[“A Deadly Force Returns” Teaser]

So General Rhetorical Question Here: (and... Before I start let me just say I am on a Top of Line System with the latest graphics card (Duel Cards BTW) and connecting via the Fastest Broadband AT&T offers....)

 

I have been a subscriber for over a year and, periodically, I attempt to watch "teaser trailers" on the SWTOR website and it's Stop Motion at bets or loads for 5 minutes and plays 7 seconds then.... lengthy pause for minutes on end... then 5 or 6 seconds plays ...etc.... Why can't SWTOR stream a 22 second video without all the crazy.... pauses and slow load times. It makes no sense. SWOTR video's are the ONLY website that acts like this... I have no problems anywhere else on the web.

[Today's Maintenance and In-Game Cartel Coin Purchasing]

Hey folks,

 

I know we had quite a bit of down time today and now that we are back up you will notice our in-game Cartel Coin purchase feature is not live. I wanted to explain a bit about what happened now that the dust has settled, thank you all for your patience today!

 

During our maintenance when we were releasing Game Update 2.3.2, we discovered a couple of bugs related to the in-game purchasing system. The worst among them was an issue which could have affected a significant number of our players where even though they made a prior purchase, it was not being recognized towards their 50% off. Meaning that many of our subscribers who should have been able to jump right in and grab their next purchase in game for 50% off, couldn't.

 

We worked to try to resolve that issue, among others, as fast as we could. Unfortunately, it became clear that there was no quick fix we could put in place and the system would need to be disabled. However, disabling a system is not a fast process either. It is the discovery of some issues, the attempt to fix it, and then the decision to disable the feature which made our maintenance take as long as it did.

 

Along with that, and I know this is the last thing anyone wants to hear right now, we will be having another maintenance early tomorrow morning. The reason for this maintenance is in part to remove the banner from the Cartel Market which announces in-game Cartel Coin purchase is available. Unfortunately, that is a change which will require us to patch the game.

 

The last thing of note that I have is that in very, very rare circumstances, some of you may actually still be able to use the in-game Cartel Coin purchase feature. If the feature is working, it will be fully disabled for you as well after our maintenance tomorrow. If you happen to be one of those players who discovered this and used it, don’t worry. It shouldn't mess anything up.

 

I thank all of you again for your extreme patience today while we worked through these issues. Hopefully this post explains a bit about what happened today.

 

-eric

 

So two questions not really answered in the above statement is,

1. "Are you going to implement In-Game Cartel Coin purchases with the first purchase being 50% Off, or not??"

2. "When will that option and the ability to purchase at 50% off going to be available and for how long?"