Social points....

So casuals can sit safe and sound in the fleet station and still be able to get good end-game pvp gear via warzone comms and conversions without having to go to Ilum.

Social 1 is all of TEN points. One run of BT and you are Social 1.

Edit: I level with 2 friends, we are low 40s now and I just hit Social V. However, I will admit I was a little shocked/dismayed to see the speeder on the Social vender in Belsavis requires Social VII.

You can probably get 100 per Esseles run with a two man group. No need to wait for four...

All soloplayers here? I'm rank 5 in social points, I level with friends, it's really easy to gain social points that way.

I'm very serious...
lets answer your questions

Like I said a few posts back, nothing needs to be added TODAY. But I really hope they eventually add tools to the game so that players can host events. SWG had a lot of tools for this, where players could set their own way points in the world and then other players could take part in custom events, parties, races, trivia contests etc.

How is it not? I've lost count of the number of groups I've been in where people have said littelrely NOTHING to each other. They run through the quest as fast as possible, space bar through the cut scene, and just try to get the whole thing over with. There is really nothing social at all about group based PvE. If you're social in a group, it's because you've decided to be social. You can do that with out a group.

Playing mini games with / against another player is far more social than shooting at NPCs with them.

Very easy. Ships already have areas set up like cantinas where mini games can take place. Maybe a co-op type thing where the players can to work together on a space walk to repair the engines. Something cool like that.

No. Give each player 1 or 2 points a day they can reward through chat windows, for whatever they want. Let players post help requests on the auction boards, and when another player answers that request they can earn social points.

It's not that hard really. Why not try to be creative instead of so negative?

Good point.

Maybe even better would be to scrap the whole social system and use that cool looking gear to give crafting a boost.

+1
Ran Esseles a few times with a friend and got Social II now

I'm a realist. I don't see the time/money being invested in your ideas in a cookie cutter themepark MMO like TOR. Besides, they have bigger fish to fry than adding spacewalks for social points.

Frankly, that's nonsense. You're actually sitting there, with the person, doing a social activity. Unlike shooting at NPCs which is not social at all. Sure you can play a mini game and never talk to the other guy, but at least you're doing something social instead of just shooting at / talking to NPCs.

"Instead of?" When did I say they should add this before fixing the UI???? Or instead of anything else that needs adding? Oh yeah, never.

I really don't care if YOU think it will happen or not, your opinon of what they will or won't do in the future doesn't mean much in regards to what I would like to see in the game. Would this request make the game better? I think so. That's all that matters. I hate when people try to play armchair Dev and shoot down ideas because they don't think it will happen or can't personally figure out how to do it. Who are you exactly?

Again... nonsense. A large guild will just run players through Flash points, not waste time giving one player one or two points a day.

Your negative opinion is noted.

Exploit!!!!!!