Eric, can you guys give us a way to roll back our level to 1 (or count characters under a certain threshold)and flag us for the event on characters? It really sucks that I just made a new character and spent millions on an outfit and dyes a month ago during the last double xp event and took him to level 30. Now I have like zero desire to finish leveling him since I'll need to start at 1 with a bunch of new characters. I imagine I'm not he only one in this boat.

Rarely if ever do I set foot on the fleet anymore. With a GTN kiosk in my SH, I really don't have a need to.

It's super rare, but honestly I think alot of it is the skirt. It's one of the few skirt leg-slot items in the game, and it has a pretty unique look with the ragged strips.

What I've encountered thus far on Jedi Covenant: Contraband Slot Machine Eidolon Wristguards Minor Class Mission Experience Boost Outlander Observer's Helmet Outlander Observer's Pants Zakuulan Exile's Blaster Rifle Gree Temporary Mind-link Device

They should be communication with us because: 1. For the Community team, it is their job. We are the community. Everyone who plays SWTOR is the community. Not just the people satisfied with the current Status Quo. Not just the people, like me, who aren't satisfied with it. All of us deserve to be communicated to, and better. Regardless of our feelings on the matter. 2. For the Community team and the developers, it is an issue that they themselves have acknowledged repeatedly over the last few years and have said that they are trying to focus on doing it better. Many posts have been made about this. Blogs have been made. This isn't a secret. You can say that I or other people critical over the level of communication coming downstream are "entitled" or "whiners" but obviously BW disagrees with you if they themselves have acknowledged the issue. 3. We are their customers. If they don't communicate to their customers, their customers lose interest. They might then take their business elsewhere. This happens. I have personally done this on a few occasions. I come back for Star Wars, but everytime I return...I am faced with the same recurring lack of communication problem. I'm certain I'm not the only one. It dissuades me from wanting to stay. 4. Communicating about upcoming patches/expansions is the norm in both the MMO genre and the games genre. It drwas interest to the game. It helps build a dialogue about the game with the devs. It helps foster a healthy community. Have I sufficiently explained it to you now?

So daring to be critical about what BW does or doesn't say makes you a whiner? I'm not arguing anything about the cost of the expansion. Re-read my post. I expressly stated I was avoiding making that argument. You're jumping into the back end of someone else's arguement here, one that is a complete derailment of the point. And the point is this. Every time someone dares to voice criticism on these forums about not liking the lack of communication by the developers on ANY topic, you guys jump on them and call us "self-entitled", "whiners", etc. There isn't a counter argument to be made here, despite what you may label me. The communication between the Developers and this game's players is terrible. If it wasn't terrible, then why the hell would Eric himself, as well as his predecessor have directly commented on it? This isn't a new trend. It's an ongoing problem. So you guys can call me what you want to call me, but it doesn't change the situation one little bit.

No, Andryah, it's not pretty standard procedure for Game Developers to without this much information about Gameplay Mechanics changes when coming into an expansion this close to release. Name an MMO on the market right now that has a major expansion in the works and you can find more information about the changes to those games than you are here. This isn't an opinion. It's a fact. I've also been here long enough to remember you and I'm not going to be drawn into a argument with you about what "Free for subscribers" means. So you can keep that bait you're throwing out there, because I'm not biting. Sure, you can act like I'm a spoiled brat stomping my feet because I dared to come on the forums and post criticism about the lack of transparency. How dare I! All the rest of you dissidents get in line so that Andrayah can dress you down for bad behavior. We're all getting demerits!

We don't "deserve" information as paying customers? News to me. That's backwards logic, and it flies in the face of what is the status quo everywhere else but here. It's also bad for marketing not to release said information about changes/features to the game/expansion as a draw to lure customers back/in. But you're right, I'm just being self-entitled. I guess when friends and coworkers ask me what changes are coming in the expansion and why they should come back I can just say "Become The Outlander!" Then they can tell me what Old Blue is doing 1 year in advance over in the Big Game. Not that I would want to go back, but it's always nice to know what other companies are doing in the genre I like to play.

My two posts weren't meant to ask any questions here. My first post was to call a spade a spade. Bad communication is bad. My second was to respond to Talon. Did I start a new thread amongst the dozens that were already here, demanding my own personal response or attention like many do? No. I made a reply in the announcement thread saying that the approach their doing is sad. That's hardly a tirade by any means. I'm not pursuing a tirade. I'm calling them out for giving out the tiniest amount of info possible and doing so piecemeal., and they deserve to be called out. Sure. While I do that, why don't I re-read the questions that I asked there too, or that several others have asked that were perfectly clearly worded and blatantly ignored. Here it is, so poorly worded as you claim. http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=8408060#post8408060 The information people are looking for isn't about Story spoilers. It's about gameplay mechanic related changes.

He isn't the only one that should be ashamed of the lack of information flow and transparency. I used his name in saying that it was sad, because he is the CM. But the entire community and marketing team should be ashamed for how they are handling this. If big bad EA are the ones preventing them from discussing ANYTHING relating to an expansion coming in 2 months (highly dubious, as this problem would manifest on every dev team across their entire spectrum of games under their umbrella) then come out and say so. Stop saying Soon TM, and then ignoring 95% of the questions. Say "We're not ignoring all of these things. We aren't allowed to talk about anything." You can defend them all you want, but it doesn't make my point any less valid. Even if it's "our hands are tied", it doesn't make it any less sad. The lack of transparency here is awful. And it's not indicative of the way things are done at he majority of other studios.

We're under 2 months until the expansion, and you guys are still giving out the barest morsels of information piecemeal? One week at a time? This is sad, Eric. Really really, sad. I'm certainly not the first person to say this, but I definitely won't be the last. Those Other Guys' Big MMO...we know more about their expansion that is coming out next year than we do this one. And you should be ashamed of that. The lack of information flow and communication with the playerbase in SWTOR has been a ongoing problem for YEARS. Your predecessors acknowledged it, and you have multiple times. But no matter how many times you guys keep saying you'll be more transparent, the Status Quo never changes. There are loads of system and gameplay change questions that you could be and should (have) be(en) discussing (before) now. Not after we wait a month to get tiny morsels on the class changes. Show some respect for your loyal players that stay with this game or keep coming back, and stop jerking us around.

During the warrior's quest chain on Tatooine, while doing the Sand Demon part as a female warrior: "Dessert monster! I stand my ground!" Yes. That line made it into the final game, and has been there for years. The female warrior thinks the Sand Demon is made of ice cream. And for my runner up, it's not really the worst...but it's become a running gag in my house to reply with it when someone asks you do something for them. Khem Val's line when you send him on a crew mission: "Nine Oof Jollins Jollins."

Regarding Companions combat mechanics: Will there be any changes to companion's weapon load outs now that roles can be switched? How will melee characters heal? Will all of them be getting blasters? Regarding Companion romances: Will there be any changes to the existing companions that are returning in KOTFE with regards to SSRs?

Returning the favor. http://www.swtor.com/user/ce/lmz90

My five would be: Ashara, my apprentice. Mako for heals and tech support, and because she's one of my favs. Kira - She gets along fine with my DS Jedi. My main isn't a pure evil Sith. I like her attitude and I think she'd fit in well. Vette- Underworld connections, and her snappy attitude would fit in well with Kira and Mako. And for my last slot, either HK or Darkside Jaesa. Not sure yet. They can be my muscle.