Things SWTOR Can Learn from Other MMOs 2b3d7

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MMOs are not new and as such, there are many things that one can SWTOR that are typical of a Bioware game and there are also elements that we can see are modeled after other games that have done well. This is actually really common in the industry but let’s look at some ways it might be beneficial for Bioware to take some lessons from other games. 3uch

Some fans over on Reddit had their own suggestions about things SWTOR could learn from other MMOs. Here are some things that made the list:

Warframe:

  • Community communication. I think the key to Warframe’s community manager even being a main voice actor in the game.
  • Steady content flow. Once a month or two (if I’m not mistaken) a new Warframe– essentially a class with a few different elements– is released. This is a very steady content release flow, and Kuat Drive Yards) that differs every time you play (cough, cough, not Star Fortresses…) could work.
  • WoW:
    • wide mounts, pets, more achievements and titles.
    • Actual addon , macros
    • Challenge modes or even the new challenge type modes that WoW is bringing in Legion
    • Legendary/Artifact items
    • CROSS SERVER PLAY/ Cross Realm Zones – LIKE OMFG PLEASE. This would help queues. Also, connecting realms like they do in WoW, where they aren’t merged, but they really are.
    • More classes, revisitng class specializations, changing roles (I mean Hunters a ranged class are getting a melee spec this new expansion…. also Rift gave a ranged Soul to melee classes in later expansions
    • More automated features. WOW cutback their teams as well, BUT they added a ton of automated features, like recovering deleted/disenchanted items and character restores, instead of waiting weeks to fix it.

    City of Heroes

    • Someone else mentioned this and I agree, ability to change animations or even colors of animations, ie I play a Marauder and all the red animations I can change to blue because I play light side
    • They were already working on another game and sold COH to PlayNC.
    • Ouroboros, or at least the function it served. Ability to go back and redo old titles or missed stuffs.

What do you think? If SWTOR well?

Lisa Clark 34y1q

Lisa has been an avid gamer since she was old enough to hold her first controller and a game writer for more than a decade. A child of the Nintendo generation, she believes they just don’t make games like they used to but sometimes, they make them even better! While consoles will always be her first love, Lisa spends most of her gaming time on the PC these days- on MMOs and first-person shooters in particular.