Yeah, this level shifting sucks. Should be an option, or enabled when I'm grouped with a lower level player, but getting aggro from trash mobs while I run around a low level planet at level 65 because I'm shifted down is crapfest and not fun.

They didn't win with me. I won't buy a Pack again. I pulled my payment methods off my account, and the only reason I'm still subbed is the time card I was given for my birthday before the Slots hit the fan. And as long as they ignore it, it'll remain that way. Others also bailed. BW abused us hard with this. I'm not saying it was perfect when it was released, we knew it needed SOME nerfing. But not the orbital nuke it got. It's completely useless now, good only for if I feel like pissing money away. I'd rather just hand cash to some stranger in fleet.

This. And more this. It's not a matter of detracting from enjoyment. It's that you would be paying cash, actual cash out of your pocket, for an item that ONLY those who are willing to shell out that level of cash are supposed to receive. And I don't think these devs can be trusted to keep to that deal. The song of further cash from those who want the item but don't want to pay out a large upfront fee for the lifetime sub would win out. Maybe you're happy to let people take your money and then walk all over you. That's you. That's not me. If I pay my money that I work hard for for something that's supposed to be exclusive, I'd expect it to remain so. And offering a different color version of the item is infringing on that exclusivity as far as I'm concerned. It's irrelevant anyway. They aren't offering a lifetime sub and there's no promise of any exclusives with one. I'm just saying that if there was, I wouldn't trust them to keep their end of the deal.

I simply wouldn't trust the devs to keep whatever exclusive thing, be it a playable species or whatever, as exclusive. If they can make more cash off it on the CM, they will offer it at some point. But it'll be recolored or something else. Or don't expect them to hold to any promises they make about such. Collector's Edition vendor, anyone?

You are mistaken. Eric did indeed specifically state Jawa Junk.

Slot machine

The only way this story could get better would be if the weather started getting rough.

This right here. QFT

I know I don't ever touch mine now. Ever. I'm maxed on rep and with the nerf, a loss of nearly 50% of what I put in for a 1 in what, 10? 100? thousand chance at a very mediocre walk isn't remotely worth it. Definitely not what I'd call "a little behind."

EA doesn't get voted worst company for nothing, you know.

You didn't actually understand or comprehend anything I wrote, did you?

And that right there is exactly what the people are raging about. It's why people are calling you guys "mat barons" and gougers. It's artificial inflation. It doesn't have to do with demand it has to do with you guys maximizing profits. I've read about entire guilds claiming that they try and corner markets on some mats, by buying up anything under their price and reselling at the higher price. That has nothing at all to do with the costs to get the mats, or the cost of crew skills. It's only about getting as much credits as possible.

Agreed. I want to know what the deal is as well. We were told initially that it was working as intended and to spend freely, with Jawa Junk going to be looked at. Patch notes and Eric tell us one thing, but the results of the slot machine clearly show much more was done, and much harder than we were led to believe. So what's what? Was this intended?

Hey, I'm not blaming Eric for the nerf from hell. The devs did that. But I'm not going to believe anything he says anymore, either. He lies, or is lied to. Either way, we get bad info. And I am extremely disappointed that neither he nor Tait has at least had anything to say about this yet. Again, not their fault if they haven't been given anything to say, but not good, either.

Nice to see Tait responding about Planetary Comms still being given as quest rewards in some cases, but total silence from BW on this subject.