Patch, who cares?

First let me just say as a disclaimer im not a BW hater, and im not here to hate on the game just to give my opinions. That said...

There really appears to be a serious disconnect between the community and the devs, as far as whats a priority in this game, lets take a look at this latest patch

Theres a fix that changes the animations for hydraulic overides and hold the line to make it more noticable, thats great maybe 1 - 10 percent of your population uses that ability and i can certainly see why its fixed, meanwhile we still wait for the combat log to even make it to the test server, which would effect 100% of your population. im not saying that fixing the animation is a bad thing but really? thats a priority?

A fix to the legacy system so that it requires more exp after level 20 to gain levels. Thats good i guess, but the legacy system isnt even in the game, so who cares. you have no macros, no ui flexibilty at all, (i have seen the ui video) and you havent put your ui changes even on the test server yet and you patching legacy exp past level 20? this litteraly doesnt do anything for anyone as the legacy system isnt even in the game, or on the test server.

its just extremly frustrating to every week get these patches that fix little or nothing while MAJOR issues dont even make it to the test server to even start the evaluation process.
as a beta tester for a year, i can say that theres about 4 or 5 issues that about 90% of the population has been asking for fixes to since a year ago.

Targeting
Legacy (actually put into the game)
Combat logs
UI/Macro/addons/anything?

I mean its been a year since I was invited to the beta test for this game i can remeber when i started testing how bad tab targeting was, how frustrating it was not to have a combat log, how excited i was about the legacy system, and how dissapointed i was about the lacke of UI support. I just kept telling my self its beta, this stuff will all be worked out. Its a year later im still waiting.

Please get some of these issues at least to the test server so that we the community can know that were close to some kind of resolution, please stop patching things just so you can add patch notes, please stop trying to add content to your game when it doesnt have the basic ground work in place to allow you to enjoy it.

Thanks

Combat log is not a big fix its a basic requirement in 2012.

They have been adding new content..... and they havent been fixing key issues that was the point of this thread.

I'm curious where you got the last bit.

There really appears to be a serious disconnect between the tiny portion of the community that spends all their time on the forums screaming and whining and crying and complaining bitterly and inconsistently and the devs...

FIFY.

Wow some ppl have really small mind!!!! Guys like this is why bioware is getting away with doing nothing useful to fix game.

Still waiting for a camera fix. So i dont have to scroll out every freakin second.

That may be true for you however a very small portion of the actually swtor community use this forum and a number even smaller than that actually feel the need for the combat log. Combat logs are nice for flashpoints and end game raiders but it is in no way a requirement. for the largest portion of the player base. It obviously was something the devs thought the game could launch without and they were probably right they did not expect people to race to 50 and need one that quickly.

The Devs would be naive to not think there would be a section of the player base racing to 50.

That said - it has nothing to do with whether or not a combat log is needed. Personally I don't see the need for one.

The only evidence you need - are you dead or alive after your encounter? If you are dead, try again. Pay close attention to the abilities a mob is using during combat.

Example: I was doing my Jedi Consular class quest at level 33 - Finally I get to face Lord Vivicar. After 33 levels of sheilding Jedi Masters, infected by this scumbags plague - he is going to get his.

Wrong. He one shots me 3 times in a row. I was like ***, how is this happening? I go to look in the "Combat Log" to see what is killing me. OMG - no combat log! I start the fight again. This time I notice a 5 second cast timer he has going like every 15 seconds. That's what was one shotting me. I make sure I interrupt this ability every time and voila - I win.

Point is: You don't need scripted logs to tell you why you succeed or fail. All the information is available via animations, cast bars, and auditory clues. Combat logs - it's like to a crossword puzzle with the answer sheet in front of you.

Lack of combat log really makes me feel sad... I am a huge fan of number crunching and overall it's just good to know WHAT killed you when you are in certain situations.