BioWare has updated the official site with a teaser page featuring the highlights on the way with the arrival of patch v1.7. The new teaser also includes several new screenshots and some new information.

Check out the v1.7 Star Wars: The Old Republic teaser site.

As much as any new content is good for a game, a game that is hurting and struggling to bring in new players one would think the company would start focusing on where the game is bad instead of adding little to add to the game. Expanding a near worthless system like the legacy system is just telling everyone to expect more of of the same that made the game lose so many players in the first place.

Good for those that stuck around, short term.

Long term, doesnt do much to bring in or keep new players and certainly doesnt bring back old players. So, fans can cheer all they way, but they are not facing the reality of a game that is hurting, why its hurting or how to save it so it lasts longer.

Originally posted by bigsmiff
I wonder how much of this will be available to the non-subscribers.

If you click the link it tells you.

Originally posted by jtcgs

As much as any new content is good for a game, a game that is hurting and struggling to bring in new players one would think the company would start focusing on where the game is bad instead of adding little to add to the game. Expanding a near worthless system like the legacy system is just telling everyone to expect more of of the same that made the game lose so many players in the first place.

Good for those that stuck around, short term.

Long term, doesnt do much to bring in or keep new players and certainly doesnt bring back old players. So, fans can cheer all they way, but they are not facing the reality of a game that is hurting, why its hurting or how to save it so it lasts longer.

Originally posted by pioneer08
For a few folks usually the same ones who over and over post Swtor is damned if they do and damned if they dont. As one of the many who actually play this game I am looking forward to it.

I think you got your few and many adverbs switched.  I logged in last weekend and the server was deserted.

Hyping a few minor changes like this patch has is only something EA would do.

Originally posted by Ozmodan

Originally posted by pioneer08
For a few folks usually the same ones who over and over post Swtor is damned if they do and damned if they dont. As one of the many who actually play this game I am looking forward to it.

I think you got your few and many adverbs switched.  I logged in last weekend and the server was deserted.

Hyping a few minor changes like this patch has is only something EA would do.

What time did you log on because I usually play every night at primetime and every single server is heavy or higher. 

Originally posted by jtcgs

As much as any new content is good for a game, a game that is hurting and struggling to bring in new players one would think the company would start focusing on where the game is bad instead of adding little to add to the game. Expanding a near worthless system like the legacy system is just telling everyone to expect more of of the same that made the game lose so many players in the first place.

Good for those that stuck around, short term.

Long term, doesnt do much to bring in or keep new players and certainly doesnt bring back old players. So, fans can cheer all they way, but they are not facing the reality of a game that is hurting, why its hurting or how to save it so it lasts longer.

The expansion is coming soon after the 1.7 uptade. And sorry to dissapoint you, but the game is earning new players and subs everyday, is not a game for everyone, but lots of people love and enjoy it. More poeple will come back to try the 1.7 update, same with the expansions, i remember people talking about how swtor will die fast, 1 year after launch and is not the wow killer but the game is doing great and getting better with all those new updates.   

Originally posted by Thebigthrill

When SWTOR launched 10,000 was the cap for a full server.

8,000-9,000 was the range for Heavy.

All they did was change the cap to appear full and heavy.

As of FTP model

176 players is a full server

20-80 is heavy.

All they did was change the cap.

Originally posted by catlana
I was hoping for more pvp activities in 1.7. As far as server load goes, tried playing my alt last weekend. Way too many peeps running around for the spawn timers not to mention lag issues due to population. The Harbringer is overloaded.

I'm on shadowlands I believe right now and same story here. Far too many peeps around to level on open world quests. It seems easier to pass the class quests now though, finished up korriban last night at level 7 hoping the next planet isn't as populated lol.

Edit: this is why I hate F2P

Originally posted by catlana
I was hoping for more pvp activities in 1.7. As far as server load goes, tried playing my alt last weekend. Way too many peeps running around for the spawn timers not to mention lag issues due to population. The Harbringer is overloaded.

1.7 will have rep missions from military divisions, maybe that is about some Opvp. We have to wait for the patch notes to know more i guess 

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It's common for all MMO's to lose pop after a while, and since a lot of people yell "doom" when an mmo start merging, they come up with white lies like "We will merge servers into these new mega servers", to make it appear as if they didn't lose any subs.

Rift did something similar, they made a lot of their servers "trial servers", gave everyone free transfer and asked people to move off of them (even put in a few restrictions to make sure people moved), then when people were moved off the trial servers they could close them down without everyone going apeshit about it.

Originally posted by hikaru77

Originally posted by jtcgs

As much as any new content is good for a game, a game that is hurting and struggling to bring in new players one would think the company would start focusing on where the game is bad instead of adding little to add to the game. Expanding a near worthless system like the legacy system is just telling everyone to expect more of of the same that made the game lose so many players in the first place.

Good for those that stuck around, short term.

Long term, doesnt do much to bring in or keep new players and certainly doesnt bring back old players. So, fans can cheer all they way, but they are not facing the reality of a game that is hurting, why its hurting or how to save it so it lasts longer.

The expansion is coming soon after the 1.7 uptade. And sorry to dissapoint you, but the game is earning new players and subs everyday.

 Too bad for you yet ANOTHER EA quarterly report shows differently.

You guys have been doing NOTHING but deny that SWTOR is having issues ever since they started popping up shortly after release.

Since that time, Bioware has gone through 2 massive shifts in management, mega server mergers and F2P with 4 straight piss poor quarterly earngins reports.

You can like the game all you want, EARNINGS REPORTS DONT LIE and SWTOR has seen yet ANOTHER DROP in the amount of money its bringing in. So you can wave your flag in front of the burning building to try to keep people from noticing it all you want...all you are doing is allowing Bioware to continue on their downward spiral instead of actually doing something to try to put out the fire.

BTW, Age of Conan had near 600,000 new accounts created at the 2 month mark after going lol "f2p", go log on and see how many stuck around...because Funcom didnt address the games issues that drove players away also...and they didnt even merge into mega servers placing all sub players together to inflate the numbers like SWTOR did.

Originally posted by jtcgs

Originally posted by hikaru77

Originally posted by jtcgs

As much as any new content is good for a game, a game that is hurting and struggling to bring in new players one would think the company would start focusing on where the game is bad instead of adding little to add to the game. Expanding a near worthless system like the legacy system is just telling everyone to expect more of of the same that made the game lose so many players in the first place.

Good for those that stuck around, short term.

Long term, doesnt do much to bring in or keep new players and certainly doesnt bring back old players. So, fans can cheer all they way, but they are not facing the reality of a game that is hurting, why its hurting or how to save it so it lasts longer.

The expansion is coming soon after the 1.7 uptade. And sorry to dissapoint you, but the game is earning new players and subs everyday.

 Too bad for you yet ANOTHER EA quarterly report shows differently.

You guys have been doing NOTHING but deny that SWTOR is having issues ever since they started popping up shortly after release.

Since that time, Bioware has gone through 2 massive shifts in management, mega server mergers and F2P with 4 straight piss poor quarterly earngins reports.

You can like the game all you want, EARNINGS REPORTS DONT LIE and SWTOR has seen yet ANOTHER DROP in the amount of money its bringing in. So you can wave your flag in front of the burning building to try to keep people from noticing it all you want...all you are doing is allowing Bioware to continue on their downward spiral instead of actually doing something to try to put out the fire.

BTW, Age of Conan had near 600,000 new accounts created at the 2 month mark after going lol "f2p", go log on and see how many stuck around...because Funcom didnt address the games issues that drove players away also...and they didnt even merge into mega servers placing all sub players together to inflate the numbers like SWTOR did.