State of the Game #3 Promise Not Delivered

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From State of the Game Update #3:So far, this is what we've seen from 2.1:

Cathar (cartel coins required)
Appearance Designer Kiosk (cartel coins required)
Armor Dyes (cartel coins required for more than half the colors)

From State of the Game Update #3:So far, this is what we've seen from 2.1:

Cathar (cartel coins required)
Appearance Designer Kiosk (cartel coins required)
Armor Dyes (cartel coins required for more than half the colors)

So, before I (un)officially change the name from 2.1: Customization to 2.1: Cartel Coins Required, I'd like to ask for a developer or community team member to get a word on when 'after Rise of the Hutt Cartel' officially starts. I thought it was April 10th.

Instead of quality of life, we've got customization. Before anyone sputters otherwise, I'll state without hesitance that this is not the same thing. Quality of life is a large bubble that includes making the game easier to play, making the game run smoothly, removing bugs from the game, and making as many areas of the game as possible more user friendly. Generally, everything the game has needed since launch. Customization, on the other hand, isn't that. Changing race, hair style, or armor color does none of the above-listed things - it does not make the quality of play better in any way. In fact, judging by the track record going back to... forever, the update will likely not work in a dozen ways from the get-go and cause many complaints with their own merit.

Now, this post is not to argue that the non-content in 2.1 isn't desired. It is, and greatly, by many. And it's appreciated, too. However, that is NOT the point of this post.

I have my wants that top my list. Role Playing players have theirs - chat bubbles, sleeping in their own bed, saving chat logs, and a couple other things that are actually making their way into this update. PvP junkies have theirs - bolster being fixed, mainly, and I do empathize with their plight as it looks as if there's no end in sight for them. My wants? Since the beginning, it's simply been about fixing the game in all the ways it's broke. Seeing Jeff specifically mention that - calling out performance improvements and bugs BY NAME, even - made me a very happy person.

But now? I see that it was all smoke.The first major update after Rise of the Hutt Cartel is aimed solely at separating players from more of their money for customization items. There is not a single part of 2.1 (so far, admittedly, but I'd only be too happy to eat my hat if it proves otherwise) that has to do with what Jeff mentioned. He said that the major focus after 2.0 would be quality of life immediately after mentioning bugs and performance issues.

Well, someone with non-light yellow text: why should I not be calling him a liar?

And you know for certain that your quoted items consist of the entirety of 2.1?

1. So far...
2. ... (so far, admittedly, but I'd only be too happy to eat my hat if it proves otherwise)...

Bioware, we're totally fine waiting for chat bubbles and ship seating. Please don't kill our game aspect like you did to the PVPer's!

*hides under blanket*

Again, this is nothing new.. This is what they said they would do.. There is nothing to complain about..

The Cathar is a cosmetic item and Bioware has been up front about the fact that vanity and cosmetic items would come largely from the Cartel Market.. This is exactly why subscribers are given complementary coins..

The designer Kiosk?? Again, see the sentence above.. Another vanity and cosmetic item..

Another irrelevant statement.. We should be thankful that all of them aren't strictly in the Cartel Market..

Again, this is nothing new.. This is what they said they would do.. There is nothing to complain about..

The force is totally nonexistent with this thread..

Doesn't every other mmo charge you in some way, shape, or form for character re-customization??? What am I missing here?