Why not just reinvent the wheel while they are at it?

Funny, seems everyone in this thread thinks they are some type of networking guru, bet most can't even state what the OSI Layers are from 1 - 7 without looking them up. Internet is not the problem here it's the network, internet is just a bunch of protocols in the layer 4 environment such as TCP, UDP, TFTP,FTP,SNMP,IGMP,HTTP, HTTPS, SSH, etc. To understand how a network really works you have to understand how the different layers operate with one another. For instance, distance while a problem is not that big of one, the problem comes with the amount of HOPS it takes to get to a particular destination, the more hops the more delay hence more latency. You can live 5 miles from a server farm and still have bad latency if your ISP routing tables suck.

There is nothing wrong with bioware requesting us to pay 15 bucks for this, what is wrong is if you decide to pay it and dislike the fact it is baldurs gate III or KOTOR III or ME3 or whatever you want to call it. Moral of the story is don't like it, don't pay it, no one is forcing you.

should teach you not to jump on the elevator then, you look silly to begin with doing so. same with those who jump while running constantly

probably have to call CS

you don't need to validate it, the devs do and they already have the numbers to look at, they are called server logs.

there are ways around it, especially if you swtor account is tied in with yoru origin account nothing is ever safe, anything can be hacked. if the NSA can be hacked you can believe your BW account can be too

nothing on the internet is ever foolproof. that said the more security the better so your security key, your security questions, plus a good password with at least 1 capital letter and 1 number is a good place to start.

RE chances need to be tied into skill lvl not completely random, every other ability in the game can be improved in some way or another so why not also reverse engineering?

it may have been rushed out early, but still a better release than most launches i have been apart of since the late 90's

dunno, never experienced the issue to begin with myself.

supposedly in patch 1.2 around march

his point completely went over your head

you may find that hard to believe, but that does not change the fact that it is possible to not advance technology in that time frame. What one believes does not mean is true.

must not be paying attention, legacy is coming patch 1.2 which is scheduled for march time frame

That is smart, joining a mmo only for the pvp when said mmo is and was always advertised as being PVE focused. As for your other issues, nothing you can do at the moment other than 1) quit, 2) reroll on another server or 3)wait it out. choice is yours!

nope, just one of 1000 other threads that had no idea either

they even have the nerve to butt in from time to time too.

i think that is all anyone really worries about

they can view any log they want whether it is a chat log or not, them simply having the logs and viewing them for their own purposes is not a privacy violation, would be different if they were giving said information out to third parties.

they can do whatever they want, the content is owned by them not you. All actions are logged and subject to viewing, this is the case with any mmo. In the real world do you go to a public place with other people around with cameras and microphones to talk privately?

all i see that those number point out is that some servers are losing less than one quarter of a human beings a week and others are gaining by that ammount. that is hardly a drastic change in population and on top of that these numbers have nothing do with total population just players logged in at the time of the polling was done.

in UI options you can lock the quickbars.

to be fair that number was as of dec 31st 2011, before even the first free month was over. Even as someone who like swtor i doubt they currently still have 1.7 million actual paying subs since january 20th.

I don't know how widely known it is, just found out myself! FYI i was not arguing against the downtimes, personally i'm fine with how they are even in the EU 3 am is something like 10 AM etc and the servers come back online around when most get off work or school. The real players taht get shafted is australia or i schould say the oceanic players