I am a primarily republic player. got a main at 50. But I am now 42 on an Imp. Republic felt pretty dead everywhere population-wise... mostly all the time. weekends are a little better. I have lately been leveling an Imp toon..... wow...what a difference. same server..... but the Imp fleet seemed so vibrant and full of people compared to Republics fleet. really...it's that noticable. just a personal observation of the server Im on..... lots of Imps...not so much on the Rep side.

I think you are misrepresenting the overall mmo community. elites are not the 'main base' of any mmo anymore (those days are long long gone), it's the lasting casual players that are thier primary targets...the ones blissfully playing the provided content, not speculating or raging about not having the content they want and demand. elites are the ones who move out of a game to master another game faster than the casuals. Devs use their data from these players to benefit the staying playing paying customers. been proven that outspoken forumites are a very vocal but a small minority none the less. you say 'dumbing down' ..... many many other players see it as 'taking out the unnecessary and not-so-fun work, and putting the fun back in the game. 'tenacity' or not.... you arent the ultimate main target of thier bean counters.... and I am thankful for that....being not so tenatious and all.

the best thing about having a GTN on your ship? you can cycle your companions gear and such without having to summon/dismiss them each time ( can do it right in the character window). you cant do that anywhere else but the ship ( i think) this is the best thing about being on your ship over fleet, and why I will love having this option.

what is the forum lemming gripe of the day? oh ya...today it's speeders. .

a neutral one is a great idea. want to be able to buy/sell cross faction items.... ( eg. my trooper can craft Imperial-only armor items, but I cant sell them unless I go to Coroscant, which is moot since the level of players there are way too low to buy these items. ) be much better for crafters to open more markets IMO. .

I can get on board with this conclusion. sums up my position about groups to a tee. I also enjoy playing solo well beyond the enjoyment of groups ..... thousand to one.... .... not leveling or fighting? then I can enjoy the company of strangers (in fleet for example)...when I dont have to be involved directly. The massive multiplayer part of the game is for when I'm on 'down-time' .... then I enjoy the company of all the others without butting heads over a mission or drop....and they can buy my stuff on GTN (*wink wink)

jealous then I see...... good luck with your campaign

I'd like this thread to go away, since it's against the rules and all to discuss other games. and a poll to boot? lol. this will be closed in no time. .

I worked for those big speeders. now deal with tha fact that I am driving them. is this thread anger? or just jealousy? .

first thing that came to mind: "jack of all trades, master of none". .

*reads "TurboTacoWPoop" in a passing glance .... 0_o *walks away quietly .

summary of his position: " ... you are in a mmorpg, you are required to be in a group". no offense but, this is one of the most idiotic and narrow minded arguments .... and both the sports analogies were pretty bad too, not related at all. I'm not out to gain a superbowl-ring in this game for one, and i'm not out to 'win' either. I'm just here to adventure and if I get some cool things for my toon in the process, it's a bonus. .

I don't really see that as a bad thing as the player interations are predictably less than desirable anyway. .

starting? lol. I skipped every single one while leveling. I went back to them a couple levels later and solo'd them....at my own pace. and 'that' is just how I like it. ;

don't take what you 'hear' to heart. you'll be fine.

yet another useless thread about this same topic. .... hey look, lots of threads about it....no...I think I'll just start another one.

I get to a mill in a couple/few days via dailies, I get back down to 10K or under that same day via a spending spree. /repeat.

4X is ok as a shield tank. but if you are the type to use 'storm' or are one to do close combat, 4X may piss you off if you dont disable his harpoon...lol. he doesnt move into battle...he pulls, and uses range. a viable tank, but not very mobile IMO.... if stationary fighting is your bag, he's good. I am currently re-gearing him for range DPS personally.... I never had a use for him as a tank, as I was a full shield spec. But geared as a DPS I may use him more. Personally I use Vik, Yuun and Jorgan. ( All DPS geared to compliment my troopers full shield tank build.) I used Dorne a lot while leveling, when I felt lazy (lol...it's so easy to stay alive with her along)..but now at endgame, I dont use her much at all...the DPS guys get it done so much better and they help take mobs down in no time. .

I shield spec'd the whole way without problems. ( actually better survivability during leveling I found) (( I started as an assault build, and switched and never looked back )) keep your gear up to date. (<-this...it's a troopers way of survival) Use your healer if you have problems staying alive. Use you DPS comp if you have good defense, they will help take down mobs a lot quicker. Dont be afraid to switch companions out for different situations. I used a 'fully' tank build. (31/7/3) http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#801G0GrdorogzZMcbZ0c.1The damage I put out isnt all that much compared to a dps toon, but with good gear I dont need to use a healer much and a DPS comp will take up the slack admirably. .( I found that using Tanno Vik or Aric Jorgan while having 'guard' activated on them is a VERY lethal and effective combination while leveling ... you will be an arse-kicking duo )

more truth here than you may realize. "Play smart....play S-Mart." .

I find Dorne heals so well with good gear that I have to 'work' at getting damaged. 'good gear' may be the keyword(s) here. .

same conclusion here. therefore, gonna let it sink into the well of dead threads.

add my 50 to the list. I still havent done one OP yet. no reason really, raids are just pretty low down on the totum pole of my preferred things to do ingame at the moment.

and I disagree with your analysis. 'player' means player..... and there are 'multiple' amounts of players on the servers at any given time....hence=multiplayer ....no matter what they choose to do with their time there are still massive amounts of multiplayers online.....we are all "playing" the game..... not using it.

I'm pretty sure every planet has thier own social vendor. {the tatooine sand people set is pretty cool been eyeballing that one myself.} also GTN has orange gear pretty cheap usually. .