Are You Feeling "Burned Out" by SWTOR?

I'm not sure if I'm feeling the same way yet... some days I log in and have a blast; and other days I log in, sit in the fleet for a little bit and log out. But, ya, it is definitely hard to express what exactly it is that is missing.

I for one think its a couple things:

• Getting to 50 is way too fast
• Lack of customization options, everyone is starting to look more and more alike and I don't feel very unique because of it
• No really, really hard raid content. My guild is 5/5 KP Nightmare and 4/5 EV Nightmare. SOA Nightmare is pretty much the only decent challenge, and even then it's nothing like "No Light" in WoW. I just hope the next raid content that is added will require a lot more strategy and challenge... none of this full clear, first day out stuff.

This is just a couple things I thought of off the top of my head.

I think my main problem is that complete lack of freedom. The game feels like it is holding your hand, follow this corridor path to your next objective, the mountains all around you are there so you a) can't go wrong, b) can't go anywhere to explore. There is no sense of accomplishment....that you should feel anything except apathy towards the world around you.

First time I entered Duskwood in WoW I got this very creepy feeling when seeing spiders, zombies, skeletons and knowledge that NOW the game has started. No more holding hand zones like Westfall where I have to kill random boars.

In this game it's more like....welcome to Imperial hub number 54, we apparently have a few hundred humanoid mobs for you to kill that looks exactly the same as the ones in the starting area, but hey, this planet has snow, so everything should be different.

One of the problems I found while leveling an alt is that I'm doing the exact same quests, minus the class quests, which don't give much XP by themselves. I suppose more content (so I could do different quests on different characters), or increasing the amount of XP that class quests give would fix that.

Our guild has gone from running in groups, to playing different characters solo or in pairs. We tried grouping up for class quests, but with the scaling it's just stupid. Gotta love when every mob you attack has 2 or 3 strong or elite mobs that pop out of stealth around it. It doesn't make it more fun, it just makes it take longer.

I thought I would enjoy crafting, but with the amount of commendations that drop everywhere, I just buy everything from the commendation vendors. I can never find anything on the auction house anyways.

Speaking of commendations, I've had this problem in other games. One of my favorite things in older games was getting a rare drop off of a world mob. People complain about grinds and whatnot, so the barter system was put in place and is now the standard. I hate the barter system, it takes away the whole winning the lottery feeling of finding some rare item.

Overall, I'm still enjoying this game, but I'm finding myself running solo a lot more often.

imo this game is meant to be played casually. First I played several hours each day, now it's 2-4 each day and I'm enjoying it much more. But I do however agree something is lacking.

You're probably right.

But I also think that means it's not worth the current asking price for a subscription either.

The leveling up story jazz was worth the box price, but what's left to do after isn't worth 15 bucks a month in my opinion.

I agree with the sentiment that playing or even doing too much of one thing can get boring. For me running my business, taking care or my one year old, and being a good husband leaves only a moderate amount of time to play. So therefore the burnt feeling isn't there, its actually the opposite I look forward to when I can drone out in the SW universe.

I can however see how the hardcore gamers feel, just 6-7 years ago I was spending much more time gaming than nowadays and may be getting slightly bored, but that goes with saying for any game.

I never played WOW or any other MMO for that fact, which I feel is a blessing, I don't have to sit here and constantly compare it like others seem to do. I came from the Final Fantasy RPG background of loving a story so even when I play a lot of solo its fun. But then I have the benefit of having a decent group of friends/family who also play so I can fully enjoy grouping, however I have had frustrations trying to find a group when I'm the only one on and see where people are coming from with that. issue

At the end of the day though the game is rather new, and will get better, bugs will be worked out, new content for end game will routinely be added and given that its the SW universe they basically have an unlimited number of planets/races/species to choose from to continue adding to it. And I also have faith that Bio is listening to its customer base and will continue to tailor the game so that players don't want to leave. Remember they did this to make money and keeping subs is the only way to make money, so if they have any kind of smart business sense they will make their customers happy.

Which they seem to be trying to do, the last video talking about all the coming updates the guy did say that this is "the players" game and they want to give us what we want.

So for those of you burning out you have a few options:

1. Quit playing so darn much and take a break, I've had to take days off and then get excited when I can play.

2. Exercise a bit of patience, for the game is just over a month old. Ive heard the saying that the first 6 months of MMO's are pretty much paid beta anyway. Bug fixes, and all the other issues will be addressed but anyone who has had an ounce of experience in the business world knows things take some time, especially when they need to be done right.

3. Or simply just QUIT! No one is forcing you to play the game, and if the measly $15 a month is too much for you then stop paying and go back to WOW or whatever MMO you played before.

This is my first MMO, but as a Star Wars nut I think it's the best game to come down the pipeline in ages and I fully plan on supporting this product for years; the real interesting stuff won't happen right out the gate anyways. I play roughly 4 hours a day and do not feel burned out and look forward to playing it for a long time to come.

Agree with the OP I almost went outside into daylight today ..shudder

Yes, after a month of playing I became extremely bored and generally had no interest in playing the game anymore. My sub runs out the 20th of feb and will not be resubbing after that. The problem for me is the same as a lot of people's. There is basically no end game content right now. I play mmo's to play them at max level, not to keep leveling alts.

After I reached 50 I pvped a lot to get the chamIons gear, but now I have it and don't want to do the same grind for battlemaster gear. So, what am I supposed to do. Run FP? Haha that's a joke, I play republic side with a guild that most people have quit already. Finding groups is almost impossible and can take hours of spamming chat at the fleet with a total of 20 level 50s on it.

I have returned to playing rift. It is such a better game with much more stuff to do and occupy my time with. I am never bored playing rift and definitely have never reached a point in that game where there was literally nothing I could do with my character. On swtor, if I don't want to pvp them I am stuck with nothing to do. Atleast give me a LFG tool so I can run FPs

I suspect its because you've done all this already in countless other games, regardless of backdrop.