Why don't you play all 8 class story lines?

I see what you're saying. I never played WoW for any length of time....couldn't stand it.

But to be fair, SWTOR has two different paths, one for each faction. Perhaps with upcoming patches, players need only do Class Quests, and gain extra xp through Space, or PvP, or FP/Ops.

The long term solution would be to add more planets and paths...but that's going to take some time.

I play since middle of dec and I plan to play all 8 storylines.

A few tips might help to make ToR and how it is probably meant to be played more enjoyable:

1. as soon as one aspect of the game bores you, play another: PvP bored me with my first lvl 50 char after some time. And I only started to play PvP, because people in my HC FP groups frustrated me. So I started a new storyline after two main aspects of being lvl 50 with first char bored me.

2. Second storyline should be played on the other side (imp/rep). So you won't get the same crap too soon.

3. PvP/Spacefights give a little XP- and equip-help here and there.

4. Alter the planets whose planet-main-quest-line you fully play. Alter the bonus-questlines. Alter the hero missions. Alter the storyline you play next so your start planet won't be the same as the last ones.

5. Use the hero-quests as and opportunity to train your skills with your new class and provide yourself with some challenge... play as many of them as you like as soon as possible only with your companion. (some I tried over a dozen times until I finally learned to use all my abilities)

6. Don't see your other chars only as twinks like in other MMOs you already know... care more for the RPG aspect.
You dont play them to lvl 50 asap for the crafting or so, you play them to lvl 50 because you want the story.

I got two chars on lvl 50 and needed 6 months for that. I still have a lot of bonus-quests and side-quests open in both chars AND I have got the feeling I spent too much time at the PC. Maybe there are other hints you can follow to make it feel less redundant.
The last and final one is: Don't burn the game... as soon as something annoys you, stop it. No: "I want to finish Belsavis today, but it is boring.... ewww, I start to hate this planet, but I go on until I feel horrible, jsut because I have the goal to finish it today." ... Simply don't cause MMO-burnout to yourself!

For me personally it turned out great to put some restrictions on my playstyle and to stick to some basic ideas like "dont burn the game" "dont burn yourself". The weaknesses the game still has look much less worrying too, if you play it the right way and don't push yourself ... it is a game. It is mostly story-driven and less based on player to player competition in my eyes... and that is how you should try to play it. If that is not what you like, well then don't play it at all. ^^

But unlike WoW, SWTOR keeps you pretty much on the same path even after level 10. In WoW vanilla one could roll a troll for instance "skip" the starting experience and do the "undead" starter area and the two follow on areas or do both or bounce between without restriction. I think that is what many are frustrated about.

I agree IF SWTOR lasts long enough to truely realize the vision that the DR.s' have stated for the game then it should have the variety in leveling that people want. Perhaps you will conceed the point that BW is so used to developing single player games that they really were not prepared for the repsonse of players when it comes to choice in leveling. This leads me to believe that no one on the creative staff really plays MMORPGs or at the very least "studdied" the competion.

Thoughts?