I love the Apple products for what they are, but a gaming machine they are not so much. The cheaper price and wider selection of hardware available for a custom built machine is generally worth the effort. Apple computers make great machines for mobility, task management and for high end general computing like auto cad or graphic design, but even those things can be done with the right rig on windows. Definitely agree, if you have any choice at all, use a windows machine for gaming!

How does that make sense... ?

That's fine. Your unsub only negates one of the two subscriptions I brought in besides my own. The locked servers are light, the populated servers are heavy

Legacy is server wide. Always has been.

You really should read his post.

I really like the above poster's suggestions. I hope you, OP, can see past this renaming to keep playing. The situation is dour, but as you guessed Bioware had no real choice. Hope you find names you like!

The real problem here is that the majority wants a populated server experience. The few prefer a solo gaming experience, but obviously Bioware will create a populated server experience first and foremost to please the large majority. I think that patience will be a virtue here. I imagine Bioware will keep tweaking population until things are more stable and pleasing. Population issues were a problem in WoW until they merged instance and battleground across servers... if at some point Bioware decides to do that, I imagine they'll allow the servers to spread out some. They'll probably also reduce the player-per-instance limit to solve the complaint quite a few people have: too many people in one zone.

I think there's a difference between a "hater" and someone with a valid complaint. Haters are the ones that can't tell the difference between valid and invalid complaints, cry about customer service trying to help them, suggest that customer service is trying to 'sabotage' them by giving them troubleshooting steps, and complain about Bioware as if by some property of magic they are sinister wizards in their tower conducting plots to ruin them ( the haters. ) Valid complaints come from people who see something, think it should be different and create a thought out, valid complaint, listen to suggestions and modify their own suggestions and complaint to suit. Bioware should ignore the haters and listen to the valids.

If you go to UI customization mode you can independently adjust the size of UI elements... that might help. Make your operation frame larger to compensate for the small buffs. I'm not totally sure it will make them bigger, but it's worth trying.

I'll be the one to note that this poster is posting conjecture. I'm certain you've been to the WoW forums, OP, and seen this sort of thing before. Don't take this post to heart. The trooper -> commando is the closest thing to a Paladin you'll find in this game. If you go to SWTOR and select the Holonet and then classes it will give you a basic rundown of the classes available, which can help you decide. Happy trails!

The information I found wasn't particularly clear, so I'm very willing to agree that this is the case. So the answer is 1 full bar is maximum.

It sounds as though it's the experience you have remaining to level up is the cap.

You can also get the UI customization screen by going to the main game menu and clicking Customize UI.

Has anyone considered that these MMOs aren't supposed to cater to millions, tens of millions or hundreds of millions of subscribers? When games built up to the eventual MMO hayday that was World of Warcraft it should have been expected that all sorts of niche MMOs would pop up. Each MMO is there to cater to those who like that niche. It doesn't have to map to your precise expectations of success. In summary: There can be more than 1 MMO. There can be several, each offering different things. SWTOR is fine, even with subscription losses.

I can't tell you how many times I've read on the WoW forums that it was dying, right from vanilla. Some games do die, but for someone to be so arrogant to think they know when a game is dying... it's funny... strange and funny.

I remember seeing a thread on this a while back, the consensus seemed to be that neutral won't hurt you, but you'll be losing out on some darkside/lightside items. I think that's about all you lose, and it's not enough to hurt you in the long run or at end game.

I agree with this. The OP didn't post a flame post, just a list of things he doesn't like about SWTOR. Seems legit to me. He's speaking with his money, and that's precisely what needs to happen. If things are driving people away from SWTOR, then just as GooseGrims said it's a good way to get Bioware's attention to the things that matter to the players.

Couldn't you just make your own premade... ?

finish him!

Having a poor power supply will cause the card to underperform, and can also fry parts. I learned this the hard way when I lost a brand new X1900 back in the day to an underrated power supply. The entire computer is based on electrical processing. Don't skimp on the electrical.

I found the Shadow worked quite well for me once I got my healer companion. You can stealth through to objectives or tank tougher mobs while your healer heals you. You can also snare kite, since your force abilities have a small range. The sage seemed good with a tanking companion, too. Good luck

I think we're all missing the real reason here. The old server is depressed because so many people abandoned it and went on an eating binge, resulting in very heavy. Clear as daylight.

To make it something special you really would need to track and calculate data... maybe bring someone in who can create the formulas you need to do that? Or maybe just make it mortal kombat style announcing.

That really does get me. Do these people not remember? Do they not know what they're doing? Are they different people each time that just don't see the past because they refuse to acknowledge it? I play MMOs this way: I try it, and if I don't like it, I don't play it. SWTOR was the first one in a while that got me hooked. Keep in mind I never played KOTOR or SWG so I didn't get to taste the best of the Starwars universe and thus have nothing to compare it to. It created a situation for me where I could log into SWTOR and enjoy it thoroughly. I've hooked a few others onto the game now, too. I don't really see how an MMO is so important to some people to hang around ************ about it. Just play something else until the thing you don't like is either fixed or becomes inconsequential.

Maybe The Begeren Colony really let himself go.