Chyll

Well, when you can't complain about mythological tanks that never existed, what else are you going to do?

Thanks, I will. I have an Inquisitor, just not as far into the story.

(Aside, ATM, I'm pushing my warrrior who is of the Sith race so I can unlock that for a Jedi story as that dichotomy appeals to me for that.)

SWTOR is working as a nice 'solo' game for now, until I tap out the story lines. Just finished Chapter 1 of the Sith Warrior, and I gotta say it nailed how to let a character feel like a villain.

I get all that... or rather, I've been told that now from other sources.

The fact is as a user getting exposed to what should be (as I understand it for CO as it has been with CoH) a powerful selling point for the game - the initial character creation - it feels lobotimized and was unnecessarily unappealing. Compounded with zero mention of "more to come as you gain experience'. Just... poor implementation.

yay

There are reasonable expectations measured against meaningful reference points already established, and then there is ridiculous-ous-ous-ness.

I think I know which one this falls under.

I'm actively playing it now... and on the whole I get where you are coming from but I wouldn't call it a bad game... just a poor MMO.

While there's the occasional teaming and the market, I'm largely playing it as a solo game and loving it. I loved KotOR, and see this as a great sequel, and it has everything that Bioware has done well in solo games (except I really want more than 3 dialogue options). That probably reinforces your point that when I run out of new story, the shine will fall off, but it'll go F2P about then and I won't have to pay more, which will be nice...

But, outside Bioware's established space I can say I see that it is limited in the grindy/grindy space

And customization is somewhat limited. Adequate ranges of customization for a solo game don't hold up well when everyone runs by looking like you do... CoH has definitely spoiled me in that respect.

Yeah, I'd say Bioware had an opportunity to redefine the MMO space the same way they did the solo story games, and missed the boat.


(In a perfect world, full Bioware story telling ability techniques with CoH customization and loot/market model running in a nice pretty enivonrment/model engine like the Secret World's.)

My understanding, such as it is, is that Funcom is completely independent.

Not to a point of tears, but I'm right there with you.

I log in... and every minute I'm there I get more and more depressed. It ends with me just hovering or standing still while I stare at the screen... and log off.

It is a fun game, with an intriguing power selection/development process and a flavor of superheroes (one great NPC even calls you such at one point). But, while the setting has potential the story felt a little too one dimensional and stilted to keep my intererst beyond the trial, though.

Off the cuff, probably 7 stars. Definitely worth a fair shot and a spin around the block.

Thanks - I hadn't seen that one, yet. I've flagged it on my list to pick up. I also recently finished "A Once Crowded Sky" and dropped a review on Goodreads... I wanted to like it but I agree that it just didn't work.

The oath says until death. The theory extends to him dying at the end of the last book, and likely being raised by the red lady, and hence available to the throne again.

To this and the OP I say "lol on weak theories"

They were potentially usable - just randomly dropping on someone that couldn't happen to use them.

Not an ideal by any means. But better, IMO, than other games' loot drops that have no purpose (for crafting or power slotting or what have you) other than specifically existing for no reason other than vending.

Yep, and I think I'd already alluded that too. I never said CoH was perfect, but those from the get-go no possible value except to carry and vend items are just so shake-the-head silly from a game play/design stand point.