So I am level 36, about to turn 37 so in no way am I an expert or know-it-all when it comes to this game but I think I would put my 2 cents in:
PVP:
I would say its pretty much garbage (and I love PVP, why I wrote about it first). Its laggy and buggy. I have a great rig but as an Imperial Agent, positioning is key and when I stun people and then teleport a few meters it means I lose my stun.
Also, why is there still gear progression in PVP? I kinda of stole this point from another post and after considering it I realized that gear progression is the actually thing that really destroys PVP in MMOs. It could be so much more competitive if everyone went in with the same gear and the primary point of PVP was to actually WIN! Right now that point is to just grind.
I think that a developer should just experiment with a PVP system that was balanced gear wise. I really don’t even understand the other side of the argument. Some people made the point that it would take the RPG element out of the game (or just out of PVP). But that confuses me too. When did gear progression become synonymous with RPG. An RPG for me was always a game that had an amazing story; a story in which I was able to play the role of a character within the story. I never played Final Fantasy 7 or any of the other great MMOs and said, “man this gear progression is GREAT!”
My solution, give everyone the same PVP gear and make rewards for actually winning the warzones. Normally the only thing competitive games have to do is stat track and all of a sudden you create a competitive environment. Look at different genres for examples, an RTS (like starcraft, one of the best RTS games) has absolutely no PVP progression. But what is does is keeps track of your wins and losses. I think people underestimate the power of stat tracking. I don’t want 200 loses and only 50 wins on my record.
2 cents would be 2 cents without 2 opinions so here is my next point:
I think a lot can agree that the PVP needs work but now I would like to touch on the leveling experience. This can actually be wrapped up into one point:
Last night I logged in because I was excited to see what was going to happen in my Imperial Agent story line. I don’t want to give away any spoilers but like I said, I am level 36 almost 37 and the story is great!
It is the first time I have ever logged in to an MMO just to find out what is going to happen in my character, and that is the reason why BW has succeeded in making an MMORPG and not just an MMO.