This is killing Star Wars

I know that much Elder Scroll fans are bigger than Star Wars, I think it has a good shot to stop Blizzard's tyranny or at least weaken it.

A wise man once said "Just because you've read a thousand books doesn't mean you're qualified to write one." It's the same for making games.

Really?
So, you haven't experienced any server downtime due to the dev's patching fixes to broken patches, and don't agree that this actually happened?
You haven't experienced the fact that harbinger went offline when all other servers were fine and disagree that it actually happened?

I feel it is not the community in general that is at fault, it is a combination of many things for example:

Downtime: Both expected and unexpected because the devs released a patch which broke the game mechanic, then have to release another patch to fix that patch.

Server Stability: Why did The Harbinger go offline when all other servers were fine? Don't you guys have RAID (this is my overly simplified look at it without knowing the details over what transpired today). But really guys, in this day and age the sever status should not even hiccup with the tech available.

Lore: There is very little Star Wars going on here. This could be ANY game with a SW skin tossed over it, the race selection and the locales are about all there is here that is Star Wars.

Space Combat: It is on RAILS, yes no joke, this was more an a seemingly afterthought of "feature" tossed in last minute just so the publisher can say Yes there is space combat, and checked it off the to do list.

Load Times: I click map, select a planet and go to, LOAD, I run to exit ship and LOAD, many instances LOAD LOAD LOAD. Seriously guys, you should have looked at the original Dungeon Siege to see how it would be handled properly.

Overall, I have enjoyed the game over the past month that I have owned it when I could play, but the server downtimes, technical instability of the patches, then more patches to fix THOSE patches just sour the outlook.

The player base I have found quite friendly, yes you will encounter immature people, but this is true in ANY life experience not just games. Overall I was hoping to have liked it much better but no dice. If they had released and given us an MMO version Knights of The Old Republic, then this game would have been RED HOT, and I feel the player-base as whole would have been happier. It seems a strong combination of many aspects about this game that has caused me to reconsider.

My expectations were misplaced, my hopes were a tad too high, and overall, as satisfying as SOME of the gameplay may be, it does not (in my mind) justify calling this Star Wars The Old Republic.

there will always be fans and the game won't just "die" (unless EA isn't happy with the numbers and cans it...and that depends on the deal they struck with LA anyway)

BioWare is truly showing they are MMO noobs....poor decisions..lackluster patches seemingly done by incompetent coders.

A lot of people ARE going to leave because of all the downtime...you consolidate patches UNLESS it's an EMERGENCY (which almost NONE of these "unscheduled" maintenances were)...people aren't going to put up with it but for so long.

EAWare needs to get their crap together..that's a FACT.

the downtime is a joke. patch and then patch again because the 1st patch had bugs we didn't know about.

Agree. This is all a matter of expectations. People hating this game are trying to justify just about anything because they think they didn't got what they thought they expected out of it.

Oh yeah! Those 4 hours IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT are just killer!

In my opinion this is the first company I've ever played games with and they're maintenance schedules are a god-send. They do their maitenance as scheduled, and they if they don't complete it, they move it to another day. Most games will just say, "Hey, we have a 8 hour maintenance today in the middle of the day where everyone wants to play." Then 8 hours later, "The Maintenance has been extended a full 5 hours. Sorry for the inconvenience." Pfft. Nexon.

So seeing you complain, is laughable in the very least. Let's everyone leave the game now even though we're most likely asleep during the down time.