Official Q&A Thread for February 10th, 2012 Q&A Blog Post

[grobarce]

Do you have any plans to make balanced class without companions?

We have many classes but in my opinion game play is almost same for every player.(companion >healer/tank) Give as more options.

[MORJ]

Why did you nerf operative/scoundrel dps so badly, when i see guardians/juggernauts and marauders/sentinels dish out the same damage, while having tons more survivability with wards and what not. An operative/scoundrel is worthless when out of stealth, our dps is laughable compared to other classes. I have 567 expertise atm, and got hit for 5.5k from a juggernaut. Something needs fixing bioware.....

[barringerlr]

Do you have any real plans to fix the horrific faction imbalance and if so what are they?

[Advalary]

What are you doing to alleviate the framerate issues many of us with highend cards are having?

[Baytree]

Do you have an ETA as to when same gender romance arcs and same gender [Flirt] options are going to be available?

[Forgon]

Is the option to have hood and mask combinations (like it was in beta) a feature being acknowledge and discuss about in Bioware? Edited February 6, 2012 by Forgon

[peterpangelo]

Earlier it was said that adding a hood toggle (namely for Jedi Knights) was more difficult than it sounds and probably wouldn't be implemented in the near future. What has become of this? What are your plans as to allowing Jedi Knights to not have to wear hoods all the time?

[DrakeFS]

Are we ever going to see a more in depth quest line for each of our companions to flesh them out more? As a Bounty Hunter the Mako quest line was nice but I would like to see level 50 quest lines for all my companions.

[Vyruzvetrix]

How will the new ranked pvp system work, and will there be exclusive gear associated with certain ranks?

[merlinian]

Are there any plans for new playable species such as species as (togruta, kel dor, nautolan, or any of the other various species in the swu.) are they planed for future expansions or content, how about a yoda character??

[xorcist]

People are still being CC'd in Warzones, while the resolve bar is full. What is being done to fix this so we are not stun locked to death?

[obliviono]

Question: For us explorer types who love searching and working out hidden content (without watching Youtube videos), is there any plan to push a patch that will install hidden content on a large scale? (Like the Magenta Crystal Hunt?) Or do you plan on trickling in this explorer content?

 

Reason: Before Bioware confirmed the White Crystal and the Queen of Sands had not been implemented, I searched for weeks trying to work it out. Others complained about their wasted time... me, although I was disappointed by them not being in the game yet, I thoroughly enjoyed the search itself. I'm hoping for a lot more of this type of content.

[RAAMsShadow]

Will there be any plans to make free-form ship combat missions?

 

The current on-rails ones are nice but I would actually like to be in more control of my ship during missions.

[Frostbird]

Will there ever be a way to access or choose companions earlier? Depending on class I may be stuck with a companion that I dislike, is a poor spec for me or is the opposite alignment to me for the first *half* of my leveling experience.

[JPLaro]

Hi, will you increase the character limit on a server (8 characters max)?

 

We can only create 8 characters on one server. I think we should be allowed to create 16.

 

Increasing the max characters could be linked with the legacy system...

e.g. legacy level 10 would allow you to create 2 more characters.

[mozzlol]

When can we expect a continuation to the class stories? Are you going to add in new acts to them with some major content patches or with each expansion?

[Aedales]

Will there ever be a re-draft of the space system in the game to make it free space or even fishbowl with more freedom? I can not bring myself to even go do those one-way space missions that are currently in place and that makes it very "Un-Starwars" like to me.... and that is with a level 50 and more characters 30+ Edited February 6, 2012 by Aedales

[Aiman]

New features for guilds? I was thinking a few features that I'd like to see.

 

Can we hope for calendars for scheduling raids or other events? Also, for small guilds, like mine, alliances with other guilds? What about guild housing?

[tbhyanks]

Will it be possible to transfer between servers any time soon? I switched servers to play with friends and I invested a lot of time in my character on my previous server. I have enjoyed playing another class but I have held off on rerolling the same class in hopes that I can transfer eventually.

[kitsunegirl]

I just have one question, and one question only! lol

 

There are a lot of players that want to play Togruta and Nautolans. So my question is, will we be able to? It doesn't matter to me if its through the Legacy system, or in an expansion. I would just like to have an official answer... or hint. ^_^;;

[Beevman]

When can we expect to have a native mac client?

[JayRyu]

When will there be an UI fix/upgrade? Right now the UI creates a lot of issues for the game, for instance, using ventrilo/teamspeak while in the middle of a game will bug out the UI so you won't be able to click on it until you do Ctrl UU as a temp fix

[MasterofMagina]

My question is are you going to add achievements in this game and is it soon or future?

 

Like:

 

Killing an boss without taking dmg from " X " and " X "

Healing ammount " X "

Winning total of " X " Warzones

 

... much more.

 

You get my point.

 

Cheers.

[Uthmere]

Is there any chance of different companion customizations, and different armor styles being added in the NEAR future? Edited February 6, 2012 by Uthmere

[Hoeya]

Will the market system ever be changed? Right now, It's fairly barren after a certain level. I was wondering if the markets throughout the servers would be unified, or even the internal markets unified.