something that i really love about swtor and that just vibes with me is the entire atmosphere, the locations, the music and sounds. the game actually feels like star wars. just hanging around the hub talking to people and having that cantina music on the side...it just feels cozy, like home... and while disney is slowly killing star wars on a movie and tv show, whenever i log into swtor, it just feels like you re coming back home
@Joe G new player here but the chat is how I remember old MMO's feeling to an extent. It's very cozy to me already and I can see it becoming my main game soon. Especially since kotor is my favorite game
@@raulaguirre883 7.0 update actually fixed the roleplay problem that came with Eternal Throne expansion. Before that players had to start with 1 lightsaber build and then in your 30-40 level you were able to specialized in sentinel jedi(dual wield lightsabers) or just a normal knight of the republic(1 wield lightsaber). 7.0 update actually fixed lots of roleplay issues as well. The only issue about it class and origin story stuff. Knight origin doesn't suits with Jedi Sage and vice versa. Sages are more focused on force abilities while knights are focused on lightsaber combat.
Just started swtor the other day and I love it. My imp agent and havoc trooper present better sw experiences than Disney +. I don't even do any pvp or guild stuff, just solo story mode and it is crazy enjoyable.
I have been debating making the jump back to SWTOR. All of this feels like my path with WoW and other MMOs. I have been looking for that spark to enjoy the time i have in playing again. PLUS i still have a few classes to finish their story. I feel like after watching this that I will be downloading and signing in again soon!
Endgame for SWTOR has a lot of options. Along with raiding, there is PVP, battlegrounds arena, PVP flight-sim, different home bases. Some of the more interesting parts for crafting is that crafting materials are tied to account. One character harvests, other characters can of the same account can use those materials without having to move them over to those characters. Along with seasonal events, the events are rotated weekly.
Swtor has a place in my top 5 games.. mostly due to the design and true likeness of the Star Wars design. I played at launch taking a break from a boring Cata WoW expansion falling in love with the amount of storyline and exploring available. I like many others return or a blast of game play resulting subbing for a month and then moving on..
I only became a gamer in 2019, rather late in life, and the first game I downloaded was SWTOR. I am usually on it once a day, As a lifelong Star Wars fan ( I was 5 when Episode IV - A New Hope came out in 1977...so, do the math on that one!), SWTOR is my chance to wrap myself in the stories and be the characters having the adventures. I have 42 toons across 3 servers (20 on SS, 20 on SF, 2 on DM), some I rarely touch, and some I use all the time. Depends upon my mood, if I have a guild for a toon, and how invested in the story I am for the toon...I just wrapped up the base game storyline on my most recent Lightning Sorcerer, now I am doing a little more leveling before doing the expansions. You are right about being able to have a life and not worry about SWTOR... Now if they could get the ridiculous inflation under control... P.S. - That is an INSANE amount of Cartel Coins, dude! Almost $2,500 worth if you had bought them (14,000CC x $99.00) CRAAAAAAZZZYYY!!! Have fun!!!😊
glad u made move to swtor all things in vid are true plus i feel it has the best community ive ever seen so kind helpful example when i first started like 4 years ago just playing solo met this person helped me with some questions then had ivited me to there group disciples of Bogan they helped more with datacrons flashpoints and just info but best part i will never forget because i was free to play i could only hole a mill in creds and there was this one armor that i fell in luv with from the trailers it was the red twilek robes from the knights expansion that later lern is called the fallen deffender set and aske about it how to get it they said pretty much cartel market item so i was like dang so i kept playing enjoying the game then like almost a week after i started playing the guild leader asked me to come to ship and guess what they just gave me that set of armor that they bought off GTN for idk a few mill i was jaw dropped and so thankful also they didnt want anything in return i offerd all my creds but naw lol still to this day have that set and is my MC only set i wear like i said fell i luv P.S not a MMO guy only played and enjoyed SWTOR DCUO which is fun but not so great community and Fan kept alive servers of city of heros and vilians sorry for rant but luv this game so much happy to see someone else also catch the bug lol
Out of all the mmorpgs I've played. Swtor is by far my favorite. I tried playing this game when it first released but could because of my crappy computer at the time and only recently returned with my first gaming computer and honestly, only eso and Anarchy online have ever drawn me in as much as this game has, and I prefer this game over those.
After years of not having the funds for a new computer I'm finally coming back myself! I was stunned by how amazing and interactive the story was. It made me not want to grind straight to end game and actually enjoy the content.
A good watch 👍🏾. As a founder I have been in and out of the title for a very long time now (short bursts). One of my top 5 go to; Diablo, world of warships, ESO, SWTOR, flight sim.
this is kinda funny to me cause a few months ago a youtuber i was following stopped playing swtor ever since 7.2 changed PvP and last i saw him he was doing a couple of WoW videos. i guess when one door is closed another opened
All those reasons apply to me as well, but the main reason I love swtor is the fact that it's based on Star Wars and I fucking love Star Wars. So it's the perfect match.
I recently returned to SWTOR from WOW for the same reasons as you. It was so unhealthy for me. I love the storylines and it's actually inspired me to write again with new characters and reignited the love I thought I lost when Disney acquired Star Wars. I won't be hating on the Disney content, it's just not my thing. I just love getting done with work and losing myself in the Old Republic. I hope you are having a lovely time!
Same here. I finally walked away from WoW last year and have been loving SWTOR after being gone for years. I've also dabbled in STO which is enjoyable for the ship combat.
STO is just a grind fest where you have to grind out everything in order to get everything. Paying money is just an option in STO but it's not necessary. Playing STO for like 5-6 years now.
I've played endless MMOs but never played WOW. While having a drunk convo with a few friends we all decided to download the game the next day. They had all played before which helped me learn the ropes but man this game is incredible
It is, that's why I never committed to it in the past but since I don't plan on grinding the game hard I'm hopeful that I'll have plenty of goals to works towards for a while.
@@evozor5874 to be fair it’s a good game to take a break and come back to. I jus came back after when 330 gear was hard to get. Playerbase has doubled to about 6k concurrent since 7.2 dropped. I’m actually able to raid more than once a day and even early in the day
@@evozor5874 As a PvP player in Swtor trust me if you get hooked on the PvP aspect of the game you can see yourself playing to get top DPS numbers for months. Can't speak for the Raid aspect since Im not a fan of most raid's atmosphere's but the PvP can't definitely be addicting.
If you want a crazy tough goal to work towards, you could try completing a full Dread Master replica outfit, complete with the title. Getting it together took me a year and a half of grinding dailies for the credits to buy a NiM run of the ops and I only managed to get the exact replica chest peice that completely matches the Dread Masters because my girlfriend at the time had a character with all of the right crafting skills to make it, as making it is the only option, all the other versions of it that are easy to get are slightly different. Honestly fashion in SWTOR is like in Warframe: the real endgame
its allways fun to see ppl with same story, I started playing Wow in 2005 and been playing it since , but i tried swtor in 2013 and been stuck ever since i do take breaks for months years even but allways back. Started playing it again 2 weeks ago and it feels better now then it has for awhile gameplay wise
If Bioware would just put some love into this game, I think a lot more people would come back to it. They need to release a new expansion that actually has story. Onslaught was boring. I don't want an expansion tied to the player lead faction...and I think they would benefit from adding a new class, even if it doesn't come with a story.
I work remote, I'm a husband and a dad and I will never have the time to play games like my teen years. SWTOR was a God send for me since I can take weeks off and hop back in. And I was able to complete the entire game in like 4 months of playing an hour or 2 here and there. I've only done 1 and a 1/2 story campaigns so as long as they dont delete the game I hope to do them all. And the whole game can be completed easily as a solo.
crazy i think wow has moved away from the "fear of missing out" type of content in dragonflight hitting a point where you don't feel obligated to log in every single day has been pretty refreshing this expac tbh
The changes are definitely controversial and I get why people don't like them but most the classes still feel really close to their 6.0 iterations. I don't think they are bad, just bad by comparison. I like the new talent trees wayyyyyy more though.
If I don't know what to do in the game I always like to hunt achivements, there are always some you can work towards or just farm for 336 gear which can be reached even solo
Feel free to spend some of those CC's on an Ashla saber and send it my way lol. Seriously though it's a game I find myself going back to on and off as well. Though I def need to try to find an active guild again at some point to get back into some of the ops and fps. I don't think I've really done any of those post Revan expansion that wasn't in solo mode.
100% agree, I love SWToR it's just i wanted to see endgame, but as a solo player it's harder. But like you i bought a 2 month card to be a sub, and if i get bored i can let it lapse 12/10
I've been playing since release and have stuck with it for many years, especially for the story. But at some point I just ran out of steam and switched to Elder Scrolls Online. I played all the stories, cleared all the maps and farmed my endgame gear. I came back for the Mandalorian story for 2 hours, but it's not really good for long-term motivation. And yes, the rewards in Galactic Seasons 3 are a cheek. Wish you and all enthusiasts a nice gaming time anyway: I'm waiting for a good Star Wars solo game^^
@@evozor5874 Absolutely, if you want to do crafting, it's practically impossible without a sub. But you don't have to take part in every nonsense and the combat system is very good!
@@samkorr5579 Actually, you really only have to sub once to get preferred. At preferred you get 2 skills permanently rather than one, 14 toons per server. at 7 toons you can cover every skill/farming. What -really- hurts is the 1 mill credit cap on toons, the lower rate of learning higher level schematics (it's half) and the killer is not being able to queue crafting, especially to make "bonded attachments" which you need for nearly everything. You can do everything with crafting still, it's just a lot slower. Oh, I play on star forge :)
Still love this game. And even with all of the top notch games out there, it's still kind of a rarity to find one that is fully-voiced. Really enjoy the story and PvP. And the hours I can easily kill decorating my apartment or strongholds!
I quit WoW for swtor a year ago and I have no regrets. If I knew back in 2011 that wow was going to go down the shithole it is now, I would've rerolled swtor when it launched.
I’ve been playing destiny 2 as my main game the past 10 years…tried SWtOR the same time as destiny 1 and loved both, but didn’t have my own PC…now with how shitty Lightfall dlc has been and Overwatch 2 PvE shitting the bed (my other main game), I’m finding myself desperate for another game…one without their hand out, telling me when to play and where my decision matters in the story I experience. Now that I have a pc…been trying SWtOR past month…subbed within days and haven’t touched destiny 2 or overwatch 2 since. This video is exactly my thoughts…complements my life, not replace it. You don’t need to no life a game to feel like you’re invested & building, if the devs build it right.
swtor is my very first mmo i played, i started it 2016 however, so not there from the beginning of it. Im actually back playing it since a couple of weeks now, and while i dont really touch the expansions i enjoy the OG class storys again in full.
Oh well, time to go back to Swtor, I only played it briefly in 2011, but it didn't have much end game content. Also I can see that you are a man of class, playing an enhancement shaman in Wow.
The ability to drop out and in is my main reason I keep coming back. I get obsessive over games I can play them for months as my go to then for months just not want to touch it, and back again. SWTOR makes that possible 'Get a two month sub, enjoy in my obsessive state, get another 2 month if it's a longer addiction... then let it sit in the background till my next round of addiction, and as said I have missed nothing everything added is sitting there waiting for me
Same as me. I dropped out from the game in 2020 due to my personal life getting busier, and playing the game right now, I am surprised there are same changes that is being made but still the same game I love when I first played. SWTOR FOREVER
Despite my dislike of Fallen Empire and Eternal Throne (and that one event involving a certain Shan that shall not ne named) SWTOR is a strong foundation worn down by years of neglect. If you don't mind the gameplay as well Revan's Character Assasination and the aforementioned expansions, it is still a fun game for me.
@@evozor5874 yeah especially if you didn't play before the combat upgrade when it took months to become a jedi lol it was so fun 56 different interchangeable classes
I love swtor. But it has not worked out as my main mmo due to lack of content. But i do have a good time when i play it and that is more than i can say about other mmo's with more content such as WoW.
I have been playing SWTOR on and off since I was 15 and it went F2P cause I could not afford a subscription, to this day I always come back to it I love this game dearly and I love how casual I can play the game Im a ALT warrior
Ever think of doing some videos on crafting? I have almost 200h in SWTOR and haven't even touched crafting. I actually haven't touched anything outside the base game
I'm literally the same way about wow and swtor, listening to you describe why you quit in DF is basically like listening to myself :D at 36 I just... cba to do the Mythic Grind, and everything else is boring. But at the same time, I've always come back to SWTOR, love the setting , love the old WOTLK/Cata feel of the combat :)_
I play SWTOR and Guild Wars 2 b/c I can take breaks and it not be a problem. Give GW2 a shot it's great. The base game is free but it is a buy to play game so once you buy the DLC's you are set until the next DLC.
Ihave stared Swotor back in December of 2011 and have a 12 year on and off relationship with it. Still love it somewhat and have gotten the Datacron Master achievement only last year by getting the Endurace Dtatacron on Makeb. ))) The Class Stories were a blast especailly for the Chiss part of my Legacy: The Imp Sniper Lady and her brother the Jedi Knight , both were tied to my PvP and Biochem trade since the first time I got into that. I've returned a year ago to last Halloween thing and at least 3-4 years of story content. As for now, I am unable to even Sub, because my location in Big Bad Mother Russia is considered me a Persona non Grata for International Fund transfers... Now there is a costly way to get in you know the old Tradeway Market ))) P.S.: But hey we ar not that apset of fings gion je olden way an I'll wen af ave the time to finish ma bild on main Chiss Ladi the Imp Agent once more. Hope the fixed Malgus and drove the bugs out from his final battle were a lot of folk just Fell to thier Dets over and over again. )))
If you at any point want to work on achievements to 100%, my advice is consider it 100% without the czerka crate o matic... hunting for that killed my soul for a week before I gave up. However, with the cartel coins you got... maybe buy it off a player...
I would probably also make swtor my main mmo if it had proper support from EA/ Bioware, but it seems like it's the red headed step child of the company. It's a single rung on the ladder above life support.
sorry one more comment did you all know SWTOR has the world recored of recorded lines for any game ever made and they keep adding to it heck even the lowest npc on a street has a single line of voice acted monolog
I think I played an old star wars mmorpg. Idk if it was an early version of swtor or if there were other star wars mmorpgs. I remember it looking more clone wars-ish and being alot more restrictive in what we could do. But when I first heard about swtor I always wanted to play. Never had the ability, Am now downloading it for the first time and hoping I enjoy it... Idk why its downloading at 700 kb/s tho. Most things I download usually go much faster >.>
That move gave me confidence that the game still has a decent future ahead of it. I hope EA comes to their sense and gives the game more funding, which is doubtful, but if they did the game could do really well.
@@evozor5874 I feel the same way :( It is very sad, the game has a relatively active player base, no where near to be considered a "dead game." There is definitely an audience that very much wants to play a Star Wars MMO and in this case, the only SW MMO. But it seems that EA's goal might have been just to set up another micro-transaction money printer and leave it be (like it does with it's FIFA sports games, they make more money off the in-game store purchases than they do actually just selling the game). I also don't remember the last time I've ever seen an advertisement for the game which feels like a red flag to me about how much EA cares. Their exclusivity license which I guess technically meant that they didn't HAVE to make a good product because there was no competition for what must have been over ten years now. It's funny too because now that that license deal has expired, immediately now we have like 4-5 more new starwars games announced coming out from different companies.
Love this game, When you have a 2factor authenticator app installed you get the microtransaction money every month for just having it, ive unlocked most of what subbed players have when im not subbed (permanent artifact equips etc)
Yeah I love SWTOR. The story is good. I definitely always bounce between it and wow. Now FF since the story in that is so good. The recent changes to swtor for me were good and real bad. As a pvp person they kind of killed the game for me removing competitive pvp but the good side is they removed the pvp restrictions of not being a sub so I have no reason to really pay for the game anymore. So I still play it but I guess I still have the competitive itch and can’t really see a MMO beating wow arena in that department. I’m playing swtor a little more now that I’m not a sub.
oh and you can also do "old" content since i missed out on lws1 back as it cmae out it was a week and so forth and i coudnt log in and some stuff i now can do it witout thinking oh i did it way back and so forth it hooks me even if i repaly stuff so give GW2 a try maybe it hooks you also btw im a OLD gw1 palyer still play it this days and i must say the aging was well its like a fine wine and in gw2 jea tehre are some changes that wherned there in the begining but its ok too a bit strnage the lvl markings for stuff but ok
This is why i do not play pay to win games or games that forces me to do dailies. I HATE Dailies so much, so sooo much. It kills games for me because it feels like a job. Thats is why i will never play Lost Ark for exemple.
KOTOR has a way better storyline. However SWTOR is awesome for free to play. Also, SWTOR is the only free to play pc game I have found that has 4 player campaign co-op. I have done an entire light side and dark side playthrough 4 player co-op. Enjoying co-op campaign with three other friends has been a blast for a casual game.
I played and loved TOR unfortunately it has been a while since I joined because pro tip being in the third world means you have hardware that can be described as a decade behind everyone. Together with bad internet and it's a on and on deal when dealing with mmorpgs
I understand your struggle man, I've had the same issue first year i started playing but now i upgraded my laptop a bit and the internet been kind to me this past year.. 2 more characters until legendary status.
I love the game, but it’s repetitive. Get a quest, see the guy, get a side quest within the main story quest, return to the guy after the side quest, finish the final part of the main quest
Swtor is pretty awesome. I always go back to it especially during the spring because of Star Wars day. Gotta whip out my Sith juggg to force choke a few Jedi. Muhahah a
I think for new and casual player swtor is a very good game, the stories are incredibles, aside nim ops the pve is relatively easy and there is all lot of different content to discover for a new player. But to be fair the dev team is very bad, they don't care about hardcore players. They don't how to balance the game (the balance rn has never been this bad especially in pvp), thety don't listen to feedbacks, it take them 1 year and a half to give back offheal to snipers. New contant is added at a very slow rate, in 16 month we only got 1 new operation and 2 flashpoint I mean wtf. Every patch are slow and makes either useless changes or bads changes and usually they add massive bugs (7.3 can't stream the game on discord without making the game crash for exemple) and it will probably take months to be fixed. I'm not even talking about bugs that exist since the launch of the game. It almost a meme now. The game in itself could be good if there was actually competent devs behind it, I mean nim ops are good (at least the latest one most of the old one are a bit easy now), pvp is very engaging too its but the balance is so bad. Either they too sacred to make big changes or they don't know wtf going on in their game (It's more likely the second option). Story was a big asset for the game. In 7.0 story is almost inexistant. We used to have big stories which takes hours of gameplay now it's just little fragments realed uppon the year only to promote new daily areas. So yes most of all this is F2P fortunately because swtor doesn't worth paying 10/month since devs team is made of ghost
It's become my main mmo too... I'm lazy to open my genshin impact now.. Becuz addicted with swtor Edited: I know genshin is not mmorpg.. Not try to compare with swtor anyways.. My point is swtor make me addicted than genshin impact
the community gets annoyin at times on stream. thats the downfall a bit. i had to ban so many goofballs, the toxic ones always go to the low end streams and act a fool thinking that we need them or somthing, then they get banned lol, they dont act a fool on high end streams i bet. the game is fun overall. i play for months then quit for years then rinse and repeat. everytime i come back it feels like a new game. been doing this since 2012 ( played the beta in 2011, the beta was like 2-3 months long i think)
@@evozor5874 yep...i just do the events to get the free ships. i got 6 ships last year with minimal efffort. it's a good game with alot of good content but that star wars is on another level.
swtor is my first mmo, started in 2012. its held a special place in my heart since and i always come back.
I still have the steelbook case proudly displayed!
Same here. SWTOR was my first and I played it non stop for 4 years. I love the story and it allows me to switch between all the story lines any time.
Same here too. Made insane good memories with this. Had some crazy good years with it. I will never in my life forget that game and expirience.
@@evozor5874 so cool luv that just for collection
something that i really love about swtor and that just vibes with me is the entire atmosphere, the locations, the music and sounds. the game actually feels like star wars. just hanging around the hub talking to people and having that cantina music on the side...it just feels cozy, like home...
and while disney is slowly killing star wars on a movie and tv show, whenever i log into swtor, it just feels like you re coming back home
True. Nothing feels cozier than walking onto the Imp fleet or DK and seeing chat is still the same as always.
@Joe G new player here but the chat is how I remember old MMO's feeling to an extent. It's very cozy to me already and I can see it becoming my main game soon. Especially since kotor is my favorite game
agree with all but for real the music is all the george williams and so really good ost as well
Swtor deserves a lot more respect than it gets. Very very very good mmo
It had my respect until 7.0 ruined nearly everything I loved about the game.
@@melig7301 which was what? Was that when the talent system changed?
@@raulaguirre883 7.0 update actually fixed the roleplay problem that came with Eternal Throne expansion. Before that players had to start with 1 lightsaber build and then in your 30-40 level you were able to specialized in sentinel jedi(dual wield lightsabers) or just a normal knight of the republic(1 wield lightsaber). 7.0 update actually fixed lots of roleplay issues as well. The only issue about it class and origin story stuff. Knight origin doesn't suits with Jedi Sage and vice versa. Sages are more focused on force abilities while knights are focused on lightsaber combat.
7.0 greatly improved the game, excluding the bugs that came with it.@@melig7301
Fashion is the true Endgame for all MMO's
+housing
Just started swtor the other day and I love it. My imp agent and havoc trooper present better sw experiences than Disney +. I don't even do any pvp or guild stuff, just solo story mode and it is crazy enjoyable.
I have been debating making the jump back to SWTOR. All of this feels like my path with WoW and other MMOs. I have been looking for that spark to enjoy the time i have in playing again. PLUS i still have a few classes to finish their story. I feel like after watching this that I will be downloading and signing in again soon!
recently got back in myself and the only fomo i feel is for not completing the class storylines, and i can still do that
Endgame for SWTOR has a lot of options. Along with raiding, there is PVP, battlegrounds arena, PVP flight-sim, different home bases.
Some of the more interesting parts for crafting is that crafting materials are tied to account. One character harvests, other characters can of the same account can use those materials without having to move them over to those characters.
Along with seasonal events, the events are rotated weekly.
Swtor has a place in my top 5 games.. mostly due to the design and true likeness of the Star Wars design. I played at launch taking a break from a boring Cata WoW expansion falling in love with the amount of storyline and exploring available. I like many others return or a blast of game play resulting subbing for a month and then moving on..
I only became a gamer in 2019, rather late in life, and the first game I downloaded was SWTOR. I am usually on it once a day,
As a lifelong Star Wars fan ( I was 5 when Episode IV - A New Hope came out in 1977...so, do the math on that one!), SWTOR is my chance to wrap myself in the stories and be the characters having the adventures. I have 42 toons across 3 servers (20 on SS, 20 on SF, 2 on DM), some I rarely touch, and some I use all the time. Depends upon my mood, if I have a guild for a toon, and how invested in the story I am for the toon...I just wrapped up the base game storyline on my most recent Lightning Sorcerer, now I am doing a little more leveling before doing the expansions.
You are right about being able to have a life and not worry about SWTOR...
Now if they could get the ridiculous inflation under control...
P.S. - That is an INSANE amount of Cartel Coins, dude! Almost $2,500 worth if you had bought them (14,000CC x $99.00) CRAAAAAAZZZYYY!!! Have fun!!!😊
Dang you have more alts than me lol
@@evozor5874 Hi, my name is Rob. I'm an altaholic. (The chat replies, "Hi, Rob.") 🤣
just started swotr as my first mmo, i am having a BLAST grinding this game
glad u made move to swtor all things in vid are true plus i feel it has the best community ive ever seen so kind helpful example when i first started like 4 years ago just playing solo met this person helped me with some questions then had ivited me to there group disciples of Bogan they helped more with datacrons flashpoints and just info but best part i will never forget because i was free to play i could only hole a mill in creds and there was this one armor that i fell in luv with from the trailers it was the red twilek robes from the knights expansion that later lern is called the fallen deffender set and aske about it how to get it they said pretty much cartel market item so i was like dang so i kept playing enjoying the game then like almost a week after i started playing the guild leader asked me to come to ship and guess what they just gave me that set of armor that they bought off GTN for idk a few mill i was jaw dropped and so thankful also they didnt want anything in return i offerd all my creds but naw lol still to this day have that set and is my MC only set i wear like i said fell i luv P.S not a MMO guy only played and enjoyed SWTOR DCUO which is fun but not so great community and Fan kept alive servers of city of heros and vilians sorry for rant but luv this game so much happy to see someone else also catch the bug lol
Out of all the mmorpgs I've played. Swtor is by far my favorite. I tried playing this game when it first released but could because of my crappy computer at the time and only recently returned with my first gaming computer and honestly, only eso and Anarchy online have ever drawn me in as much as this game has, and I prefer this game over those.
After years of not having the funds for a new computer I'm finally coming back myself! I was stunned by how amazing and interactive the story was. It made me not want to grind straight to end game and actually enjoy the content.
A good watch 👍🏾. As a founder I have been in and out of the title for a very long time now (short bursts). One of my top 5 go to; Diablo, world of warships, ESO, SWTOR, flight sim.
this is kinda funny to me cause a few months ago a youtuber i was following stopped playing swtor ever since 7.2 changed PvP and last i saw him he was doing a couple of WoW videos. i guess when one door is closed another opened
All those reasons apply to me as well, but the main reason I love swtor is the fact that it's based on Star Wars and I fucking love Star Wars. So it's the perfect match.
This is gold. Clicking on your channel now. I hope I find swtor still as your main mmo 4 months later haha :D
I recently returned to SWTOR from WOW for the same reasons as you. It was so unhealthy for me. I love the storylines and it's actually inspired me to write again with new characters and reignited the love I thought I lost when Disney acquired Star Wars. I won't be hating on the Disney content, it's just not my thing. I just love getting done with work and losing myself in the Old Republic. I hope you are having a lovely time!
Same here. I finally walked away from WoW last year and have been loving SWTOR after being gone for years. I've also dabbled in STO which is enjoyable for the ship combat.
STO is just a grind fest where you have to grind out everything in order to get everything. Paying money is just an option in STO but it's not necessary. Playing STO for like 5-6 years now.
@@mustafaozturk2542 what is STO
@@flat6702 Star Trek Online
I've played endless MMOs but never played WOW. While having a drunk convo with a few friends we all decided to download the game the next day. They had all played before which helped me learn the ropes but man this game is incredible
If you are willing to dedicate the time to it WoW is a fantastic game.
going all in on swtor is gonna be months of fun. unfortunately the endgame is severely lacking
It is, that's why I never committed to it in the past but since I don't plan on grinding the game hard I'm hopeful that I'll have plenty of goals to works towards for a while.
@@evozor5874 to be fair it’s a good game to take a break and come back to. I jus came back after when 330 gear was hard to get. Playerbase has doubled to about 6k concurrent since 7.2 dropped. I’m actually able to raid more than once a day and even early in the day
@@evozor5874 As a PvP player in Swtor trust me if you get hooked on the PvP aspect of the game you can see yourself playing to get top DPS numbers for months. Can't speak for the Raid aspect since Im not a fan of most raid's atmosphere's but the PvP can't definitely be addicting.
@@DatManJB deception assassin PvP is so much fun. Not a huge fan of scrapping ranked pvp though.
If you want a crazy tough goal to work towards, you could try completing a full Dread Master replica outfit, complete with the title. Getting it together took me a year and a half of grinding dailies for the credits to buy a NiM run of the ops and I only managed to get the exact replica chest peice that completely matches the Dread Masters because my girlfriend at the time had a character with all of the right crafting skills to make it, as making it is the only option, all the other versions of it that are easy to get are slightly different.
Honestly fashion in SWTOR is like in Warframe: the real endgame
I've been playing it nonstop since last Summer. I don't intend to stop anytime soon either.
I gravitate between SWTOR and ESO for many of the same reasons you talk about.
I always go back to ESO for new chapters, I don't stick around for long but its a really good game.
its allways fun to see ppl with same story, I started playing Wow in 2005 and been playing it since , but i tried swtor in 2013 and been stuck ever since i do take breaks for months years even but allways back. Started playing it again 2 weeks ago and it feels better now then it has for awhile gameplay wise
If Bioware would just put some love into this game, I think a lot more people would come back to it. They need to release a new expansion that actually has story. Onslaught was boring. I don't want an expansion tied to the player lead faction...and I think they would benefit from adding a new class, even if it doesn't come with a story.
I work remote, I'm a husband and a dad and I will never have the time to play games like my teen years. SWTOR was a God send for me since I can take weeks off and hop back in. And I was able to complete the entire game in like 4 months of playing an hour or 2 here and there. I've only done 1 and a 1/2 story campaigns so as long as they dont delete the game I hope to do them all. And the whole game can be completed easily as a solo.
crazy i think wow has moved away from the "fear of missing out" type of content in dragonflight
hitting a point where you don't feel obligated to log in every single day has been pretty refreshing this expac tbh
It's truly an amazing game.
Indeed it is
i really dont like their 7.0 class changes i use to come back to the game jst to play sage but it feels like its lost alot of depth
The changes are definitely controversial and I get why people don't like them but most the classes still feel really close to their 6.0 iterations. I don't think they are bad, just bad by comparison. I like the new talent trees wayyyyyy more though.
If I don't know what to do in the game I always like to hunt achivements, there are always some you can work towards or just farm for 336 gear which can be reached even solo
Feel free to spend some of those CC's on an Ashla saber and send it my way lol. Seriously though it's a game I find myself going back to on and off as well. Though I def need to try to find an active guild again at some point to get back into some of the ops and fps. I don't think I've really done any of those post Revan expansion that wasn't in solo mode.
Yeah finding a group to run with makes a big difference
100% agree, I love SWToR it's just i wanted to see endgame, but as a solo player it's harder. But like you i bought a 2 month card to be a sub, and if i get bored i can let it lapse 12/10
I've been playing since release and have stuck with it for many years, especially for the story. But at some point I just ran out of steam and switched to Elder Scrolls Online. I played all the stories, cleared all the maps and farmed my endgame gear. I came back for the Mandalorian story for 2 hours, but it's not really good for long-term motivation. And yes, the rewards in Galactic Seasons 3 are a cheek. Wish you and all enthusiasts a nice gaming time anyway: I'm waiting for a good Star Wars solo game^^
Fair enough, and ESO is really good game (the monetization is horrid but besides that).
@@evozor5874 Absolutely, if you want to do crafting, it's practically impossible without a sub. But you don't have to take part in every nonsense and the combat system is very good!
@@samkorr5579 Actually, you really only have to sub once to get preferred. At preferred you get 2 skills permanently rather than one, 14 toons per server. at 7 toons you can cover every skill/farming. What -really- hurts is the 1 mill credit cap on toons, the lower rate of learning higher level schematics (it's half) and the killer is not being able to queue crafting, especially to make "bonded attachments" which you need for nearly everything. You can do everything with crafting still, it's just a lot slower. Oh, I play on star forge :)
Still love this game. And even with all of the top notch games out there, it's still kind of a rarity to find one that is fully-voiced. Really enjoy the story and PvP. And the hours I can easily kill decorating my apartment or strongholds!
Funny Timing. I quittet Wow a few Weeks ago for similar reasons and just reactivated my SW ToR Characters.
Made me want to go back to swtor! Nice video
Your first 8 seconds: that is me as well, I always comes back and play the new story with hope of retaking my sith inq power base
man I feel like logging in and seeing the characters I made 10 years ago still standing there...
I quit WoW for swtor a year ago and I have no regrets. If I knew back in 2011 that wow was going to go down the shithole it is now, I would've rerolled swtor when it launched.
I'll still defend WoW as I don't think its bad game but I prefer SWTOR at this point.
Swotor vs Wow, in wow, you feel pressured to gear up and progress raids, in Swotor you feel excited to see the story
i'm enjoying coming back to SWTOR again
Swtor also has a very addictive housing feature!
I still need to get into it but from what I've done so far it seems like a really good feature.
IMMA jump on swtor. Also the new one that massive develops
I’ve been playing destiny 2 as my main game the past 10 years…tried SWtOR the same time as destiny 1 and loved both, but didn’t have my own PC…now with how shitty Lightfall dlc has been and Overwatch 2 PvE shitting the bed (my other main game), I’m finding myself desperate for another game…one without their hand out, telling me when to play and where my decision matters in the story I experience. Now that I have a pc…been trying SWtOR past month…subbed within days and haven’t touched destiny 2 or overwatch 2 since. This video is exactly my thoughts…complements my life, not replace it. You don’t need to no life a game to feel like you’re invested & building, if the devs build it right.
swtor is my very first mmo i played, i started it 2016 however, so not there from the beginning of it. Im actually back playing it since a couple of weeks now, and while i dont really touch the expansions i enjoy the OG class storys again in full.
Oh well, time to go back to Swtor, I only played it briefly in 2011, but it didn't have much end game content. Also I can see that you are a man of class, playing an enhancement shaman in Wow.
The ability to drop out and in is my main reason I keep coming back. I get obsessive over games I can play them for months as my go to then for months just not want to touch it, and back again. SWTOR makes that possible 'Get a two month sub, enjoy in my obsessive state, get another 2 month if it's a longer addiction... then let it sit in the background till my next round of addiction, and as said I have missed nothing everything added is sitting there waiting for me
Same as me. I dropped out from the game in 2020 due to my personal life getting busier, and playing the game right now, I am surprised there are same changes that is being made but still the same game I love when I first played. SWTOR FOREVER
Despite my dislike of Fallen Empire and Eternal Throne (and that one event involving a certain Shan that shall not ne named) SWTOR is a strong foundation worn down by years of neglect. If you don't mind the gameplay as well Revan's Character Assasination and the aforementioned expansions, it is still a fun game for me.
Star Wars Galaxies will always be the best but most people didn't get the chance at that. This game is a pretty good second.
I prefer SWTOR but I didn't play too too much galaxies back in the day so its not really a fair comparison for me.
@@evozor5874 yeah especially if you didn't play before the combat upgrade when it took months to become a jedi lol it was so fun 56 different interchangeable classes
whats your main class? i have been doing the same thing coming on and off back to this game, and i just am looking for a good dps class
I like the Assassin (deception). I have no idea where it fits in the meta but I find it really fun so its my go-to.
@@evozor5874 it’s actually at the top rn for good dps in pvp. I got mine to 70 now I’m trying an Anhi Mara
I love swtor. But it has not worked out as my main mmo due to lack of content. But i do have a good time when i play it and that is more than i can say about other mmo's with more content such as WoW.
I have been playing SWTOR on and off since I was 15 and it went F2P cause I could not afford a subscription, to this day I always come back to it I love this game dearly and I love how casual I can play the game Im a ALT warrior
Ever think of doing some videos on crafting? I have almost 200h in SWTOR and haven't even touched crafting. I actually haven't touched anything outside the base game
Same about WoW here - except I switched to ESO
Swtor is my main mmo, started in 2014 so, also my Main characters are revan and Sauron my two favorite Dark Lords ever!!!
I'm literally the same way about wow and swtor, listening to you describe why you quit in DF is basically like listening to myself :D at 36 I just... cba to do the Mythic Grind, and everything else is boring.
But at the same time, I've always come back to SWTOR, love the setting , love the old WOTLK/Cata feel of the combat :)_
85 Mill credits are'nt an "insane" amount of anymore. The inflation is strong in this game :D Thanks for the vid :)
Back in the day when making your first 1 mill credits made you feel like a god.
Dude its such a good game
so weird im doing the same thing, hopefully see ya around
What server do you play on! I'd like to come join yah!
As a huge star wars nerd SWTOR is just amazing one of my fav games out there.
I hear you brother
I play SWTOR and Guild Wars 2 b/c I can take breaks and it not be a problem. Give GW2 a shot it's great. The base game is free but it is a buy to play game so once you buy the DLC's you are set until the next DLC.
And now i have to download SWTOR again and play for one or two months! XD
Ihave stared Swotor back in December of 2011 and have a 12 year on and off relationship with it. Still love it somewhat and have gotten the Datacron Master achievement only last year by getting the Endurace Dtatacron on Makeb. )))
The Class Stories were a blast especailly for the Chiss part of my Legacy: The Imp Sniper Lady and her brother the Jedi Knight , both were tied to my PvP and Biochem trade since the first time I got into that.
I've returned a year ago to last Halloween thing and at least 3-4 years of story content.
As for now, I am unable to even Sub, because my location in Big Bad Mother Russia is considered me a Persona non Grata for International Fund transfers...
Now there is a costly way to get in you know the old Tradeway Market )))
P.S.: But hey we ar not that apset of fings gion je olden way an I'll wen af ave the time to finish ma bild on main Chiss Ladi the Imp Agent once more.
Hope the fixed Malgus and drove the bugs out from his final battle were a lot of folk just Fell to thier Dets over and over again. )))
Still love this game. Started when it was launched and still find it fun.
Lol I'm always coming back too, it's timeless
If you at any point want to work on achievements to 100%, my advice is consider it 100% without the czerka crate o matic... hunting for that killed my soul for a week before I gave up. However, with the cartel coins you got... maybe buy it off a player...
I would probably also make swtor my main mmo if it had proper support from EA/ Bioware, but it seems like it's the red headed step child of the company. It's a single rung on the ladder above life support.
SWTOR is FML the GOAT MMO. I speak English I swear.
sorry one more comment did you all know SWTOR has the world recored of recorded lines for any game ever made and they keep adding to it heck even the lowest npc on a street has a single line of voice acted monolog
I think I played an old star wars mmorpg. Idk if it was an early version of swtor or if there were other star wars mmorpgs. I remember it looking more clone wars-ish and being alot more restrictive in what we could do. But when I first heard about swtor I always wanted to play. Never had the ability, Am now downloading it for the first time and hoping I enjoy it... Idk why its downloading at 700 kb/s tho. Most things I download usually go much faster >.>
there shifting the game over to 64 bit, the devs still seem like theyre doing their best with the scraps ea gives them.
True, I think it means that they will continue to support it.
That move gave me confidence that the game still has a decent future ahead of it. I hope EA comes to their sense and gives the game more funding, which is doubtful, but if they did the game could do really well.
@@evozor5874 I feel the same way :( It is very sad, the game has a relatively active player base, no where near to be considered a "dead game." There is definitely an audience that very much wants to play a Star Wars MMO and in this case, the only SW MMO. But it seems that EA's goal might have been just to set up another micro-transaction money printer and leave it be (like it does with it's FIFA sports games, they make more money off the in-game store purchases than they do actually just selling the game).
I also don't remember the last time I've ever seen an advertisement for the game which feels like a red flag to me about how much EA cares.
Their exclusivity license which I guess technically meant that they didn't HAVE to make a good product because there was no competition for what must have been over ten years now.
It's funny too because now that that license deal has expired, immediately now we have like 4-5 more new starwars games announced coming out from different companies.
lol I play this when it first came out and have not play it sense... I really wish I had time to play hopefully I get back into it someday
guild wars 2 is also a good one to check out as its kinda the same alt friendly wise and no fomo ect casual
Love this game, When you have a 2factor authenticator app installed you get the microtransaction money every month for just having it, ive unlocked most of what subbed players have when im not subbed (permanent artifact equips etc)
also the sub pays for it self , you get cartel coins with the sub ,so at the end you just paying for the coins .
Yeah I love SWTOR. The story is good. I definitely always bounce between it and wow. Now FF since the story in that is so good. The recent changes to swtor for me were good and real bad. As a pvp person they kind of killed the game for me removing competitive pvp but the good side is they removed the pvp restrictions of not being a sub so I have no reason to really pay for the game anymore. So I still play it but I guess I still have the competitive itch and can’t really see a MMO beating wow arena in that department. I’m playing swtor a little more now that I’m not a sub.
oh and you can also do "old" content since i missed out on lws1 back as it cmae out it was a week and so forth and i coudnt log in and some stuff i now can do it witout thinking oh i did it way back and so forth it hooks me even if i repaly stuff so give GW2 a try maybe it hooks you also btw im a OLD gw1 palyer still play it this days and i must say the aging was well its like a fine wine and in gw2 jea tehre are some changes that wherned there in the begining but its ok too a bit strnage the lvl markings for stuff but ok
This is why i do not play pay to win games or games that forces me to do dailies. I HATE Dailies so much, so sooo much. It kills games for me because it feels like a job. Thats is why i will never play Lost Ark for exemple.
Now since 2018? (Or with f2p was launched)
KOTOR has a way better storyline. However SWTOR is awesome for free to play. Also, SWTOR is the only free to play pc game I have found that has 4 player campaign co-op. I have done an entire light side and dark side playthrough 4 player co-op. Enjoying co-op campaign with three other friends has been a blast for a casual game.
You need commitment to do operations and the new one (only one that isn't obsolete) is very hard i've heard so... Not for casual player SWTOR
I played and loved TOR unfortunately it has been a while since I joined because pro tip being in the third world means you have hardware that can be described as a decade behind everyone. Together with bad internet and it's a on and on deal when dealing with mmorpgs
I'm sorry to hear that DX, that sounds awful. Hopefully one day you'll be able to get a stable set up for it.
I understand your struggle man, I've had the same issue first year i started playing but now i upgraded my laptop a bit and the internet been kind to me this past year.. 2 more characters until legendary status.
Wish I had your operative build xd
My main issue is all my friends and guild stop playing and finding one that fits is difficult.
My only problem with the game is I have spent close to 700$ on CM items. I just don’t mind supporting a great game tbh.
what about swgemu? seems like star wars mmo with more depth
I love the game, but it’s repetitive. Get a quest, see the guy, get a side quest within the main story quest, return to the guy after the side quest, finish the final part of the main quest
Swtor is pretty awesome. I always go back to it especially during the spring because of Star Wars day. Gotta whip out my Sith juggg to force choke a few Jedi. Muhahah a
Swtor amazing game!!!
Did they bring ranked PvP back??
Nope. I doubt they will.
I think for new and casual player swtor is a very good game, the stories are incredibles, aside nim ops the pve is relatively easy and there is all lot of different content to discover for a new player. But to be fair the dev team is very bad, they don't care about hardcore players. They don't how to balance the game (the balance rn has never been this bad especially in pvp), thety don't listen to feedbacks, it take them 1 year and a half to give back offheal to snipers. New contant is added at a very slow rate, in 16 month we only got 1 new operation and 2 flashpoint I mean wtf.
Every patch are slow and makes either useless changes or bads changes and usually they add massive bugs (7.3 can't stream the game on discord without making the game crash for exemple) and it will probably take months to be fixed. I'm not even talking about bugs that exist since the launch of the game. It almost a meme now.
The game in itself could be good if there was actually competent devs behind it, I mean nim ops are good (at least the latest one most of the old one are a bit easy now), pvp is very engaging too its but the balance is so bad. Either they too sacred to make big changes or they don't know wtf going on in their game (It's more likely the second option).
Story was a big asset for the game. In 7.0 story is almost inexistant. We used to have big stories which takes hours of gameplay now it's just little fragments realed uppon the year only to promote new daily areas.
So yes most of all this is F2P fortunately because swtor doesn't worth paying 10/month since devs team is made of ghost
It's become my main mmo too...
I'm lazy to open my genshin impact now.. Becuz addicted with swtor
Edited: I know genshin is not mmorpg.. Not try to compare with swtor anyways..
My point is swtor make me addicted than genshin impact
the community gets annoyin at times on stream. thats the downfall a bit. i had to ban so many goofballs, the toxic ones always go to the low end streams and act a fool thinking that we need them or somthing, then they get banned lol, they dont act a fool on high end streams i bet. the game is fun overall. i play for months then quit for years then rinse and repeat. everytime i come back it feels like a new game. been doing this since 2012 ( played the beta in 2011, the beta was like 2-3 months long i think)
Swtor and runescape are my main mmos swtor has a amazing story while runescapes exploration is next gen even if its old gen
SWTOR replaced Star Trek Online as my main MMO
Oh really? I've tried to get into Star Trek online but I never ended up sticking with it.
@@evozor5874 yep...i just do the events to get the free ships. i got 6 ships last year with minimal efffort. it's a good game with alot of good content but that star wars is on another level.
On and off since i was 12 im 18 now lol