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Littlegem
06.03.2012 , 02:59 AM | #41
Love the game.. but the worlds are lifeless no doubt about it. More pathing NPC's, critters, weather etc....would have been nice.

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06.03.2012 , 03:36 AM | #42
Quote: Originally Posted by Littlegem View Post
Love the game.. but the worlds are lifeless no doubt about it. More pathing NPC's, critters, weather etc....would have been nice.
According to some users this has been requested since 2008. Guess BW thinks different about it.

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Drudenfusz
06.03.2012 , 03:41 AM | #43
Quote: Originally Posted by Dyvid View Post
4) Empty Sky. Maybe add some moving clouds and ships that fly by once in a while.
This is actually already in the game, watch the ships flying above you on worlds like Balmorra or watch what happens in the sky on Ilum... sure, some worlds haven't much ongoing there.
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Lord_Ravenhurst
06.03.2012 , 03:51 AM | #44
Quote: Originally Posted by Drudenfusz View Post
This is actually already in the game, watch the ships flying above you on worlds like Balmorra or watch what happens in the sky on Ilum... sure, some worlds haven't much ongoing there.
Scripted events which happen over and over again.
In SWG there were player ships in the sky, that was more exciting.

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Onyx
06.03.2012 , 03:58 AM | #45
Quote: Originally Posted by MbaxterBeau View Post
You guys seriously roll a toon on the fatman. It will change the way you feel about this game. If you can transfer when they start go there. You will have so much fun. I have random pvp battles on all the planets. I was helping a guild member with a quest on hoth and it turned into a 2 hour pvp battle.
More people doesn't change the "lifelessness" of the environment.

I think most folks who've come from SWG understand what the OP is trying to say. It has to do with the overall interaction with the environment and the variety of different types of activities.

Sure, more people can enhance the overall experience but that doesn't change the overall tone nor does it provide the variation that a sandbox game can offer.

No, this game was never intended to be sandbox, and I don't expect them to change it to be such. But from a pure stand-point of immersing one's self in the world of Star Wars, TOR falls far short of what SWG offered in that regard.
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Drudenfusz
06.03.2012 , 04:11 AM | #46
Quote: Originally Posted by Lord_Ravenhurst View Post
Scripted events which happen over and over again.
In SWG there were player ships in the sky, that was more exciting.
I am fine with scripted events... sure, having players do stuff is always nice, but I think it's more important that the world feels alive even when no other player is around... and yes there is still much room for improvement in SWTOR.
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omNOMNOMinator
06.03.2012 , 04:48 AM | #47
Quote: Originally Posted by MangoRice View Post
I'm with you on the lifeless feeling to the worlds. But for me it's due to the lack of other players roaming each planet. For instance, Quesh almost always has at most 4 people. But this is due to low server population on my end.

I've never thought about any of the things you mentioned, but I haven't played SWG.
It would be really cool, not to mention immersive, if Bioware were to implement those ideas.
Quesh having 4 people is not a problem man the other day my server had 7 people on the republic side. (Sorry if I'm replying to a really old post....)
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Sanxxx
06.03.2012 , 04:53 AM | #48
EQ may have had some issues, but if a13 year old game can manage to have day/night cycles , mobs that only spawn at night, far better npc AI, and an immersive faction system, surely SWTOR could have done better.

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Kalfear
06.03.2012 , 05:00 AM | #49
Quote: Originally Posted by QBSlide View Post
So I come from SWG, and I dabbled in a little of LotRO and DC Universe. SWTOR by far has the nicest looking worlds, but there's one problem. They feel dead compared to other MMOs. Nothing ever changes. Hardly any NPCs ever move. Some may gesture, but they all stay in the same place. There's no day/night or weather cycle, so the whole world seems static.

I love the game for what it is, but it's hard to truly immerse myself in the world because it doesn't really feel like one. Everything feels static and lifeless to me. Am I alone?
I do agree that NPCs should be moving and stuff

I would love to see NPCs haveing routines and what not. But that would require day/night and higher computer specs I would guess and TOR is trying to be accessable to all.

Still worlds do feel rather static at times
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Lord_Ravenhurst
06.03.2012 , 05:38 AM | #50
Quote: Originally Posted by Kalfear View Post
I do agree that NPCs should be moving and stuff

I would love to see NPCs haveing routines and what not. But that would require day/night and higher computer specs I would guess and TOR is trying to be accessable to all.

Still worlds do feel rather static at times
Higher computer specs? LOL. No. This was working 10 years ago in certain "other MMOs". If there is one thing which is not the problem here, itīs computer specs...
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