http://www.swtor.com/community/showthre ... dit9213808
It's too long to fully post, but I'll quote some important sections:
The thing that really jumped out at me was that I think this was Bioware's first official use of the word "operations" in at least a year.Operations Lacking for CXP
We have been looking at all of the places that players can earn CXP and although our intent is that Operations (especially Veteran/Master) would be the best source of CXP, that is not true currently. We have been working to rebalance the CXP gains of Operations across the board so that they are at least on-par with the best sources of CXP in the game. We plan to include these changes with Patch 5.1.1, but we will give you more information on scheduling once we lock it down.
Galactic Command Gearing Alt-unfriendly
One of the biggest concerns expressed is Galactic Command forces a player into working only on one character. Although that wasn’t our intention, we agree with you. For starters, in 5.1 we are implementing the Legacy-wide currency of Command Tokens, legacy bound boosts you can purchase with Command Tokens, and the legacy perk to speed up leveling. We know that isn’t enough, so we are exploring additional options so that when you are playing any character, there is a way to potentially provide benefit to all other characters in your legacy as well. I have no specifics to share at this time, but I am working to have more details available for our January 26th Livestream.
Command Rank Leveling Speed
We monitor Command Ranks across the game, along with player feedback on the rate at which players are leveling. The Legacy perk and additional boost will help speed up leveling, but we will continue to review. Let’s see how it feels after 5.1. We’ll discuss with you and make further adjustments, if needed.
New Endgame Content
We know addressing the gearing concerns is only half of the equation. Whether it came from the forums, social media, or even focus groups, the feedback is that you want more large group and MMO content such as daily areas and Operations. We will be discussing these very topics in our Livestream next Thursday, January 26, 2017, so come join us!
In addition bosses who drop tokens will be dropping two in 8 man instead of the traditional one, so this will help us complete our sets a bit faster.
There is a lot riding on next Thursday's livestream, but I am starting to feel a bit more hopeful. My pie-in-the-sky wish is that we'll see an Oricon style zone with a story and daily quest area setting up one large or two small operations. If they threw in a Toborro's Courtyard one-off-boss as well, I'd be extra pleased.
/fingerscrossed