SWTOR. Should I?

If you want a new experience wait for GW2. If you want to play SWTOR because you are a star wars fan but don't mind more of the same old thing than pick up SWTOR

SWTOR is my first MMO. I really like it. However, from what I've heard, if you are expecting this game to revolutionary, you'll probably be disappointed. If you're looking for a refinement of past MMOs combined with great story, this is for you, in my opinion. The only thing you can consider groundbreaking in this game is the story and dialog (which is perfect for me)

From what I've been hearing it's a WoW clone with extremely linear world, broken PvP and a crappy engine. I haven't played it, so I can't confirm all that, and I am biased against it because I despise theme-park MMOs, but the internet has been bustling with negativity towards SWTOR for months. Everywhere you go, you see people talking about how bad it is, and how it's going F2P soon.

I would suggest steering clear, Guild Wars 2 seems the go-to game for the theme-park MMO fans, Tera tries to please both theme-park and sandbox players, and Archeage is the only true sandbox MMO on the horizon, though I doubt we could see that in the west in 2012.

So I've heard good and bad about SWTOR. I enjoy playing MMOs and I want a new experience so I was wondering if SWTOR goes places other MMOs haven't gone before , Does SWTOR offer that experience? I just need some opinions from gamers who have played this game enough that they can tell me. And is the $15 monthly subscription worth it?Unsanitizer

You'll never know if YOU like it unless you try it. You do get 30 days free with the purchase.

no don't buy it it's awful and boring

So I've heard good and bad about SWTOR. I enjoy playing MMOs and I want a new experience so I was wondering if SWTOR goes places other MMOs haven't gone before , Does SWTOR offer that experience? I just need some opinions from gamers who have played this game enough that they can tell me. And is the $15 monthly subscription worth it?Unsanitizer

Ok so from what I'm reading, the story and quests are well done. Anything to say on PvP?Unsanitizer

From what I've been hearing it's a WoW clone with extremely linear world, broken PvP and a crappy engine.QQabitmoar

So I've leveled a bounty hunter to 50 and have mostly all champion pvp gear and am still in the process of leveling another character. I can tell you that the leveling process is the best part of the game but I will be cancelling my subscription after this month is up because the pvp is nothing special.

I log on to my bounty hunter once a day and do the pvp dailies and then when you're finished with those there really isn't anything left to do(i'm in a guild that does biweekly raids but i'm not really a raiding guy).

After I finish my dailies I log into my alt and level him an hour or so, however once I hit 50 and finish that story I think I'm done because I don't really want to go through the process of collecting pvp gear again, the level 50 pvp world in the game is incredibly broken(won't go into detail, I'm sure you can read about this somewhere) and it's a pain to even be there and if you're an empire player(at least this is true on my server) you will be lucky to get a warzone other than hutt ball.

I hope this was helpful. :)

Ok so from what I'm reading, the story and quests are well done. Anything to say on PvP?Unsanitizer

The pvp is the worst I have ever seen in an MMO, period. The game plays like KOTOR with the option to group. The game was too expensive for the short time it kept me interested personally.

Ok so from what I'm reading, the story and quests are well done. Anything to say on PvP?Unsanitizer

Always love peoples responces..No dont buy this game its aweful..How about some imput as to why you think its bad..Im enjoying the stories..Every class has a great story ive played so far..My jedi healer story is awesome..Cant get much better than hunting down jedi..If your not into raiding or into pvp..MMorpgs arent your thing than..Pve is a lot of fun..My guildies went out and hunted world bosses the other night..We had a blast..Cant wait for the real raid stuff to start coming to the game..Its more fun ive had in a long time and ive tried every mmorpg out there..How ever just because i enjoy it doesnt mean you will..Try it dont go bye these guys that say oh its aweful dont try it..Its a different kind of experiance an its better than your elves an orc games where it is unique..May try gw2 just because it is free after buying it..Ill still play star wars though..Cant wait to see what the devs have in store for pve action..

Always love peoples responces..No dont buy this game its aweful..How about some imput as to why you think its bad..Im enjoying the stories..Every class has a great story ive played so far..My jedi healer story is awesome..Cant get much better than hunting down jedi..If your not into raiding or into pvp..MMorpgs arent your thing than..Pve is a lot of fun..My guildies went out and hunted world bosses the other night..We had a blast..Cant wait for the real raid stuff to start coming to the game..Its more fun ive had in a long time and ive tried every mmorpg out there..How ever just because i enjoy it doesnt mean you will..Try it dont go bye these guys that say oh its aweful dont try it..Its a different kind of experiance an its better than your elves an orc games where it is unique..May try gw2 just because it is free after buying it..Ill still play star wars though..Cant wait to see what the devs have in store for pve action..

Gladestone1

Always love peoples responces..No dont buy this game its aweful..How about some imput as to why you think its bad..Im enjoying the stories..Every class has a great story ive played so far..My jedi healer story is awesome..Cant get much better than hunting down jedi..If your not into raiding or into pvp..MMorpgs arent your thing than..Pve is a lot of fun..My guildies went out and hunted world bosses the other night..We had a blast..Cant wait for the real raid stuff to start coming to the game..Its more fun ive had in a long time and ive tried every mmorpg out there..How ever just because i enjoy it doesnt mean you will..Try it dont go bye these guys that say oh its aweful dont try it..Its a different kind of experiance an its better than your elves an orc games where it is unique..May try gw2 just because it is free after buying it..Ill still play star wars though..Cant wait to see what the devs have in store for pve action..

[QUOTE="Unsanitizer"]So I've heard good and bad about SWTOR. I enjoy playing MMOs and I want a new experience so I was wondering if SWTOR goes places other MMOs haven't gone before , Does SWTOR offer that experience? I just need some opinions from gamers who have played this game enough that they can tell me. And is the $15 monthly subscription worth it?FelipeInside

fixed.

http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=252808

So I've leveled a bounty hunter to 50 and have mostly all champion pvp gear and am still in the process of leveling another character. I can tell you that the leveling process is the best part of the game but I will be cancelling my subscription after this month is up because the pvp is nothing special.

I log on to my bounty hunter once a day and do the pvp dailies and then when you're finished with those there really isn't anything left to do(i'm in a guild that does biweekly raids but i'm not really a raiding guy).

After I finish my dailies I log into my alt and level him an hour or so, however once I hit 50 and finish that story I think I'm done because I don't really want to go through the process of collecting pvp gear again, the level 50 pvp world in the game is incredibly broken(won't go into detail, I'm sure you can read about this somewhere) and it's a pain to even be there and if you're an empire player(at least this is true on my server) you will be lucky to get a warzone other than hutt ball.

I hope this was helpful. :)

rben21232

[QUOTE="rben21232"]

So I've leveled a bounty hunter to 50 and have mostly all champion pvp gear and am still in the process of leveling another character. I can tell you that the leveling process is the best part of the game but I will be cancelling my subscription after this month is up because the pvp is nothing special.

I log on to my bounty hunter once a day and do the pvp dailies and then when you're finished with those there really isn't anything left to do(i'm in a guild that does biweekly raids but i'm not really a raiding guy).

After I finish my dailies I log into my alt and level him an hour or so, however once I hit 50 and finish that story I think I'm done because I don't really want to go through the process of collecting pvp gear again, the level 50 pvp world in the game is incredibly broken(won't go into detail, I'm sure you can read about this somewhere) and it's a pain to even be there and if you're an empire player(at least this is true on my server) you will be lucky to get a warzone other than hutt ball.

I hope this was helpful. :)

FelipeInside

It's really hard to get groups for those on most servers. There's still too many players leveling (not at level cap). PvE doesn't have a queue like PvP does.

Very grindy at level 50, peformance is poor, PVP is unbalanced, quests are all the same. Only thing good is the story, thats honestly about it at this time, its fun levelling to 50 but once I got their I unsubbed. The game also has no LFG tool and you end up asking in the fleet trade chat for hours trying to find a group.

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="rben21232"]

So I've leveled a bounty hunter to 50 and have mostly all champion pvp gear and am still in the process of leveling another character. I can tell you that the leveling process is the best part of the game but I will be cancelling my subscription after this month is up because the pvp is nothing special.

I log on to my bounty hunter once a day and do the pvp dailies and then when you're finished with those there really isn't anything left to do(i'm in a guild that does biweekly raids but i'm not really a raiding guy).

After I finish my dailies I log into my alt and level him an hour or so, however once I hit 50 and finish that story I think I'm done because I don't really want to go through the process of collecting pvp gear again, the level 50 pvp world in the game is incredibly broken(won't go into detail, I'm sure you can read about this somewhere) and it's a pain to even be there and if you're an empire player(at least this is true on my server) you will be lucky to get a warzone other than hutt ball.

I hope this was helpful. :)

James00715

It's really hard to get groups for those on most servers. There's still too many players leveling (not at level cap). PvE doesn't have a queue like PvP does.

I'm not a huge fan of MMORPGs, that said I enjoy TOR. It plays like a single player rpg if you want to play it that way but you can also play it as a multiplayer rpg. It also has a decent story and a fleshed out world. Most other MMORPGs I've played, including WoW are all just about grinding, TOR feels more like a story driven rpg to me. Also a lot of the criticism seems to come from Star Wars fanboys who complain about things being out of canon, it's a game and supposed to be fun not a exact recreation of whatever George Lucas has in his head. It's the first online game I've played that I feel like is worth paying for to sum it up.

Meh, I personally got my $60 worth out of it.. But I can't see myself playing anymore in the near future..