Bioware blames fans

In fact these new forums didnt even come out until after release IIRC. Only a few months old actually.

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actually it was pre-release they brought them down, to clear out the clutter and get rdy for live and also for the changes they made to the forums.

yet another "fan" who has difficulty distinguishing criticism from abuse.... ahh the wonders of our modern educational system never cease to amaze

Tortanic? 500 million cost? You still need to ask?

Correct. That much I do know for a fact. The date however I am not sure of. But it was before release. And these forums as we have them now are not the same as they were even after release. It has gone thru atleast 2 changes?

actually it was pre-release they brought them down, to clear out the clutter and get rdy for live and also for the changes they made to the forums.

To some degree I agree with this. In Beta SWTOR was a much different game. More detailed on many levels. For example the commendations system was dramatically different. It seemed there were lots of people on the boards who just didn't get it. Most of the complaints I saw were something like "This is nothing like WOW, so I hate it." So BioEA did what comes naturally to a large corporation, they used statistics to try to make the most people happy that they could. The corporatists soon took hold of what was left of Bioware and the rest is history... The bottom line here is the game was dumbed down from Beta to what we have currently. Game developers who are making games that are worth anything today are ignoring the HERD and following their own history and paths to make better games. EVE is a good example of this trend. What BioEA forgot is this new generation probably had no experience with KOTOR but decided to change SWTOR to appease them anyway. In perfect corporatist logic they opted for the genius Lose Lose strategy - alienate your long time fans by neglecting what made Bioware great and at the same time anger the new MMO crowd with a WOW clone that isn't "exactly like WOW"... I think if BioEA had tempered their reactions to the "fans" and these forums they could have pulled this off. For example look at the mess they made of DAO and ME. The sequels to these games bear little resemblance to their originals, they are completely dumbed down, but BioEA rejects this criticism. So who cares? EA has money and power so they will just try to force feed the herd what they think it wants, but in the process they have completely ruined a once great game company. But yes the "fans" (this new herd) is partly to blame for this fiasco too.

You trolls really have to get on the same page this week.

This week is jump on the F2P bandwagon. There's only room for 1 topic of misinformation a week.

This guy must've missed their weekly meeting. Either that or he's a cowboy.