Swtor= dog on a chain?

I played from day 1 in WoW vanilla and it had about the same amount of content that ToR has now, maybe a couple of zones more. If you are counting each planet in Tor as a zone then you are wrong. Hoth and Tattooine together by themselves are as large or larger than Kalimdor.

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How is any of that different from WoW 1-85? All you do in WoW from 1-85 is collect X items drop a specific mob, or kill X of that mob. You go from your starter area, to just outside your starter area, to connecting zone, to connecting zone...repeat, till Outlands, then do those zones 1 by 1...then Northrend, 1 by 1...then Cata zones, 1 by 1. All the same basic content (although admittedly some of the Cata quests were pretty fun, finally).

I didn't say anything about skipping planets, but just like in WoW, you can't skip Outlands, you have to do it. Same deal here.

You can go to (nearly) any zone in WoW at level 1...outside of Outlands, Northrend, and Cata zones. You'll die, but you can go. Same thing in TOR.

Bottom line here is, SW:TOR is not MORE linear than any other MMO. Its equal.

Also, MMO's are linear, period, thats just how it is. Linearity is basically required in the MMO setup.

Counting all content in TOR, and not just the Planets (which count as MULTIPLE zones in WoW each)... it has significantly more content than WoW did at launch. It's funny when people even try to claim it WoW had as much... and a riot when they try to claim it had more.

In fact, TOR has released with more content than any other MMO before it (at their respective releases).

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People have short term memory.

I can tell you've never played Eve before or at least not for very long. You're making the mistake of thinking you need a BS or larger in order to PvP.

I can go to Nullsec in a noob ship and PvP right now if I wanted to. You can argue about the effectiveness of that, but even then you cannot possibly compare the linear themepark progression of TOR and the sandbox of Eve. The linear aspect is so blatant and in your face that they even show the recommended level for each planet on the galaxy travel screen.

Five of the six vanilla starter zones had enough content to get you to ~30 without branching off into content stemming from another starter zone.

STV alone got many players through the 30s and into the 40s. I never really bothered with it, because there were so many other zones covering that level range, and so many dungeons to run instead.

or wait for GW 2 , explore world , see things happening in the world go to it , kill/solve apropiate event in the world thats going , go have fun explore ,rinse repeat :s

kinda explained it easy ... but .. i think if they deliver what they say they will

this could be possibly be the new generation mmorpg setup that sets a new standard or era so it that doesnt have the standard liniarity and quest hub experience :s

i'm not a big fan of asian mmo's , grind fest mode , NCsoft or the sucky game Guild wars 1 ...

but researching this extremely , it does all sound good and loks good idea is very good ...

just hope that it wont mess up the 1 thing i think a mmorpg should require ...
raid experience and good fun maybe chalanging boss mechanics ...

thats the ting i wait for when it gets released , if it lacks that i wont buy it >.<

In my Op I said I feel like a dog on a chain. It's really more being able to choose more than say one zone to lvl 1-5 persay like in other mmos. All the quests in this game at least at my lvl so far have been in straight lines. If you look at the map while you quest, you will see that you just go in a straight line to the next quest.

Can someone plz articulate this better for me as I dont know if I am making sense, but I feel like my chest is going to explode when I quest in this game lol. In other mmos the questing world just felt well....... more ROUND lol.

I can go to Warzones and PvP whenever I want too in TOR... what's your point?

EVE is not a sandbox, it's an illusion of one. Until you have a ship powerful enough to survive... i.e. be High level. Just like all MMOs.


I played EVE for 2 years. Don't tell me what I know.

I think part of the issue here is that there is pretty much nothing else to do in this game but run along the path of leveling.

There arent other tools or game mechanics besides space missions to give us the feel of open game playing. We are meant to level up, grind gear, repeat.