Disclaimer: I am aware that different things make different people happy, if you are one of those people who are delighted with the upcoming expansion and the current state of the game, maybe don't read it so as not to get upset, the rest of you are welcome to the discussion
First of all, I am aware that the community may have been waiting for Homesteads, but I consider it a waste of resources and time. I have probably 5 or 6 strongholds (equivalent to a house) in SWTOR and they are all empty because I don't enjoy playing with dollhouses. However, if the home system is what people want, why is it not a castle or a palace worthy of a hero, but a cabin in the wood? Also, I have a question: is the feature of all our heroes appearing in this hut optional? If not, and there's no way to turn it off, then I'm not the one who wouldn't enjoy watching a clone attack in that empty hut, because all my characters look alike and have similar names, they're just a version of the same character just a different class.
Secondly, why is Anet wasting resources and time on creating another raid that will only be played by a handful of the community, and a raid integrated into the main story? The development team itself admitted that only a handful of people play raids, that this content has never been very popular and that creating it is time-consuming and expensive. I do not understand this. The alternative is also not very encouraging. 50-player Convergence will again be a problem for me if I want to play this expansion, say in a year or later.
Third, did players really expect to use spears on land? Will using spears on land be optional? I can't find this information anywhere. If not, I won't buy the expansion because I don't want to use the spear on land.
Okay, now the things that I would like and the changes in the game that I would expect
First of all, please make the game easier for the solo player. I am asking the developers, please, please make the game easier for the single player, and above all, make all expansions and living worlds easier to complete for the story. You can even do an easy version without prizes. It's terrible how difficult this game is and how many moments in the story where you have to ask strangers for help.
Secondly, make all dungeons, fractals raids, strike missions available to the solo player.You can take all the rewards for completion, just make the content easy and accessible. There is so much content in the game that I and other players would love to try if there was an easy solo version.
Thirdly, please add companions, and even better, companions with whom you can romance. Such companions would make it easier to play as a solo player by healing or tanking. The game would become easier and it would be easier to do more difficult content with your companions, e.g. dungeons. Additionally, Anet could sell customizations or outfits for these companions in the gems shop.
Fourth, change your group search and being in a group. Please add the functionality of a group leader to which other players join, a leader who cannot be removed from the group. Now, when I want to play, let's say, some dungeon, I announce a group, I waste time, I wait, and then when the group gathers, they can throw me out by voting because I don't want to speedrun and I want to read dialogues and I want to watch cutscenes, or because I don't I know a mechanics or because they just have such a whim to remove me from the group.
And finally, fifthly, I am asking you to change the system of daily and weekend rewards and related challenges so that it is adapted to the current progress in the plot made by the player. The current system rewards players who have been playing the game for years. When I receive a challenge such as visit 5 vistas in Cantha, I cannot do it because even though I have this expansion and every other one, I have not yet reached this point in the plot and its content, so I am at a disadvantage compared to other players.
And that would be it. Thank you all for your attention and any comments. I would like to ask the development team to take my suggestions into account. I am very much looking forward to at least some of the changes I have proposed.
