"Streamlined leveling"...

Point to my use of the phrase "wealth of information" or similar, El Exaggerato.

I see you don't have any evidence of their supposed broken promises, either.

Calling someone childish, that's just immature.

I agree on all points. Good post.

It was in what I quoted.

There is a significant difference between the word "information" and the phrase "wealth of information." To claim I used the latter is a blatant misrepresentation.

Some people like to both plan and prepare (myself included).

Because of this, we benefit from knowing what changes are being made so that we can deiced how to budget our time, what to prioritize, and when to prioritize our activities so that we can make the best use of that time.

While it is true that we might not act on the information as soon as we get it, we still benefit from having it early on so that we are better informed and can make better decisions on when to act.

Now, maybe planning and preparing aren't as important to you as they are to me (and people like me), but please don't try to minimized my preferences just because you do not share them.

Yep, I want to be prepared with all the official information except spoliers I can get.

what exactly are you going to prep for? are you suddenly going to amass large quantities of certain mats?

they are streamlining crafting and reducing the number of individual types of mats that need to be gathered for schematics (no need to have two types of something to craft). I would assume that along with removing numbers of mats they will also adjust the number of mats required to craft certain gear (since removing type 1, and making type 2 easier to get, make it require more of type 2).

so they will most likely take type 1 and convert them to type 2 at 1:1 additionally we are getting another tier of crafting (usually occurs with expansions and increase in levels). Then usually the older things will become less valuable as they are farther away from top tier. additionally the reduction of crafting on conquest will remove much of the demand on many mats thus driving down their prices and making them more available (and yes ruining the cash cows of many people feeding the conquest crafters).

I just personally think that some people THINK they need this information to properly handle the transition. your time budget is spent on current content, its value lies in what you get out of it now.

People have been asking how companions will be effected and if it is worth getting them upto max affection. Since max affection does have effect on your current story and on crafting/companion effectiveness, regardless of will happen in the future it still holds value now.

i still dont' understand what you would need to "budget" your time for? mat values and availability will change. running missions will return some mats, those mats will either be removed or exchanged, stockpiling mats now is (in my opinion) wasted effort anyway since they will be changing in 4.0.

if they announce that htey are removing a mat, you are not likely going to sell it if its not currently being used for something in demand as most likely those prices will drastically change once information is announced.

I suspect as they get closer to launch they WILL give us some additional information as to not drastically upset the current economy.

This is all I need to know about future crafting. I don't even need to know which mats are sunsetting and which are remaining. All I need to know is that any soon-to-be irrelevant mats can be swapped out (somehow) for viable mats. So, yeah, I'd like some assurance on that point.

As for budgeting my time, my chief question is whether Companion Affection (a) affects any game mechanics and (b) functions as it currently does (i.e., impacted by convo choices and gifts). I have a horde of crafters who could spend the next few weeks farming Rank 5 Companion gifts for my KOTFE Companions ... if I knew it would matter.

affection is getting replaces (literally copy and pasted per my understanding) with influence it will work the same way. Additionally companion stats will be affected by level and influence. the less than 60 story is NOT changing so companions will remain as they are (you will get the same ones as you always do and do the same things they do now) with the exception of companion crafting bonuses which are getting generic bonuses (does not give grafters an undo advantage in 4.0 by recruiting all the + crit at the cost of your own personal story).

bits and pieces of that have already been mentioned a few times in different places. a bit of extrapolation (and yes speculation) but it seems to be a reasonable approach if you think about it.

reasons gifts will still work and be around 1) they are part of the CM packs 2) part of the less than 60 story

how you gain influence and such on companions in KotFE (note i didnt' say in 4.0, i.e the 60-65 story) will probably be more conversation/action based and less on arbitrary gifts (decisions matter) what happens in KotFE stays in KotFE and outside of the story you're class will still work primarily like it does now (same companions).

While we wait on the many many blogs that are coming soon, could you answer some of the points raised in the 4.0 class change blog topics. Better yet show some videos of the combat team demonstrating the new ability in HM Op fights or PvP so we can see how they are used in the end game with the combat team showing us how they will help those classes.

Perhaps not a answer for the dev team but something I have noticed, why do the biggest fanboi's always have referral links in their signatures? Someone blindly attacking any critical comment and there is a referral link. Insult other people on the forum, then beg them to click a referral link, whats the thinking.