Hey Dev's How about an actual expansion? Is that in the works ?

Good luck with that...they advertised Makeb for a full year...we've heard nothing of the NEXT "expansion/DLC" yet. Think they're even working on one?

Good luck with that...they advertised Makeb for a full year...we've heard nothing of the NEXT "expansion/DLC" yet. Think they're even working on one?

I do. But only during their breaks, and so it's purely optional for the employees to work on it, so it's really slow going.

Good luck with that...they advertised Makeb for a full year...we've heard nothing of the NEXT "expansion/DLC" yet. Think they're even working on one?

I didn't miss the fact that BioWare was bought ages ago. I had issues with it then and I still do now. I would have preferred BioWare be bought by Microsoft rather than EA because of EA's business practices. I'm not extolling the virtues of Microsoft by any means, especially considering their Xbox 360 debacle which has now been compounded with their new Xbox one and copy protected nonsence. What I am saying is this, even though Microsoft has a habit of making an offer that smaller companies cant refuse they also allow companies to remain autonomous which is something that EA does not do. EA buys a company and converts them into the EA way of doing things which is offering a host of rushed or generic products at an exorbitant amount of money. You doubt ? What was the verdict of Mass Effect 3?
The only thing that remains autonomous with companies that EA buys are the name which EA milks for all its worth. In this case people have fond memories of BioWare which at one point was known as Microsoft's dirty little secret in the form of KOTR and because of that people will still buy the product despite the fact that it is now EA owned. I also don't blame EA fully for SWTOR. I think the fault lay in both parties. I believe BioWare made the mistake in using too much from WOW in terms of a template rather than drawing from other sources as well and more importantly drawing from themselves. BioWare in making this game should have done what they did best and just been BioWare and went their own way in development rather than simply drawing from one main template.

Now with regards to the other stuff you mentioned such as actors and the like. They did it with Makeb obviously so why not a fully actualized expansion that I wouldn't mind paying $40-60 for? The set up is already there for an expansion. No matter the class it all ends with the war about to break out again. This would be a prime opportunity to elevate this and move away from the WOW' esk one size character fits all when it does not. I also said way back in beta they needed more classes than what was offered but as a start it was decent. Also quick blub going back to EA. Google search EA and the Golden Poo award and read what it says about their business practices

No that is not, that is an update not an expansion and as I said that "expansion" would have been dropped for free before BioWare got ate by EA. If you want to see an example of an expansion look to guild wars, they have a guild wars 2 now which builds upon the first and it was a box set you had to buy.

The fact that they raised the level cap, at all, is enough in my book to consider Makeb an expansion. How good the expansion is or not is a completely different story but let's call it what it is, at least.

A money grab while the ship (TOR) that shouldn't have been sinking at it's last sub numbers (250k-500k) before it actually sinks?

Guild Wars 2 is a completely new game, much like SWTOR is to SWG. Guild Wars did have expansions, Guild Wars Factions/Nightfall/Eye of the North (All of which were awesome by the way).

Guild Wars 2, however does seem to churn out more content each month for free after you buy the box game. They do have a cash shop, but it's completely fluff.

SWTOR, with their subs and CM, seems to have trouble doing the same. Maybe they don't get the same percentage of profits to put back into the game, who knows?