Quote psandak Quote: Originally Posted by Something I am noticing is that people are comparing SWG "well after launch" (talking years here) to SWTOR "at launch" (it's only been online for tree months). It's apples and oranges. If anyone can actually remember, think about what SWG was like at launch and compare that SWG to SWTOR. Then and ONLY then will you convince me that SWG was better.



Fact of the matter is that this is the first MMO I have ever bought at launch, so I cannot do this.



I was in SWG Beta, and SWTOR Beta. I was in both on launch day, and on from there.



This game is 3 months old and at that age in each game:



SWG, I had one character and played it 6 to 8 hours a day, 7 days a week. (and that was after a full 8 to 10 hour work day)

SWTOR, I have multiple characters and play 3 to 4 hours a day, but not every day.



SWG, I had dozens of friends I logged in and played with every day, no matter what time of day I played.

SWTOR, I am lucky to have 3 to 4 guild mates on at any given time, and each planet I am on is lucky to have 20 players on it. And this is at "peak" play times, get on after peak ours and the game worlds are ghost towns. I have to go to the fleet to see more than 4 other players in the same place I'm at.



SWG, I have stories I repeat to this day of the early gorup adventures (multiple groups of 7 each hunting Ewoks on Endor to make them an endagerd species) and I still have contact to this day with friends I made in those early days.

SWTOR, I may as well be playing this on a console with my 13 year old son occasionally grabbing controller 2 and tag teaming some content with me.



SWG, I was telling myself "I will play this game till the day they shut the servers down."

SWTOR, I am telling myself "I'll play this game till I get one complete charater of each class, then I will un-sub and re-visit if/when new content is worth checking out.....or till a better SW game comes along".





Is SWTOR bad? No, it is what it was designed to be. And I hope that going forawrd they expand it enough to keep me interested in playing. I just happen to like what SWG was (at 3 months old) more than what SWTOR is today. I play it because I like Star Wars games, and even if SWG was still up and running I may play SWTOR just because it is set in the Old Republic era and offers some things that are different, but I would still be playing SWG (especially if it was pre-NGE SWG). I'll give you a more fair compairison.I was in SWG Beta, and SWTOR Beta. I was in both on launch day, and on from there.This game is 3 months old and at that age in each game:SWG, I had one character and played it 6 to 8 hours a day, 7 days a week. (and that was after a full 8 to 10 hour work day)SWTOR, I have multiple characters and play 3 to 4 hours a day, but not every day.SWG, I had dozens of friends I logged in and played with every day, no matter what time of day I played.SWTOR, I am lucky to have 3 to 4 guild mates on at any given time, and each planet I am on is lucky to have 20 players on it. And this is at "peak" play times, get on after peak ours and the game worlds are ghost towns. I have to go to the fleet to see more than 4 other players in the same place I'm at.SWG, I have stories I repeat to this day of the early gorup adventures (multiple groups of 7 each hunting Ewoks on Endor to make them an endagerd species) and I still have contact to this day with friends I made in those early days.SWTOR, I may as well be playing this on a console with my 13 year old son occasionally grabbing controller 2 and tag teaming some content with me.SWG, I was telling myself "I will play this game till the day they shut the servers down."SWTOR, I am telling myself "I'll play this game till I get one complete charater of each class, then I will un-sub and re-visit if/when new content is worth checking out.....or till a better SW game comes along".Is SWTOR bad? No, it is what it was designed to be. And I hope that going forawrd they expand it enough to keep me interested in playing. I just happen to like what SWG was (at 3 months old) more than what SWTOR is today. I play it because I like Star Wars games, and even if SWG was still up and running I may play SWTOR just because it is set in the Old Republic era and offers some things that are different, but I would still be playing SWG (especially if it was pre-NGE SWG). In SW:ToR one learns to fly a space ship before one can drive a speeder.