Complete Overhaul : Ilum (or whatever you want to call it) Features Conquerable & claimable bases Faction/Guild-wide rewards, perks, & bragging rights Reactive pop balance

From the latest dev tracker summary: http://www.swtor.com/node/314005 Well I thought I could finally ditch ugly looks and move on to orange stuff right after 1.2...

Once again I don't need to label you childish to make my point, here it is: CREDIT huh? You mean pile of those 10k rewards and stuff you get for opening 4 boxes or killing 6 pub npcs under a minute? Social rank costs too, whether you want to admit or not. Time, effort, group members, or whatever incorporeal resources I can't convert to credits. I'm not asking best shell in the universe for nothing. IF players paid equivalent effort to get that shell, it deserve one more hole, as long as it's orange. Balancing it from there is up to the developers.

Because sitting around GTN pushing crew button is oh so special and sacred? Not to mention there are people who gain social ranks via slower methods.

It's about providing various path to the gears : it could be crit-craft, could be dungeons, warzones, social ranks, etc. I don't see crafting exclusive slots fulfill that goal. Why even have other designs when you know they're doomed to be inferior and unused. And about the price tag - you missed the other side. It says : "Social Rank Required"

Update 03.14.2012 1.2 patch note did not mention any changes to social gears, except for imp version of Coruscant dress and suit for the repub. It seems currently we won't be getting extra slotted social gears at 1.2, but they are considering it at least. My feedback stays the same : as long as social gears remain orange, it deserves to be competitive with other oranges. Or it will be pretty pointless to introduce heavy-medium versions along with 'dramatic' plans of yours.

Same here.. This is disturbing to say the least. I'd totally understand if this was some expansion pack with increased max level cap. Or a whole new season (if there were any announced). But what the !@#$ is this? I live through 8v11, no-count bugs, Ilum fiasco, then I get a reset?

In DAOC we had hilly wasteland / green pasture / snowy field ... and usual actions took place where grass was greener.

Fleet-wide ban : Landspeeders All combat abilities including AOE effects/sounds Kids who nonstop jumping around vendors/terminals

Rewards from Ilum need to be completely different from that of warzone, or Ilum will have to compete with wz in terms of population and motivation, with balancing troubles. What I suggest as Ilum reward is a higher cause, something Star Warsy. not the individual rewards like gear progression. - Bragging rights : Faction/Guild marks & flags, decorations - Personal temporary abilities : Cool and shiny abilities on a loooong cooldown. - Server-wide factional bonus - Server-wide underdog bonus Pop balance shouldn't be a problem here, since we already have dynamic mechanic in the lore : we got mercs, we got royalists, we got usurpers, and more, as sub-factions. They only need to make a system that stabilize itself. Bases are needed, definitely, not the things we have in Ilum that can be ninja solo'ed. It should take time, provide advantage to the underdogs, and work as a base of operations, supply, troop movement, bragging rights, territorial pissings, everything starts here.

Okay.. lets have a simple breakdown. Lets say MigSebes is Lv10 and he faces his counterpart, a high level healer. The opponent have access to: AOE heal channeled heal HOT 3s cast heal 1.5s cast heal shield spell skill that prevent pushback effect skill that enhances every heals skill that enhances shield interrupt cc breaker sprint and more... MigSebes have access to: nothing nothing nothing more nothing 1.5s cast heal nothing nothing nothing

Don't listen to these lies.. some people had to q wz because they are too lazy to run to the next quest without sprint/speeder. Most Lv10's usually end up at the bottom of the chart, every aspect, with 1-2 medals. If you don't want to be a burden and rather have an impact to the battlefield, I'd say.. start around Lv25+. You will have sprint, interrupt, CC breaker, core abilities and damage chains, with a little benefits from skill tree. Remember you will be one of 8, and to win the match you need to be ready to outplay your counterpart, which can be Lv49.

Still, not the right kind of stuff you should even be so upset and offended. Mr. serious-jobs-and-commitments.

What's with all these folks oh so desperately trying to say "I have serious job and responsibilities" in a gaming forum? It's not like you have the guts to prove it or something. You will always have some people better than you wherever you go, whether you have 3 serious kittens to feed or not. Better get used to it.

What's with all these folks oh so desperately trying to say "I have serious job and responsibilities" in a gaming forum? It's not like you have the guts to prove it or something. This is a game and it is built on and around Rules. Players have every right to upset when the host fail to uphold the rules. Whether you have 3 serious kittens to feed or not.