here is mine, x3 happy new year http://www.swtor.com/user/ce/2a48m

The new trailer is the only reason I came back. I want to finish the story from KoTFE chapter 9 and onwards and curious to what's coming in december.

I deleted a head start character at level 43 a few days after head start to see if legacy could be restarted....it couldn't

idk about average anymore but when I quit back in may I had probably around 50 mil or so with a few hundred mil worth of cartel items in my cargo holds, not sure what they are worth now, probably went up or down idk. But as others said play the GTN, see a bunch of mats for 10,000 credits a stack(or whatever is considered cheap now)? buy them all up and flip them for a profit.

OP you're barking up the wrong tree with this issue. People who subbed at the time don't want others to have the stuff they got because it would invalidate their reason for subbing. People who want the stuff but didn't sub at the time think it's stupid they get left out. Then there are the people who don't care either way. I myself quit playing and uninstalled after they announced the DvL requirements weren't going to be retroactive, that I'd have to delete one of my 22 toons that I've put countless millions of credits and thousands of cartel coins into, or move to a server I don't play on to participate. I won't be getting anything from the DvL once I come back to finish the story in 45% download and I've missed whatever sub rewards they've offered since I quit. I don't want or need them so it's no problem for me. As for the stuff I already have unlocked from my 5 years(give or take a few months) of service, no I'm not going to be upset and raged that they offer them to other people who don't have it, I don't even care if they give it for free. Let people have that title that does nothing, or that companion that is just like the 50 other companions, or that gear shell that provides the same benefits/looks at some other shell in the game(looking at you Troublemaker Jacket), heck give them that recolored hk-51 too.

A sandbox MMO would work in 2016 if it released with sufficient end game content, open world pvp, arenas, detailed and deep crafting system, exciting class structure, improved player housing and a solid pick up story, and if the game is set in the future or access to space in the lore a space pvp/pve sytem. Also if you added proper guild support, group support, pvp and casual support it would work. However gaming companies now are no longer interested in making the best possible MMO they can, they are interested more in making the quickest profit at the start and a sustainable milking over the years before moving on to the next project. I.E Tera, Rift, ToR, Aion, Guild Wars etc... Bioware's biggest failure is lack of communication with their fanbase. Take this event thing, they release details of the event only days before the actual release with no input on if the community/fanbase would approve of it or not, get ideas on what to change or what to add. They have an entire Suggestion forum for cartel boxes and other "suggestions" but they rarely respond or communicate those ideas back into the community.

Exactly, the only reason I hate this event. I sent a ticket a few days back on having a level 60 toon I deleted back in idk probably november/december last year restored and they said "We couldn't find the character data sorry". Yet back before the start of KoTFE I was able to have my Headstart very first character that I deleted to test if you could restart legacies restored after what 4 years? That reason alone prevents me from being willing to delete another character I've put millions of credits into. and I'm not spending 10 million+ on character slots because people are going to use this as a chance to make some quick credits.

The only things SWG did right was Housing, Crafting, and Pre-CU class diversity. Space was alright if you didn't mind floating around for 30+ mins waiting for something to come along. But all in all SWG isn't around because SWG was a dying game. The license was run out because ToR was releasing and SOE saw no benefit in having 2 competing MMOs in the same IP. CU happened because WoW happened btw. I was there, I was also playing FFXI(which at it's peak had 1.2 million subscribers) and when WoW came out both SWG and FFXI started to bleed subs. WoW was easier to access, easier to play, and easier to run on most low end machines. WoW opened up the MMO market from being a Hardcore Niche to being casual friendly.

I don't need the event to be retroactive. I would like them to give us 2 extra slots for free. Not force me to delete one of my characters I may or may not be able to get back, or spend 10,000,000+ credits per unlock or however many cartel coins they decide to charge. The only way I'm going to agree that this is a good event worth the investment is if the items from the pack automatically unlock for your account instead of having to pay 240-400 cartel coins to unlock. I get that people are over the Anger stage of grief and are now in the acceptance stage, making posts like "I just made a guide to show you how to blah blah blah" or it's not that big of a deal blah blah blah. I can make a guide too "Delete 2 characters, go from there", doesn't change the fact I don't want to delete characters, nor do I want to spend anymore real money to participate in this event. The mount isn't special, looks generic, the companions are generic, probably throwaway companions like Nico. The titles don't do anything, the only real benefit of this event is the 85 some odd free grand chance cubes.

^ What he said. Bioware knows Founders/Veteran players will still be around, well the majority at least. This event is designed for new players. Bioware knows Veteran players will do one of three things always, 1: Either not do the event and continue to play, 2: Cancel subscription, 3: Delete characters and/or buy more slots to participate in the event. Bioware is perfectly fine with losing one or two veterans in favor of 4 new players. As for Founder/Beta only rewards? No, I got my titles I don't need to go around sporting gear saying "ha ha look what I got that you don't cause you weren't here". As for this event, it is garbage if you are not new, not willing to delete or not willing to move servers. If you are willing to do those things this is great, if you are new it is great.

I've defended alot of the dumb choices your team has made over the years with this game, but this is by far the most idiotic(though very smart from a business view) thing you've done. I understand you want to recoup your losses on the packs you're giving away(if I read the preview right), but seriously your only advice is "Complete on another server" or "Buy more slots"? First: you said the rewards were tied to a legacy, I don't want to leave a server just to do this event, I like my server with my 23 characters. Second: I'm not buying another character slot from the cartel market, I don't buy coins from you anymore since you decided lottery boxes inside lottery boxes was a good idea. Third: You going to refund the millions of credits people are going to have to pay to buy slots off the gtn? Nope Fourth: What about those of us who have 20+ characters who maxed out their legacy bonuses, You going to refund the credits/cartel coins for those characters we have to delete to participate in this event? Nope I'm not one to shy away from deleting a toon to make another, I've hit endgame with alot of toons only to delete them and remake it's how I stayed in the game after 5 years, however after receiving a response to my ticket to restore one of my deleted 60's you guys said you lost the character data. I'm not about delete another toon with millions of credits and hundreds if not thousands of cartel coins invested when you guys may or may not even be able to bring it back.

O.o This thread is still going??? I guess it is kinda good to see you're stance go from the worst decision ever made to "it's not a disastrophe at least". You still dead set on not playing KoTFE at all?

They plan on releasing Companion Customization kits in the cartel market for 500-1200cc. Upon buying said kit you will receive a box with a random kit, when you open the box you'll receive another random box graded bronze silver or gold, then you'll open that box and it'll give you a kit. Or you'll put the box on the gtn where someone will undercut your price by 80% cause reasons. Then once you unlock the kit you can go into collections and spend another 60, 240, 400 cc to unlock that kit for your entire account.

^this. I have stacks of 400 for each grade of purples for all crafting and stacks of 5000 or more for every mat(with the exception of grade 9, but I'm building on those atm). I stopped crafting for myself when I realized I could just buy mods and armorings from the 50 vendor back when it was Rakata level. All I do now is stockpile my mats. I don't want to sell them cause idk sorta feels like I have a swimming vault full of gold ala Scrooge McDuck. But I have to say it's taken since release to amass that much so idk he could be duping or he could have a stockpile like I do.

For the most part Pugs I've joined in the past have been, well....neckbeards, not that I'm saying all are ofc, however with that said one of the daily gen chats on fleet is almost always how terrible pugs are. I do not join Pugs because I am deaf and most of the time I would be required to have TS, TS is of no use to me, though I can make out some things through vibrations on my eardrums most of the time it's garbled so I indeed spend most of my time in pvp and doing story content now because while I'm reduced to little or no sound subtitles are a godsend. While my being deaf is only recent and hopefully not permanent(though it'll likely be), Unless I'm in a group with people that know me I simply cannot raid. Not so much that I can't be "bothered" to download TS or watch a video, but that the pug raid group cannot be "bothered" to type out directions, nor do they care if I watch videos of how a boss fight goes down and my role in it. idk why the community can't be "bothered" with this kind of stuff nowadays but doesn't change the fact not everyone doesn't do something simply because they don't want to. Obviously I'm not championing Solo Operations for people who don't want to be bothered or simply do not want to do something. I myself get labled as a filthy casual(even though I probably put more time into this game than most of the people in this thread) because I have different views on the game(you can see them in posts above and the last 3 pages). However going from being able to raid and not being able to raid I've started playing this game with a different mindset. My Ops times have been replaced with experiencing the story, pvp, roleplay, crafting and exploration due to my disability and I can tell you right now it sucks royally to not be able to finish something because I'm locked out of it, not because I don't know how to do it, but because Pugs these days can't be bothered to explain without the need for TS. People forget and just don't care that people with limitations play these types of games as well, all they see is "zomg you wanna take away my stuff and ruin the game for me", but that is the nature of the internet. So everyone from the last 3 pages go ahead dislike me all you want that's fine, but remember then next time you pvp and get beat down back to back, it just might be me......or that person you beat down back to back might be me also, either way I'll still be having fun. /salute and peace