How many hours do class stories take?

[PeaceThroughPower]

I'm not a huge fan of the gameplay as I find it to get boring fairly quickly, but I've always wanted to finish some of the class stories.

[uni790]

I'm going to estimate, there's probably 50-80 hours(ish) per class story, if you ignore all the side stuff. I haven't played any of them to completion myself mind, it's just a rough estimate based on how long it took me to clear chapter 1 on the sith warrior(and assuming there's only 4 chapters(which idk about))

[Mothvibe]

People will tell you that you can rush through the story.

No, THEY can. Because they already have other endgame toons that can help with resources. Even if they do it without that help, their Legacy level gives them certain benefits.

Consider that as you read the replies on your thread.

=======================================

I'm guessing you're a solo player like me. The game isn't designed for us, the only thing that's balanced with us in mind is Story Flashpoint missions. And judging by the balance there, the game is supposed to be a grind anyway.

In other games, you can either just keep hitting stuff for way too long or learn how the skills actually work.

In SWTOR, you have to learn how the skills work in order to defeat a trash mob, because if you don't, everyone but the grunts turn into a mini boss battle.

Even with maxed out gear for your level, even with a build, you will NEVER feel like you hit hard enough after Level 10. The grind only gets worse. I am at Balmorra, which is still in Chapter 1. I've been playing for easily 30 hours on that character. And I haven't been goofing off.

While I love being in the guild I'm in, I am *very much* looking forward to never playing this tepid and overly-mechanical clickfest ever again.

======================================

Basically just ignore sidequests and concentrate on the Story Missions.

You'd think you'd need the sidequests to get levelled but it really doesn't seem to make much difference.

If your gear matches your level, it'll *still* take an unreasonable amount of time to do most stuff, so you might as well just do that stuff whenever you feel like it.

The only possible exception might be your main weapon. That's the one thing that actually feels like it makes a difference. Sometimes.

================================

If you're not attached to your character, I'd even say stop playing and just find and watch the cutscenes. Because if you're not enjoying it now, you probably won't enjoy it later.

From what I've seen, it doesn't get better - just more complicated.

Not even more complex. Just needlessly complicated.

[uni790]

@Mothvibe: I believe you must be doing something fairly wrong to have troubles with everything above grunt level, like trying to use quest granted gear for example(it's vendor trash all of it(well, almost you want to keep anything adaptive)) or if you're trying to get by just mashing the 1 key.

What you want to do is collect a set of adaptive gear, doesn't matter what that gear is, as long as it's adaptive, it's stats are entirely dependant on the mods equipped to it(can see this by CRTL clicking on it (I think it's right click, but could be left, can't recall atm(one previews the gear)) you can grab new mods to equip to it from NPCs on your fleet, they're relitively cheap, that way you never change out the gear itself, just the mods in the gear.

I mention this as you should be fairly easily demolishing everything outside of the 2+ heroic(or higher(don't try a +4 with just you and a companion, the +number I believe estimates the player count suggested)) areas, and even in there you shouldn't have too much issue with just your companion. I'm new myself and have had no issues at all throughout chapter one, my only death being self inflicted fall damage(jumped down from the sith leader's space on the starting world's temple, then jumped down the next ledge right after, dead, lol(no I haven't been playing long enough to know all the names))

The game's not even all that complex compared to most MMOs, much simpler then the likes of WoW, or even Final Fantasy 14.

[MoniqueMiles]

20-30 hours.

[Mantis_Shrimp]

For me took 70 hours for my first class story I’m at 170 hours as a solo player. I’ve completed 3 class stories and currently spitting time between 3 others. My highest toon so far is level 52. in love with this game and didn’t think I could get into something like this.

[PeaceThroughPower]

Originally posted by Mantis_Shrimp:

For me took 70 hours for my first class story I’m at 170 hours as a solo player. I’ve completed 3 class stories and currently spitting time between 3 others. My highest toon so far is level 52. in love with this game and didn’t think I could get into something like this.

70 hours sounds like a lot, I thought the leveling was pretty fast these days?

[NavFamG]

Originally posted by PeaceThroughPower:

Originally posted by Mantis_Shrimp:

For me took 70 hours for my first class story I’m at 170 hours as a solo player. I’ve completed 3 class stories and currently spitting time between 3 others. My highest toon so far is level 52. in love with this game and didn’t think I could get into something like this.

70 hours sounds like a lot, I thought the leveling was pretty fast these days?

Leveling is fast. Officially all you have to do is the class story and Planetary Arc to level and you out level the planet even just doing that so that's X amount of time.

Then you can add in all the side quests, exploration missions, world boss, datacom hunt etc.... and it can add up.
------
I just finished running a Jedi Knight through. Using VIP rest xp and experience boosters I finished him in just shy of 51 hours (2 days, 2 hours & 42 min).

I outleveled all the planets (I was lvl 21 when I left Typhon & in my 30's when I left Coroscant) so skipped all but the class story on about half the planets. Finished Corellia at lvl 53.
-----

Just to give you a larger picture. The following were either a mix of class&planet, class&side quests or class&explorer quests and I didn't go past the end of Chap 3 (end of the class stories):

Sith Jug: 81 hrs (3 days, 9 hrs, 53 min)
Imp Agent: 89 hrs (3 days, 17 hrs, 47 min)
Sith Sorc: 55 hrs (2 days, 7 hrs, 18 min)
Jedi Shadow: 68 hrs (2 days, 20 hrs, 9 min)
Rep Smuggler: 63 hrs (2 days, 15 hrs, 6 min)

Now my main is lvl 80 and I've done all the current content, played Flashpoints and have been going back to the various planets and doing quests I missed the first time through:

Imp BH: 439 hrs (18 days, 7 hrs, 44 min)

[Drayth]

Originally posted by Mothvibe:

People will tell you that you can rush through the story.

No, THEY can. Because they already have other endgame toons that can help with resources. Even if they do it without that help, their Legacy level gives them certain benefits.

Consider that as you read the replies on your thread.

=======================================

I'm guessing you're a solo player like me. The game isn't designed for us, the only thing that's balanced with us in mind is Story Flashpoint missions. And judging by the balance there, the game is supposed to be a grind anyway.

In other games, you can either just keep hitting stuff for way too long or learn how the skills actually work.

In SWTOR, you have to learn how the skills work in order to defeat a trash mob, because if you don't, everyone but the grunts turn into a mini boss battle.

Even with maxed out gear for your level, even with a build, you will NEVER feel like you hit hard enough after Level 10. The grind only gets worse. I am at Balmorra, which is still in Chapter 1. I've been playing for easily 30 hours on that character. And I haven't been goofing off.

While I love being in the guild I'm in, I am *very much* looking forward to never playing this tepid and overly-mechanical clickfest ever again.

======================================

Basically just ignore sidequests and concentrate on the Story Missions.

You'd think you'd need the sidequests to get levelled but it really doesn't seem to make much difference.

If your gear matches your level, it'll *still* take an unreasonable amount of time to do most stuff, so you might as well just do that stuff whenever you feel like it.

The only possible exception might be your main weapon. That's the one thing that actually feels like it makes a difference. Sometimes.

================================

If you're not attached to your character, I'd even say stop playing and just find and watch the cutscenes. Because if you're not enjoying it now, you probably won't enjoy it later.

From what I've seen, it doesn't get better - just more complicated.

Not even more complex. Just needlessly complicated.

Yeah.. what are you talking about? I can solo like 2-3 gold mobs. Ive only completed 1 story. Your companion does work. The game isnt difficult at all at this point.

[𝕷𝖎𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖍]

I did every classes stories, without any content others then main quest (and few farming hours to be leveled enough to continue futher in the story since you'll lack of XP doing only main quest. Game isnt difficult but if you lack 10 levels for your current planet specially the last chapter with Balsavis, Vos and Corellia it's difficult to progress. Fight take lot of times and you barely survive it. It's faster to farm than doing long fights) it took me 35h in general for one class story. You can probably do it in 30h (I think under 30h is kinda impossible except if you skip the dialogue but there's no point doing that.) if you buy Xp Boost in the legacy menu.
I had to do martel station 2/3 times in order to do last planets and progress futher in the story since my level was too low for the last chapter when i'm doing only main quest.
With Xp Boost bought in the legacy tab you can skip farming martel station in order to be enough high level to progress and do it in 30h. (I was premium which gave me more XP, without premium you had to farm bit more, maybe 40h/45h to finish idk never played without subscription.)

finishing it under 30h seems impossible, except if you perfectly know where to go and where are the NPCs, you have premium + every xp boost bought
or you're speedrunning it skiping every dialogues. :p

35h : Premium, lack of XP to progress futher in the story had to farm few hours.

around 30h : Premium + XP boost bought in legacy which require you lot of creds that you dont have if you're new. That way you could probably skip the farming part.

Probably 45h if you're not premium since you'll lack lot of XP to progress futher if you do not do side content. (Never played without sub, can't really confirm.)

With sidequest and planetery quest you can add 100h. You're not forced to do sidequest but planetary quests are worth to do. :)

Tbh there's no point rushing it and stuff if it's your first time, if you do not enjoy it the game isnt for you I guess.
I did it only because I wanted to have every classes (Back in the days you can not have 2 classes in 1 character you had to do the same stories 2 times for each classes... I end up doing Sith Warrior story at least 5 times for the fun of doing it heh.) but I do not recommend to rush it 35h as a new player. :)

[Electi]

Originally posted by Mothvibe:

People will tell you that you can rush through the story.

In SWTOR, you have to learn how the skills work in order to defeat a trash mob, because if you don't, everyone but the grunts turn into a mini boss battle.

Dude you're from 2012? When mako on bh had separate gear, you had no healer, no money and no level?
-----------
Game is braindead gameplay with spam aoe on mobs.
Story is good. Stick to the story, read quests, do not rush, endgame is garbage.
Solo player experience.