Attention all players and Devs - 4.0 most complained about new feature. LEVEL SYNC

I have read through a lot of the comments since this update has been sent out, and through all the posts I must say one thing seems to bother people the most: Level Sync.

I too am completely turned off by this game because of its "improvements". Though my chief worry is with Planet scaling. I am a solo player, so I enjoy leveling up a character to max and then go back and complete a lot of content I skipped because it required a group. Now every time I want to do anything on a lower level planet that requires a group I must sit and wait to find a group. This completely removes the immersion and makes it so you waste time finding groups. Also when it comes to smaller less populated servers, it becomes almost impossible to do certain things because instead of overpowering a quest, or world boss, you must wait and wait to find someone who wants to help, and makes it so a higher level on a lower level planet cannot help players complete tasks that were otherwise impossible without a full group.

It also almost removes the need for a level system, you gaint new passives and things for leveling and are able to use new gear, but you could just as easily make everything same level and just dish out points for skills and passives, and make higher "level" content just drop stronger gear.

This feature should be purely choice based, if you want to play with friends new to the game or want to redo content with the challenge of synced levels then go ahead, if not then you will have the option to play your character at the level you earned. The only part of this game that makes it seem useful is in World PVP, which unless your on a PVP server then you have the choice to disable PVP and you need not worry about running into a higher level on a lower planet. On PVP servers, you accept the chance of running into enemy players, and you know the risk and accept it. I am sure there could be other merits to this system, but in truth many players would probably prefer it being choice based. SWTOR and BioWare have always listened to people and have enabled us much freedom in the way we play, and I feel this is just another choice that should be allowed to the players themselves.

But this change should come by choice as well, many players in fleet and in guild chats are complaining about this feature the most, many feel that a lot of the luster of having a strong character they have spent time and effort to become a powerful avatar for the Star Wars universe.

I feel that if you agree with this you should leave a reply, say I agree, or leave a comment. If this is something everyone feels should be changed then we should show that we care about the change, of no one does then so be it.

Agreed

They had an item you could buy for 0 credits to get rid of the exp bonus.

Oh give it a rest already. It's here, it's not going anywhere, we can stop pretending this is a democracy.

There have been many times in the past when changes have occurred that the majority of players disagree with and if enough voice their opinion then it can happen, it has happened. This can easily be something that can be added, and it makes it an equal medium if it choice based.

I believe the company stealth killing most of the anti-level synch threads sent the very clear message that this change is here to stay and any nay sayers beware. They may retweak the system to adjust balance every so often, but you're kidding yourself if you think it's ever going anywhere. Might as well conserve that energy and just learn to deal.

No, I still don't like it. So:

Vote NO for every level sync stuff.

Look what happened to World of Warcraft when they made changes players didn't like and added things players didn't like. I for one have been super excited waiting for these changes and I think these were a hugely greater disappointment then the Prequel films.

I was hoping to be able to play with a wider range of players not have the uniqueness of my companions removed virtually completely. Apparently the only reason to pick my companion and their outfit is totally based on appearance? WOW. I waited all this time and nothing I've read excites me in the slightest. I'm only 30$ a month but developers really don't want to disappoint nearly as many people as they motivate to play.

This is right, we may individually be only a small subscription, but if 100, 200, or 300 players stop playing because they no longer feel the need to level a player because everyone is now on equal term, plus many of the other features that have been changed.

I do ask that people replying keep it to the topic though, there can be separate threads for different issues so that its clear what should and needs to be changed based on the player base.

New to the game and really thinking of leaving. Don't like the level sync at all. IMO the only place there should be level sync is on neutral planets. I have been walking around exploring as a level 30 just to get killed by a level 50+. I like going back to planets I have already been on to explore, completing legacy achievements without worry of aggro.

LVL sync takes all the FUN out of SWOTOR, i was already unhappy with how underpowered i felt in this game now this . *** is point of lvl'ing anymore. Bioware going to loose a lot of customers om this desicion.