All this talk about story lines is not good in my opinion. SWG really had the sandbox aspect right. I didn't didn't play SWOTR and think to myself, "man this would be so much better if I was playing with 1000 other people." PvE games are ultimately a failure because anyone can beat any AI with enough time and practice. People will learn how to cheat the encounter. There is only one end game opponent worth fighting, and that is another player.
If violence wasnât your last resort, you failed to resort to enough of it. - The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries