Are we really going to make this issue so black and white? How hard is it to make enough servers to avoid queues at the start, and then gradually merge them to increase population as players leave the game? Oh right, it's a publicity issue OF COURSE. If they merge then people will freak out that the game is dying. The servers shouldn't be overly full, or overly empty. You can open more than enough servers to fix the first problem and then merge them over time to prevent the 2nd problem. If you need proof the game is hemorrhaging players then just add up some numbers on TORStatus: http://www.torstatus.net/shards/us/stats You can clearly see what's happening: some people are leaving the small servers to re-roll to large ones (Fatman mostly) and others are quitting the game entirely (unrelated).

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Legacy 26 on Corellian Run, re-rolled to Canderous. Zero regrets. Though now I'm considering leaving my Legacy 10 and re-rolling to Fatman. edit: Pretty sure Zakkeg Beast is the trial weekend server which is why it's full.

Also works as an interrupt on weak mobs.

I asked in general chat and had 1 person tell me he can't see the target either, and 1 person said he can still see his. I don't know what's going on. Is it a game-wide bug or not? Can anyone log into their Merc right now and see the reticle while using Sweeping Blasters or not? Tired of people who insist there's nothing wrong with the game going out of their way to lie (intentionally or not) about bugs just to hide them. I can still see my Commando's aiming reticle with MV and HOB, and it even works with my DFA. It's only broken on sweeping blasters. I've spent at least an hour messing with this crap because SOME people have me convinced it's a bug. There's nothing on Google or the SWTOR forums about this which makes it even more frustrating.

I've had this bug for at least 1 month and I'm finally ready to tackle it. The red aiming circle disappears once Sweeping Blasters starts firing. It shows fine while aiming. Note: Hail of Bolts works fine on my Commando. http://i.imgur.com/6PwFz.png I've tried bloom, AA, low, high, every setting in the Graphics menu.

Yeah, we know.

Actually that quote sounds like they're just fixing the proc exploit that people have been using. That's a BUG obviously so of course it would be fixed eventually.

I don't think that hybrid works at 28. He wasn't healing, anyway.

If you make it to level 28, which is something like 10 to 12 hours of play, and you take the initiative to join heroic groups, then you should have also taken the initiative to learn your class. If, after all of that, you still believe your Rogue is an Archer, then you get no sympathy from me. If someone is still THAT confused about the game, then they should avoid groups. There's nothing in the ToS about "being polite" as far as I know, so if anyone in this thread wants to give me a lesson in manners, this isn't the time or place.

It was sarcasm (the roll eye face). Sorry it doesn't come across so well on the internet... I told him how the class was meant to be played to maximize damage. He is a damage dealer: I told him how to do more damage. I told him how to do his job better. The Operative is not a rdps class, was never a ranged class, will never be a ranged class, and being ranged will always cause you to do less damage. Scrapper/Conceal is not a ranged spec, Dirty/Lethal is not a ranged spec. This sums up everything I have to say: I can't be any CLEARER than what's in that quote. You can try to put words in my mouth but you can't say it was a better idea to let the poor guy play wrong. Like I said a dozen times, would you guys honestly let him walk away without saying anything? Like you're going to let a Scoundrel/Op do cover-based damage for an entire heroic and NOT say something. Sure. Next time I won't say a word and you guys can deal with it when he joins your level 50 groups. That should be interesting for you.

You need sub-10 meters to build TA. So, no.

Should he be playing to maximize his DPS, since he's in a group? Or should he be playing incorrectly even though it's more "fun"? Maybe he enjoys doing the most DPS possible, but he doesn't know better? What if that's the case? If that were the problem then I could have made him a happy player by telling him how to improve. God forbid someone give advice in this game. What a horrible human being I must be... What I did, was tell him how the class was meant to be played. He can choose to do whatever he wants. Like I said before, it's about preventing ignorance, not dictating how another person should play the game. We didn't wipe in the heroic since we were both over-leveled, however if we did wipe, he would have to suffer the most blame. When other players start suffering the consequence because of how he CHOOSES to play his class, that's where the problem arises. We can kick him easily but then that leaves an open spot you have to re-fill. Any future responses from people who didn't read the thread, I'll just respond quoting this post.

So you're saying I should have assumed he was playing like a doofus intentionally and just not said anything? Well that's mean. At least by telling him about his class I potentially gave him the CHOICE of playing how he wants. If he's too naive to figure out his class is drastically different than it was from levels 1 to 10 then I feel responsible enough to at least make sure he becomes aware of that. After that point he can do what he wants, but I'm certainly NOT going to let him walk away blissfully unaware. There's no way I'm going to stay silent about it. Letting someone play the game how they want IS NOT the same thing as being unaware how to play the game properly.

Where did I say I was polite about it? Like I need to be criticized by some guy in-game who clearly has a weak grasp on the game's core concepts and chooses to get angry at me because I tell him his Rogue is, in fact, not an Archer. The exact quote I told him was: "You know you're melee like a rogue, right?" I know this because I've said it to about half a dozen Operatives in the past but they were level 11.