According to Dulfy and GamingFace it will be 600cc. I'll take the under please.

Are you doing Story Mode or Hard Mode? Black Hole should be dropping in Hard Mode off of the bosses. If you are in Hard Mode and getting those drops you should file an in-game ticket.

What I'm upset about is these "Space Garages" where you can go from one to the next that were in the patch notes. I have yet to find these in game.

From what I can tell I had one quest on Section X reset out of 25 dailies in my log. I'll have to check on my alt who had some weeklies completed to see if they are still there.

I just bought it, I have the early access so that seems to be a requirement.

This is a good option and probably what I'll do on my undergeared alts. The one thing to think about is the set bonus which is no longer tied to the Tionese shell but the armoring instead. You'll probably lose the bonus but I don't think the bonus is vital for leveling.

Once again showing people will QQ about everything. Personally I'm reading this as a "/sarcasm" thread because if that's not the case it's just sad. The new achievement system does not track server first so there is no true way to verify it and it's merely a bragging rights contest which cannot be verified. If the OP is serious, I'll gladly buy you some cheese to go with your whine.

I recall seeing a post from a closed beta-tester which said the mobs were adjusted down (in difficulty) to accommodate players moving to Makeb directly from Correllia. If that's the case you'll need to continue upgrading your gear as you have from 1-50. Campaign gear is supposed to last until 55 but I'd expect lower (Rakata/Columi) to be sufficient. The main obstacle is the fact you will likely finish the Makeb story at level 53 and there you will be killing level 55 mobs as a level 53 and you will need to gear yourself accordingly. In short, leveling gear/Tionese will be fine to start Makeb but you'll need to upgrade as you level. Campaign gear should last through the class story.

This is all that needs to be said. Thank you Bioware. Keep it up!

Personally I would have taken 1/2 hour under....a little surprised but not disappointed by the 2 hours under.

The latest word is the cap is 100 planetary coms (overflow) and you can't earn more until you drop below the cap of 50. The rest go bye bye (probably an embargo placed by the Hutt Cartel). In any cases servers should now be down so it's too late to spend them. Just make sure you spend your 50 over cap before you do any questing tomorrow.

Talking specifically about the group finder, all Story Modes will be available in 2.0 based on level. EV and KP will be the choices for level 50s while KP and EC (Denova) will be 51-54 and TFB and SaV will be 55. There may be a second bracket in the 51-54 range that would have EC and TFB but I don't think there is. Additionally I believe TFB has been buffed to level 55 (I'm positive HM has but I think story mode has too) so that 50s will be limited to 3 ops not 4 going into the future and 55s will have access to 5 total (2 at level 55 specifically.) Hope this helps give a picture of what is happening Tuesday.

They will be dropped from the new op and them re-able for crafters IIRC.

EV, KP, and EC remain unchanged while TFB is increased to 55. The group finder will allow you to run EV and KP (50), KP and EC (51-54), an TFB and SaV (55). Cademinu, Athiss, Hammer Station, and Mando Raiders are the new 55 HM FPs.

This is because the PTS client is completey separate from the live game clients and you had to redownload the entire game to run the PTS. The 2.0 patch is approximately 1 gb IIRC. For people with a slow connection it might suck but that's life. If it takes several days to download a gig you have larger problems than waiting to play this game.

Makeb is a planet with two faction quest lines that will take you to around level 53. There are new "Seeker Droid" and "Macrobinocular" quest lines and "GSI" dailies on Aldraan and several other lowbie planets that will take you the rest of the way. Ilum will stay a level 50 planet but I believe BH and Section X may scale to your level. The new op is Scum and Villainy and it'a also possible we will get TFB Nightmare mode at the same time or shortly after 2.0.

Only the two newest packs include Contraband reputation. These are the Regulators and Enforers packs and they cost slightly less than the first shipment of packs. The rep items and certificates all drop off the same table but you are guaranteed one of the four (certificates are rare). Hope this helped.

Try /cleave or /channel leave. For instance, "/cleave 1" or "/cleave General" to leave Gen chat. Alternatively you can right click the tab at the top of the chat box to edit channel settings.

The character transfer system is currently only available for transfer to the PTS. The PTS is currently unavailable, therefore character transfer is not available. Don't worry, you did nothing wrong, this is just not the feature you are looking for.

I would like to point put that petition threads are (or were) prohibited. With the new leniency of the community managers this may not be true. I think this thread would be better utilized as a discussion of the current implementation as cartel coins as a reward for the achievement system. To me I interpret this as what the OP is asking for as they are granted for a combination of things: from completing class missions to gaining valor and social points. There is a complete list on dulfy's site and I believe the total as available on the PTS was 860 per server given out in increments of 20. To the OP: is this not what you are asking for? There isn't an option for drops but I don't believe that anyone would find 5 coins at the dropped at the same rate as a speeder useful and if there was a significant drop rate it would devalue the currency and cause an increase of costs on the market. The current introduction of currency to the game is controlled by Bioware as opposed to random drops and maintains the integrity of the cartel coin system, which has a distinct monetary value to many people. Please don't respond with a petition but rather your thoughts on the pros or cons of cartel coins through the achievement system.

Actually it's time this week for 1.7.3 (see the most recent maintenance post). That is the last confirmed patch before 2.0 but with software numbering the preceding can't always predict the succeeding. We could have 1.7.4, 1.7.3.a, 1.8, or even 1.7.3.a.1.0.2 if the devs decide to do that. As it stands, a safe prediction is after the "Race to Makeb" ends (double exp) on April 8th. That would be two weeks from Tuesday's patch at the earliest and recent patches have been on a two week cadence. This would also be in the 6-8 window from 1.7. My personal guess is April 9 if it's a Tuesday maintenance. This would make Wed-Sun early access an then everyone could play on Monday, April 15. That said Bioware could have a different target or may find bugs which require a delay in release and that should not (but will be) a cause for QQ.

Did you notice the server shut down but not the fact that neither chat nor mail services were working? This is designed to fix that.

Got through the first 2.5 bosses in KP groupfinder without chat. Great method for anyone looking for a challenge.

1. You may have been awarded some cartel coins for previous months of subs if you have re-upped your subscription. There is a monthly grant of 500 (550, 600) for a 1 (3, 6) month subscription and a 100 coin grant for using a security key. There is no in-game way to earn more as of 1.7.2 (released today). 2. The raid that was released when you left was Explosive Conflict/Denova Story mode and Hard mode. In story mode it drops Rakata (58) gear and in Hard mode it drops Campaign (61) gear. Campaign gear has the set bonus on the armoring instead of the shell and can be transferred. Campaign armorings and Black Hole pieces can be bought for Black Hole coms (dailys, groupfinder, operations, etc.). After Explosive conflict, Terror from Beyond was released and drops Dread Guard (63) gear in hard mode - current BiS. Part of the Dread Guard set is dropped from Explosive Conflict Nightmare Mode which was released after TFB. Terror from Beyond is not yet out in Nightmare mode. 2b. New daily areas are Black Hole (on Correllia) and Section X (on Belsavis). There is a world boss in Section X that can be increased in difficulty and requires 24-man ops on the highest difficulty (10-stack). 2c. Novare Coast was the warzone released when you left. They have since released Ancient Hypergates and Elite Warhero (63) gear. Battlemaster gear has been removed from the game and replaced by the Recruit Mk-2 set automatically given to new 50s. Warhero gear is bought for warzone coms while Elite Warhero requires Ranked Coms and a Warhero shell. 2d. New heroic space missions and parts have been released including daily missions which cycle each day and grant 2 Black Hole coms and fleet coms. 2e. Reputation grinds were added in 1.7.0. As of 1.7.2 there are 5 factions. Imperial/Republic Fleet - Space Missions, Imperial/Republic Guard - Section X dailies, Voss - Voss Heroics + weekly (do all heroics), Gree - New event on Ilum started today ends 3/26 (2 week event currently repeats monthly), Contraband Coalition - Buy Cartel packs. 3. I don't pay attention to what others say about class balance. I know shadow/assassin tanks and have one myself. I don't know anything about assassin dps. 4. Rise of the Hutt Cartel/2.0 is a $10 "Digital Expansion" which will release this spring. If you purchase the expansion ($10 sub, $20 f2p/preferred) you will receive a level cap increase to 55, a new op "Scum and Villainy" and "Terror From Beyond" Nightmare Mode, 4 level 55 HM FPS (Mando Raiders, Hammer Station, Cademinu, Athiss), 2 new PvE gear sets, 2 new PvP gear sets and a new planet Makeb. If you don't purchase the expansion you will have access to a new achievement system which is quite expansive. To answer your first question a second time, the achievement system in 2.0 rewards cartel coins for completing certain achievements (e.g. complete each chapter of a class story). There are a total of 820 cartel coins available in the current PTS client. PvP in 2.0 is broken into brackets 10-29, 30-54, and 55. A new bolster system replaces the current Recruit gear and PvP gear will become less viable generally in PvE. The release date for this expansion is "Spring" or "Soon ". More information can be found on the PTS, PTS forums, or Dulfy's website.

They won't tell us tomorrow is all that's been said. The only responses that those on the forums can give are guesses or hopes. Possibly tomorrow Eric or another community manager will jump in to tell us the amount of lead time they plan to give us before release even if they can't give a date. We can hope but the most likely answer is soon .