Subject: Flashpoints are one of the reasons for this
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Posted on: 2018-12-25 21:01:00 UTC
Aside from the first flashpoint Black Talon (can't remember Republic Version) they are very difficult to run solo. They can be but it is really hard.
I've finally re-subscribed to SWTOR for the first time in a long time. A while back on our Discord I had mentioned joining up with PPCers. There was some degree of interest, but it never really went anywhere.
So I figured I would post it to the Board to see what interest there is. Either in just joint questing or perhaps establishing a Roleplaying Guild initially targeted for PPC players.
Now is a good time as any to join/rejoin as there is an extra EXP event going on (at least for Subs, I cannot confirm if it is for F2P). For those interested my Characters with Levels are on the Star Forge server.
If your interested just let me know here your Character's Name, Faction, and Server. I have a 50+ Republic Character, a 50+ Empire Character, and a 70+ Empire Character, as well as multiple lower level characters depending on how you want to participate.
The Extra EXP event is for everyone, or at least it has been the last 2 Christmas'. I have 3 50+ Republic Characters, 1 70+ Republic Character, 3 50+ Empire Characters, 1 70+ Empire Character and 2 (or 3) lower level characters. (Yes I have got Legendary status).
I'll list all of the names etc. once I remember them all, but they're all on Darth Malgus (IIRC, it's the English speaking European Server)
Personally I'm interested more in joint questing/playing through a storyline as part of a group with friends rather than a RPing Guild, but I'd join the latter to do the former.
It is just a way to keep anyone who is interested in an easy way to group up so we don't need to remember character names
A Guild seems like a good idea to me, assuming that we can get this off the ground. In all honesty, I probably wouldn't do too much RP (outside of picking my character's responses in the dialogue trees - if I'm playing the game then I probably want to actually be playing the game), but it'd be useful to have a group to go to, and I'm sure there would be other useful stuff - like access to the guild shared storage. I had a couple of high level crafters that I used to use to give my mates and I an edge when we were playing regularly, back before all the Zakuul nonsense, and ridiculous XP gain. I don't know if player-crafted gear will actually be relevant now that you can gain levels so quick, but they might be able to create some useful stuff for sharing around.
My main is an Imperial Operative named Sephler, on the Darth Malgus server. I don't really have a Republic main at the moment, because there wasn't much point once the two factions got merged into one storyline. If you do make a character on Darth Malgus feel free to drop me a line.
There's also a couple of other people I know that might be up for joining in: the guys I used to play with, and an ex-WoW player or two that used to do raids - they might be interested in the group content like flashpoints. I could reach out and see if they're interested, if you'd like? I know you originally pitched it as 'PPCers playing SWTOR', but it doesn't look like there's that many of us that play.
-Irish
I'll probably drop a line sooner or later. Since this thread died down a bit I was focusing on my Star Forge characters. But I may be starting a BH or JK on Malgus soon.
At least for a bit. I may lose some latency as I'm from the US. Now I'm just going through the VAs to see which ones I like.
I remember experimenting with some characters on the US servers when the server character limits were much lower, and I only had lag issues in high population areas like the space stations (although I had slight lag issues in those areas in the European servers anyway). I suspect a bigger issue may simply be time difference / availability.
Through various consolidations, all of my characters are on the Darth Malgus server. I've got one of each class to 50+, with a few extras thrown in at various levels. Only really progressed through the more recent expansions with one character - well, what was the point in running it multiple times when all the content would be virtually identical?
One thing that I'd be very much interested in, if possible, would be getting groups together to run the flashpoints (and, dare I dream, the Operations?). I think I've seen pretty much all the content you can see as a solo player, but I've barely seen anything intended for groups. Which still seems a bit odd for an MMO.
So yeah, I usually only return once or twice a year to run the new content with my main, but I'd be up for playing regularly again if I could do something fresh. Playing the old content with a new group would be different and interesting enough, but seeing the content I've been missing out on so far would be best.
-Irish
Aside from the first flashpoint Black Talon (can't remember Republic Version) they are very difficult to run solo. They can be but it is really hard.