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Originally Posted by Thor
I almost wish a stand alone single player was optional, no monthly subscription
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if you stick to the main storyline, that's at least 40-50 hours played right there. times that by 8, and you have 200 hours + when you factor in the storylines for each planet (which can be very damn good as well). that's ignoring the hundreds of hours worth of side quests, flashpoints, operations, etc. considering most new games cost $60 and have about 15-20 hours worth of content, you could subscribe to TOR for a year and still pay less than getting that much content out of regular single player games
i did my first 8-man operation last night, The Eternity Vault. they really crank up the difficulty for these things, but in a smart way, not just enemies with higher hit points and lots of damage. every boss encounter requires a different tactic (5 encounters for this op total), and everyone in your group needs to do their part and work together. it can be a little frustrating at first when you're not sure what to do and you wipe a couple of times, but once you know the mechanic and everyone clicks, damn that is rewarding (in a metaphorical and literal sense, with awesome loot drops)
and for anyone questioning the staying power of SWTOR, EA just released their quarterly results
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Elect...r-250317.shtml
over 2 million copies sold and over 1.7 million active subscribers as of Feb 3. Bioware is also stepping up their game of adding new content and fixing issues (the upcoming 1.2 patch will be awesome for PVP gearing). i'm more optimistic about TOR's future than any other MMO to be launched since WoW