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If this game was not Star Wars would you still play?

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If this game was not Star Wars would you still play?

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Rtwozero
03.14.2012 , 04:31 AM | #1
If this game was not Star Wars, but some other lore/world/universe, would you still play?

If yes, list 3 reasons why.
If no, list 3 reasons why.

Constructive and civilized responses only please.
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gruntpunt
03.14.2012 , 04:39 AM | #2
Nope.
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Ceco
03.14.2012 , 04:49 AM | #3
Nope .
Traveling system .
Crafting system .
Horrible CS ( never tought someone can beat SOE for this but seems one can never know ).
Lag/fps issues and many many more .
Still its the only SW MMO atm so I shall stick with it .

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Battilea
03.14.2012 , 04:51 AM | #4
Sure.

1. I like MMOs.
2. I like BioWare games.
3. It is new and shiny and real life friends are playing it.

And will I continue to play? Probably not much longer.
1. Lacks incentive to do things as groups at 50.
2. Lack of a group finding utility, not paying $15 a month to play solo.
3. BioWare's failure to address blatant bugs, with patch notes that consist almost entirely of PvP related changes, while almost entirely ignoring PvE things.

The first two I believe lead to my server going essentially dead at a certain point in time, making it even harder to get anything going. And if I were to add a 4th, it'd be the number of abilities. Just too many hotkeyed things, many situational that could be combined.

Note that I would consider myself a Star Wars fan. I own multiple copies of the movies, have bought some of the pricier lego sets, and so on. But it being Star Wars overall doesn't factor in too heavily. I never bothered with SWG, for example, because I didn't like the look of the game from the start. So the SW factor means it gets an initial look, the game itself has to do the rest.

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SNEAKYSIX
03.14.2012 , 04:53 AM | #5
MMORPG fan or STAR WARS or both, thats what brought me here.

If your a STAR WARS fan this game may have lasted 2 weeks of owe and kudo's but for most the novelty disappeared as MMO fan came through. As an MMo fan this game engine doesnt quite work for me and GW still is my persnal benchmark for MMO to beat. This doesnt.
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DieAlteHexe
03.14.2012 , 04:54 AM | #6
Quote: Originally Posted by Rtwozero View Post
If this game was not Star Wars, but some other lore/world/universe, would you still play?

If yes, list 3 reasons why.
If no, list 3 reasons why.

Constructive and civilized responses only please.
Yes. It's fun, the stories amuse me (BW stories always do no matter the setting) and I enjoy discovering new "worlds".

In fact, I subscribe DESPITE it being SW as I am not a particular SW fan. I had to be coerced into trying the game.

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WereMops
03.14.2012 , 05:01 AM | #7
Quote: Originally Posted by Rtwozero View Post
If this game was not Star Wars, but some other lore/world/universe, would you still play?

If yes, list 3 reasons why.
If no, list 3 reasons why.

Constructive and civilized responses only please.
Yes if the game still was Sci-fi ish, had the same feel and the same emphasis on story.
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GrimAce
03.14.2012 , 05:03 AM | #8
It's incredibly hard to say, because the universe premise of a game is a huge, huge factor as to why anyone would play, especially in the MMO market...but I still probably would. Why? Fully recorded dialogue, focus on story mechanics, and I've bought every Bioware game since Baldur's Gate - not because I'm a fanboy, but because I genuinely enjoy their work.

Yes, it's got its faults, yes it has cut content, and yes it was pushed to an early release...but hey, so was KOTOR, and that's still one of the best RPGs out there. Difference here is that we will get continual additions to content, patches and support. As much as I enjoy the game now, I'm really looking forward to what the future holds.

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Annis
03.14.2012 , 05:05 AM | #9
Yes.

1. Because it's fun
2. I like the story-driven content
3. Crafting is, for the moment, acceptable. Looking forward to improvements, though.
4. As an altaholic, the legacy system appeals to me.

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Zulex
03.14.2012 , 05:09 AM | #10
A very big NO.

Tbh its just not that good,mobs from lv 1-50 look the same,charicter creation is very lame and FP,OPS are not really hard lazy game Dev.

And this game should have been much better its just boaring,the Fact thats its a star wars mmo is the only thing it has.