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If SWTOR was a new car


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Asavar
01.24.2012 , 07:04 AM | #91
Worst analogy ever.

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Cyntax
01.24.2012 , 07:09 AM | #92
haha this thread is epic, atleast the OP

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Grady
01.24.2012 , 07:10 AM | #93
Quote: Originally Posted by Harower View Post
You are confused what you meant to say mr fanboy is

"I don't like this analogy"

To throw the analogy back at you, you don't expect a perfect car when you buy one? I do. The OP is correct in this industry people think its ok.

But then again if I bought a car that was faulty I wouldn't act like my favourite team was insulted like a lot of people in here.
No, I don't expect perfection in anything. I wonder though how buggy cars were in 1910, just 10 years after being "released" for the first time. I wonder if people were so entitled that they would throw around rediculous analogies and statements like ... "After 10 years of vehicles why is this one not perfect?"

Look, my statement is that this will get better over time. If you expect it to be perfect there is more wrong with you than the software.

All of this has nothing to do with being a fanboy or not, simply following a little logic and patience. The sky isn't falling, it's just a little foggy.

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JollyRogers
01.24.2012 , 07:14 AM | #94
Quote: Originally Posted by Asavar View Post
Worst analogy ever.
But we could start making our own analogies of unrelated things as well...

"If SWTOR was a bag of apples"
"If SWTOR was a spec of dust"
"If SWTOR was in an alternate reality"
"If SWTOR was in Latin"

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navotjr
01.24.2012 , 07:18 AM | #95
Interesting analogy.........I do not disagree with what you are trying to compare. But there is one difference.

When I buy a new car......I dont have millions of people trying to drive it with me. My car doesnt have to process information from millions of other cars to work. My car doesnt have people driving it with different skill......"computer specs".....my car and I drive together alone.

I am not sure if this makes sense, but what makes this a tough comparison, is there is a large part of issues that are dependent on trying to drive this SWTOR car on such a large level, with a million owners wanting the same car to do different things.

That aside, I get what you are saying, and my response would be.....would you buy your that top end car today, if you knew that car may not run like a cadillac now, but give it some time and it will blow your mind away? With a rw car probably not, you would get the one that works best now, but with MMO's ......they are like wine, improve with age.

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Slurmez
01.24.2012 , 07:21 AM | #96
Quote: Originally Posted by Oldbuster View Post
Given that the MMO's genre is not new and Bioware has entered into the world of MMO's with SWTOR as its flagship IP.

I hear a lot of talk from people making representations on how it's hard to make a MMO and there are always glitches and problems, and the devs will sort it out eventually.

The computer industry must be the only industry where the customer base accepts faults with products

I raise this:

If Bioware was a new car company entering in to the car sales world and SWTOR was its shiny new prestige vehicle, would you buy it, after having test driven it?

Me: Excuse me the radio doesn't work.
Salesperson: Oh we have a workaround for that. Please plug in your iphone into the shiny usb port and you will hear your favorite tunes.

Me: The engine keeps misfiring and making strange noises.
Salesperson: Please provide our engineering department with a complete engine diagnostic so they may look at it in detail and get back to you some time in the future.

Me: I hit the Gas Peddle and nothing happens for a good second, same thing with the brakes.

Saleperson: We are aware of this issue and our engineers are working hard to have a fix for that in the future. May I suggest you plan your acceleration and braking in advance. this would help you a lot.

Me: The rear vision mirror and instrumentation are blocking my field of view and I cant move it. Other car companies let me move those things.

Salesperson: We spent years designing the dashboard and the instrumentation. you will get used to it. Trust me.
Awesome analogy, or at least it would be if you could find a new car lease terms of $60 down and $15 a month, Im looking but not seeing....

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Sephendrine
01.24.2012 , 07:35 AM | #97
Quote: Originally Posted by Asavar View Post
Worst analogy ever.
This.

When you buy a car, it's supposed to be finished, and in the best condition it will ever be in, since it slowly degrades from the moment you buy it.

A mmorpg is an evolving project. It is never "complete", and the good ones get better over time.

Absolutely worst analogy ever.

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Eszi
01.24.2012 , 07:37 AM | #98
now, let's compare swtor to a potato

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Harower
01.24.2012 , 07:38 AM | #99
Anyone who doesn't see the points being made in the analogy and is more focused on going

"ummm ones a car, ones a game duuuuuuuur"

Those kind should likely go back to playing halo ^^
Best swtor picture EVER!!!
http://imgur.com/zgTKy
Mass effect 3 summed up in a single picture
http://i.imgur.com/xDaDH.jpg

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Rinkitink
01.24.2012 , 07:39 AM | #100
You don't need an analogy to understand one thing. The gaming landscape is different than it was 7 years ago. New MMOs get a matter of less than a few months to make the right impression, or they'll fall off the big map forever. If you don't want to believe that, tough, that's the way it is, look at recent history.