"Over the line? You... you... you're so far past the line that you can't even see the line! The line is a dot to you!"

Now, I hadn't actually intended this to be a separate blog post, but part of my overall 7.0 blog, so it will be shorter than my other blogs. But I saw some "Players" crossing the line from criticizing things they don't like in 7.0 to personal attacks on the Devs, and I decided "Screw it. My overall 7.0 blog is on hold until I can finish Elom on my LS/Saboteur Warrior, and I had a rough time actually finishing it with my Smuggler. So, I might as well post the one thing I actually have fully finished."

This isn't the best blog post I've done, it's kinda rough, and not one I had hoped to write when I said I was going to try and start posting more, but... sometimes, you get inspired. I'm expecting to get a few negative comments, but if you get mad at me for saying that I've said, then... maybe there is something to it?

Yeah, I used a Friends quote for the title. It works.

I'm sure this will not go over well with some players in the SWTOR community who reads this, but it needs to be said. A lot of the complaints about 7.0 are legitimate concerns, believe me, I've got more than my fair share of complaints, but, it seems like a lot of those concerns are being drowned out by the small number of people that are using their dislike of 7.0 as an excuse to attack and insult the Devs and community team and, and demand they be "fired", which is a line you just do not cross. 

You may not like the changes, and you may not like 7.0, but the people that are working on the game are fans of The Old Republic like the rest of us and people too. Maybe think about that before you decide to act like a bigshot behind your keyboard and spew nonsense at them on the subreddit, the forums, or Twitter, just because you don't like the changes, or you are still mad about something from MONTHS AGO. I would say I am surprised to see this happening in our community, but I remember this incident from 2015 when some players decided it was a good idea to dox and start a witch-hunt on one of the class combat devs because they didn't like the changes, and then rightly called out by Eric on the Forums.

Now, do I think that Keith should post something on the forums, or even do a Livestream and talk about the reception to 7.0, as people have suggested online? Sure. The overall communication does leave something to be desired, and I miss those days when there was at least a monthly live stream from the community team. But, personally, I would rather the devs focus on bug fixes, instead of wasting time trying to placate the players, many of whom will still be mad about 7.0, regardless of what BioWare says. They aren't going to roll back the changes, we are stuck with them, whether we like them or not.

Just because you happen to have the "founder" title doesn't mean that BioWare is going to treat you like royalty, and it doesn't entitle you to anything. If it did, I'd have asked for more KotOR armors, to put the unreleased Cartel Coin and cross-promotion pets on a vendor, to release a good looking fedora for my Smuggler, or even give me the fifth anniversary Alliance statue (Which I still think I should have gotten, but that isn't the point of here). 

Look, we all love The Old Republic, some of us more than others, and we want to see it keep going for years, but doing shit like attacking the devs, and thinking it's a perfectly good and legitimate way to express your displeasure? That isn't love. That's being mad about something and taking your anger out for no good reason.

For those who are still reading this, and haven't thrown your device across the room after reading this, and/or have decided to shun me from the SWTOR community, I hope to have my 7.0 blog posted sometime later in the week, most likely Friday or Saturday, when I can devote time to finish Elom with my Warrior.