At this point our plan is to get Chapter 6 to live early next week. We like where we are in terms of features, balance, and stability and we will be mostly fixing outstanding bugs and do some minor tweaking this week as we move towards a release candidate. Today we will be archiving the current feedback threads in Dev Discussion and replacing them with fewer and more focused ones for the remaining time in test. These threads have been invaluable and we want to be sure to get as tight a focus as possible with the remaining areas we want to address before publish.

I know that many players have mixed feelings about some of the changes with Chapter 6. This is understandable and we are sensitive to those reservations, but I believe we have achieved the primary goals we wanted to hit. A solid and immersive Beast Master system, a great tool for player events and content with Story Teller, and a pass on NPC's and other mobs in the game to address the level of challenge in our content. I could have wished for perhaps more agreement on that level of challenge, but I am satisfied that we have made a better game, while not forgetting that we have many styles of players in SWG.

So please continue the testing and feedback as we move into our final week on test and for those patiently waiting for Chapter 6 on live, we are almost there!

DM