Are You Feeling "Burned Out" by SWTOR?

Also, players should still be able to play as they desire. I don't think that they "SHOULD" feel like they have to get to max level just to have fun. Why can't it be both? I think that TOR has that, but there are obviously others that disagree.

What?

You say this game is story-driven first and foremost (and therefore loses most of its interest once max level), and you think there's nothing wrong here for a freaking MMO?

You've proven yourself irrelevant to this discussion unfortunately, as players should never feel like they shouldn't rush to max level in a MMO, in fact they SHOULD feel the urge to be max level to get to play all the cool stuff, not dread to be bored.

What you described is what a good solo RPG should be, not a MMO with a subscription fee.

The "cool stuff" you describe is purely your opinion. I find MMO end-game to be horrendously boring because you do nothing, NOTHING that actually advances your character, which is the main distinction RPGs have (yeah they're MMORPGs). All it's about is repeating the same **** day in and day out to get what? A better item. Thanks, but no thanks, if I wanted a wardrobe changing game I'd be playing with Barbies.

You misunderstand my point. I'm not saying every MMO has good max level content, I'm saying a well craft MMO should make you feel like you want to be max level and enjoy the experience that you get when you're max level.

That's when a MMO is at its best, and if you're not enjoying the end-game content then yeah the MMO has failed. Which is precisely the problem a lot of people here have with SWTOR.

I have felt this way a lot recently, I think that my lack of zest has a little to do with the amount of time spent LFG'ing while sitting at the imperial fleet.

I also feel that without achievements, and very detailed stats, I lose interest. I wish that there were achievements that reward exclusive items, mounts, titles, etc. I love looking through my stats on other MMO's, to some players it's not a big deal, to me it is. How else will you know when you've reached 1 Billion points of damage, or when you've done 100 FP's, earned 10,000 warzone commendations. Seriously stats should record EVERYTHING, total amount of credits aquired, highest bid on an auction, total amount spent on postage, bosses killed and how many times you've killed them. Soooo many things, too many to list.

Achievements are pivotal, I'd like to see an achievement page that shows all achievements in the game with the ones completed highlighted, this would give me goals to focus on, especially if they could unlock cool stuff IE: tauntaun mount, Exclusive pets, interactive non-combat companions, Or Relics that are just for fun, like the ability to hover 3 feet in the air while moving for 5 mins, or unlock an ability so that everytime you use parlordance, a glimmering discoball hangs above your head.

I just invented those, they may be crappy but what I'm trying to highlight is,,,,they have the ability to make anything possible, it would be exciting to see what they can come up with if they felt that it was a worthy addition. You may feel that this would mimic WOW too much, to hell with it, don't let the existence of other MMO's tie the hands of the devs. IMO, this game has such powerful potential it could eventually surpass WOW in popularity.

What?

You say this game is story-driven first and foremost (and therefore loses most of its interest once max level), and you think there's nothing wrong here for a freaking MMO?

You've proven yourself irrelevant to this discussion unfortunately, as players should never feel like they shouldn't rush to max level in a MMO, in fact they SHOULD feel the urge to be max level to get to play all the cool stuff, not dread to be bored.

What you described is what a good solo RPG should be, not a MMO with a subscription fee.

As I posted in another thread, I think what's "missing" is ambience: No epic music, lack of sound effects (alien birds chirping, droids bleeping, lack of population and conversations going on at the space ports, mobs and beasts practically silent as you fight them, etc.). The "silence" is deafening. What made you feel like you were walking into an epic story in WoW? How about the anthems you heard when entering/exploring a major city or region? And when the music wasn't playing, the environmental sounds carried the immersion effect.

SWTOR is painfully lacking in this department. Try this experiment: Go to the Stormwind bank area in WoW during a normal evening when a good amount of players are on and just listen for around 5 minutes or so. Then go to back to SWTOR and to Carricks Station (as you get off your respective elevator from the hangar) during a normal time when a lot of players should be on. Or step just outside (or anywhere in) Anchorhead Spaceport and just listen for 5 minutes. Too freakin' quiet in SWTOR! Makes for a BIG difference in the immersion aspect.

Film producers spend a great deal of time and money on music composition and sound effects...for a good reason: to produce the immersion in the audience. If SWTOR ever gets the ambience fixed, then they'll find more people coming to the game and sticking around.