Dear BioWare, I am... bored.

Ahhh, so instead of killing 20 harpies in a mountainous area, you can kill 30 boars in a grassy area. So much freedom.

How many of those games did people finish all the content in the first week or two?

IF so many people can clear all the content in less than a month that is saying that it is way to easy or there was not enough content to begin with.

No. Zones will contain multiple encounters like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG7MpNXaEMo This is a level 15 dynamic event. This is primarily how you gain exp, through events like this, or town takeovers/exploratory event finds.

Let me tell you - I want to kill 45 Rakghouls instead of one of those.

When you knock something, do a little research first yeah? It makes for a more compelling argument.

Here are other examples. Since leveling to 80 is a flat line, takes as much to get to 11 as it does to go from 79-80. You don't need to "grind" these like you'd think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsUcGBL56Ng
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1JfS...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5RpX...eature=related

These encounters range from low to high level, numerous per zone. Zones are vast.

Couple of questions for the OP:

1) Have you played through all 4 "starter" worlds on both factions (Tython, Ord Mantell, Korriban and Hutta)?

2) Have you played a character to 50 on both factions? Republic side quests will not be the same as Imperial side quests.

3) Did you enjoy the voice acting on your first few playthroughs?

4) Would you prefer BioWare ditch the voice acting, which is novel for the MMO genre, and instead focus on rushing out more kill X, gather Y quests supplemented only by text instructions/quest logs, so that you have different side quests to level with?


You played WoW for 6 years, as did I, so that may be where a lot of your burnout is coming from. It's also a likely reason why you forget how devoid of true end game content WoW had when it was first released.

If your standard for fun end game content is the sandbox elements of SWG or other previous MMOs you're probably in the wrong place. I'm not sure how long an MMO can survive strictly on story, but that's what's carrying the ball for now in SWTOR. Personally, I'm hoping they expand space combat/missions in the future as the graphics and easy of controls is appealing. I'm not sure if space PvP will ever work, but I have my fingers crossed.

There's going to be limits as to how much "novel" content SWTOR can produce. Publishers, especially mainstream ones such as EA, aren't going to deviate far from the proven path (WoW) until someone else proves you can do it the sandbox way AND be commercially successful.

My comment was regarding the comparison to WoW zones, not GW2.

As to your response though, I would point out how well that experience worked out for WAR.

Aside from that, killing 30 harpies is different from killing 30 boars as it's your choice to switch if you like. You can kill Grimtotems - or demons in the same level range, or elementals, or naga. There all in the proper range of 30-35, with quests according to those areas.

The experience didn't work well for WAR because their contribution system was fouled. However, people did enjoy Public Quests. We'll see if GW2 can get it right, I'm not claiming they did. However, from an interest standpoint, and from a choice standpoint. SWTOR is giving practically none.

I just want to get some thoughts on what people want.

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Thoughts?

First off, I just wanna say I'm really enjoying the game and haven't run into any boredom issues. I have a level 45 Sorc and an alt at level 10.

I just want to get some thoughts on what people want. Specifically, I see people asking for more open content and exploration. Wouldn't exploring the worlds for datacrons instead of using the internet to find them fit this bill? It requires exploration in order to find them and they would certainly take a while to find if you did it on your own. A self made quest to gain power/increase knowledge/etc depending on your toon's story. If this doesn't qualify I'm wondering what does? No sarcasm, I'm asking the question.

I also understand that datacrons aren't the be all end all of this issue but stuff like this seems to get swept under the rug. Much like how people say there is no content when the content is clearly in the class quests. It's there but it may not be what you are looking for. Hunting datacrons is open exploration but it may not be what you are looking for.

Thoughts?