Darth Hater

• Characters are no longer bolstered at Level 50 and beyond.

How does this affect the level 3O-54 bracket?

My understanding is that all level 50 pvp gear is being removed from the game and being replaced with level 55 pvp gear. So, once you hit 50 after 2.0 drops you can't get PVP armor with Expertise and you won't get bolstered?

Does this mean a level 50-54 in retired Recruit, WH, or EWH will have an expertise advantage over a post 2.0 level 50-54?

Will the Expertise from retired level 50 PVP gear grant an advantage over the bolstered level 30-49 players as well?

Its nice to see the devs acknowledge areas that need improvement. Two million new accounts since F2P and thousands of new players daily is great news. One thing that I noticed was that the new content cycle slipped from 6 to 8 weeks. I'm not thrilled that character editing is purchased through the Cartel Market, but I am happy it's coming. I'm curious about how they'll handle changing species. Say I make a human and take him to level 49, then change the species to one that I haven't unlocked for my Legacy. Will that species unlock once I hit 50?

This is a really well written and informative article. Great work:)

Vox I understand that you're doing the best you can in a tough situation. Your employer Curse shoud have had someone on staff use the DH Forums, Facebook, and Twitter to explain that there was a transition occuring and the the page would not be active for a breif period while problems with posting permissions where resolved. A statement from Curse or the new DH Staff to clarify what's happened and what is going to happen going forward will help to clear up the confusion this transition has caused. Thanks and good luck with the site:)

Edit: Just found the post on the Forums, well done thanks.

Justin Lowe is still participating in The Republic podcast on Gamebreaker TV, so he's still discussing SWTOR just not here. I have a bad feeling about this...

Has DH gone dark?

Odd, I paid 7 dollars more for a 6 month subscription and 3000 cartel coins (actually 4200 because I bought the CE and have a linked security token). You would've been better off subscribing, although it's not to late. Act now and you can get Rise of the Hutt Cartel for 50% off LOL :p 

I don't think that exclusive items in the cartel packs need to become directly available outside the packs. There are exclusive items throughout this game, such as mounts, pets, and gear that require playing group content in addition to luck (random drops and winning rolls) to obtain. Many of those items can't be sold on the GTN like the cartel pack items, making them even more exclusive. As for F2P and preferred players, if they really want expensive or exclusive items and don't want to purchase cartel packs for a chance to get them they should subscribe, save up credits, and buy them off the GTN.

Personally I really want that mask of Nihilus, but I'm not willing to spend a million plus credits (which I can afford) to get it off the GTN or buy cartel coins to purchase a pack for the chance to get it. If it pops up for 500k credits or I spend my monthly cartel coin deposit on a pack and get it that would be awesome. If I don't end up getting the mask of Nihilus then I'll do what I did after never winning a roll on Karagga's hat, I'll keep playing :) 

p.s. the second thing I bought with my cartel coins was rocket BOOTS :P 

I'm logged into the client and I'm seeing a lock in front of all, but the following NA servers.

East Coast:
PVE: Canderous Ordo, Corellian Run, The Jedi Covanent, The Shadowlands
PVP: Prophecy of Five, The Fatman
RP: The Eban Hawk
RP-PVP: Jung Ma

West Coast
PVE: Drooga's Pleasure Barge, The Harbinger
PVP: The Bastion
RP: Begeren Colony

I was wondering how they would keep new players from rolling on origin servers. I actually logged into Veela two days ago before transfering an alt and I was the only person on the server....creepy. Viva the Final Twelve!

Everyday we wait, while BioWare "sit doing nothing" cost us a whole 50 cents! It's egregious I tell you, egregious!!! LOL