No. Mostly because the class stories only make up 15 to 20% of the leveling process and it would require you to replay 80 or so percent of the game just to see them.
Well I would disagree with this statement. You are always on the story lines. While you are on the story lines you pick up new quest depending on if your a sub or f2p that determines how many extra quests you need to do. Tell me one game that has better stories then SWTOR and tell me one game that has more story lines during the leveling process.
I quit when I saw a seemingly endless corridor filled with middle rank mobs spaced just far enough apart to ensure a slow crawl through them between me and the next story bit that would tell about 3 lines in what increasingly seemed like a needlessly drawn out story.
It is not that the story doesn't have its good points (and a LOT of bad points) but that the amount of time needed to get there is just to much and frankly not much fun.
The problem ain't the amount of story but the tedium of the combat.
I guess some of you will keep twisting things around just to keep the bashing going. I thought there wasn't enough content? I thought you out level the content? Now your saying there is too much content between story lines?
Well ill I guess it's a matter of opinion and some clearly are more bias then others and over a million don't think its tedium. Why do you think a major complaint is the restriction to the amount of toons f2p get? Because leveling in Swtor is fun!! If it was so horrible as you claim people would careless about alts. Give me a few mmos where leveling alts is not a little tideous? They all can be and Swtor isn't a different except their stories are superior over other mmos .
mobs doesnt equal content
yes , the stories are superior to other mmos( which doesnt say much), but the boring, repetitive combat is between the player and the story
and that is why so many people left
other mmos , that would have the players do the same, usually reward a good shiny for it
tthat kind of design is mostly used in elite dungeons by other devs
Originally posted by mmoguy43 Am I crazy for not feeling compelled to play the game, even though it is free, to play through the class stories but I'm probably going to watch them on youtube instead?
Guess so, never played more fun game with so many different stories and all voiced ... wow. Well, throne is split between Wow and Swtor. Only two games I can immagine to play for 10 or 20 years to come. Just hope next expansion will bring also class specific questing. And tears to haters that would love to see swtor dead.
The "throne" is split between WoW and SWTOR? What throne exactly are you talking about, MMO with highest number of subscribers? WoW is sitting on it, the rest wish they could be sitting where WoW is right now. There is only a split between WoW and all the rest together. SWTOR isn't anywhere near WoW.
Originally posted by mmoguy43 Am I crazy for not feeling compelled to play the game, even though it is free, to play through the class stories but I'm probably going to watch them on youtube instead?
No. If you really don't like the game then no amount of free stuff is going to compel you to play it. It just isn't your cup of tea and there is nothing wrong with that. Frankly I've never been a fan of some of the games that the bashers of TOR hold up on huge mantels. We all can't like the same things otherwise life would be boring
I guess some of you will keep twisting things around just to keep the bashing going. I thought there wasn't enough content? I thought you out level the content? Now your saying there is too much content between story lines?
I guess some of you will keep twisting things around just to keep the bashing going. I thought there wasn't enough content? I thought you out level the content? Now your saying there is too much content between story lines?
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Grind =/= Content, far from it.
too true, far better that they kill 100000000000001 boars in the forest than have to grind their way through side quests
and the small number of themepark games is shrinking, day by day
Its not so easy to define it that way unfortunately, there are plenty of failed/failing Sandbox games as well as Themeparks, but its not because of the 'genre' so to speak, its because the games themselves are a bit rubbish. Success is really defined by how long the game survives with a positive bank balance, WoW may be in decline, but its due to the age of the game as much as anything, and even in decline its still way more successful than every other Themepark game out there, Eve online by comparison, has far far fewer players, but its still 'growing' even though its just as old a game, whether a game is a themepark or a sandbox is largely irrelevant, its quality of the game that will inevitably be the deciding factor.
Originally posted by nerovipus32 I just can't get passed the static, dull and lifeless world. Some npc's don't even move. For the amount of money that was spent to create this game, they really did a shit job.
Then maybe a themepark mmo is not the game for you. Themeparks are all about restricted playgrounds and farm static spawns, then move from your questhub to the next one.
If you don't like the above, this game might not be it for you.
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mobs doesnt equal content
yes , the stories are superior to other mmos( which doesnt say much), but the boring, repetitive combat is between the player and the story
and that is why so many people left
other mmos , that would have the players do the same, usually reward a good shiny for it
tthat kind of design is mostly used in elite dungeons by other devs
The "throne" is split between WoW and SWTOR? What throne exactly are you talking about, MMO with highest number of subscribers? WoW is sitting on it, the rest wish they could be sitting where WoW is right now. There is only a split between WoW and all the rest together. SWTOR isn't anywhere near WoW.
true..only two Things can kill wow
titan , and blizzard
a huge, open World, filled with scores of easy mobs
and some of the most EPIC music in history, this is on par with bach and Haydn
no Wonder, that theyre still number one
No. If you really don't like the game then no amount of free stuff is going to compel you to play it. It just isn't your cup of tea and there is nothing wrong with that. Frankly I've never been a fan of some of the games that the bashers of TOR hold up on huge mantels. We all can't like the same things otherwise life would be boring
Currently Playing: World of Warcraft
Grind =/= Content, far from it.
yea, but somehow,the successful mmos always get us to grind anyway
grinding dailies , grinding reputation...whatever
and somehow, they made swtor feel very grindy
too true, far better that they kill 100000000000001 boars in the forest than have to grind their way through side quests
the bonus missions in swtor is some of the worst content stretching, ive ever seen
in STO, they just give you a ton of XP, and hope, that you dont notice
People love to play these flash in the pan Theme park MMOs. But after a few months (at best) it gets super old and boring.
yea,,thats why, all the top games are sandbox
and the small number of themepark games is shrinking, day by day
Its not so easy to define it that way unfortunately, there are plenty of failed/failing Sandbox games as well as Themeparks, but its not because of the 'genre' so to speak, its because the games themselves are a bit rubbish. Success is really defined by how long the game survives with a positive bank balance, WoW may be in decline, but its due to the age of the game as much as anything, and even in decline its still way more successful than every other Themepark game out there, Eve online by comparison, has far far fewer players, but its still 'growing' even though its just as old a game, whether a game is a themepark or a sandbox is largely irrelevant, its quality of the game that will inevitably be the deciding factor.
it was sarcasm
sandbox is a dying genre, how many sandbox games have been released lately?
and how many big themeparks?
even the best and biggest sandbox(EVE) gets surpassed by every themepark at release
sandbox is much harder to program , than themepark
and the community doesnt even get better, even with fewer players
look at EVE ,,players scamming each other, and the devs just call it meta gaming
Then maybe a themepark mmo is not the game for you. Themeparks are all about restricted playgrounds and farm static spawns, then move from your questhub to the next one.
If you don't like the above, this game might not be it for you.
"going into arguments with idiots is a lost cause, it requires you to stoop down to their level and you can't win"