Forum Overview :: Star Wars: The Old Republic
 
Still the 2nd most popular MMO on the market at the moment. (Maybe 3rd) by WITTGENSTEIN 04/11/2013, 4:48pm PDT
If you count GW2.

There's nothing fundamentally wrong with TOR, it does everything correctly that an MMO should do. Tanks tank. DPS DPS's. Healers heal. it's just kind of uninspired. For me though the network of friends who play and the fact that it's Star Wars keep me subbing. All the good looking gear is moddable and their cash shop has the right idea (paying for moddable gear you can wear at level 1, and throughout the rest of the game). Most of the stuff they take away via Free-2-Play is aesthetic/quality of life stuff, and if you grind a lot, you can buy up most of those QoL upgrades via the in-game auction house for in game money. The only thing you get excluded from if you don't pay is raids and dungeons. You can still participate but you're locked out from rolling for the loot.

Also,while there is a large poopsocking track, it's mostly optional thanks to the aforementioned gear moddability. If a tier sucks visually you can just rip out its mods and put them in the armor you've been enjoying since 25 levels ago.


While I was sad to see them go F2P, it's pretty much saved the game.
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It's almost worth playing to see the worst Free To Play model ever. by Worm 04/06/2013, 4:25pm PDT NEW
    Then I went back by Worm 04/06/2013, 9:08pm PDT NEW
        Still the 2nd most popular MMO on the market at the moment. (Maybe 3rd) by WITTGENSTEIN 04/11/2013, 4:48pm PDT NEW
            The more I play it the more I like things about it, but holy shit this model by Worm 04/11/2013, 5:44pm PDT NEW
                There's 3 tiers, Subscription, Preferred, and Free by WITTGENSTEIN 04/13/2013, 11:05am PDT NEW
                    Yeah I just forked over 15 for a month of subscription by Worm 04/13/2013, 11:47am PDT NEW
 
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