Like the person above me, I love tanking. I have one healer and three tanks. When I play as a tank, I want to have aggro on as many mobs as I possibly can. And unlike the person above me, I couldn't give the furry crack of rats behind how fast I go through a flashpoint, ops or even a heroic instance. When in a normal flashpoint, ops or heroic as a tank, I make it a point that I prefer to pull/storm in/leap in. I have done every flashpoint there is more then once but I can be a bit rusty on some, as some tend to be run more often then others. If I'm in a flashpoint where I'm a bit rusty, I first check what I face, then check my group if they seem ready, and then make the pull. If there is an overzealous DPS in the group that thinks that s/he needs to take on the biggest, baddest mob, I get pissed. And also evil. When this happens, I go by the rule that is already mentioned: if you spank it, you tank it. Meaning I will not grab aggro back from you while you are still spanking that particular mob. No taunts or what have you will I use to get that mean mob off you. I will make sure that I am the second on the hate-list of the mob and let the DPS figure it out themselves. This either results in a dead DPS or in a DPS running around like a headless chicken. I also refer to this as the lesson of the burned hand; as it is the burned hand that learns best. The other thing I dislike, is when I charge in to grab aggro, a knockback is used almost immediately. This usually means that my AoE aggro generator fails, is on cooldown and the mobs scatter all over the place. Also means I have at least one member of the group in immediate trouble; the healer. I have to run after the mobs and round them up to get them together again. And yeah, when I have done that, it seems very fun to use the knockback again. This usually results in me stopping to move when the fight is over and demanding that AoE knockbacks are removed from the skill rotation. Either that or find a new tank. The exception on all this is the tactical flashpoints. I find them kind of "meh" anyway and people can do whatever they like there. I don't really care. In fact, I usually go into DPS mode there myself.

During my time in several MMO's I have met quite a few weird people in PUG's. Some funny weird, some so weird that you think "I got to get away from here." I play a sawbones scoundrel as main, so yeah, healing. I'm currently working on my gear so I usually only group up for ops and use the groupfinder only for the three flashpoints to complete the weekly for galactic conflicts (or whatever it is called). Until recently, I had one piece of equipment, my main hand weapon (blaster pistol), that was a quest reward from Makeb. It was better then the one I had back then so I equipped it. It's an orange weapon, so I could upgrade it with new modifications. One of the stats on it was a thorn in my eyes, as it was aim. The rest of my gear was a mixture of 69/72/78. So I queueu up for a flashpoint to do the weekly. I have an intense dislike for Cadimimu, so I have unchecked that one. I simply and plainly don't like it. I always queue as healer and I get a pop-up for a flashpoint (pet peeve: why can't I see what flashpoint is when the dialog box shows up?). I phase in and see that it's Mandalorian Raiders. The group is the archtypical group of healer, tank and two DPS. Can't be that hard, right? Wrong. We phase in, I say "Hiya" and am met with a thunderous silence. Not always a good sign. The others phase in and we start the flashpoint. First pull of trashmobs, I notice that our tank is appearently not able to hold aggro on more the one mob. Well since this is a group of three mobs, not to worry. The second group is a bit larger and a little more spread out. This is where I notice the tank is really not able to grab and hold aggro on more then one mob. I also then notice the two DPS are all over the place and attacking whatever mob shows up in their target. Yay, healer's paradise. All goes well until we get to the boss with the devil dogs. Tank attacks the boss, before I can do anything. I can't recuperate or place two slow release medpacks on him (which I like to do beforehand). Well, he finally only has one mob to worry about, but the two dogs still come to me. This time I want the two DPS on the dogs, but they decide this is the time to burn down the boss. I crouch, pop shield and refuse toss out heals to anyone but me and our glorious tanks. This is when the DPS starts to think "Maybe we should get those dogs of the healer." I'm not sure how we got through that fight as the dogs came to me from to time, as well as the boss. However, we get through it. We make our way to the boarding party. Those four that crash through the side of the ship, and at that point, one of the DPS decides to check my gear. He then exclaims "Why are you stacking aim, healer. You should be stacking surge!" Completely baffled, I think "You inspect my gear, pick out the one piece that conatins aim and tell me to stack surge instead of cunning. Do you even play a healing scoundrel?" Without any warning, the tank again rushes into battle and grabs and holds one mob. With DPS being all over the place again, I'm healing as much as I can, and naturally grab aggro. Defensive Shield, Dodge, Surrender and Dissapearing Act all see the cooldown one by one, but to no avail. A wipe is imminent. After we wipe, I am completely baffled to see a vote to kick me from the group because I have incredible bad gear. I type "Don't bother" and leave the group myself. I ignore the tank and the DPS that inspected my blaster pistol, get into a next group via the groupfinder. Same group composition; healer, tank, two DPS. Same flashpoint; Mandalorian Raiders. We get through to the end no problem, not a single wipe. I ask them what they think of my healing and get the response "You did a very good job." A few days ago I joined a PUG for Dread Fortress. Great group, we went through fast. Until we got to the part with the exploding droids. Now I have done this with my guild a couple of times and with them it's kind of a sport to see how many people you can kill with one droid. I know this so I usually hang back far enough to rez the almost entire raid if I have to. This group, however, was running away from the big red circles when they apeared. Smart move. Except from one occasion where I suddenly see about eight times "[playername] has been defeated." Now I might be the weird one here but the only reaction that I could give was "Nice shot. :P"

I like to be thorough; a vague disclamer is nobodies friend. Unfortunately I speak one word swedish and that's about as far as it goes. But thank you for the offer. Thank you very much for this information. I was away for a prolonged period of time, and some of the abbrevations flying around make my head spin around somewhat. I'll keep an eye out for them.

Greetings all, When this game started two years ago, I started playing as well. However, after I levelled my character up to level 50, I got rather bored with the game. So I decided to cancel my supsciption and left the game. I returned a few months ago. I quickly found out that the original server I was on was closed, and found my characters on this server. Seeing as how my characters needed a rename, I decided to roll a new character. In the months that followed, I levelled my character to level cap. Grouping up whenever possible but mostly, as is the nature of the game, solo. As I levelled, I found that there is a, sometimes rather large, difference between content. Which pointed me in the direction of Google to find some things out. One thing that became rather swiftly clear, is the need for some better gear. And we all know what that entails: grinding. I don't mind grinding for better gear and such, but doing this without having a chat while doing it, gets lonely and boring fast. Hence my desire to find a casual and social guild. Why casual? I also play another MMORPG in which I am an officer in a kinship (if you recognise the term kinship, you know the game as well. ). This means I won't be able to play every day and all night. There are days when my presence is required in the other game, and if not, it is very much appriciated. This does not mean I can not plan to be available. No issue to large or there is a solution to it. In this other MMO, I'm the site owner of the kinship's website. This takes up some of my time. We also have our own private TS3 server, which is also hosted by myself. This server requires maintenance from time to time, so this also takes up time. And then there is also my largest hobby; being a volunteer with a department of the national Red Cross. I don't care for PvP. Plain and simple. I tried it, it doesn't agree with me. In fact, an invite for a friendly duel will be equally friendly declined. The only exception I am willing to make is for space-PvP. This is something I really enjoyed in Star Wars: Galaxies. Raiding (or whatever it is called here) is something I like. While I do enjoy raiding from time to time, I refuse to commit myself for several evenings during the week for a few hours. I also do not like to be forced to install number crunching applications/plugins to determine my DPS/Threat/Healing/What have you output. I understand the reason behind it, but it's not my cup of tea. I also understand that most raids in this game come in a "stroy mode" and a "hard mode". If given the choice, I think I would prefer the story mode ones. Not because they are more easy, but because they are more relaxed. But I honoustly do not know. What I don't mind is wiping during a raid. I'm of the mind that a wipe teaches more then completing it successfully time and again. I like to explore the gaming world; to boldly go where no-one has gone before, so to speak. Discovering new places to explore and meeting up friends is something I find fun. Doing this alone while having a chat in the guild-channel gives the best of two worlds. I can usually remember where to find what and in such a way help people out that are in need of a specific location. However, help does only consist of pointing the way. Also quest help (within limitations), crafting help and such is offered freely. I hope that the above information helps. See you all in game. Kind regards, Freyi Smuggler Sawbones Scoundrel (yes, I heal) Level 55

This. If the guilds were not assigned a server, or if the waves were not done on pre-order registration date but on guild, the problem would be far less. Since the wave were done on pre-order date, a lot of players that are not part of guild (myself included), chose a server where others would go later simply because their guild is on that server. Those players now won't move again, as they have progressed their character to far already.

More servers is great, but the ones that already have one or more characters on the existing servers, are not likely to start again on a new server. Simply because those new servers will fill up again and then the problem repeats itself.

I experienced the same. However, after a few tries, I got as far as the loging page where the que times are shown. It appears to be fricking slow at the moment.

I didn't order the CE from bol.com, but bought it at E-Plaza. Last time I looked at their wesite, it stated that people that pre-ordered could get it before the 20th. Everyone else can get it from the 20th of december. So it might be that E-Plaza has some extra as well.