I can't imagine how much anger there would be if they did that. I might be able to get behind a Gree themed season if it has nice Gree weapons and armor sets.

Do you have integrated graphics on the CPU? Make sure the game is using the right GPU. A large planet like Hoth could overload onboard graphics. For me personally, I get long loading times the first time go there, but then it's fine as long as the game is open. I'm still on an old HDD though. I think the loading time would be faster with SSD. I'm putting up with it for now until my Windows 10 expires and do a complete upgrade.

I was hoping they would add some new ones for the new season, but they didn't. I can't see them doing it at this point. The time to do it was with the new season launch. Maybe there will be another season in the future with a Bounty Brokers theme, where they can add new content.

My guess would be your anti-virus or firewall decided to start blocking the game. You might try disabling them temporarily or making exceptions for the launcher (launcher.exe) and the main executable (swtor.exe) in the anti-virus and firewall. Another thing to try is running both executables as Administrator. You can right-click the executable and change it in the Properties dialog (Compatibility tab). Hope you find a solution.

I think more transparency and humility from Broadsword would be huge. I want them to talk a lot more about why they make the decisions they do. I want them to be more open to changing things based on player feedback, not just small tweaks, but if the community wants it, changing the direction of the game (what content they prioritize, content release schedule, etc.). If they can't do something, I want them to be clear about why they can't. Is it a problem of not having the staff? Not having the funding? The game engine can't support it? I want them to apologize when they make mistakes. I think people could understand some of their choices if it wasn't such a black box. Similarly, I think people could forgive some of their bad decisions if they apologized for them and fixed the problem. I think they have done these things, just not nearly consistent enough.

I've criticized a lot of the design but never got banned or punished. I think it's the way the criticism is given. Criticism is okay if you have basic kindness and respect. Unless you are replying to a specific developer post, never blame a specific developer for a bad design decision. Always generalize it to Broadsword. Focus on constructive criticism and avoid ad hominem attacks. Don't say: "You guys are horrible." "This design sucks!" "What were you thinking?" None of these things help them make a better game. They are useless. The content creators have NDAs, so they can't give proof for anything. I don't have proof of my claims, but you don't have proof that they were removed for minor criticisms or even constructive criticisms. My conclusions were based on my own research when I first heard about these controversies. It wasn't that hard to find. Just google their names and read everything that comes up. I read a lot of social media posts, some from the content creators themselves, some on reddit, some on the forums here, and some on blog posts. To me there was enough to reach these conclusions. You are free to think otherwise. I just encourage everyone to do this research and not assume one or two videos are the definitive truth. They may have given criticism, but they were probably violating forum rules or NDA rules in some way. I don't have time to watch an hour and a half video, but if he has specific proof (i.e. links to pages or screenshots of pages) in this video, feel free to share the time stamp. I didn't see anything just skimming the timeline preview images. It looked like the other video, just people talking generally without proof.

They haven't done Black Fridays that much lately. They focus on Life Day sales. Life Day starts December 10th, so I think that would be when they announce sales.

I think warrior and trooper still need level 10 influence with them. It's just easier for them because they can get them to level 10 before Fallen Empire and meet the requirements to recruit them immediately. As a precaution, I always level all my companions to at least 10 before starting Fallen Empire. Makes getting them back a lot easier. Like for Bowdarr, smugglers that got him to level 10 can recruit him without doing the arena, or for Qyzen Fess, consulars that got him to level 10 can recruit him without killing world bosses/champions.

Even though it's a simple text change, they probably haven't done it because even tank gear is usable while leveling. You only need some Mastery and Endurance and every item has that, even tank gear. It really doesn't matter what gear is being used until level 80.

I think at some point they will probably stop making new seasons and instead rotate through old seasons. New players will be able to get the rewards they missed. Veteran players that already completed the seasons will be able to get more cartel coins and random cartel packs (all the rewards would be available but veterans probably don't need duplicate armor and weapon sets). If they did this, it still might take a while for the season a player missed to come around in the rotation, but at least they could get the rewards eventually.

The content creator program is a marketing program to promote the game, so it makes sense that content creators that become too negative get removed from the program. It costs time and money for Broadsword to maintain this program, so they want a return on that investment. Broadsword is not a charity. It's a for-profit business trying to make money. If a content creator is not helping the game, why would they keep them in the program? I don't know what all the rules are they have to follow, but I'm sure some criticism is allowed. It's just if everything a content creator posts is negative that they will be removed. Also, some content creators in this video were not removed for criticism. The person that posted this video got removed for name-calling one of the developers. Just like here on the forums, name-calling developers is against the rules. Another content creator involved with this video got removed for harassing another content creator.

You have two options: 1. Get to Dark V alignment on a character. This requires making Dark Side choices or completing Dark Side Diplomacy missions on a character until they get to 10,000 Dark Side points. OR 2. Pay 250k credits to unlock the Dark V / Sacrifice legacy perk in the Legacy window. This option is the fastest if you have the spare credits. Just so you know, for Sith it's the same thing but Light V instead of Dark V, so you must have gotten Light V achievement before, allowing you to pick all 8 on Empire side.

They will probably never do anything because the achievements and titles are just cosmetic and there is a workaround to add alts to the big guilds to get those achievements. I do have an idea that might help if they ever decide to change anything. They could have the conquest points for the winners reset like normal, but the other guilds would keep their conquest points, giving them a headstart for the next week. This way even small guilds could win, but it would take several weeks to save up enough points. Maybe also have a rule that guilds would have to reach the invasion target goal for their conquest points to be saved.

Are you a free player or a subscriber? Free players are restricted to posting in New Player Help, Introductions, or Bug Reports. There might be another one, but I think that's it. If you are a subscriber and still restricted, try clearing your browser cookies and login history. It will ask you to login again and should then recognize your subscription.

You can currently get the best gear solo if you put in the time. If you play any alts, I recommend starting with the Mod Vendor (Hyde & Zeek). Then you can get everything except Accessories to 340 on alts as soon as they get to level 80. Then you can work on Accessories. I like to use 340 green Accessories to start because they only cost 1,200 Conquest Commendations in total. Then for any characters I want to gear up more, I replace gear one slot at a time with Rakata gear as I get the mats for them. Then if you want to go even further you can get 300 augments to add to each Rakata item, but that requires max level crafters (Synthweaving, Armormech, Armstech, Cybertech) and a huge tech fragment grind. I only do augments on my mains. When 7.6 comes out, there will be new augments that are somewhat exclusive to the new Lair Boss operation. They will probably get more accessible over time, but in the beginning you will either have to do the operation and get lucky with the schematic drops (and craft them yourself) or have a ton of credits to buy them from GTN. This update will also reduce the tech fragment grind for 300 augments, so there will be a benefit to solo players that haven't geared up in augments yet.