SW:TOR will experience the first ever overnight ecomonic crash of an MMO.

well there is that chest with a million credits in the sarlac in S&V. you do know about that dont you?

not even close. I could level using multiple mission paths in wow. not in swtor

Depends on what you are looking for. I would level 10 ten characters here before ever doing the same in WoW. WoW doesn't compare IMO.

I was under the impression you could level several alternative ways, including KDY facegrinding + other FPs, ground PvP, the old space game, and GSF. Actually, I know for a fact that many people have created toons for GSF that hit level cap without doing traditional questing. Maybe they're just not alternatives you like?

I have 17 55's. the planetary quests are the same for all imps and all pubs. that is 2 leveling paths. other than wz's fp's and kdy's which are all the same, there is no other path. unless you know of some secret planets.

thats not a separate story. doing kdy over and over is a way around the leveling path, but hardly any kind of story line.

Who cares about leveling paths, if you get a choice of conversation in every freakin dialogue in your one story. Because you nkow... in WoW you have different paths, but NO - really - NOT A SINGLE choice in the dialogues. Consider those the "Paths".

As for the crisis that may or may not come: I hope it does. Any financial crisis will lead to suffering and WAR! LET THERE BE WAR IN THE GAME! (It's much preferable to the IRL financial crisises that cause us to bomb and terrorize people - REAL people).

Sometimes, in a game, that what should be most feared in real life is the most desireable outcome.
Also: swtor is no economics-simulation and has no such aspect (it's not eve-online).

I haven't read all the replies and am only responding to the first post.

1. You said there was no credit sink for months. Except the Kingpin Casino? I spent 5mil, I only had 7. I'm back to over 7 again. Did that quickly.

2. Money leaving the game and not coming back in? Sure, but it's also being constantly generated. I make on average 2-3 mil a week, I don't sell items on the GTN. I run dailies on multiple charachters and do raids. TFB and SV money trash FTW

3. Money is constantly created in this game. It's never ending. Makeb staged weekly takes about 40mins and makes you 400k. Other dailies added like section x, oricon, black hole and CZ make you roughly 600-700k with weeklies, depending on trash loot. Dailies without weekly get you around 400-500k

4. I think your entire argumnet has not taken the constant money creatioin in to it.

A crash cant happen when you have no credits to spend. Ha.