Perhaps it's not an attempt to stop grinding, but a method of preventing people from camping mobs that others may need for quest completion?

Are you saying that having a safe spot on a contested world makes people want to stop playing? Are you upset that there are places you can't gank lower level players?

If you shift+r-click a node, you will gather instead of the companion.

I cannot recall a game in the last 10-15 years where I have not heard variations of the "Should still be beta" complaint My suggestion is to give up video gaming all together, it's the only way to resolve the issue.

I don't have a WoW account, but according to my inbox it has been hacked at least twice a day for the last 4 years.

A combat droid "race" would be cool. Over on the sith side it could be based on HK-47

Right click the icon on the destop, then "properties", select the "Compatibility" tab and check the box marked "Run as Aministrator" then apply.

Let's see, the Ewok's will be a primitive stone age tribal race in about 2700 years, how would you justify them being an advanced star faring race before they discovered tools?

Bothans, Mon Calimari

So you've got nothing then?

I running on an "ancient" 4870 with no issues whatsoever.

A single server only has a limited amount of resources. There is a limit to the number of instances it can support. Instancing is not a magic wand that makes anything possible.

What?

I have and will continue to sub to LotRO plus I have an active sub to DCUO because no matter how many times I tell Sony otherwise they refuse to believe me when I tell them I want to cancel it ...

If it is already in transit you're pretty much out of luck. Any changes to shipping would have to be made prior.