The difference between SWTOR and XIV is that you usually only do the specific quests once...

In SWTOR, you can have multiple character but have to do the exact same missions over and over again. I rather have voice acting because I don't care to read a wall of text, especially when you have them speaking in some weird accent lol. People can compare all they want to SWTOR, but XIV is totally different and the people playing or totally different as well lol.