History YMMV / StarWarsTheOldRepublic

* BreatherLevel: Quesh, though [[IncrediblyLamePun not as much a literal breather level due to its atmosphere]]. The prior planets had a tendency to last for a lot longer, with players sometimes getting frustrated when ''another'' quest line shows up after the one they ''just'' completed. Quesh meanwhile is practically an interlude, where it isn't uncommon for players to finish in not even half the time it takes for a normal planet. Subsequently, Quesh is the least populated planet in the game, giving players frustrated with annoying chat messages some peace and quiet. It's not uncommon for there to be as little as three people on Quesh. ''Total''. And since the planet contains one of the few datacrons requiring ''two'' people to get them, it's not unheard of for Empire and Republic players teaming up to get it. Consulars are the exception, though, as their first class quest on the planet throws them against elite mobs that would usually be reserved for Heroic Quests. While there are a number of consoles in the area that are supposed to help the player by bestowing a temporary defense-boost, the mission can still easily become a wall for Seers inexperienced in kiting and mob-control. Bringing a friend along is a good idea.

** Several of the Sith-aligned players' potential companions also fit this trope, such as Kaliyo Djannis for the Imperial Agent (though really she's less "evil" and more "extremely ChaoticNeutral", at least until Chapter X of KOTFE). If the Sith Warrior turns Jaesa to the Dark Side, she [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope swan-dives off the slippery slope]] and straight into this.

* UnintetionallySympathetic: In ''Fallen Empire'', [[spoiler:Kaliyo's plan to bomb Zakuul's capital city is clearly meant to be seen as horrifically evil, and in-game is treated as a major dark side act that has serious consequences for the player all the way into ''Eternal Throne''. The problem is that, by this point in the story, Zakuul's society has been portrayed as so cartoonishly evil and decadent that many players felt that Kaliyo's extreme actions were jusitified.]]

* FoeYay:
** Hunter's taunting of the male Imperial Agent often comes across as [[HoYay flirting]]. [[spoiler:Hunter is eventually revealed to be female. Its also played straight with a female agent, though female agents don't get the option to give her a last kiss.]]
** The female Smuggler can [[OptionalSexualEncounter take a tumble]] with Skavak before their final battle. He admits he is attracted to the female Smuggler, [[DudeMagnet even if the female]] [[InterspeciesRomance Smuggler is an alien]], despite him not [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain cavorting with aliens, even near-human species]].
** [[spoiler: Darmas Pollaran]] flirts with the female Smuggler and even though he has been [[spoiler: [[UsingYouAllAlong manipulating the Smuggler to do the Voidwolf's bidding throughout the Smuggler's career as a Republic privateer]]; he admits that while the female Smuggler is not the first woman he manipulated, she is the first he genuinely regrets manipulating.]]
** Both Arcann and Vaylin have shown shades of interest in the Outlander, such as the former storing [[spoiler:your carbonite body]] not in a prison, but in a trophy room; the latter insinuates that you have a crush on her. [[spoiler:The former case is confirmed if you romance Arcann after his HeelFaceTurn, who admits in a letter that he had been subconsciously in love you ever since the two of you met]].
* FoeYayShipping: Satele Shan has occasionally been shipped with Darth Marr, who acts as more or less her opposite number once the Republic and the Empire begin a chain of {{Enemy Mine}}s in ''Shadow of Revan'', [[spoiler:and even teams up with her permanently as a Force ghost in ''Fallen Empire'']].

** The game itself was once either a great Star Wars MMO in its own right or the worst MMO ever because of EA and the fact that it tried to kill [=WoW=] by ''being'' [=WoW=] RecycledINSPACE. Now that time has passed and cooler heads have prevailed, it is generally agreed that, for the most part, the game is not a bad MMO per se, and that the storytelling, production values, companion "pets", and the class system are of high quality and give the game a very original charm (though they are certainly not without their critics), but that the gameplay is still very conservative (read: derivative of ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'') and doesn't truly break new ground.

* ItsShortSoItSucks: This seems to be the general reception around ''Legacy of the Sith'' in the 7.0 update. Although positively received, bugs aside, its campaign is relatively shorter and lacking in content compared to previous expansions like ''Onslaught'' or ''Jedi Under Siege''.

** One, apparently for the ''developers'': the devs of ''The Old Republic'' seem to regret ever putting stealth for player characters into the game. This is understandable, as a full team of stealth characters can simply bypass most of an instance's intended combat, and a flashpoint that's supposed to take forty-five minutes might be done in ten. Anti-stealth mechanics--such as putting necessary quest items or conversation points near groups of enemies (both such interactions breaking stealth), enemies that spawn from nowhere and attack (ignoring stealth), or enemies that can simply see player characters that are stealthed (sometimes better than they can see ones that aren't...) and dispel it are necessary to ensure that some story or certain bosses aren't skipped, or even just that the instance isn't made trivial. However, the way the devs have consistently undermined stealth mechanics on the player's side for years has turned these anti-stealth mechanics into scrappies. Many chapters in the ''Knights of the...'' expansions had this problem, and ''Legacy of the Sith'' seems to only escalate it--every character can have an alternate stealth specialization, but at the same time stealth is being made permanently useful in operations and flashpoints, and the first flashpoint, in particular, is filled with anti-stealth mechanics.

*** [[PunchClockVillain Watcher One]] is an Imperial agent defined by his charm and intelligence, contrasting many of his more cruel, despicable compatriots. Watcher One arranges the brilliant kidnapping of Dr. Godera through usage of a holographic device to disguise himself as a wounded soldier, and offers to the heroic Jedi seeking him out a true to hand back Godera once Watcher One has extracted information from the doctor. Leading the Jedi into several traps, always [[VillainRespect complimenting the Jedi's skills and prowess]], Watcher One successfully pulls off his scheme. When faced with defeat, Watcher One gracefully accepts it, either [[FaceDeathWithDignity staring death down]], [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled committing suicide to avoid interrogation]], or [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere fleeing the Empire to become a successful corporate espionage agent]], which he remarks is just as fun as his former career.
*** [[BlackKnight Darth Malgus]], born Veradun, is a genius strategist and terrifying warrior in the Dark Side. Rising to prominence after taking advantage of his Sith Master's injuries to [[DragonAscendant dispatch him]], Malgus leads countless campaigns for the Sith, even the key victory in the sacking of Coruscant where he personally kills the great Jedi Master Ven Zallow. Despite his true love for the Twi'lek Eleena Daru, Malgus recognizes this as [[LoveIsAWeakness a weakness]] when Eleena is taken hostage and kills her to free himself and make her a source of rage and pain to draw strength from. Later forming his own coup and declaring himself Sith Emperor, Malgus survives this defeat and breaks free of the Sith Empire's chains anew, intending on bringing a [[VisionaryVillain vision of the galaxy]] plunged into war and purified through it, crafting a more tolerance Darkside empire in the process.

** Darth Imperius aka Light-side Sith Inquistor. Despite being considered non-canon by Wookiepedia, they are such a refreshing breath of fresh air morality-wise in the often Black and White Star Wars Universe. They're cool, snarky yet sympathetic with arguably the most successful of playable character. It get to the point that in the KOTET expansion, Imperius is the default option and not the canonical Darth Nox.

** And speaking of Darth Marr, he won a lot of players over with his dry sarcasm, badassery, intelligence, and desire to forge a new era for the Empire in a reasonable way. Despite his few appearances in the base game, he's been taking more and more of a role in the expansions, acting as the de facto leader of the Empire. A lot of players treat him as a better version of Darth Malgus, and you'd be hard pressed to find a player who doesn't at the very least ''respect'' Marr. It doesn't hurt that his character design partly evokes the ever-popular Revan's masked appearance.

** Darth Imperius aka Light-side Sith Inquistor. Despite being considered non-canon by Wookiepedia, he/she is such a refreshing breath of fresh air morality-wise in the often Black and White Star Wars Universe. He's cool, snarky yet sympathetic with arguably the most successful of playable character. It get to the point that in the KOTET expansion, Imperius is the default option and not the canonical Darth Nox.

** Several of the Scrappy entries (Skadge, Broonmark) or "love them or hate them" characters (Kaylio, Xalek) can be killed in the Fallen Empire expansion.
** Bad news: In Chapter II of Eternal Throne [[spoiler:Saresh]] tries to kill you and take over the Alliance. Good news: This means that the chapter ends with a chance to have [[spoiler:her]] executed. And even if you don't, [[spoiler:she]] still gets imprisoned and probably will not get out any time soon.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=485GNVjPgX8 Republic Combat theme]] sounds similar to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2Aee-bOCME "Panaka and the Queen's Protectors"]] from Film/StarWarsThePhantomMenace.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytqNEp496QA "Escape from Zakuul"]] is similar to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEWMsMulVuM "Hyperspace"]] from Film/StarWarsTheEmpireStrikesBack.
** Some parts in the music from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U7MWL1gcew Ziost]] sounds similar to the soundtrack from Film/{{Alien}}.

** One, apparently for the ''developers'': the devs of The Old Republic seem to regret ever putting stealth for player characters into the game. This is understandable, as a full team of stealth characters can simply bypass most of an instance's intended combat, and a flashpoint that's supposed to take forty-five minutes might be done in ten. Anti-stealth mechanics--such as putting necessary quest items or conversation points near groups of enemies (both such interactions breaking stealth), enemies that spawn from nowhere and attack (ignoring stealth), or enemies that can simply see player characters that are stealthed (sometimes better than they can see ones that aren't...) and dispel it are necessary to ensure that some story or certain bosses aren't skipped, or even just that the instance isn't made trivial. However, the way the devs have consistently undermined stealth mechanics on the player's side for years has turned these anti-stealth mechanics into scrappies. Many chapters in the ''Knights of the...'' expansions had this problem, and ''Legacy of the Sith'' seems to only escalate it--every character can have an alternate stealth specialization, but at the same time stealth is being made permanently ess useful in operations and flashpoints, and the first flashpoint in particular is filled with anti-stealth mechanics.

** Sith Inquisitor companion Khem Val is a MonstrousHumanoid who [[IAmAHumanitarian eats people]], and reminds the PC of that fact so often it can easily cross the line into BlackComedy (especially since he never actually does it onscreen). He also has moments of outright ''clinginess'' to the Inquisitor despite claiming to hate them, such as when he's sent back to the ship on Tatooine due to the newly recruited Andronikos Revel being a RequiredPartyMember, which can [[https://www.deviantart.com/cargoleta/art/ToR-TSUN-VAL-329129664 cause him to come off]] as more of a {{Tsundere}} than a horrifying monster.

** The Sith Emperor himself, or more specifically his Vitiate persona, is widely derided as a FlatCharacter and InvincibleVillain, a blatant and UpToEleven ripoff of Darth Nihilus and ''ComicBook/DarkEmpire''-era Darth Sidious, and a walking DiabolusExMachina responsible for ShootTheShaggyDog-dom here.

** Ditto Ashara Zavros, whose very personal journey to find her own way to view and use the Force should have fit quite qell into the Zakuul storyline, particularly with regards to the Scions. The AbortedArc left anything they'd possibly planned to do with her on the cutting room floor.

** Act 2 of the Imperial Agent's story ends with [[spoiler:Watcher X being the only person in the galaxy to know Cipher Nine's new {{brainwashing}} trigger phrase]]. There are any number of things that could have been done with this later, but [[spoiler:the Agent's brainwashing is seldom referred to ever again]].