Exactly. You even have to take what is said on the forums with a large chunk of salt. I am no MMO fan. I love this one. Enough said for ones who don't like the MMO concept. This is makes the MMO concept bearable.

we will need to start talking about clan operations soon.  I'm plowing ahead to 50 and it seems like a few will be joining me before too long.

I'm crafting pretty hard core in biochem, so I might be of some assistance early on if you folks let me know what sort of implants will be useful.

If we dont' get into operations, I'll likely join up with another crew for some of them and then start a new character on the same server and wait about. 

Oh actually I wasn't referring to User Reviews. In fact, I hardly ever pay attentionto those unless I am actually reading what they put. I agee that most are not qualified, and/or are just haters. More people rant about things they don't like then people who rave about things they do, meaning User Reviews are always schewed.

I was actually referring to the Professional reviewers. Maybe I had too high of expectations, and 85% aggregate is a great score. I suppose as a Bioware Fanboy, I was exepcting all 10's....

If it got all 10's I be worried.

Its got some issues, with lag, FPS, and other growing pains. ALOT of people dislike it b/c there are other MMO's play better, offer this or that. etc etc. Better than SWTOR.

But where this MMO's really really shines is its storytelling. If your one who could care less for the story and like to get to max lvl fast...your money is gonna feel better spent on other MMO's who storytelling is wall of txt that all but the most hardcore RP's dont read, usual.

If you can find someone to play with every so often just to do cutscenes together...you really start to see the best part of the game. Character Developement and Interaction, beyond stats, gear, and levels.

Ive had an awesome time playing with a certaint Operative, who I cant name for your safety. Im enjoying so much b/c I get to interact with how I play and he plays our characters. It doesnt hurt that we have a great synergy. And its nice to see it outside combat.

You shouldn't even bring it up if you value your life. 

Reminds me a lot of playing Mass Effect on the Xbox. That game's gameplay was very lackluster between the OK cover system, repainted planets, and bad inventory system. But you know, all I have is fond memories of the game due to all of the cinematic moments. I'm a story kind of game, so I'll be excited to get into the game when I get the oppurtunity.

Sidenote: Is ths game DX 10? My brother was complaining about being unable to play the game with his old computer, so I was curious.

A Sith Lord fears no one.

The Sith use fear. 

I use a remote detonator. 

joystiq has a really good video covering some of the new things coming including guild banks a a little more info on the legacy system - and ui changes.

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/20/swtor-getting-guild-banks-because-bioware-is-listening/

Well - I hit level 50 anyway.  I have no idea how operations work in practice, yet. I'm on the last planet now (illum).  Someone told me it was a pvp planet, but doesn't appear to be the case.  I believe I'm still part of my main class story, but not entirely sure.  Never played and mmo to the "end game" before, so I'm not sure if I eventually just stop getting quests or how it works. 

Also, multiple annoying repeatable quests.  2 of them on illum I can't even figure out how to do and appear bugged.  Oh well.  Anyway, hoping the flashpoints are fun.  I skipped a ton of them on the way, but I can apparently play through any of them on hard now, so I can have some fun there methinks.  Just very curious about operations.

just did my first operation.  Will provide some feedback on my experience tomorrow.  Get to level 50 suckas!

Since I was big fan of Knights of the Old Republic and was desperately looking forward to a KOTOR III release, I picked up this game because I heard that it actually had a good character-centric story, unlike traditional MMOs.  It is true.  The story is certainly on par with many single-player RPGs, and it's extraordinarily impressive given that each (base) class has it's own unique storyline.  On top of that, each planet you visit in the game has it's own mini-story.  However, if you want a complaint, my biggest complaint would be that I feel like they artificially drag out the process of going through these story lines.

When I first got my hands on the game my real interest was to simply play through my character's story.  I really didn't want to get too bogged down in doing the endless "Kill 30/45/60 of X" bonus and side quests.  Unfortunately, by completely skipping all the side quests and bonus quests I felt like I was getting both under leveled and under equipped for where I was in my classes story, and eventually I ran into an opponent I simply couldn't beat.  After backtracking and completing all the quests I skipped I had no problem advancing past where I got stuck.  Since then I have always picked up every side quest and have always made sure to complete them and their bonus components, and I have yet to get stuck again.  If these side quests could either be skipped, or if they were simply condensed (Kill 5 of X instead of 30), I'd be happier, because it feels to me like all they do is get in the way of the more interesting main quests.

The game also makes it so you can rarely get from Point A to Point B without getting entangled in a lot of repetitive encounters.  It's not that I don't expect there to be enemies while journeying throughout hostile territory, I just feel that it's a bit excessive at times to the point where it just feels tedious.  It's a kind of phenomenon that I've only really felt while playing MMOs.

Ultimately I feel like if the game shed some of its repetitive nature it would be easier to become immersed in the story, and one could probably progress through it in half the time or less.  It's been suggested to me that I could do other things, like War Zones or Flashpoints, if I wanted to level up a bit without going through so many bonus quests.  That might be a good idea, will definitely look into it when going through other class story lines.  However, like most games, it depends on what you want from it.  If you picked up the game because it's the closest to KOTOR III that we will probably ever see, it might satisfy you.  Just be warned that you will probably have to go through a bit of "MMO busywork" in order to get that out of it.  Of course your expectations could differ wildly, in which case your experience would likely be entirely different.

So, operation #1 - the location was the eternity vault (from the ziost's ship).  Not 100% what if the op was called eternity vault or what.  The main boss was a bad ass sorcerer fellow.  Anyway, onto the feedback.

1st - I think these would be so much fun with folks I know.  I had a good enough time with folks I didn't anyway.  The previous night, I was a bit bummed out as I wanted to do some flashpoints but couldn't find anyone to do them with.  I initially decided I'd do some flashpoints one way or another last night no matter what.  I ended up doing boarding party and foundry with 2 fellas that were like level 33 and 39 (compared to my 50).  Obviously, it wasn't super exciting or challenging (or rewarding), but I wanted to experience more of the story.  That said, mission accomplished.  I uh... learned a bit more about Revan to say the least.  Highly recommend trying these.

Anyway, before I even started the flashpoints, I set my LFG indicator.  As soon as I finished those flashpoints, I was immediately invited to join an ops group (8 man).  I think it is VERY important to set that LFG flag and indicate what role you play.  I'm going to do this immediately going forward.  I'm guessing that its pretty common for folks to get recruited into ops groups if they are down a man, etc. 

So, the ops group I did took around 2 hours.  The rewards were OK.  I didn't exactly make a large amount of credits, but I ended up with a very good helmet with better stats than anything I've seen before, and blaster pistol with the same, and 3 exotic crafting materials that enabled me to make some badass reusable items in biochem.  So, I suppose that's pretty good, even though it doesn't sound like a heck of a lot.  I am excited to see what sort of loot I will get on the next run.

re: the folks I was playing with.  Well, if you've seen those Leroy Jenkins WoW videos, you have a little bit of an idea of what these folks were like.  I'm sure it was quite nerdy - not quite as extreme as calculating % dmg, etc, but close. They asked me to join a vent server before we got started, and so I did.  Voice chat seems to be pretty critical in ops - at least imo.  As there were 2 of us that had never done the op before, we obviously didn't know what was in store for us.  The ops leader took time before we did any major battle (most battles were major) to explain what we were up against and tell us them plan.  The guy was super detailed (obviously having done this op multiple times before).  He had everything down to a science and all we had to do was fulfill our role.  On the downside... that was something I could not do in one of the boss battles.  See, when I was recruited (as a healer), the guy that recruited me for some reason thought I was dps.  There was a boss battle that we could not possibly win if I was a healer.  So, I had to respec.  The good news for me, anyway, was that I've never respec'd, so it was no cost.  That said, I'm now a full dps build.  The fellas in the ops group even went so far as to read me a proper DPS spec build so I could quickly get it and rejoin them.  Anyway, after being respec'd, I tore through the fella I could not beat before as a healer.  I think I'll enjoy playing as a DPS for now as well. 

Other things - holy crap are there some powerful tanks out there.  We had 2 in our group of 8.  These guys were tanking like 15 enemies having 500,000 hp a piece.... was crazy. 

Anyway, it was a good time - looking forward to doing some of these with you fellas in the future.

I have heard the lvl 50 has some serious upgrades to them. Hope to be there soon though right now I am working main and 3 alts.

Im close, lvl 45.

But im haveing a slow time lvling now.

Im already 2 lvl behind where I should be, b/c Ive not done alot of Herotic, Flashpoints etc.

Wish our guild was a bit more proactive on the social aspect of the game. I have not played with anyone but 2 members in my entire SWTOR history.

Im guessing Im gonna do more Warzones, since Im so far behind in xp. Though being a tank build Im sure im not set up right for it.