Slicing was implemented to make sure casual players had enough money to skill up, buy gear, and not to grind but to actually play and have fun.
SWTOR was supposed to be the game that did away with grinding.
People with "grinding disease", however, whined that mind numbing grinding was the preferable playstyle and Bioware/EA made a stupid knee-jerk reaction that made slicing useless one week into the game and without warning.
I used the credits to open inventory slots on my alts, open cargo slots, buy vehicles and upgrades to armor/augments fit for my level and generally had a very fun time exploring the game because I didn't need to grind credits.
The grinders didn't like this (how dare casual players actually have fun in a MMORPG) and whined like the diseased vermin they are. Oddly, Bioware listened to them.
Slicing actually impeded "gold" farmers since there was a decent way to make money and still have fun. Now, guess what?, there are gold farmers spamming ingame now since grinding is now needed.
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We really need separate forums for every newly launched game. There can be the anti-<MMO> one and there can be the 'what general discussion should be' one. All the lamenting can happen together where each can find solace in like minded can't-move-on-ers leaving the rest of us to actually move forward and discuss meaningful and relevant topics.
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Tonight and tommorrow I'm going to look at rich missions and what not.
I'll track my data and post it here
Shadow's Hand Guild
Open recruitment for
The Secret World - Dragons
Planetside 2 - Terran Republic
Tera - Dragonfall Server
http://www.shadowshand.com
Bummer dude. On to the next money maker
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We really need separate forums for every newly launched game. There can be the anti-<MMO> one and there can be the 'what general discussion should be' one. All the lamenting can happen together where each can find solace in like minded can't-move-on-ers leaving the rest of us to actually move forward and discuss meaningful and relevant topics.