Edit for goodness:

Binnkin: Binnkin#1624

Corrigan: corrigan#1830

DarkLotus: DarkLotus#6505

Splee: Splee#1372

Wedge: wedge#1759

By Zenimax, which owns Bethesda, and the lead game developer have been on DAoC.

Welcome to Star Wars™: The Old Republic™. It’s been many
years in the making and the team is very proud of what we’ve achieved.
Since we’re an online game we are going to continue building on the game
for years to come. You can count on us to diligently expand the game
and service to surprise and delight you. We’re going to not only
respond to your feedback, but also hopefully exceed your expectations on
how Star Wars: The Old Republic will evolve over time.

Many of you helped make the game what it is today by participating in
our testing programs. You’ve watched the game grow over the past year
and have been very vocal about things you’d like to see in the game in
the future.

A team is never finished building a massively multiplayer game, so
we’d like to take this opportunity to reveal a little information on
what the team is working on for patches coming in the near future. Our
priorities have been, and will continue to be, based off of the feedback
we receive from our players.

• New Content – We will be adding new content to the galaxy on an
  ongoing basis. These worlds will include Operations, Flashpoints and
  solo content.
• Guild Functionality – Guilds are important to the long term health
  of any MMORPG. We have a huge list of guild centric features. This will
  be an ongoing effort that will probably never end. Guild banks are the
  first thing we’ll be delivering in our plans for increased guild
  functionality. Eventually we even want to deliver on the promise of the
  long hinted at “Guild Capital Ships”.
• UI customization – You like choice. We hear you! SWTOR is all about
  choice. Being able to choose how you interact with an online game is
  something we feel is very important. We are going to be giving more
  control over the UI as an ongoing effort. This is a very big priority
  for us.
• PvP – We have an entire team dedicated to adding content and
  features to player vs. player. We have some of the most experienced PvP
  developers in the world on this team. So far very few people have seen,
  or know much about the stunning Open World PVP on Ilum; when you get to
  the high levels prepare to be blown away! In addition to that high
  level PVP content, expect new Warzones and new PvP features on a regular
  basis.
• Space Combat – We will continue to add missions to the space game.
  We also have a special project going on right now that will expand space
  gameplay in a significant way... for now the details will have to
  remain under wraps.
• Legacy System – The ability to select a surname for your character
  is just the start of something much bigger. Soon, the Legacy experience
  and levels you earn will grant your characters access to powers, objects
  and other cool benefits.
• And more – We have an entire team of developers working on future content.
  Right now we are focused on nothing else but Star Wars: The Old Republic, so expect new and cool things.

It is fair to say that we’re just as excited as you are about the launch of Star Wars:
The Old Republic. Not only are we launching one of the largest and
most impressive games ever created, but we’re also excited about the
prospect of continuing to work on the game so that you, the fans, will
always have something heroic and amazing to enjoy. Thanks for playing.

James Ohlen
Game Director

This Thursday!

Yours Truly,

Tempest

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