Should have given 30 days to everyone subbed since release

No, that's not true. If you don't plan on playing a game where 50% of the content starts after level 50 you shouldn't be whining here.

"Oh yeah well I've had this fitness subscription for a year now, only been there once, but I do expect to get a sixpack and a ripped body in the next month"

"Oh yeah, I've been subscribed and supporting SWTOR for 20 years now, but I can't be arsed to level all my level 47 and 48 toons to level 50, because I'm such a lazy noob, but I do think I deserve a free month just cause I say so"

If bioware decides to give rewards to players that actually play their game properly, then good for them. I am glad they did.

Shame on the people complaining here that they DESERVE a reward. If you've been subbed FOR SO LONG and you have no level 50 yet you DESERVE NOTHING. Bioware rewards players that actually play their game and not the handfull of casuals complaining in this thread OH BOOHOO I JUST KEEP ON REROLLING AND I CANT BE ARSED TO LEVEL TO 50 BUT I DO DESERVE A PRIZE.


You can't be alting around forever, if you're too scared to go to 50 (which takes ROUGHLY 5 days , 1-50, if you have questing buddies) then you deserve nothing.

I had 8 chars all lvl 40+, Although I could have leveled one to 50 but i didn't as I want to play all the characters's story first... but now, too bad...

Shoulda leveled to 50 then. Your fault. Not biowares.

I pre-ordered the game when it was first available. I beta tested it. I bought it on day one. I have an active subscription and have paid faithfully every single month. I play an average of 2 hours per day.

Right now I have a lvl 48 Trooper, a lvl 41 Smuggler, a lvl 26 Jedi Consular. I have explored many planets, unlocked tons of Codex entries, found many datacrons without resorting to the web. I have 2 chars with their crafting skills at 400. I have RP with my guild. I have done all the things you said were part of the game BUT the High-End content because I wanted to experience the full game at a slow pace.

But yet, i am not a valued customer?

Thanks, I guess. At least I know what you do really value, instead of what you say you value.

This is bull. Just because someone has a level 50 doesn't mean that they've been inconvenienced.

What about the guy who hit level 50 yesterday? Is he really more inconvenienced than the guy who hits level 50 tomorrow?

What about the guy who hit level 50 a month ago, never bothered with end-game content and went on to his alts? Was he inconvenienced?

Not everyone who had a level 50 had problems. That's a bogus justification, and if it's Bioware's excuse, I'm glad I cancelled.

yup.. thats why i said Too Bad

May there are players who like to PLAY the game and not just Rush to 50 and then BI*CH about how there is nothing to do.

Some player rerolled because the changed servers, due to population problems. Some may have moved because the found friends on a different server. There are many reasons someone who has been playing since launch may not have a 50 yet.

Maybe a better idea would be the add up all the /played time for every ones account the base it off of that. Then lets see how that works out for the 50's.

Am I a little mad about giving only 50 a free month, yea. If it was a week then it would not bother me so much.

Will I start posting and shouting "Give me my free 30 days or I'll quit!". No I'll voice my displeasure and continue to play.

But I guess the saying is right "The squeaky wheel gets the grease".

Firstly, it is Bioware's fault that they chose to make this the metric of the reward without announcing it. If they had said three weeks ago "by the way, if you have a level fifty when we release 1.2 we will give you a free month of play", then I would probably have a 50 now.

Secondly the very fact is that I, someone who has been playing since pre-release and doesn't get this free month but someone who subbed last month and steamrolled to 50 does - or somone who got to 50 in the first month, cancelled their sub and reactivated it on the morning of the 12th, does is one of my biggest problems with it. They are going to be giving a reward to a lot of their most disloyal customers while ignoring a lot of their most loyal ones.

I was in no hurry to get to 50 - mostly because everyone was saying that there wasn't much to do anyway. So I took my time trying out a load of different ACs and story options. I also, due to illness, made the decision to reroll on an EU server since I will be returning home to the UK and wanted to start my legacy on a server in an EU timezone as opposed to my then US timezone server. I've been playing continuously since pre-release and did a quick check of my characters across both servers and have a total of 341 levels. I'm neither lazy nor new.

So you've been here for over half a year, and you couldn't even level 1 character to 50? Even if you play 30 minutes a day you should've been 50 already.

A valued customer of an mmorpg game is an active player in my eyes.

Grabbing all datacrons takes 1 day. Noone gets codexes, maxing a crafting skill takes a few hours.

Whatever you did, it wasn't playing the game, it's called slacking, and slackers don't win.

I have to agree 110% this is terrible public relations by Bioware. I've been a subscriber since early access and I have a lvl 34, 28, 14, 13 and 3 10s (All different classes) and why shouldn't I get the free month?

Bioware needs to fix this ASAP!