Bioware, please don't keep secrets. We Don't want an NGE

I'd caution you to the peril of "analysis paralysis" to which you're sounding a bit close to. I think my best advice is to take a step back, and enjoy the game the way you are. If you are OK with staying subbed so you can get the full basket of perks when the expansion hits then stay subbed. If the direction of the game really does cause you some sort of funny feelings, and the perks don't matter to you all that much, then drop the sub from full to preferred so you can protect yourself and what you deem important. After all, the expansion is free, and the bag of goodies are free. If you enjoy the expansion then stick around, but if you don't I'd just chalk the 12-15 bucks for that month you've prepaid as a sunk cost, and move elsewhere. OR you could change your subscription model so that it renews in like 3 months or so. In that space of time there will undoubtedly be way more information released that will give you the needed info to make your choice.

Many people here still remember the imfamous NGE from Star Wars Galaxies. I'm sure most of those changes sounded good on paper, but players hated them and it accelerated the games death.

Where I'm going is, please be upfront with what changes are happening and how they will be handled, things like specifics on how old content is changing and will level 60+ players bea able to access pre-KotFE planets.

Please don't wait until beta or too close to release to give this info, if you wait until then, if people hate it, it's too late to change anything.

This isn't a "DOOM" post, I'm hoping to prevent "DOOM" posts later.

Also, I know I won't get an @Bioware reply, but hopefully someone will read it and think about it.

SWG was a niche game has were all other MMORPG out in the market before WOW. The subscriber numbers of the most popular ones went from around 200k to 500k. SWG had once 500k subs. The game offered several really spheric planets, with no instanced and we could actualy go around the globe. The creatures we hunted had what was called pack instint, it was the first mmo to use it, meaning if you one mob you could be attacked by his buddies if they saw you. It looked great back in its day, and it had a great community with established player cities and consented open pvp. I say this so you get a glimpse of what made that base game so special has a hobby for a lot of us. And the game was still having 100k players before the NGE, but they hoped for more, and got 10k left after, so decided to close. Above all, was a big lesson. And those 100k tried to warn them. Then the 10k left didnt understand why paying the expensive copy rights of such a brand wasnt worth it with such small subs level left.
This pretty much sums the all history.

To withhold this type of information until weeks or even a month prior to expansion launch is a bit disingenuous to the playerbase, IMO.

So I could be wrong here but some of these SWG/NGE guys remind me of stories you hear about some dude who gets dumped by his GF/BF. He becomes is so devastated and can't move on with his life for years ends up in jail or rehab because of it...

Anyone else get that impression from these SWG/NGE guys?

I do. They need to let it go. I removed a person in my life 2 years ago because ALL HE DID was complain about how things used to be, and never set out on any adventures, always complained about how it's not like it was. Toxic relationships are not good for anybody.

Let it go,
Let it go!
SWG is old and dead,
Let it go,
Let it go!

Well see, that's the thing. I would rather not make any changes to my sub at all because I believe in what BW has done and continue to believe in and support this game

I'm sure it'll be up on a test server with plenty of time even if they don't talk about it beforehand.

I'm not sure what you would do with said information were it available right this second instead of a month before launch. Quit early out of some form of statement that you disapprove of what's to come? Play the game for what it is now, not what it will be.

Many people here still remember the imfamous NGE from Star Wars Galaxies. I'm sure most of those changes sounded good on paper, but players hated them and it accelerated the games death.

Where I'm going is, please be upfront with what changes are happening and how they will be handled, things like specifics on how old content is changing and will level 60+ players bea able to access pre-KotFE planets.

Please don't wait until beta or too close to release to give this info, if you wait until then, if people hate it, it's too late to change anything.

This isn't a "DOOM" post, I'm hoping to prevent "DOOM" posts later.

Also, I know I won't get an @Bioware reply, but hopefully someone will read it and think about it.