Why non-stop alt leveling will fail.

And that's to build a character only to stop at 50, rinse and repeat. Why on earth would anyone in their right mind look forward to leveling something to max (Which is the main goal in the first place). Only to stop and do the same thing all over again ?

I enjoy TOR, I think it's a great idea creating an mmo that's based around the idea of the star wars saga. However, no one regardless of how much you want to defend it, is going to level all these characters and enjoy this Bioware story for years. They'll play for few months, level 1-2 characters and quit. The only way this game will last in the long run, would be to cut leveling times, increase end game content and promote end game involvement. Bioware's strategy simply put, is shooting yourself in the foot.

Why on earth would anyone in their right mind look forward to leveling something to max (Which is the main goal in the first place). Only to stop and do the same thing all over again ?

Actually you are, but kiiling it with kindness as opposed to acerbic flaming is a nice and welcome departure. Is 50¢ a day really that big of a hit for a game that doesn't do everything every other game combined does only better? If that's the turn-off then gaming must be horrifically stressful for you ... because that one-size-fits-all dream game (regardless of price) does not - and likely never will - exist.

How about both?

They already have a great story based leveling themepark. They already have some raids for end-game PVE and PVP is there with it's rewards if some1 wants to partake. What is missing is really "living" in the game and that can be added with post launch development.

Sooner or later, the alt-aholics will have all their alts leveled. Same with top-end PVE raiders, they will have all their gear. Top-end PVP players will gain all that new gear just put into the game, however PVP does seem to have it's own rewards with nothing more than ego that keeps those players coming back for the long term. PVP gameplay suffers when no1 wants to do it anylonger, the game in question gets soooo many cheats/3rd party programs that no1 can compete without cheating, and PVPers seem to be the 1st to jump ship when a "new shiney" hits the market as well.

To be honest, I believe that if a little sandbox was added in end game for "living" in the world" player retention would increase and let BW have the time to get out their expansions for adding more content as well.

Who's talking about WoW? I certainly never said anything about that game. Why is it that people defending this game always feel the need to bring WoW into the argument? Is it because this game can't stand against criticism on its own?

I have a system of gearing up to max tiers on PVP and PVE. That way, one toon lasts for ages. I get through alts, just incredibly slowly, repeating the same PVP, PVE grind with a new class. This is how you make a game last long.

All these things are subjective.

Personally, I never *bothered* getting any character to max level in WoW- the closest I got was something like 73 (of 80 as it was then), but I was more interested in trying out alts, and that was a McDeath Nugget, so started at 55 anyway.

In TOR, though, I *will* be taking my level 47 Inquisitor all the way to 50... and why?

Because it has an interesting impact on my alts. I like the idea that her relatives, though not necessarily force users themselves, would have enough inherent force sensitivity in their bloodline that, when the chips are down, and it's a real moment when a hero is needed.... whoa, I can shoot lightning!

Again, I'll probably level a Twi'lek to 50 at some point, in order to be able to unlock Twi'leks for other characters. I slightly regret the fact that both my current high levels are human... but, levelling's fun enough for that not to be a problem.

Not only is "endgame is the only real game" not true for me... but endgame really doesn't actually *interest* me. What's the point in piddling about getting higher and higher armour... when there's no story left to use it for?

That's why, in the past, I've stopped *before* max level- because if it's a character I've liked, I've wanted to leave them still with 'something' left to do to come back to, not facing a brick wall marked "The End."

Now, though, in TOR... they have something to do. My Sith Inquisitor can reach 50, become a Darth, retire to Korriban to grow begonias... because her story continues on, in the form of her legacy.

That means an awful lot more to me as far as motivation to keep playing goes than "Hey, have a new hat that'll increase some obscure statistic in order to let you make other people fall over faster in the PvP mini-game you never play"