Hello and welcome to the official Q&A thread for questions to be answered for the February 17th, 2012 Q&A blog post.

 

As a reminder, we’ll be starting up a weekly Q&A blog series in which we will select ten questions from the community and post answers to them every Friday. We’ll have the next set of answers next week on February 17th, 2012, but before that, we need your questions!

 

Please use this thread to ask your question (one per community member, so make it count!). On Tuesday at 2PM CST (8PM GMT), we will close this thread, select ten questions, and get answers to them for Friday’s blog post.

 

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Any other posts apart from questions in the thread will be removed. With that being said, please ask away!

Edited February 17, 2012 by JovethGonzalez

Is there any chance that we will see in future expansion packs / content releases perhaps different time eras / events and more playable races like Wookies or Trandoshans. If so is there any hints to when they are coming out and what are they? Edited February 11, 2012 by Kashtor
Needed to add more.

Are there any plans for devs (or BW employees speaking on the devs' behalf) to have a stronger presence on the forums to help alleviate game concerns?

Eternity Vault and Karagga's Palace were flooded with issues that frustrated countless raiders.

 

Do you plan on doing anything differently for the next tier of content to make sure the encounters are as close to "bug free" as you can get it?

According to interviews and posts made by the Dev team, we have a very small idea of what is to come in the coming months. But as new Planets, Operations, Flashpoints and other end game content are added, is there anything about a level cap increase or better gear with higher stats?

 

Some leaked data that came out within the past week showed us possibly getting Czerka Gear and going to Rakata Prime. It doesnt make much sense to have Czerka or more Rakata gear that has equal stats to what we have now.

Can you give any details on same gender romances?

I'll keep asking until I have an answer, I guess. . .

 

Any ETA on same-gender romances?

I bought the collector's edition of SWTOR and I haven't really been impressed by the quality of items in the collector's edition store. Will there be more features for people who bought the CE in terms of items?

When will we get proper automated LFG tool that preferably draws from a large pool of players ie. is cross-server?

My friend and I currently have two guilds (one for Republic and one for Empire) would it be possible to allow cross-faction interaction between two opposite-faction guilds (mostly for inviting to groups or friending)?

Can you please explain, in detail, what the indented design philosophy and goal of the crafting system was ie: how you expected people to use it, how you expected and how fast you expected people to be able to obtain Prototypes and Artifacts from it, and how giving commendation upgrades and orange gear fits into the overall scheme and itemization of the game.

 

Thank you

Are you planning on implementing any penalties to Warzone deserters, i.e lock out timers for early quitting or a cowardice debuff? I feel it's something that is needed in game due to the frequency of people bailing on a warzone.

Female Twi'leks currently have some color restrictions based on faction that male Twi'leks do not.

 

For example: Red female Twi'leks (not pink) can only be made on the Empire side, and Blue female Twi'leks can only be made on the Republic side. Male Twi'leks of either color can be made on both sides.

 

Is this intentional, and if not, what do you plan to do to address this?

Can you give us any information on when and how same-gender romances will be implemented? Will our current companions be available for romances with characters of the same gender?

Companions are very buggy and the conversation system seems broken (even though affection is maxed) when will this be fixed.

Are there plans to merge very low population servers, where even at prime time the server is very inactive?

When will same gender romances be implemented and will the existing companions we've become attached to be included?

 

The lack of sgras is seriously starting to affect the enjoyment of this otherwise amazing (bugs not withstanding) game from Bioware - a company previously committed to it's GLBT player-base. The lack of any new response is disheartening to say the least.

I was wondering what the plans are to implement a LFG system in game, as well as make the Galactic Market easier to navigate?

How do the developers intend to address Ilum as far as faction balance and performance issues go?

What is your opinion that new UI is giving people motion sickness ?

Will the be a proper LFG tool/system implemented soon (not necessarily across different servers, but same servers.)?

For purposes of determining how much Accuracy Rating is "enough" in PvE (the "Accuracy soft cap"), we need to know the maximum avoidances for Flashpoint/Operation bosses.

 

What is the maximum Melee/Ranged and Force/Tech avoidance a Flashpoint/Operation boss currently has?

At one point, there was talk of white lightsaber crystals being available. That has been revealed to be just a rumor now. Are there any plans to include white lightsaber crystals in the future?

What's the current status on the LFG tool? Will it be ready by patch 1.2?

Are there any plans to implement a

Area buff in ilum to address faction

Imbalance