Dread Fortress SM Reaches, Hands, Brontes are broke.

I am going to assume the message has gotten through and they will prioritize/hotfix this.

While I'm aware they have a dubious track record, I am not going to believe BW is actually that stupid to let this go until April. Seriously, there's no possible way they could be that dumb.

There is not a universe that exists where anyone actually gainfully employed in this industry would deem a two month wait for this issue to be within the bounds of intelligent thought.

The devs are NOT bumbling buffoons. This will be hotfixed this week.

If it was one boss in one op then maybe I could see a fix coming in 4.3. But this is impacting multiple bosses, multiple instances, i would think a little more urgency would be called for. Especially since some are preventing raid progression.

Even if it does get fixed this week, the fact that they even considered waiting until 4.3 as a good idea is its own brand of stupid.

Off Topic, but I am so freaking tired of seeing people repeat this garbage statement. Bioware announced that new chapters would be released in early 2016. Now I don't know about you, but most people consider February early 2016. Its nobodies fault but your own for assuming that the release of new chapters would begin in January.

/endrant.

Well, I had hoped to talk my guild into resubbing so we could raid, but that doesn't look very feasible now. Teaming up with friends to attempt challenging puzzles and bosses really is something I truly enjoy - and I enjoy it best when lightsabers are involved.

Eric, is there any way we could get an update on where group content stands in regards to priority for Bioware? I know such a statement might be considered a risk to the subscription numbers, but I think it is more dangerous to leave us without any information, especially after the statement that we wouldn't go a long period without a new Ops again. With the current line up of announcements and bugs, it really does seem like Bioware is stating "We don't care about group content or the players that want to participate in it."

I would much rather know that there would be no focus on group content for the next 12 months (or however long) than simply speculate and fathom worst case scenarios. At least then I could know where to focus my time in swtor. That being said, I would be highly disappointed if it is officially no longer a priority.

Can you elaborate on why this will take so long?

Man, you made me spill) Such naivete. Me and my friends have been watching the development of issues with SWTOR for quite some time and we all got the feeling that Bug'o'ware managed to find AND hire THE dumbest braindead people for their team. We've thought and tried to find another logical explanation and after recent events we've found NONE other then the one above. Either they are managing the project understaffed and don't see a problem (which I thought is only possible in countries like Russia, while in West world the problem of "effective" management when you hire as much managers as you can and fire ppl who worked on the team for years had died out), or they hired a (too put it mildly) bunch of unqualified. Not only that, but they are ready and have been for some time treating their players like trash and continue to kill the game and community. I still can't wrap around my head the decision to close the PTS and some forums and the decision to ignore the bug reports. If some ppl didn't see that before, now it is clear that we are just money for them which they want to get without giving something in return, just the typical EA behavior.

Bioware,

I truly understand the issues you are trying to work thru in the game, but I see that the biggest issue is being taken for granted or totally ignored. This issue is your customer relations and mainly your subscriber base.

When bugs are found that are exploits, you have been quick to communicate and swift to take action.

You should honestly do the same when its all on your side. Your communications are slow and vague. No actions are taken that can be remotely called swift.

May I suggest you freeze the subscriptions for everyone until you fix this.

The relationship is strained right now with your customer base. You really need to act now before you are viewed in the same light as SOE or other companies that did the same.

None of them have had great success with future games due to the scars from past actions.

Just my two cents on the issues...

Its not only about simple sm Bosses. Revan HC is like not doable at all. Impel just shows where it is at when he starts to cast it, so its nearly impossible to do it right now. HK just screws around as well. Coras Pearl is doing the same crap. We are a Raid Guild, playing SWtor for... well RAIDING. You just cut our whole content and tell us to unsub till 4.3 until you lazy guys fixed the stuff we pay for. It is like you want us to go play FF or WoW.
I can not even tell you how mad i am about your irresponsibility and disrespect you have for your raiding community.

Although it sucks that it will take a couple of months for them to fix these issues, I have to say that I am glad they are communicating about it in an open and more honest way.

Why does it take time to fix bugs? Different reasons and they are out there. I still am amazed that people need to ask why...it's obvious and has been explained many times over already.

Am I happy about this? Of course not, but it is what it is and at least they're giving openness about it. I know what to expect now and no empty promises are being made. And remember there was an issue not too long ago that they said would take at least a month and they fixed it sooner. That can always happen but clearly they don't want to make any promises they can't keep and at least I can appreciate that side of it.

And just for reference, I've been very vocal in the past against some of the things BW has done and it still happens that I am not happy with things. If any of you feel the need to call me a white knight or bio defender or something similar anyway, you can consider yourself an idiot. Your choice, but I think that at least we can be happy to see more communication happening with realistic responses. That's at least worth something to me.