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Well YOU might not have any desire to do that content, which is fine. But I was speaking to the OP who obviously does. I'm not trying to convince you or declare any incentives to play any style. If you don't like raiding, then don't raid. If he wants to learn and experience that part of the game, then good for him! I hope he gets to experience it.

Most of those threads are the same regulars that always post on the forums. Imagine all of the people who don't visit the forums at all. You will never get an accurate consensus from the forums. I wish Bioware would send out polls and surveys to each account to get REAL feedback and rate content.

Raiding is probably the most fun part of the game in my personal opinion, especially if you raid with irl friends or a great group of people that make it fun. It is really the only reason i play since i quit pvp. Don't get discouraged man. I see guilds recruiting all the time on gen chat. take a chance with some of them. You might find a group of people that you really connect with. With all of the operations being boosted to level 60 and 65 soon, it will be a great time to experience the classics if you have never done them. good luck!

Lets see what happens, they just announced an expansion ... I'm sure more details will come out soon.

man I saw a paragraph and I my first thought was "uggh here we go" .. but I started reading and you are pretty much right about a lot of things. there are plenty of wannabe champions in these forums that will say "its your fault for not doing your research" and cant be bothered with new players blah blah. but there are also a lot of good people scattered in game in almost every guild that would generally help new players if they somehow found each other in guild. I have met some great friends here that will probably last longer than this game. the guilds have changed, merged, ended, reformed, etc, but we still hang out everyday on various games. I also see people get discouraged and leave all together. don't get discouraged man.

^^Agree totally. If a class is deemed "overpowered" that usually means it is over performing what it should be. That doesn't mean the other classes can't do the job if played properly. When snipers were at the top, people rushed to level a sniper because they thought they would instantly be great. It doesn't work that way. As far as the original post, making 2 separate balancing systems, they have already said "not going to happen". If I'm not mistaken they even said it again in the "Bad Feeling Podcast" with Alex and Eric. I feel your pain, and you absolutely get to express your dislike for the changes, but they are not going to split them up. Just send them ideas you like and hope for the best. I play sorc/sage and merc/commando heals mostly in PVE and I will wait to see how they play before I get all upset.

Changes: I like it. Send it to print!! BoL Titles: Yes! If I earned it I should be able to show it. Just like the Manhunter title (which we need a newer and larger title since lots of us have passed this a long time ago) that I earned on my legacy. AOE change: I can see where it would encourage spam caps on voidstar where you could be outnumbered on one side since the defending team has to send people to each door and the attackers could just zerg one side. But I would be willing to see how it goes. It should not effect Ranked since there are no nodes or capping involved. Suggestions: Make PVP gear sets look completely different from PVE gear sets. This would encourage people who PVE that like the look of the PVP gear to go and earn the gear if they want it. Adds some encouragement for participating. Makes no sense to have them look identical. It just makes sense to see a gear set and recognize that the player earned it from PVP or that he/she earned it from doing the hardest raids. I do both and I would love to know that I didn't do all of that work for 2 sets that look exactly the same (excluding color). Thanks!!!

dude, THANK YOU for the "warzone comm transfers" and "revamped comm system and costs". THANK YOU SIR!!!! I quit PVP all together since the current system was too restrictive and I was less inspired to roll alts on the opposite faction or to roll new toons. This is truly great news for me personally. I know you will never make EVERYONE happy and there will always be haters, but you guys are appreciated more than you know. Thanks!!!!

I have been on a pvp strike since 3.1.2 dropped. No more ranked, no more regs, no more lowbie or mids for me at all. I have been raiding and making new raiding toons on different servers.. I even started a couple of toons on Euro servers. No pvp is a pretty radical change for me.

awesome. finally a pack that has the complete set in one shot. i would totally pay more if i knew that when a gear set drops i was getting the whole set. nothing worse than getting 20 wrist pieces or belts in a row.

I want 12xp because it will allow me to roll alts faster on other servers to play with different people in endgame. I have already been through each story several times so I would like the option to have it. It is not mandatory either from what I understand. I think it is a buff or something that you can remove if you do not want it so not sure why that would effect you if someone else gets it. It is also going away around the fall season, so it is not permanent.

yeah, plenty of people will play MMO's ... but the ones that have been released lately all have design flaws that make people lose interest. I have searched around and they are all Anime and ... well crappy. I was so excited for ESO and Wildstar to come out ...but they both have major issues that I can't seem to get passed. This game has issues but I still like it more than the others. But if Bioware doesn't meet my personal list of demands though ... I will be forced to hold somebody's teddy bear ransom and possibly shoot somebody with a rubber band ... on the elbow.

Exactly. The problem is that "gankers want to gank". All they really want to do is gank undergeared players as they load into the area (before someone says "NOT TRUE!!" ... shhhh yes you do ... stop with the "I want to fight other pvp'ers!! and the best competition! " ... just staahhp.) The unfortunate truth is that OWPVP is dead in this game already. There are plenty of places that people can go to participate, yet these areas are barely used in proportion to the rest of the game. I would love to see some OWPVP grow and more people participate. It is truly fun, but casual players aren't going to enter Ziost if they get attacked when they load in (which is what gankers really want when they cry for OWPVP). Gankers cried when they fixed Yavin, you hear "omg!!! you ruined the game!!! how are we supposed to OWPVP??!!". As if that one little area defines the entire OWPVP lifeblood. You can still flag on Yavin, and you can still fight the other faction if you want, just not at the load in area and yet most people choose not to. Participation is extremely low, and gank areas will not increase participation it will drive casual players away from those areas (*coughcough*OutlawsDen*cough*Ilum*cough).

fair and handled like a boss ... well done.