So me and my friends were talking a couple months ago. We realised that, all in all, SWTOR has potential that for whatever reason it's not reaching. So, we came up with the idea to post monthly on ideas we, as players, want from the game in the future and general suggestions that might bring a few players back.
So I introduce to you the first...
Monthly Suggestion Post - November Edition
Now we get not everything might be possible, fair enough. But we want to do our part in helping out the Devs and trying to make their lives a little easier with a monthly list of ideas that I and my friends have seen expressed. Please not a few of these ideas are the products of our discussion over a month ago.
- Mannequins
Get some models and let us put our spare armours or sets onto them to show it off to our friends.
- Possible Decorations
Let us move our lovely little troops and decos into poses that could fit them better. For example an Imperial soldier talking, saluting etc. All that will need to be done is recoding the old elements with the new features.
- More Guild SHs
Larger SHs that would fit in well with guild rp e.g. Forts or a complex on different planets Allow guilds more than one GSH RPers would find this immensely useful, and while not a gaming majority can provide a lot of revenue for decorations if pleased
- A decoration that determines entry point
A good comparison is the Fallout 4 fast travel marker. Some of the SHs have a rather odd placement for where you spawn upon entering. For instance when I travel to the Tatooine SH I would like to spawn where I place a ship decoration and not on the balcony.
- Subscription and Cartel Market
When all is said and done, the subscription prices need to be lowered. Whether that means lengthening the sub time or lowering the prices themselves is up for debate, but in this day and age more people will sub if they can afford it and if it’s all but useless [see: ESO] as well as opening up the chats to the F2P players again, otherwise they are alienated from a lot of activities and will give up the game. As in ESO, a sub could provide access the planets + quests for as long as it’s active unless they are bought separately The Cartel Market is, let’s be honest, mainly for cosmetic items and so should be fully and not for things like titles. Expansions? Fine. Packs? Of course. But with titles? It just makes it unfair to players who can’t afford it and in today's world, gamers want fair not pay to win
- Opening up a content creator
While putting out new items and outfits is all well and good, a fair amount of money could be saved by allowing players to use a content creator, where each month outfits, SHs, weapons etc etc could be picked to be released to the public as part of a pack (or, as in the cases of SHs, a terminal on the fleet) with most of the work already done. Though, to keep things fair, players would have to manually put their creations up for the competition. Maybe every 6 months a SH is picked or something (for credits and coins for fairness), 3 months for outfits and 1-1.5 months for decorations.
- Decorations
At some point, the decorations sold via the CM, gtn and in game get a little tedious as they come out depending on the expansion/ pack. Mix it up! Release so spooky statues, more medical/lab themed gear, play around with creatures for the SHs of Umbara, Manaan, Yavin and Tatooine.
- Titles!!!
Having these characters boosted to lvl 60/65 is all well and good, but they’re missing the class titles! They are still, of course, individual classes with individual stories
Not much for this month, but the aim is to at least try and get this idea going. We all want SWTOR to continue for as long as possible, and we want to make the Devs jobs a little easier.
Note: My friends and I are mainly RPers, so suggestions for PVE and PVP players aren't our specialty. So you can access the Doc to add your ideas for the december edtion here.