Day one the site went live to save names.... also, 13 plus build one of the lucky first beta testers a LONG time ago.. pink boots and all. Yeah the game has shifted and yes, seeing almost everyone from the beta over a year and a half gone now sucks. I have pretty much given up hope... maybe F2P will be better who knows... this last event was bad... real bad. NOT like the Rak event. Sadly without the content and so on... standing in fleet is boring so I canceled. Very sad I did it... friends all left the game... people leaving in droves that I know... one big bummer for sure.

Oh and they need to bring back Nar Shadda as a hangout lol... Man that was fun seeing other factions there and the GTN and all the vendors like fleet has. We need that back...!!! gah....

This was not pre-order this was -- for some of us that knew someone or actually signed up in the first hour of the site in it's pre-design days and start of the game, in a working model. Not the last month prior to launch.. I am talking a whole year prior to that. I would say there was about- 500-1000 of us tops back then. Two servers, actually then 4 if I recall two elsewhere and two here... THEN they merged us somehow, or actually deleted our servers... then made two new ones -- pvp and pve , HK47 was mine. In the end the regret should be on us few then and the dev team then maybe.. managment that is now gone not sure. It is not a matter of "BLAME", if anything it was a matter of maybe we should have all talked more. Our feedback sucked.. I look back and wish now we did a better job. We should have stood up and posted like 10 times.. END GAME NEEDS HELP... not just one thread with some of us saying "Yes it does!"... I think all the people involved back then were doing a good job, make no mistake but input was key and really.. some of that could have been on us.. them etc.. Dak you are the man too man... As for the few of us year plus testers left... We may have not helped, not taking blame or anything but man.. I sure do regret not voicing more of what we thought could have happened. As for the few that did yell about end game and keeping certain things... I myself am sorry for not paying closer attention for sure. From the way we used to be able to mod our clothes and items, to summoning, to end game content being weak at best. --Lesson learned for sure.

Yep that is the point... but as I said above... people are shocked to hear we actually had a group summoning tool. Sure it was buggy but everything was buggy. YES -- the old gear customing system was wild... everything was covered. Augments now... is kinda funny because we had all of this already. (for the most part). But just being able to warp or go right to where your friends are (not like fleet pass) or whatever... this was not that. And END GAME... I agree with some of the few testers left here... we messed up and did NOT push this issue enough. Looking back we really did. I think they should tell everyone how many color crystals are really in the game... not what there is avl..... I remember that list being silly. All in all, seeing how the game has changed I cannot say it has all gone well. Sad but true. I think a lot of people would have liked beta version over what we have now.. that is the sad part.

No it was a train wreck ... in fact it hurt so much it was insane. GCW -- leader was a moron and wanted to focus all his power on nerfing Jedi ... not thinking it out in the form of... maybe we should just leave jedi alone in a whole. -- Sooooo much missinformation in those threads it was unreal. --- One of the biggest mistakes ever in the game actually. THINKING people, that were emo they didnt have a Jedi or get something could be in charge of any input. Skewed that whole mess was.

Agreed but looking back today I really really wish we were more focused and really were more vocal about some things. Regret big time.

Well see, there is some things we should have really said we needed to stay in game. Some things we blew so bad... I mean really bad. For instance.. here's one. Summoning tool -- *Testers remember that?* See we actually had a group summoning button thing... (The emote while sooooo silly looking was "You as a char using ... get this... Airplane Signal Flash lights like you were landing someone".. I kid you not. I am not making this up. lol.. BUT it was in game... so know this was a semi-working concept in game that could have actually been a ideal tool needed... for groups, guild helping and so on. If you just think about that -- or knowing that was in game long ago and then removed... you have to wonder, while we all said -- "WHY?" they chose something else.. but think about how nice that would have been world wise. Here is another: GTN, well this was a mess... so that everyone knows.. and I will rat the Dev team out.. IT WAS WORKING AMAZING and was 50 times better in beta then any version of it now. While it may have had some issues I would have thought starting over was bad.. *Not to say it was like the other guys but -- IT WAS LIKE THE OTHER GUYS... * meaning it was actually smart and good. No joke.. it was a good concept and function. ALSO GET THIS>.. IT WAS ON ALMOST ALL THE PLANETS! I mean why take that away? It was useful... Simple things looking back they should have kept in the game they took out... and really it did no good at all. These are just a couple.... there is more... but yeah I could go on for a while of what we could have had vs what we got.

Sorry to say it but man I wish we had the time machine... I almost feel a tad guilty now... I know (what is left) of the first beta testers we should be beat on some, but in the same token we were hoping for it all to work as well. I do not deny I am sad to see the game go F2P -- I am sad to see people that helped build the game be let go. It is sad to see ALL this anger and frustration. Almost 2 years ago... (man longer then I thought) Some of us were lucky to start playing the game.. help it and give input. We had like two servers... lol total. Less anger more questions and answers but we had communication at times at least.... NOT all the time but some. I know there is NOT a lot of the first group people left, where we just kept leveling 50s in a month each month and a half or so to only see them deleted for us to start over... The regret we should have is NOT being louder in the end game issues if there was anything we should have done looking back is we should have made more of a stink about end game content and what we could do. It seemed like we were so focused on testing what was broken we lost our idea of what will happen later... So to all those (And there was a few of you guys) that kept asking "HEY what are we going to do when we are 50 , we need to see more end game content.. give us pre-mades (For those of you still around lol... YOU remember how that worked out LOL... level 42s in like level 35 greens and no credits.. (if that worked) what credits you had they didnt train the chars so you had to spend it on that lol)... Again, - I wish we had pushed that issue now looking back... to those that wanted to, sorry - you were right. Plain fact. I mean sure we all wanted to see it but we didn't push it we were worried about the pixel or pink pants or boots or this "DEFAULT" skin on something. Our communication was not the best and that was where we failed this game. Sad but true. Isky

As one of the first beta testers I can tell you while sure they let people go... after the game gets established this one had nothing to do with that. The sad part about this... and this is the kicker, I Love this game.. I have spent a lot of time in it and want it to do very well. Call me a fan yes... The long and short of it is, these people they have let go or have quit.. will not HELP this issue. I am a fan boy and I can say that and be ok with it. Anyone that thinks this is ALL OK and all will be fine is fooling themself. This sucks, he was a decent Dev and losing these devs like we have in the last couple months is not good. Some ok... not as many as we have and WHO we have. Say all you want those people loved the game too and wanted it to be great.. do not think they didn't. I think there is issues but it can be saved for sure. Sad part is.. I am still a huge fan and somewhat clouded as to what has happened. None the less it is sad and not positive. There is no spin they can use for this one, - not really at all. I almost hope to see some sincere info on all of this soon.

I know we had a very small amount this time last year... months before launch.. Now I can only imagine there is even less. It is sad to see people leave that I know put a lot of effort into the game and seeing people actually think to bash them is the right thing to do once they leave. Well, I can tell you that it is a false thing to think they didn't care about the work they did. Foolish. I hope the few mods.. (you women) know who you are stick around to see the game move forward. It is starting to get a bit odd around these space ports. All you old testers... whoever is left.. hold tight lol.

I say make it NAR SHADDA like the old beta days GO GO!!! Dueling and being able to talk to Op Faction fun...lol

Its funny but I wonder how many of the oldest beta testers are left now... Or who knows what Khem Val really was at first...lol Gear wise.. I wont forget that Aim gear he had..lol So many things have changed, so I do not even think we can guess what HK can have. --- I hope it is not some 4 min quest to get him and ruin the fun though.

Shadow Hand... one of the first in 10 from pre-launch ftw. Ahh how I miss HK-47 (yes the server)...lol

Sadly this is the right answer. While sure... you did this... It's not exactly a problem.