please remove 4 and 8 man min req for raids

[Crica]

I know its hard to grasp that for some people, that they're are cultures of people who readily like to help each other.

If you like to help others then you will help others as long as there is an option to do so.

What does that have to do with players who prefer to solo having the option to do so?

Having the option to solo is not going to take away the option to party...

[TonyMontana]

Most other games don't like unity and grouping, so its understandable to have these requirements. SE doesn't have Blizzard money, people need to stop acting like they do. Blizzard can always buy a new server to plop their load on, even if there game is currently losing subs rapidly. Now they're going to have sanctioned rmting, its hard to compare a company with so much evil money to a regular gaming company. The only other company that has that kind of money is EA, and thats why SWTOR is a wow clone with a SW skin. If you're game doesn't look like wow you can't attract the masses who play mmos for three months and then hop to a new one lol, and then you also don't make as much money, you can't advertise as much, and then you can't buy as great or as many servers. We actually run this game on multiple servers now almost like what WoW does, but we jut don't have the sheer numbers of servers it takes. This game is also more tasking on servers than most mmos are, so the average mmo (not even wow here just most) can make tons of instances due to how low quality their graphics are. So yes we're stuck with limited instances, due to the company, but if it also fosters grouping a little more i'll take it. I'd like new servers eventually down the road. No reason to solo dungeons, no reason to solo this game. Go watch anime, half of them the reoccurring theme is working together, its kind of a overarching theme is japanese culture as they are collectivist. I know its hard to grasp that for some people, that they're are cultures of people who readily like to help each other.

Stock holders conference call has them still over 11 million subs, I think it was like 11.4 miilion which would put them at nearly 88% of their highest subscription total. Over half a year into an expansion only being down 12ish % from your highest sub number ever isnt to bad. I wouldnt use the word rapidly when I decribe how they are losing subs. Its more of the normal ups and downs they have seen since late 2006.

[Preypacer]

Because its SE.... They have trouble tying their own shoelace.

Yeah... Huge company. Highly successful. One of the few developers in the world who are in the position of being entirely self-funded and don't rely on outside investors. Several hit game series, including one of the most popular in the world.. A major publisher as well.

But you're right...

They're totally incompetent because they make decisions that certain people disagree with. They couldn't even tie their own shoe-lace.

Of course.

I swear, the amount of ignorant vitriol spewed on these forums sometimes by some people is beyond pathetic.

If they're so incompetent to you, then why are you still around, other than to troll their forums?

Better yet... Instead of spouting off nonsense like you know what the hell you're talking about, perhaps you and the other know-it-alls on this forum (Neptune and co.) could go get yourselves organized and create a MMO of your own, since you all apparently have so much more wisdom and knowledge in how to "correctly" create a MMORPG. Go for it.

Show us how much more "competent" you are than SE in making a game.