Do you think that people couldn't code in 2004? Or perhaps back then errors were not prioritized or something? Have you ever programmed anything in your life outside of a remote? Sorry, but comparing whether bugs exist or not has no relevance on 8 years ago. Game mechanics changed over the years, design has changed, but the ability to not be perfect has not changed.

I know many people avoid the forums because of how the crowd can get. A poll in-game would probably be a much better sample group. Also, someone else mentioned leaving comments in the poll - that would be great. I really like the new UI, however, I dislike abilities being darkened while the cooldown animation is happening. Overall, it's a much better improvement, but could use a tweak or two.

I definitely see your point, but I think the problem is that many people don't learn. I've also been in many games where the other team is rolling us, then just kept running around for the rest of the time instead of scoring the 6th point. I don't want to have to stay for that. When you go on defense in Voidstar first, and the other team gets the first door almost immediately - why should people have to stick around and suffer? A quick score/objective (not including Alderaan) is not the same as a "*** quick score" IMO. It's the "***" moments where I realize that my group is not working together/going for objectives. Then I see people chase kills around - sorry if I know people aren't playing the Warzone, I'm out. I miss out on the valor, creds, commendations, etc but at least I'm not just free valor for the other team.

How is it a free pass to the fleet? I just tried this out and after leaving the WZ I ended up right where I started, on Tatooine.

You know he's dead right? :'(

I'm on a pvp server, but I can see how that would be annoying. Letting a a flagged enemy wander into a non-flagged player's AoE really just leads to griefing. However, if you heal or buff a flagged player, you should absolutely be flagged yourself. Otherwise you could just heal & buff someone in pvp combat, which isn't fair.

Just thought I'd point out that you guys are talking about ways to implement features via code, which there exists a large number of possibilities, and final decisions are either technically decided, or made by coder's preference. Basically, I have a feeling you guys could go in circles for hours.

Now if we can verify orange armor crits, that would be awesome.

It is a money sink, but if you like the rewards, then go for it. I have two characters, one is Synthweaving and one is Cybertech. I use a ton of crafted items, and recently have been selling some for large profit. I'd say I've spent more than I've earned, but it definitely helps recoop the cost. However, I did have to wait until level 41 to buy my 2nd speeder.

I support this thread.

Most fun I've had in a game in years.

OP: I suppose we'll see in a few years then. Also, you're obviously not a software developer because you can't just change things all the time because a game came out with it recently. The business doesn't work that way. And I actually think it did improve on WoW. Has many of the good things and left much of the crap behind (not 100%, but either way it's an improvement overall). WoW was a launched title for 6 years, during which, it improved DRASTICALLY. End game was an after-thought at launch. So what am I getting to here? TL;DR - This game will improve, and if it didn't meet your expectations, it doesn't matter.

Thanks for writing this guide. Has my vote for a sticky!

I'm not sure REing to get purple gear for yourself is a waste. Especially with additional companions to do your dirty work and assuming you're still getting skill points.

First, it's not an Auction House. Not only is it called the Galaxy Trade Network (GTN) but there aren't any actual auctions (read: no bidding). Second, a disaster? Let's not be over dramatic. I think improvements can be made, absolutely. But I can also find what I want, when I want, it's completely usable. If having to type in the name of the item is "unacceptable" then you have a lifetime of disappointment ahead of you. Now, I agree that linking an item into the search would be a nice feature, along with not having to select drop downs to search for a specific item. I'd love to see better filtering so that I can only view what my class can use. Has there ever been confirmation whether this is cross faction or not? I see items for Republic characters (I'm Empire), but I've never heard that it was cross faction. Overall, it could use some buffs, but a complete disaster - it is not.