Am I the only one who hates everything about this? Merging servers is an illusion that doesn't even begin to address the reason people are leaving this game. Not to mention the people who will be upset at losing a name they may have had for a long time, because someone else may have had it for a day or two longer or because they have been a little more active because they don't work and we do? There is absolutely nothing I like about this. When will the real problems with class balance be fixed? For example, How can it ever be justified that slicing someone with a knife will kill someone quicker than getting hit with a lightning bolt? I read positive glowing post after glowing post about this update and everything I read makes me feel like throwing up.

So Eric, can we expect to wait until Friday at the earliest for this?

Nothing in the changes you list addresses the problems most people have with this spec. Leave the dps alone and reduce Trama Regulators and most complaints with this spec will disappear. Nobody is complaining about this spec's dps but it's survivability.

Thank you

Eric, any chance a heads up on class changes the are coming with 5.2?

http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=9253564#edit9253564 http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=9253563#edit9253563 http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=9253561#edit9253561 and lastly below, I will link the dev tracker to see all the responses, http://www.swtor.com/community/devtracker.php

Isn't main toon maxed out with no further need of any pvp comms exactly what I said?

I can try to explain. See, I pvp. In pvp before the top gear was 208. You had 204 and 208 gear. If you did all the beginning and weekly pvp quests, you would almost have enough comms for a full set of 204. Within a really short amount of time, you could get a full set of 208 gear. A few weeks to a month or two. After you main toon was in 208 gear, then that was it. There was no higher gear. You could buy different things with pvp comms, but pretty much you were done on that toon with pvp comms. As you kept playing that toon you could build up comms. That toon had no need of them, but once you had done this once, then you could take those extra comms and save them. Then when you had a new toon or an Alt you wanted to play in pvp, you could transfer the comms to the new toon and the new toon was immediately in max 208 pvp gear. Pvp was more about skill than gear because gear for pvp was necessary but easy to get. You can't do that in this system. You did not have to grind a long and boring system, over and over for every toon just to be able to compete on an even playing field in pvp with the elites. I hope that explains it for you. If not clarify and I will try again.

I was hoping we can hear something on 5.2 and Alts. Because as it stands now, with everything they have shared, Alts will be just as unplayable. So what changes are needed and/or coming to make playing Alts viable again?

When exactly is update 5.2 coming?

We don't want to wait till Friday to get answers. You started this with that weekend post. Why not make the posts now?

So you try hard, reach the top of the pvp board for that match, have 16-20 medals and leave with 3 pieces over being in a group you can't control and that sounds fair to you? I am quickly losing any desire to play. The rng crates drop garbage!

I hate this eric. For one the numbers are way too low. 2nd, it still only focuses on wins and losses. Why not add for pvp 1 piece for every medal earned? Someone can stand around, do nothing, the team win and get rewarded. Also, people could go after the objectives, make it to the top of the board and still lose and leave with almost no pieces. How is this fair?

I was under the impression that the command boosts would stack. At least the 100% boost and the 25% boost. The example given I thought gave the impression that the Boosts mentioned would stack. If the goal is to level quicker through Galatic command, then why not let them stack?

I think these changes are a positive first step in the right direction. I also think the unassembled tokens received from pvp should be greatly increased. But, I like these changes.

I know and you are right. However, it is very unbalanced that rank 5 cost so little and 6 is so expensive. you can get the same influence with a comp using a lot of rank 5 greens for like 35-50k total. ( I can't remember the exact cost ). Whereas one rank 6 cost 250k. It just doesn't make any sense.

Will the outrageous cost of Rank 6 gifts be reduced with one of the upcoming updates? You can get the equal amount of comp influence for a lot less but it takes forever. Have you considered reducing the cost to an appropriate level?

Can we assume this means you are raising the weekly Command boost xp level cap as well?

For me personally, it is for pvp mainly. But also so if I decide to run any content I am geared for it.

We said all weekend that we didn't like this 5.1 update....you ignored us and never responded We said it was too complicated.....you ignored us and never responded We said the pieces that dropped from warzones was way too low and it would take to long to get a piece of gear....you ignored us and didn't respond We said the RNG gearing was not dropping set pieces and the good gear with any reliability.....you ignored us and never responded Eric, what exactly do we have to do to get all of you to understand? We don't like RNG gearing! We don't like needing to complete 1 million warzones matches for 1 piece of gear. We don't like a gearing system you need an MBA to understand. We don't like a system that will make us grind for 5 months of Sundays to get 1 piece of gear. Eric, what have we got to do to get you to understand?

Is there going to be any acknowledgement about the uproar all weekend over Friday's post and our concerns?

What kills me is that they will come back on Monday. See all these posts about us not liking these changes. Then they will say " well, sorry not enough time to change anything now". Which is I guess why they dropped all this on the forums on late Friday to start with.

I have leveled to 30 on 1 toon and 70 GC level on my main. I have 2 set pieces both on my main. That's it. I am going to have to use this system to gear because GC sucks so badly. From my talks, it seems most people I talk to have had about the luck I have. They need to guarantee a set piece every 5-10 GC levels achieved. I would also recommend giving 1 unassembled piece per medal earned in pvp in addition to the 5 for win and 2 for losses.

Do these command xp perks stack like the other Legacy xp perks stack? What will they cost?

Are you kidding with this post? I'm at Galactic Command level 70 on my main and 30 on an alt. I've got 2 set pieces both on my main. This is going to have to be my main source of gearing.