Quote by Virgo59
Pleasantly surprised that the monthly sub fee stayed at $14.99.
I'm a little surprised that they are sticking with the WoW model as WoW is one of the few dinosaurs left that are sticking to the monthly subscription model. Nearly everything else has moved to the F2P model. It will be interesting to see how long the subscription model will last, or if they can get away with keeping it indefinitely.
SW:TORs biggest future competition, Guild Wars 2, won't be charging a subscription at all and is, at this time, boasting truly revolutionary MMO game play. SW:TOR will (theoretically) be polished, and have the added gloss of a story focus, but from what I've seen of the gameplay, it's purely derivative of the WoW/EQ button-mash-power-chain model of gameplay. Hell, even the skill tree is ripped right out of WoW. Blizzard took a good lesson that we've seen in Bastion and coming in Guild Wars 2. They are going into Diablo 3 with the ability to swap "specs" on the fly for truly unlimited experimentation. You are never locked into something for too long if it turns out it isn't working for you.
But that personal opinion rant aside, of course I am pre-ordered and eagerly awaiting the Early Access info. I won't be surprised, but will be a little disappointed, if it's simply a matter of starting Saturday, December 17th like every other Early Access I've ever bee part of.
