Welcome back to the game! Tactical is currently recruiting. We are a recently created small to medium sized imp sided guild of active players. We have almost daily raids and events. We have XP bonus, a flag ship, Discord etc. Most of us are on PST and a few on EST. We're definitely small enough for everyone to know who they are but also large enough that there's almost always someone else on any time of day with maybe 15-20 in the afternoon/evening. Do a /who Tactical to find a recruiter or /whisper Teh'evolzerz to reach me directly, if you are interested.

In other news: That statement is 100% complete and utterly WRONG.

I suggest, not skipping content and then QQing because you don't have what it takes. It's a lvl 32 quest. Do it at 32.

It is difficult to say which Crew Skills will prove most beneficial because this can vary somewhat according to server economy. In my case I found it best to have money generating crew skills (Underworld Trading/Archeology/Slicing). I got most of my gear just as I went about leveling and buying orange items/item mods with commedations. I never found myself underequipped doing this. If you want to PVP I suggest getting the appropriate gear for that, which is most easily obtained through WZ commendations. I did not send comps on any mishes until I got C2N2. Once I got Theran (Coruscant?), I used him as my comp and sent Quyzen on mishes. In my experience the most lucrative mishes are the Underworld Trading ones which will yield blue/purple crafting mats pretty frequently starting around skill level 150 iirc, until then the comp gift rewards are nice to save you some creds. I advanced Slicing in open world as I went along. It will never yield tons of creds but the occasional 1k or so that you get from the cases are not to be scoffed at. I sent Theran on the occasional slicing mission later on in game when I had to team with other comps due to gamemechanics but don't really think it is cost effective (later mishes will cost you 1-2k each easily and the cred-boxes usually yield between 750 and 1.5k creds iirc).

I'm not saying you made it an "us v them" I'm saying BW did; I'm not getting on you for receiving I'm getting on BW for giving. At you I am answering the question as to why I won't just be happy and move on: Frankly, I probably wouldn't get rewarded even if it were based on how long one had been subbed. But if that were the basis of why people are gifted I wouldn't give a damn because I'd see the reasoning behind it. As is, I do not see any reasoning, hence I am upset (with BW, not you, mind you) that you got and I didn't.

Because the "us" and the "them" were determined on an arbitrary measure.

A loyal (as in long-term) customer who hasn't hit 50 is content settling for something else until there is a better reason to hit 50 just like a customer who has hit 50 and keeps at it is content settling for sub-par content. Either way the game is perceived as lacking. For BW to elevate one way of coping with this over another is wrong.

Well said. I could give a damn that I didn't get the free month. I could even give a damn that BW called someone who isn't me a more valuable customer. What angers me is that the distinction between worthy of an incentive was based on an arbitrary factor. Being Level 50 has nothing to do with how loyal a customer I am. My monetary investment or lack thereof, however, does. As for all you: "50's deserve this because end game content sucks"-sayers: Maybe some non-50's decided not to level to 50 because the end game content sucks thus making alt-rolling a better option for them, until better endgame content is released. While this isn't applicable to SWTOR because it has only been out for 4 months, I know people in another MMO who have played and paid literally 10+ years without ever hitting level cap. Are you really trying to tell me that they are less loyal/valuable than someone who rushed cap in 6 months? If so, I'm done talking to you, if not then the same holds true for SWTOR: The incentive ought to go to the longest subscriber/most invested player, not the one with the least amount of real life.