I have come to realize the best way to enjoy this game like the thousands of others I see playing is to no longer log into the forum, before the NGE on SWG most of us had never visited the forums, never heard the vitriolic hate and anger towards devs and state of game we were all in game enjoying ourselves, those few hundreds who massed on the forums shouted loudest and whined the longest, got changes they really did not want then blamed the devs for it all (all the whinning and *****ing got the attention of lucas and he poked his nose in saying "why can't it be more like wow people must want it because they seem to hate the current system).
It is the same on every mmo, most of the people I meet in game never visit the forum and yes chat does work I have used it, added people to my friends list and used tells and reply to talk to them! its amazing, primitive but works, those people actually love this game and are in game having a blast, yes the hardcore gamers have folded (shows how hardcore they are) people have quit but I still see every ark fall packed, most I ever wait is 5 seconds for a coop map and even the start up area still has people.
So all you whiners and complainers go ahead try to ruin another game instead of realizing this game may not be for you, sadly you will probably get your way and have things changed because the ones that shout loudest and most often they must be right.
While I will play this game with friends and people I don't even know for the fun and joy of the game, not trying to bend it to my ideas but accepting and having fun, until you lot get levelled weapons and areas, clan only content, "hardcore" modes and all the other crap this game does not need.
Bye



