I was lucky and rolled my initial character on The Fatman server. Population was never a problem (apart from the occasional 45min queue to login). I was insanely active, and having a blast, in this game. Then I hit level 50. Boy did I hit a wall. My 'game' experience immediately transformed. For hours on end I would drive my speeder around the boring fleet, avoid general chat discussion, and wait for the next warzone. I reached a valor level of 75 with my sniper and was nearing a complete WH set. I will not renew my subscription once renewal comes up (end of this month). Reasons (MMO PvPer for 10+ years): 1) Cheating. -Really..... people are crying for ranked warzones? All the while we have people cheating in warzones with third party applications! Are you serious?!? I refuse to invest quality time to receive rewards without value. Furthermore, the time I've invested offers me none of the benifit some risk-taking juvenille can achieve by simply downloading an app. Banning players is not a solution. Fix the exploits through hard code. 2) PvP objectives. -Throwing the huttball was fun for a little while. Grinding to warhero gear while playing a silly game is not cool. I think BW was a little to creative for the warzone's. The fundamental's of the basic RPG system are what makes MMO successful. Continue the evolution of RPG rather than mutate it to something cute. Call me simple but, I like an arena like PvP experience that is based around combat and group composition; not class utility for holding a node. 3) Match making system. Terrible. Absolutely terrible. Most often, I like to login and do some quick solo queues. I stopped this altogether and was required to go through great effort to comprise a group before daring to enter blindly. Don't put horrible players against seasoned veterans or even pair them on the same team of 8. This is an extremely painful grind to gear for someone who loves PvP; I quickly started to hate it. 4) Disconnected world I have a beast for a PC. I work as a network and database administrator and do not lack the funds or knowledge to configure a suitable gaming rig. That said, load times are long and traveling is disconnected. I understand the world is a inter-galactic planetary system. Don't make travel feel like it. Take a note from Diablo 3. You can get in and out of action and objective in no time flat. 5) Misc There is no clear direction for this game. I'm not sure who, or to what, they are targeting. It seems as though they have attempted to please everyone... we know how that usually ends. SWTOR was definately the best time I've ever had leveling a character. This game has unbelievable potential. I was the first to defend the development of this game in infancy. I don't pay subscriptions to level toons to maximum level and then start a new one. There is no value-added after maximum level. My sole intent in MMO is end-game PvP. Cheating is unacceptable for a subscription based game that promises ranked systems. The grind to fully equip warhero gear killed me. The warzones are bad with pug vs pug. The game can easily be decided before it begins. Very few of the games were won or lost based off of good play/decision. It was onslaught from the beginning and you were either the bug or the windshield in any given instance.

^sums it up on Fatman. I am valor 74. I hit level 50 two weeks ago (indicative of my PvP activity). I am burned out on imperial loss. I play a sniper and I play it well. Anytime you suggest tactic or reason you are flamed. People show up in rags to fight and follow no objective. 4/5 of my matches are against premades and without voice chat and some consensus; winning is not likely. This game has good classes and fun PvP but, the matching system is terrible. I am geared well, gear me against geared players... Don't group me with beginners. When the ranking system comes out it will be based around teams. I have yet to really hit it off socially (strange premise). Most people in general chat are a.hats with the sarcasm that is most pronounced in defiant children. Unfortunately the teams worth joining are pretty well set and are not expanding. All others are casual groups of friends. I will take my time elsewhere. Perhaps diablo 3 will be more attractive. I don't game for companionship, I game to compete. I hope my type is not lost among the dev's target demographics. Momma'slil'man. Funny name. Serious face

Totally agree. I am a hardcore PvPer. I love to strategically place my MM and force you to move him. I don't want to run around a pole and spaz while trying to cast cull and WB. The damage is better in lethality but, I don't care for it. When I wanna run around I'll get on my juggernaut.

Must be some really bad lethality snipers on your server. If the leth sniper is any good he has a huge advantage over you. He will LOS you to death. He doesn't have to be in your range to continue to damage. Once he begins cull if you get up you will lose all your bonus to defense. Not to mention he is probably specd to have escape on a faster cooldown and flash reduce your accuracy by 10%. So .... yeah...

Portable cover is not a solution. I use portable cover all the time but, it is not a fix to 'roll to cover'. When using natural cover you will cause ranged attacks to miss (or hit cover). Portable cover only provides damage mitigation. There is a huge difference and a specific application for each. I wish they would fix this. As an IT professional I understand the obstacles the dev team is up against and sympathize. This really is a gamebreaker for our class and needs to be fixed. A lot of times my roll to cover just doesn't work. When it does... it has a unbearable delay and triggers what feels like a 3-4 second global cool down.

Totally agree. I am a hardcore PvPer. I love to strategically place my MM and force you to move him. I don't want to run around a pole and spaz while trying to cast cull and WB. The damage is better in lethality but, I don't care for it. When I wanna run around I'll get on my juggernaut.

I am happy with the damage of MM Sniper. The survivability is in balance. The only thing lacking for this build/class is mobility between cover. It would be nice to have an ability that proc's after a successful takedown (kills target); perhaps a 15% bonus to sprint for 5 secs? I have little experience with other classes at level 50 PvP but, I am rather happy with the performance of my sniper. I top damage most games. If ignored I reign havoc.

I love 1.2 This game is explosively well done for it's age. I have been playing for a little more than a month. By far the best MMO and game experience, to date. I have been playing MMO since it was text based MUDS. Thank you Bioware. This game is amazing and even better!