Should have given 30 days to everyone subbed since release

Most of the characters I had when I moved servers were in their high 40s and done with the story when I switched.

The first time I switched servers I went from Imp to Repub, I tried all 4 base classes before choosing Trooper to be my main and then we switched again due to lag issues with an East-coast server vs West Coast..

Right now I have 6 repub chars that are in the mid-high 40s and have experienced most of the story.

Well I'm happy for you and you sound like you have a very well balanced life. But not everyone's situation is as yours (I admit my work/life balance is completely out of wack, but that has nothing to do with my loyalty or value to the game).

If you didn't hit fifty you deserve absolutely nothing. It is a gift not a government entitlement program.

I have a question regarding the 30 free days: Their message says


In order to receive your thirty (30) days of game time, you must meet the following requirements by April 12th, 2012, at 12:00PM CDT / 5:00PM GMT:

You must have purchased the game and redeemed an official Game Product Registration Code at the Code Redemption Center.
You must have signed up for a recurring subscription using a valid payment method OR redeemed a Game Time Code.
You must have at least one level 50 character.
Your account must not be banned.


So having an active account but no automatic subscription renewal (i prefer not having my credit card details saved on some game account) did not get the 30 days?

Also sry for you non 50 guys. This simply sucks.

Actually I work very irregular hours in my job line and i work 160 hours a month. You sir, are the example of stereotyping that if someone does not agree with you, he must have low understanding of family etc.

But on the contrary, I have a family to maintain , I got Paintball, gaming and smithing as my hobbies and they take lots of time. I also hang out with friends etc and I still found plenty of time to level my characters in sw tor to 50.

So you sir, can keep your insults to yourself.

you know if they had the offer at launch for a year sub id have got it. but they didnt.

funny i see alot of people in the same boat.

what they should have done is sent out an email to all subbed customers and said, if your lvl 50 by this date and have an active sub then you wil get 30 free days, that shoudl have been sent out in march when they started plugging 1.2

this would have more than likely got people to lvl there highest toon to 50 and making them play more to get the reward. but they did they just dropped it on the 12th with out any warning.

I've been playing since launch day, suffered the long que times, and still do from time to time on The Fatman (which I was placed on since the beginning). Not crazy interested in leveling, mostly just exploring and doing quests, often gray ones just to do them, so no, I'm not 50 yet, and I don't feel that that's anything to be ashamed of. Just a different play style.

Poor decision on developer's part. Leaves a bad taste. Some players worth more than others? meh. whatever.

This discussion really shouldnt be about the individual cases. Yes if youve been here from the start you have had plenty of time to get a level 50, you just didnt know that you would benefit from it.

The real problem here imo is that they announced it 8 days in advance which does not give you the time to get level 50. Which they probably realise...

Bioware should have stated, but can't due to the PR hit it would take, that the free 30 is for folks at and game who've been frustrated by a lack of bug fixes, and especially those who were waiting on ranked wz's that Bioware was dishonest about for the last week. My theory, purely IMHO, is that this benefit was thought up about the same time as the announcement of no ranked warzones. They know they're going to take a sub loss, and this might mitigate it long enough for those who are pissed about ranked wz's to actually see ranked wz's hit, assuming it's in the next 30-40ish days. Those people will be able to test ranked wz's without resubbing a cancelled account because of the free 30. If they didn't have the 30, they likely wouldn't resub just to check it out.

Yes, it sucks for those who've had IRL hit them hard. I know people without 50's and they aren't lazy or super casual, they've just had RL hit them in the gut and been unable to play for weeks or months at a time. Again with the IMHO, it's just $15, and someone who's been content to pay that while not playing is a lot less likely to unsub over this, or will at least stand a better chance at coming back when RL calms down, compared to guaranteed cancellations from pvpers who feel lied to. Also FWIW, I think the ranked wz issue is just another case of Bioware being shady with the information they release and its timing, and although I currently don't pvp much (maybe 3x a week) at 50 (on 2 toons), I think this is the best move Bioware could have taken, in terms of trying to make amends to the people who are frustrated at end game, although it'd be better if they stated the why or gave optional boosted xp to those not 50 for a couple weeks/30 days, or some other non-item bonus. I would just say boosted xp, but some folks would be upset that they'd level too fast then and the story wouldn't be a challenge any more.

Yes, it's hard to run a MMO and try to please everyone. They've focused so much on the casual gamer, that it's about time they did something for the "hard core"-ish folks.

No what i am saying is that even if you manage to play as low as 6 hours a week you can still hit 50 in 4 months. SWTOR leveling curve is the easiest of any MMO out there. I would understand if you were talking about games like FFXI or Lienage but SWTOR? hard to believe.