regardless of how many subs SWTOR has. I am a bit shocked that GW2 didnt do a much more noticeable dent in server loads... lets face it many people including me was expecting total *light* loads across the board for servers yesterday since headstart is up. Also at the time of me typing this post ALL servers on GW2 are full or high so that tells you something. It will be interesting how things are a month or so from now...

SWTOR has around 170 something servers..thats just WAY too many for this playerbase EVEN at launch. While *some* servers may not need to be touched in terms of server population changes ,however some of the servers where populations only peak at 10 people per planet and/or fleet...those servers need to be removed...and those playerbases moved to more populated servers.

SWG came out in the wrong era.....if it came out now and with a smarter Dev than SOE than i feel MMO history today would be playing out differently... there was no better class system than Pre-CU....all those class mixs you can have.....

dont think the poster ment that SWTOR is better storywise than KOTOR but that it feels like KOTOR where SWG felt more like the movies. truth is that SWG is more star wars than swtor BECAUSE it takes place at the same time as the movies where SWTOR does not. SWTOR does feel like KOTOR but stories arent to the level of KOTOR but still fun none the less.

first off as an old SWG vet.....SWG is gone.....comparing SWTOR to SWG will take us to a place we dont want to go..... my endgame basicly is 1.interacting with guildies 2.alts 3.dailys *every other day With or without guildies 4.Flashpoints hardmode/normal with or without guild 5.raids.... once a week 6.PVP battlegrounds... compared to current MMOs and future MMOs I would be doing the same...however I get to do these in the STAR WARS universe

SWTOR wont die becasue it lacks systems GW2 has . What will kill SWTOR is BW/EA not using the Star wars IP they payed a lot money for. and adding a LFG tool helps too....

take it in what ever matter you like sadly you have these options 1.stay where your at 2.Play your other toons on the other server 3. unsub till they merge. There are a million posts on this very topic and rather BW/EA likes it or not there will be merges.

whats sad is i fell for it for about 5 secs....which is 4.9 secs too long....

i think it was a bad move to pull this day before patch however.... lets face it..people were gonna find something to rage about.......

It would be better to cut back those 170 something severs by about 60% and then dump those populations onto the lower populated servers...

sad but true.....

I argee but the reason is simple. gold farmers

well, the only reason it doesnt work is because a lot of servers only have 400people max, That is at best 200 people per side and we ALL know that is not the case. We have to get rid of those LOW populated servers and dump those populations tactfully onto servers that need more people. also rerolling is NOT the answer....

untill we get rid of those 170 something servers....open world PVP will not work in SWTOR...period

Doesnt matter if SWTOR has 1.7mil, 1 million or even 2mil plus. The server population is spread across way the heck too many servers. 170 something servers is fine if your sub base is around 5mil plus but we dont have those numbers. Even if SWTOR suffered ZERO population lost, we would still have population issues... all i know is whoever signed off on that many servers should be asked if it was a good idea now.....

no need to merge... BW justs need to not bind peoples characters to servers....worked in PSO back in 2001....will work now....

27 raids 67 dungeons 8 battlegrounds yeah...i think WOW has more endgame content... i wonder how long it took them to get that much? oh nevermind no one cares...

Welcome to the world of MMO's All MMOs try to sugar coat it but they ALL have that dang leveling system. well there is that one MMO.......oh nevermind

I would try another game till something here peaks your interest. thats not the answer you wanted to hear tho...

I understand that people kill content quick these days...however there is no way on this planet SWTOR was EVER gonna launch with 27 raids 67 dungeons 8 battlegrounds

mini-games are great...I 100% argee with you.. but any kind of mini-game of whatever WONT hold 1.7 million subers for very long.

I'm sorry to say it but by that logic all future MMO's are DOOMed to fail... because they will NEVER launch with content to go toe-to-toe with MMO's that have a longer headway into its life.. in other words...its better to stay with current MMO's and NEVER try somthing new..

I have yet to play an MMO that didnt suffer from some of these problems.. I dont understand why people feel SWTOR was gonna be different...

2 months old and this MMO lacks endgame........if you really think that SWTOR was gonna launch with as much endgame content as other MMO thats been around for YEARS than i have a bridge i will sale you.

basicly people feel if swtor didnt launch with 10mil players LFG tool 27 raids 67 dungeons 8 battlegrounds than it is a fail boat.....