I had been a paying customer since launch (I preordered the day preorders opened). But I don't have as much free time to play as other players. I feel it is unfair that folks with a ton of free time who can get a L50 or a collection of L30s are rewarded while more casual players like myself are not. My game account is now cancelled. This was a huge disincentive.

If your boss walked into your work and started giving out bonuses to some of your coworkers but not you based on some arbitrary factor you would be upset.

I pre-ordered the day SW:TOR became available and was a subscriber until very recently. My account is cancelled and I'm on already-paid-for time until it runs out. As a player I have one L29 main and several in the teens or early 20s. I'm a casual player and only get limited time where I can play computer games. But I paid my subscription fee just like any other customer. I've been a vocal supporter of SW:TOR on a lot of various forums (WOW, Kotaku, etc). Apparently customer loyalty is not as important as how much time a player has to play the game because the folks with an excess of discretionary time who have time to level someone to 50 (or several characters to mid levels) are to be rewarded, whereas loyal customers such as myself are not. This was a bad move on BioWare's part. Casual players are EVERY BIT AS IMPORTANT as hardcore players. Perhaps moreso in that we will not reach level cap as quickly and are more likely to remain subscribers for longer. I am leaving dissatisfied and insulted, but felt compelled to write a few words for whatever it may be worth.

I think it is pretty paranoid/conspirist to think that they would intentionally leave things broken.

Well, I am not paid. Just appreciative of the fun time I've been having. Nothing wrong with that. "Tons of glaring issues"? Something tells me they could fix EVERYTHING you could name that is wrong with the game and you probably would find something else to complain about.

I've had an absolute blast with the game so far. Overlaying a single player RPG on top of an MMO was absolutely the way to go with this game. The level of story immersion is fantastic. I have been having so much fun with it, although I am having a hard time trying to keep focus on just one character since they are all so fun. I have a son who lives with me half of the time and I had a nice extended Christmas break vacation with him. Since it was vacation I loosened his computer time restrictions and let him loose with the game as well. He, too, had a blast and it was so great to see the utter joy and excitement in his eyes when he tells me about his Trooper's latest exploits. I'm so happy with the game, it was totally worth the wait. You guys have absolutely nailed it and (despite the trolls on this forum) are really making a lot of gamers really, really happy right now. I wish this game, and the team behind it, all the success that it deserves.

Clearly they need WOWs Dungeon Finder system. The current LFG system is archaic. WOW has set the bar for this, and SW:TOR really needs to meet it. Love this game, but....yeah, it's embarrassingly bad for a modern MMO.

My wife was suitably impressed with my female character's rear end and when I made the character to her "club dance" she just wandered away saying "Yeah, I see why guys like these games so much..."

My take on it is that video games are what I do when I don't have other things to do. Once of those other things is paying attention to my wife, spending time with her, and generally being a good companion. Since her needs are fulfilled she doesn't begrudge me a few hours here and there to "go kill some aliens". So make sure you spend enough time with her. A relationship needs a time investment to work, and the payoff is excellent. That said, she needs to respect that you need to have some space and time to yourself. Tell her "I want to be able to spend some time on this game. It's fun, it's my hobby, and sometimes I want to relax playing it. You are more than welcome to come along if you wish, but if you don't that is OK, too." A reasonable woman will understand that. An unreasonable one will not. Just make sure that you ALSO spend time with her doing her things.

Well, that was out of left field. I found the game to be excellent, personally.

Free flight controls ship combat.

If we could play a Wookie I'd name him Chewbacco. A friend and I were joking and came up with "Maxipadawan" but decided ultimately that the risk of bannination was too great. Though I did name my female cyborg "Crankshaft". I think it's pretty lame when people do lore derivative names (e.g. Sam Holo, Like Skieswalker). My son was pretty lame, too. His Sith Inquisitor is "Sithi".

My wife has zero interest in video games. None, nada. She even fumbles Wii. She'll watch Star Wars or Lord of the Rings and other geeky things, but she just doesn't play at all. She was straightening up as I was playing SW:TOR this weekend and sat and started watching along with one of the dialog scenes. After a bit she was making suggestions as to where to go and basically cheer-leading me through fights. Next thing you know over and hour went by and she had spent the whole time engaged as if she was watching a movie, saying "I never really understood what you guys got out of this before." and just generally marveling at how much detail was in the world. She still has no interest in playing. But the story and world detail in this game is so well done that it can take someone with zero interest, enthrall them, and get them interested and engaged. That's worth a tip of the hat to.

They nailed it. They absolutely nailed it. This is the first MMO since WOW that can really look it straight in the eye and say "I am as good, if not better, than you." For me it's the story/dialog immersion that has hooked me the strongest along with interesting stories. It's also just fun to play.

I just ran the Esseles flashpoint the other day and I thought it was an absolute blast. I never had as much fun in a dungeon in That Other Game as I did on this one flashpoint. Only odd thing I disliked was the very start where you have to walk through a number of large empty rooms, with folks wondering "OK, what now?"

I feel generous today. Make it so.

Agree that BioWare is doing great, despite people crying about not being in yet. What I did is create multiple characters and plan to go to at least level 10 with each to get a basic feel. Then whichever one I felt I had the most fun with is the one I will level up to cap.

The people who understand this and are reasonable don't need to post anything. It's the people who don't understand, or are not reasonable (or both) that are posting. You never see a front page headline: "Warehouse Not On Fire!"

As OP I'd like to state that this has gone on for 16 pages and no one is moving from their points of view. Therefore, this thread is now about waffles.

It is? Show me some bad press. People complaining on a forum do not count. Show me where there is bad press because of this. The press are going to be lauding BioWare for a smooth launch.

Yet you are whining about those whining about whiners. Very meta.

I'll bet you that you will see more of this as other MMOs copy the idea.

And, yeah, servers can create an infinite amount of instances, right? No limit on CPU, bandwidth, memory or DB query speed... *cough*

That is actually insightful. We don't hear from the happy or apathetic majority.

I stand admonished. Let me rephrase: "Stop all this childish, pointless and immature whining".