Quote First of all, everybody who thinks it's a grind to get this SH needs to get their heads checked. Running a flash point a few times does not qualify for grind. It just means your terribly lazy. You have the right to be lazy, just call it what it is.



Now, for the main topic.



BW have had the reactivation mechanic from the beginning. However, with each SH that was released there was also an increase in the total number of SHs you could have active. That was a patttern, but it was not a promise. I do get that it caught people off guard.



What BW should have done BEFORE releasing 5.4 is write this as part of the announcements or patch notes:



New Stronghold in Umbara. Please note:

You will not be able to get it till week two because of the weekly cap on the currency. We understand not everybody is happy with that but this is as intended.

Secondly, we will not be expanding the maximum amount of SHs you can have active with this release. So choose wisely.

Lastly, we said it is a smaller SH, but it is a fairly long train and will require over 400 decorations to fill up.



This is the sort of stuff I would like them to communicate. I do have a problem with them not communicating this properly so it actually causes unpleasant surprises. I do not understand that they leave this sort of thing out, when it can only lead to disappointment.



Also the hook placement on this SH is again terrible, albeit somewhat better than Manaan.



Personally I was ok with the weekly cap and I am ok with not being able to have all SH active. But I do understand other people's disappointment. What I do have a problem with is that it actually is a lot bigger than I thought it would be and have just gained another Stronghold I won't be able to fill up in a nice way because it will require too many decorations that I do not have enough of.



You still need to address the decoration issues. There are not enough copies available and not enough variety in basic types of things that you need to put together a nice Stronghold.



So sadly, it fails again. BW, you really need to open up the discussion with decorators because you barely respond to decorater complaints and you don't seem to get that there are some real issues that keep it from being a fully hobby within the game, which it could and should be really. Referral link for a week sub and some goodies: http://www.swtor.com/r/jMVTyB