I'll say it one more time, I wasn't responding to you or one of your posts, I quoted the entire post that I was commenting on, which sentence I highlighted isn't the real issue. If you are going to respond to me for something I said, then at least read the entire post including the entire post that I quoted if you really want to understand my point. All you want to do is call someone out for what you deem incorrect. Anyway, my point, my opinion has been and will be that the problem is not with premades or solo queuers. It's with the match making system and low population on some servers.

Maybe you misread his sentence or mine, or maybe it has to do with reading comprehension. He said in his post, and I quote " I rarely if ever see a premade when I solo queue.", hence my response saying he may think different if he solo queued AND constantly faced premades, I put the AND in capital letters so you may better comprehend, I understood he solo queues, he just doesn't get stuck vs premades like some people on other servers may, all day long. But again, the problem is not premades, it's not the solo queuer, it's the fact that the population is too low on most if not all servers to have any kind of real or even pretend match making. Without cross server queues this will continue to happen.

Except I did not quote you, so what's the point you are trying to make? I quoted Raanu (or something close to that) not you, I didn't have any comment on your post since my opinion pertains to premades. and again, the problem is the matchmaking or lack of such.

And your opinion is formed from your experience. If you solo queued and were up vs premades most of the time, you'd probably think different. The problem is not the solo queuer, it's the matchmaking system that does not exist. All most people want is to have fun competitive matches, and that rarely happens, at least on the server I am on.

Yup, how many of you have been in a group with 7 other solo queuers and get put against 2 premade teams of 4? Great coding!

The one and only problem with premades is that they are not forced to go vs other premades, period! It's an MMO, so if players want to queue up together they should be able to. It's Bioware's fault for not having cross server queues and for not forcing premades vs premades. It does happen, but not as often as it should.

I am okay with matches like the one you had in the video. Both Commando classes had a guard and a healer on their side. In matches like that I do well, I am kept alive long enough that I can get through my rotations with out the worry of being burned up in a few seconds. But why did the Commando classes have the guard on both sides and not the heal? Because from what I have seen, and what this video shows, is that the Commando type class gets focused first, even with a guard and healer on their side. I don't get many of these matches. Most are 4 dps vs 4 dps or if I am lucky 1 healer and 3 dps vs the same. So every match I get jumped by 3 or 4 dps from the start. Other classes have abilities to dissuade the enemy from focusing them first (stealth, bubble, roll + entrench, undying rage, phase walk, etc), Commando types don't dissuade anyone from not focusing on them. What I would love is to see a video, for a great Merc or Commando, where they are going vs 4 other dps focusing on them and how they handle it. I have gotten better at it as long as I have something to use for LoS, but that is not my idea of fun game play.

It's not really fun either way. Trying to get your daily done and having to lose 6 straight none close games to pre-made groups isn't fun. Being queued in along side a premade on your side is also not fun 99% of the time, it's just a stomp fest. I may get 2-3 memorable close evenly matched games a week, most of the time they are super 1 sided one way or the other, so most are not fun. Imagine how much fun it would be if match making existed and you went up against somewhat evenly matched teams more often?

From what I gathered before 2.7, the max you wanted your gear to be adding the mods ratings was 193, like having 69/63/61. I started pvp'n with 4 characters that I never had before for the sole purpose of stacking commendations. I set my gear as 66/66/58 purples and did quite well with those 4 characters. Has the number of 193 gone up now, if so to what? I know the MH/OH need exp in them now, is it just the crystal that needs to be expertise?

So, with 2.7 bolster changes, does gear still need to be equal to or less than 193 (like 69/63/61), or has that gone up? (to get full EXP)

Voidstar: - before match starts, ask for people to call out and to watch the doors, specifically warning about stealthers that like to get in behind you and cap. - door opens, 3 of us drop east, 5 west. I help kill off the 2 enemies that came east, then go west, leave the other 2 to guard that door. - I get to west area, there are 6-7 enemies there, start to fight them. 5 seconds after I get there, I hear the 20 second warning from other door, both teammates that were there guarding are still there, full health, just not bothering to watch door - I leave warzone - Civil War -I drop to intercept for person capping snow/grass, I see 4 incoming to our node and proceed to get their to help out. We are outnumbered 4 vs 2 at our corner node, yet both mid and the other node get capped by enemy team withing 15 seconds of match starting. - still 4 vs 2 at our node, no backup, other 2 nodes lost, I leave warzone - Hypergate - Game starts. 5 people go to cap our node, I am tempted to leave right then and there - We cap our node, all 5 come to mid leaving node alone, it gets capped by other team, I leave warzone. Deserter debuff seems like a good idea, but it will reduce the population even more. The only saving grace is being able to leave and hopefully avoiding some of the players that were on the previous team. If I cannot do that, then the frustration will build until I just stop queuing and playing.

Worst part of STUNS in this game is that apparently it stuns some people to the point that they cannot call out in-comings to a node they are guarding.

I think PvP'ing in SWTOR is enough punishment.

Target is Dead Not Ready Yet Out of Range Move Closer As often as those are appearing (and other red messages) I can pretty much bet you are using automated and lopped Macros. http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=333214

It's not a good idea to solo guard with a non-tank anymore. I used to solo guard very well with my dps Vanguard, but no way to do that now in DPS spec and gear. There are too many good Operatives/Scoundrels out there that can now take you down way to quick.