What is going on BioWare ??

I THOUGHT THIS MIGHT INTEREST YOU ALL

Cool. Interesting article. I wonder when Daniel was interviewed? The publish date is 7/18, but as we know that doesn't mean he was interviewed recently. I do hope that the interview is very recent and some of the content certainly seems to indicate that it is.

Nevertheless, I'm looking forward to what is coming but I do worry that recent events will slow down delivery.

Thanks for the link. It is somewhat interesting, but I didn't see much of anything new being said.

I did note this being said, in regards to events like the Rakghoul event;

“That’s what events are going to continue to do. I’ve got a full time events team and they’re gonna do little things, they’re gonna do big things, they’re not going to be in a pattern that you can predict, and the idea is to eventually make it to the time where [people are always checking in] just to see what happened today.”

While I like surprises, people aren't going to always check in for these surprises unless they actually happen more than twice a year.

I completely agree with you as another person stated it takes less people to generate new content and do maintain the servers than it does to create the game. Also those people are needed on other projects for BioWare or EA or they could have left of their own accord. I also feel that I am getting my moneys worth with the game. Besides there is so much content in the game now that I havent even touched yet not to mention the new stuff that was just added with the last patch.

Assuming the article is legit (99% sure it is but there have been bogus interviews on this game), F2P seems to be a "no", at least for the forseeable future. Good find.

So devs are optimistic when stuff looks bad? What else is new.

Yeah, but the difference is... the real board of directors take the money we put in out, and the players probably know a hell of a lot more about MMOs that some suit who only wants his fat bonus!
You people are either crazy or daft. YOU are paying THEM, yet YOU think YOU have no voice... Directly? No, but money talks, so when the voices fail to be heard, then we talk with them on their level, the cash stops rolling in & they then take notice once the well is running dry! (I.M.O. and only imo! Not that it counts).

This;

"On the free-to-play front, Erickson refused to talk about the possibility of a larger free-to-play initiative..."

does not mean no to F2P, in fact, it just adds for more speculation IMO being that he refused to disuss it.

Reading comprehension is key:

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“What we discovered is that people who play the game really like the game. We have the highest conversion rate with our free weekends, way beyond our predictions,” Erickson explained. “Our friend trials, same thing. We didn’t get as broad of a Star Wars group [at launch] because the message was MMO, and people have a negative connotation around getting into an MMO. So what we’re saying now is we’re going to find any way we can to get the game in front of people. Because when people play The Old Republic, they like The Old Republic. If we can get people to get in there, play it, hang out… we’re really confident we’re going to get a bunch of new players from that.”
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It’s (F2P is) not something that BioWare has to think about yet, however. Subscribers are still coming back for more, and fans are still getting excited about new, officially released content.
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He is opposed to the idea and is not entertaining it.

The problem is, Erickson has zero say in whether the game goes free to play or not. He can imply he's against it all he wants, but at the end of the day, the suits in EA above his pay grade will make the call, not him.