Why Does Everyone Only Focus on the Negative Parts of tor?

It did. They didn't.

I think some people are just afraid to admit they actually like the game, like maybe Bioware won't fix the bugs or something.

I see people continuously saying other mmos are better but making direct references to wow.
comparing a 6 year old game to a fresh release.

The logic is not strong with these people.

The story arcs are good.

Everyone fpcus's on the negative aspects of SWTOR, OP, because they are the most glaring and abundant in the game. Literally the issues in SWTOR were in Aion and AoC and a few managed to make it into the launch of Rift.

None of those games made it past a second billing cycle with a strong population. So when a game only has the first few months to make an impression, and that impression is bad just as in real life, things tend to go down hill very quickly for the players. They get aggitated at the smallest things, like an over abundance of CC and lacking CC for certain class's, buggy raid content, buggy quests etc.

I listen to a twitch stream while I play and had the occassion to have someone else put into exact words my main issue with SWTOR.

To quote Maximumpanda (paraphrased):
"How can they put so much into certain aspects of the game and leave others almost untouched"

And I think thats got a lot to do with it. It's very easy to see the effort and level of intention to deliver a strong MMO from Bioware with SWTOR but with all the issues that have existed from betas etc no one can really understand why the game is the way it is.

"The logic is not strong with these people." is the best thing I've heard in a long time.

What positives? Class stories, that's pretty much it. Everything else is exactly the same as World of Warcraft, with even less freedom...if you can imagine that.

Just know that this game was different, and better 6 months ago. What could have been...sigh

^ This.

If one thing working all those years in retail has taught me. People don't usually vocalize the positive things they enjoy. Managers don't usually get called to the front desk because someone wants to tell them they had an awesome visit.

That and the negative sticks with you longer then the positive will. Sadly this is programed instinct.

Lot of stuff great with this game. I think a lot of it is just people got so used to the well oiled game that had 7 years to beat out a lot of the kinks. So far I think the game is doing fine population wise and game wise, and they have been working to get all the kinks out just people are a little antsy about it. Especially the ones that actually want the game to be good believe it or not.

I was going to say something along those lines. That was my experience anyways. But I guess I'm pretty nitpicky.

I know, right? The spaceports in WoW are all the same. And don't even get me started on WoW's cover system and companions.