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It's bad enough when it's just me hunting but when you get a group all clicking refresh so that we won't be heading in 7 different compass directions it's insane. And don't try to tell me clicking refresh builds character or I'll demand to get XP from it!

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_Flash_ wrote:

I have no idea if this has been addressed before, but have the Developers even thought of implementing mission filters? I spend at least 5 minutes just looking for my missions instead of being able to grind things. I personally just think that it would be so much less of a hassle if we had this feature.

Just an idea, tell me what you all think.

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5 stars!

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Fingerofthrawn wrote:

HAHAHAHA

Not to turn this into a flame-fest (but it probably will), but first- I've never seen a Jedi go Krayt hunting without their own little squad, have you? And a JK teamed with a TKM/Master Swords (to draw that aggro and usually equipped with uber-scythe from loot-camping) and/or -mostly and- their own rifleperson, equipped normally with an exceptional/legendary/uber (OMG i hate that word) DOT T21 can tend to do frightful amounts of damage to just about anything in-game. So the only option left is to go try to find your own-very rare- little spawn. And hey, what better way to introduce new players to the game then with a little Krayt hunt where you get your spawn taken? Might as well see what the game is really all about.

If they actually "fixed" something, sure. But the solo group nerf did nothing for the economy, there are no credit sinks for extravagantly rich (most of those credits go to buy stuff from other players-making those players rich- it doesn't just sink back into the economy, except a -very- little at a time with shuttles, taxes and such) and now no way for the desperately poor to help themselves either. Prices haven't dropped, and most likely won't for a looooooong time, in-demand SEAs still go for near a mil per point on my server still, premium crystals for 1-5mil, good composite for 800k, and I can just see that poor new player who thought that gift of 75k was grand looking to buy a new ship and seeing an A-wing or any master box ship going for well over a million creds quitting on the spot. Heck, why should the new players ever get the chance to have nice things in this game? And, by the way, the lifeblood of this game is new accounts=people shelling out 50 bucks for the game and maybe the expansion and staying, especially since a lot of vets have quit recently over the lack of new content (or maybe lack of access to old content- I know I'm sick of wasting entire buff sessions going from one camped/cleared dungeon/spawn to another just looking for a break from the grind). Hell, I used to take begging new players out on solo group hunts just so that they could earn some cash- I'd buy them a decent set of grinding Ubese we'd both pull Janta/Mokk missions I'd kill the spawn while they tried to get their XP somewhere close so they could get some creds and I never heard one complaint (uh, except from the guy who didn't listen and went after the Mokks- instant DB ); and actually got quite a few thank yous since they

1) Didn't have to beg for credits anymore (at least for a little while);

2) found out what the blazes a solo group was and;

3) actually had someone to hunt with and (try to at least) teach them a little on game basics- since that's really all I know

But since this isn't a thread about KSing (oh yeah, there's no such thing- /toungueincheek), instancing dungeons, or about solo-groups......

What would be the harm in filtering missions? Like a double-elite master is going to want to pull lesser plains Bol missions on Dant- or see what missions are available South when they just picked a mission North. I'd even like to see them make more MOBs available from the mission terms- I mean a farmer has problems with Nunas but why can't I get my group together and help some poor harvester that had a Krayt Dragon keeping him from his crops, that would solve a couple problems. Why not have a mission giver that needed you to go take out Acklay or Teraud in a way kinda like the Vette missions- so just you and your group could go have fun and get loot without worrying about it wasting those buffs or it being camped, usually by someone that thinks the game is too "easy" so they just stick to hoarding the loot and making it hard for everyone else? Scortching the earth (or Dant, or wherever) is fun for XP once or twice, but after a while- usually not even that long, it gets old as well- I see 3 lesser Bol spawns for every "decent" spawn-and not all those random spawns have all that great of XP hidden in them (have to look for those 50k+ hit point lairs that don't actually say "lair" at the end). And maybe it's not "easy" for everyone- it's definitely not "easy" for a new player to make creds now, I still don't think it's "easy" soloing Elders, and I still find it a fun little challenge the rare time I actually see Acklay in his cave to go down and take some venom from him (since the 4 times I've actually been able to fight him- 2 solo, 2 grouped- he didn't bother dropping bones).

So, sorry, I respect your views, even though I don't tend to agree with them so, even though I obviously don't know what I'm talking about even after 14+ months of playing.....

/peaceout,

/flameon, and

/sign again

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You Sir have just encompassed the main problems with this game in a very understandable post. This is exactly how I feel about the game. The only difference is that you are a genious with words.

/bow

and a /sign for the orignal post.

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Fingerofthrawn wrote:

HAHAHAHA

Not to turn this into a flame-fest (but it probably will), but first- I've never seen a Jedi go Krayt hunting without their own little squad, have you? And a JK teamed with a TKM/Master Swords (to draw that aggro and usually equipped with uber-scythe from loot-camping) and/or -mostly and- their own rifleperson, equipped normally with an exceptional/legendary/uber (OMG i hate that word) DOT T21 can tend to do frightful amounts of damage to just about anything in-game. So the only option left is to go try to find your own-very rare- little spawn. And hey, what better way to introduce new players to the game then with a little Krayt hunt where you get your spawn taken? Might as well see what the game is really all about.

If they actually "fixed" something, sure. But the solo group nerf did nothing for the economy, there are no credit sinks for extravagantly rich (most of those credits go to buy stuff from other players-making those players rich- it doesn't just sink back into the economy, except a -very- little at a time with shuttles, taxes and such) and now no way for the desperately poor to help themselves either. Prices haven't dropped, and most likely won't for a looooooong time, in-demand SEAs still go for near a mil per point on my server still, premium crystals for 1-5mil, good composite for 800k, and I can just see that poor new player who thought that gift of 75k was grand looking to buy a new ship and seeing an A-wing or any master box ship going for well over a million creds quitting on the spot. Heck, why should the new players ever get the chance to have nice things in this game? And, by the way, the lifeblood of this game is new accounts=people shelling out 50 bucks for the game and maybe the expansion and staying, especially since a lot of vets have quit recently over the lack of new content (or maybe lack of access to old content- I know I'm sick of wasting entire buff sessions going from one camped/cleared dungeon/spawn to another just looking for a break from the grind). Hell, I used to take begging new players out on solo group hunts just so that they could earn some cash- I'd buy them a decent set of grinding Ubese we'd both pull Janta/Mokk missions I'd kill the spawn while they tried to get their XP somewhere close so they could get some creds and I never heard one complaint (uh, except from the guy who didn't listen and went after the Mokks- instant DB ); and actually got quite a few thank yous since they

1) Didn't have to beg for credits anymore (at least for a little while);

2) found out what the blazes a solo group was and;

3) actually had someone to hunt with and (try to at least) teach them a little on game basics- since that's really all I know

But since this isn't a thread about KSing (oh yeah, there's no such thing- /toungueincheek), instancing dungeons, or about solo-groups......

What would be the harm in filtering missions? Like a double-elite master is going to want to pull lesser plains Bol missions on Dant- or see what missions are available South when they just picked a mission North. I'd even like to see them make more MOBs available from the mission terms- I mean a farmer has problems with Nunas but why can't I get my group together and help some poor harvester that had a Krayt Dragon keeping him from his crops, that would solve a couple problems. Why not have a mission giver that needed you to go take out Acklay or Teraud in a way kinda like the Vette missions- so just you and your group could go have fun and get loot without worrying about it wasting those buffs or it being camped, usually by someone that thinks the game is too "easy" so they just stick to hoarding the loot and making it hard for everyone else? Scortching the earth (or Dant, or wherever) is fun for XP once or twice, but after a while- usually not even that long, it gets old as well- I see 3 lesser Bol spawns for every "decent" spawn-and not all those random spawns have all that great of XP hidden in them (have to look for those 50k+ hit point lairs that don't actually say "lair" at the end). And maybe it's not "easy" for everyone- it's definitely not "easy" for a new player to make creds now, I still don't think it's "easy" soloing Elders, and I still find it a fun little challenge the rare time I actually see Acklay in his cave to go down and take some venom from him (since the 4 times I've actually been able to fight him- 2 solo, 2 grouped- he didn't bother dropping bones).

So, sorry, I respect your views, even though I don't tend to agree with them so, even though I obviously don't know what I'm talking about even after 14+ months of playing.....

/peaceout,

/flameon, and

/sign again

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yes ive seen jedis solo krayts