The Ship Droid Experience Mini Game and why it was rude

April 1st, "fools day". Bioware puts up a video claiming they have a new mini game coming, named the "Ship Droid Experience". Meant to be a facetious prank, in hindsight it was humorous, but many people thought it was a real feature. I thought it was a bit of a destructive goof, and may have disheartened a number of people, even caused the loss of a few subs.

This game would benefit from a few mini games. A few small distractions, some social aspects and time consumers would be a huge addition to the game. Waiting for a group to pop with LFG? Play a quick mini game. Want to play SWTOR with friends but not in the mood for the grind? Play a game of Pazzak. Want to get competitive, but in a fun casual way? Join the Swoop/Pod racing circuit and vie for position on the leaderboard.

Any number of mini games would go over well. A little effort would go a long way bioware.

I guess you do not understand the nature of april fools day???

I think I understand the concept, but when you are asking people to give you money every month, teasing them with fake content they actually want seems a little harsh.

If you mean the literal definition of "a few", meaning 3-5, then yes. BW probably lost a few subs over this.

Even you, who was upset enough to make a post about this, stayed

its not harsh..it was a joke.. would it have been cool.. ya.. i doubt if anyone left solely because of an april fools joke.. and if they did..they need to grow up.. every game i have played has had some sort of april fools joke atleast once or twice in their time..


seriously it was aj oke.. and not harsh in the slightest.

I am sorry, yes my friend life is harsh, and an April fool's jokes maybe not in your book of humor, but really /shrug

Your welcome to your opinion, but I did have /facepalm moment, if your serious...

LOL its 2 months later. let it go.

They rustled your jimmies but good didnt they.

If that is all you picked out of the entire paragraph, its safe to say you just came out of the closet in blazing glory fully dressed in your white knight costume.

Yes I stayed, and guess what, I just bought more time. Further confused? I like TOR (to a degree), but find the game has room for improvement. Confused even more now?

Mini games would help break up monotony of quest, wash-rinse-repeat. Its glaringly obvious the game needs some new game mode additional content.

What i find most odd here is that you have waited until late june to comment on this?

To each their own i guess but this kind of thing has been happening across the industry for a few years now, a lot of companies and websites do it nowadays, MMOs more so than most, Blizzard being a prime example and even with having left WoW sometime ago i still took the time to check their april fools for this year.

yes minigames would help the game and could be fun..however.. you honestly being upset over an april fools joke is completely foolish..

it just shows that you can not take a joke.. though i personally would love to see some minigames, i would and did not get offended when they set forth with their april fools joke