This game is TWO MONTHS old.

Reading comprehension goes a long way, no one complains theres a lack of content(wich there is, lvl to 50 and give it 2 weeks tops), its some basic QOL options, wich are not there, glaring flaws noted since beta-launch and a long list of etcs...

But hey, keep telling yourself the game is fine and healthy, your in for a shocker.

You do realize that this is how it was done for years before ingame voicechat, with no issues.

Got a 50 that has been there for about a month. Also have a lvl 41 alt. Still having a blast.

Could things improve? Sure. But I still enjoy the game as is also.

Do you realize you are attempting to doom us all to WoW as the end of the genre? If you, in your short sighted, immediate gradifing nature are representative of the majority of MMO'ers, no company in there right mind would ever produce another MMO, ever. Because possibility to produce a polished, expansive, non-bugged game for any reasonable outlay of capital is impossible.

Either we, the gaming public, support new MMOs and give them the chance to grow and improve, or we might as well all just go play WoW.

That special something being... obsoleting your gear every 6 months? I don't grok.

lol try understanding difference b/w features and content....
try comparing wow 2004 features with swtor 2011 features or rift if you like

I cant say that for sure, i don't know what any of the budgets were for those games and I'm not going to speculate. Just off the top of my head i remember AoC being pretty lofty for what it was.

The point is that post launch bugs, light content are part of the genre and if a person wants to play MMOs at/after launch, particularly those on the "next best thing" bandwagon need to realize this.

One thing I can say with all confidence is that its getting a lot better for MMOs in general, especially over the last few years. I guess the question is does the player want more time spent in QA and less time developing content or more content with a few bugs? There is going to be an opportunity cost at some point in the projects life cycle.

For the budget this game had, its a pretty good foundation for what could be a stellar game at launch +6 months to launch +12 months. Since I personally will never make or see that kind of money, and don't know the inner workings of Bioware Austin, i cant say one way or the other if $300m dictates more that we have gotten.

The thing that's always concerned me is that all of the time spent in the cinematic and voice acting, assuming both are very time consuming, may have a bearing on the frequency of large expansions.

THis is it. This is what many people aren't grasping. No one is saying that this game doesn't have potential, but you need to step back and view this just like any other product. There're 3 scenarios here: the game's subscription revenues are greater than development and maintainence costs, the two are equal, or the revenues are less than D&M costs. They are losing revenues and increasing development costs.

WoW 2004 had features? lmao

I'm pretty sure OP is a troll. Compare SWTOR to most major AAA releases since 2006 and they all had more features at launch than SWTOR. Even F2P MMOs beat SWTOR to this, you know, cause at least they have a guild bank, lol.