The question of the month: Will you keep your subscription up? and why?

This, very much This.
TOR runs horribly on my laptop, and it actually runs faster on High settings than on Low (no shadows on both settings) which is just weird.
I will not spend a penny to upgrade my pc for ONE game, never, ever.
Everything else runs perfectly.

FPS fix is something I stopped waiting for a long time ago, I don't think it will ever come, and the content is not enjoyable when you are looking at a slide show game.

Your point is as valid as your argument, not your accomplishments. "I played Quake 2 at top level, so what I say is TRUE," is, I'm afraid, not a valid argument. Ignoring the fact that, after a quick google, and conversations with a couple of people I know that competed at the pro level in Quake... I couldn't find you and none of them had heard of you. I'm not discounting that you're using a different alias on these boards however than the one you use professionally; I do.

However to answer your point: there are countless games out there that are fundamentally disproving your assersions. Tribes Ascend isn't even out of beta yet and they're already planning ladder tournaments and talking to major sponsors about professional competitions for large cash prizes. Starcraft and Starcraft 2 support healthy professional leagues between them, even if Starcraft 2 "underperformed" by many measures. League of Legends is a well known, almost house hold name for professional level competition. And Guild Wars 1 supported for MANY YEARS a very large and notorious population of "professional" teams that competed for rather large cash prizes; no sponsorship deals were signed because the game wasn't built for spectators and/or commentary, however that is likely to change with Guild Wars 2 arena combat. WoW has been supporting, both through the Blizzard Invitationals and through ESL, large Arena tournaments and ladders as well. Eve Online has been running professional level tournaments for years now. We're living in an age where video game competitions are being broadcast on television consistently, something that wouldn't have happened even 5 years ago. I myself have been asked to commentate on various games at various live events for various major broadcasting corporations including the BBC, Sky, Channel 4 and a number of others. There's a growing interest across the board in pro level competition in gaming, INCLUDING MMOs. If there wasn't healthy PvP, that wouldn't be happening.

MMOs certainly don't field the greatest representation at the highest level, but why does that surprise you? They don't field the highest number of gamers, either. Compare the number of FPS players, or RTS players, or MOBA players to MMO players and you will see that the larger numbers AREN'T in the MMO genre, at least not in the West.

And you're also totally ignoring the fact that over 60% of the SWTOR playerbase PvPs. Only 30% PvE raids. What does that tell you? That PvP is dead? If that's true, if it IS telling you that, then you must be utterly blind.

Your entire argument is specious at best, I'm afraid. I couldn't disagree with you more.

Yes, I will keep my subscription up.

The girlfriend and I have been having way more fun in SWTOR than we've had in a very long time in terms of MMOs.

The game is fun, the PvP is fun, and 1.2 will bring some nice quality of life changes, like color match returning.

I'm definitely hopeful for the future of SWTOR, and have no other game I'd rather be in.

And you are backing up your statement with what?

https://corpserun.wordpress.com/2012...s-2-cash-shop/

To answer the OP;

My account runs out on 20th April, and I have no intention of resubscribing. There are many things I expected of ToR, and it has categorically failed to meet those expectations (that I was rather conservative in setting). 1.2 goes some way to solving the problems, but despite its size it's too little, too late in my opinion.

I'll be taking a few months out. If in August the game has improved exponentially, I will return. If not, I'll have other things to keep me entertained.

Finally, someone is starting to get my point. Well said, my friend.

A wordpress blog? Stop the press, this guy clearly is the messiah of gaming

A cash shop where you can buy boosts is pay2win

Was looking at my gametime card ... days left. Coincidentally it's gonna end mid May, just in time for Diablo 3.

I won't even bother looking at 1.2 as I suspect D3 will keep me entertained for a long time.

i just rolled a bounty hunter about two weeks ago and the game it is the most fun ive had in any game i have ever played.

ive got a 40 guardian i can still finish the epic storyline with

and a 34 gunslinger and we all know the smuggler storyline is fun as hell.

SO

yeah, ive still got plenty to do in this game and its only getting better so yeah, im staying.

and its not like my alternatives are any better: D3? yeah if i wanted to play rampage world tour, id play rampage world tour. GW2? have you guys actually looked at that game? its wow all over again, only instead of a hunter its called a "ranger" and instead of a rogue, its called a "thief" and instead of a mage its called an "elementalist" BLAH BLAH BLAH

Star Wars Sci Fi mmo, SWTOR is the ONLY one out there right now, fills a HUGE niche. so naysayers be damned, swtor is here to stay.

I understand what you're saying there but my problem isn't that my system won't play it, I just built this rig back in december and I can play on highest settings with no issues. My problem is I work full time, go to college full time and have lots of bills and play this and lotro and will only be able to afford to play one of them for the next few months due to budgeting. Just that if i'm going to pay a sub to play a game and I have to make a choice i'm gonig to choose to play the one with more content, totally not this games fault, it's a new game, and I plan on returning in a few months.