Lots of talk about casual players here, well I am a casual player. If you ask me I think the best way to design a mmo is to make the good gear available in 2 ways: Hard content, or very slowly through easy content. So what have Bio done? They have made LI and EC hard to do and drop the good stuff and they have made Tier 1 FP and Ops easier to do and drop Black Hole comms (if you use the random group finder). I think that looks just about right to me. Since I have a vested interrest I checked and it will take me 7 days on the random finder to buy a Black Hole headpiece. Looks about right to me am I wrong?

Hehe very nice as usual.

How about something on the healer-companion bug? Where he simply stops healing you for long periods of time. I was thinking; our hero (a jedi knight) is fighting an enemy yelling "heal me, heal me" while off in the distance Doc is busy trying to pick up a woman.

Listening to the podcast I hear that in 1.3 we will be able to add an augment slot to any wearable piece of armor. Currently crit crafted orange gear go for as much as 500k on the GNT. Will there be some sort of compensation to armor crafters? Will, for example, the augment slots require an item crafted by synthweavers and armormechs? Compare to the other game where an extra gemslot can be added to belts but only by using a crafted item.

I got my character's nam from the generator and I love it. Gonna use that for years to come I think.

I am sorry you dont like how others choose to play the game. Me on the other hand likes this event, I think it's great. I guess that makes me a "fanboi" and thus none of my opinions matter in the least. However I shall explain something to you. During the days I can't play TOR because I have two toddlers here that constantly need attention. Standing in "the huddle", however, walking past the computer once every 30 minutes to ress is certanly doable with or without crazy twins. Also, the reason "the huddle" is right next to the medical droid is not, and I cant emphasise this enough, to annoy you personally. The reason is that there is where you respawn after using the "med center" option after exploding.

I always enjoy reading those and so far they always go up on saturdays. It's monday now and still no dice. If Bio was too busy fixing the game last friday I totally understand but could we get a day when to expect it? Thank you.

Yes, I would like to second the one question dominating this thread so far: What, if anything, are you planning to do about 'dead' servers? Recently I simply re-rolled on a busy server leaving my 50's and their legacy behind. Not an optimal choice but preferred over not running flashies or ops - ever.

Thank you Hojdar, your post was very informative and helpful. I shall just sit back and await 1.2 then

I didnt actually check that closely. It was our tank who said it was a dps saber, also it had a red color crystal if that helps.

Hi there community and devs. I am part of a small and casual guild. Mostly moms and dads over 30. So we run Normal modes because we do not have the time nor the desire to get into elitist gaming. However, it is still nice to get better gear as it is the one way to continue to progress your character after lvl 50 yes? So last week we finished off Soa and the auto-loot system promptly assigned a dps lightsaber to our tank, despite I am the only dps specced Knight in our entire guild. I took it in stride and figured I'd live with it. Yesterday we kill Soa once again, and the same lighsaber is dropped and assigned to the same tank..... Now I am a bit miffed off and run to the forums.

I don't know if I am doing something wrong or if the game is unbalanced in this aspect. The fact that I have to pay to gather mats means that I am almost permanently out of cash. I am trying to craft enough items so that my crafting skills stay in line with my character level IE I craft items the same level as myself or one level above. I have Artifice, Archeology and Treasure Hunting.