Does anyone group in this game anymore?

I haven't grouped since I started playing and probably won't group in the foreseeable future. I really have no need to as neither raiding nor PVP hold any appeal to me. So with neither need nor incentive, why group?

Also, the days of forced grouping a la EQ are long past. If Bioware were to suddenly ramp difficulty up in order to force grouping, then they might as well file preemptive bankruptcy at the money laden casuals bailing.

Then what's the point to pay monthly for a solo game?

But then, -i am not flaming-, what is really the point to pay a monthly? It is suposed to be a game where there are servers that allow you to have some data out of your computer to be stored in a server. The data you need is in your PC, any new content you need is downloaded everytime you start the game, you can't play with anyone as the interaction, due to wrong design, has gone nuts, you can't have houses neither harvesters neither ANYTHING that suggests that "you are there" while you are logged out (except the "clock" of your crew skills, could be anyway managed through your computer local time). So most times i think...

Why do I need a server? so, why do we pay for?

If we pay just for updates, it's been five months for 1.2 version. Tell me if there's been enough changes to justify the 60 dollars or so we have already spent. With that money we could have bought a new videogame that would sure have given us a lot more fun than replaying the same fp and quests.

Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game.

Grouping is a hallmark of the MMORPG genre. Just because there are people online at the same time should not classify something as an MMORPG when most of them are running around playing the game like any ordinary single player game.

If that's how people want to play it, fine. Sell the boxed game at $49.99 with no subscription fee. Bug fix patches are free. Content updates are $10-$25 each, depending on amount of content. Just like DLC. Because that's precisely what the single player folks want this game to be. A single player game with DLC. So let's model it like one.

My thoughts on this have been touched on by others but I will paraphrase...

I haven't grouped with others as much as I normally would because the skill of the MMO community at large has taken a drastic downturn in recent years. Basic group dynamics, such as CC, watching threat level, and common courtesy, have fallen by the wayside. So much in fact, that it is now easier to accomplish group content with the least amount of competent players possible. Having anymore than that makes things more difficult to heal, or hold aggro, because some monkey is pulling mobs for the tank, hitting CC'ed mobs with splash damage, or going afk every 2 minutes.

TL;DR - Most people suck at group content. It's easier to do it by myself, or not at all.