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My thoughts on the expansions so far.


Tillerian

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Well, Knights of the Fallen Empire early access is just a few days away. I, personally, am looking forward to it. So, I thought I'd give you my opinions on each of the expansions we got so far. Keep in mind, these are my opinions and may not reflect your own.

 

Rise of the Hutt Cartel: Our very first expansion and raised the level cap to 55. We find ourselves going to the planet Makeb which is on the brink of destruction. The Republic scrambles to get everyone off planet, while the Empire tries to mine a new resource called Isotope-5. This expansion was okay, not too good, not really bad, just there. One would wonder what the whole point of this expansion was because Isotope-5 isn't really mentioned again (Or so I think). My theory is that this is an excuse to get the Empire back on their feet after a big loss on Corellia, losing the Emperor, and cleaning up the mess that Darth Malgus tried to create with his splinter Empire. The Republic got a story because it wouldn't be fair otherwise. Not good, but not bad either.

 

Galactic Starfighter: Our first free expansion and wow, was everyone excited about this one. This is something we wanted since the beginning, battles in outer space with our own custom starfighter! Everyone lost interest in about a week. Why? Well, depends on who you ask. The reason why I lost interest in it is because of one thing: PvP only. I am not, never was, nor ever will be interested in PvP. I tried it, I hated it. Now, it's not necessarily a bad thing. A lot of people LOVE PvP and I ain't got nothing against any of you (Just don't drag me into it). I think it was cool for Bioware to give them something to play with. Now, some of you can go into better detail than I can, but I think it would've been cool to have PvE content as well. Imagine playing through something like the Death Star run or the Battle of Endor with your friends! Or at the very least practice against real enemies a bit, not stationary targets that barely fight back. But, I digress. If you like GSF, great! Keep playing! But for me, I'll give it a pass.

 

Galactic Stronghold: Our second free expansion was another feature that everyone wanted: Player Housing. As an RPer, this is a great thing! (Too bad I don't have any friends to RP with here, but that's just me.) Not only that, but we also got guild strongholds and guild ships! Something I personally have yet to experience due to the fact that my guild is small and quiet... (Sigh). Strongholds work as a sanctuary where you can gain rested exp, have a bank, a mailbox, a guild bank, an account bank, venders, EVERYTHING! Even your companions can hang out there. And the best part is, you can access it from almost anywhere, and you can go back right back where you started. Quite handy. The problem that some people have with strongholds is they are EXPENSIVE. It costs a couple million credits to open every room and decorate it with furniture. People claim it to be a credit sink, but there's nothing really wrong with that, for reasons I don't want to get into because there are people who can explain it better than me. If it's worth the investment, that's up to you, but I think this was a good expansion overall.

 

Shadows of Revan: Finally, another big expansion with an epic story! This expansion pack bumped our levels up to 60. Here, the Republic and Empire have to form an uneasy alliance against a third faction called the Revanites. We must travel to a new world called Rishi and then the familiar world Yavin IV, where we finally take the fight to the Prodigal Knight himself! To me, this was a very well told and solid story. A lot of people didn't like the fact that it was short and very story heavy, but to me, it's not the length that matters, but the quality, and what fine quality! It was a nice sendoff to one of the most important characters in the KOTOR series and a very popular character in the Star Wars francise overall. Great story, great characters, I loved it. But if you're not into the story, you might find yourself a little put off by it. (Though why would you not be playing a Bioware game for story?)

 

tl;dr

 

RoHC: Okay :)

 

GSF: Disappointing :(

 

GSH: Great (If your into that thing) :D

 

SoR: Awesome story! :D

 

What are your personal opinions on the expansion packs? I'd love to hear them!

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