Just Bought Game 2 Days Ago and I'm not Liking it at All/Here is Why

No whilst they said they chose a standard they obviously didnt or they wouldnt be making this topic would they...........

They are just continuing the MMO trend away from challenge and multiplayer that WoW began.

You would think the game companies would realize by now that Blizzard is it's own genre. Every attempt to copy the kiddy-friendly WoW format has been a failure, usually collosally so.

The moral of the story: Blizzard is the root of all evil. They steal everyone else's ideas and make them so easy a 6 year old can play them. Because the people they are appealing to aren't gamers who have seen the titles they are mimicing they actually think Blizzard has had an orginal thought in it's existance. They also make so much money at running everyone else's ideas through a photocopier that the only way other companies can get funding is to attempt to copy the copiers.

WoW is to gaming what McDonald's is to fine food. It's fine if you want junk food, but it doesn't mean every other restaurant that comes after has to be a junk food restaurant. Gaming companies will realize this one day.

However, TOR is not a bad game. Give it a chance.

Maybe if you chose a real server you would have real gripes, but until you do let's all live in the fantasy that swtor is bad because your choice in servers is bad.

You know people...there's been a spate of these supposedly 'new players' lately who seem awefully well versed in certain ongoing memes with this game...here this poster goes directly to server mergers. Quite suspicious for a new player.

So where are these 'new player' accounts coming from? How are they so knowledgeble about game issues in such a short span of time? I posited an answer to this question a few days ago, and now am growing convinced I'm right.

These are gold farming accounts, and the 'players' using them don't want to maintain working characters on low traffic servers. This person here could EASILY re-roll on a higher traffic server to solve his issue, but doesn't acknowledge that option...instead going straight for server merger which BENEFITS the gold farmers.

Well, there is your problem. Like me, you are stuck on enjoyed the sandbox games of the past.

Long story short: Sand box games are too open, too complex, and too time consuming for the small minded individuals that are gamers now adays. Instead of working for something, they expect instant gratification! Which is why those ballsy companies that dry to rez the dead style of the past (ex. Fallen Earth) tend to fail. Not because the game stinks, but because the players are just too dim witted and impatient. Which is also why you get the crappy cookie cutter theme-park mmos of today.

i know it sounds harsh, but just go back and you can see how MMOs have devolved to their present form.

This game is essentially a single player game up until you hit level 50. Not because of the way it was designed, but because that's how the players play it. A lot of people don't seem to understand that you get more credits, more xp, and way better drops when you are in a group. And the bigger the group, the better it is. You also get social points, which not necessary for actual gameplay, do offer some amusing items and abilities. The heroics really are a bunch of fun and give you exceptional equipment for your level.

If you are having trouble with low population, you might try switching to another server, or making a character in the opposing faction on your server. There are very few servers with balanced factions. The one I'm playing on, Wall of Light, is packed on the Republic side, but the Imperial side is virtually desolate. You could also be playing off-peak hours. If you're in the west half of the continent, make sure you are playing on a west coast server. If you are in the east half, make sure you are on an east coast server.

Guilds are also helpful. It's not that the game's community is very clicky, but rather that with no global chat function, the only people who see your LFG comments are people on your planet. Also, try sending tells to people specifically. If their chat windows are set to the default setting, there is a lot of clutter and they might not see the LFG. Also the game makes a sound when you receive whispers or your name is mentioned which make people notice more. I've had times where I spend a half hour making LFG comments in general chat with no luck, but I send 1 tell and a group starts forming.

The game isn't to blame, the attitudes of the current group of MMO players is why all these games seem to feel like single player games to people. They want the ability to do whatever they want on their own schedule so every MMO released in the past five years has been designed so players can solo all the way to max level.

That's what I said!

I'd have to partially disagree. The new games are insanely simple, have no 'downtime', no penalty for dying, and every class must be able to solo from 1-whatever is max. The players have gotten lazy, true, but you have to fault the publishers for not even attempting to put the 'multiplayer' back into MMO's.

There is a difference to multiplayer and forced multiplayer.