SW:TOR, the now. How do you feel about this?

[BloatedGuppy]

1. Boring hotbar and targetting based combat mimicking a game that came out almost a decade ago.

The combat itself was reasonably crisp and responsive, but there was way too much self-rooting, and things felt fairly static. It was definitely not a game pushing things forward in this regard.

2. Little attention or polish for PVP and endgame, the things that keep players for the long haul that you MUST do well for a subscription MMO.

Yep.

3. Too much focus on campaign storyline which, no matter how well it is designed, (and I've heard it isn't all that special) still creates content that can be consumed once before the player is done with it. Besides, stories that the players create themselves with other actual people will almost always be better than anything writers can script, simple because it has authenticity.

It WAS well done, but this was the straw that broke the camel's back. The non-story content was too linear and limited to make alting particularly attractive, so their EXTREMELY expensive story content was short lived at best. And making more content was cost-prohibitive. Frankly, as fun as it can be, heavily scripted/voice acted content should NOT be the future for MMOs. It's too pricey and doesn't last long enough. Better to make dynamic content that is friendlier to repetition.

4. Dull graphics

THAT'S not really fair. The graphics were actually quite handsome on the high end of things. They did not scale well, though. The game was pig ugly on my GF's lower end graphics card. It was actually the breaking point for that card, I ended up getting a new PC and giving her mine.

 

[craftomega]

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CALLED IT! Way back last year when they first announced any possibility of going F2P I said they would go down the Age of Conan route with ridiculous restrictions to free players that would make the game crash and burn harder because no one wants to pay for a game that punishes them for playing the demo. I'm psychic mother fucker! Now give me my cookie or I'll stop your heart with my mind! /vindicationrant

Captcha: feeding frenzy

Yea.... I'm just piling on with everyone else... but it feels good to belong

Here is your cookie. It not only feels good to belong it also feels good to kick a hated person when there down.

 

[Revnak_v1legacy]

To be fair a whole lot of these limitations go away the moment you buy points for the first time. However, that doesn't make a lot of the limitations any less ridiculous. Better to go full ftp and make a whole bunch of purchasable extras like skins, rare drops (pay to not have to grind essentially), xp boosts, and the like.