i do think its another 10% and you can take a few more hits before you get knocked out, or in my case Blown off in an pyrotechnic explosion worth of any movie. I even do the flaying arms an I go crashing to the ground in a faceplant.

What exactly do you get out of killing someone in PvP?  XP/gold?  If you die in PvP, do you take that huge armor penalty someone mentioned happening when you die?

In warzone PvP you get Xp and gold, also commendations, Valor Points...i think thats it.

The xp/gold varies on if you won or not. Winning for me net me the same as doing a quest with a bonus. Losing...about a quest worth.

Matches only last ~20 mins. So its not bad. Its fun, chaotic....chaotic...it does help to be a higher lvl so you have more skills to pick from, but ive seen lvl 10s to 50's in the same match.

Oh and interupts are your friend. And long range characters seem to have an advantage in the chaos as they can stand outside the whirlwind of lightsabers and blast away. I almost wish I went caster at times. Almost....

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I spent most of my playtime today trying to get a high enough level to beat a 32 Elite Darth Jadus. He is impossible to attack without walking into him without my cloaking on. Since my class relies on the element of surprise, I had to eventually find a fellow Operative to help me out.

It was hard to assimilate into my story. I am spinning it as the a buddy cop kind of situation. I think he is also the one that put that darn chip in my head. The spy game has really heated up since the defeat of Jadus. I find myself under republic control on the war-torn planet of Taris. The chip in my head is causing me to turn on my allies, at the same time I am hunted by the resistance fighters. I have been cloaked for so long I forget what color my skin is. 

I really, really want to play this game but I just can't justify $15 freaking bucks a month to play a game.  Man I hate MMOs with their monthly cost.

Same here. I may never go to another MMO. Most don't justify their cost. SWTOR does. IMHO.

I don't mind paying for something I enjoy.

QTF

$15 dollars for me is a bit less than 30 minutes of work for hours of play.

It's not that $15 is a lot of money, but it all adds up. I just don't have the time to spend hours on end every day to feel like I'd get my money's worth out of it.  The only MMO I've really felt comfortable playing is DDO and it's free to play.  I have paid for the monthly VIP but only a couple times and only for 2 month both times.  But the game is *free* to download and install and play.  $80 on top of the $15 a month is what kills me.  Same reason why I never got into WoW.  Maybe it's because I'm more of a single player gamer I guess so my brain just can't deal with the monthly fee on top of the big up front price.

Same boat.  Support is a huge deal to me and its something I'd pay for (and do).

I went through a grouchy little rut with SWTOR a week or so ago and now have suddenly found myself back in love with the game.  I just finished the great hunt with my bounty hunter last night - which because it took so much effort and time, I'm fairly proud of the accomplishment.  Then I created my "legacy" name (all hail pacov pacov ) - no idea what their legacy system will be like, but it was a nice added surprise when my main original quest unlocked it (eg the thing I've been working on from like level 1-33).  It's really cool to have a milestone like that in the game though.  I'm really looking forward to what comes next now that I'm king poop of the bounty hunters.  Also, for some reason I just really found myself enjoying the crap out of all of the last missions leading up to finishing off the great hunt.  Anyway, super fun stuff.

I'm pretty much in the exact same boat.  I feel like I really should make more of an effort to team up with folks for the heroic areas (I haven't been doing crap for this).  When I did, I leveled incredibly fast, though - so there is plenty of incentive.  I just oddly find myself to be a bit antisocial in an MMO.  Strange pacov, indeed. 

So it sounds like you can play this mostly single-player and enjoy it?  If so that would give me great incentive for sure.  It's the main reason why I liked DDO since you can Solo most of the content and only need to group up if you want to do a raid.  You guys are pulling me in like a black hole.

Yeah - I figure it becomes much more group oriented when you hit the level cap of 50, but I've been able to play like 95% solo all the way through level 33 now.  Anyway, it is a lot of fun.  If you do pick it up, maybe join several of us on the Kass City server.  That way if/when you want to group up, you'll have more than a few of your SD pals on the same server as you.  I think there are like 15 of us with about 9 I know from the forums on that server. 

Worst case scenario - you buy the game, play it for 30 days and decide its not for you.  You're out $60.  That said, I don't know anyone that has bought it and reached that conclusion.  You can always just go month to month and quit when you like.  Anyway, its fun and I certainly highly recommend it.