Summer of SWTOR

"Significant graphical updates" as in increasing system requirements?
Otherwise looks good!

Thanks for the post and I appreciate the effort but unfortunately I feel compelled to join the majority of the posters here who complain about the lackluster nature of the upcoming content. (Admittedly, I haven't read 57 pages of posts, but I did read the first 15 or so to get a general feel for the people here and I got a distinctly negative one.)
Let me share my opinion (about which you don't give a **** probably) of why the upcoming patches are disappointing.

- A Nightmare Mode of the top end Operations might be fun and challenging content for 0.1% of the players who are lucky enough to be in top end raiding guilds. I would hazard a guess that less than 1% of all players have ever stepped foot in a Nightmare Mode Op. So you're dumping a ton of money and effort to create "content" that only an extreme minority of the players will ever experience (and even they might get sick of doing this rehashed instance over and over again). This will naturally upset 99% of the players who want something more accessible. Not to mention that these new Nightmare Modes still suffer from the same old glaring issues:

1. Having looked at the stats on Dulfy, I have to say that Kell Dragon armor is as ****tily itemized as every single previous tier. You know as well as we do that no self-respecting raider would ever wear the baseline mods that come in stock armor.
2. There is no commendation equivalent for Kell Dragon gear, making itemization virtually impossible. It's not craftable, so raiders will have to rely on random numbers to get gear. Since this tier cannot be crafted, min/maxing will be likely impossible.
3. Armor uses the same models, it's just recolored. Why can't you design at least different looking armor for each tier? And what's up with the ugly models? No self-respecting Consular would wear the Kell Dragon set.

- More XP for active people in the guild sounds like a good idea on paper. But there is a better idea that is accessible to smaller guilds as well! Maybe a 0,5% cumulative experience boost after each legacy level for a total of 25%? Maybe make those legacy levels actually worth something?

- Craftable 72 gear is a logical move if you're introducing a new tier. But for God's sake we need a set bonus-less, commendation based peer-tier for each gear set for itemization purposes.

- Global chat? Hope we can read fast...

- Seems you deliberately missed the new Cartel pack for 2.2. Probably to avoid the ensuing *****torm considering the otherwise epicly lackluster "content".

So yeah, all in all, 2.2 is a huge disappointment for me as well. When you teased "content-packed" I was expecting at least 1 new flashpoint for PvE. I believe Titans of Industry is about 14 months overdue. On a particularly happy day, I was actually thinking about getting the Imperial Warlord flashpoint as well in 2.2, which is close to a year overdue as well now. And at least a new warzone for PvP. But nothing new until August.

Perhaps you don't seem to understand that people want NEW content. That is, NOT Cartel Market, NOT reused old Operations, NOT recolored old gear designs etc. Or perhaps you just don't care.

The PVP team needs to show a heck of a lot more love for SWTOR, and sooner than 2.4.

Exactly, I am sure it's important to them and they love the game but the way they drop teases inparticular the comment in Dallas, then to hear there is nothing till at least Fall coming it sure doesn't feel that way to the player base.

The exact quote in Dallas was "In the next few patches".
So far, that quote is not inaccurate.

@Bioware
(my feedback) i dont see any new content on 2.2, and i'm realy disappointed about that, nightmare mode is not a new content, it's a joke, it's and old content a new mechanic it's not a new content ..thx for your time,
i hope you do better next time

The lack of PvP in this thread disturbs me.

Please don't take the negativity as a sign that improved communication is bad.
We're disappointed with the contents of the message, that's all.

Personally, I think you've shot yourselves in the foot by letting us know that there is nothing of significance coming until at least August. But even so, that's better than trying to hide the reality behind smoke, mirrors and silence. Rock and a hard place. I'd say you've made the right choice and if you can continue to follow up on it, may even earn back some of the customer's respect and eventually our money. Maybe you (as a company) have turned a corner. I hope so.

Shame you didn't have any good news.

And no, I don't regard NiM content as new. Any more than I would the difference between SM and HM as being in anyway significant. TFB went live on the 26th of September last year... and we'll finally getting a 3rd opportunity to play through the same content we'll have already been playing for 9 months and 14 days on the 9th of July. Woohoo.

New Flashpoints?

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Hardmode Colicoid Wargame
Hardmode The Red Reaper
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Jeez, I hope you're putting more effort than that.

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So... no server transfers or even new warzones mentioned. It's like they want us to stop playing -,-

Your both correct of course. Perhaps it was poor wording on my part. For that I apologize. I do not think they are the worse company naturally.

At any rate point taken.