I have never really been into computer games and I have never played an MMO in my life, but I'm really loving this game. True, it has its flaws, but I can overlook most of them. I will be honest, though. I'm pretty concerned about the future of SWTOR. I've heard it's losing subscriptions at an alarming rate, and I don't see how this Free to Play option could be anything but an ominous sign of the future to come. I don't stay caught up with news, so I was hoping someone could fill me in. What does the future of this game look like? Are the developers optimistic? Pessimistic? Indifferent? Could SWTOR bounce back, or has it had too many blows in its short existence? I'm looking at this game like a relationship. If the game has a future, I will stick around. If the game is doomed, I would rather bail sooner than later, before I become even more attached.

No I am worried about the future of this game. I'm just working on my second character and spending a ton of credits getting a new crew skill up and running, and it hit me that this might all be in vain.

My concern is that crew skills will soon fail to make any money for anyone. SWTOR is dying, at least from what I hear. It is failing to bring in new people, and it is losing current subscribers at an alarming rate. If it fails to bring in new people, there will be no new accounts, and soon very few low level characters. If all that is left is the diehard fans, you can bet that they have every crew skill covered, or will at some point in the near future. This means, that at some point, the only people playing the game will have no need to buy any crafted items from anyone else, because they can craft everything themselves. The market for crafting will collapse, and it will become a total waste of time. Am I being overly negative, or am I right? Does anyone else see this looming problem?

Hi all. I'm going to start off by saying this is my first MMO and I am still trying to catch on. I have a level 50 Maurader, and he has Artifice as a crafting skill. I never really got the hang of crafting, so I gave up early on. Between buying schematics and running mission after mission to get just the right crystals or gems, I lost significant money. I pretty much just run companion gift missions but there isn't much profit in that enterprise. I would like to start taking advantage of all aspects of this game, so I need to do some quick catching up. What should I be doing with Artifice to make a profit? What should I be crafting? I have another character at level 23 who still doesn't have any crafting skills. What should I have him learn? Are there any tips or tricks you can pass along that have to do with crafting in general? Like I said, I'm completely lost here. I would really appreciate any help I can get.

I have some questions about your strategies. My alt is only level 16. The Tionese/Columi/Black Hole mods require 50. If I stick them in the legacy armor, my level 16 can still wear them? My 50 is a Maurader and my 16 is a Sage. Should I get the legacy armor with my Maurader? If I do, it has to be an Empire class, and won't be wearable with my Sage. Is that going to be a problem?

I have a level 50 Maurader, and I just recently started using my Black Hole Commendations to gear my companions. I figure that I have taken him as far as he can go, so I am going to start playing on one of my alts. The first alt I am going to use is a Sage. My question is how can I best use my Maurader to gear and help out my Sage? Are there any tips you have on using your main to help level your alt? What has worked, and not worked, for you? Thanks for the help and advice.

Hi everyone. So I have been keeping all my low level bound items with the intention of mailing them to an alt. I am now a level 50 so obviously I have no need for level 20 orange gear. I just found out that you CAN NOT mail bound items to an alt in the same legacy. Does anyone know if BW plans on making changes to this any time? My second question is, what is going on with Black Hole gear? I am a Sith Maurader, so my main stat is strength. Why would my Columi gear have more strength than the Black Hole equivalent? Does anyone know if BW plans on making changes to this too? If I buy the 'broken' Black Hole gear, and BW fixes it down the road, will my stats be fixed? Or am I stuck up a stinky creek with no rowing device? Thanks a bunch.

Hi all. Let me start this by saying that this is my first MMO ever. Up until this point I have been pretty much 'winging' it. However, now that I have my maurader to level 50, I figured it was about time to learn the finer points of the game. So, please be kind and explain things like you would to a 3 year old so I can grasp it. 1. What is the difference between my 3 skill trees? I thought force crush sounded cool, so I chose the rage tree. However, it seems that NOONE is choosing this tree. They all go with annihilation or carnage. Why? Should I change? 2. I understand the main stats pretty well, but I'm completely lost on the secondary stats. I have heard that I want power, as it will increase my damage, but I have also heard the same thing for critical rating. I have also heard that there is a cap on these stats. So, if you were in my shoes, or better yet, if you're a maurader, what stats have you focused on? What order are they in as far as importance, what percentages are they, and what is their cap? Again, you will need to dumb everything down for me. Like WAY down. And I really do appreciate any help anyone can offer. Thank you so much.

Thank you. I have another question. Which would be more important, endurance or armor? Would you rather have 100 armor and 200 endurance, or 200 armor and 100 endurance. How many of one cancel another out? 2-1, 3-1, 5-1, etc?

I know what armor IS, what I'm wondering is what does the stat concern? Say I have two helmets. The first helmet has 15 armor, 15 strength and 15 endurance. If I were to switch it with a helmet with 20 armor, 15 strength and 15 endurance, what would happen? Does my overall HP go up?

And you can have those for your legacy name?

How do you add an ascii letter in the Legacy Name box?

That's what I was afraid of. Does anyone know of a future server change so I can maybe reserve my legacy on another server?

I just transferred servers and my old legacy name has already been taken. It was an awesome name and I'm not about to give it up. I only have three options: go back to my original server, find whoever has my name and get them to change or change my own name. I refuse to create a new name, so does anyone know how I would go about either going back to my original server or finding out who has my legacy name?

Thanks a bunch Jeramie. I just have a few follow up questions. 1. What's the difference between the 'purple' shell and the 'orange' shell. Why would the orange be better than the purple? 2. When 1.3 comes out, how will I add an augment to my gear? Do I just add something to my existing gear? Or do I need to buy a new piece that includes the augment?