I'm in complete agreement -- one would think this option would be a given. I'm a returning player that hasn't played since launch. I was excited that I could play JUST for the main storylines and finally see all the class stories I hadn't before, but even as it was it seemed too easy (Darth Baras was such a trivial fight). All the challenge had gone out, but I was still enjoying the story. Now my character is ridiculously over-leveled for the content he/she is doing. While I can still play the story, It's also sapping what little enjoyment I had out of it to be so far above the intended level. Seems a simple fix to allow me to disable the boosted xp. Getting to end-game is not my priority in the least, and I'll probably be un-subbing again when I get there because it isn't why I came back in the first place. Do you really want me gone that much quicker, Bioware?

I don't know when people started thinking that they had a right to not be offended. I agree that the OP is an arse. I would've kicked him for being an arse. But he does have the right to tell anyone anything he wants to tell them, so long as it doesn't break the ToS. That person also has the right to ignore him, and not listen. They also have the right to tell him that he is an arse, and will be further regarded with a dismissive attitude. However, telling someone they suck or aren't playing their class correctly is not harassment unless they do it repeatedly and after being told to cease contact. There is no law anywhere in the Western world that says you have to be "nice".

Since they made the game so similar down to even minutiae, I think that expectation is warranted. It also doesn't help that they boasted how huge it would be, and how much money they dumped into it. I wonder what you expected? I doubt if you expected something dynamically different (heavy V/O isn't dynamically different), that you are very satisfied. No... I think you've settled. As long as you can find the game fun, that is fine. Others might not... and I don't believe they should be persecuted for letting BW know how they feel. Constantly whining about the same things over and over is a different matter altogether, though.

I remember the time before WoW had a cross-realm LFG tool. The communities seemed just as immature then as they do now, to me anyway. All of that elitism was there months after launch, far before any dungeon finding tool was available. In fact, I've met more nice people now than I did then. What's different? Simple: the server I play on and the speed with which I use the /ignore tool. The only other difference is that after the LFG tool came out, I actually got to experience dungeon content, when I always skipped that before because I chose to remain in a small, tight-night guild comprised of real-life friends rather than join a huge one that sees all the content. Besides, with the guild perks in WoW there are now strong reasons to still do things as a guild. Forcing community is what ruins a community. I fail to see how giving people the ability to see content without waiting for hours on end is a bad thing, or how it will ruin a community. The argument rings as fallacious to me as the whole "gay people are ruining families" thing. Correlation is not causation. Besides all that, I don't really see a community in SW:ToR yet. I see people standing around the fleet waiting for something to happen, and tiny numbers of people on higher-level planets. How is that a community? You can't ruin something that doesn't exist. I respect your opinion, but I also respectfully disagree... perhaps because I remember a time before WoW when MMO players were more often older, and/or more mature. The problem isn't the LFG tool, it's the theme-park hand-hold style of developing an MMO.

True. They could have been better. I didn't mind the film grain and such, but the aspect ratio is all off.

I won't be watching the movie. Yep... that's right, I'm denying it. Despite your claim, I only watched the first movies once. I regret even giving them that much time. They were awful. Truly, unabashedly, awful. Worst script-writing and dialogue I have ever seen in my life. **** dialogue is more well-done, and better acted. I also don't give a crap about 3D. So no, I will not be watching this crap pile of a movie in 3D... or any other format for that matter.

Wrong. http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Trilogy-Widescreen-Theatrical/dp/B001EN71DG/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1329098156&sr=8-3 Unfortunately they are no longer in production, which means you'll be buying from people severely overpricing them. Last set I bought they were about $40. Now, new copies are listing for over $200. BUT -- they contain two discs for each movie; one has the original theatrical, one has the new crap. As far as I know, there isn't a BluRay for the theatrical yet. As usual, Lucas will spin the same crap about how it won't do the movies credit, or he can't make it work. In reality, he just doesn't want to -- because this way he can milk it for all it's worth since he knows most of us prefer the originals.

Lonesome

Yeah, I tend to agree... I am not a fan of the new UI GCD changes. I would love an option to revert back. I seem to have less of an ability to tell what is on cooldown. The problem, for me, was never identification -- it was abilities glitching out and the icon showing that it is on cooldown when it really isn't. This still exists, even with the changes.

This is a video game we're talking about here... what isn't petty?

Yeah, but you only see those bright lights for 5 minutes until you actually start doing missions... then it's just a darker version of Coruscant (I.E. Narrow Metal Walls) hand-holding you everywhere.

A game's "content" isn't limited to its number of instances. From what I've seen, SW:ToR has far less content than WoW had at launch... but I would also say that it is more engaging than WoW's was at launch.

Def. needs roles. One AC might be a tank or dps, or heals or dps. There needs to be a way to specify which you need.

I tend to agree. It doesn't even compare to the WoW of a decade ago from an immersion standpoint. Story and VA is all it has that is better, the rest is worse. I generally enjoy ToR right now, but it needs a lot of work. I don't think BW is missing out on any deserved praise. I agree that there are two groups, but I think they are different than what a previous poster claims. Group 1: unrealistic love/hate towards the game. Group 2: a more realistic take on the pros/cons of the game, generally people who like it and what it could be... but don't ignore the good or bad. Sadly group 2 is a vast minority.

These are all the things I've been pretty much saying since beta. Nice post OP... I wholeheartedly agree. Unfortunately I don't think we have much chance of seeing even 1/5th of what you listed anytime soon. What they DO have in the game isn't even working properly atm.