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Goretzu
12.19.2012 , 05:26 AM | #91
Quote: Originally Posted by AlyxDinas View Post
Yeah, but the thing is that none of those things matter to me. The speeder is something that I don't have to buy. The space gear is easy to get without coins and someone buying with coins it barely affects the economy or gear parity within the game so it barely meets what I consider to be B2W, and the lack of a holiday/aniversary event (while certainly emblematic of BioWare's lack of a strong community events team) is also something that doesn't really affect me. That is, it doesn't really bother me.

Because, at the end of the day, there are just a lot more pressing concerns in the game right now than any of those things. So, for me, to get up in arms about them is a case of not seeing the forest for the trees.
The issue with the space P2W is as much the precedent it sets (P2W raid gear, P2W PvP gear etc), as I've mentioned before there is a very famous poem written about people that don't care about something happening to something they don't care about.

The $18 mount and general serious overpricing of the Cashshop though should directly affect you though.
Real Star Wars space combat please, not Star Wars Fox! Maybe some PvP and flight too?
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aeterno
12.19.2012 , 05:30 AM | #92
Quote: Originally Posted by AlyxDinas View Post
Yeah, but the thing is that none of those things matter to me. The speeder is something that I don't have to buy. The space gear is easy to get without coins and someone buying with coins it barely affects the economy or gear parity within the game so it barely meets what I consider to be B2W, and the lack of a holiday/aniversary event (while certainly emblematic of BioWare's lack of a strong community events team) is also something that doesn't really affect me. That is, it doesn't really bother me.

Because, at the end of the day, there are just a lot more pressing concerns in the game right now than any of those things. So, for me, to get up in arms about them is a case of not seeing the forest for the trees.

So, for myself, it's very easy to disagree. Because I don't see anything of importance in the things they are making noise about.
They're amateurs/gamers not a professional "impartial" outlet, tis to be expected tbh. Twas the same with FFXIV before they canned it. High expectations going in, bubble burst, a couple of months of critique of mostly trivia (main complaint seemed to be the copy pasta environment) that got increasingly vile until the show got shut down. It's gonna be the same with TOR I wager, or at least Gary is gonna hand it over to another host. Which is a bit of a shame as he's the most entertaining guy they have overall.

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AsheraII
12.19.2012 , 05:49 AM | #93
Quote: Originally Posted by Jack_Deth View Post
Exactly, adding Christian holidays to fantasy worlds is immersion breaking in my opinion. Life Day is all that was needed since it is in the Star Wars lore.
Except that Life Day was actually thought up as a Thanksgiving equivalent, not Christmas. Too bad Sony and several others messed that up pretty badly.
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GillianS
12.19.2012 , 06:24 AM | #94
Quote: Originally Posted by tolaf View Post
The price was truely crazy, even if they did lower them they originally thought that content was so good that it should cost $20.
Makes you wonder.
here i was thinking ~6$ for a barbie pink reskin of an existing speeder was overpriced. what a fool i am eh?

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GillianS
12.19.2012 , 06:38 AM | #95
Quote: Originally Posted by cknorthpole View Post
Do christmas exist in Star Wars?? No..

That's the answer.
oh we got a regular shelock holmes on our hands, you so smart

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DarthFamine
12.19.2012 , 06:38 AM | #96
These guys are dead on I think.
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Icestar
12.19.2012 , 06:47 AM | #97
I would rather have a Starwarish event some other time of the year.

Imagine Darth Malgus in a santa suit handing out wrapped lightsabers

That would make me.....not log on for a while

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Goretzu
12.19.2012 , 07:08 AM | #98
Quote: Originally Posted by AsheraII View Post
Except that Life Day was actually thought up as a Thanksgiving equivalent, not Christmas. Too bad Sony and several others messed that up pretty badly.
Yeah Life Day was actually aired on 17 Novemeber 1978, and whilst it has Christmas eleements in it, it is certainly not "Christmas" as such, but rather an amalgam of Thanks Giving, Christmas, and several other winter holidays rolled up into one - much like the Force and Jedi philosophy borrows from a lot of RL religions and practices.
Real Star Wars space combat please, not Star Wars Fox! Maybe some PvP and flight too?
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LordArtemis
12.19.2012 , 07:15 AM | #99
They can reverse the negative tide IMO with a few simple changes, which I have already suggested.

As to the point about life day...it's the holidays. Many games (as far as I am aware) usually hold holiday events. They decided for one reason or another to not hold one here, and I think that wasn't a wise choice.

It gives the impression, IMO, that this is an amateur effort, an unfair image from my perspective.

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pudim
12.19.2012 , 07:40 AM | #100
Christmas isn't a christian holiday for at least 100 years, it is purely commercial nowadays
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