Swtor has nothing to fear from Wildstar!

This almost exactly matches my experience.

SWTOR is the first MMO I've really played. After building a PC this winter I gave WoW a test drive, got in on an ESO beta weekend, and finally tried SWTOR F2P. I didn't hate WoW or ESO (especially ESO since it definitely had that ES feel which I Iove) but neither of them hooked me like TOR did.

Wildstar did not feel immersive at all even though I'll admit to only playing it for about 4 hours. I'm very spoiled by TOR's cut scenes and it felt like a step backwards in that regard. I also felt the character design was too cartoonish and unoriginal while the world almost had too much going on in it. That probably would've become less jarring with more playtime though.

In the end there was nothing that made me feel I should keep playing WS or abandon SWTOR. I honestly don't understand much of the complaining about SWTOR. It's certainly not perfect but I love it and at times feel intimidated by how much I still need to do to max out my first character even though I'm at LVL 55. I truly don't get some of the whining and constant complaints that just need to be let go. THIS is KOTOR 3 and quite frankly I think it's awesome. I loved KOTOR 1 but stopped playing 2 before I finished since I hated some characters and thought it was too much of the same. A KOTOR 3 never would've been this huge, had this much playtime, or given you the chance to play with other ppl which is one of my favorite things about TOR. Nearly everyone I've grouped with has been helpful and made the game more enjoyable.

I really hope WS and ESO succeed, that WoW continues to succeed, and that people have a great time playing them. They just weren't for me right now. More choices is always better for gamers. I don't feel either poses a threat to SWTOR or the other way around. There are plenty of people to keep multiple MMOs going in this world. Not only that but in regards to SWTOR directly, it seems to be healthy based on profit returns (despite every thread on FB having some moron post, "Ppl still play this?" I'd say $150 mil in profit last year says yes they are) and there's a fantastic little marketing tool coming out in about a year called Star Wars: Episode VII that is sure to drum up more interest in TOR. If they are smart they're going to take advantage of that marketing blitz to push TOR at people who would maybe not have given it a chance otherwise.

Although I do not mind the graphics of Wildstar, the leveling process does not have the "hook" for me. I love the combat system and the challenging nature of even trash mobs (the telegraphs and a nice dynamic). However, I cannot hold my interest. I remember leveling my guardian. I wanted to know what would happen next. This is not the case in Wildstar.

I will still try it for a month. I just do not see myself being as dedicated as I was in SWTOR.

You can say whatever you want, but I'll only continue to play SWTOR, tried both ESO and Wildstar, it's just was a good reminder how SWTOR actually is really good...

I was really trying to love Wildstar.

But something about the way they display information and the hectic nature of questing with everything being everywhere just kind turned me off to the game.

in fact it made me resub to swtor and play the secret world again. weird how a game made me play two games I stopped playing because I thought it was that bad.

EDIT: of course wildstar is the jesus mmo to destroy all mmo's much like GW2 used to be heralded before it released.

It did not make me resub but the UI does not appeal to me. Wildstar does have addons to negate this but I wonder how many people actually use addons.

They spend millions on them mmos and they turn up not to be as successful as TOR and yet tor was not successful enough to remain a sub game and class stories had to be ditched.

Help me, I am confused.

SWTOR has nothing to fear from Wildstar

Reddit:

1,101 discovering Nexus (Wildstar)

211 players online now (SWTOR)

Okay.

so we've upgraded from using XFIRE as an indicator of game health to REDDIT?

lmao.

This.^ LOL