Star wars going free to play.......soon. TOR lost 400k subscriptions since February, 1.3mil active subs right now

[MiRai]

for me it was all about instant gameplay... wow has the instantaneous reaction thing down pat.

When I press a spell in WoW.. it GOES OFF!!

in Lineage, in RIFT, in FFXI, in GW, in SWTOR, in LOTRO, in all these other games, when you hit a spell, it goes off after a delay, for whatever reason. lag in the system, built in buffer of time, whatever the cause... it sucks. It makes reacting to things very difficult. Some games worse than others. FFXI being at the top end of the "queueing" system making spells you want to case being cast seconds after you press the button.

BUT.. when I hit deathgrip on my DK.. it goes off... instantly.

g.g. (if you get that reference.. keep being awesome)

This is so unbelievably true and it's also the reason I end up quitting a lot of games -- Because they feel sluggish and unresponsive when I attempt to move or fire off an ability. Yahtzee from Escapist Magazine also mentioned this in one of his episodes of Zero Punctuation although I can't seem to find it at the moment (here's his SW:TOR review to hold you all over).

[Apps]

for me it was all about instant gameplay... wow has the instantaneous reaction thing down pat.

When I press a spell in WoW.. it GOES OFF!!

in Lineage, in RIFT, in FFXI, in GW, in SWTOR, in LOTRO, in all these other games, when you hit a spell, it goes off after a delay, for whatever reason. lag in the system, built in buffer of time, whatever the cause... it sucks. It makes reacting to things very difficult. Some games worse than others. FFXI being at the top end of the "queueing" system making spells you want to case being cast seconds after you press the button.

BUT.. when I hit deathgrip on my DK.. it goes off... instantly.

g.g. (if you get that reference.. keep being awesome)

This is so unbelievably true and it's also the reason I end up quitting a lot of games -- Because they feel sluggish and unresponsive when I attempt to move or fire off an ability. Yahtzee from Escapist Magazine also mentioned this in one of his episodes of Zero Punctuation although I can't seem to find it at the moment (here's his SW:TOR review to hold you all over).

Third-ing this.

I LOVED SwToR. (IMO) , Graphics, fight actions, kill actions, voice acting, questlines, alternate companions, modable gear, all better than any game Ive played thus far. (Plus Im a SW nut anyway..lol) But, Pressing a key, and then seeing a half second or second for each action is a deal breaker. Makes me feel like Im "watching" the character more than "playing" the character.