I’ve been playing Lost Ark of late, but want to check in on LotS. Sounds like people love the content, excited about some UI upgrades? In all seriousness, I do need to download the patch / DLC and I’m now very much in the mode of “lower your expectations before you log in”. Whether on forums, guild Discord or in gaming press, it’s tough to find any positive praise… It’s too bad, I’m a OG founder who had left for many years, came back in December. (I had been absent so long my max toons were level 50, for reference.). I was really enjoying playing through the expansions, getting guilded up again, and new game features. But 7.0 sounds like a disaster, and it sounds like there was plenty of feedback and warning, hell I read it in these forums, based on PTS play, and it was all ignored. Man, I hope it not as bad as it sounds, lol.

I don’t believe that “project managers” are responsible for strategic design decisions, that sort of authority usually resides at a higher level within an organization. In many current organizations, the entire notion of a “project manager” role has been revised in favor of a more agile pod based structure. Regardless, blaming design / functionality decisions on lower ranking backlog managers is a mistake. Somebody making a much bigger check likely either drove the decision or gave the go-ahead.

That is very slick. Thanks for the tip... To the OP, I just PVP dailies with my alt "mules" and then just do the class quests when I am way OP to get more Companions. Having a grip of companions is the key to crafting dominance after you reach endgame and cash is no longer an issue. (You could also do space, but space sucks.)

I already deleted *EIGHT* toons levels 20-30 when I was (lets call it what it was) forced to move from Vrook Lamar to Bergeren Colony. Those were my Republic toons. I think I have deleted my share. It's not a lot to ask, nor to accomplish, to allow 1-2 more slots or more. BW encouraged alts through Legacy over and over. Many people I know have already filled their 8 slots. Again, I am willing to pay an appropriate fee (although I don't think I should have to) to gain the extra slot(s). I am not going to delete any of my toons at this point. They have been a lot of work, I have all 6 crafting to 400 and the others have gathering skills at 400 I need. I won't quit if they roll HK without more slots, I really like this game. But it will be a big, big pack on the camel's back that will eventually be broken by the straw. It would just show (again) an inability by BW to think strategically about their customer base and the future of the game.

Oof, lost the energy to see if this is a repeat, if so, I apologize... With the game 8 months old and only 8 slots at launch, many of us have filled all 8 of them with alts (which was encouraged by Legacy). With upcoming Cathar availability + the fact that HK will require both factions (and many have filled 8 slots with all 1 faction --> no trade between faction at launch), what are the chances we'll get access to additional character slots? Paid or unpaid, it seems like new content may be gated for many without additional slots.

That is an excellent, excellent point, and one that I missed. Thank you...

Thank you! People are QQ'ng about the bonus haven't done the bonus lately. They haven't dropped only one crystal for a while now. Know what you're talking about, at least.

I think this is a great idea. I really, really like it, but your post is very painful to read. You need to format it, clean it up and use spell check. That being said, some more story driven Class Dailies would be a great idea.

Please don't make me look at that and fill myself with self loathing.

Agreed. I speak of design, not perfect implementation. Remember, the OP wanted his Pubbie to dress like a Sith. I responded to him. There are Imperial companions like Gault that come in Smuggler green gear and then I can't keep his original look as you level. I wish they would change that. That does not change the fact that the OP asked for a fix that was not broken. (Had to fight urge to use ironic caps again.)

It's not PVP and it's not broken so (ironic caps alert) THERE IS NOTHING TO FIX. The devs have said repeatedly that the Empire and the Republic have different "looks" and "feels". This includes music, art direction (think "sets") and costumes. They want playing different sides to feel different. (remember, story, story, story...) Immersion was very important to what their design teams were after... Semantically, your request should be "Please change your initial game design concept and allow my Pubbie to dress like a Sith", not "Please fix what is not broken."

The trailer BioWare revealed at ComicCon for HK-51 got me thinking. http://www.swtor.com/info/news/news-article/20120716 They have made abundantly clear that you'll need access to toons of both factions to complete the quest. However, many of the players I know have their 8 slots used up and many of *those* have 8 Imperial toons or 8 Republic toons. A little background on my situation. At launch, many of you remember, Legacy was not in play and you could not send emails or gear between your own toons if they were different factions. So, I created 8 Imperial toons on 1 server and 8 Republic toons on another. (Yes, lol, I like to play a lot of alts.) Well, BW's miscalculation on the number of servers folded, you got it, the 2 servers I played on into each other. I played my Imperial guys much more than my Pubbies, so with little choice, I deleted 8 toons at server merge and kept my Imps. Anyway, since I have 8 Imperial toons, I appear to be locked out of the upcoming HK content. I think we'll need more slots 8 months after launch. It just makes sense. You can charge me for them, give them to me, whatever. The server merge was a pain, lost 8 toons, 2 names. I love the game, please don't make this another fiasco. Give us access to more slots. Doesn't have to be a lot, but you need to do it.

/signed

Lol. at most of this thread. L2Microeconomics.

Every time I turn in a daily on Ilum it's like 6K Legacy.