Rebel_L
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- Nov 9, 2009
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I rather enjoy swtor, I cant speak for the pve endgame though. The stories are great, although I would guess there will be some that you wont like, I for instance couldn't stand the scoundrel story and still haven't finished it, thought the agent story was pretty average but loved the Jedi Knight and trooper stories.
As far as a single player aspects go, you can customize your look fairly early with the modable gear that you can upgrade as you level. Some of the looks can be rather expensive so that would take time but I have been able to find stuff I enjoy for cheap as well.
The game itself is pretty easy if you are a mmorpg vet and if you do all the quests minus the group quests as you go you can easily stay at the upper limit of level to still get xp from them. If you take the time after finishing the second planet (when you get your ship) to have a look at the pvp, and ship side games you will probably have outleveled the third planet before you start it. (note this is as a subscriber, I know ftp players gets xp penalties so I am not sure how bad things are for them)
If you enjoy the pvp at all, the pvp rewards you get for playing pvp can be be converted to pve gear (there really is not much pvp gear pre max level) so you can always choose to do some leveling in pvp without having to worry about your gear for when you decide to do some questing again.
Also every class is a pet class for solo play (they are fairly effective without micromanaging). Low level does have crappy travel skills like usual, alts can get boosts for that but I believe your first char is going to have to run and drive slow for longer.
Atmosphere wise its star wars so that's great if your fan. It does have a smaller feel than wow though as each planet is only a couple of zones large so you can never travel around a large expanse like in wow. You do get a bit of a feel of flying around the galaxy, but travel between planets is a just a quick couple second animation if your looking out the front of your ship. Also the equivalent of the capital city where everyone hangs out is a space station so no neat awe inspiring sites while standing around.
As far as a single player aspects go, you can customize your look fairly early with the modable gear that you can upgrade as you level. Some of the looks can be rather expensive so that would take time but I have been able to find stuff I enjoy for cheap as well.
The game itself is pretty easy if you are a mmorpg vet and if you do all the quests minus the group quests as you go you can easily stay at the upper limit of level to still get xp from them. If you take the time after finishing the second planet (when you get your ship) to have a look at the pvp, and ship side games you will probably have outleveled the third planet before you start it. (note this is as a subscriber, I know ftp players gets xp penalties so I am not sure how bad things are for them)
If you enjoy the pvp at all, the pvp rewards you get for playing pvp can be be converted to pve gear (there really is not much pvp gear pre max level) so you can always choose to do some leveling in pvp without having to worry about your gear for when you decide to do some questing again.
Also every class is a pet class for solo play (they are fairly effective without micromanaging). Low level does have crappy travel skills like usual, alts can get boosts for that but I believe your first char is going to have to run and drive slow for longer.
Atmosphere wise its star wars so that's great if your fan. It does have a smaller feel than wow though as each planet is only a couple of zones large so you can never travel around a large expanse like in wow. You do get a bit of a feel of flying around the galaxy, but travel between planets is a just a quick couple second animation if your looking out the front of your ship. Also the equivalent of the capital city where everyone hangs out is a space station so no neat awe inspiring sites while standing around.