So, is it fun or just shiny and new?
shiznitz:
There are lots of posts and discussions here about classes and quests. There is clearly excitement. But is the fun new or is the fun what we have come to expect?
Obviously those who play MMOs find them fun at a basic level. I am not asking about that. What makes this game more of less fun in the first 30 days compared to other MMOs first 30 days?
Zetor:
IMO the fun is in the storylines / quests themselves. There's a truckload of content in this game: 2x4 class questlines, and planet quests for both sides... the flashpoints aren't bad either.
I'm playing it like a multiplayer / co-op KOTOR, and for that it's worth the price imo. At least for the first month or two. :awesome_for_real:
luckton:
In a word: Story
In a few more words: The game actually immerses you into the world a hell of a lot better than other MMOs have done thus far. That's the big 'revolutionary' thing about SWTOR. Mostly everything else mechanic and gameplay-wise is carbon-copy cloned from WoW Vanilla/BC days, along with a couple extra bits here and there.
If you're on the fence but are currently enjoying another MMO, I'd stay with that MMO for now until they start offering free trials. There's still a bit of madness with server queues, website/account login stuff and other noise that one who's currently satisfied elsewhere need not be bothered with. By the time they do offer a trial, most of that stuff will be squared away, and other problems will hopefully be patched up as well.
Miasma:
I don't see what's wrong with shiny and new. So long as you like story it is a fun game and worth two or three months of heavy play. Whether or not it's worth subscribing to long term will mostly be based on who you guild and play with, as with most MMOs. It is an enjoyable kotor3/mmo hybrid even though it doesn't do justice to kotor and its mmo qualities are old and unpolished.
Ghambit:
It's fun, but you cant detach the fun from the fact it's the first ever true space opera MMO. That kind of newness will always create fun.
It also has a "pageturner" feel that I havent ever gotten from an MMO before save Tortage. After a while you get into the story and just want to find out what happens next. e.g. "just one more quest"
In this sense, it's pretty much as good as it gets for the first 30-days; 8 KOTORS in one. After that we likely will run into issues.
That being said, I still believe something like Rift or AoC is better for hardened rpgers and endgamers. They're just more mechanically sound and built more to sustain play after max lvl. TOR may fail at that, we'll see.
But, it's the first game that will get me to play an alt. I'm not an alt person by a longshot.
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