Joystik/Massively SWTOR executive producer leaves BioWare; new layoffs rumored [updated: BioWare responds]

would have been nice if the links would contain a description what each link is about. (and even nicer if the forum itself would fetch the links name itself - other forums can do this and replace a normal link with the page title)

Did you forget about Skyrim, Aion, Minecraft, Rift, Dragon Age, IPhone, IPad, Android, Firefox, ....? I would like to see a readycheck for Parties and Ops as well.

Funny Thing is this was all posted in the Group Finder feedback thread back on PTS. P.S.: I am still wondering what needs to happen, that I get a Planet Group pop. If FP >> Planet, then I need a tank and healer to queue only planet wise? I got a planet group once on PTS and ever after on 50's or 25's.

I am tired of the "I do this / like this / am fine with it therefore it's fine for everybody else" argument. *really* And yes, we are looking back to years of WoW addon history and a very complex API that might have opened up things that were not intended by the developers and were crushed later. So there are 0 exploits within SWTOR right now? Is an API the sole Evil? Maybe you want to have a look at Meet Your Makers Black temple movie. There you can see a single guild with lots of different interfaces and hardly one alike the other. I just don't see why disparity is such a bad thing. I just feel like I am stuck in a Windows versus X-Serve fight. Some saying the Interface needs to look the same to everybody else so people will feel at home. The other will say, I want to use a window manage that fits my needs, I want to change the context menus to the ones I use most, ... I was never a fan of "you need that addon for our success". But it's just the same as "you need that gear (score) to compete" / "show me the achievement". You can keep your basic UI and you can like it / but why should I miss things that I need for my game play. Humans are the same under the law - but for their personality all are different.

I am not sure if hardcore correlates with IQ. Yes, maybe those games were a niche, but if the IQ was higher or lower needs to be proven. So far I hardly met any managers with a 70 hours per week job in an MMORPG. One could assume that for one part success does correlate with some sort of IQ. And you would know that IQ measures what the test measures. It's artificial. It does not measure if you can play an instrument, how your map, 3d world or real work orientation works. If you can solve differential equation or think outside of the box. If you can speak 4 languages or are empathic. Only a small portion of Intelligence can be quantified in an intelligence test. So even if your statement would be true, there could be far more creative, musical and language abt people in the later than in the former.

It's not really about easier. It\s about getting the information you want in the way it fits you - if it did fit you well so far, I see you do not see any need for an improvement. Why does one need 5 clicks if a single would suffice? why do I need to strain my eyes to determine in a 200x100 pixel area if there is an icon present on not if there could be different ways of presentation. Not sure if the medical department agrees with the screen design.

One reason they said, they don't want people to automate, they want action / thus no auto attack / facing in pvp, but not PvE,... They said it would make people equal. I do disagree. While a color-blind person and a normal sight person see the same UI - the color blind is at a disadvantage. Same for people with attention deficit / while normal people might filter the information well enough / others need different approaches to reach the same result. One-size never fits all in a sufficient complex environment. Even phones, TV, web-browser bring a certain ability to extend their functionality. I belief their reluctance was based on the sole fact, that they needed to test their client / server engine and extensions would have made that even harder. Does the FPS drop, lag spike, ... come from an addon or ... Even WoW GM's first hint on problems is "reset your UI disable all addons". And there are usually bugs people detect from using the LUA engine or exploits. Now after 6 months of game play and a lot of engine optimization they can look forward to add another resource.

Nah. Suggestion Box is just a pile of threads, that don´t belong in another forum or have an inconvenient point of view. Those threads get moved in the suggestion box to catch some dust. While other forums get "policed" with moderators and double posts get locked and people directed towards other existing threads - the suggestion box can easily be polluted with the n-th re-suggestion. So far I cannot remember a yellow post in the suggestion box apart the lonely customer support sticky. It´s hidden down in the cellar far away from the public crowd, the cantina or the coffee kitchen.

i would like to see: macros - "ccing %target": cast force lift -- use relic cast ... -- wardrobe - configurable item sets for pvp and pve selectable (de)buff size difference between own and other (de)buffs -- which of the 3x sage dots is mine? -- e.g. extra bar dispellable debuff coloring of frames - coloring based on out of guard range - grid based ops frame - colored dots in certain locations - icons in certain locations - color changing - selectable text (in/out of combat) unit frame configuration - size/show portrait - size of HP/ressource bar - location of (de)buffs display of legacy characters gear/bags/bank/schematics click2cast on unit frames incomming healing spell / incomming healing amount

[...] characters on any character-transfer-destination-server will receive the reward. People on the source server - aka those who could move - will not. If you started on a destination server - you don´t have to move - get a reward. Is this rocket science?

Achievements or Challenges are a two-edge sword. For one they give something extra to do or reward you for your personal style-of-play. A pet collector gets an exclusive pet - a mount collector a stylish mount and the no-lifers insane-in-the-membrane. With most I am ok - especially guild achievements did bring some extra action and made focused / older guilds (combined with a guild affection rating) more attractive than new ones and as such reduced the number of guild hoppers. The very downside is that people started to ask people to proof they have already done X, Y, Z - in a similar fashion as gear score. Making a bit of sense, as it might indicate that people are familiar with the boss mechanics. But it immediately created a hen-and-egg problem. If you knew the mechanics or did complete the fight with another character you were not allowed to join. Another downside is, that new people joining some years later are presented with an overwhelming number of achievements and will have a hard time to catch up - some content is "unavailable" if it belongs to an older expansion then it´s pretty hard to find people to join up. I am very happy of Blizzards announcement to make achievements account wide - so you do not have to worry that you need to take toon X over Y to an instance as there is a chance to complete an achievement, but you need the gear on Y instead of X. So if there is an achievement system it should be legacy wide.

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If you want to post another suggestion it would be nice if you would search within the suggestion box if somebody has already made a thread similar to your thoughts. The link below will direct you to the search page already set up to search the suggestion box: =349&prefixchoice[]=&childforums=1&titleonly=1&showposts=0&searchdate=0&beforeafter=after&sortby=lastpost&sortorder=descending&replyless=0&replylimit=0&searchthreadid=0&saveprefs=1&quicksearch=0&searchtype=0&nocache=0&ajax=0&userid=0&"]Search: Keyword(s): ; Forum: Suggestion Box and child forums

Thank you for your suggestion, did you search if something similar had been suggested? =349&prefixchoice[]=&childforums=1&titleonly=1&showposts=0&searchdate=0&beforeafter=after&sortby=lastpost&sortorder=descending&replyless=0&replylimit=0&searchthreadid=0&saveprefs=1&quicksearch=0&searchtype=0&nocache=0&ajax=0&userid=0&"]Search: Keyword(s): pazaak ; Forum: Suggestion Box and child forums Pazaak 30 results =349&prefixchoice[]=&childforums=1&titleonly=1&showposts=0&searchdate=0&beforeafter=after&sortby=lastpost&sortorder=descending&replyless=0&replylimit=0&searchthreadid=0&saveprefs=1&quicksearch=0&searchtype=0&nocache=0&ajax=0&userid=0&"]Search: Keyword(s): cantina ; Forum: Suggestion Box and child forums Pazaak 27 results None of those threads contained something similar?

So you have a choice? Either level one char to 50 or pay 1.5M. Either leveling is more fun to you or grinding 1.5M. I see you don´t want to have a choice and it should have the possibility to play an imp agent twilek should not have been implemented in the first place. It´s optional, it doesn´t break the game play if you cannot choose it in the first place - it´s an added value to people who did level their race to 50 for a replay value. And those who don´t are not left behind they can take the credit alternative. I will level a chiss to 50 so I can have a chiss force user - as I have a hard time to grind 1.5M and would spent those on other stuff. I prefer having this choice above having no choice at all.

*hint* recruit gear */hint*

well - I am annoyed by the auto-flag feature as well and I would like to opt-out. the but-you-could-help-the-pvp guy can be avoided, that you are unable to buff, heal and friendly flagged player and unable to cast spells to opposing faction players. Problem solved, I am free of the PVP annoyance - can group with PVP lovers and won´t get the pvp flag by accident. Of course if the player wants to get some healing from he he´s free to unflag pvp. With a specific opt-out option nearly everything can stay as it is. Logic wise instead of flagging me for pvp the abilities will simply fail and I won´t loose a night´s sleep for being unable to heal a refusing to adjust pvp player.

Throwing and catching is one important factor and to see where the ball will land. Right after that people might want the ability to practice interception. With people in your own team this might get difficult.

Well. For me it is the first game that rewards people for an active subscription without taking part in any content like server events, special rewards for completing objectives like warzones, instances, ... If i take my experience and looking at the feedback from my (dead) guild and leaving posts I get the impression that the company needs to reward people for having an active subscription as there is little else they can offer in return. Raghoul plague server event was well done - yet with 9 days way too short for people with limited game time. Other events? Nothing announced and they said it was on purpose - "just stay on your toes and wait for updates". Similar events might keep people playing. Yes, you could have a we-reward-our-playerbase-every-3-months-with-a-new-goodie. Are you sure this helps? What do you do in 12 months with your 4 extra pets? You can only summon one. Yes, you can show them off to new people that did join the game later and tell them that you got more because you were there sooner. I am not sure if this is the road to go.

A lot of people have written things like "unexpected" and "thank you". Well in my eyes this is not unexpected. It is more than 4 (!) weeks till the reward of the in-game pet. If you keep track about the unsucribe thread there is quite a number of player that did unsubscribe their monthly subscription with the release of 1.3 with various reasons. Their subscription will run out before the 07th of August.. I don´t think there is some kind of munificence connected with the offer, but a well hidden manipulation. Psychology has discovered that a rare item is viewed more valuable than a common item. One way of making an item move valuable is making it rare. Producing less items than there is demand for example. Another way is to attach a deadline to it - this offer is only valid during this phone call / 5 days /... Another is pointing out a loss. Humand kind values a loss of something higher than a possible gain in the future. "Loss is the ultimate form of scarcity, When people are reminded of what they stand to lose, they are more motivated to act." Cialdini 2007, influence: The Psychology of Persuasion Bioware wants populated servers, there are quite a few complain posts from people on low-pop servers that refuse to move under the current conditions and bioware wants/needs active subscribers. This nice in-game sweet does encourage people to move servers and keep subscribing for another month - ensuring one more month of subscription populated servers further reducing the population on low population servers If you don´t you loose this exclusive chance to gain a unique pet. They are forcing nobody to move or subscribe, but a less in terms or a rare item is more valuable.than a gain in the future - the reward could be handed over to anybody that does a transfer or later that reaches level 50 thus removing the time constrain implied.

Use the search, luke. 1) gear sets =349&prefixchoice[]=&childforums=1&titleonly=1&showposts=0&searchdate=0&beforeafter=after&sortby=lastpost&sortorder=descending&replyless=0&replylimit=0&searchthreadid=0&saveprefs=1&quicksearch=0&searchtype=0&nocache=0&ajax=0&userid=0&"]Search: Keyword(s): gear, sets ; Forum: Suggestion Box and child forums 2) =349&prefixchoice[]=&childforums=1&titleonly=1&showposts=0&searchdate=0&beforeafter=after&sortby=lastpost&sortorder=descending&replyless=0&replylimit=0&searchthreadid=0&saveprefs=1&quicksearch=0&searchtype=0&nocache=0&ajax=0&userid=0&"]Search: Keyword(s): respec, costs ; Forum: Suggestion Box and child forums

was stated by the developer of GFT on PTS: Group Finder - return to original location