no, I am playing right now.

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It is not so much about the points... There is a title associated with the one I referenced previously.

I am what you could call an Achievement whore. I find grabbing those achievements as a secondary part of this game. While browsing some I noticed that there are some achievements that are impossible to get depending on your particular situation. Example: There is an achievement "Sharp Dresser" to get 25 of the listed armor sets, 3 of the sets are part of an event that came and passed. A new person to the game would not be able to get these. Is this, Fair? I mean maybe this was to be intended, makeing it rare for the very very few who did the Rakghoul event, and got both armor sets for rep and imp. Unless these events are going to come back annually it is pretty dumb to make unattainable achievements. I don't have a problem having achievements for events that won't come back, but I think it is wrong to have these achievements be part of another achievement that is conditional to obtaining it.

Again, you are clearly building a straw-man to argue against. I said in my post that "constructive criticism" is perfectly fine and is expected. I only claimed trolling as sad and pathetic. The only person who knows the intent of a comment is the commenter. If you are there to troll, I think you are sad and pathetic; if you are there to leave constructive criticism, we have no problem. Disliking people who troll is not hypocritical, unless we differ on the meaning of hypocritical.

As the author of the OP, let me ask this. Is it your stance that a person can say what they want with out ridicule? If so you are skirting the edge of limiting free expression. It may be wrong to assume all people with opposing view points as "pathetic and sad" but that's clearly not my point. Your building a straw man to argue against. I am addressing the people who have nothing better to do than troll. My point is to conserve pathetic trolling of one thing, for something more positive in another, and we can all be happy.

In those situations it is time to pack your bags and move on. Continuous commenting to people who you feel will not hear you out, is a sign of insanity. The message of an unproductive comment is one of attention seeking. Comments like "this game sucks" helps nobody (unless the topic is, asking for opinions about your enjoyment of the game). It in no way helps developers know how to fix the problem or even understand what the problem is. Thus it is reason enough to dismiss them all as pathetic attention seeking nobodies.

as I stated in the article, there is nothing wrong with criticism as long as it is constructive. If you allow your hate a vitriol to make comments that express no constructive criticism, that is when it starts to become sad and pathetic.

I have a realistic understanding of the internet and its state of endless trolling. I also didn't feel like actually addressing the trolls on their playground. I wrote this more for myself then for them. Once I realized how long it would be I thought I would share it.

( I wrote this as a blog post for our guilds podcast and website Ootinicast.com, I thought I would also share it with you here. It was mainly an exercise in releasing some tension after falling victim to reading harsh comments on a blog. ) It started a long time ago in a galaxy far, far... actually it was around February of 2012, two or three months after the release of Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR). I’m referring to the unbridled hate for the once falling star that is SWTOR. It began with ingame chat, murmurs about game mechanics and quality of life aspects versus previously-played Massively Multiuser Online Games (MMOs); but now it’s escalated into outright hate and vitriol over the game and its existence. SWTOR has been attempting to stem and repair its dwindling subscription base by fixing and addressing all these complaints about how it does not match up to other MMOs; particularly the “elephant in the room”, World of Warcraft (WoW). While I am not going to argue about subjective opinions, I am going to argue against the passionate hate that seems to plague this game. A few days ago I saw a story on GameSpy.com covering the future of SWTOR as it expands to face one of the biggest complaints against it back in February: “Not enough end game material.” This was one of the problems that started to lead to early subscription cancellations. https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/qnK0nS51RzneZGM4SbwEW9aZAI1ShJwJDh9W8erhwbRNTK-pUUcPJkQ0Q4gID6LZKfwRJPG0oYQfN4GaKtzXGIVsrF9IzWvTDBlx6fWIgUkiBWKT6A Reader comments from GameSpy.com For the hardworking folks at BioWare and EA, adding higher end content is a step in the right direction. This can only be a positive change and may even bring some of the early deserters back into the fold. This is only the most recent dramatic change to SWTOR from its initial release. The demand for the game, that was only one year old in December of 2012, to be better than or on par with WoW, the then eight year old game, is so mind boggling that it leaves one gobsmacked. Should the game ever be exactly like WoW it would also see vitriol including “it is just a clone of WoW” opinions. It seems whatever route the BioWare and EA team try to take they are attacked with hatred. https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/7uylUXH2bmSOIfuTpV9Qp3dfj3BCUTlTDG2E0Z-hz1vqq6FL0cny1S2QLpTgN8hPE8Qje-iTVH_u3NjjA__9zXWV6cvh42ndOZtIqPk97OF0Wq9Sqg The state of the game now is one of recovery from its early and large loss of players that are needed to keep games like SWTOR and WoW alive and entertaining. I played WoW before they even had their first expansion, and before that I played the first Star Wars-themed MMO, Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided (SWG). I experienced both a dying MMO (SWG) and an expanding MMO (WoW) simultaneously. SWG was losing badly to the then new WoW; the game started to become a wasteland devoid of players. This was a double whammy for SWG and all MMOs: less paying subscribers meant no income to maintain the game, and fewer players online meant no enjoyment for the remaining players, thus causing the problem to escalate. For SWTOR to keep the game competitive and enjoyable they had to make changes, and they have, mainly the right ones.The vast majority of players who’ve stuck with it have seen and appreciate the changes. The recent rapid influx of new and old players is testament to my case that Bioware and EA are going down the right path. It is a loud minority, who for some reason are aggressively hateful, and consider any change to be suspect or malevolent. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ThwfClp7DguKzYJYDQYOPjFIsr29ahpykCM6UgQb700KJgiuKioqWWdOM3FDO_H97vYrn7prZWfPgqd_8XCBpYLH69alioN0HZdxD21VYFLZLcgg0Q Why am I writing this? It is very simple: I love to play SWTOR, I look forward to the changes in the game that will both improve my enjoyment and the enjoyment of others who I want to play with. I know there are problems with the game, because I play it. I will use the resources given to me to help inform developers to make the changes I want; my faith in their ability to do this is why I give my hard-earned income to support the company. It is my subjective opinion that SWTOR is the best MMO and will only get better with my help and those of players like me. There is no true objective answer to “What is the best MMO?” That is why I can not argue about it being the best for you. I stopped playing WoW shortly after the Cataclysm expansion and I have never logged back in, gone back to the forums, or glanced at a story on the internet about the future of the game. I have never posted a negative comment on any site that is promoting or informing its subscribers. This does not mean you don’t have a right to influence change if you don’t pay or play. I am sure Bioware and EA would love to know what it would take to get you to try the game, or bring you back. I would consider suggestions of improvement as constructive criticism. It’s the non-constructive comments that irk me. https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/SyyHJZST0RpRZteETBrDrPfUZKVz_dBI6Q3sO3YBA9yAkndCJnQvj42ifuTzUPm_JKXau0iimQkI3xVicctV461SsleggIeh0mQ9emerUjZX9tl3iA https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/5aOn-B9wI1PGGbrcDzCJMA6YaQxaZuKZfiODBw_-TTFaQABmoBTwBY4sS9Fsa5jMy5Ql0r0nBYpfnpikptAjfr1q2x4-44ZT1D0sPJcLIujXPlCKOg https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/8j49rLYuwKlRkndlbUNdtVabOZvI2wHAAolpniMYlmNILkAW395s8s-ntG2Xw-m9mMVT3oUh3pLJseJXa0kU3Xiwb43ADkdlfBrvGJ784JgaOo5CFg The game does not deserve to be hounded by people who want nothing more than to outdo each other in tearing down a game they want nothing to do with. The internet calls it trolling and cyber bullying, but it’s really sad and pathetic. What drives people to spend energy attacking something they don’t care about? Whatever their drive, it isn’t healthy. This is why SWTOR does not deserve the hate. If you don’t like the game, move on! Let others who may still enjoy it, enjoy it. A comment on a blog has never changed someone’s opinion, so save your energy for something you’re passionate about, and don’t be passionate about your hate. -Thank you

lol good point