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

I'm going with "no".

I, like many of you, get psyched up about star wars. The crawl at the beginning of a new character makes me a bit giddy. I like the sound effects, the images that we're familiar with, the stories.

But that can't be all there is in an mmo. There has to be compelling group play, specific in game lore that you want to see the conclusions of, a good trade market (rather than an unusable one), a nice ui, and ui customizations (as opposed to very little customization, not enough bars for all my abilities, no addons, no in game combat log, no in game recount, and the promise of no macros).

Some things which I think would vastly improve the game: a server wide lfg system, which doesn't have to be automatic, but does need to be easy and effective to use.

A much better GTN with all the features of, say, the auctionator mod in WoW (if they allowed mods in this game, it wouldn't have to have many features, but since they're keeping it closed, it's up to them).

A reason to do hard mode FP's, instead of just doing easy mode operations, other than logistics.

So, more succinctly, my three reasons for no:

Too many common, basic mmo features missing, which makes the game less fun for me.

Not allowing addons, while also not taking up the slack and adding features that addons would give the players. It's one or the other, with neither, we all have the same crappy UI, with the assumptions that we all play the same way. In WoW, I have very different addons running on my mule (buying/selling character) than I do on my raiding characters.

Difficulty getting groups together, as well as a lack of incentive to even run a flashpoint. They need to have comparable loot to, say, normal mode operations, and, I would prefer, some integration of lore so that maybe flashpoints give ideas and hints at what's to come in the operation, or some quests lead up to a flashpoint or operation. Right now it seems like each instance is just a disjointed side story, with no effect on the game world, the quests we've been doing, or any other instance.

Simple answer? Yes I would.

Already cancelled, so i'm going with no. I expect much more from bioware due to their excellent single player reputation and the star wars franchise deserves a real world with real risk and reward.

They made this game for the money, not for the players.

If they made it for the players it would be EvE + Darkfall.

If this wasn't Star Wars I'd be like "holy crap what a great idea for a story! I'll steal this and write about a kid that is force sensitive and learns to use the Force only to turn evil and topple the government and set up an Empire with a wrinkled old dude! And then he'll have a son who will save the day!!"

The only real difference to the movies is in about half the scenes there'd be a fat bounty hunter saying "tracer missile.....tracer missile......tracer missile.....tracer missile...."

This game is star wars?

No.

1. 50 is boring
2. PvP is horrible
3. There would be no light sabers
4. Terrible performance on high end pc's (bad engine)
5. Other games do the same things, but better.

No, and not because this game isnt well made or the gameplay is crap.

1: I want to play a Star Wars game, not an MMO, the MMO bit is just a bonus
2: I normally dont care for MMO's as they tend to be played by people obsessed with gear score and other elitist notions, i dont mind other multiplayer games tho, just not the "traditional" MMO's
3: If this game wasnt Star Wars i probarbly wouldnt even have heard of it (well ok, i might, since its bioware, but i wouldnt be very interested since MMO's arent my thing).


That said, i group as much as i can, i dont play this as a solo game.

Its just the "i must rush to end-game because thats where the shizniz is at" attitude of alot of players that i cant stand in MMO's.

Sub ends in a few days so my answer is no.

1. I'm huge in pvp and mmos but imo this game is lacking in both.

2. You can level all the characters you want but besides the class story the rest is all the same, dull and boring.

3. The raids are far too easy. Lacks any challenge at all.

I'm not sure I understand the question. If this game wasn't based on Star Wars it wouldn't be this game, but something else. The story-line and many quests would make no sense and the entire concept wouldn't be as appealing, considering how many of our emotional responses to all things Star Wars are hard wired in our psyche as a result of decades of exposure to marketing strategies well beyond the occasional add; we're talking big time, hardcore, top notch marketing here.
Would I be playing this game if it went under a different name? Probably, because I like the Star Wars universe and I'd realize the obvious connection.
Would I be playing this game in a parallel (and dystopic) universe, where Star Wars had never existed? It is impossible to know. Would you have liked the Terminator had it not starred Arnold schwarzenegger?
In order to answer with a straight 'yes' or 'no' one has to make too many assumptions based on nothing but speculative nonsense, which would ultimately lead to more nonsensical speculation that would soon spiral out of the control of logic and into the realm of surrealism.

I don't think this is a valid question. If you strip out all the star wars elements (Jedi's/sith, lightside/darkside, starwars locations), you have a completely different game. If you're asking me if I would play this game if it was completely different game.

Well the answer would be it depends on what kind of game it would be .