks community Q and A which was also focused around Game Update 1.3. Some very important information regarding the future of the TOROcast podcast can be found at the end of the show. Please be sure to listen to what we discussed.

This is probably the real reason. During launch they need a massive Customer Support team and bug killing team too tackle urgent bugs. Its very, very sad. Mainly for those people who lost their jobs. But this is the reality of MMO's and companies. I know people love to think of gaming companies separate from others but at the end of the day if they don't need certain people they will get rid of them.

Its Bender from Futurama

If you can run SWTOR on High its a very pretty game. I agree I enjoy the character models and the type of art they chose for TOR. Its very unique. However, because of this its not to everyone's taste. I really enjoy the animations, sometimes though I do see the lightsabre come out of your hand. I'm going to put this is a spoiler tag so people won't see this again and again and ruin the game for them

TOROcast – Episode 150 – The Live Show For episode 150 we decided to do something a bit different. Instead of our normal record the podcast and post it we have attempted to produce a live broadcast for our fan base. However, we have also recorded the show for those of you who were unable to attend the live show and would rather have it to listen in during your work day. Hope you enjoy it and thanks for sticking with us through 150 rock solid episodes.

TOROcast Episode 150 Pre-show is currently live and streaming at http://www.own3d.tv/live/303373/Twonk_Hammer We're love it if you could join us

Hello all. TOROcast is the longest running SWTOR podcast ever and this Sunday we will be recording our 150th episode live at 1pm Est/ 6PM BMT. We'd love to see as many of you there as possible. For more details check out this thread or keep an eye on our twitter. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask.

TOROcast – Episode 149 – The Earliest Show In today’s episode Samm and Tom discuss this week’s Community Q&A for Star Wars: The Old Republic. More so the discussion of what planet would you want added to SWTOR.

TOROcast – Episode 148 – Just the Two of Us On this week’s episode of TOROcast Samm and Tom go off topic once again talking about games they have been playing this week and why taking ten seconds to reload a gun is so awesome. But fear not for we touch on some important SWTOR news and suggestion’s on what we can learn from the Rakghoul Event and World PvP. Its a up close and personal episode.

Its safe to say that all those people who have been found exploiting will be dealt with. Whether Bioware just takes the money they made from the exploit and leave it at that, or take it further. Its down to them but I have complete faith Bioware will deal with these people.

TOROCAST – EPISODE 147 – ALDERAAN DAY On this week’s episode of the TOROcast Samm, JJ and Tom talk about this weeks news for Star Wars: The Old Republic. We discuss our feelings on the new Star Wars: The Old Republic website.

I would like to quote this for the truth. As long as you are having fun, it doesn't matter.

Bioware will not do server merges as far as we know. Server transfers will be coming soonish. However, I believe they will be quite restricted. The reason there are so many servers is due to the demand it had a launch. Bioware did what they had to do to provide space for all the players that wanted to play. Obviously the population will go down but I think we've seen a very healthy grow in population when 1.2 hit. Maybe not everywhere but on most servers. Its very normal for a MMO population to go up and down between patch releases.

http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=410083 Namely "In addition to this, we will be performing maintenance on SWTOR.com for its new redesign. The website will be unavailable for ten hours from 1AM CDT (April 16th, 11PM PDT/2AM EDT/7AM BST/8AM CEST/4PM AEST) until 11AM CDT (9AM PDT/12PM EDT/5PM BST/6PM CEST/April 18th,2AM AEST). Once the site comes back up, the new redesign will be unveiled."

Love it. I just wish I could turn into a rakghoul and take over the fleet's with my rakghoul friends.

TOROcast - Episode 146 - I'm Home This weeks episode of the TOROcast Samm and Tom are joined by Miles to discuss this weeks happening of Star Wars The Old Republic. This week the team talks about game update 1.2 Legacy, active player rewards, server transfers and much more.