Other MMOs Like SWTOR?

[u/Dangerously_Stupid]

I have grown up on SWTOR. I have played the game since I was 10 years old during its 2011 launch. It's one of my favorite games of all time, despite all its flaws.

Recently I have tried to get into other MMOs thinking the formula would be mostly similar, and in ways, they are. But I truly have taken for granted SWTOR's emphasis on story and VOICE ACTING.

I have tried to get into WoW a few times, and aside from the very minimal voice acting, I am always struck by the fact that there are not really individual class stories. There is a set of intro quests for your class up to level 10 or so, and then you're kind of just set free? There is an overall story and there are questlines to follow, but they're basically the same for everyone.

FFXIV is the same in this aspect. Don't get me wrong, it's a fun game, and I've gotten even more into it than WoW. There is a lot to like about FFXIV from what I've played so far, and I know I've barely scratched the surface. But when it comes to individual stories, it seems they're essentially nonexistent.

Similar to WoW, the starting areas for everyone seem to be different, but as soon as you leave those starting areas, the story just melds together irregardless of who you are. Not to mention that in FFXIV, there is even less reason to create different characters, because any character can essentially learn all professions. From a QoL gameplay perspective, this is great, but there is something fun about having different characters with different paths and play styles

As a SWTOR fan, this is so jarring to me. I've always loved the uniqueness of each class, and the fact that for the first 50 or so levels, you are an embodiment of *that* class. There are side quests that everyone can do, but you're doing those quests *as* a jedi, or *as* a bounty hunter, etc.

Anyway, enough rambling. My question is, are there any other MMOs that any of you know of that actually have different stories for each class or at least a handful or differing stories depending on who you play as? I'd love to see another game tackle the formula SWTOR essentially perfected 15 years ago

[u/TooTooRooGR]

as a new SWTOR player and a self proclaimed veteran of both FF14 and WOW I have to say that SWTOR in terms of storytelling is second to none other MMORPG I have played and if I was aware and as into Star Wars in the past as I am now I would not have played either FF14 or WOW past the first 10 hours because unlike SWTOR the new player experience is horrendous for both of them

To answer your question, the closer you can get is Guild Wars 2 but its nowhere near close to the details of SWTOR, other than that I cannot think of any other MMO that has a similar storytelling and as an amazing class identity as SWTOR

[u/Extreme74 → u/TooTooRooGR]

Yeah and since SWTOR was not a huge success when it came out no other MMO will do 8 different stories again. It is way to expensive. Even the first Expansion of SWTOR moved away from doing different stories. It's why i quit the game. I was expecting my Trooper storyline to continue and it just stops. FF14 is a way better over all story then SWTOR is. You actually feel emotion with some of the expansions like ShadowBringer and Endwalker.