Main differences? My humble point of view: Mechanics: basically the same, but since WoW has been the MMO with the most player base for several years, this is honestly not surprising at all. If something works, why not using it? Story: I like SW:TOR story better, mainly because it has a story, that is centered (or at least gives the impression it is) on your character. WoW never had a story that could be grasped by everyone, regardless of the lore knowledge. Graphics: more or less the same, but I think SW:TOR could use a little bit more polishing on this side. IP: they are way different, one is classic High-Fantasy; the other one is Sci-fi... not really much to compare on this. PvP: the both need an awful lot of work on this side. In two words: It depends Personally I played WoW for several years, and it has changed from being a pretty hardcore game (vanilla) to easy-mode-we-like-nutella boys (Cataclysm); SW:TOR feels new (mainly thanks to the different IP, obviously) and has a lot of space to improve.

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Well, you know, two on the Republic side are old and tired, and the other one is almost not trained at all before ROJ... On the other hand we have a beyond counting old embodiment of the Dark Side and his fearless and ruthless half-cyborg apprentice... So, now, which side is unbalanced?

I think it's a hard debate... everyone can turn it the way they like the most, so there will always be people taking for good one or the other option... I do not remember if there are, but if we can find stats for both Vader and Revan and/or Sidious in some RPG manuals (like the D20 one) maybe that can be taken as a middle ground by everyone... Anyway, Lucas is the creator of the character, so I think we should take his statement as the rule...

Well, since Lucas stated that for him Sidious died on the second death star, I believe he refers to the one from the movies when speaking Vader is at 80% compared to him...

If I am not mistaken, there have never been written by Bioware that what matters is the pre-order date. They always said it was the code redeption date that matters. So, please, if you really have to rant and blame someone, go do it on Gamestop forums. I really think this post should have been closed a looong time ago...

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