In SWTOR the "Real" Game starts at level 1

How do the choices linger and matter? What affect do they have on the path of the story, or on the world?

I agree 190%.. Doing the storyline quest is great the FIRST time around.. BARELY tolerable the 2nd time.. BUT the idea of repeating ALL the non-class missions a 3rd, 4th, 5th or MORE time is game breaking.. As I said in another post.. I'm already cringing and finding excuses to NOT log on because I hate doing the same non-class specific missions a 3rd time..

I tend to agree. Even if the quests are voice acted, they are not really all that compelling (there are some exceptions). The class quests by and large are of a higher quality, and I always look forward to doing them.

Fortunately, if you use other outlets such as PvP and space missions you can supplement enough exp to focus on the class quests and mostly ignore the others (still have to do some here and there). In the future, it'll be great if the Legacy System unlocked exp boosts for alts to make this even more viable. I'd like to experience all the different stories available in the game, but the prospect of repeating all the filler in between makes it very unappealing.

Yeah I liked the 1-50 story/grind.

I do like endgame though alot of improvements are needed to make it more attractable to others. (don't mind my spelling please)

PVP is fun and frustrating at the same time. and raids are fun. but the low populated servers kills that fun. Too many servers atm. I hope that 1.2 will let the numbers grow.

@OP - yes, and ends 2 weeks after you hit level 50.

There is nothing unique to this game besides the voice acting, and that's nothing special either. People have been pumped for this game for so long that they're afraid to admit that it's nothing great. Let's give some examples.

8 different unique gameplays to go through? Yeah right. More like 2. 1 For Republic and 1 For Imperials. Because no matter what class you play, every planet is the same with the same quests with the exception of about 4-5 class quests. At least in WoW you had about 8 different areas to level every time so you could change it up.

Unique quests? Wrong. The quests in here are just like every other MMO and you're deluding yourself if you think otherwise.

Now to stay on-topic with this threads topic, nothing you do at low levels has any effect to you at max level. I've yet to see story line decisions impact ANYTHING in future story, for everyone I've spared I get crap in my mailbox, that is it. The LS and DS decisions only seem to be for gear and nothing else. I guess the one thing you can do at low levels is rank up your valor.

All in all, this game is a dumbed down WoW with voice acting.

I agree the game begins at level 1, and ends at 50. Then it's time to roll an alt.

It would be nice but your choices really don't affect your story in any way. You can choose 'light side' options from beginning to end and you're still gonna do the same class quests in the same order. There are only a few choices that you make that can change how a quest plays out (example: the choices where you convice Darth Jadus to surrender without a bugged fight) but in the end you reach the same conclusion no matter what you chose.

You're choice only effect the color of your skin and your eyes and whether your companion wants to do it with you. Period.

Instead you get to run the same missions over and over-since only 15% or so will be exclusive to that class. Hell you don't even get the variety of alternate planets to choose-it's starter-capital-each planet down the line, with one flip depending on faction.

Oddly enough I didn't finish every quest and explore every nook and cranny before reaching level cap in Skyrim.

As for playing the same faction? Apparently multiple leveling zones were too much for Bioware so they had to shoehorn in reasons for all classes to be on the same planet at the same time, stopping moisture pirates and endless alien gangsters.

You're right-and no other game with multiple classes has any of that, right? I mean it's not like you can play a sneaky archer in Skyrim then play a mage or anything.

Roleplaying what? Light/dark side options that can be overwritten through Diplomacy or grinding the first flashpoint? Companion affection that is easily bought through gifts, meaning that all of them are shallow and materialistic?

Real roleplaying means I could kill Quinn for betraying me, or tell Skadge to get his blubber off my ship, or having Mako hate my dark side bounty hunter who acts more like an assassin. MMOs don't allow real consequences so why bother pretending they do?

Yes it's totally better to do the same planets over and over because this time you're going to see if Zash's storyline is so totally different from Baras'.

So instead you get to grind credits? Thank you EA for looking out for the poor credit farmer! I know they pay their 15/month as well, and had been overlooked for too long!

BTW 'roleplaying' one of three dialogue choices insults the term.