The CS team has been saying it's supposed to be cleared up in a future patch for the last 6 weeks or so... I finally just got sick of it at level 49, so I spent a few hours just going back to like Tattooine, Hoth, Alderaan, and just completing the questlines. They are like "planet-story" quests, that ultimately have you fight the "planet-story boss" and you get some reward, and also later you'll get Companion gifts in the mail and whatever. It's a waste of time, but it clears stuff out of your questlog.

Look, I'm all for stories in my MMO, and I enjoy the voice acting sometimes. Other times I just want to get my quest and keep moving. While watching the cutscenes is nice, I am alll for the option of skipping past them. It it was mandatory to sit through all those without an option to skip, I would have never subscribed to this game, and I'm very sure I'm in the majority there.

The only time I will invite someone to a group that I haven't previously spoken with, or aren't in my guild is if, for example, we're both entering into an area that requires "Kill x amount of baddies." or something similar. Since we obviously both are completing that bonus quest, I will invite so that we can double up on the kills and clear the area quicker. And then from there if, say, we each have a class quest or something that needs to be done in that area, I'll offer to help them out if they do the same for me. Sometimes they'll accept and we'll do it, sometimes they decline, which is fine. I just find it convenient in those situations to be grouped up. But randomly finding someone by going /who and inviting just because you need help is kinda silly and very lazy. If I need someone to help me with a Heroic, I'll either ask in General chat, or ask my guildies.

This is like the 3rd or 4th thread I've seen like this and it boggles my mind.... "I joined a low pop server" followed by "There's nobody here! This game is dead!" Are you serious right now? Were you expecting a relatively NEW server with a LOW population to be very active? Especially in the lvl 50 only WZs? That's like if you wanted to go to a chat room, you see that 10 of them have 50+ people, but you decide to go to one of the rooms with less than 5 people... then you complain there's nobody chatting. Not a very strong comparison, admittedly, but still relevant.

You're right. That's it. BioWare, you really messed up now. UNSUBBING. RIGHT NOW. You can't even make the Cantina music loud?!?? I'm trying to immense myself in your universe with my eyes closed and you are making it IMPOSSIBLE!! THIS IS A GAMEBREAKING ISSUE!! RAGEQUIT!!!

You should rephrase your opening sentence with "Am I the only one who paid BioWare $60 to play, then another $15/mo to come on the forums and give my opinion on why this game is going 'downhill' even though I can't give an example or any reasoning behind this opinion?" Then you can get some "Yes" answers and some "No, I do the same thing!" answers.

No one cares. Diablo III will not be released 100% perfect, there will still be flaws, bugs, and problems. This thread is not relevant to anything about this game.

OP going to the movies: Sits down to watch 90 minute movie. At minute 85 leaves theater and demands money back. Says "I couldn't even enjoy the movie, because I spent the whole time complaining about what I thought was wrong!"

So you've leveled 2 toons to level 50, clearing all raid content on one of those toons, with enough time to get 55 Valor, and blah blah everything else you said. And you did this all in a month. And you're expecting... what? Exactly? This game to cater to the 1% of players who demonstrate that they literally have no outside life whatsoever? I'm still astonished at how much you complained about the bugs, yet it didn't stop you from leveling a toon to 50. TWICE. Try standing up, turn off your computer. Give it a break, man. Go for a walk, or a jog. Maybe go to your local gym, or bar. Call up an old friend and grab lunch together. Fill out a job application, or maybe sign up for a class to learn a new skill. There's more to life than MMO's, believe it or not.

Started Day 2 of EGA. My main Jedi Sage just hit 44 last night. I also have a 17 Scoundrel. I got a little complacent in the 30's, but once I hit the 40's it got really interesting and I'm back on track 100%. It also helps that I'm spending a lot of time grouping with friends and guild members.

Don't be so racist.

I think in dealing with customer service, it's very important to be as detailed as you can be. As a previous poster pointed out, you have no idea what kind of information is being displayed on the CS rep's screen. If, for instance, you're reporting another player on your server for bad behavior, it is vital that you include at least what server you are playing on. Also to be very specific in the correct spelling of their name, what planet they are doing it on, and exactly what behavior they are doing. That little snippet caught my eye, because you're wrong. You should never assume that a Customer Service Rep knows what you're talking about. These aren't developers, testers, or people who have even played the game. Their job is simply to deal with customer questions, complaints, bug reports, and everything else that goes through the ticket system. It's very likely these people are not in the same building as the game developers, and it's also likely they aren't in the same state or even the same country. When an in-game bug occcurs, they may have to then contact a developer or something, and that will take time before they get a response back. I've had some tickets that were answered within the a couple hours, and some that stayed open for a week. But I've found that being polite, courteous, and as detailed as possible will yield you the best results.

No one can and no one will stop you from rolling Need. Heck, you have the freedom to do it on every loot drop. But that freedom doesn't make you exempt from being dropped from that group and never invited back by those individuals. So if that's the stand you wish to take, then by all means do it. It's the same scenario as the Hank Williams Jr. thing that happened back in October, where he compares President Obama playing golf with John Boehner as "like Hitler playing golf with Netanyahu." Sure, he had the right to say that. He wasn't going to face any legal problems with speaking his mind. But it didn't protect his job and income from ESPN and Monday Night Football, which was terminated immediately following that comment. I believe the main point of this thread is to be considerate of the other players in your FP group. If there's a piece of loot that another player wants for himself, he has priority to roll Need on that item, and it's your duty as a considerate person to let them have that piece of loot in favor of your companion.

That entire post is opinion and has no basis in fact.

Calling you greedy isn't taking away the "rights" you falsely believe you're entitled to. It's merely observing your behavior and making a judgement based on that. Make every argument you want (and I see at least 2-3 of these threads a DAY about this), because I've heard them all, and none of them excuse that greedy behavior. Players actually playing in the Flashpoint ALWAYS get loot priority over players or companions who are NOT in the Flashpoint. Plain and simple. I don't care if you believe the companion is an extension of you, or whatever your delusional head believes. When 4 people collectively take down a boss and are rewarded loot, THOSE PEOPLE are entitled to that loot before a companion who DID NOT take down that boss.