The Old Republic

[Mirajj]

They did something I've thought MMO's should do for awhile. They slapped a single player game into an MMO.

Got to say that I agree with you here, GG. This is something I'm finding very compelling about SWTOR in the first place. I feel involved, and like I am the important person everyone else in the game is claiming me to be. I like that there are story phases and things like that which make it so that you are talking to the questgiver/storymover yourself.

I really like the little gold ellipse 'chatbox' that appears on someone when they are busy talking to someone else about something else.

I like some of how the map works, in that it gives you a general 'ping' for the rough area where whatever you are looking for is.

While I find the CD combat style a little irksome, I'm still finding combat interesting as a melee.

I REALLY like the "Area loot" option. Oh, god, YES!

I really only have 2 complaints so far. I want a sprint, or to be able to move faster around the large starting areas. The binding point is an interesting system, but maybe bring the CD for that down to 15 minutes, instead of 30.

The other gripe is one that I'm not sure is a good gripe. I don't like the lag. I'm put very much in mind of the early days of Ironforge. It's bad enough (which, I realize, it's a stress test beta, after all, ffs, yes, yes...) But it's bad enough that I can't run around the main areas (Academy, etc) without running into walls all the time.

I like the Companion system, too. They did some very good work on the Companion AI.

I have a feeling I'll be picking this one up when it comes out, and will probably enjoy it for a good year or so. I don't intend to let it consume me like WoW did, for sure.