Bioware has said that exploration is important to them, but it's mainly for fun.
Really though the datacrons only are giving small stat rewards right now. The starter zone ones that we've heard about only give a +1 stat increase. They will be something the min/maxers go after of course, but if you just hit a few of them as you level it won't be a major game breaking thing.
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May 10th 2011 4:04PM (WoW)Really though the datacrons only are giving small stat rewards right now. The starter zone ones that we've heard about only give a +1 stat increase. They will be something the min/maxers go after of course, but if you just hit a few of them as you level it won't be a major game breaking thing.
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Aug 17th 2010 2:29AM (Massively)