When re-spec's first came out in 1998..................... Hey Joseph............this is 2012 now. We all want dual-speccing. Why control how other people play? You some type of dictator? Are you a member of the Saudi Royal Family? Am I talking to Kim Jong Il? I thought he died. Oh yeah, you're just some troll who likes games to be anti-fun.

OP is correct. This game is horribly buggy. I was trying a hard mode dungeon the other night and I was floored with how buggy just doing a simply instance was. I'm not unsubbing just yet, but the OP is correct, this game is horribly buggy.

HAHA, I love people like you telling everyone else how to play. I play 1 toon period. I don't water down my play time or my server identity by playing alt's. Alt's are for noobs in my personal opinion but that's my opinion and I have no problem with you rolling all the alts you like. I don't roll alt's period. If the game requires multiple toons then I'll just quit a poorly made game. There is nothing wrong with people respeccing. I have no problem with people playing the way they like. don't claim to support freedom then act like a dictator. I honestly have no idea why anyone cares what spec another player rolls except for a self centered idealism that they feel they must push on other people much like religious people.

6.5 is a fair score considering over half of the games system's are not done.

Pretty much this ^ I don't care how much people think metacritic is skewed. It's not. If you average in all the user reviews you get a fair and balanced review for the most part. SWTOR is a 6.2 or so now? Sounds spot on. Metacritic customer reviews when averaged is more accurate than any one individual.

The OP's write up is pretty spot on. He nailed all the key points involved in the financing of this game. The fact is BW WILL probably hedge their losses seeing as how EA has handled itself so far cutting corners I see no reason to believe they will do anything different now. If you really think the management at EA BW is now going to throw more money at this game when the safe bet is to break even and try to make as much profit as possible now then I hope you're right. If the managers at BW can convince their bosses that the game is salvageable that's one thing but knowing how money minded people think it's unlikely.

This is pretty fair. I realized now after playing swtor that RIFT was alot better than I thought.

I hear the Amish don't like pockets because pockets are for lazy people. The Amish also don't use electricity. The Amish also don't drive cars and must feed and clean a horses poop up so that they have some form of transportation. The Amish don't watch TV The Amish don't believe in many modern conveniences. I guess we should all become Amish then since they're less lazy and more unique. Think about it, being Amish will make your decisions super impacting since you'll be the only one! I think we should get rid of TV remotes since they make you lazy.

You have to have huge balls to call someone lazy while you sit on the forums playing a video game. How is the convenience of repeccing quickly and easily lazy exactly? So are all Rift players lazy cause they all have 5 specs? So the only non-lazy gamers in your esteemed opinion are gamers who play mmo's with no respeccing? It sounds like you would like Darkfall or Mortal online then. Most of us play games to have fun and relax, not do chores and work. I have a house to clean for that.

And this is why you can beat MW2 on the hardest difficulty without firing a single shot. http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/11/16/codblops-first-mission-without-firing/ Housewives need a game too I guess. Too bad though people don't value good gameplay anymore. SWTOR's ability lag is beyond good enough. PVP is a joke until they fix the lag.

That was the single most EPIC VIDEO OF ALL TIME My guildies were just arguing for why the cutscene are so great..............LOL. They also happen to be some of my guilds worst pvp'rs. Swtor's gameplay needs to be tightened up. PVP feels horrible and sloppy.

I played Rift till I had full Rank 8 and some hammerknell gear and yea, that game runs rock solid. If only we could combine RIFT's gameplay with SWTOR IP and artwork.

Well, the latest iteration of Skyrim was done on the new Gamebryo engine. I would argue that every game you mentioned actually was worse for it's self being made on the gamebryo engine. You don't remember elderscrolls horrible running animations?

I don't know what you're trying to say but i'm sure it's very smart and worthy of the time being spent typing it. I've played long enough to see the patterns with these mmo companies. It's nepotism at it's finest.

Thanks for the info, but which person actually made this decision. That's the guy's name I want. Not so that I can troll him and send nasty email's to his work place but simply so that I can avoid games in the future where this employee make work. As far as I know ex-mythic employees are in the leadership positions for SWTOR and I'm wondering if this is truly the biggest troll in gaming history. After WARhammer you would think companies would know better by now.

interesting because it plays just as poorly as champions online. It is plagued with the same ability lag which I believe is a flaw of the engine it's self. It's not a coincidence that the hero engine has been dropped from the market. This is pretty much the first and last game made using this engine.

Which staff member at EA/BW was responsible for choosing the Hero engine? Anyone know because I would love to attach a name and a face to this decision so that I can avoid any mmo this person works for again. Could this be the same person who chose the gamebryo engine for WAR? Maybe they're the ultimate troll?

Actually the game's engine is the problem. The game's engine is single threaded hence why we get ability lag just like champions online.

This ^ I would bet 100$ right now more people want a lfg tool than those that oppose it.

Rating cause it's true.

Warhammer did the same thing. If I could kick the guy in the nads who chose Warhammer's engine I would do so gladly. The hero engine is bad. Champions has the same ability lag this game suffers from.

It's for roleplay purposes. Just pretend you're actually live in the SWTOR universe and in the SWTOR universe architects have run ammok. Creating SUPER big hall ways and the largest empty corridors ever created. You see in the SWTOR's universe there was a ancient SITH lord who took over the minds of all the architects and forced them to create the largest most unfriendly spaces possible. He was eventually defeated but not before turning every planet into a series or hall ways and or empty spaces. Don't worry, i'm sure they're fixing it.

I'm cracking up reading your post op. This is win^

I just had to hi-light that part. This is the only way I can express myself pertaining to this^ guys comment.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpuRcmPnSTM

I agree with this guy. These posts should wait 2 more weeks then the real poop storm begins. I can feel it building.....