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Gear from content, not from market!

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Beslley
01.10.2013 , 04:05 PM | #101
Quote: Originally Posted by Revanchis View Post
Well, it's better than having them be exclusive to Ops. At least with a cash shop everyone has equal access to them without gating them behind a ******** minigame that only a portion of people play.
You sound bitter that there are exclusive things that you have to pvp/pve to get. Perhaps MMOs aren't for you, then.
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DawnAskham
01.10.2013 , 04:28 PM | #102
Quote: Originally Posted by Revanchis View Post
Well, it's better than having them be exclusive to Ops. At least with a cash shop everyone has equal access to them without gating them behind a ******** minigame that only a portion of people play.
Maybe they should just drop all the game elements like Operations and Warzones and make SWTOR more like Sims in Space or some virtual dress-up chat room if all you want to do is buy outfits without playing the game.

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Willhousefour
01.10.2013 , 05:00 PM | #103
There are quests/ops to obtain some items not available in the CM (HK, Rakata/BH/etc). They can't build a story for every new piece or armor at the rate they are adding them to the CM. And one could even argue they did build a questline for Revan's armor: KOTOR. If you haven't played through KOTOR, the significance of Revan diminishes.

I think it was smart to sell Revan's armor in the CM and not make it some hard to obtain piece. Making it hard could alienates fans of KOTOR who are not MMO gaming gods. Too much is being made of uniqueness. Something may start out as unique, but eventually more and more people get it to the point it's not all that great, so simply intoducing it to everyone at the beginning is fine with me. In the case of Revan's armor, I suspect a lot of people would want it and a lot of people would get it, so again, not that exciting. There are still plenty of quests in the game.

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Goretzu
01.11.2013 , 07:34 AM | #104
Quote: Originally Posted by mjwhitt View Post
Yes. Many people would take easy route and just buy the gear they want (which is fine), but those who subscribe and want to play the game to acquire new stuff could also do so. Why subscribe when you still have to pay (via GTN or CM) instead of play to get the cool new stuff?
Yeah, the Cashshop is a fact of life with SWTOR now, but the implimentation of the Cashshop, well that could be improved VASTLY.
Real Star Wars space combat please, not Star Wars Fox! Maybe some PvP and flight too?
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-Me-
01.11.2013 , 07:52 AM | #105
Quote: Originally Posted by Revanchis View Post
Well, it's better than having them be exclusive to Ops. At least with a cash shop everyone has equal access to them without gating them behind a ******** minigame that only a portion of people play.
I can only wish you will understand how much people like you are what is wrong with games today.
Allow me to use my own avatar and signature, I'll think about it. Oh wait...

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smexymage
01.11.2013 , 07:56 AM | #106
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I can only wish you will understand how much people like you are what is wrong with games today.
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EATtheDEAD
01.11.2013 , 07:58 AM | #107
I can't wait till they start selling credits on the Cartel Market, I will spend 1k dollars and be filthy virtually rich!!! Then when they add the instant lvl 50 cartel market unlock I will buy one for each advanced class in the game.

Then I will be the winner of the game.
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Never_Hesitate
01.11.2013 , 08:03 AM | #108
Quote: Originally Posted by Goretzu View Post
A long story quest to get Reven's helm would have certainly fitted the ethos SWTOR was sold on better than a random from a gambling pack, don't you think?
I already did the story quest for Revan's mask on Dromund Kaas, so why should I have to do it again?
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Goretzu
01.11.2013 , 08:44 AM | #109
Quote: Originally Posted by Never_Hesitate View Post
I already did the story quest for Revan's mask on Dromund Kaas, so why should I have to do it again?
In a shocking coincidence that isn't the only thing already done!
Real Star Wars space combat please, not Star Wars Fox! Maybe some PvP and flight too?
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darklordpotter
01.11.2013 , 09:30 AM | #110
Quote: Originally Posted by Revanchis View Post
Well, it's better than having them be exclusive to Ops. At least with a cash shop everyone has equal access to them without gating them behind a ******** minigame that only a portion of people play.
Apart from it removing one of the reasons to do ops etc. Besides it the gear that drops on ops is sufficiently coveted I'm sure guilds would run the ops to sell things on the GTN. This is far better for the game as a whole than throw money at EA to get whatever you want.