That name email is also one I received today.

I'm still a subscriber, I've actually been playing pretty regularly but I'm never on when others are apparently LOL

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Also, I have been getting regular emails from them, including at least one a month notifying me that my cartel coins have been awarded.

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I'd imaging that the kits would either incorporate some of the Voth's abilities or have abilities to counter them.

Most of the Dyson rep seems to be about any anti-voth, or voth compatible tech. Perhaps the spire holding will focus more on the alien REDACTED tech, and utilizing that power unlock.

Love how PWE thinks they are keeping any secrets with redaction. B)

I haven't been over to the STO boards in a while. Are they actually trying to make the appearance of the Voth a secret? If so, megafail.

I too and still a subscriber. My characters on the Rep side are Gaerr (though I may finally get to change that.) and Jaezan. My Imp side characters are Traeyus, Co'balt, Kass-ordo and Abysia if you'd like to add me.

We have a few subs, me for one. I received an email today about a "Character Name Renewal" for F2P and Preferred Status players. The text of the email is below:

Hello,
We wanted to let you know that in November we will be initiating a “Character Name Renewal” program for all of our Free-to-Play and Preferred Status players. As a Subscriber, this offers you the benefit of more character names available in the pool! We are currently in the process of identifying accounts that have been inactive for prolonged periods. If those accounts do not login to each of the potentially impacted characters within the required timeframe the attached Character names will be released back into the general pool.

This Character Name Renewal will have no effect on your character names. As a Subscriber you will keep your names throughout this process and benefit from the increased options released back into the pool post program.
Thank you for your continued support of STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™.
May the Force™ be with You!
Star Wars: The Old Republic Team

So it appears they will be "returning" any "unused" names by clearing inactive accounts out before the release of the new expansion. Other than that, I haven't gotten any other emails. Not even one about the new expansion. It was quite a surprise when Halish posted that video as I hadn't logged onto the SWTOR website in quite a while.

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I'd imaging that the kits would either incorporate some of the Voth's abilities or have abilities to counter them.

Most of the Dyson rep seems to be about any anti-voth, or voth compatible tech. Perhaps the spire holding will focus more on the alien REDACTED tech, and utilizing that power unlock.

Love how PWE thinks they are keeping any secrets with redaction. B)

I'd imagine that the kits would either incorporate some of the Voth's abilities or have abilities to counter them.

Speaking of subscriptions, do we have any active subscribers other than myself?
If there are any, have you received any emails from Bioware lately?

The science kits are medic and physicist i know that much :D

I can not wait for the +1 ground and space doff slots. I also want to know what two kits for each profession will be added. :laugh:

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I'm going to go out on a limb and say that they're probably upset because they themselves have invested tons of hours leveling reputation on alts. With this, you can make leveling reputation on alts much less painful. They're upset that PWE is making things easier where they had to suffer through grinding.It's a common theme in games where companies make certain mechanics easier and a group that endured under the old system aren't happy about the change. I for one say "bring it on!"

Yeah. I remember feeling incensed when the Reman Space Set became available for purchase through the Rom Rep system when I had played The Vault shuttle mission 500 times to do the full upgrade to MkXII. Pissed me off, man...

Good news Fleetie Darlings! Fleet versions of the Atrox,Ar'Kif, Veteran ships, Ground Kits and Advanced Tac console and more with the new Spire Fleet Holding!


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The Spire can be compared to the Embassy and Dilithium Mine for the amount of effort and resources required to achieve Tier 3. Like the Embassy and the Dilithium Mine, the Spire has one main track and two sub-tracks.

Spire (Main Track)

Progressing through the Spire holding’s main track will reward the fleet with access to new starships, fleet perks specific to the Solanae Dyson Sphere’s content and standard fleet holding conveniences such as mail, bank and exchange access, as well as a ship selector contact. This track gains experience via completion of upgrading your Research and Operation sub-tracks. The reward highlights for the Spire are:

Three tiers of Atmospheric Flight Training to help reduce the Atmospheric Friction found in the Dyson Sphere’s Space Adventure Zone. (Purchased through vendor for small amount of Fleet Credits)
Two tiers of Command Credit Discounts. Command Credits are used to call reinforcements in the Ground Battle Zone. (Automatic Fleet-wide Upgrade)
Spire Transwarp Transporter (Construction Project)
A Reinforcement Bonus that allows players belonging to a fleet to more quickly secure objectives in the Dyson Sphere’s Space Adventure Zone. (Automatic Fleet-wide Upgrade)
New Ships (Purchasable with Fleet Modules, Fleet Credits and Starbase Military Fleet Ship Provisioning)
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Fleet Peghqu’ Heavy Destroyer* (KDF Only)
Fleet Chimera Heavy Destroyer* (Starfleet Only)
Fleet Daeinos Heavy Destroyer* (Romulan Republic Only)
Fleet Kar’fi Battle Carrier (KDF Only)
Fleet Caitian Atrox Carrier (Starfleet Only)
Fleet Ar’Kif Tactical Carrier Warbird Retrofit (Romulan Republic Only)

*Purchase of these starships requires 1,000-day veteran status

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Research (Sub-Track)

Upgrading the Research track will grant the fleet access to new Warp Cores, Hangar Pets and Tactical Consoles. The rewards found in this sub-track are:

3 tiers of the [REDACTED]’s Hangar Pet (Can be equipped on any starship with a Hangar Bay)
Advanced and Elite Plasma-Integrated Warp Cores (Starfleet and KDF Only)
Advanced and Elite Thoron-Infused Singularity Cores (Romulan Warbirds Only)
Mk XII Fleet Tactical Consoles

Operations (Sub-Track)

Upgrading the Operations track will grant the fleet access to new Fleet Ground Kit options, Voth Duty Officers and addition Duty Officer Active Roster Slots.

Six Mk XI Fleet Ground Kit variants (2 for each profession)
Six Mk XII Fleet Ground Kit variants (2 for each profession)
Voth Scientist Duty Officers
+1 Ground Active Roster Slot
+1 Space Active Roster Slot

I have never understood that philosophy, thats like saying that since i had to repeat a mission 10 times due to a bug, they should never fix the bug so others have to suffer like i did. Dont put power steering in cars, non augmented steering was good enough for my grandfather, its good enough for me. Pure Selfishness at its most brazen.

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Are they upset at that or the replacement of commodities with straight ec? I can not see why anyone would be upset at other alts getting double fast rep movement.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that they're probably upset because they themselves have invested tons of hours leveling reputation on alts. With this, you can make leveling reputation on alts much less painful. They're upset that PWE is making things easier where they had to suffer through grinding.

It's a common theme in games where companies make certain mechanics easier and a group that endured under the old system aren't happy about the change. I for one say "bring it on!"

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I kitted out my D'Deridex for this to give it a go between grav well, projected singularity and singularity jump should be a decent ship.

Tell me how that goes, if it works well i will have a ship that actually works for that accolade.

Are they upset at that or the replacement of commodities with straight ec? I can not see why anyone would be upset at other alts getting double fast rep movement.

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Reputation Sponsorship:
This feature allows players that have maxed out a reputation on one character to have double reputation experience for all of their alts in that same rep.
Characters that have reached Tier 5 in any Reputation will see a new project available in that Reputation: "Begin Sponsorship Procedures for Upcoming Officer"
This project costs 100 Marks from the applicable Reputation, and completes in ~5 seconds.
Completing this Project will reward that T5 Character with a Sponsorship Token applicable to that Reputation.
This Token is Bind-to-Account-on-Pickup, and is designed to be traded to other characters on your account via your Account Shared Bank.
This project can be repeated as many times as necessary.
All characters will see a new Tier 1 Project in each reputation: "Claim Sponsorship"
This project may not be immediately visible until a character interacts with the Reputation System in some way.
Even something as simple as slotting any project then canceling it will trigger the projects to appear.
Even though this is a T1 Project, it can be run by any character of any rank other than Tier 5.
This project requires just one Sponsorship Token (no other inputs) and completes in ~5 seconds.
Completing this Project will reward that character with Double Reputation XP in that specific Reputation, for the remainder of that character's lifetime.
This means that the Projects that previously rewarded 2000xp and 800xp will now give 4000xp and 1600xp.
For testing purposes only on Tribble, projects will now complete in 30 seconds instead of their stated time.

Thoughts? I know this is already causing a minor uproar on tribble forums, but can it be a good thing? does it have to be a bad thing? Thoughts, or comments (Me I am kinda excited to be able to start a new toon and not have to worry as much about rep building just to get the gear.)

I kitted out my D'Deridex for this to give it a go between grav well, projected singularity and singularity jump should be a decent ship.

Oh my god you have been missing out!! :cheer:

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