This has been beaten to death in numerous other posts, but here it is.. again. A cross server LFG tool does NOT do anything to the "community". All it does is help people get things done faster, and easier. End of story. For all of you people that *think* that the "community" will be ruined because it will allow people to play like a-holes.. well.. people will play like that no matter what. How many times have you had someone come up and steal a chest that you are clearing, or a quest item or gatherable? ALL the time. That is extremely a-holish, but are those people concerned about their "rep" on the server? Umm no. I have called out poor behavior in general chat to warn other players, and you know what they say? ****.. QQ some moar noob.. nobody cares.. etc.. etc.. So don't tell me that anyone cares about what other players do, because they just don't. I have had many, many idiots, ninjas and all round bad people in my groups for flashpoints and 4-mans and guess what? Nobody cared, and would more than likely group with that person again JUST to try and get something done on these barren empty planets. I am SICK AND TIRED of having tons of 4-man quests in my logs on my several characters because nobody ever responds to LFG requests for them, or the other 3 people on the planet (if it's busy) don't need or want to do them. I haven't done any FP's past level 20 because I don't want to waste an hour or more of my play time sitting on the fleet typing LFG over and over and over. This game needs a LFG tool.. bad. And please don't start the "get a guild" or "make friends' argument either. I want to be able to log in, find a group, and play without going through the hassle of waiting for hours, not create a star wars facebook page. Alas, by the time they actually implement a tool for the people that need it, they will be gone, and the few fanbois left will be huddled together in their guilds playing with each other, so, problem solved I guess.

The previous GCD effect worked fine. This "new and improved" is not an improvement. Why did you waste time fixing something that wasn't broken and did what it was intended to do? Clearly the community is not happy with what you've done.. so change it back, please. Spend more time on fixing other actual issues. I'd love to be able to get the datacron in Alderaan that almost all my characters are too big to fit into the crack in the wall to get. Come on... did anyone actually test anything?

Exactly!

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An alternate advancement system like EQ had for players at max level who want to make their characters better by actually continuing to play the game solo, and not raid or pvp.

Whenever I see a long post in paragraph form, I get excited. It means someone actually has something to say, and might even know how to say it. Unfortunately, while I agree that perhaps a lot of players are like the ones described in this post, not all of us are. I don't game professionally, as in, I don't make money at it, but it is all I do. I played WoW, a lot, but I didn't raid that often or pvp at all because of the aforementioned ePeen issue. I was born with a small ePeen, so I don't feel the need to show it off. I don't have a problem with a lack of end game content just yet, but I did expect a few less issues with the UI and some other areas of the game, such as a lack of "convenience" tools. I don't want to insult the OP by saying he just made the post to hear himself talk, but if I read something that long, I'd like to see some sort of actual game related comments and not a diatribe on the current MMO community of spoiled ADD kids that most intelligent adults already know about.

Once again, stop blaming the tool for the community. It has nothing to do with it. It has to do with.. oh I don't know.. the community?

Actually, your post illustrates the problem with the LFG tool debate. Every single negative response contains two major premises: 1. Play like I play, or don't play at all. 2. It sucked in WoW.. therefore it will suck here. Ok, I don't want to be in a guild, and I don't necessarily want to have in game friends to rely on when I want to play. The fact that you do, is fine, but don't tell me to do something I don't want to do to be able to enjoy the game. It's selfish of you to expect me to do that, and just plain stupid. The problem with the LFG tool in WoW was not the LFG tool. It was the people you got in your groups. The tool was not to blame for all the idiots and rude people that play the game. It doesn't matter if they were on your server, or another server. The tool doesn't make bad people... people just are. If you can try and understand that, you might make some progress. ALL the tool does is make it faster and easier to get groups and get things done. That's IT. It doesn't ruin socialization and it doesn't encourage people to be idiots. If you're an idiot, you just are, and how you got to be in a group has nothing to do with it. Stop blaming a tool for making people.. tools. One has nothing to do with the other, and the more you think it does, the sillier you sound. Now, as far as your running groups all day for free epics.. where do I start. So if you group with friends, and chain run instances all day for gear.... that's ok right? But if you do it with a tool, which would take longer... it's bad. Your logic is solid there. Secondly, the LFG tool doesn't make the instances easier, or the loot easier to get, that's how the developers design the instances. If you think they are too easy, make a post about THAT, and not a tool that makes getting groups more convenient.

Yes, I do know that. I guess my point was, if you knew these problems, you would have fixed them before releasing a game and saying it was ready to go live. We aren't talking about getting stuck in the environment now and then, or an item color changing. We are talking about people wasting time and credits on things, with ZERO feedback from the company about these issues. Adding the ability to sell back an item to a vendor? Not having your companion return from a mission and close all your other windows? Come on man, this isn't innovative coding that needs to be done. This seems to me to be a lot of simple oversight or a plain lack of concern for customer satisfaction. I've said it before, I like the game. I am not a "hater", but I do hate the fact that every time someone points out that the game is not the ******* and end all be all to the MMO world, some fanboi calls them a whiner, or complainer, or uses the dreaded QQ MOAR! Really, this has nothing to do with the content, it has to do with what I think most people expect from a game they pay for, such as a working customizable UI etc..

I play a lot, it's what I do. I am not in a big rush to hit 50. I could have taken 1 character and easily been 50, but I wanted to try out all of the classes. In every MMO I play, I have one of everything. It's just what I like to do. I have each class to 19, just so they all have their ships, and the one I have decided to take to 50 first at 27. The fact that there is very little end game content is not a concern for me... yet. I don't really like to raid or pvp, so I guess I'll try and find something to do. The problem that concerns me is that all Bioware has planned is raids and pvp at 50. Believe it or not, some people don't want to do that sort of thing. I'd like to work on developing my players more without grinding raids and pvp. I was hoping to see some sort of AA system like in EQ or even some sort of fairly lame achievements system such as WoW, which i didn't really like that much, but it was SOMETHING to do. Ok.. sorry, getting off topic there. As for the lack of content again, I am still more concerned with the horrid UI and bugs that keep popping up all over the place. If BUGs exist that cause players to lose items or causes them to lose credit for something they spent time doing, that's sort of unacceptable. How most of these issues made it past beta into a live game are beyond me. There's no way 750k people could have played for a few days in the final beta and NOT had these problems and reported them. Hey Bioware, I have time on my hands. I was a technical engineer at one of the largest software companies in the world. If you had hired me, in just 2 or 3 days of playing I could have helped you find a lot of problems. You have my account info.. feel free to contact me when you want the help. *wink*

Some people aren't paid by Bioware to come fanboi on the forums. Some people actually try to take the time away from the game they enjoy to point out obvious failures to try and get them fixed. Maybe if the company was participating more on the forums to address the dozens of issues other than deleting posts they don't like, or warning people for "language" violations, there would be less posts about the same things over and over. I know it's a hard concept to understand, but some people can like the game, but still see there are a ton of glaring issues that need to be fixed... ASAP.

No, some people DO want that, and if they do, who are you to say they can't have it?

Hopeful.

I was making a small joke about the financial institution crisis... it wasn't really meant to be a "serious" title.

Say what you want about the game. You love it, you hate it. It made you laugh, it made you cry, it was better than Cats (don't Google it, it's not an MMO). My real fear is that for whatever reasons the game *doesn't* do well and either loses a lot of money, or does not meet its fiscal expectations. This will hurt future MMO gaming ventures as investors will be scared to end up like "that star wars game". Now, I am not saying I think the game will fail, or that I want it to fail. I am saying the exact opposite. If this game does well, there is a lot more opportunity for new games down the road to get the huge financial backing it takes to make a quality MMO. What do you think?