We on the design team have promised that we would be here on the boards, listening and responding to your comments about the game.
One issue that has come up again and again is the topic of decay and the continued role of Traders in our game. Your comments and posts on this topic have started and fueled extensive discussions and debate about this very subject. We have listened to what you had to say and it helped us make a decision that item decay has a place in the world of Star Wars Galaxies.
Grant "Rogue_5" McDaniel will be making a post shortly that details our future publish plans. You will notice that item decay has a prominent role in an upcoming publish. More details will be coming.
Some might remember that I specifically stated that decay would not be coming back anytime soon. Your feedback and attention are valuable to us, and have led us to a different conclusion.