Dev-community relations have always been like this. EAware has always been on the lower end of the grading spectrum when it comes to communication, and the cantina tours don't really change that. In the past with each new community manager they've always claimed that relations with us would improve and that they would converse with us more, but give it a month or 2 and things go completely quiet again. Now we have a new community coordinator. Congrats for her for landing the job but I doubt it'll change much. I think she'll serve as a moderator assistant at best just due to the fact that communication from EAware has been really slow and bad for a long time now.

Us PvP'ers pride ourselves in our skill in the game with fighting against other players. In no way do we come off as being "superior player-beings" you think we come off to be. As for the "lots of content," I could point out in MULTIPLE ways how that is not true but I'm not even interested because A) you seem to be the casual player EAware is targeting B) I'm not interested in beating a dead horse for the 7th millionth time C) it would derail this topic. However, I respect your generally respectable (lol ) positivity of the game.

Then that's great, OP looks like regs are for you.

*sigh* It's JUST for ranked? EAware really hates giving PvP'ers options don't they? I can see you have a point, but I must say that they really aren't concerned with it. In one of the latest SWTOR dev streams someone asked Musco about a non-advanced class player trolling ranked arenas and he basically said that his rating will get so low that he will be queued with other players of his same rating – which this basically doesn't count due to the fact that this game's population is SO low that when you factor in the apparent ranked population these guys will be grouped with players even with high-end ratings – and that the winning and losing teams will win/lose significantly LESS rating when against/with him. They really aren't going to do anything about this so my suggestion to you is to do TEAM ranked and queue with players you want to be grouped with, deal with it in solos or just don't Q ranked at all.

LOL no. He not one with the Force yet like Allison and Joveth are. He's still community manager but I think this position opened up since Amber apparently received a promotion.

Doesn't this not matter because you get double rewards for REGS anyway? Just don't Q for ranked. Problem solved. Besides PvP'ers REALLY need this. Considering all other playstyles PvP'ers have it THE worst when it comes to money-making options. We're in dire need of this.

I'm positive he did not mean the great profitability this game has been making but the actual poor state of the game.

Can you provide facts to back up this post that reeks hyperbole? This discussion does not even pertain to other developers and what they're doing, but maybe somewhat, due to the fact that SWTOR is losing players to other games as well, so please go on because I've played games that flow much better in terms of content update cadences and originality.

Honestly you raised another point but in no way is it a main reason. Okay, I DON'T mean it like that, but you do raise I point which I believe I even touched on. EAware LOVES to recycle things (I believe I said they "love to reskin" or something along those lines). Recycling is another major issue stemming from development and I'm not sure what's going on at the company that they feel this even needs to happen to content. CONTENT out of all things. It's bad for cosmetics in general, but when it hits content that's where it REALLY becomes a problem.

Ignoring the skill of whatever your comps had and why it seems like your guild recruitment is awful, the reason why this game lacks content in general is due to this game trying to appeal to the casuals and Cartel Market locusts. EAware knows that with the Star Wars IP and focus on cosmetics they're more than able to surpass the funding able to maintain this game AND keep racking in more dough. It's a win/win. Casuals and cartel market players get what they want, EAware devs and execs make profits every quarter. We know SWTOR highly lacks anything qualitative and has been going through a content drought for some time which has been speculated to end with the release of guild ships and strongholds, but honestly just how sandbox-y will it be if at all? Many people already know that it'll be the same generic skyline with the same generic cosmetics because that's what the devs love to do: reskin. Even since the beginning of the game, albeit small, remember leveling through planets and seeing the same corridors, building foundations, hallways, etc? It's way easier, much faster, cost-effective, and the general MMO'er criticism won't be loud enough and there won't be enough of it for anyone else to care. You can expect this to be the norm throughout SWTOR's lifetime also due to the fact that the devs are trying to cater to MANY different play styles, but even they have their preferred playerbase (the PvE'ers).

Maybe this could be the real reason why EAware was hiring for a new coordinator. Someone needed to fill Amber's spot.

Does that particular area have a "memory leak" or something (I hope I used that term correctly)? I do play on a crappy comp but I do stutter on that bridge quite a lot. I really don't know why this has been unaddressed and I have to say it is UNPROFESSIONAL for the devs for not doing so.

To be fair Tuxxy, it's not only Wildstar. It's also ESO, GW2, Titanfall, etc. No matter HOW many left, it STILL took players. Numbers at this point don't matter anyways since this game has been losing players since the beginning, but even though now that the loss is slow, the recent MMOs and other hyped up games took players. We all know that EAware is another reason, but IMO that's for a totally different discussion. I also have to say Wildstar was the nail in the coffin for SWTOR PvP. I've heard from Pistols and other forum members that even Harbinger ranked doesn't even pop all that much anymore after Wildstar. Push your dislike of Wildstar and see. I know you've shared your critical viewpoints of it but Wildstar is a game that CATERS to MMO'ers. SWTOR does not as its focus is on leveling, alting, and story, and NOT endgame.

^This. Basically managing a forum and interacting with the community? Excuse me for sounding so depressing but that sounds like it pays like a part-time job. Now if it is a fun job (which is sounds like it!) that is a different matter, but I can't imagine this job paying well. Also don't forget the massive EAware layoffs during 2012.

What was the turnout with Los Pollos?

The OP got it slightly wrong. Eric Musco is the community manger. We just got a new community coordinator. I dunno if Amber Green is still here but another one is Courtney Woods. Outside of them I think this forum has no other moderators due to the fact that back in the day before F2P moderators used to post by locking threads. Threads were never really deleted back then and the forums were a lot better. Now we just get "CommunitySupportEU" as a poster when a thread is locked (and that RARELY happens) and "CommunitySupport" from PMs if we are sanctioned with an infraction or a warning. TBH I think the community team is just a professional way to describe who we have left. This forum is so much quieter than what it was back in 2012 that there really isn't need for a "team" anymore.

EA Austin equals just as much as saying EAware. BioWare is usually just mentioned without "Austin" due to the fact that it's usually redundant. It's IMPLIED. It's clearly hyperbolic by calling me out for basically saying "EAware" and meaning "BioFail," but please interpret my own posts for me and tell everyone what I really mean.

This. You have a better point because you don't have to do dailies or be a PvE'er, and you don't have to spend hours playing the mundane GTN PvP game. You can just login to swtor.com and in x amount of clicks (notably few), you can just buy as many CCs as you want with money you've earned (hopefully) IRL just to reuse that to buy discounted hypercrates and either sell them as a whole or individually as packs. The only thing you should do is watch market prices because the market is VERY random and has a very ugly way of showing it. You better make sure you're getting your IRL money's worth because right now a Star Cluster's Hypercrate on the GTN on Pot5 is like 4.75mil for the lowest price. 6,912 CC is NOT even worth anything remotely that much and people undercut so much they're either doing it intentionally or they don't know general GTN basics. Your best bet honestly is to buy credits from farmers, but that IS against the ToS and you could get in trouble for that if caught.

What is wrong with saying "EAWare?" Have you been living under a rock because EA DID buy out Bioware several years ago. It's pretty clear they are. Otherwise they wouldn't be so focused on pushing out cash shop sales. Haven't they had like 2 flash sales already? Sure they offer HEAVILY discounted items but if you're OUT of CC they pressure you to buy more with these sales if you have no more or are running out. I never said this or even implied it

Artemis, you do realize who started this mudslinging right? It was the drones. This guy points out accurate observations of the game, and to be fair this guy isn't even being harshly critical, and these defenders call him out for shenanigans such as trolling. Funny thing is, these same guys who are doing this are now complaining about EAware's current practices involving CC in a new thread. I'd call that hypocrisy. CM is NOT content and should NOT be considered content, but since the dev team wants to milk as many players remaining from the game to earn as much as a profit as possible (>inb4 businesses are out to make a profit ) they're focusing more on cosmetics rather than actual content. Right now SWTOR is not only losing subscribers due to other recent game releases but because the game isn't putting out much content at the moment, and hasn't been since before GSF. Hell many in the PvP community even declare the Galactic Starfighter patch as being "the wasted patch" since it really didn't improve this game at all. I've heard there are a few who play SWTOR solely just for GSF, but they are in the MINORITY and that's a fact. On a further note, endgame content has been enduring a drought ever since post-release, but it's gotten even worse ever since F2P. At least the previous dev team was focused on story and not worried about milking the playerbase ala hybrid payment model, but ever since the launch of the cash shop the devs only care about the bottom line leaving all other devs with lack of resources, funding, etc. I believe EAware does NOT support hardcore ANYTHING unless it has to do with the Cartel Market (EA quarterly reports even back-up this assessment) so if you're a moderate or hardcore PvE'er OR PvP'er, I wouldn't particularly suggest this game to you. However, I will say it's great in casual doses. Disclaimer: I am not blindly bashing the game so please don't pull out that card. Thank you.

OP you do realize why EAware is doing this correct? They want you to waste as many of your credits as you can so they can milk you more by enticing you to buy CC and spend more on top of your subscription so you can afford the newest Cartel packs and for the upcoming housing stuff.