Hopefully they're going to fix the companion summon de-buffing implants bug. I find myself having to check my companion's stats obsessively since even walking through some story areas triggers the bug and knocks my companion way down in stats.

Ehhh, full voice-acting isn't so innovative, especially since Bioware is the creator of the KOTOR series. It's at best a very modest evolution, and I think the OP wasn't denigrating the game so much as thinking about what a revolutionary MMO would be. But Star Wars as such an expensive franchise couldn't afford to gamble on something too revolutionary. It'd devastate EA if they had tried something way outside the box and it failed. The next big thing will probably come from a smaller developer, or one with a cheaper (or new) franchise to work with instead of Star Wars, which must cost a fortune to license.

Thanks! Any suggestions for the best storyline you've played?

I wonder if there'll be an MMO where player choices actually affect the world around them and the common story, instead of having everything instantly respawn and reset. Nothing ever changes in the MMO world environment, which really takes a lot of the realism out of the game. It's better in dedicated story areas, but still not what it might be if games were more intelligent. Until there's an intelligent, flexible world environment, you end up with kill 10 rats. And the rats will reappear in 1 minute for the next player to kill. And the next.

Well that is pretty bad, whichever way you slice it. Every time you summon or hop off a speeder you have to reequip those accessories = way annoying. I'm sure they've got to patch that soon.

So you have to unequip everything and reequip every time a companion is summoned for the stats to line up properly? I wouldn't notice this so much since I play a tank, but is this bug for real?

SWTOR was something like what - a $200 million investment - and last I heard they have half again as many subscribers as they'd projected they'd need to break even. The game is too big to fail, it's just a question of if it's big enough to be a major winner.

I just reached 40 and suddenly my character is superman, and the story is racing by pretty quickly. Does the plot actually continue up to level 50 and beyond?

Do you have it set to loot all nearby items in your settings?

Wouldn't that encourage a bit more flavor of the month play?

People feel particularly entitled to complain about subscription-based software. It goes with the territory - devs can make a lot more money over time, but they have to invest more in keeping players happy and active. And that includes whining, no?

It would seem Alderaan is the hands-down winner. It's clearly the most aesthetically pleasing planet, with classic styling and symmetry. On the other hand, why the most beautiful, allegedly-peaceful planet in the galaxy has laser blaster-wielding cockroaches infesting everything is beyond me. Is that actually part of Star Wars lore?

And if you're infected, the dancing hamsters will continue singing for 7 hours unless an appropriate cure is found.

I mean really, between the random infections and the annoying public service announcements, it's beyond lame. If they want to spice up the game, they should add exciting new content or mini-quests that don't cost players time or money or aggravation. Or they could fix the messed-up email system which the patch broke.

It's like 30k to buy speeder training on my Sith Marauder - what was it, what should it be, and what's affordable, because right now that seems crazy loco expensive? But then again I'm still doing the storyline.

Furthermore, I'm of the opinion the PTB on these forums are insanely overzealous and asburd and stifle any interesting discussion about anything.

I'll just say that, but it'll be deleted, like any other opinion...

Seriously, like 10:1 losses on resale - that's harsh, when most similar games are 2:1 losses on re-sale? Also, why are so few items moddable?