What were the devs thinking??

What do you mean??

He was stating that what you wrote was your opinion and that he didn't agree with it.

Very well that is fine with me, I am glad people disagree with me, I like to hear what others have to say

Opinion, not fact, OP.
Companions do have unique backstories, how you didn't think of that as unique I don't know.

Your choices do actually matter, they just don't change battles or anything. They add more to your character's personal story.

Combat actually is heroic. You can charge into combat, attack foes with advanced attack strategies and powerful weapons. You can win battles, skirmishes, and duels alike, filled with incredible animations and intriguing abilities.

I won't presume to try and change your mind, but this is where I stand. The Devs said the game would be everything it is now, and that, my friend, is my opinion.

How can there be 1,000s on the dark council? 1,000s of Emp's wrath? It does NOT make sinse! Are the characters and players meant to be soooo dumb they don't see or know anything else but them and their companions in the whole universe? And before the "But your not meant to know everything about everyone else" kicks in, the answer to that is: I have a sorc and a Assassin AND a warrior and a Mar, so they don't know that each other is the same as them? Lol. The DC chambers must be the size of Cowboys stadium!

How can anyone say with a straight face that the world design in this game is good? Have you traveled around Coriella? Taris? Voss? Its awful. It's damn awful. Even with a speeder it takes FOREVER to get anywhere, and you have to follow the damn roads and take all these long ways just to get to a mission that appears on the mini map to be 5 feet infront of you.

Thats cool with me, most people who disagree with me feel like I am attacking them, like I said, I am glad you disagree with me, however I never picked up what you said in my JK story,



As for combat, it sure is better than just seeing other swing at people and although I sometimes saw lightsabers make contact, I also still saw swinging at air, enemies not even looking like I hit them. Do me a favor and attack an elite that uses a gun. Do this with a lightsaber and you will see that the elite you are attacking acts like you are not even attacking him. I respect your opinion, but unfortunately, I never got the expierence you had...

I think the problem with the OP, is that while he described the things he did in a negative way, some people love those things about the game. I play with some people that are former tabletop RPG'ers, and they love to spend hours exploring every nook and cranny of a planet. They are often disappointed when they encounter an exhaustion zone at the edge of an expansive desert or snow field. "What's out there?"

They are not in a rush to level.. they level only as a consequence to playing the game, and "Combat" (in a visual sense) is not something they are overly concerned about. Story is obviously important, and there are some weaknesses there, especially with the companions. Some aspects of the companion story are great, other parts are very weak.

For me, my biggest complaint about the game, especially the combat, is that I spend all of my time watching my hotbuttons for cooldowns. I glance up at the encounter to assess targetting, then my eyes stay glued to my hotbars. To me this takes away from my enjoyment of the game. It's worse on some characters (agent/smuggler) than on others (trooper/bh), at least for me.

I think this could be resolved with some more flexibility in the UI, or perhaps with the ability for the community to contribute add-ons. Note that with add-ons, I'm not a fan of 'macros' that automate combat to the point of having an "I Win" button, and as a healer, I don't want mouse-over healing either. Focus targetting is suitable (although could be improved -i.e have more than one for ops encounters).

Since they game is alll about kill kill kill kill kill and pretty much nothing else he might aswell be the lead designer and god of swtor :P

How can you disagree with his arguments about story? He's perfectly right; You're playing other people' story constantly, never your own. The world is strictly linear. Every single 50 Jedi Guardian kills "you know who". Every single time, it has zero impact on the gaming world. Every single time you interfere with someone from the other faction questing in the game-world, it doesn't impact the world at all, whether he is just picking up flowers or escorting a pivotal person to that planet's government.

The 'story' is inconsequential, irrelevant and completely devoid of intimacy and gravity. You're not ever forging your own story; you're plowing through the same shoddy story as everyone else of your same class.