They really would have been better off just making a 4 player co-op RPG.

Because check out all that totally sick valor that Republic made for the first day.

Well, it's certainly a better solution than anyone actually working on the game has suggested.

So how's that fix working out? Anyone care to comment? Big changes, system fixed right? RIGHT?

The more behind they get, the lower their win rate, the harder it becomes to catch up. Anyone Republic who even has the patience to get to 60 stops as soon as they're geared because it is really clearly not fun. There is no catching up, really.

Dude, Smugglers/Agents don't even have to *face their target to fire*. Of course they don't have a melee penalty.

I'm here posting in the forums everyone! Love me! -OP, 2012

Nice. That's good. I look forward to watching this game implode if the developers continue to treat the player base with disdain.

We are. Trying to get my sixty dollars out of the forums, since I can't get it out of the game.

Targeting in general in this game as currently implemented is incredibly frustrating to deal with, even for dps. Healers swear up and down about it pretty regularly in the circles I run with.

The problem with your argument: Valor does let you open the Battlemaster bags. And buy the battlemaster implants and ear pieces and other stuff that are very cheap from the Battlemaster vendor. So yes, actually, getting free valor does drastically change your gear makeup very quickly. The grind to rank 60 is way, way longer than the time to gear up, for anyone who isn't able to farm it with the currently unbalanced system.

Third option: Stop playing badgame.

Last statistics posted by Bioware, about a week before patch 1.1, were 53% Imperial Wins, 47% Republic wins, across all servers. Relatively balanced. I suspect it'll take about two weeks before Imperial players get gear farmed from their free valor from this patch, and unsubs start to really really hit Republic before those numbers change drastically.

Actually yes, Battlemaster gear is that much more powerful, because expertise is incredible. Battlemaster gear is actually also the best pve gear in the game as well as pvp gear. Should I quit, and more importantly, stop paying money to the responsible company, over one colossal mistake that positively ruined my gameplay experience? I believe the answer to this question is also yes. The fun has ceased. My cashflow has also ceased. Do I like a lot of the aspects of this game and would I come back if the game were fixed? Maybe. That's why I'm posting for a few days until I give up hope.

In all honesty, as long as you just reroll every time you hit 50 and play all the different class quests and never pvp at 50, the game is considerably better, yeah. I can respect this post I suppose.