SWTOR vs GW2

[King of Arrogance]

I want to start playing MMO and I want to commit to one so as the title says what are the pros and cons

[Dr. Atrocious]

GW2 right now is $50 for all the expansions/content while it's on sale, otherwise it'll be $100. Alternatively, it's only $15 to permanently unlock all the expansions in SWTOR even after the subscription expires; however, I've personally spent well over $200 over the years on subscription alone.

This video goes over everything you need to know when starting SWTOR, including subscription details:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWKBT6pFrjI

[King of Arrogance]

yes I'm familiar with that but I'm asking this long term as I hear a huge number of people really praising GW2 but I haven't really heard any praise for SWTOR

[NavFamG]

SWTOR's thing is story telling and pretty much everything else takes a 2nd seat to that. You have 8 class stories which are really good, than 2 expansions which are good (that covers all the free stuff),

Then you move into the next 2 expansions and you'll either like em or hate them. While I didn't mind the story plot for those 2, others that have played non force users through it think it doesn't make sense. (I played a non force user through it and just never lost sight that I was playing a video game and generally most things don't make sense).

Then you have a longish set which is pretty good and then get into the latest content which has an interesting story line, it's just coming out in dribs and drabs so it's hard to keep track what's going on.

SWTOR is a fun game, gives you your SW vibe nicely.

[Doom Sayer]

Yeah its for people who want some star wars stories and can accept the flews caused by MMO aspect.

[H3llF!r3]

swtor is similar to a good solo rpg. u'ill have maybe 500hours at best doing everything. on gw2 doing the same will give u 1000hrs + easily and with almost infinite replayability.

also gw2 has no sub. swtor ull need the sub to play conveniently, especialy if u want to buy things from other players at market.

id say long term gw2 wins, short term swtor has the best scenario i ever seen in an mmo.

[PocketYoda]

Guildwars 2 has better combat animation and more control as a free customer, you can use the forums etc in Guildwars 2 and get support as free.

Other than that in my opinion Swtor is a far better experience over all. the stories are great, the Cash shop is a lot better, the game overall is just superior. For myself i've found the community way less toxic as well here.

Guildwars 2 has way too much emphasis on multiplayer hardcore experience to progress. also there are so many currencies.. The last two expacs were atrocious in GW2..

Gw2 is a lot more expensive as well needing all the expacs, all the mini expacs to play the complete stories and access everything with friends.

[Synopse]

Play this. if you want a Star Wars experience. If you don't care, maybe GW2 is the better choice?

[Ｍｏｎａｄｎｏｃｋ]

I have played both, and wholeheartedly recommend GW2 over SWTOR.

[Siegfried]

SWTOR if you're into something that's easy to get into and if you're all for Star Wars story and world. Also it handled story quest better than GW2

(GW2 shove ALL story quests in your face as soon as you reach the level you could unlock them with no regards to your story progressions, so you could end up doing things you are not supposed to be doing yet and then do things that preceed the things you had just done after you have done it)

GW2 has better world and one of the best combat. It also has world public events system which make the world more alive.

However it has no housing and unlike SWTOR/WoW/and FF14, GW2's outfitter/glamour/teansmog cost premium currency. You can grind them by making new characters and deleting them again over and over but it is still a currency that cost real money.


The reason people praise GW2 over SWTOR is because GW2 is a better MMORPG than SWTOR. But SWTOR is a better single player game (with multiplayer features).

[Zavijah]

Others have already distilled it, but they're both Good.

SWTOR is fantastic for a traditional tab target feel.
The atmosphere and questing are very immersive, and you can totally get away with playing this by yourself, through Flashpoints (Dungeons) are really fun in this.
It does have a much smaller, but dedicated community.

GW2 is action combat oriented, the classes are weird and wonderful and having self taught myself it was a bit of a steep learning curve. The storyline is also fantastic, though amps up from the expansions and is a flowing continuation throughout the game.
It has a different approach to questing, but the overworld content with events and bosses means you'll generally have other people always around and working together, even if not grouped.

If you're a PVPer as well though, then it's GW2 hands down.

[Berserkr]

Thanks for the heads up about GW2 I bought the first two expansions for the $10 I'll let it install when I sleep tonight and give it a try

[Moonwitch]

SWTOR

Pros:
- Fits the Star Wars fantasy extremely well
- Everything is voice acted
- Combat feels dated but is still very nice, especially tab targeting
- Recently switched to 64-bit cilent and graphic overhauls.
- Subscribing for one month unlocks all current content (with some restrictions that someone can elaborate further)

Cons:
- Still suffers from the DX9 camera rotation bug (anyone that dismisses this is lying)
- Player character visual wise could use an update compared to later expansion characters.
- Monthly subscription
- Current economy is super inflated if I recall correctly

Video that hyped me for SWTOR:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br4EqA2j1JI

GW2

Pros:
- Continuation from the first Guild Wars (250 year time skip)
- Combat/Classes feel very fluid and dynamic
- Alt character friendly
- No subscription fee (Buy once, play whenever)
- No P2W (anyone that dismisses this is, again, lying)
- Recently switched to DX11 api (was DX9 before)

Cons:
- Has weird difficulty spikes varying per expansion
- No dual profession mixing like GW1 (my own personal issue)

Video that hyped me for GW2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em0Sd60iI2w

[Вежливый человек]

GW 2 is better

[Eminem]

I own both. Bang for the buck swtor wins.

Warzone are fun as well

[Вежливый человек]

Originally posted by Eminem:

I own both. Bang for the buck swtor wins.

Warzone are fun as well

retarded brokeN pvp fun? ok