Please upgrade your browser for the best possible experience.

Chrome Firefox Internet Explorer
×

In YOUR opinion: Will subscription rates drastically go down?

STAR WARS: The Old Republic > English > PvP
In YOUR opinion: Will subscription rates drastically go down?

Thelegendiryoku's Avatar


Thelegendiryoku
01.20.2012 , 12:56 PM | #71
Quote: Originally Posted by Obie_Wan View Post
They don't even have that mentality. They blatantly said beta testers' feedbacks were inconsequential during the months of beta we had because they had an "internal" team of testers where they got the information they think is better.

They don't listen. It's sheer audacity on James Ohlen's part to lie with a straight face that they do listen to the players when shaping their game. Even something that the community united as this Ilum fiasco is basically being unaddressed or has ineffective band-aid fixes that does nothing.


And really? Empire has already outnumbered Republic on most servers and BioWare went ahead and changed Sith Warrior's version of Awe to make victims fall onto the ground flailing around like helpless children. Does the Empire seriously need more incentives for players to play it?

There's a seriously vast detachment between the SWTOR dev team and their players.

I wonder how happy EA and Bioware's investors will be in a few months?
This.

rchase's Avatar


rchase
01.20.2012 , 12:57 PM | #72
I will not do PvP on this game until they fix it. I will level up characters, enjoy the wonderful PvE storylines, and if I get bored of that, I'll unsub. If I read one day they actually implement sustainable, objective based PvP that isn't based on the idea of dailies and gear acquisition, (implement something like DAoC PVP) then I'll resub for PvP.

SnakeBites's Avatar


SnakeBites
01.20.2012 , 01:20 PM | #73
Regardless of the Ilum fiasco, i think SWTOR would have still lost alot of subscribers.

1.1 with Ilum would have been a deal breaker for alot of people i guess.

RwNemo's Avatar


RwNemo
01.20.2012 , 01:22 PM | #74
This is barely 2 months old.
Ofc not.
If you see me, that means i can see you too.
If you dont see me, that means your seconds away from death.

Sabbathius's Avatar


Sabbathius
01.20.2012 , 01:26 PM | #75
Quote: Originally Posted by BladderSplatter View Post
They expanded the servers or something, that's why there's more space now...
Pirates of the Burning Sea did that too. They even changed the definition of light, medium and heavy. As in, how many people was light, how many medium and how many heavy. All in order to make it look like the game was fine. Guess what? It wasn't. It was dead in 3 months, F2P in a while, and still dead today. I'm thinking that Penny Arcade comic was right on the money.

Stridar's Avatar


Stridar
01.20.2012 , 01:27 PM | #76
Whatever happens happens. If people leave a brand new MMO after 30 days because of mechanics, they probably won't be happy with any other MMO. Especially if any of you remember the WoW 1.0, then nuf said.

Personally, I hope they do. I don't like spending money to be around a bunch of cry babies.
Knight Commander
Squadron 12-13-11
. NEVER FORGET

Elboc's Avatar


Elboc
01.20.2012 , 01:28 PM | #77
No.. I think it will even out people are rerolling republic after they get their empire chars geared, I know I am just for the challenge. Give it time.
Jët - Level 55 Mercenary - Rank 75 Valor
"Agent" Smìth - Level 50 Sniper - Valor Rank 97
***The Untold Legacy*** The Bastion Server -"Founder"

DarthOvertone's Avatar


DarthOvertone
01.20.2012 , 01:30 PM | #78
BW has already lost a boatload of subs due mostly to general incompetence. However, their marketing machine is second to none, even better than Blizzard's. In addition, you have all the Star Wars movies rereleasing this year in 3D. So BW will definitely rally from the subscriptions lost so far.

Hopefully, they refrain from making game-breaking and disastrous mistakes in their patches. I suspect part of the problem is how they outsource their quality assurance.

From an article in the L.A. Times today:

"Art has been outsourced to Russia, Estonia and China. Motion capture filming is done in L.A. and Vancouver, Canada, with voices recorded in New York, London and Paris in English, French and German. Quality assurance testing takes place in Romania, Argentina and India, while technical operations are run out of Virginia and the customer service center operates in Ireland."

http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2012/...ic-gamble/#/13

No wonder so many bugs and gamebreakers are getting through. The quality assurance is done through Romania, Argentina and India. BW might as well give themselves a saber to the knee. lol
Alphanoob, Alpha-zen (among others) - Garbage S1 Champion
Ebon Hawk | Harbinger
SWTOR 4.3: It was good while it lasted. Thanks BW

Beakertanks's Avatar


Beakertanks
01.20.2012 , 01:30 PM | #79
Quote: Originally Posted by Thelegendiryoku View Post
I believe yes, especially in the coming weeks.

I think right now its most if not all Republic players. But once the weeks go by without any real PvP Empire will get bored of making alts and playing Huttball and start to leave the game too.

Sad day.
I know one thing I am no longer recommending this game to anyone.
Generally people aren't half as good at PVP as they think they are. Except me. I'm Better.

Maasterrcsaw's Avatar


Maasterrcsaw
01.20.2012 , 01:31 PM | #80
Quote: Originally Posted by Stridar View Post
Whatever happens happens. If people leave a brand new MMO after 30 days because of mechanics, they probably won't be happy with any other MMO. Especially if any of you remember the WoW 1.0, then nuf said.

Personally, I hope they do. I don't like spending money to be around a bunch of cry babies.
WoW 1.0 *** is that I started in WotLK and played until a few months in Cata was 100x better than this but everyone says its wrong to compare since the game is an infant in my opinion its just a little b1itch