Some dude raging ont the offical SWTOR forums made this and I kinda LOLed hahah...

http://i.imgur.com/UmcMV.jpg

old news....meh

Lol....WoW just WoW

I still can't believe this image.

the most "wow" part of it all, imo, is the designer's quote - which I agree with - given the final execution of the game.

The skill list is funny/sad, but playing any class in SWTOR for a few levels gives you that deja vu feeling of "funny, could have sworn I played this character before with these exact same skills"

Originally posted by Zlayer77

Some dude raging ont the offical SWTOR forums made this and I kinda LOLed hahah...

http://i.imgur.com/UmcMV.jpg

Welcome to 2009.

The chorus of this song just popped into my head because of this thread.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-_G37EK1VU

Honey....what do you do for money?

Yep, like wow was groundbreaking with abilities and names!

.....or to bring some reality into the discussion:

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ea-falls-on-broker-concerns-about-star-wars-2012-01-19?siteid=yhoof2

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/115365-EA-Share-Price-Slides-Over-Old-Republic-Concerns

Originally posted by TROLL_HARD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-_G37EK1VU

Honey....what do you do for money?

\m/  /o\  \m/

Originally posted by Spiritraiser

Yep, like wow was groundbreaking with abilities and names!

yep there you go.. anyone else want to prove the point?

He could have more or less patched in the same skills from Everquest as well.

Let's face it, MMO devs like to copy and paste stuff others have already made and then pretend that they don't.

I wish some ARMA members made a MMO, combat mechanics made by someone who actually know a thing or 2 about combat.

Originally posted by Loke666

He could have more or less patched in the same skills from Everquest as well.

Let's face it, MMO devs like to copy and paste stuff others have already made and then pretend that they don't.

I wish some ARMA members made a MMO, combat mechanics made by someone who actually know a thing or 2 about combat.

Yep! Like a staffmember from Rift said "Why repair something that isn´t broken?". If you are developing a mainstream mmo its only naturall to copy things you like from existing popular mainstream mmo:s. Makes it easier for the audience of this kinda games to get into them. Mainstream audience like it easy or else their heads gonna explode :P. Just kidding, like a lot of those games myself even though I get bored of them sometimes.

A mainstream MMO having mainstream MMO skills and mechanics shouldn't be a surprise. There are loads of non-mainstream MMOs out there and some of them are great, but they tend to get slated and laughed at because their populations aren't so strong and their productions values aren't up to AAA standards - which is why mainstream games have become so formulaic.

If you want something different try something different. You'll have to put up with dodgy graphics and animations, some of the design choices might be a touch flakey and you won't find a lot of polish to show off your gaming rig, but you'll find some real gems out there in that rough. Support those and you never know, some of their innovations might find their way into mainstream games.

AAA MMOs, with their AAA costs and AAA captive audience, will always play it safe. They'll only incorporate tried and tested features, so if you want to see innovative features in AAA MMOs try and test them outside of the mainstream.

This goes beyond having general similar abilities, which could be understandable, it's a carbon copy.

Can you think of a successful AAA MMO that doesn't have those skills? Hell, I've seen them in plenty of non-AAA games, some that even pre-date WoW.

Reactives, PBAOEs, taunts, guards, charges, in-combat buffs - these have been MMO standards since forever.

Originally posted by Metentso

This goes beyond having general similar abilities, which could be understandable, it's a carbon copy.

 How can you call it a carbon copy? They are similar yes but not exactly like each other. Hey GW2 theives get shadowstep and steal, they must be copying wow to.

Originally posted by Loke666

He could have more or less patched in the same skills from Everquest as well.

Let's face it, MMO devs like to copy and paste stuff others have already made and then pretend that they don't.

I wish some ARMA members made a MMO, combat mechanics made by someone who actually know a thing or 2 about combat.

Really? Name me the class and skills which are this close match in any other game?

I mean sure there will always be some overlap with other games but this is close to 100% overlap which means it was a shameless copy/paste.

And people say this game is not a WoW clone... gees.

{mod edit}

That's insane man. But then again, saying that a game is a WoW clone seems to be a bannable offense, even though it is true.