In 6.0, players geared quickly and easily, then were free to play the content they were interested in. In 7.0 players are forced to play content they're NOT interested in, and gearing up takes forever. Players aren't doing content because it's fun, they're doing it because that's the only path to gearing to 218/220/222 and beyond. In 6.0 EVERYONE had access to top tier gear. In 7.0 top gear is reserved only for those that can run the most challenging content. Unless you're an "elite" raider, you get NOTHING! If you enjoy the current system, that's great, but please remember that once the majority of players get frustrated and leave, queue times will rocket thru the roof and people will abandon SWTOR.

Considering that switching of combat styles can't be done in instances, I'd say that they're pretty much useless except when doing heroics. With over a hundred alts I'll probably play around with this on a few characters, but I don't see the use for the overwhelming majority.

So if we actively use one of these tacticals that we paid millions for, Bioware is going to remove it, leave us 100 credits, then charge us 1,000,000 credits and 3,000 tech fragments to replace it? Really? We're also supposed to grind those tech fragments with NO TACTICAL, and at a earn rate a fraction of what we currently have on live? (This, of course, is also as the level cap increases and we're trying to level) We should have had more than 5 days notice so that our characters could have prepared and bought replacements, and we should be compensated at very least the replacement value.

Missile Backblast tactical currently listing on the GTN for 275 million. Bioware just randomly chose to throw that out the window and give us 100 credits for all that damn work? UGH. Whoever decided on 100 credit "reimbursement" should be fired and banned from working in this industry.

I expect a re-colored speeder or droid for throwing thousands of snowballs, a forgettable title for hugging 10,000 wookies, and a few over priced "anniversary exclusive" items in the Cartel Market. Anyone who has been around the last 9 anniversaries should know not to expect much more than that.

Personally, I'm glad the the system worked in this fashion. There's a place for your roleplaying... and it's NOT in general chat. If only we could figure out how to mass squelch many of the trolls on fleet and DK too.

Updated info and bump.

I've noticed that my guilds levels are both frozen. Regardless of how many millions of EXP my members are gaining, the guild level hasn't moved at all since the 22nd. Fate: Average .55 guild levels a day (almost 4 levels a week) Destiny: Average .71 guild levels a day (almost 5 levels a week) ZERO levels gained during a 2X EXP event where we're putting up 50+ million conquest points a week per guild. PLEASE FIX

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I have a friend who died from it here in Seattle, and I'm still on the mend, with almost zero energy. Being 60+ with respiratory problems and on chemo, I guess I should be happy just surviving this mess. FWIW, I posted how I felt that the current Rakghoul event was wrong for Bioware to run right now. For voicing my concern I was penalized, and the entire thread deleted by "Community Support." Luckily I'm too damn tired right now, otherwise I'd be tempted to disband my guilds and delete the 90+ characters I've leveled over the past 9 years. #SWTORFanGirlNoMore

Tempt Fate. Define Destiny. Rally your allies. Conquer your opponents. Destiny and Fate Guilds can help you to do it. Destíny Destiny is our Republic side NON-RP guild on the Star Forge server. We participate in weekly large yield Conquest, and support: • Leveling content • Heroic missions • Guild flashpoint groups ( Level 10+) • Guild Operations groups (8m and 16m) Wed/Sat/Sun @ 6pm Pacific • World boss hunting parties • Daily mission runs • Datacron hunting • PVP parties We have a fully unlocked guild flagship and stronghold with GTN terminals and personal, legacy and guild cargo bay access. During peak playing hours, expect between 15-30 members online. Fatè Fate is our Imperial side NON-RP guild on the Star Forge server. We participate in weekly large yield Conquest, and support: • Leveling content • Heroic missions • Guild flashpoint groups ( Level 10+) • Guild Operations groups (8m and 16m) Sat/Sun @ 2pm Pacific • World boss hunting parties • Daily mission runs • Datacron hunting • PVP parties We have a fully unlocked guild flagship and guild stronghold with GTN terminals and personal, legacy and guild cargo bay access. During peak playing hours, expect 15-30 members online. ***************************************** ALL OF OUR OPS GROUPS ARE FUN AND INFORMAL, AND OPEN TO ALL LV70+ MEMBERS REGARDLESS OF PRIOR RAIDING EXPERIENCE OR GEAR ***************************************** Fatè & Destíny have a shared Discord server that's available to all at https://discord.gg/AjSV6c ***************************************** Tweet our Guildmaster @SWTORDestiny ***************************************** We are casual, family friendly guilds, and prefer that chat be rated PG(ish) and free of religious, political and ideological debate. Free players and Alts are welcome as long as they are actively played. For more information or to join our ranks, visit our discord, ask any in-game member, (ALL members can invite to guild) or leave a reply to this post. Thanks for visiting!

This is a video game. It's not real, and it's supposed to be a fun way to forget about real life for a while. Unfortunately, as I struggle with covid related health issues, and as a friend fights for his life after being infected, this whole damn idea of having fun by infecting and killing others is anything but fun or enjoyable. Enjoy your sick infect and kill event.

JUMP INTO YOUR FAVORITE IN-GAME EVENTS ALL THROUGH APRIL Rakghoul Resurgence on Tatooine: April 7 – 14, 2020 Despite tens of thousands of people dying from an infectious virus ravaging the globe, Bioware thinks that having an event where people purposely infect and kill others is a great idea... Really? Some of us have lost friends to this epidemic, and to promote such an event during this pandemic shows exactly how insensitive and out of touch the Bioware staff is. To all that share my disgust, I implore you to tweet this to all your family and friends. Tell the world what kind of people are running this game.

If you're too bored to do planetary stories, how would that change with a double XP event?

The title of the thread is "What exactly are Tech Fragments used for?" The tech fragments are used mainly as a creditsink for Bioware to suck credits out of Lv75 players. For every 3k fragments you earn, you spend several million credits on shells, augments and augment kits. The more fragments Bioware throws at you, the more players grind for credits. (Bonus time sink!)