Op if you are going to try and take the approach that a nerf was needed but was overdone you need to completely re-write your first post. You mention the % nerf then start whining about how bioware nerfed slicer because of the whiners. If you had keep the post related to how much it was nerfed not the fact it was nerfed you would be far more ceditable.

The UI should have been far better then it is. I mean Rift's was heads and tails better and they didn't have the same amount of time and budget. There really is no excuse for the crap that the UI currently is.

Please stop spreading this phenomenally stupid rumor. OP generally you have to take reviews with a grain of salt. 1. They have not actually played the game beyond a "press demo". 2. Want the webpage hits so up and down rate games based on that. Rift's launch was better and more complete and the music is quite good but not phenomenal. FFXI had phenomenal music. Also SWTOR does a terrible job of ambiance with regards to music and sounds in general.

No it didn't. Those are not ever related in any form. Bwahahahahahaha... I am sorry at no point did dual specs in WoW change the "immersion" factor. You were NEVER locked into a spec it was nothing but a gold sink to change it. 1. Spacebar through the stories skips them to even when leveling another class. 2. WTH does this have to do with Dual specs (either skill trees or advanced classes) at all? The story is identical regardless of which advanced class you take. Dual specs would mean you would not be leveling up with the SAME STORY again. Again this is totally ridiculous and incorrect. A. You only had to pay gold, there was no additional price. Either way it was a different Role (depending on class) before or after dual specs. B. You didn't need to roll a different class before dual specs. It is utterly stunning how stupid your comment sounds. The talent trees were still there and could be respeced for gold at any time. Dual specs didn't change anything but the gold cost. Again nothing but gold costs. Bad argument. Again you NEVER had to roll two classes in WoW for raiding. You just had to shell out 50 gold to change your roll. It was annoying but it was not remotely similar to what you are trying to describe. ROFL. If you think this you are in the wrong genre. This is not a single player RPG. Endgame is what matters, not leveling. A lovely conclusion to a wonderfully nonsensical argument on your part.

While the LFG system (as wow has it) has its issues it is still the best option.

This is a question of ask in 3 weeks when people start to really get into the endgame. Kinda crazy to quit over queues.

SWTOR is a very dead feeling game in this respect. MMOs have been really hit or miss on this aspect lately.

Overall game feel: 6-10 Combat is generic, world feels a little dead, music is hit miss in its usage, worlds are nice in general. Story: Mixed bag here. The Empire ones tend to be far more interesting then the Republic ones. The Jedi have awful stories. Jedi Knight is an almost formulaic hero story and the Consular is the "well we already have the hero so... um... you go do this other stuff." story. At least with the Sith they are coming from vastly different points of view to begin with.

They have been so nice and civil since it has been pre-order only. Much better then before.

They are making a lot of rookie mistakes atm. No transfers. No D/C queue solution. Misjudging Server needs Basically the same things that Trion did when they launched RIFT. I would have hoped Bioware/EA would have watched and learned form that launch and had the tools in place beforehand to avoid the same issues.

Yup they staggered the release which keep people out of the games from days and still have the exact same issues they would have had without a staggered release. You do see the irony and major problem here right? No but adding none and losing customers over it is not smart either. Subs will be gone either way and with queue they piss off potentially more people overall. You get one chance to make a good first impression, queues are not it.

Bioware was not prepared.

This would be the very first MMO in history to follow this pattern. To the OP It's gonna be bad.

Probably just have to wait for the DB to update.

I kinda doubt you bought CE items. I suspect you bought the regular VIP area items that anyone with 1 million credits can get access to.

To be honest, western MMOs outside of WoW tend to be very dull looking in general and add to it the Sci-fi aspect... bleh.

Official guide... I hear gamefaqs is free and often better.

Well when the "new and shiny" aspect wears off people start to take a closer look to see what makes a game unique and worth constantly shelling out cash for.

It's off the ground and moving it is flying.

They are at about 2 mill lost now. Anyway the highest estimates are about 1 million from WoW at best.

I kinda thought all the mounts fly. I don't recall any with wheels.

Short answer: No Long answer: Noooooooo The packets are of a trivial size that might use 1% of your bandwidth. Basically the only things that really matter are 1. Number of hops to the physical servers. 2. Quality of the connections in between.

Did they clean up some of those low res textures that were really noticeable in the Jedi staring zone?

PvP servers - Gank! I am teabagging you haha RP-PvP servers - Gank! I doth apply a packet of tea upon thous face!

All bets are off release day.