The answer is simple. "I am quitting post" serve no purpose. I do not want to see a forum, of a game I like, filled with useless venting. I want to see constructive criticism. I do not go to games, that I do not like, and post that the game was a let down, that I quit, and the game will of course die because I personally don't like it. Maybe, just maybe, I can get through to one person that everyone's time is better spent on well thought-out criticism and not keyboard smashing angst-filled "I quit" essays. This is very obvious if you actually spend time to think about it, instead of mindlessly supporting everyone who supports your opinion on why this game is a let down.

PLEASE answer this question or just leave. We really don't want to hear your internet campaign against a "dead game". Really, no one cares. Not a single person.

They didn't steal anything from you, you bought the game and are now disatified. Return it and learn from your mistake, there was plenty of information stating how this game would be. This is my third MMO I have devoted a fair amount of time to, but have been apart of many, not so successful ones, in beta and the early months. Nice assumptions, you are clearly a great debater with all those "facts" and "logic" you bring to the table.

And yet you devote a massive amount of your time and effort to pull "facts" out of the internets to prove the game is dead. When I don't like a game, I stop playing and move on. I don't start an internet campaign to let everyone know how much I hate the game and how it is going to fail because I personally don't like it. It is literally one of the most amazing things I have seen on the internet. People actually think anybody cares why they are leaving and/or that their doom saying isn't based on anything but conjecture. Will you be here 6 months from now, if the game is not dead, apologizing for being completely wrong? The answer is of course no, you are free to spout off ridiculous doom saying with no consequence and act as if your one little prediction means anything in the grand scheme of things. Self-delusional people at their finest.

Doom saying black knights are just as wrong and just as annoying. So delusional that they believe their own personal opinions/problems with a game actually make a good indicator of the game's future success. Very easy to throw out "predictions" anonymously, where no one can call you out when they are flat out wrong. They don't go away either, WoW forums are filled with useless doom saying about every change/patch/expansion. Self-important, delusional, fledgling Nostradamus'.

What are you talking about? They have a blog talking about feedback and they have MANY posts directly addressing issues and telling people they are working on it. I have rarely seen such actual responses to problems in any type of game. In addition, they have actively remade capped threads about key problems, so they can see the feedback. I think everyone needs to take a deep breath and calm down. Sort of feel like these forums are way overflowing with angst, uncertainty, false confidence, and doom saying.

You bought the wrong game. The "nay sayers" are right. You won't see that kind of space combat for at least a year, if ever. That takes serious time and money to develop and there are many problems with the core of the game to be fixed. Its just not a focus of this game so expectations should be low.

Welcome to MMOs.

Agree with your first two and have more PvE endgame as my third.

Have you visited the WoW forums? You would think the game is dead with the amount of complaining. Welcome to the internet.

They bothered to make a response that they are looking into it and making fixes about the problem. If that isn't a confirmation, I don't know what is. Stop arguing semantics, the game feels clunky and off in MANY cases, doesn't matter what you call the problem it needs to be fixed. The mount video is a classic sign things are off and just because it doesn't show up with every combination of abilities, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Did you ever think that the animation time matches up with the channel ability, so you don't notice it as much with certain combinations? Also STOP stating what "intended design" is, you are NOT working for Bioware and literally have zero clue what was intended and what wasn't. Nice try, trying to make yourself speak from authority.

How the hell do you know how the game is developed or how the company works? Do you have sources? Oh never mind, typical internet bull******* making stuff up based on nothing or vague source material and seeing what they want to see. You make me laugh. Pathetic.

Choice is always an illusion in ALL video games. NOT just this game, it is in every SINGLE game that pretends to give you meaningful choices (RPGs). They have little effect because it is way too difficult to program multiple outcomes across multiple quests. I am sorry that video games have not advanced enough to please you. Maybe come back in 10 years?

So basically what you are saying is that MMOs are not for you? Should of realized this ahead of time and saved yourself the money. I don't play an FPS and expect the whole experience to be completely different than FPS' before it. There is no "cloning", it has some of the core features that all MMOs have now a days and does other things differently. It is it's own game, so spare us the "WoW clone" ******** that is based on nothing but your own ignorance of MMOs (hint: when WoW came out it was a "EQ clone" lolol).

First MMO you have played on release? Most MMOs have endgame content that is either too grindy or too easy. Takes a lot of time to tweak it. Welcome to the world of release MMOs.

I don't know what "we" you are speaking for, but the vast majority are filled with doom-saying whines that sure sound like hissy fits. They are not even suggestions because the poster has already determined that the game is dead because their "core features" are not implement on release. It's like nobody has played a fresh MMO, I guess they all joined WoW in Wrath. The sad part is I agree with many of the suggestions/complaints, but they get destroyed as keyboard heroes preach that the end days cometh. Probably the same people who post that "WoW is dying" every patch.

One key thing you are missing with those three games. They added nothing game changing to the MMO world. Pretty much "WoW clones" with a few different features. They always ended up with people saying why play this new messy MMO when I can go back to polished WoW? And just so you know WoW was a pretty big mess when it was released, so technically it should of "missed" it's chance in that 30 day window, as you describe. SWTOR adds something totally new to MMOs. Story. It has more staying power than the games you mention, so wait and see. Can we PLEASE tone down the exaggeration and doom-saying? It makes your arguments and suggestions look like absolute garbage and takes away from them. IF YOU DON'T FIX/IMPLEMENT ____, THIS GAME IS DEAD!!!! Can you not see how incredibly stupid and short sighted that sounds?

There are MANY areas you see in WoW that you cannot get to. There are areas in WoW you cannot get to due to "fatigue" zones, even with flying mounts. Have you even played WoW or did you forget to take of your rose-tinted glasses? Did you honestly believe you could just explore every house in Coruscant? Or would you rather they just not show the city at all and put you in a building the whole time? Your opinion has very little in the way of solutions.

Uhh you missed the point. You are still WAY ahead of most players. The game JUST came out and you are expecting a flourishing community and tons of things to do. Community is not something you just program in and sorry but server forums do not suddenly spark a community. It takes a lot more than that and largely is based on how successful the game becomes, not some magical binary code. Hell I have made plenty of friends along the way doing ALL heroic quests and getting datacrons. Maybe you are doing it wrong because I have literally found zero trouble finding groups. And that is on Republic. To your other point, the game is linear because that is how you make good story. And no, WoW currently has the exact same linearity, there is no difference. Sandbox games have a really bad habit of turning into a big lifeless world because how do you write a great story when the player can do anything he wants? People are going to say Skyrim, but lets be honest the story is mediocre at best and fairly short. Not to mention its a single player game. Regardless, this is a Bioware game and their style is linear story telling and it has worked very well for them. If you don't like that style then you should of never bought the game because it was made very clear how it would play out.

MMO Player A rushes to max level cap, way past the majority of the player population. MMO Player A then complains on forums that there isn't enough content at endgame. MMO Player B levels at a much slower pace and this makes him much more aligned with the vast majority of the player base. He/she is oblivious to this "problem" because he/she is still enjoying the leveling content. Do you not realize that MMO games, at the start, are not designed to appeal to the end game? The whole point is to focus on leveling content to attract people to the game and then later on add more end game content. Basically, add in more end game content right when the AVERAGE player has reached level cap. In addition, they have to see if the game will even make enough money to worry about continued development. I ask you to honestly think about this question, how much end game content did WoW have on release? The funny part about all of this, is that half of you will be back when more content is added/problems fixed. I know its new to you, since you probably started WoW in Wrath (or insert any other MMO not on launch) but this is how it works. Welcome to the world of brand new MMOs.

I think you are generalizing. Just because someone doesn't like the LFG system in WoW, doesn't mean they are happy with the LFG system in The Old Republic. In fact, many of the people against the LFG tool in WoW were only oppose to it because it was cross server. The current system in The Old Republic is obviously woefully inadequate and this is coming from a tank.