I rocked a member of each faction up to full wheel completion, full QL 10.2s and absolutely enjoyed the game; both in its modern setting and the roleplaying community that developed there. Investigation Quests???? OMG AMAZING! I was a beta-er that was there for launch and it was so freaking cool to work my way through these with no help but my own thought processes. On my second toon, though, googling the exotic clues started to populate "Secret World Guide: blah blah blah" and began to ruin the experience. If only the in-game browser pared out any google response that had Secret World in it...alas. As for combat: I found the system fun and engaging. Limited by 7 actives and 7 passives a clever person could do some truly ridiculous things (google Wolverine Regen spec and giggle at soloing nearly all content) while not feeling OP and bringing every buff/debuff to the table. Healing was also unique. I'm a healer by trade and I loved AR leech healing. The fact that it wasn't even a niche healing spec was bad***** - totally acceptable in raids for tank or group healing depending on secondary weapon/setup. The only problem...ONLY problem, for me, was the repetitiveness of early endgame. I absolutely, positively did NOT rush to the end. I relished the world and took my time all the way through. However, I still ended up with all three toons in full QL raid gear (some 10.4s on original toon by then as well) and ultimately it just started to feel grindy - there simply wasn't enough for me to do, versatility wise. Crafting was...basic at best, which was both a blessing and a curse. Stuff was almost too easy to make, but at least you weren't farming esoteric mats for 10 hours in some out-of-the-way place for a particular reagent. PvP I avoided. Tank specs were king and while I was okay playing along I just found that depending on my server faction balance was so poor that invariably one faction owned everything, making it either too easy (on my templar) or entirely impossible to rank up (on my dragon). I still log in from time to time for a few nightmares to see the changes, check out the world events and say Hi to some fellow RPers I've missed. Also...it's the epitome of a P2Play done correctly - it's all vanity. The game itself is intact aside from needing to purchase the major content patches. No needing to spend money just to be able to run an instance/etc. If you want some super special sexy clothing (not found in the hundreds of items available from vendors in London) then you spend $5 and pick up a full outfit you can then use pieces from in other outfits if you'd like. It's a terrific game. Just not enough development.

5 hours. 3 other mmos have gone through their patch days with no problems. No hangups. No full downloads. So I'mma go play TSW now. Ciao. First world problems ftw. Sub that's cancelled btw. If it had been one in a month, cool, but this is like the fourth time this month with no pre-emptive announcement or faster download. Ciao.

3.5 hours into patching...57.69%. 30mbps connection. Was lovely to waste a whole day. I normally don't bother complaining, but f$%^ing seriously? Just tell us we need to redownload to set the proper expectation. Always promise low and deliver high.

Anyone able to confirm this? Sounds lovely.

Just kind of silly that, on a death in an FP, load the world, then turn around and reload the flashpoint. Kind of redundant and stupid. Curious if anyone else is bothered by that.

Just because the horse still had some meat on it I could beat with this here stick.

At this point I'll take a random douche now and then so I can actually *GASP* find a damned group. Period.

I've spammed for 2 hours a night each night for an entire week. I've had ZERO groups. I'm a rDps Sorc. I'm in a very active guild finishing HM Ops and since I joined after the initial wave and cliques formed it's quite literally impossible to find groups. I've made friends via chat and they're having the same issues. No tanks/heals at all on The Constant - Empire side. WTB a way to swap between my dps spec and a heal spec so I can be functional.

Bloom turned back on did it. no idea how it turned itself off. Thank you very much.

Restarted multiple times. Holograms just no longer appear for me. Checked video drivers and OS updates and everything is tip/top. Anyone else having issues with Holograms no longer appearing?

Third time it disappears and dumps me to the desert floor about 9/10s of the way to the datacron. Done hunting them until I'm allowed to actually get them. Twice others were riding with me and were dumped as well when it vanished.

So, I'm hunting datacrons. Sitting in Tatooine for 30 minutes waiting on the balloon. Get on it, ride it for 20+...then...the balloon just disappears and drops me in the middle of a dune. $^%&ing loving this bull%^&*.

$^&* you guys very much for that one. I've been loving the game in every respect, but why you choose to highlight the poor texture mapping of overhead ledges and poor jumping physics for a relic requirement is so far beyond me. Over an hour at it and still nada. Good times and long frustrations.

12/13 and nothing yet. So sad. Work in three hours for the rest of the night. Was hoping to at least roll prior.