Unsubbing and eventually uninstalling as well due to ranked being removed. There's no reason to be a subscriber anymore, not even if you play regs. Apparently BioWare doesn't even care about profit anymore. Sounds like a sinking ship. Numerous players have given their feedback both on the forums and in-game, but it all falls on deaf ears. I warned you this was coming BioWare, but you just won't listen. I even gave you a solution to the problems Musco addressed regarding ranked, but here we are. Unsubscribed.

Thank you for the response, Musco. I do believe, however, that you guys have drawn the wrong decision on many of the points you've mentioned. Take notes guys, Ranked PvP activity wasn't even mentioned among the reasons as to why they are doing this. Not that it even matters, because we all know a PvP Season would bring in a lot more players to ranked, even old ranked players. PvP Seasons generate activity. With that said, below are some of my thoughts and suggestions to the issues you address, Musco: 1. Removing ranked because of combat styles: What I can't understand is, why would you add this in to the game in the first place, if you knew it would make the implementation into Ranked PvP complicated? You shouldn't add something that will break something else. Besides, did people really ask for two combat styles? I believe a lot of players would've turned it down if it meant Ranked PvP would get removed. Anyway, the solution to the problem is rather simple. Instead of allowing the same character to play two different combat styles in ranked, keep it Class based just as before and lock in the initial style they enter the Ranked PvP Season with. This way you don't have to change anything to your structure other than restricting a Ranked Season to 1 Combat Style per character. That's not much to ask. Simple solution, and I don't believe many ranked players would be upset with this, as most have different combat styles on different characters. 2. Removing leaderboards and competition because of bad behaviour: I'm surprised you're telling us that after over 10 years this suddenly has become a problem that requires the removal of ranked. That doesn't make any sense. Players having disagreements and players being looked down on happens everywhere in the game. This isn't anything new. Players in PvE often have these kind of things happen as well. Why not encourage players to put the "/ignore" function to use instead? This doesn't require the removal of ranked after 10 years. Regarding the leaderboards, the solution isn't to remove the entire thing. Why not restrict how far you can search regarding rating? Instead of being able to search for a specific player's rating during a season, restrict it so only let's say top 500 are visible on the official forums leaderboard. Each player can instead see their own rating inside their own forum profile (you will have to add this though). Finally, let's talk about the three main points for this change. Create a positive and engaging PvP experience for all players Increase the overall participation and quality of PvP matches Offer new incentives that benefit everyone who participates in PvP Removing Ranked will not solve this. You're now gating both Unranked 4v4 and 8v8 matches behind wins for rewards. How is that different? Even more players will begin to ignore objectives while they hunt damage numbers. There will be even more premades in 8v8 for both a winning and stomping advantage. Plus, now literally anyone can play 4v4s with no ranked exception, making it quite the miserable experience. There hasn't even been a mention regarding whether there will be any group (premade) restrictions or any class combination restrictions whatsoever. If 4 solo players queue and end up playing against tank, heal and 2 dps, how will that be a positive experience? No, BioWare, instead of removing ranked altogether, you should have implemented this unranked 4v4 choice in addition to the already established structure with ranked included. Allowing it to be a training arena for anyone new to arenas, anyone desiring to play 4v4s and letting people improve/in addition to later participating in 4v4 ranked PvP. This would also increase the amount of players for a Ranked PvP Season and PvP participation in general, making you more money and everyone would be happy. Instead, you are removing more than you are adding to PvP. To end this post, I will close off by telling you that if your current ideas stand, and what you have currently planned remains final, you will officially be losing a subscriber (and many more). There's no reason to support sabotage of a cherished gamemode.

It was a shocking experience to listen to the recent 7.2 Game Update Livestream announcing the removal of Ranked PvP for the so-called "PvP Revamp". The reason behind it even stranger, and vague. As a returning player, and PvP player at that, I was eagerly awaiting to hear the announcement of the next PvP season, Season 15, among other news, only to be left with great disappointment. From a business standpoint, it is a highly questionable decision to remove ranked, as ranked PvP already requires an active subscription. The decision to outright remove it and make unranked PvP entirely free-to-play will result in a large amount of players cancelling their current subscriptions both due to lack of interest and because subscriptions are no longer needed to play at all. I don't see how this can possibly be a good decision from a business standpoint. By keeping ranked you would still be earning money, a lot more than you spend investing in the game mode. Opening a new PvP season would also give you an influx of players returning to the game in order to participate in ranked. These would primarily be solo ranked players and would give you even more subscriptions for as long as the PvP season lasts. For the non-PvP players reading this post, the lack of income from these changes will affect you too, as less income equals less content in general. Now, let's talk about the "encouraging positive play" aspect as mentioned in the livestream. Unwanted behavior can be found anywhere in the game, in any gametype as well, not only ranked PvP. There's a higher expectation towards players participating in ranked PvP of course, but that isn't to say there isn't in unranked PvP, MM Flashpoints and NiM Operations as well. As a matter of fact, bad behavior even frequently happens in PvE parts of the game as some people "don't want to waste time" in a lesser performing group, or get angry after not progressing in one. As the current PvP changes stand, I can't believe for a second that these planned changes will improve the behavioral aspect in PvP. Quite the contrary actually, as now wins will count towards rewards and objective play in PvP becomes even more important. This will not improve behavior. Players will become angry that others are not trying to play the objective, as well as newcomers being frowned upon for not knowing what to do, or how to react/defend. Some players will ignore the objective and only hunt kills and dps numbers. These changes will also result in more players grouping up and forming premades in order to have more fun and also a winning advantage over the rest. A lot of players will not like this. By separating ranked and unranked PvP we didn't have as much of this problem. People may get upset when they lose, both in ranked and unranked PvP, but now you are increasing the frustration of a much larger playerbase as a result, in addition to bringing in unneeded rewards, instead of leaving things in an already structured, established and focused environment that used to be driven by PvP Seasons and rating for exclusive rewards. To conclude this post, I will remind you that the planned changes will result in a lot less subscriptions, a considerable amount of players will leave the game over this and PvP will not be in a better place than it already was. The so-called "revamp" sounds more like a "removal", or "reduction" if you will. I did like the idea of adding the option of choosing between 4v4 or 8v8, but that should've been added in addition to, and not with the removal of ranked. Why not have it all at once together? That would yield much better results and gives a practice arena for 4v4 gameplay which can later be used for better performance in ranked and people would be happier. Now, that would've been a lot more like a "revamp", instead of what's currently planned. So, please, for the good of PvP and the game, don't remove Ranked PvP.

I'm tired of waiting. Reported this several times and I'm now doing it again. There's so many bugs in PvP that it's driving me crazy. Now you'll say "report them using the /bug command in chat", yeah, like that's ever going to change anything. This is the 2nd/3rd patch now since I reported those bugs and I see no action taken. I HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN A MERC NERF YET! What is wrong with you guys? Are you blind? Ask any PvP-er and they'll tell you mercs need a nerf. I'm not only talking damage-wise, but Electro Net-wise as well. I mean, Electro Net can't even be purged, even after using a breaker? Are you kidding? I would call that a bug. Stealthers break Electro Net, then vanish, only to get dropped out of stealth again because Electro Net is still doing damage and can't be purged. That's crazy. 100% needs a fix. Oh, and neither melee nor ranged attacks should kill an Operative during Evasion when vanishing. So tell me how you die because of a 30k hit ranged attack? That hits after vanish? During Evasion? - I bet many others agree with this. Seeing enemy players just zoom across your screen and not being able to see them before 2 seconds later. 2 seconds! It should be instant. I can tell because even my allied players, in the same group, hesitate to attack because the enemy is no where in sight. You see them moving around, but their exact location isn't known, so you can't attack. (Please) Fix this now.

I'm tired of waiting. Reported this several times and I'm now doing it again. There's so many bugs in PvP that it's driving me crazy. Now you'll say "report them using the /bug command in chat", yeah, like that's ever going to change anything. This is the 2nd/3rd patch now since I reported those bugs and I see no action taken. I HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN A MERC NERF YET! What is wrong with you guys? Are you blind? Ask any PvP-er and they'll tell you mercs need a nerf. I'm not only talking damage-wise, but Electro Net-wise as well. I mean, Electro Net can't even be purged, even after using a breaker? Are you kidding? I would call that a bug. Stealthers break Electro Net, then vanish, only to get dropped out of stealth again because Electro Net is still doing damage and can't be purged. That's crazy. 100% needs a fix. Oh, and neither melee nor ranged attacks should kill an Operative during Evasion when vanishing. So tell me how you die because of a 30k hit ranged attack? That hits after vanish? During Evasion? - I bet many others agree with this. Seeing enemy players just zoom across your screen and not being able to see them before 2 seconds later. 2 seconds! It should be instant. I can tell because even my allied players, in the same group, hesitate to attack because the enemy is no where in sight. You see them moving around, but their exact location isn't known, so you can't attack. (Please) Fix this now.

Dear BioWare, would you please fix your stream on this video? It's horrible. My laptop is top notch, there's nothing wrong with it, but for some reason the videos you lay out play very bad. I can run anything from YouTube to streams while playing Swtor. But unfortunately your videos just don't work properly. Sad but true, this isn't the first time I've tried them. Dearest regards, Narkny.

Hey again. New topic here. I've been talking to several players about PvP and the different warzones. To this date, many are unhappy. It would be very much appreciated if you would take the time to listen more to advanced players about their PvP requests and suggestions. If you do, you will have a much happier bunch of subscribers. I know many players who will stop playing the game and un-sub if PvP doesn't get more updates. What we are thinking about is the ranked 8v8 and especially NEW WARZONE MAPS! Players who have played the game for a long time, and of course those who only play PvP, suffer from the fact that it does not seem like you care much about the PvP area of the game. We would appreciate more focus on this part of the game, it is one of the best parts of Swtor, next to the storylines. You guys have done a great job, keep it up! But please listen to players requests, as they are the ones that make Swtor a good place to be. Best regards, Narkny

Howdy folks. Currently our famous endgame Warzone Scoreboard cannot be moved around. I'm talking about the one that shows your team's medals, dps, etc. This needs to be moveable. For the time being it's blocking several players interfaces. Please do something about this. Thanks in advance! Best regards, Narkny