Originally posted by kalinis

no one is bailing on this game. i play usually from 2pm to 5 pm est and 11pm to 3 am est time most ime and servers are usually heavy to full with a few that used to be light going at standard. 

So no people arent bailing on this game. They fixed how many people could be on at one time before u hit a que so when u hit the numbers u had on before u still dont get a que. 

So no players arent leaving in droves at least not in my experiance. 

Just got back with dinner with 6 friends, four of whom I knew were playing SWTOR. After starting to get into details I fin out that all but 1 of them were in TOR and absolutely loving the game as I am and have NO plans on leaving anytime soon. While talking I did not hear one negative comment about it. Unlike these boards.

Max exodus = LOL.  My guild has over 150 people and we average 50+ every night and that has not changed, we havent lost 1 person yet.  In fact we add each day to our large roster.  Sure some people will quit before they have to start paying a sub, thats expected but the number will be minimal, most people (minus this forum which is horrible to base any judgement off of) I know are loving the game thus far.  I just hit 50 and plan to start my first alt :)

Originally posted by kalinis

no one is bailing on this game. i play usually from 2pm to 5 pm est and 11pm to 3 am est time most ime and servers are usually heavy to full with a few that used to be light going at standard. 

So no people arent bailing on this game. They fixed how many people could be on at one time before u hit a que so when u hit the numbers u had on before u still dont get a que. 

So no players arent leaving in droves at least not in my experiance. 

The first bit there is unrealistic, saying that "no one is bailing on this game" as everyone has different tastes so some people will bail on this game.

Originally posted by Raora

Just got back with dinner with 6 friends, four of whom I knew were playing SWTOR. After starting to get into details I fin out that all but 1 of them were in TOR and absolutely loving the game as I am and have NO plans on leaving anytime soon. While talking I did not hear one negative comment about it. Unlike these boards.

 

 

I like the game and will play it thoroughly but I do not see myself playing it once I have completed all classes and maxed them out.

With SWG I played that solidly from July 2003 to Dec 16th 2011, and if it did not get shut down, I would have subbed and played that game forever, and with many extra accounts too. Most people who got stuck into it felt that way too. Its systems kept you hooked even once maxed out.

I feel the same about other MMOs too, but they do seem to have more things to tinker with in game, than what SWTOR currently has. Hopefully this stuff will get added before most people have maxed their characters. In EQ2 there are tonnes of classes and races to choose from so has more longevity, and an interesting crafting system, not as good as SWG but adequate enough to play with longer than SWTOR but less than SWG.

Basically looking at this game for short term, there is nothing wrong with it, and I have nothing negative to say about it, but looking long term there is.

Originally posted by Thornrage

Originally posted by RedKatana

It's not that I don't like Star Wars cause I love the movies but I choose not to play a Sci Fi MMORPG and if all these are right before the free month people allready leaving then this is going to be ugly reminds me Age of Conan.

That's right, Age of Conan was a failure. That is why it is still a game you can buy and play. That is why I spent 3 years having fun in the AoC universe. Been hearing that AoC was a failure for almost 4 years now. Want a failure? How about Tabula Rasa or Auto Assault or Hellgate ... those were failures.

What I ment about AoC is that with release had 1mil subs and a month later had like 100k and that to me is fail.

Originally posted by RedKatana

Originally posted by Thornrage

Originally posted by RedKatana

It's not that I don't like Star Wars cause I love the movies but I choose not to play a Sci Fi MMORPG and if all these are right before the free month people allready leaving then this is going to be ugly reminds me Age of Conan.

That's right, Age of Conan was a failure. That is why it is still a game you can buy and play. That is why I spent 3 years having fun in the AoC universe. Been hearing that AoC was a failure for almost 4 years now. Want a failure? How about Tabula Rasa or Auto Assault or Hellgate ... those were failures.

What I ment about AoC is that with release had 1mil subs and a month later had like 100k and that to me is fail.

 Why does everyone feel the need to redefine the language? Fail is a verb. A game cannot be a fail. It can be a failure. AoC was and is a modest success. Complete failure is a game that  didn't even generate enough buzz to be released.

I still have a queue on my server (which i am number 130 atm) so i don't see any mass exodus lol.

Lets not kid ourselves, a large amount will quit after the first month, but chances are its not going to be a 'mass exodus'. I'd say the population will probably drop about 10-20%, though its full well possible that number could be higher as well. Its really nothing strange to see as many players will find the game just is not for them. A 'mass exodus' would take a very drastic thing to happen. The game might not be that good (sorry, not going to sugar coat it, anyone not blinded by the dazzle can see the flaws) but its not awful either. Sure there are issues, but nothing that would warrent a large scale quiting of the game.

Expect less after the first month? Yes, thats pretty much going to happen with any MMo release you see.  Expect a mass exodus? Not a very likely outcome.

Originally posted by superniceguy

Originally posted by kalinis

no one is bailing on this game. i play usually from 2pm to 5 pm est and 11pm to 3 am est time most ime and servers are usually heavy to full with a few that used to be light going at standard. 

So no people arent bailing on this game. They fixed how many people could be on at one time before u hit a que so when u hit the numbers u had on before u still dont get a que. 

So no players arent leaving in droves at least not in my experiance. 

The first bit there is unrealistic, saying that "no one is bailing on this game" as everyone has different tastes so some people will bail on this game.

 

Originally posted by Raora

Just got back with dinner with 6 friends, four of whom I knew were playing SWTOR. After starting to get into details I fin out that all but 1 of them were in TOR and absolutely loving the game as I am and have NO plans on leaving anytime soon. While talking I did not hear one negative comment about it. Unlike these boards.

 

 

I like the game and will play it thoroughly but I do not see myself playing it once I have completed all classes and maxed them out.

With SWG I played that solidly from July 2003 to Dec 16th 2011, and if it did not get shut down, I would have subbed and played that game forever, and with many extra accounts too. Most people who got stuck into it felt that way too. Its systems kept you hooked even once maxed out.

I feel the same about other MMOs too, but they do seem to have more things to tinker with in game, than what SWTOR currently has. Hopefully this stuff will get added before most people have maxed their characters. In EQ2 there are tonnes of classes and races to choose from so has more longevity, and an interesting crafting system, not as good as SWG but adequate enough to play with longer than SWTOR but less than SWG.

Basically looking at this game for short term, there is nothing wrong with it, and I have nothing negative to say about it, but looking long term there is.

You lost me at kept playing after the NGE. SWG was a shell of a game after the NGE. And there is NO contest between the NGE and TOR.

I too plan on playing every class, that being said, I do not level fast. I played EQ2 for 6 years after I left SWG. I had 8 characters between level 42 and 58 and none to max level because I love leveling character versus just grinding to max. I see TOR giving me minimum 6 year just to get to where I was in EQ2. And that is just fine with me.

Originally posted by Raora

I too plan on playing every class, that being said, I do not level fast. I played EQ2 for 6 years after I left SWG. I had 8 characters between level 42 and 58 and none to max level because I love leveling character versus just grinding to max. I see TOR giving me minimum 6 year just to get to where I was in EQ2. And that is just fine with me.

These sort of posts just make me think... 'whhhhyyy?'  I shudder to think how many quests you have done over the years and will do in the future.

Oh and you better speed things up, a lot can happen in 6 years!

Originally posted by mrshroom89

Originally posted by Vegetto

I see 100's of people on every planet i goto.

I actually see maybe 2 at most every few hours.

 

I think hes still trying to play SWG shhhh dont tell him 

LMFAO thank you just made my day.

Originally posted by Icewhite

Originally posted by nerovipus32

This isn't wow we are talking about though.

Thank goodness.  Enjoy your not-playing!

Enjoy your unoriginal & mediocre content as well, lol. 

Originally posted by Czanrei

Originally posted by Icewhite

Originally posted by nerovipus32

This isn't wow we are talking about though.

Thank goodness.  Enjoy your not-playing!

Enjoy your unoriginal & mediocre content as well, lol. 

So are you telling us that TOR sucks as bad as Rifts, or as bad as sandboxes? You need to quantify your bitching pal.

Originally posted by Creslin321

Couldn't tell yah, I already quit ;).

That aside, I don't think that SWTOR is going to spectacularly crash and burn after the first month.  I don't think it has that much longevity though.  It will probably have a lot of subscribers for several months...years though, I doubt.

longtivity wouldnt last very long with wow either if they stop adding stuff 2 it. granted tor leveling curve is to fast for what they have at end game

Originally posted by nerovipus32

I cancelled my sub aswell and wont even play out my free 30 days, first time i've done that with an mmo.

I cancelled before my pre-order was up ( pre release )  becuase i couldn't bear put money toward something that was well, what it was..

I have never done that before, in fact I didn't even know you could cancel a pre-order once you were already logged in during pre-release and playing...

SWTOR taught me something !

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I belive the population numbers on my server is rising.. every zone i get to is crowded and i havent had problems gathering groups for anything.. Hopefuly it stays that way.

Niman server here EU, full as ever croweded the game is just insane, and why do people care about things other then playing

Typical MMORPG is....typical.

Originally posted by Torgrim

Been reading a lot on these boards and on other gaming forums that people are leaving TOR before the free month is up, either be it at max level with fully geared toon players or people gotten bored before hitting max level.

Have any of you seen this on your server or less logins in your guild or friends stopped playing?

 I have seen the logins of friends, guild, and server multiply X2, roughly.  I don't understand though... because the servers no longer seem to have long queue times.

Well, without some new stuff, I know we will have probably a few people in my guild, and its a pretty small guild...People raced to 50, and now they sit around crying about things, but it didn't help that from the limited stuff they could do, some was still bugged/broke.

I am like 43, so not there yet, and I have 2 alts atm, not in a big rush.  I do spacebar quests on alts, that are not storyline, but quests I have done though...

They do need to revamp some stuff, and get the not at launch content out asap though, imo.