I search by level or by class. It tells you wherever they are. Space, PvP whatever

I trust my gut, the quoted post is wrong in every way. It would be a waste of time to dissect it. He has his opinion and nothing will change that. I think he needs a beer

Ok I'll throw my idea into the hat. Since you asked. Honestly I can't think of anything new that wouldn't be incredibly overpowered and *needed* to progress in the game. My new role would be one that can change the environment around. Not in a physical sense but more like an illusion. Like I said it's either incredibly overpowered or it falls into the "crowd control" or "DPS" role.

Sorry it's not a unique role is what I meant to say. You would have to design the entire game around whatever new mechanic you add. That was the point. The new roll will end up being class x use ability y right now. Same thing we already have

Hybrids never had a role. They either tanked or did DPS/off heal. It's not innovative to add another role that's been done before. Plus CC and pulling "roles" still exist just not completely class exclusive. I see nothing wrong with that. I don't want another role. I don't want classes so strong that the entire game has to be designed around whatever their OP ability is.

The who list won't give you accurate numbers? I think it will. It will tell you how many people are playing on your server at that moment. It's how you interpret the numbers that we will run into problems. One could argue 200 online players is "ghost town" status. Personally I feel closer to the community with that number. I like that my server has 200 on at any given time. I didn't count every person but it's my educated guess. I also can't help but be aware to the fact that these 200 people could be a completely different set of people from 1 time to the next.

I'm pretty much convinced some people just don't know how to use a who list. That is like my bread and butter. I love spying on people. Even on my standard population server. It's way too many to keep up on. Trust me.

Some people are intimated by PvP. This game has attracted a lot of different people. Nothing wrong with that. I think the perception some people create is a negative one and that doesn't help. We want more people to PVP, so we shouldn't treat them bad if they aren't killing machines. Some people just can't handle losing, and they need to deal with it. I've lost many PVP fights over many different games. I don't let the losses bother me. I press on and try a harder.

I don't care either way. I wouldn't really call it competitive though. In small numbers situations healing is so overpowered. Add in LOS and good game. Better have every CC and interrupt in the book to even have a chance.

Sorry but I have to pull out my B.S card once again. My server has seemed better lately. It has been standard population since Christmas break ended. Imperials outnumber us and we got our butts kicked in many a warzone. Did we give up? I think you know the answer. In Months playing I think I've seen a couple people complain about the population. We pretty much told him if he doesn't like it, BYE. BTW our guild is doing just fine. We pretty much smoke the Imperials constantly now that we caught up on gear.

I'm super excited.

Casino sounds good as long as we can play against each other. I'll be hustling kids, for sure

It's reverse psychology. Must hate WOW

This thread interests me a lot. Look at all the threads about low populations and not being able to find groups in TOR. Imagine that, but far worse with less variety and no specializations. Classes in Everquest do one thing really well. Some can perform multiple functions but the play style never changes. I can't take my Bard and say I want to tank Spec. I can max out my Combat agility and stability like a tank, but I will always get destroyed by trash mobs. To add a little more perspective. My bard would get wasted by 8 year old raid content without his cleric mercenary. Rallos Zek the Warlord would laugh at my level 94 bard without a healer. He's like level 66. Even without all the adds he summons Bard DPS is simply not enough to burn a weak 1-2 million hp mob.

I don't know about that. If you were 85 and only had 100 AAs, I would not want to group with you. No way

Nice thread. Except Everquest isn't even like Everquest anymore. After they added Mercenaries every single class can efficiently solo to level 60 or so before EXP slows massively. After level 60 you need to either have insane gear for the level or start grouping with at least 1 other person. You can run 2 clients at once and effectively dual box through 95% of the game. The latest EQ expansion was really difficult from a casual perspective. Mercenaries worked for me to max out. Grouping really isn't mandatory, but it helps a lot. Pulling = walk in the park now. Any class can do it. CC = never really that necessary because pulling is so easy mode now. Grinding = Gone Why grind when you can pay a ranger or SK to power level you

Low and Standard pop servers have far more people playing than what appears. People are spread out because the world is huge. Play time is spread out because people go to work, or school. A lot of people play ALTs, sometimes on different servers. Basically if the numbers were as low as people make them seem, Bioware would have no choice but to merge. They aren't going to pay money to run an empty server. The problem is typically on the Republic side, and I think in time the factions will balance out.

Exactly the game isn't a child. You can't just slap the bugs on the hand and send them into timeout. When I was a kid my parents were a little hard on me. Now I just don't care what they think.

plays well for me. Don't know what else to say. More pew pew?

Isn't the trooper knockback the best in the game?

failure is not an option.

I've found plenty of accomplishment. How much can you really ask for out of a video game? Personally I know I get bored easily, I have no delusional expectations. I did Epic quests in EQ, I still have level 94 toons. The accomplishments are no different. Maybe in your own head they aren't, but that's on you.

You need to get in a decent guild. It's really the best option. Meeting people through PVP is easy. There has to be people around you can get to know. Spamming LFG will alienate people regardless.

We did normal EV last night. Think they did hard mode tonight, not sure I couldn't get on. We wiped once. It was going fine, I got sucked into trap right when he dropped and we just didn't have enough DPS. Second attempt tank didn't have problems positioning. We had some issues where SOA wouldn't drop, but we managed to finish him.

For this game not being an "MMO" and being totally "instanced" why do I see other people playing so much?