RPGOracle

I recently started playing the newest Star Wars MMORPG ‘The Old Republic’.

So far, i enjoy the story and the variety of settings. The combat missions are fairly challenging if you’re not the correct level but still fall into a button smash fest.

Something about having to run from location to location makes the overall experience less than appealing to me. I enjoy the scenery but not that much.

I have been flying EVE ships for so long that jumping from one system to another has spoiled me on movement. Yes sometimes it’ll be 20+ jumps to get to a target system but it’s ‘fast’ based on what I’m blowing past in warp from gate to gate in a system.

The Star Wars mechanics lend themselves to button smashing and cool down timer familiarity. Miss the sequence once and you’ll spoil a well placed power stroke or blaster bolt.

I’m playing a Sith Warrior on one server and a Bounty Hunter on another. I did this so that in the event one server is full i can still get on and blow stuff up. My Bounty Hunter is part of a guild but it still feels like I’m all alone most of the time. I’m guessing it’s because everyone is working up levels at their own pace thus scattered across the universe. In EVE our corp may be small but we’re usually only a few jumps away from each other and willing to fleet up and grind missions or asteroids depending on what’s on the menu. Maybe the ‘community’ aspect of the Star Wars game will grow and evolve but it feels barren at the moment.

Overall i feel like this game is going to be a flash in the pan for me. I miss the original Star Wars Galaxies MMO but I’ll never be able to capture the same immersion in the setting and story so i will ever remain a Pod Pilot in the service of our galactic merchant empire in EVE Online.