i played Rebel Assault,Rogue Squadron they were ok for their time. I found the xwing, ywing etc games much more enjoyable. I get the comment about drawing players away from the "game". I just had my hopes set unrealistically I guess.

i guess to each their own, but i love flight sims. I've never dug arcade style. I guess i'm comparing it to starwars galaxies, which was really cool in space. You could have multiple people on your ship and you all had control over different turrets while someone would pilot the ship. But SWG failed, so I guess I'm a minority.

I just experienced my first introduction to space combat in this game....such a let down. I figured since it was an mmo it would have open space. Instead its a rails shooter... thats awful I was picturing something like the original xwing games on pc, having actual control over your ship, dog fights, missile locks, zipping back and forth to avoid fire from a large ship, wingmen. But from what i've seen, SWTOR flying is made for dummies. on rails, arcade shooter. Point and click shooting...lame. I'm sorry, but its true. I hope the space combat part of this game isn't always like this. Because its not fun to not truly be free. Rails shooting is for the arcade...fun for 10 minutes until you go to the next arcade machine. Its not built for an mmo that should have hours and hours of gameplay. I know production costs would be more but, I'd rather the game had an expansion that added flight combat than see what I just saw. I hope I'm wrong and there is more later on, but I'm doubting it.