Exactly. There is so much to like about SW:TOR. Their level designers made such nice looking worlds. Worlds that you can't go anywhere in.

I wish they'd have just had three planets. Two starter (one for Empire and one for Repub) and then one big one that both sides are fighting over with all the 20-50+ zones on it. The idea of "planets" in this game is a bait and switch IMO. The game implies massive scale but the "garage" metaphor is apt. There's nothing planetary about any of these places. Dromund Kaas is a perfect example. Mountains all around and you follow either solid yellow lines or dotted yellow lines all around the zone. Same with Kaas City. Looks amazing and huge until you realize you can't go to any of the city below or around you. The only zone in WoW that really has the same feel is Stonetalon (at least the old version). It was pretty rigid in where you could go.

They're too busy ganking 20's to go there.

Since I have no idea what many of the people in the guild are like, I would be referring top the website primarily. Has it helped WoW players? Yes, but at the expense of much of the community and the attitudes therein. I'd rather not have had the site if I'd known what it would turn the player base into. It's appropriately named.

Are you downing the bosses? Why do you need to know more except to make yourself feel superior? The absolute WORST thing that could happen to this game is for Elitist Jerks to switch games.

Then the idea of "planets" is just a cruel joke. Heck, even in the "big cities", you can't go exploring. I see so much in Kaas City that I'd like to go look at. Wander around. You can't. Same with every other planet. They're just "zones". They should have just reset the game on one big planet that both the Empire and Republic are fighting for. The idea of different planets to explore is a bait and switch.

Lack of moveable UI elements. The GTN. In that order.

I'm on the fence. One of my favorite things (in WoW anyway) was playing the AH. The GTN is so horrible to use, it's not even funny. If I'm not able to customize the UI at some point in the near future, I'm absolutely gone. I logged into WoW for the first time in three weeks and I'm stunned at how much better the UI I made for myself is than this abomination. I could care less about "recount" or so many of the addons that the min/maxers care about. I just want to be able to see my unit frames and action bars. I use a 30" monitor and I need things higher up...and the chat box down. I'll most likely resub for another month so I can at least get up to 50 but if the UI isn't changed, I'm gone.

There is something to be said for waiting. I bought WoW and started up right away but didn't seriously get into it until maybe March of that first year. By then, many things were worked out. I may do the same thing here. I have all my names held. A few characters to around 20. The UI and the GTN are the game-breakers for me. I like the game a lot but it just doesn't seem done yet.

Seems about right for somebody with that name on that server.

I'd like to not get stuck in terrain.

Yes, most of things can be done solo but as the game is new, there are tons of people doing the same things you are. I can't tell you how many times I've gone of a "heroic" area and found others doing the exact same quest I am solo and struggling with it. I actually tried to invite them to a group and had them decline it and die over and over again. Now I'm a pretty anti-social person but why do so many of you seem to WANT to die over and over again? Just accept the invites, folks. Everything will go fast and smooth. This is not 7 years into WoW. The entire game doesn't have to be solo'd because nobody else is leveling.

this is right

Non-instanced zones.

I'm from the US and play there. I just play at your off-hours. I like the server. While there is a bit of immaturity, it's nowhere NEAR as bad as the US kids are. I'd rather deal with a bit higher latency than these brats.

IMO, queues are less of an issue than the instancing inside the zones is. Full servers should feel full. It took me a half-hour to get a group for The Hate Machine. There should be players all over the place (like it was in beta) and there are..but it seems like there aren't. Instancing is killing the game more.

Thunderc--t (really!!). I've had to report about a hundred names today. Now that the EGA is over, the worst of the worst has come to the game. I've been astonished and amazed at the lengths these people will go to create an offensive name. I was actually whispered by somebody who cursed me out for "stealing THEIR name". They demanded I delete my character and give it to them also.

I've had to report about 100 names. Barrens chat was never this bad. The players seem to have never played an MMO in their life. I'll give some of them credit though. They've found very creative ways to get the foulest words in their names. The queues may be bad but it's like the beginning of Scarface where Cuba let their entire prison population go to the US. This influx of players today is such utter trash. I really hate to sound old and "elitist" but wow, this is bad today. I tried out one of the new servers but I think I'd rather wait for an hour in a queue for my EGA server than deal with these kids.

Pretty sure many of them went to Bloodworthy EU

Everybody is heading to Flames of the Crucible.

I'm going back to Darth Malak. It was fun in beta and I think many will re-roll there to either escape the queues or just because it's back. Probably just name grabbing and heading to bed though. Gotta get up at 5:30

Play mostly at night? Join the awesome EU servers. They're mostly empty at our prime time. Done and done.

Not that I ever played LOTRO but it's because he's an a-hole.

I've been waiting for Infinity gate to open up. It was one of the most popular beta servers. I had characters on that and Darth Malak. Guess I'll have to be patient. I'm certain they'll have to open more tonight when things get full.

Waiting on one myself also but I was checking the server list very closely last night and the only servers that had "heavy" or "very heavy" on them were PVP servers. An RP-PVP server did come out last night though.