This game lacks epeen

You are missing the point.

Casual will be able to access it - just not as frequently as hardcore players. They will maybe do hardmodes a couple of times a week at best. A raid now an then, possibly but will not be able to commit to regular raiding schedules and the like and wont' gear their character up nearly as quick as hardcores who raid and instance frequently usually every day.

Obtaining 50 tionese crystals and 30 something commendations or w/e looks a lot more daunting to a casual player than it will to a hardcore player.

The issue isn't access generally, it's how frequently access is going to be acheived.

But at least SWTOR does have a gear-grind for hardcore players. YOu may find it too easy, but at least it exists. There is almost nothing for casuals on this game to do outside of particpating in the gear-grind hamsterwheel WoW invented that seems to appeal so much to the supposed hardcore crowd.

It was the casuals who got shafted on this game. Not the hardcores.

Did you even read my suggestion?

Simply put, the game is too easy if true casuals are already reaching end-game content. You're talking about amateur hardcores (often ex-hardcores) who can't be bothered to accept that they're not going to sit at the cutting edge of gear/content progression due to their real life constraints.

What's funny is that if you have limited time and you want to engage in group activities, scheduling is usually the best way to go about doing it, in gaming or elsewhere in life.

Really, you're saying that you hate the most obvious solution to the issue, while also maintaining that you cannot accept that you won't be accessing the content now.

Obtaining 50 tionese crystals and 30 commendations looks repulsive to me in general, like daily quests and lockout timers.

Which leads to LFD, drastically decreased difficulty, unappealing and widespread lockout timers, etc., because casuals also don't like time sinks or RNG loot or any of a number of other methods for adding progression systems.

I find it shallow and uninteresting, never mind that it's too easy.

Casuals...so self-entitled. You really should just say that everyone got shafted.

Just my thoughts on the issue.

Anything to satisfy the Epeeners (as in the obnoxious people ) should NEVER exist!!!

That said, I do however believe that the HArdcore ( non obnoxious for most part) should get their due. The higher the difficulty to beat the content.. the better stats there should be on the drops. And there should be tiered hardcore content..IE.. you need to have tier 1 gear before you can even think of fighting tier 2 content..etc.

However, Fluff belongs to everyone! Meaning... cool looking armors and weapons and colors and mounts and anything else that is just visual should be attainable by any play style. You should not have to be hardcore to obtain the best looking armor/weapon/mount. But as stated above, the hardcores should get better stats in their gear and maybe even a "slight" speed increase on the mounts dropped in harder content.

This applies to PVE. As far as PVP..there should be separate gear for that obtained only through PVP and there should be tiers such that PVPers in full BM cannot battle fresh 50's.
I don't really care what else is done with PVP as I only do it if there is something cool looking or better for PVE.

In short..say NO to Epeeners!!!! And give some Lovin to BOTH hardcores and casuals.

I don't like splitting up my quotes so i'll just collect everything you said here and respond generally.

And yes, I read your suggestion - but the problem with the hardcore vs casual issue isn't just ease of access or difficulty of content, that was what I was trying to explain to you. It's also a lack of content. They are trying to appeal to casuals and hardcores with the same type of content - and I feel that is part of the issue.

And adhering to frequent schedules is just not possible for many players - so I disagree with you that it's an obvious solution. The better solution would be to include an effective LFD tool so casuals can easily access content when they do have time to play.

As far as you calling casuals "self-entitled" and your frequent use of the word "you" as if trying to make this post personal and about me, I'll just ignore for now

Hardcores got shafted to a degree, yes - but not nearly to the extent casuals did. This game built their entire endgame soely around an instance-based gear-grind, a model that is going to appeal more-so to hardcores who can commit to frequent raiding times rather casuals who play off and on and can't commit to group schedules.

Always better to lack epeen than to lack brains......the problem is you cant figure that out with your epeen, just with your brains, and apparently they are mutually exclusive.....brains and epeen that is.

I play 9 hours a week, right now less then 3 to just farm the raids and log off. I have lost all interest in a pvp system with no competition so I am not logging in for that either.

40 hours a week rofl, don't confuse some hardcore players for bad players, alot of us get twice as much done as a casual player in half the time, like that old military saying.

Devoured it quickly? Yes. Had to play alot to do it? Hell no.

Agree with the post. We have a group only half geared for OPs yet we still get through with little issue. Now we have been in the OPs several times its just a cake walk. The only thing that generally kills us is game bugs (Soa anyone??).

Its not just once you get the gear you can clear, it should require skill and persistence to get through these OPs. We dont simply need enrage times to make things harder, BW need to up the scale to make this a chalellenge to survive (not simply 1 shot kills if you do something wrong).

Regrettably the game design from dialogue all the way to end game content is designed for casual gamers in my view and well to be blunt ... kids. I got the simular feeling watching the newer prequel trilogy too.

So those real players who will spend the time and month after month keep playing will be lost in this game.

Bioware may not be overly concerned as we will fuel money to them to keep the advertising and marketing machine going to secure new subs. In the long run this will simply bleed the game dry though.

The game should cater for both groups.

Good for you. The two people like you are still subscribed in a friends guild of 25.

The other 23 or so are letting their accounts lapse when they run out because there's nothing left to do and we already have TS for socialising...

I don't much care for big "I R QUITTING" posts because I don't think they accomplish much, but BW and co. can see the account details, and if my guess is correct, they should be a bit worried if the ghost town my server has become is any indication.

I thought my suggestion of tiered content addressed that. February's op is March's flashpoint is April's solo content, and it gets expanded for story and content while adjusted for complexity along the way.

There must be a better solution, something between the current LFG and LFD. Blizzard took the easiest solution when they went with LFD, which is surprising because if I expected anyone to design a better LFG tool it would be Blizzard.

I'll ignore the rest, though my final point is still very accurate.

Tiered content is still the same type of content. It's the WoW-style hamsterwheel where players grind certain instances or raids over and over for new gear. That's just not going to appeal to a lot of casual players - especially if that is all there is to do. It doesn't matter how easy or how difficult it is. That is why I'm trying to tell you.

I loathed WoW. But I thought their LFG tool was very effective and useful, and would love to see it on this game. That's the only thing I thought WoW did right. But while that would make accessing hardmodes and other group-based content easier for casuals to access - it still doesn't address the lack of a variety in content at endgame though. That's a problem as well, especially for casuals trying to enjoy this game after they reach level 50.

As far as your final point being accurate. If that was the snide little comment about casuals being self-entitled or w/e... it wasn't accurate at all, and was just dumb