Star Wars: The Old Republic's Legacy of the Sith Expansion is Really Short
After several bumps in the road,Star Wars: The Old Republic has finally released Legacy of the Sith, its fifth major expansion pack. However, players who dove into The Old Republic's new content have already completed it, and are shocked to find how shallow the expansion seems to be.
When one plays an MMORPG expansion, one would expect at least 10 hours of story content to keep them busy. SWTOR players were shocked to find the story of Legacy of the Sith wrapped up in about 2 or 3 hours, and consisted of slightly lower-quality writing than what The Old Republic is known for. Players were even able to reach the new level cap of 80 about halfway through the short story.
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What’s worse, one of Legacy of the Sith’s biggest features is the new Combat Style system. Previously, a character of a chosen class was stuck between two advanced classes. Now, they can choose any advanced class–now called combat styles–associated with either Force Powers or tech users. However, this change added a limiting tree where players must choose between abilities, meaning some combos players have used for a decade are now impossible. Additionally, SWTOR overhauled its user interface with a brighter and less-stylized version few fans prefer to the old one.
The Old Republic’s last expansion pack, Onslaught, was previously its shortest, consisting of about 6 hours of story content. It was considered to be short for an expansion pack, so Legacy of the Sith being half as long has disappointed fans, especially since it has even less endgame content than Onslaught. A noticeable dip in quality after the Knights of the Eternal Throne expansion has led many to believe The Old
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