No this is not a sarcastic 'you f'ed mah gamez, thanks bioware'
This is as an actual thank you for making this game and continuing to keep it going. The game is great, not only the fact it is Star Wars (who doesn't love a good star wars!) but the thing that led me away from it from WoW, is the fact is it is challenging and takes a lot more effort than i'd say most of the MMO's I have played.
By that I mean, in the leveling 1-55 I have died HEAPS! Mostly from a dude patrolling the area that I didn't notice, or pulling the mob a few meters away. Normally I would say 'ah f****, that's just stupid, QUIT!' But comparing it to something like WoW....Even with limited gear that is upgraded....I would never die. I could literally sit there and **** before even needing to think about it, it wasn't challenging and neither was Op's (or raiding). My biggest problem there was 'NERF NERF NERF' due to people saying 'it's tooooooo haaaarrrddddd' or because they want people to get people geared to see content etc etc. Which is fine, but what Bioware have just done which I really like, is not nerf the Op's into the ground, but make the gear easier to get.
Because anyone can have the gear, but if the content is still challenging, all the gear in the world won't save you. A perfect example are those explosion droids in DF after the second boss. BRILLIANT, it can bring those fun 'aha i'm gonna kill some guildies moment's' and it can just point out those who need to pay attention more. There should be more mobs/boss's that are like this, I mean there are already, but yeah.
About this whole 2.8 hell that people are crying about. Yeah I was annoyed being kicked off, waiting in FP's for players to load etc. That was yesterday, today, there are still problems, but it's nowhere NEAR as bad as yesterday....One day, one bad day, I think I will survive one day to many great. Plus I love the new content, yeah gambling is never fun and is really bad to do, but it's in a game, I am using fake credits which I can easily get again to get a RANCOR! (which I still haven't gotten yet *sadface*). I love the class changes too, as I am a sent, *drool at dps increase*
So all and all, thank you Bioware, please keep this game going, it's got sooooo much potential to keep going for years. Keep doing what you are doing, I wouldn't mind a little more content faster.......but I only have one 55, so I have MANY alt's to go through to keep me entertained