My lowest was a 7 for Customization, I really would like to see more, but it's not a game breaker for me.  Highest was Story with a 10 - having tried all the classes to at least 15 - they're all just engrossing to me.  Combat is a little odd (coming from a 6 year+ hunter in that other game - where for years raiding meant watching TV with autoshot on - JOKING!) and I hope they add even more animations.

  Overall I'm solidly in the '8' camp, a very good game for me.

  PS thanks fer putting this up!

Originally posted by DexterMMO

Hey looky looky... so many hate threads but far more positive votes.

Fascinating that, you'd almost imagine that people with negative opinions about games post things more often ;-)

Originally posted by Encima

Originally posted by DexterMMO

Hey looky looky... so many hate threads but far more positive votes.

Yeah the ragers are more prone to be vocal while people who enjoy the game just sit back and laugh, thinking "Sweet, one less whiner to worry about in chat".

I like the game but:

What you typed is bull**%. Have you counted the fanboy posts and wounded attacks?

100 users poll is nothing in comparison to tens of milions of mmo players.

Wow has 12 mil subscribers so it is the best and better than TOR?

.. and last but not least: We are in the TOR forum. Try to do a similar poll in say GW2 forum.

With all said I still think is solid game but pls STOP with advertising!

129 voters in the first poll, all the way down to 109 in the last ...

That's about 85% voter retention in this thread.

Promissing!

I have to admit, the scores are overly positive.

One little thing though:

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Select the score you feel is appropriate. Comment on what you graded and why.

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I voted Passable on most things. The gameplay and combat are routine and stale, but they worked smoothly and without glitches.

I voted 8 on Companions because I did enjoy them (well, the SI companion worked extremely well for me, at least) and thought they were a nice and interesting direction. I could also warm to their place in the Crafting.

Grouping/Questing would normally have gotten a 5 from me (nothing great, but nothing bad), but I gave it a 7 due to the VO and how much I liked the ease of grouping for the Heroic areas.

I did vote Bad on graphics/customization. This is 2011, not 2004. I expect something more than warmed over Clone Wars quality graphics.

I have pre-ordered and I think this will keep me occupied for at least 3 months; more if the PvP proves to be truly entertaining.

    Almost straight 9s for me.  I almost docked for story a little, but I realize that the IA story is still a good story, just not the kind of story I like overall.  Personally I thought both of the Jedi stories were really fun though.  Character Creation got docked a few points because I think they need to add a LOT more variety, but then earned back some points because the graphics have really grown on me.  Companions/Crew Skills I rated at a 10 though I actually wanted a 9.5.  Not because it is perfect, but because this is the first MMO that I actually liked crafting in.  Heck, I was actually having a really good time at it for a change.  The do need to add some more variety to the Companions though.  If I remember right Khem Val only had three "looks" to choose from.  I'm pretty sure anybody reading this could come up with at least a dozen different looks in 5 minutes without trying too hard, but I docked the points for this from the character creation aspect since it seems that is really the problem here as well.

Story: 9
Combat/Gameplay: 7
Graphics/Character Design: 7
Group/World Content: 7
Companions/Crew Skills: 9

I don't really like grouping so much, or instances, so the fact that I did them and actually wanted to do them after I did them meant (to me) that they were pretty good. I don't put groups together, but in SW:ToR, I did.

I'd like to see some dynamic content, similar to what's in Rift for the World Content.

I think the stand outs are the Story (obviously) and the Companions/Crew Skills. The descriptions of these features do not do them justice. I would almost give the Story content a 10...in fact I probably should have if I think about it, but I never give anything a '10'. Nothing is perfect, but the story is as close as you can get without being perfect.

Originally posted by Charas

I gave a 7+ to everything except companions. I already can't stand them and I refuse to ever use one again. Seeing everyone running around with their stupid cloned companion is a severe immersion breaker for me, and where the hell is the option to mute their useless ramblings???

Also wtf is up with sending them on errands?? Click a button, wait 3 minutes, click another button...profit. That's one of the most uninspired features I've seen in an MMO in a long while...

 

 I gave 8+ to everything but companions/crafting. That one I gave the 10 in. I love crafting in games, and I even love crafting now in games more that I don't have to personally sit at a anvil, or workbench to do them. :)

I gave 8 for everything other than character creation which i rated 5.

The fact that nearly 50% of the votes for combat are 8, 9, or 10 leaves me dreading the future of MMOs.

I found the combat to be completely uninspired (dev decision), totally uninspiring (as a player it made me not want to play this game), and exceptionally boring (as a player I was so bored I won't ever play this game). I mean c'mon... try playing any class with a ranged weapon and running around while firing your blaster. All the shots fired at you bend and track you down as you move. It looks AWFUL in my opinion. Absolutely awful.

I'm also shocked by the voting for graphics/character creation. The character creation options were so limited / bland that I can't see how they can be overlooked even though the world design is pretty nice.

To each their own I guess. I just feel more and more like I'm the odd man out these days, and MMOs just aren't for me anymore.

Originally posted by TheMaelstrom

The fact that nearly 50% of the votes for combat are 8, 9, or 10 leaves me dreading the future of MMOs.

 

I found the combat to be completely uninspired (dev decision), totally uninspiring (as a player it made me not want to play this game), and exceptionally boring (as a player I was so bored I won't ever play this game). I mean c'mon... try playing any class with a ranged weapon and running around while firing your blaster. All the shots fired at you bend and track you down as you move. It looks AWFUL in my opinion. Absolutely awful.

 

I'm also shocked by the voting for graphics/character creation. The character creation options were so limited / bland that I can't see how they can be overlooked even though the world design is pretty nice.

 

To each their own I guess. I just feel more and more like I'm the odd man out these days, and MMOs just aren't for me anymore.

That pretty much sums up your posts so in a way you answered your own dreadful worries. And you make it sound as if SWTOR combat is so awful that it makes MMOS  future in general look bleak. Too much over reacting.

Very nice idea, sir. If I knew how this star-thingy worked, I'd grant you one.

This poll just goes to show that even here the haters are the vocal minority.... of a minority which are forum posters.

Originally posted by 41eX

Originally posted by Encima

Originally posted by DexterMMO

Hey looky looky... so many hate threads but far more positive votes.

Yeah the ragers are more prone to be vocal while people who enjoy the game just sit back and laugh, thinking "Sweet, one less whiner to worry about in chat".

I like the game but:

What you typed is bull**%. Have you counted the fanboy posts and wounded attacks?

100 users poll is nothing in comparison to tens of milions of mmo players.

Wow has 12 mil subscribers so it is the best and better than TOR?

.. and last but not least: We are in the TOR forum. Try to do a similar poll in say GW2 forum.

With all said I still think is solid game but pls STOP with advertising

No, Encima is correct. The ragers and negative powers on MMORPG.com start all the game sucks and worst ever posts ( Especially, in this case, the GW2 fanboys who feel they need SWTOR to fail for GW2 to succeed...note, I am looking forward to GW2 as well).

What you see is that those that like the game don't start threads like the hate mongers do. They do, however respond.

As a note, there is a golden rule of our society that if someone dislikes something they will share it with 10 others but if someone likes something they might share it with one.

WHY also would I do a SWTOR poll in the GW2 forums. That makes not one lick of sense.  Why not do it if the RIFT or WOW forum then? Makes just as much sense.

To end, as much as I am looking forward to GW2 the rabid fanboys are going to be hugely dissapointed when that realize it is still a MMO, and a game and not a miracle brought down from Heaven.

My ratings would be:

9 for story
5 for combat / gameplay
5 for graphics / character design
7 for group / world content (granted, I've run no raids so this is early impression)
8 for companions / crew skills

If I could vote on space combat I'd give it a 4. Though admittedly, it's not a big deal to me, I'll probably just skip it altogether. If I could vote solely on non-combat activities and ambiance, I'd give it a 4 as well.

Though with just the above to choose from, I'd give it a 7 overall... While that doesn't make it "just my kind of MMO" it's good enough to at least play a character (or probably two) to the cap. More than I can say about a lot of MMOs.
 

Originally posted by 41eX

Originally posted by Encima

Originally posted by DexterMMO

Hey looky looky... so many hate threads but far more positive votes.

Yeah the ragers are more prone to be vocal while people who enjoy the game just sit back and laugh, thinking "Sweet, one less whiner to worry about in chat".

I like the game but:

What you typed is bull**%. Have you counted the fanboy posts and wounded attacks?

100 users poll is nothing in comparison to tens of milions of mmo players.

Wow has 12 mil subscribers so it is the best and better than TOR?

.. and last but not least: We are in the TOR forum. Try to do a similar poll in say GW2 forum.

With all said I still think is solid game but pls STOP with advertising!

And what is stopping GW2 fans and others to come here and vote it down? nothing. They come here to start flame wars pretty often so i am sure voting for them would be much easier task.

My scores were as followed

8

8

5 - this is more due to character creation than graphics

7

7

13 days to early access ... can't wait.

Mostly 9's and 8's for me, but a 6 for character design.  We NEED more than 4 body types, especially males.