Perception that the game is dead

Why all the hate? Oh idk maybe it has to do with all promises that they made before the relase of the game like 700 hour of game play the dev talk about per toon or maybe all the bugs in the game that dont get fixed or maybe it has to do with that the content that they do have is worthless like crafting (biochem) is the only one worth having or maybe that everyone look exacly the same just to name a few.

Why all the hate? Oh idk maybe it has to do with all promises that they made before the relase of the game like 700 hour of game play the dev talk about per toon or maybe all the bugs in the game that dont get fixed or maybe it has to do with that the content that they do have is worthless like crafting (biochem) is the only one worth having or maybe that everyone look exacly the same just to name a few.

35 people on Ebon Hawk last night at prime time.

Snrk. Good showings on both sides, keep it up.

I can't remember what the other crafting offered, but slicing and biochemical seemed the only useful disciplines. And biochemical got nerfed. Everything else can just be gtned..

Yeah, the game certainly launched into a period of relative economic weakness. Incomes have been going down for well over a decade, but more recently the housing bust and stagnant unemployment certainly contribute to a general sense of malaise. Meaning possibly all the lost subs for WoW, SW:TOR and other games is potentially just due to household's interest in saving more.

Is it possible all the people who are citing the lost subscribers as a "Bioware-fail" are missing the big picture?

The other day, not realizing Juyo was an origin server, I rolled a Sniper there (Im full up on slots on Harbinger). I load in, nothing about it being an origin server, no offer to transfer. I walk around for a minute and realize I am one of 3 people total on the server.

I realized ah this must be an origin server and looked at the list and sure enough. Now I read and post on the forums I was well aware of the transfers. I just had a brain fart when I picked Juyo. But for people who quit and are returning who either arent active on the forums or just havent been paying attention to the game I can see where this would be an issue.

It makes me wonder if people do this and then think screw it this game really is dead.

BW you guys need to make it plainly clear for people that these are origin servers. Lock character creation and get these forced transfers done.

In the mean time I looked at all the origin servers and deleted all of my toons off of them as I've been on The Harbinger since day 1 and dont see a need to roll anywhere else.

It is a myth that economic conditions mean less subscriptions. In times of economic troubles, the relative inexpensiveness of a MMORPG subscription for unlimited entertainment is one of the best values you can get. It is a lot cheaper than cable television, the movies, just about anything else you can think of. There was a university study done on this back around 2008 or so, but I can't find the link now. I wish I saved that paper, people constantly claim that subscription losses are due to the economy, and it just isn't so.

I give it two years from its release that the severs will still be up. F2p will add a lot of people with it but they will see that the game has nothing to offer and EA just screwed them out of $20.00. F2p is money from the game sales people will do one or two miros. There is no way that they can save this game so they are just going to make as much as they can before they shut it down. All the lies, Vo killed the game. The end.