400,000 Players Left The Old Republic In The Last 3 Months

The problem is that the servers are vastly underpopulated, and everyone quests alone! Getting a group together to do a flashpoint or a heroic mission is very difficult and discouraging.

They either need to merge the servers to make them more populated, or modify it to have a more mutually beneficial cooperative gameplay.

Makes me said cuz I had high hopes for this =(

I agree very much. This is why I left the game. Server population was far too low, and questing with other people became impossible. From what I understand, the end game is pretty under-developed as well, and with so many people pushing the level cap, it becomes a problem if there's nothing for them to do.

Server merges would be awesome. Next patch is supposed to be a group finder too so that should help some.

The real problem is end game its pretty much one you hit 50 on to the next character or just quit and legacy is a way for you to be rewarded for the fact that there is no real end game

To be honest, I don't think these subscribers leaving is testament to a waning game, or lack of end-game content, or whatever. The biggest issue I believe is those 400,000 gamers have probably been committed to other MMOs in the past, and this in the end game has left them burnt out. The end game in this style of game is all the same...grind for gear in dungeons and raid. The real experience in my honest opinion that this game offered that others struggled with was a strong story-driven character progression. Once you get to the top with a couple characters, it is just the same book with a different cover. While it is a fresh take on many of the concepts MMOs utilize, its still not enough to keep gamers from going elsewhere or staying committed to an all too familiar taste in the gaming world.

Free-to-play is coming soon, doo-da, doo-da. I can't help but feel that if they had started with a f2p model from the beginning the game would have been a huge hit despite the lack of end-game content. It also would have elimanted all of the server population problems. There just isn't going to be another WoW. How many subscriber games now have sputtered after launch only to become popular (and more profitable) after converting to f2p? SWTOR has so much built-in appeal to casual MMOers already, but they just aren't ever going to get them to pay subscriber fees for long.

I tried the game for a week a couple months ago. I enjoyed it, but it felt like it lacked polish. Character movement animations felt very stiff and unnatural, while even WoW's older player races have some life in the way they move (except the Orc's worg mounts, those things feel extremely floaty). Options and settings left a lot to be desired that I'm used to having in WoW, especially when it comes to the camera controls (I like my camera to stay where I put it, and NOT snap behind my character when I move).

There's also something missing from combat. Something about it just isn't very satisfying. Combat animations are done well, I like how attacks are synced well with the animations, the abilities are fine, but there's just... something missing that I can't put my finger on, that's keeping it from feeling right. Maybe it's the fact that with Star Wars I'm used to lots of cool, dramatic, Force-fed (c wut i did thar) battles, whereas in SWTOR mostly you just stand there, trading attacks. You even see the awesome Star Wars-y fights in the game's cinematics, but then you start playing and it just doesn't feel like Star Wars combat.

The problem with the game is that they copied WoW instead of doing something new. People that like WoW are already playing WoW. Dropping the same mechanics into a game with a different story doesn't change the core experience. A bunch of people tried the game, saw that they broke no new ground and went back to what they were doing before it was launched, myself included. They only thing they did right with the game was the class storylines, but once you've played through them, there isn't a whole lot about the game to keep you there.

Pretty much this. Saved me cost of software playing that free weekend. Also, WoW has had what, 8 years of polish now? It's hard to justify playing SWTOR when WoW is just plain better overall, unless you're a hardcore Star Wars fan.

But where did they go?
Also need to add the word "to" in this sentence, "Bioware and EA have stuck Blizzard's"

Nothing is as addicting as WoW. The surge of signing on to your account. Queuing for PvP/Dungeons cannot be matched. Maybe it is the protein shake I am currently consuming, but I could go for some WoW and a currently decriminalized plant in some states.

"I AM POPESIXTUS V" DISC PRIEST PVPER!!!!"

Sidenote: Work does random hair drug tests (which are unbeatable) so WoW has lost a lot of its glamour to me. Get bored to easy.

Haha, I hope you don't take protein then sit on your PC, that will not end well. xD

It was my morning protein shake (I work nights)

Boss, nothin better than lifting man haha

u aware brah?

Got my pump on today.
3x10 pullups
3x10 hammer chinups
3x20 dumb bell flys
3x20 dumb bell press
3x15 incline dumb bell flys
3x15 incline dumb bell press
3x15 dumb bell rows
2x12 push up stands
3x15 dumbbell leg lifts

Followed with my custom protein mix. BROTEIN!

OMG you used to smoke weed and play games, I only wish I was as cool as you *swoon*

Not sure why the animosity (sp?). Protein shake got me pumped for WoW after reading the article. Then I was reliving the moment and wishing I could return. I was sharing that moment and maybe allude MMORPG's to being boring with out said substance.

I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if nearly half a million voices suddenly cried out in anger "Im bored of this end game ****" and immediately logged off forever. I fear the inevitable has happened.

Come to the dark side. OdiousLupous I am your father.

Nooooooooo.......

Dad, can I have some gas money?

Maybe they just want another ending.

Get rid of these stupid themepark mmos and poop out some sandboxy ones, problem solved

Hell I want to play in a virtual, fully destructible city made entirely out of individually rendered lego pieces that behave with realistic physics. No, not Minecraft, but specifically a LEGO city. Make use of every shape and size Lego piece ever made to make your own custom minifig characters, vehicles and buildings and whatever else you want, and just have at it in the city.

Unfortunately I don't think very many people have computers that could handle an entire city where every piece, every brick, is individually rendered in real time. One day though. One day.