* Quitting or taking a break? Leveling an alt until the March patch hit.
* What level are you? Level 50
* What class are you? Commando
* What valor rank are you? 32, full epic
* Are you PvP or PvE player? Both
* How long have you been playing? Everyday since release. I didn't headstart, so I didn't join a headstart server.
* How many hours a day? At least 5 hrs.
* Your PvP CONS Ilum just doesn't work. First of all, it is too big. It doesn't need to be at the size that it is. It takes forever to find someone to kill. I play Republic, on a "Standard" population server that feels dead. We are outnumbered, and we would like to get the daily done, but getting 30 kills takes forever. Not every 50 is on Ilum at the same time. And armaments? The drop rate on them sucks, and we are expecting to collect 30 of them? Don't even get me started on how 10-20 people will fight over the 3 Armaments that spawn. The daily will literally take all day to finish at this rate. The level 50 queue time? I know some of you guys play on heavy population servers, but on a server like mine, not enough people are level 50 yet. I finally got into a queue, but the round ended because there weren't enough players. Looks like I'll just have to level an alt and PvP on him. That is very convenient isn't it? Maybe I should just do PvE on my 50 instead of PvP. That brings me to my next point.
* PvE Blows: The Rewards/Hr compared to PvP are very bad. It is more worth it to PvP than to PvE if you want gear. The auto looting function on Normal Mode is the worst idea I have ever seen in my MMO playing life. No, I'm just kidding, I think the lack of a /roll function takes the cake. How are these functions not implemented into the game?! On a more serious note, most PvE is pretty much a gear check at the moment. There is no challenge. Hardmodes pretty much have the same mechanics as Normal, but the bosses just hit harder. This is understandable, but once you have gear, its not really a challenge. Soa was decently fun. More bosses should be like him and have phases, etc. I will see how Karaggas palace is tonight... Also, the commendation system is out of whack. It takes too many commendations from hardmodes, to get a piece of gear. And when you do, that piece of gear is worse than PvP gear that you could farm in half the time of farming hardmodes.
* What exactly made you consider quitting? Poor badge system in PvE, the RNG system in PvP, and the simplest things that are not in the game. You may disagree with everything I have said in my post, but you will probably agree with me, when I say that for a $155 Million dollar game, this is very lack luster. They focused on nothing besides voice acting, which I just spacebar through anyway.
* Final words? I still love this game. I will continue giving it a chance. I am going to level an alt of class to see their stories. Hopefully by then, PvE will be cleaned up, and so will Ilum and PvP. The level 50 bracket is ridiculous and was implemented too early. Battlegroups like in WoW would solve the problem. But, then that would take away the feel of being on a server, and the competitiveness of guild vs guild.
TLDR: If the patch in March sucks, I'm out.