The Old Republic Finally Getting PvP Space Battles

hmmm jump back in maybe

The Old Republic is a really good game. I don't understand why people complain about paying. If you start now when the game is already free to play, you don't have a sense of what's missing. You can play to level cap without paying anything. On the other hand, what's wrong with paying some money for things in the game that you can use as you wish (without time limit)? It's still better than a $15/mo subscription that makes you feel like you need to play X amount of time per month to get your money's worth. It's a great game and I like the free-to-play setup they have.

That said, Guild Wars 2 is better for its gameplay mechanics. I like the voice acted quests in The Old Republic better though. Character roles seem more important in group quests in The Old Republic also.

I got into SWTOR again a few months ago and had a great time. The improvements made makes it a better exoerience. So many small changes since launch that make it much more streamlined and fast. For example sprint at lvl 1, using speeders in more places etc.

Take it off origin and I'll consider it.

@atomicvideohead: You don't need origin to play it. You can go straight through the game launcher on the website. Here

Earlier this year, I played up to about level 40 on a Sith Warrior and basically dropped out immediately after getting to Hoth. Weird how closely my experience mirrored Jeff's.

Anyway, the story and character stuff was cool, I just wish the game around it had been at all fun to play. Guild Wars 2 is much more return-friendly just by virtue of its smoothness, with the additional benefit that I don't feel like the game is withholding functionality to get me to spend money. I like supporting developers that do cool things, but paying for any of 90% of their cash shop would've been encouraging poor practices.