Looks to me like the UI changes to the Character window, Bag, etc. was designed by a 3 year old. Dev's; please revert the style of the redesigned UI elements to that of the previous UI elements.

Many items looted and/or in the inventory appear as an empty box with no textures. For instance I gain a chest piece: the icon has a green outline but the inside of this "box" is either very dark or is perhaps missing any textures. The same when I examine what my character is equipped with. Same items look as you would expect but others have no graphic.

What exactly does this mean??? Sith Inquisitor with a lightsaber in each hand, or even secretly use Dark Side powers while posing as a member of the Jedi Order. Does this mean I could for instance make a Trooper who's story line quests are dark side and take him though the Drummond Kass area, etc????

I have played this game for many years (on and off). It always seems to entice me back. In game I proudly display the founder title. I rarely post. I find the ability system bloated and full of redundancy. I wish for an ability system that presents choice dependent upon class/role. A system that has individual rotations consisting of 40 plus individual actions that themselves are determined by situation is not and never was, what I wanted this combat system to progress into. I like the idea behind the Combat Styles. I want to be able to choose a base class and then swap out my weapon to determine my style of play. I see nothing wrong there. If the idea behind this new development is to facilitate improvements in the game I am all for it. If it is being done simply to make the game more simplistic then that is a totally different matter and not one I would support.

This has been going on for years. The same thing occurs with the Stronghold ui popup element. Both are are in exactly the same place on the screen. They are one and the same thing. No developer has ever responded to either issues on this forum .... Someone earlier in this post suggested disabling the System Message ui element ... tried it and it does not remove this annoying alert that pops up just when you do not want it!

Bump!

This is the same ui element you get when entering your stronghold. People have been asking for the ability to "adjust" this for years to no avail. Here is a test ... if any dev have looks at this please reply in this thread ;-)

I see very little difference between SWTOR and most other games (produced over the last few years) regarding Tanking issues. The easiest slot to fill in a group is always the Tank role as most people go dps role. Most dps do not know how to play (controlling the hate they generate) making Tanking unpopular. I have Tanked for many a PUG where the dps tells me flat out it's my problem if he pulls hate off me. Yes, I know about rotations, taunts, body pulls, etc, etc, but Tanking is about teamwork as is healing and dps. So I would guess the average Tank in this game probably knows more about his role than the average dps (same goes for the average healer).

There is something called civility, which unfortunately many have lost. It is a shame it is not also a right. However rights can and are carried too far in my opinion as is what happens when one may carry fire-arms into one's local store .....

You do seem excited enough OP, about not being excited with Galactic Strongholds to make a post about it, however. So the point is .....

I played them all (mmorpg's) and I am once again playing SWTOR. Is it the best game around? Overall, (imo) I would say yes otherwise I would be playing something else. RIFT was wonderful until TRION destroyed the game and turned it into a cash grab. ESO is fine if you are a gold seller. GW2 and Wildstar, you gotta be joking. Landmark/EQ Next? Another SOE scam. Could this game be better? You bet! But I personally am thankful for small mercies. It could be as bad as the games I have listed above.

I live and teach in the US, am British and even I would not deny my neighbors (colonialists) their independence (whether real imaginary) .... Happy 4th!

It is a good start imo. Were we not told that instead of explaining how the housing would behave they would rather show us? Well that seems exactly what they are going to do tomorrow on Twitch. I for one consider it a darn good idea ....

Dark Side Jedi is a contradiction in terms. A Jedi who turns to the dark side is no longer a Jedi ....

Unfortunately, chat filters are not the solution. And believe it or not the gold spammers are a miner annoyance in SWTOR compared to some other games. I re-subscribed to SWTOR along with my wife. We were playing ESO and thoroughly enjoying it. Then came the gold spammers, bots and miners. ZeniMax allowed mods that included custom chat (spam) filters and the spammers rose to the challenge. I have never seen a game so infested with bots and gold spam. They were everywhere you looked and every measure ZeniMax took to combat them was circumvented by the gold selling companies and as such only penalized the subscribers. ZeniMax even removed drops from dungeon bosses because the bots would camp them (10 at a time) to starve the bots of drops. So the bots went open world pathing. Who lost in the end? Not the Gold sellers that's for sure. And if you doubt the accuracy of what I have said, I suggest you give ESO a chance (or should I say bot wars?).