Knights of the fallen Empire = NGE ( diet version )?

Knights of the fallen Empire = NGE ( diet version )?

Except the DWB there was literally nothing to do at end-game, before the NGE, except grind to a Jedi. I'm sorry but mindlessly group-grinding Bols on Dantooine doesn't qualify as "fun" in my book.

The original profession system was amazing and innovative, but I dare say "ahead of its time". I do agree that LA didn't do the game any favors by forcing its release before it was ready. WoW also really damaged the game with its release five months later.

But if you will remember, the CU hit six months after release. If the game was "that awesome and fun" there would have been no need of the CU (which made combat more intuitive than the release version).

I was a pre-Cu fanboi for a long time, right up until I went back to playing it on the EMU .... mechanically it sucked.

So no, KotFE is not Swtor's "NGE" since Swtor's not a desperate game trying to stay afloat.

The multiple professions is what I liked. And I liked the pre-CU just because of the no levels. I guess the levels were always there so I am told, but I just know I had friends who crafted or were entertainers and went out fighting in groups with us that had a much harder time after the CU.

I can agree that there was a lot of garbage there and the mechanics were rough, but it was the stuff less taken that made things interesting to me. The scout/ranger that was fighting next to you setting up a camp with all the amenities of a city and that guy with the knucklers turns out to be a doctor healing your wounds. That commando just pulled out an instrument and is performing, healing your mental wounds. Rose colored glasses maybe, but the interaction and people having a purpose beyond the trinity was real.

FWIW; the NGE mechanics were garbage too for the first 6 months or thereabouts. Remember we had no moves but default attack for a while, armor all was the same matter and all weapons did the exact same damage. My jedi robe I got from Obi Wans house had no armor at all. It was just literally running around point and clicking. It was the amount of time they finally just focused on one version of the game to where they then could also do content that made the NGE.

Is it? Sorta?
We're losing our companions?
One class story fits all?

Is this what the community wants?

Obviously, SWG wanted more subscribers and more revenue - but to imply that it was not fiscally solvent is incorrect. After they released the TCG they were making even more money. Even if we assume that SWG *only* had 20,000 subscribers that is still $3.6M/year. But given the frequency of content updates (every 6 weeks) from 2008 until the game closed in December 2011 - I'd have to bet that their revenue was pretty far north of $3.6M.

Right up until July 2011, SOE was publicly stating that SWG and SWTOR would run simultaneously. There is plenty of evidence to suggest that sometime before July 2011 LucasArts issued exclusivity rights to EA, effectively forcing SOE to close SWG at the end of their license (or possibly sooner). SWG closing while this game was in Early Access is not a coincidence.

http://www.polygon.com/2013/5/6/4306...clusive-rights
http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/6/430...rs-video-games

Wow, just wow. As a former SWG Master Creature Handler/Master Swords im shaking my head at the attempt at comparison.

Until i log in to KOTFE and am told they are removing all ACs from the game, and that they are making you turn your agents and smugglers into troopers or bounty hunters because they want the characters to be more iconic you cant even begin to compare it