SWG Vault: Whatever happened to 'It'll be released when it's done'? There has been a big stink over the sudden appearance of the CU on the Test Servers without the previously announced closed Alpha and Betas occuring, two phases that were completely necessary to get the CU into a state where it would have been readily received by a vast majority of the playerbase and yet were totally ignored in a perceived push to capitalize on the EP3 marketing campaign.

Devs: The Combat Upgrade was not pushed live due to the upcoming Episode III expansion. The CU has created a platform for the Rage of the Wookiees content that will give players an immersive experience heavily focused on story-driven adventuring and grouping.

Combat Upgrade went live last week because we were at the point where the core mechanics were fully realized and what we were missing was the additional fine tuning that only comes with mass exposure.