Hi both. I've sorted it. the server reboot on the 3rd didn't fix it. I purchased the legacy perk priority transport: Odessen, which allowed me to travel to the planet. I went to the instance and as you both said the portal was indeed blue so i guess somehow my character was still active inside. strange it persisted through the server reboot. anyway thanks for the ideas that led me to purchase the legacy perk. xx

So I was farming decorations in the Nathema Flashpoint. Specifically I was killing the two Jedi side bosses as they both have a 100% decoration drop rate. Furthermore, I was killing one looting it then escaping combat and they would reset. After a while the instance became very unresponsive, to the point of being unplayable, so I exited (may have just hit quit game) and went and did something else. Later I noticed the flash point had gone from both the solo and group lists, and if I try and travel to Odessen, I get 'Error, data not found'. Repair/Reinstall right? wrong. The issue only exists for one of my characters (Character A) . the other two on the same account can travel there fine. I reinstalled the game anyway, but the issue persists. One thing I did notice, as I tried to get into the Nathema instance for the first time with a different character, it said my character A was still in the instance and wouldn't allow me to enter, even though character A was actually in the imperial fleet. I logged in as A, and logged out again (non immediate) and that cleared that up to allow other characters into the instance. My question is, is this some kind of inelegant stealth ban against a single character for farming? Another thought is to wait for the servers to be reset for maintenance. I've raised a ticket, no reply as of yet. Anyone seen such an issue against one character only?

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I agree. it's the what if scenario. I just took a dump of my payment history and looked at the last month. I did $150 over the xmas break alone, made my blood run cold. So I deleted all my characters and quit the game. There should be an option to disable cartel purchase, with a 10 day eta on the enable option. That 10 day cooling off period would mean the 'what if' moment would pass.. As many have mentioned, they are never going to limit access to cartel purchases though, as that hurts EA's shareholder profit results.

excellent point. ive just cancelled. 12 days of play left. i wont be logging on for those 12.

1: Enter NPC type(s) : 1 2: Location(s): Entire Game 3: Group size and Density: 1-3, every 30 feet. 4: NPC action: animated conversation: waving arms around: polishing stuff. Warning, Group size: 1, animated conversation conflict: whatever. 5: run. that's lunch everyone..!!!

I've been sat here all morning, putting off going to cash in my Giro so the kids can have the heating on.. and you make them sit in the cold even longer!!!! damn you bioware

It was tongue in cheek. Why did you capitalize every word but the 1st?

I hate this game, I really do.. I hate it for building my hopes up and then not coming anywhere close to realizing them... but.. I play it most days. I'm on my 6th re-roll of BH having been as high as 45... And as of yesterday I own the normal game, digital upgrade and collectors edition... What the hell am I doing?? It's like that girl at college who is mean to you.. but you can't help sniffing around..

My point exactly..... if everyone one just put up and shut up the innovation would come at a crawl... demand creates urgency.. urgency gets things done. Look at booing - complaining at its most primal and basic - But when someone who wishes to appease the public gets boo'd, it's time for concern, regardless of any exact complaint detail.. I see flamers, whiners, threat leavers and the like as booing.

the light side fan boy trolls?

If the masses are not happy, they will let you know in the simplest terms.. Ignore at you peril.

I'm of the crowd that understands that things are forced to evolve when convention is challenged. Maintaining the status Quo results in complacency and in action. In the years to come when the game has improved, the 'whiners' grit to not accept a sub par product, will have driven that change.. and the fan boys on the side lines will have reaped the rewards..

probably an offshore operation. Like customer support it's all run outta Asia. So even though the tin is regional, the button pressers are central...