Social points....

doing quests in a group in this game is the most fun I've ever had in any game. The holocall system and RNG dialogue is killer. I played with a friend for 4 days leveling up in the teens-twenties and we both are over SL2.

Agree. They ARE called SOCIAL points..

~~Dukep~~

If that's true, why do you need extra rewards for it? Wouldn't you have played that way anyway?

You've sold me

So why do we get points for shooting at and talking to NPCs instead of doing things that are actually social??

Group based PvE is not social.


Great! Nice to see open minds do exist on the forums!!

Ran cademimu Flashpoint the other day in a full group. Total Social points earned was ...8.....Eight.....

Exactly.

What they really need to do is bump social points in FP's. It's stupidly difficult to find people to quest with unless you play with a significant other or a real life friend. That content doesn't require grouping so it's not easy to find someone willing to group up for it (not to mention that you have to be at basically the exact same point in the leveling content for a planet).

The required group content gives dismal social points. I feel like we should be getting at least twice what we currently are for FP's, if not more. Why not add social points to the rewards for the daily FP quest? That way you limit people from farming them really quickly but you still reward people for being social.

The issue I have with social points is the huge imbalance one FP offers over another.

There's a reason you see tons of LFG for "Black Talon" or "Esselles" compared to all of the other FPs. They offer waaaaay more social points than all of the other instances.

There's a 4-man on Taris that has ONE conversation right near the end that can earn you ....2 social points, 4 if you win the roll. Compared to the 100 or so you can get from BT or Ess.

If Bioware wants these social points to be incentives to seeing all their content, then they need to balance the point distribution better.

To the OP: I sympathize with what you're trying to do, but I do not believe that 'visiting another player's shop', or similar activities, should earn you anything. Far too easy to exploit.

I agree.

I hardly have ANY social points because when I group, nobody ever wants to turn missions in together.

Still Social Level 1 here.