SWTOR is currently the most polarizing game written about in forums on MMORPG.com where every thread is liable to lead to a fight between posters that love or hate it.

True or False?

If false please nominate your candidate game below in a post. Do you think there is a particular trait of SWTOR that makes it such a contentious topic for posting? Let me know.

The reason I nominated SWTOR is that even now people go back to threads a year or two old sometimes and bump them just to tell poster X they were right and rub salt in their supposed wounds. I’ve not seen that occur in GW2 discussions just yet and threads on that game don’t linger on small arguments between posters quite so much in my opinion.

GW2 is more polarizing, simply because the fanbase is ruthless in going after anyone who even slighty criticizes GW2.  Say the color of the sky is slightly off and you'll get dozens of angry responses accusing you of never playing the game, not knowing what you're talking about,  being a hater, or working for another company to smear GW2 in some way.

It's actually that fanbase that drives me away from GW2.  The official SWTOR forums are bad, but GW2 forums are bad EVERYWHERE in every forum.

SWTOR folk outside the official forums seem more willing to discuss the issues at hand .. although SWTOR doesn't have a very bright future :/

GW2 - if you don't like the game, the fans will say your playing it wrong or do there best to prove your "opinion" wrong. Trying to give a legitimate criticism of the game will get your head bit off.

SWTOR - if you like the game, everyone will beat a dead horse and remind you how much they don't like almost like they don't want you to. Merely talking about the game will draw in those that feel they have to bring up the games subscriptions and such.

That's been my experience (if only slightly exaggerated), but I'd say both are equally polarizing. Opposites really.

Originally posted by Sevenstar61
Not everybody here hates SWTOR but fans of SWTOR on this forum are not haters of haters. We love the game and express it. We do not post to bash haters, merely to correct them or state our opinion in civilized way :)

One crusader in a forum of infidels locked in mortal combat with a mighty keyboard not labeled as made by RAZOR, but yet still from China some way or how unfortunately.

Originally posted by Crazy_Stick

Originally posted by Sevenstar61
Not everybody here hates SWTOR but fans of SWTOR on this forum are not haters of haters. We love the game and express it. We do not post to bash haters, merely to correct them or state our opinion in civilized way :)

 

One crusader in a forum of infidels locked in mortal combat with a mighty keyboard not labeled as made by RAZOR, but yet still from China some way or how unfortunately.

Just checked my G510... sigh... you are right about one thing... it's made in China

Aha.

Not even close.

MMORPG.com's patrons represent a "cut out" segment of the MMO community as a whole; that community long since passed judgement on SWTOR - it is a bad game.

There may be those - and they are few and far between - who enjoy it, but I can count them on one hand. The SAME faces defend SWTOR, where there is a constant rotation of people attacking it.

Originally posted by Draron

GW2 - if you don't like the game, the fans will say your playing it wrong or do there best to prove your "opinion" wrong.

SWTOR - if you like the game, everyone will beat a dead horse and remind you how much they don't like almost like they don't want you to.

That's been my experience, but I'd say both are equally polarizing. Opposites really.

Just for old times sake:

SWTOR - If you can't run the game with decent framerates, you will get a hundred responses of how your computer is not optimized properly or how you need to upgrade because the parts you bought last year are obsolete...  It's all your fault for having a computer more than 2 years old.  If you don't like loadscreens, you obviously are not using a flashdrive .. an $800 graphics cards is not enough, you need 2 of them .. noob.  (hehe)

GW2 is worse, but I wanted to remind you of the salt that is mixed in both games.

Originally posted by dotdotdash

Aha.

Not even close.

MMORPG.com's patrons represent a "cut out" segment of the MMO community as a whole; that community long since passed judgement on SWTOR - it is a bad game.

There may be those - and they are few and far between - who enjoy it, but I can count them on one hand. The SAME faces defend SWTOR, where there is a constant rotation of people attacking it.

hmm I bet I could count them too... spending some time on these forums I actually recognize most of them

Originally posted by Karteli

Originally posted by Draron

GW2 - if you don't like the game, the fans will say your playing it wrong or do there best to prove your "opinion" wrong.

SWTOR - if you like the game, everyone will beat a dead horse and remind you how much they don't like almost like they don't want you to.

That's been my experience, but I'd say both are equally polarizing. Opposites really.

Just for old times sake:

SWTOR - If you can't run the game with decent framerates, you will get a hundred responses of how your computer is not optimized properly or how you need to upgrade because the parts you bought last year are obsolete...  If you don't like loadscreens, you obviously are not using a flashdrive .. hehe

GW2 is worse, but I wanted to remind you of the salt that is mixed in both games.

Yes, both games are bad for blaming the user on faults. Not sure which is worse, though, that or people talking bad about a games feature they don't understand only to speak down on a game or speak highly of a feature they haven't experienced fully (Guild Wars 2 no trinity comes to mind. Can't stand it myself, but a lot that praise it haven't even gotten through dungeons and figured out how it works).

Originally posted by Roxtarr
I would say that GW2 is much more polarizing than SWTOR.  Most people agree that SWTOR was a disappointment.

We can say the same thing about GW2, because it was a huge dissapointment for really a lot of people, probably even more than SWTOR. 

 False a very small vocal minority even cares about SW:Tor anymore. (both haters and fans) most have moved on.

You'd find a much bigger base of people defend or putting down WoW

Originally posted by Draron

Originally posted by Karteli

Originally posted by Draron

GW2 - if you don't like the game, the fans will say your playing it wrong or do there best to prove your "opinion" wrong.

SWTOR - if you like the game, everyone will beat a dead horse and remind you how much they don't like almost like they don't want you to.

That's been my experience, but I'd say both are equally polarizing. Opposites really.

Just for old times sake:

SWTOR - If you can't run the game with decent framerates, you will get a hundred responses of how your computer is not optimized properly or how you need to upgrade because the parts you bought last year are obsolete...  If you don't like loadscreens, you obviously are not using a flashdrive .. hehe

GW2 is worse, but I wanted to remind you of the salt that is mixed in both games.

Yes, both games are bad for blaming the user on faults. Not sure which is worse, though, that or people talking bad about a games feature they don't understand only to speak down on a game or speak highly of a feature they haven't experienced fully (Guild Wars 2 no trinity comes to mind. Can't stand it myself, but a lot that praise it haven't even gotten through dungeons and figured out how it works).

Yeah a point GW2 fans keep bringing up .. no trinity ..

OK, prior to launch I had doughts, and expressed them.  I was met with a wall of fire. After GW2 launched, I can now say for certain that a lack of trinity is downright stupid.  Every class is homogenized.  Whoopie?

We see eye to eye on something, Draron!

Originally posted by Karteli

Originally posted by Draron

Originally posted by Karteli

Originally posted by Draron

GW2 - if you don't like the game, the fans will say your playing it wrong or do there best to prove your "opinion" wrong.

SWTOR - if you like the game, everyone will beat a dead horse and remind you how much they don't like almost like they don't want you to.

That's been my experience, but I'd say both are equally polarizing. Opposites really.

Just for old times sake:

SWTOR - If you can't run the game with decent framerates, you will get a hundred responses of how your computer is not optimized properly or how you need to upgrade because the parts you bought last year are obsolete...  If you don't like loadscreens, you obviously are not using a flashdrive .. hehe

GW2 is worse, but I wanted to remind you of the salt that is mixed in both games.

Yes, both games are bad for blaming the user on faults. Not sure which is worse, though, that or people talking bad about a games feature they don't understand only to speak down on a game or speak highly of a feature they haven't experienced fully (Guild Wars 2 no trinity comes to mind. Can't stand it myself, but a lot that praise it haven't even gotten through dungeons and figured out how it works).

Yeah a point GW2 fans keep bringing up .. no trinity ..

 

OK, prior to launch I had doughts, and expressed them.  I was met with a wall of fire. After GW2 launched, I can now say for certain that a lack of trinity is downright stupid.  Every class is homogenized.  Whoopie?

 

We see eye to eye on something, Draron!

Heheh  Your a cool cat Karteli.