personally, that argument never held any weight for me. I get that it hasn't had as long as a development cycle as some of the other big name MMOs, and im not faulting the game for that. But the argument "it just came out" will turn into "its only 4 months old", "its only a year old" etc etc. Im not going to cancel my sub any time soon, and I get things take time, but that argument is paper thin in my opinion.

while it is a good idea to get people together, It wouldnt work for someone like me. I get maybe four hours twice a week to play, and it took me about 3 months (real time not game time) to hit 50. as much as I would like to, it would take to long for me to get another level 50 on a different server.

So, im a level 32 trooper and I just started balmorra. The very first quest I get is to go kill some bugs, and for the life of me, I can not do it. Ive tried every thing I can think of to try and kill these damnable bugs, but I can not. Ive decided to do space missions and PvP to level a bit past the starting levels of balmorra, so I can have an easier time. anyone else having survivability issues? (vanguard, tactics specced)

thank you for putting together the words I could not express. Listening to those two songs linked for WoW, it brings back fond memories, and the stormwind song still gave me chills. that is what I think is also missing from this game, that ambiance. that feeling of "this game is epic" doesnt happen without that type of music. Walking into Stormwind for the first time, hearing that chant, as I walk alongside the statues of fallen heroes, that is the feeling I want from this game. That is what I need to keep going.

So it seems ive just hit the "midway march" as I call it, happens a lot to me in MMOs. levels 20-30 are just uninteresting. well, thanks for the info, gonna go log in now!

Im curious as to what other people have thought about this situation im in. Im an imperial agent (sniper). I love shooting things and just completely messing up the normal enemies. When it came for me to start hunting down the terrorists, I was excited, they were able to kill darth jaedus, so they had to be some sort of ****** troops, right? I fight my way to balmorra, slaughtering everything in my path. I do all the story quests, and make my way to the first terrorist, grey star. I announce to him that it was all a ruse, and that im here to kill him. This man, who works closely with the eagle, and who was able to murder a dark lord and thousands of others aboard his personal starship.....plays out like any other fight on balmorra. I was kind of hoping for some awesome fight, with some sort of different mechanics in it, or something. But i just took cover, and shot him. The issue im having with the combat is mainly for the story line based fights, they dont feel as epic or hard as they could be. Ive also played a trooper up to 28, and I did enjoy fighting forex, because it actually had some different mechanics to it. Im hoping some one can tell me it gets better, because I do enjoy this game, somewhat. I just want to know it gets better. (also, on a side note, its disappointing that no matter what I say or do, the story is going to progress the same way. I know its not feasible at all for an MMO to have "bad ends", but from an RPG standpoint, its a little disappointing.)

So I just got my ship as a sith warrior, and as I walk towards it, I get stopped by an NPC who says he is from lady grathen and that he has a present for me. He says it should greatly enhance my ships combat abilities, but then he tries to kill me because of lord grathen. Was I supposed to actually get a free ship upgrade right there? He never actually gave me anything, and my inventory and ship's equipment show nothing new. anyone know what was supposed to happen, or if it was a poor choice of wording on biowares part?

just giving everyone a note here. I preordered and entered the code on the 23rd of july, got in on the third wave.