While I love this game, and questing and crafting, and having my own ship I really don't feel like I impact the world in any way in this game. I just wish there were more Sandbox type features in the game, something I can do that will affect the world that other players can see... I love to take breaks from combat and build stuff sometimes and there is none of that in this game.
My wish list is:
- Customized Player Housing
- Customization of Speeders/Vehicles
- Name my Companions/Pets
- Customize the look of my Companions (By Customize I mean like Character creator)
- Proper Crafting (Let me stand up a store, invest in a store, partner, whatever)
- Universal Economy, there is no economy at all. Nothing, just a measly little trade network that's been done a billion times in every other MMO on earth. Make it more fun, make it more personal and make it so that this is all people can do if they want to is just craft and sell stuff...
- I want to be able to Dye my armor/clothing with custom dye colors
- More OpenWorld less linear, SWTOR is so linear that I get burned out and don't play for days or weeks at a time because of it. Sometimes I even consider unsubbing, it can feel extremely grinding at times and making it more open world would def change this...Why can't I take my own vehicle over to this or that area? Why do I go into these odd exhaustion areas? It just doesn't feel right...
Theres tons of other Sandbox things I have probably missed, and I am sure some people will disagree. I know Theme Park is all some players want and they are ok with that...But the thing is you don't have to do Sandbox, it should be 100% entirely optional, and hardcore players (the ones that pay you monthly for a long long time) will probably want some of this, they have spent a lot of time in the game and they want something to show for it, and not just on some list or on some ranking. At least I would want something other than that, not to mention showing up on some list has absolutely nothing to do with the main storyline and just feels tacked on in any case...
Update: Since people keep comparing my suggestions to some other game I have never played these observations are entirely based off of my personal opinions. I have never played a MMO with these features, so I have no idea what you are talking about if they existed in some other game that flopped for what I can tell reasons other than the Sandbox elements themselves and just poor management. If we can just keep this on topic about Sandbox features and less quibble about some other game that would great! Thanks!