After this update, after I finish creating a new toon, I get a popup error message proclaiming files are missing as soon as the load screen comes up.

Too many dev wives in this thread.

Thanks for the tips! The launcher thing appears to be intermittent. I was able to log in normally the next day. I'll still keep the bitraider information handy just in case. It was wierd because this is the first time that I appeared to have any issues linked to bitraider, unlike a significant portion of the subscriber base over the years. In any case, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Yeah this game has been deeply flawed on all levels since launch, but there's enough fun to be had that I like to come back once in a while and play. I did earlier today and decided to log back in this evening. The launcher is broken and all I get is "unspecified error." Pure broken junk up to the usual EAware standard. Of course the devs will be off all month so it won't get fixed. "This application has encountered an unspecified error. Please try this patch again." The devs have left events broken all month long in December before, so I doubt this will get resolved until January, and only after a cartel market update.

attitudes like this is why i'll savor the tears when this game finally dies.

No on all counts.

I'm rooted and stunned in place after being rooted and stunned in place so the game can kill my toon. Nothing to avoid because i am not permitted to break the stun.

I kept the holocron. all damage to her is inside the circle. smacked on the ground 8 times then stunlocked to death before i could get to healing circle. What game are you playing? I'm playing SWTOR.

Okay, I don't know what fight some people are in that are saying this is "easy" etc. There's no stacks to look at, there's nothing to interrupt. There is no circle to avoid. All that happens is that my sentinel gets stunlocked and smacked off the ground 8-10 times every time. I cannot go to a healing cloud because then, after nearly all my health is gone after getting smacked off the ground, I'm promptly stunlocked again. Stop lying. Way to go Bioware.

It all started when they broke the hero engine beyond repair. It's clunky and weak. Also last December when they let all the events break and did nothing while staying on vacation showed how much EA cares. As far as "we want more group content lololol" the community in this game is what ruined it. There are individuals and small pockets of people who are genuinely inclusive regardless of playstyle. The community as a whole is pretty much just trash. I don't pug ops anymore because the people I've run into are socially maladjusted fools. The average player in a pug was more grownup than these "leet" tools that run around now. I started this game in a guild of friends at launch with an emphasis on gear progression and before we all eventually left after the first 8 months and subs ran out in droves, guilds actually had an interest in helping other players grow regardless of their playstyle. There are plenty of other reasons but again the OP sings the old "MOAR RAIDS WAAAAAHHH!" song. Fewer people were raiding before the release of KOTFE because we got sick of lousy attitudes and EAware nurturing and encouraging it. Trash community and lousy development. Those are the core reasons this game is where its at now. I've been coming back off and on after returning in 2014 and now I'm here for the event and Star Wars. Not the most diehard warsie but that's why. If this was Meekoochan Superterrific Yay Fantasy game I probably never would have come back.

Yes, the solo content has gotten notably easier for a variety of reasons but quit lying. This whole "toddler can play the game blahblah" is just leetpro anger. Let it go.

This is not true. It's been an issue since 2014 and maybe even before. No balance, dev pet classes, expertise crutch that even applied in open world, a nurturing environment for exploiting said open world pvp, etc. are the reasons.

Registered user stats mean nothing. Battlestar Galactica Online boasted over 100 million registered users at some point. So turn down your fanboy filtered posts as well, mkay?

My point has been made. Thank you.

No point in discussing any longer. The sound of all the baby goats suckling on the bottles bioware feeds them drowns it out.