ive gotten sick with the flu and strep and havent been on for a few days. ill stil be down and out for a few more. just wanted folks to know where i've been and why im absent.

So based on posts by those that got their reinvite to beta today I've made a small list of changes made based on that thread.

in a nutshell... almost every classes, had been affected - in regards to cooldown, cc additional abilities, including new ones, some come sooner than later, etc,

two new flashpoints, some gears related to healing and tanking under level 30 had been removed.

they increase the drop rate on some quality items.

they change the mod system.. do not know if this a good or bad things yet.. add new line of mods

bosses had been updated with new mechanics.. where they suppose to be more challenging and unique

PVP - added new pvp missions.. cc immunity duration been increased.

some open world pvp objectives are now active.

pvp min level is now 10 before you can queue up for warzones.

space combat - personal starship upgrades have been revamped.

UI - does not say if the UI is now scale-able or movable.. for me .. this what I wanted the most. But they did make some adjustment to it.

codex - new ones, and now more titles and entries had been added that you unlock..

It seems that more dropped items are either coming with empty mod slots or no mod slots at all no on is sure and wont know until we are actually playing the game to find out.

It seems carrik station will now be the main social hub for players and not coruscant. they are adding vendors a GTN, and making it the flashpoint hub as well. the Empire version is being done the same way.

I'll update this as I get more info.

I was bored tonight and was cruising demotivationals when I came acroos a clint eastwood one that reminded me of Broin, so I reedited it.

BW is having a hands on event for a few lucky forum goers the event will take place Tuesday, April 5th and last about 1 1/2 hours. (gameplay) Im sure a Q&A will follow or precede the gameplay portion.

http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=289285
The post here is taking requests from other forum goers asking what we would like answered from their experience.

I mentioned finding out about color matching.

Another participant asked people to PM them if they wanted to get more info about the smuggler so I did:

"I want to know everything you can possibly find out about it of course!

But to be honest, I just want to hear what your thoughts are and what the play was like from the time you got to play. Just tell me how you played it, how the story made you feel about playing a smuggler, etc.

I really appreciate your willingness to share with others and wish I could do much more than thank you for your time.

Good luck and enjoy the event!

PS and if you somehow (unlikely) see a sith...groinkick him for me!"

I figured I would post the link here if anyone else has something they want input from the players.

well the whole guild really, but Tbone was mentioned by a poster specifically

http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=128370

very first post to topic the poster states how killing any member of FA back in MxO was a screenshot worthy moment.

if you have recieved an email reguarding a survey to get a beta invite from Magid (survey company) DO NOT DELETE!

BioWare has confirmed this is legit and is indeed part of the beta invite process

It will say someting like starwarstheoldrepublic.com

Confirmation by mods is found here

Some of you may have received an email from Magid, regarding a survey concerning Star Warsâ„¢: The Old Republicâ„¢. As there has been some confusion, we wanted to let everyone know that it is indeed valid.

We are partnered with a third-party agency, Magid, to conduct some focused playtests for TOR. These are part of our ongoing Game Testing Program. As part of that testing, a number of emails were sent to registered community members like you who’d opted in for game testing.

What to do now? If you were sent an email and haven’t clicked through to the survey yet, well, go ahead and click. If you haven’t been emailed, don’t bother asking someone else to share; the surveys are individually linked to email addresses. If you are selected for testing, we’ll let you know – with an official email, this time!

Of course, I have to remind everyone that everything to do with Game Testing is bound by the Game Testing Agreement - and that means if you’re selected, apart from telling people that you’ve been selected, everything else is confidential.

Happy Thanksgiving to all Stateside!

I wanted to post a suggestion Idea here before I posted it on the TOR forums.

I know our current pvp is Warzone only atm until more information is released. However, even open pvp is very shallow in most MMOs with random skrimishes accomplishing nothing much really in terms of the overall game.

Looking back at my days as a paintball player we had a similar outset when it came to playing. every other week we got together and had skirmish games with other groups similar to warzone pvp. However every few months at various paintball fields we had scenario events. games that re-enacted famous battles, or scenarios made up by the field owners from sheer imagination. (there is even a re-enactment of monty python and the holy grail held every year in PA)

From that I got to thinking about how good it could be if each month we had an all day pvp event that could have an impact on the game as a whole.

We pick a planet that is contested by both sides (like Ilum or Alderaan) and we have a major all day event, with mission objectives and massive battles. after the event is finished, devs could tally up the wins/losses across servers to determine which side won the day and add it to the story.

Low level players could get in on the action by being stat boosted (like in COH/COV) and help support the number base and they wouldn't feel left out of major story events. While they wouldn't be near as powerful as high level players, they wouldn't be completely excluded or just steamrolled by a single player.

I wanted to see how you guys felt about the Idea, since one of our goals is to directly impact the game in some way, and I think an idea such as this would allow us that opportunity in terms of PVP.

That and see what we could do to expand upon the Idea.