The story is great, but it blatantly gets in the way of the rest of the game

[Mirhd]

So they went in with a reasonable expectation that it would be a similar to every other MMO out there experience? I think you might be missing the issue.

I don't necessarily think the story should be decoupled from everything but you sure as hell shouldn't have to slog through the 80 post ARR MSQ to unlock the first expansion and 3 jobs. SE needs to clean up the ARR questing experience more than removing 13% of the quests, it needs to be 30%+. There are a lot of drawn out plot points that can be simplified, there are a ton of quests that just don't need to exist anymore. I understand in the ARR times they needed to pad out the MSQ, especially in 2.1-2.3 since the things that happen can be condensed to a couple of quests, and nowadays it should be. In my opinion you should legitimately be able to watch the cutscenes and get from completion of 2.0 to start of HW in an afternoon.

I think the same can be said of every expansions x.1-x.5 patch cycle as well. It is an interesting story to tell, but at this point, it doesn't need to take months to complete.

I'm not missing the issue, though. It's hardly reasonable to expect something to be the same, every time, everywhere. Similar systems, leveling, etc? Sure, some things are just standard in the genre. Something that's advertised as being story heavy, though? Why would it be the same? I haven't played SWtOR since finishing TET, but you have to go through the entire story (starting with your class questline, which eventually moves into the expansions). Level skips are an option on their own store, but you can't just pick and choose the stories you want to do. Might have changed since I stopped playing, so if it has, fair enough.

Also, it most certainly does not take months to get to EW. Hyperbole much? I suppose it could if you play a few minutes a day, but that's a bit much to claim.

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You are not being made to "dance like a monkey" though...? What an odd thing to claim, and a very strange projection. To the bulk of this post though, I have to say this : if your parents and partner enjoyed it and had no real issues to speak of... it seems more like you are seeing something in the story/characters/systems that was never there to begin with. Your description of events and characters is rather... off. It's one thing not to like parts of a story/characters, that's perfectly fair, but it's another entirely to claim things that never happened. The one thing we agree on (and I have said this multiple times in the past in other threads) is the Titan questline in the level 30 range. That's just it, though; you're supposed to be fed up with these people. Hell, Y'stola wasn't happy with the Company of Heroes' nonsense and them wasting time while Titan could be potentially running amok, causing damage. Personally, I wanted to slap all of them.

Why am I not surprised the rabid "IT'S A STORE-REEEEEEEEE" hyper fans are in here being nasty? Lmao, ARR sucks and you all know it.

Excellent way of outing yourself as someone incapable of actually reading what someone posts. Doubly so to MiaShino claiming "cult" behavior to deflect criticism of their criticism. While I strongly disagree with Faafetais' claims, she/he is at least trying to engage in discussion. All you've proven is you aren't worth talking to.