History YMMV / StarWarsTheOldRepublic

** While some have praised the ''Knights of the Fallen Empire'' expansion for its storyline and cinematics, others (including many who reacted favorably to the initial 9 "chapters") have criticized the expansion for its lack of new raids, shortness of chapters and lack of replayability, and changes towards all the old companions. For awhile, mentioning the actions of [[spoiler: SCORPIO]] would cause a flame war, especially amongst [[spoiler: Imperial Agent]] players.

** Saresh is despised by players for [[WelcomeToCorneria her obnoxiously loud message, which always plays whenever you walk through the Taris spaceport]]. The hate only became worse after the ''Shadow of Revan'' and Ziost storylines, as she's proven herself to be unreasonable, hot-headed, and blinded by her hatred of the Empire, to the point of being an ObstructiveBureaucrat. She gets even more worse in ''Knights of the Eternal Throne''. [[spoiler:She attempts to have the Alliance Leader killed by hiring a band of elite mercenaries. [[TheUsurper She then tries to take the place as the new Alliance Commander.]] Luckily the real Alliance Leader arrives and stops her. The leader can punch her in the face, execute her, or have her stay in a prison for a very long time.]]

* EvilIsSexy:
** Malgus certainly has quite the attractive posse when he invades the Jedi Temple. It includes a hot Twi'lek sidekick (his lover Eleena Daru) and a very attractive redheaded bounty hunter (Shae Vizla).
** Several of the Sith-aligned players' potential companions also fit this trope, such as Kaliyo Djannis for the Imperial Agent. If the Sith Warrior turns Jaesa to the Dark Side, she [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope swan-dives off the slippery slope]] and straight into this.
** Princess Vaylin of Zakuul has gathered the immediate interest of many players. Does not help that this AxCrazy Force prodigy directly taunts the Outlander about them possibly having a crush on her.
** Lampshaded by Darth Acina, a fairly attractive woman in approximately her forties (she appears to be roughly Satele Shan's age), when the Imperial PC first meets her at the start of the Dread Seeds sidequest chain. The PC can [Flirt] that she's well-preserved and they were "expecting another dried-up old Sith", and she replies that if more Sith cared for their appearance the order might have an easier time attracting recruits.
** The female Sith Inquisitor has this effect on many players due to her sarcastic and somewhat seductive voice.
** The female Imperial Agent also has an incredibly smooth and seductive voice that she can use for some actual seduction at numerous points. There are also plenty of FauxAffablyEvil Dark Side options that allow her to commit cold-blooded atrocities while sounding perfectly polite and composed.

* RootingForTheEmpire: Unsurprisingly, many players prefer the Empire because of the EvilIsCool and EvilIsSexy aspects. The PetTheDog moments Imperial characters receive probably don't help, and the fact that Imperial storylines seem to be more interesting and well-written in general are more fuel for the fire.

** A lot of the Post-Onslaught story content. It started off simple, with the renewed war between the Republic and the Sith Empire. Furthermore, Malgus hints at an upcoming calamitous galactic conflict that would dwarf even the renewed Republic-Empire war. However, after Objective: Meridian, the story just keeps jogging in place with disconnected events of the War, the Emperor's attempted resurrection, a Mandalorian uprising and Malgus going rogue. Not to mention all of these subplots are separated among flashpoints, which many regard as tedious and boring. Many people were hopeful that Legacy of the Sith would help tie up the loose ends and organize the narrative, only for its release to do the exact opposite and leave even more questions to be answered.

** Darth Malgus, surprisingly enough. Though well-received at launch for being an intimidating Vader-esque enforcer of the Sith Empire, Malgus became more polarizing among the fanbase when he took over as the GreaterScopeVillain of the post-Onslaught storylines. Many felt that Malgus already completed his arc in the Onslaught storyline and that the writers keep shoving him into every subsequent event with only the flimsiest justification. It also didn't help that he continuously foreshadows an upcoming conflict and has been planning a grand conspiracy...which hasn't been resolved for over ''4'' years (as of this writing).

* SeasonalRot: KOTFE and KOTET were controversial for multiple reasons. These varied from the seeming AssPull nature of Zakuul,[[note]]Huh? The Sith Emperor had a whole other robot and Force-using army in the middle of nowhere and he's attacking both the Republic ''and'' the Empire he himself built?[[/note]] to the [[ScrappyMechanic forced soloing for the story missions]], to [[DealWithTheDevil Valkorion's offers to help the PC]] being so telegraphed as SchmuckBait they're [[{{Narm}} unintentionally hilarious at times]]. Also, the storyline doesn't honestly make a whole lot of sense for non-Force-using classes to be involved with, particularly a chapter where Satele Shan and Darth Marr send the PC on a sort of vision quest that ends with them building a special weapon to use against Arcann. A new lightsaber makes a modicum of sense, but a special Force-imbued blaster really doesn't.

** As expected of a [=MMORPG=]. The protagonists are no closer to beating the Sith Emperor than they were at the beginning of the story; any progress they make is undone by the time the next expansion comes around. [[spoiler:It goes past the point of absurdity in ''Knights of the Fallen Empire'', where the Sith Emperor reveals the entire war was just a massive gambit to keep both sides distracted and then goes to obliterate them with his ''actual'' empire. Everything the players have done up to that point amounts to nothing and now they have to start over. Thankfully, after a lot of adventures and shenanigans, the protagonists eventually manage to [[KilledOffForReal permanently kill]] the Emperor in ''Echoes of Oblivion'', so this conflict fortunately doesn’t go on forever, but still.]]

** Darth Malgus from False Emperor. One of his mechanics is that he will try to make a player face their destiny... by which he will ''duel them one on one'' and keep the other players from intervening. It truly feels epic... when he doesn't pick a player who is lagging or is panicking from not knowing what to do. Or worse, [[OhCrap he chooses to duel the healer]].
** Soa from the Eternity Vault operation is a very unique fight. It involves the floor collapsing and players have to jump to different floating platforms and take fall damage. Some players will end up getting trapped inside a mind prison and other teammates have to destroy the prison. During the final phase; the tanks need to lure him to an AOE in which he will get [[HoistByHisOwnPetard hit by his own debris]] and become temporarily disabled. What makes this fight memorable is listening to his [[BadassBoast dialogue]] while the track "Battle of the Heroes" from Film/RevengeOfTheSith plays.

** Quinn from the Warrior story, even more than Kaliyo. Lots of fans liked him, at first, finding his competence and cold professionalism to be refreshing, especially compared to [[DysfunctionJunction some of the rest of the crew]]...[[spoiler:and then he turns out to have been TheMole for Baras, betraying the Warrior ''even if romanced'']]. That broke his fanbase right in half, with one side upset but willing to forgive and the other screaming for the option to kill him. [[spoiler: Which you can finally do in Eternal Throne]]...

** Tharan Cedrax, also from the Consular storyline. You either love how completely unimpressed he is with Force-based theatrics, his emphasis on rational decisions, and his DeadpanSnarker sense of humor or you hate his guts and wonder why the hell he signed on with a Jedi if he dislikes the Force that much.
*** Further broken by the mini-romance arc and breakup you can have with him. His romance flags are extremely overtuned, which can make him come off a huge creep if you express interest in him at any point but subsequently decide to stop pursuing him - which can happen easily, because the first flirt option comes before you find out he already has a hologram girlfriend. Many fans love him and clamor for more romance, while others who flirted with him once but said no to all his subsequent advances find it gross that he acts like you slept together even if you turned him down and treats you like a cheating girlfriend when you flirt with the actually available romanceable male character.

* AccidentalInnuendo: In "Dread Fortress", Dread Master Brontes fights with CombatTentacles while [[TheComputerShallTauntYou taunting the players]] in what sounds oddly like a bedroom voice, leading to innumerable {{hentai}} jokes.
-->'''Brontes:''' Come closer... ''closer...''

** Arcann at the end of ''Knights of the Fallen Empire''. He'd be a beast if the game didn't [[spoiler: give you a massive boost to healing and a shield that blocks all his attacks while painting arrows on the ground showing you which way to face to do so]], especially since you fight him without a companion. The sub-bosses leading up to the fight are generally tougher with less forgiving mechanics
** Thanks to the addition of planet level caps a few years in, any boss battle on a starting planet is a complete joke. This includes the final bosses of both Sith stories. (It's not the the planet [=NPCs=] are capped while the [=PCs=] are, but stats have different effects at lower or higher levels. So if you're lagging a bit behind in gear on Corellia as a Sith Warrior or Inquisitor, when you go back to Korriban for the grand finale, you will suddenly find yourself literally as powerful as it is possible for your character to be at level 12 and facing an enemy not balanced for a maxed-out player character to be facing them. In addition, the Presence bonus to companions has a much more powerful effect at lower levels.)

-->'''Brontes:''' "Come closer... ''closer...''"

** Bounty Hunter companion Skadge concludes his personal story by delivering a vicious [[KickTheSonOfABitch SOB-kicking]] to [[spoiler:Nem'ro the Hutt in revenge. Having killed Nem'ro at last, Skadge seems to gain some peace of mind. He almost becomes fond of the Hunter, and offers them the backup of his Black Sun connections so long as they're working together.]]

* Valkorion is this to some people, mainly due to his voice.

** During the Sith Warrior's Hoth storyline, Darth Baras {{Force choke}}s one of his subordinates to death and hives his job to the man's NumberTwo. Normally this would be [[YouHaveFailedMe standard Sith stuff]] (the scene is a blatant ShoutOut to ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''), but factor in that he's doing it out of frustration that the subordinate couldn't stop Baras's enemy Jedi Knight Xerender from breaking into his holocommunications just to {{troll}} him and it becomes hilarious.

** Some unfavourably compare Corso to Carth and Atton, while some find his simple farmboy nature endearing. Some also find his DoggedNiceGuy attitude and insistence on treating the female Smuggler like a lady condescending and insulting, while others think it's chivalrous and sweet.

** A lot of the Post-Onslaught story content. It started off simple, with the renewed war between the Republic and the Sith Empire. However, after Objective: Meridian, the story just keeps hoping from plot point to plot point, juggling the War, the Emperor's Return, a Mandalorian Uprising, and Malgus going rogue. Not to mention all of these are separated among flashpoints, which many regard as tedious and boring. Many people were hopeful that Legacy of the Sith would help tie up the loose ends and organize the narrative, only for its release to do the exact opposite and leave even more questions to be answered.

%%* Crazy Awesome: Meet Blizz, the Jawa with a ''rocket launcher!''

** 2V-R8 and C2-N2, the factotum droids who clean, cook, and maintain the Imperial and Republic players' ships, respectively, are disliked due to them always speaking when the player boards their ship, repeating one of only a handful of fawning lines. What also doesn't help is that they don't get any affection conversations with the player, making them rather [[FlatCharacter bland]] compared to the other class-specific companions (even the optional companions like HK-51 and Treek get affection conversations). Mechanically-speaking, they were basically placeholder healers, [[TierInducedScrappy less effective than the other pre-4.0 healers]], and even more pointless if the pre-4.0 player was a Bounty Hunter and got their healer companion on the first planet of Chapter 1. In ''Knights of the Fallen Empire'' they're marginally less useless due to now being able to serve as damage and tank companions, and getting kills with each will award you with Cartel Coins and Legacy Titles. Furthermore, C2-N2 has a weekly mission that allows one to gain influence with the Alliance Specialists.

* TierInducedScrappy:
** Skadge. Tank companions are useless, since bounty hunters are bulky ''enough''. Broonmark for similar reasons, though Broonmark isn't as dislikable as Skadge characterwise.
** Qyzen, Quinn, and sometimes Kaliyo, Corso, Bowdarr, and Khem Val - for simply being ''too good'' at their jobs... before the ''Knights of the Fallen Empire'' expansion. The classes they accompany utterly ''need'' them, as squishy Consulars and Inquisitors utterly need someone to keep the heat off of them, especially for Shadows and Assassins who must strike from behind. For Smugglers and Agents, a tank is ''needed'' because otherwise they get beaten up by enemies. Quinn likewise because he is the healer - and you get him very early, combine this with the Sith Warrior's ability to wear heavy armour and you will probably not drop him. (even when he [[spoiler:tries to kill you.]]) While they may be likeable characters, some people dislike them simply because they would like to use some of their other companions at times, but prior to ''Knights of the Fallen Empire'', it was simply impractical to swap to a non-tank or non-healer companion for most people unless you were playing an already tanky class.
*** It was also notable that prior to ''Knights of the Fallen Empire'', the medics also could use an ability that would deal extra damage (contributing to DPS) and could [[StanceSystem swap to a stance that would make their shots and this attack deal more damage]].
** The Ranged Tank companions were a MasterOfNone intended primarily to tank via control effects and deal AreaOfEffect damage. Unfortunately, they wound up falling behind most other companions since they lacked the mitigation of the Tank companions and the damage output of the Damage companions. Imperial Agents and Smugglers ''could'' easily burn enemies down quick enough (since they dealt way more damage than the Tank companions), but otherwise they mostly sat on the ship. This got changed in ''Fallen Empire'', when they were made more durable and given the option to swap roles.