Reflecting on SWTOR and XIV

[Virtuso]

But yeah...it's not really a WoW clone. For SWTOR, that is a compliment it doesn't deserve.

Yeah my my old guild master said once something that stuck with me about WoW-clones. How it doesn't really fit and the problem isn't that all these MMO's cloned WoW but how they didn't. How their more shallow imitations than clones. Swtor to this day, still missing loads of features that players are accustomed to and many MMO's launch without things most MMO'ers consider standard, effective LFG tools, Guild leveling, customizable UI, bigger endgame scene, ect.

So they think SWTOR's problem wasn't they clone WoW but they tried to get away with a half-assed knock off and put all their time and money into voice acting instead.

The classic defense is that no MMO can launch with such features, even though Yoshi-P seems intent on trying to get all those basics in at or immediately after launch. Cross server LFG, Free Company system, player designed UI's, public quests, ect, all "standard" features. Yet SWTOR STILL shows no sign of having, even coming up on one full year post launch yet AAR promises at or right after launch with continuous additions in patches.

GW2 on the other hand, all the same guildies who trashed SWTOR praised it for having many such features at launch. And GW2 doesn't even count on subs to get their investment back. As a result, player reviews for GW2 over all seems far away more favorable than they were with SWTOR.