To an extent I agree with you but I don't think it would be that difficult to add a ton of basic land/ocean/space for us to actually get lost in. I think they could drop this theme park right down inside a sandbox. The game is young and hopefully we see growth in every direction.

What changed is having to spend every minute of available game time on grinding gear to remain competitive in what I like to do. Because of the way the world is setup I don't need to go adventuring or exploring because once you see it that is that. Nothing really brings people together other than the gear grinds for pve or pvp. That sums up why getting lost in the world and getting into all kinds of stuff isn't really available in the way I seek it. Sure, I may be biased in what I'm looking for in a mmorpg because of the mmo's I started with but that is how I see it.

I felt similar to you when I quit swg the day the nge went live and I went to wow. The objects in my bag didnt feel like anything because I couldn't drop them and see them in 3d heh, just one of the small things I remember from then.

Yeah the gear grind is like that at first. We used to build our own cities and even bases to fight over with the same vigor. The difference is, grinding gear is something people tend to want to do solo and building cities is something people obviously want to do together. This isn't a post just about building cities in mmorpgs but one of the many things I miss from old mmorpgs. I loved finding new player cities to run around in or start S in and get pvp going.

Sure, grinding gear is a type of grind but grinding isn't what I was really talking about. I know the older mmorpg's I played had WAY more ''grind''. I just want to get lost in a virtual world be able to free roam. The way it is these days you have to login get started on your dailies be it pvp or pve and thats it, same thing every day. It all revolves around earning gear. It becomes a job and not fun entertainment when you have to do this everyday you play to keep up.

I was starting to think I was the only one who felt this way and that maybe my feelings about what mmorpg's should be like is biased because of the mmo I started with.

They were virtual worlds where I could get lost. I would login and explore, adventure, bump into other players and get into all kinds of stuff. Now in every mmorpg including this one, its all grinding gear for the sake of grinding more gear. it seems like 100% of every moment in these games are spent on grinding gear to grind gear to grind gear. What happened!? What caused the jump from adventuring in a virtual world to epic Barbie on a roller coaster in her mirror? MMO evolution has seemed to be bassackwards. Its like we went from 3d to side scrollers instead of the other way around.... Oh well, here's to grinding gear for the sake of grinding gear and spending every moment in the game doing activities for gear so that you will be eligible for next months gear...

Yeah as a warrior main you wont either or any other class for that matter.

(opinion)Because it is a useless class and not on par with any of the advanced classes in the game. This way there would still be a reason to have them in the game. We could actually have a use for them.

Sadly this comparison reminds me of my situation. I have a fully augmented set with mostly bm mods and some wh but my operative in recruit gear is more dangerous in pvp than my sorc. I spec damage/pvp specs on both. Im not the best pvper but im far from the worst. The fact is, Sorcs are useless to play no matter what spec you are going for. you can run around like a rat if you're being focused by even a single player no matter what class and you will still die unless they change targets. why cant we keep melee at ranged and peel their faces off like they do us in melee range? cant get away from them ....die in single stun..they close the gap way to F good.

The changes to this class have made it pointless to play.. Its all run for your life for no reason because you are going to die unless whoever is focusing you switches targets. Melee can close the gap way to F good. Other ranged classes will just burn your A down while you're basking them in pretty lights. its nice to be in a fully augmented set and damn near the best pvp gear mods available and basically feel done with the class leading to done with the game because its no fun fighting no win situations. It wasn't hard getting geared up but it took a lot of time for those who ground it out before they made it so easy to rank up.