What does SW:TOR offer that WoW doesn't?

[Deleted]

As a skeptic I'm just curious if anyone could tell me just one thing.

[minimow]

Lightsabers

[Asuna]

Deception. And different skins.

[Deleted]

Lightsabers

[http://www.wowhead.com/item=1728/tee...ing-longsword]

Check.

[Sinoval]

The Star Wars universe? If you are a fan of Bioware quality storytelling and Star Wars...specifically, the era of Knights of the Old Republic, you will find something in this game to enjoy.

[Deleted]

A more modern engine.
Stories by Bioware set in the Star wars universe.
Science fiction and space rather than the dungeons and dragons style.
Full voice overs.
lightsabers and blasters.
Companions with their own personalities.
Everything most traditional MMO's have really but all sparkling and new.


This is KOTOR online, thats enough for most fans.

[Deleted]

Nightmare modes. For when heroic mode just doesn't cut it!

And a general sense of achievement which WoW tends to severely lack atm.

[Aqir]

Don't feed the trolls guys, hug him instead his sad coz no swtor for him

[Ghosty]

Immersion. The voice over acting really makes you feel like your part of the story, not just some passerby turning in your Goretusk livers so you can next go collect your vulture feathers.

[Styxz]

Better crafting and in depth item modification.

Better over all presentation.

Variant of player housing (ships)

[Nev12]

Alignment system & alignment gear.

[Tigercat]

Do us all a favor and stay civil here so certain people looking to make a point don't have some jackass comment to point to and paint all of us with.

[Dathiniz]

older rpg elements like secrets and puzzles.
companion system
questing system
more strict on keeping the story and lore together

[Phood]

Companions that help you solo by healing, they can gather mats for you even while you're offline too. You just send them out with orders to get X and see if they come back with it.

[mickybrighteyes]

http://www.wowhead.com/item=1728/tee...ing-longsword]

Check.

Sure... that was like 3 of them at lvl 60 one at 70 and never again?

[Geddyn]

As a skeptic I'm just curious if anyone could tell me just one thing.

It's a Star Wars game made by a company with a fantastic track record. Sure, they've never done an MMO before, but neither had Blizzard before WoW.

TOR also puts a lot more emphasis on the story of your character. In WoW, it's pretty much the same for every character regardless of class (outside of a couple of class quests). TOR offers main quest lines up to (and past) the level cap that are class specific and allows you a choice (light/dark side) in how they play out.

I personally also think that the community will be a lot better than it is on WoW, at least since the advent of cross-server queues. When you're forced to play with people on your server, there's more incentive to be a good sport, since you could end up blacklisted by your server if you're repeatedly outed as a troll/ninja/whatever.

[Dch48]

Simple answer, nothing. Graphics are about the same, the UI is primitive and it doesn't seem to have the elements of humor and all around entertainment that you get in WoW.

[moaradin]

Simple answer, nothing. Graphics are about the same, the UI is primitive and it doesn't seem to have the elements of humor and all around entertainment that you get in WoW.

You couldn't be more wrong in what you said.

[Sephiracle]

[http://www.wowhead.com/item=1728/tee...ing-longsword]

Check.

Easily accessible lightsabers. /thread

[Fermin]

Simple answer, nothing. Graphics are about the same, the UI is primitive and it doesn't seem to have the elements of humor and all around entertainment that you get in WoW.

I need a spray can of troll-be-gone