Isn't f2p mostly just an indication, that BW messed up on the engine to begin with, which makes the game practically unplayable at times? Rotten gfx engine Crappy IO management Blocking network calls. Now f2p to get more players to servers which are already struggling with network transactions alone, not to mention how the gfx engine is all backwards and we have random freezes even at lowest possible settings. Way to go. Guess f2p really means, we are not going to improve the quality of the game, you get to live with it as is, and meanwhile we'll make some money of you suckers who buy virtual gear in our stores.

A remarkable observation of what NOT to do, but everyone seems to do. Not without reason it's called "Facepalm Warzones"

I believe more responses would be a good thing, last bump or the issue must die.

Ahhh good another nerf post based on the level 10 - 49 bracket, has anyone considered that it is an unfortunate necessity that there is a level 10-49 bracket? Ideally this would be split into several brackets, to balance it out, but with server populations being what they are and a lot of people spending time in 50s pvp, I don't see a better way to do it, sure you get roflstomped in 10-49 a lot, as did I when leveling my Marauder. FoTM is unfortunately a thing which will always be an issue in any game, my advise on this... live with it, and hopefully the real fix, namely cross server pvp, may bring more brackets to even things out.

Seems people are more interested in venting perspectives on over powered classes and skills, or at least what they believe are over powered classes and skills, than in adressing something which is in fact undisputably broken.... Bumpage post.

Ok here is the problem, the unbalanced teams being forced to play through a wz until the end is getting stupid, it is a complete waste of time, as in many cases it is impossible to get even ONE medal if you are not a tank or a healer. BW has already stated that they know the nature of this bug, so why hasn't it been fixed? I think it is needed to reimplement the wz premature end timer, but I can also see a number of problems in the way I would like to see it done, let me scetch up the idea I have. Essentially: If a zone ends by the timer, no one gets any reward, this includes that there is no progress in the daily pvp quest. This in itself can cause a lot of problems and opens for potential exploits there fore there has to be a well defined secondary rule. The no reward only applies if the zone ends within the first 3 minutes of a match as a result of the timer. This will prevent the loosing team to grief the winning team by mass quitting before a match ends. It is outright frustrating to enter warzones to earn commendations for gear when there is absolutely no reward unless you make a minimum of one medal, which in cases as the 7 vs 3 is impossible, hence I am of the opinion that BW is wasting the time of a lot of people who wants good PVP. Please fix this!!! NB: Now that we are at it, could you see fit to sort the WZ rankings on objective points, rather than how many medals someone raked up?

Leave the tankasin alone, real tanks wear tank gear, they are not 'dps geared' to farm medals and solo any imaginable class, those guys just got the game wrong, and think they are gods of destruction becaues they can kill in pvp, but they can't defend an objective if their life depended on it. Give m emy tank spec and a half decent healer, and you won't be cappinig anything By the time you manage to kill one of us, the cavalry arrived.

Aww comeon, taking the ball to your own goal line before you run and score is the ultimate Huttball taunt!

Self contradictionary, that would be the same as me telling you that you can't have your pve gear from pve, but you have to pvp for it. Why should you be allowed everything you need rom pve, by doing pve alone, if the same does not apply to pvp? I have just recently succumbed to the credit preasure and started farming dailies after 4 months of playing the game, because it is simply the ONLY way I can get credits needed for anything. Just take the recent Tatooine event, 9k credits just for seling all the junk you pick up during the chain, some would say well that fits well with pvp for about 4 or 5 Warzones, but 3 war zones is the equivalent in time spent! That was credits for junk sold, I didn't even mention the additional 60k you get in quest rewards, not to mention that if you buy some black green crystals and GTK them, you can make a healthy additional heap of creds. So 45 mins on Tatooine nets me 70k while 45 mins spent pvping, most likely nets me 4k, if winning, and assuming that 2 ques will actually pop during that time. Then there is the next argument, that you can que from anywhere, yes this is true, but I don't want to spend too much time looking at load screens, of Ilum, Belsavis or Corelia.

Yeh, having those exact problems, and I would like the sound issue fixed. Leave the ability problems though, I am just getting used to hammering away at my keyboard.

Ok as much as it is fun to have warzone stats, can we at least also have some useful stats? Number of wins? An Arbitrary number at best, when there is no way that it indicates any thing at all, as we have no: War Zones Played OR War Zone Losses to hold it up against. MVP votes is a worthless stat as well, as very few people in the zones actually putting them on people who made a difference, just plug it at most healed or most damage dealt, or that friend who happened to be in there with you. And finally: Why can I only check those numbers on my self? Why can't I see how others are doing? To me this is just a cosmetic change with no real utility to the community or the game as such.

An idea is just that an idea, a solution does account for every possible contingency as far as possible, so yes you have to detail it all, otherwise it is not a fix, just a random seemingly great idea with no real content. I believe you had the word "fix" in your title post.

I fully agree, I am just trying to point out that the "solutions" are half or not thought through at all, the latest don't allow gear change in WZ, what would that achieve except preventing someone from changing his pve set with is pvp set? Granted there are a number of things that can be done to improve pvp, but the first idea is rarely the best and definately not when the solution is a stray thought at best. All that said, I enjoy PvP and I am in it for the challenge, but basing groups on gear is a terrible idea at best, many people thrive at getting the gear, then level an alt, who will you play against? And with server populations as they are now, making finer masked groups based on level is really not an option either.

Well I guess you have to learn to find weaknesses other than inferior gear!

Right, the main aspect of the game for me is PVP, and I concur with the notion that you should win on skill, not on your gear: If you have no life and can spend days on end getting the good gear, it doesn't mean you are a better player, just that you think you are. I personally condone the changes, and YES I was in full BM before 1.2, however it is just no fun steamrolling fresh 50s because they are under geared, face rolling them while equally geared, now that's the fun part. If you like to "work" for your gear there is a game aspect called pve, and I would suggest you check it out, then you can gloat about how cool you are with your fancy gear, and how everyone else sucks because they might have a life.

And what exactly is going to prevent people from wearing some random gear picked up here and there, only to change to full BM set once they are in the zone?

I have decided in my infinite wisdom that all classes are over powered, and should be nerfed to light armor and having only basic attack, sprint, and pass huttball skill. That should make everyone happy

I would have taken him for a Frogdog....

I thought you were talking about a game here, not about life in general

I wish more people would understand huttball.... I hate pugs, particularly against premades. However if I am in a premade... don't care who you are, we are going to win

One sentence to sum it up: Learn to play Huttball

He was on your team, why are you bringing this up?

Civil war simply has too much of a problem with frame rate drops on many hardware setups, to be enjoyable more than occationally.

Yes, that will really reduce the number of times you have to load a huge planet, good plan.

It gets worse when they seemingly fall from the ramps in huttball, and you persue only to find that they are trotting along above you.