Devs are salty as hell cause they got called out.

I learned years and years ago with this game that Hanlon's Razor is 100% applicable to the Dev Team that runs SWTOR. "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." The changes and updates they make to the game are not done to piss off, they just done out of stupidity. Just how it is.

I mean, really any planet honestly. Give me more than a couple of areas on a planet. Mere fraction of a planet doesn't cut it at all.

This is where Yoshi-P would say "Please look forward to it™" Difference is, he delivers on his promises 90% of the time.

Game went hard south post Rise of the Hutt Cartel honestly. Kinda came back up with Revan expac but then nothing but a damn nosedive since then. Only way I can see the Devs making amends is putting out an Expac with at least two or three new planets with A LOT of open world to explore, quests, achievements, Flashpoints and a couple of Raids. Hell, we have never really had a proper Expac besides RotHC and even then that was bare minimum. This game failed WAY before 7.0....please don't kid yourself.

Only game devs I have learned to kinda trust in the MMO space are the FFXIV Devs. I don't think I have EVER trusted the devs at Bioware/Broadsword. Just can't. Too many screw ups and dropped balls...especially with one of the BIGGEST selling IPs in history. It's like watching a trainwreck happen in real time honestly.

"You've killed OPs and Group Play". Fixed it for ya!

Shhhh, we don't mention other MMOs like WoW, FFXIV, LOTRO and such that get WAY more content (PvE, PvP, World Explorations) for the same sub price. Not to mention expansions either...which are just patches here in SWTOR. Don't call them expansions here because they aren't. They are just patches. Want to see an expansion? Go look at WoW or FFXIV, who actually give a damn about their game despite what it may seem sometimes.

Schrute bucks and Stanley nickels...cause Broadsword certainly isn't paying much!

I would totally be fine with KOTOR-style dialogue for main character interaction while the NPCs are voiced honestly. Would allow budget to be moved to story and expansion material for the game. I know, I know... Heresy!!!! How dare that I would rather want additional storyline that would allow the game to grow, or new things to do over my character speaking. Some of all are extremely deluded I swear...

Sir, we don't say that around here. Gonna hurt some people's feelings. But agreed, this is maintenance mode. It is what it is. Broadsword is only known for taking in MMOs for minimal updates if that and keeping them alive via random bug fixes and keeping the light on. That's it. As soon as I saw it being moved to Broadsword, EA didn't even NEED to say it for everyone to know it's maintenance mode. My predictions: They finish out the 7.x storyline and with them saying "2025 will be a big year for em" awhile back, I think that means that they wrap up the story, end game story updates and at that point it just becomes one big space barbie sim. What hurts the most is that this game could have been SO MUCH BETTER! This game could have stood shoulder to shoulder with WoW and FFXIV... I 100% believe that. But EA and Bioware squandered every single opportunity. They pissed away the chance to make an MMO on one of the BIGGEST IPs in the world. It's like bankrupting a casino: You either are laundering money and get caught, or so extremely stupid and inept that the place collapses.

Oh, and redoing models too! Currently they are in process of re-doing High Elf and Elf models w/ Hobbits coming afterward. Along with class tunings, classes and races.

Something something small indie company something something. But yeah, SWTOR will NEVER....NEVER...see an "Expansion" like what WoW, LOTRO, or FFXIV has. Hard stop, it won't happen. If you somehow believe that then you are deluding yourself. Would I love it if we did? Hell yes I would, but I know it isn't happen. I will say though, really does amaze me that LOTRO somehow pumps out decent size expacs with multiple zones, quests, deeds (their version of achievements), dungeons and raids along with new items for their store as well as in-game. And from what I can tell, they have a smaller team that handles LOTRO and DDO. If LOTRO's team can churn out good size expacs, but somehow an MMO that has one of the BIGGEST IPs attached to it cannot...then that's a failure on the devs and people working on the game. Period.

I still stand by the fact that SWTOR will go the same way as Rift did when Rift got moved to Gamingo. In no way am I trying to be rude or negative...just the tone so far as been as such.

Lag is still there to a degree, but nearly as bad as it used to be. They have already addressed some of it! And the new River Hobbit addition has been badass...Umbar expac this fall!