This should come as zero surprise. CC is going the be the cost for any new content. Especially something that's individual: race, weapon, vehicle, pet, etc anything applied to a single instance will for near 100% certain be CC unlock.

You just made me cringe and cry all at once.

Extended maintenance, then log in errors for several hours, then an entire sever crash. These are day one problems that are still happening a year later. This is one (of several) reasons why people left in droves and forced the f2p option so early on. But heaven forbid they learn from their mistakes.

Just Bastion. Pitiful for a year old game.

Like what you're doing?

Stuck too. Not surprised. Same devs that took one of the most valued IPs in history and made a game that completely screwed up launch day (8 hour log ins), then had to do server consolidations, and then switch to free to play in less than a year. And then with nearly every single update, they screw something up to extend maintenance that lasts 10+ hours and/or screw up the log in process. Really? Nearly every time? Is there no accountability there? Are these replacement devs? Who knows, maybe replacement devs could do better... Quality certainly does not seem to be any type of priority (shocking right?).

LMAO yes, yes I will. Anyone who wants more, feel free!! Like I said, it wasn't to race but to kill time. However if I get more character slots....I will be tempted to replay a couple stories maybe...

Fair enough....

LOL I'm glad that math was wrong But leveling really isn't hard when you have other toons to support it. Custom and artifact gear, have a toon to make armor cores, another for barrels/hilts, and use planet comms to buy mods and enhancements. Then your companion gets +10 presence for each full affection companion and +100 for unlocking human race, so they become power houses (they could solo group missions until about level 20). So basically you are cutting through all the world/class quests like butter. Plus I would take up all the side quests and do the ones that were one the way from point a to b for the class/world quest. Others I would just drop. All cut scenes I would just space bar through, except class story, since world/side quests never change (except a bit in dialog). Then do daily space missions and pvp missions and that is tons of quick XP there. But like I also said in my op, I think 8 months of content is well worth the time and effort I put in. I'm not complaining that there isn't more content (except maybe on the individual character level, since BW should have realized not everyone wants to play every character) but I would certainly enjoy some more but the stories were so well done. Even the classes with dry spells and uninspired story lines had some great voice acting and even had little parts that fit into the whole big story. That reminds me, when you play through all, there's a lot that gets explained as to why certain other stories went a certain way. Kinda like one of those movies where you see the same story from difference points of view, but it was only in a few areas but interesting none the less. Also I do actually have somewhat of a life I have a wife and almost 3 year old son. My son LOVES to watch me play, so he'll sit on my lap and I'll play for a bit so that also helped in grinding. Also since I'm on rotating shifts, some nights I had to get on a nightshift schedule so I had to try to force myself to stay awake all night, and that of course was another grinding advantage. Also my wife works at a daycare that my son also goes to, so when my days off are during the weekday, I'm home alone with not a whole lot else to do. So it's not so much that I sped through it because I wanted to, I did it because I was bored and had really nothing else to do.

*Quick note: I work 12 hour rotating shifts with quite a bit of downtime, and thanks to a solid 4G wireless connection and unlimited data, I get some great play time at work Finished up my last level 50 yesterday. I wanted to play through each story since most of them were really top notch (imo at least) but now it's left me in a state of boredom and here's why: All 8 toons are at least valor ranked 30 or higher. Of those 8 three are in bull Battlemaster Gear with every piece augmented and valor rank over 50. Of those 3 one is almost valor rank 70, with several war hero pieces. Some of my others who I don't pvp with are actually still in Centurion and Champion gear. And though I obviously enjoy PvP, I can only stand playing it constantly for short bursts before the monotony just kills it for me. All 8 toons are Top Shot pilots with Grade 5 purple ship components. On a few toons, nearly all side quests have been completed. Have done every single crew skill crafting and even redid a several on a few toons. Over 15 million credits spread between toons (keeping in mind I've been self funding constant leveling since launch) so the market game has been played...though not really that meaningful. Since I've played both sides, I'm fairly certain I've explored nearly every inch of every planet. Legacy level 45, almost 46 (and only my last two characters got the joy of the legacy xp boost perks). Done several flashpoints but aside from playing through the story once, I don't care to grind for the gear since I prefer to have PvP gear. Have some toons with maxed Darkside points and some with maxed Lightside. So stepping back and looking at everything, when doing everything the game offers, it has given me 8 straight months of entertainment which is well worth the money I've put into it. However, if I was only to focus on one character, then my adventure would have ended just a couple months into this game...like what happened to my entire guild and it really makes me wonder of BW's intentions were. Did they expect everyone to play every class? Did they not expect people to devote their focus primarily on one character? Just random thoughts. I doubt however I will wait for future content but will more than likely resubb for it once it's out. But anyways for anyone who cares and the few who are actually still reading this, here is how I ranked the class stories based on my own personal preference from best to worst: Imperial Agent - solid story, very enjoyable Warrior/Trooper - both great stories, couldn't pick one over the other Inquisitor/Counselor - good stories, but both had some areas of just blandness. Knight - Most of the story is just bland, boring, and uninteresting but it does have a very strong finish though. Bounty Hunter - Would've thought it would have had a great storyline but for me, far from it. Seemed slap dashed, boring, and near pointless. Certain aspects of certain quests were pretty good, but overall it's a story I wouldn't play through again.

Are you crazy?!? It's freakin HOT outside!!!! Don't do it!!!

If they keep the servers down any longer, I'll be forced to go outside....which in this heat is near suicide. Balls in your court BW...

Um...this has been going on since launch. Every single Tuesday morning. Take this time for personal reflection. Find your own way to make a better you.

Zero credits, fine. Zero comms, fine. Zero xp, fine. Zero valor, fine. Zero EVERYTHING even after a good fight...BULLS***!!!! All this does is give people that much more motivation to quit a WZ the second their team starts losing. Also whenever I joined a WZ in progress, typically because our side was losing, I would at least stick around for the xp, credits, valor, and comms and a show of good faith to my fellow pvpers. Now...there is no reason for me to do so. All it will do is waste time.