Squid ink linguini in brown butter with shaved black truffles.

This, exactly this. I don't have endgame gear, a mix of 208/216/220 and I managed a H2+ SF solo but it was, uh, challenging isn't the word. If I didn't have experience as a hard-core endgame raider in other games (even though I specifically don't do that here) I doubt I would have been able to do it. For BW to say these should be soloable still is kind of BS - the average player won't be able to do it. And, to add insult to injury, even though I did do it the rewards are not commensurate with effort. So, I won't - I'll just stick to the H2 missions and be bored for the grind. Yes, it can be done. No, it's not fun. No, I doubt I will do it again - I only did it post-patch to see if I could. That being said, if you can't solo regular H2+ content (Not SF) then maybe you need to revisit how to best utilize your skills. I found these, regardless of planet, to be just as easy as they were before the patch. And again, I don't raid, ever - it's an addiction thing and I now avoid it like the plague. BTW, I've been here for the long haul - Account Creation Date: 03.18.11 - I've been through it all.

Not unsubbing, still having fun as a solo player. I'm not sure what the complaints are about, to be honest. I don't raid, don't belong to a raiding guild (I'm like the lone player remaining in the guild I started before launch and I'm good with that), I don't even like to group with people. I have a mix of 208, 216 and 220 gear and my highest influence level with a comp is just 29 yet I can still easily solo the H2+ missions and have managed to complete an H2+ SF with just a comp (2 deaths, totally my own fault, probably could have been avoided had I been more on top of things). Will I get the 'One and Only' title anytime soon? Hell no, not now - should have done that yesterday but whatever. Was it more tedious? Totally. Was it a serious pain in the butt at times? Absolutely. Is it less fun than yesterday? Without question. Will I still play? Yeah...my alts need love too. But...comps were way overtuned at launch of 4.0. Did they need to be adjusted to this level? Probably not - I know I loved playing in a near god-like state. Still, it's not unmanageable. Just hit more buttons, use your CDs, be smart about your pulls and who you CC and whatnot and you should do relatively well. FWIW, I'm currently obsessing on my Merc (Aresenal), Lokin is my comp in heal stance 99.8% of the time. I haven't done any of these things on any of my other 65s just yet as I wanted to get through my weekly stuff on the Merc first.

They were sixtel kegs....5.1 gallons goes super quick when it's that good.

Oooh, Nelson. I just went through 2 kegs of that in my home bar and have had to settle for Fresh Squeezed as the replacement in my tap rotation since I can't find another keg of Nelson in the state.

Where's the 'Like' button? Although I do think both Pliny and Heady are overrated due to scarcity outside of their respective immediate areas.

Ooohhh, RIS....you are one of my favorite styles. Mmm might have to crack open a bottle of Parabola or maybe Vietnamese Coffee Speedway Stout.

Rochefort 10 - but it doesn't take many of those to put me in sleepy-time mode. Uh, for actually staying awake and gaming I go for the session IPAs: Day Time (Lagunitas) All Day IPA (Founders) Easy Jack (Firestone Walker) Go To IPA (Stone) If a session IPA won't do it, I'll try to go to the lighter side of sour like doing almost any Gose or Berliner Weisse. The Kimmy, the Gink and the Gose (Anderson Valley) Blood Orange Gose (Anderson Valley) Dissention (Desthil) Counterclockwise (Desthil) Solstice d’Été aux Framboises (Dieu du Ciel) But really, Rochefort 10. Nothing says good beer to me more than a big, amazing, complex Trappist quad.

I agree that F2P could use a reworking as it does seem to be too punishing and doesn't maximize incentivizing the subscription aspect. But, that's not the only issue. What's keeping subscribers (like myself since pre-release) still subscribing? I love MMOs. Love them like a sickness. I'm the person who will make a favorite MMO a second full-time job. I am the person who will spend hours upon hours researching my class, reverse engineering formulas to better mix/max...if I love the game. I will forgo eating and sleeping to raid with an Australian guild so I can still go to work the next day and not miss out on gaming. But only if I truly love the game and all it has to offer. Do I do this with SWTOR? No. Do I still pay my sub? Yes. Do I know why I still pay? Uh, I might have an addictive personality that gravitates to fictional online worlds. I treat SWTOR as a single player RPG that happens to have other people in the world, sometimes. I did this even before launch. I was one of those people who had a guild registered 2 years before the game launched...and I just don't care enough to put the effort into endgame which is really not like me - in other games endgame is where it's at for me. Point is, not only do I think there needs to be more incentives for F2P people to sub, more importantly there needs to be more incentives for those who subscribe to continue to do so.

I'm actually not fond of the medal system as it encourages people to play selfishly. Case in point - this game was actually very close, a matter of seconds close: http://i.imgur.com/xtEzo.jpg Sure, the people I happened to be playing with all have a relatively decent amount of medals but look at the objective points. I have by far more than anyone on my team that game because, you know, I was actually trying to win. Aside from my healing medals which I would have anyway because, hey, I'm a healer and it's what I do - the others came from doing things to accomplish objectives and were quite accidental. Overload when people are trying to plant, ww when trying to diffuse, etc. Now, look at the other team - the medal count is significantly lower but overall more objective points achieved and hence the win. It's really quite frustrating. Had my team been a little more objective focused we would have pulled out the win easily. To the topic of this thread though - I do think healers need some love. At least make my bubble count toward protection/absorb.

Another thing I'm having trouble understanding is why do the bags drop commendations that are to purchase gear a tier below instead of gear of the same tier as the gear tokens? I honestly have no interest in Centurion pieces - for the slots I'm missing Champion gear for the Centurion gear would be a downgrade aside from expertise.

You've opened zero. They are unique (aside from the weekly quests which give you 3 at a time - quests you can't even get until you're 50) and require level 50 to open. Yes, you can buy one and keep it in inventory until 50 but you're not opening it.

I've experienced those same frustrations on both my 50's. RNG really stinks when you put in the kind of time and effort it takes to get to the higher ranks. I actually stopped PvP'ing for a bit on my main healer because I was getting way, way too frustrated watching my guildies get gear (that they could actually use) while I got nothing but commendations that would buy gear that was a side-grade at best, downgrade at worst, or getting tokens for gear I already had. I still don't have all my champion pieces, still have some level 50 quest reward gear - it's a good time! I took a week off, distanced myself from it and am now back at the grind.

I really dig the suggestions you've made here.