Congratulations Gareth, welcome to the team. :)

One of the great honors and privileges of being an Admiral of Stonewall Fleet is to share in the positive experience it affords others and to our community.

A founding principal of Stonewall Fleet is to seek out new forms of diversity, to spread the Federation ideals of unity and acceptance, and boldly go where no person has gone before. As a long time Star Trek fan myself, I am reminded of that very simple ideal every time I watch the introduction to an episode of Classic Star Trek or The Next Generation. Yet for so simple a statement, it carries such significant weight; not only to our past and the present, but also to our collective future.

In any fleet or membership based group, there must come a vision - one which is guided by the decisions of senior leaders to help influence the actions of others toward a common goal. They are tasked with the welfare of the membership, including delegating such authority to those who embrace and best represent the principles of the group as a whole.

By the powers vested in me by the Admiralty of Stonewall Fleet, I would like to announce the following promotions to Fleet Captain effective immediately:

Gareth

As a Fleet Captain, Gareth (@GXV3) will be responsible for general Fleet Captain duties such as assisting members in game, hosting events, fleet invites, and general forum/chat moderation just to name a few. Fleet Captains are a more senior member of the fleet due to their expanded abilities and knowledge of the game. They participate and assist with the day to day operations of this vast community we all appreciate and care about.

If you are in game and need assistance, feel free to reach out to any of the Fleet Captains, or to any Admiral that may be online at that time.

Please join me in congratulating and welcoming Gareth to his new role as Fleet Captain!

Admiral Parker Anderson

Welcome to the team!

:cheer:

Thanks for the update on the active character restrictions. I've not been able to really find out any information as the website doesn't go into much detail about anything. My sub lapsed once shortly after F2P started because I forgot when it was supposed to renew and they didn't bother sending an email to warn me it was close, they just let it lapse and immediately dropped me to preferred but only gave me the option of chosing 2 of my current toons to keep active. They must have upped the number to 6 after that.

Are you able to join private chat channels as Preferred? Or does that restriction still cover both F2P and Preferred? That is the only way we are going to be able to know you're online is if you are logged into the KOS or the LOS chat channel. I have to send /whispers to any F2P toons to see if they are online in order to send invites. This is quite the quandry, thanks BW/EA for making something easy extremely difficult. :(

F2P = two slots
Preferred = six slots
Subscription = twelve slots

And, unfortunately, there is absolutely no rhyme or reason as to when I play the game. I can play it eight hours straight three days in a row, and then not touch it for a month, and then play two hours one night, not touch it for two weeks, and then play it three hours in the morning every other day for two weeks.

The invite system is a really crappy mechanic indeed. Mostly, I want to join the guild for guild chat, since the general chat leaves just about everything to be desired. I've learnt to just switch the chat box over to game dialogue unless I have a question about gameplay.

From what I read on the forums, you can submit a ticket for them to get you your CBT code if you closed the window on it. The only reason I didn't is because I habitually read the steam pop up window in case there's an awesome sale on. :3

Unfortunately, both 'inviter' and 'invitee' have to be on at the same time to do any invite, regardless of whether you are F2P, Preferred, or Subscriber. They've never made any change to that requirement even though just about everyone would like to be able to do offline invites like STO does. If you could give me a range of times you might be playing, I would be happy to log in and send invites. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you are still limited to 2 active toons even if you are Preferred unless you purchase extra slots (or have found some other way around it). I hate all the F2P restrictions imposed on players. :angry:

You know, there was a box that I couldn't tell what it is, and I clicked it and it disappeared--that must have been the costume.

Thanks SOOOOOO much Kyle for saving the day as usual! After watching both videos I think I like the Tatooine stronghold the best too. Thanks again for the links. :)

Hmm.. Hero and Starter packs both get a horse, I know. I see lots of announcements of people opening their CBT gifts and getting the shadowpyre costumes, though.

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I didn't see that I got any costume from the code, only a horse. I'll have to go back and check later.

So they put out the codes for the closed beta players to get a special outfit.

Unfortunately, the code is only for one character, so if you have a nice costume given to you by your school you may want to give the code to a character whose school gives them an outfit that you don't like (like me and the Harmony/Zephyr school costumes.) Unfortunately for me, I used mine on my Sun Moon character and the special costume I received was a white version that doesn't look anywhere near as nice as my Sun Moon outfit (which as you can see from a screenshot earlier in this thread, looks a bit like a cross between Assassin's Creed and Prince of Persia).

So yeah.

Also, be very careful as it will only give you the code once upon logging into Arc. If you close the little pop up window you will permanently lose it. Mine was blank at first but it had 2 pages and I switched back and forth and it showed up.

Unless you got a code and don't plan to play the game, in which case, I'll be happy to take your code. :3

The Pride Weekend page has been updated with details about the 2v2 PvP Tournament!

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STONEWALL FLEET 2V2 PVP TOURNAMENT

As part of our pride celebration, the Tactical Readiness Department will be hosting our first 2v2 tournament. The tournament is open to anyone of any skill level. The format will be single elimination tournament and prizes will be given to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finisher.

To join send a message through the site to WhiteOnmyoji with your and your partner’s @handle. If you don’t have a partner and would like to participate send your name and we will pair you with another solo player.

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P R I Z E S

Each player of the placing team will receive:

1st place team - a Nicor and a Dromias
2nd place team – a Suliban Cell Ship
3rd place team - a full set of Space and Ground Undine Traits

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G O O D • L U C K

I'm playing off and on, I don't ever really settle on one game for long stretches anymore. I just became Preferred, so I think that means I can be added to the guild without both of us being on at the same time. On Harbinger I have six toons: Wenkairobi, Whongna, Kalakari, and one whose name I'm spacing on on the Republic side, and Balbani and Kybrun on the Empire side. I have toons on a couple of other servers, as well, but I thought the guild was on Harbinger. If you'd care to add me, I'd much appreciate it. (My username there is SiranNataan, if that helps anything.)

I've tried to download the game again on a few occasions. It's not working out so well though. Either it stops halfway through or just ends up taking way too long. I'm too impatient I suppose :p Glad to see our guilds there are getting more activity! If I ever give it another attempt I would love to play with you all :D

Here ya go :) This is the link to where you can watch the whole live stream

http://massively.joystiq.com/2014/07/02/swtor-stream-reveals-the-secrets-of-galactic-housing/

I also included a preview of Tatooine:

http://massively.joystiq.com/2014/07/03/take-a-video-tour-of-swtors-tatooine-homestead/

Tatooine is my favorite so far...I can't wait! Also, what is everyone thinking about guild headquarters? I haven't heard a whole lot about that. We need to start figuring out how we're going to pay for it. I'm definitely willing to contribute.

Hey there Blue. Been mostly leveling on the Pub side lately (just got my Sage to 55 and finished his storyline). I've been debating if I'm going to try my trooper or bounty hunter next. Hope to see you on soon!

I also play at all times of the day. I work long hours, so if I'm working, I'm likely not playing those few days. I also alternate between working day and night shift, so I can be on at any point.

I don't think we have a policy on necroing...this is one reason why I try to call people by their online names and when I do need to describe or refer to them in the he/she I default to their toons gender. If I don't know their toons gender I pull an Honor Harrington lol