I love Star Wars games. But more importantly, I love the KOTOR series. I still have KOTOR on PC hiding in my old games box. I have an unfortunately damaged copy of KOTOR2 for XBox. I still have hopes of repairing it.
SWTOR is, by my standards, a great representation of the Star Wars franchise. However what disappoints me is that it is not KOTOR3. It could very easily be converted into a KOTOR3 but MMOs make more money in the long run due to ongoing subscriptions so I doubt we'll see a KOTOR3 for sale any time soon. So, I was wondering, how hard would it be to make an option for an offline mode? You'd have to solo everything (with your NPC companions) so PvP and Group/Heroic 4 missions would be disabled but with the right gear, Heroic 2s are soloable (or waiting until you're a few, or more than a few, levels above what is required).
Offline characters would have to be non-transferrable otherwise that would be unfair. And Legacy also makes offline play interesting - perhaps, you could even call in one of your characters under NPC control as an "extra companion". From BioWare's point of view, is an offline mode even possible?
From the general public's point of view, what are your thoughts on this? It doesn't replace the MMO, just allows you to play the game for those times when you're not near an internet connection or don't feel like putting up with the resident server troll (or Rancors, as I term them - giving them a Star Wars spin) that has appalling spelling (Looking at you Fly ) but doesn't give you any advantages over online players as your characters aren't transferrable from offline to online and vice-versa.
Those are my thoughts, now I wish to hear yours. Who knows, maybe we can still play TOR when the servers go down for maintenance instead of slinking back to WoW or LOTRO...