Interesting how similar you are, SWTOR yet yearn to be different. Hmm....

I know you can find similarities such as these in any large scale MMO, simply because of the fact that WoW did indeed set a large standard for MMO's, and it would be foolish to mess with a concept that has worked for so long.

That said, SW:ToR did make a game of it's own with storylines, combat style, companionship, as well as other aspects.

It's hard to say anything copies WoW, when you can trace back what WoW copied to multiple MMO's from the past.

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