Can we get a developer dialogue going on why class stories are not in the cards?

Reading is a skill Arkerus.

I said players were saying there won't be more class stories because of voiceover costs, and then said the devs came in and corrected the players and told them voice over cost wasn't the prohibitive thing preventing that, and that voiceovers are already factored into the budget going forward.

Did I really need to reiterate that? I don't need to stop making things up, you need to learn to read, dude.

Link?

"We were led to believe."

"We" being the players. "led to believe" - guided by some force in believing something.
That means someone led you to believe through official outlets. If you believed opinions coming from these forums...you need to learn to...educate yourself. And if you did believe what random people were saying then YOU are to blame. It takes 30 second to google typical VO costs. I did that on day one and I knew that was not the huge problem area in creating more class content.

I need to learn to read...sure bud.

Umm... are you in the right thread? No one said "we were led to believe" anything.

ZH was stating that a number of players were (and still are) vocally assuming that VO costs are an issue. That is a fact (the players spreading incorrect assumptions -- you see it come up constantly in these "why no more story" threads). He then stated that BW has already refuted this. That is also true. You are on the same side of the argument.


Going on...

TL;DR summary: I, too, would like to see new class content in some form, even if it's single quests in the planetary arcs, as some have suggested. I would love to see some discussion from the devs about the why's and why not's of future class content.

Longer commentary: Let's talk about Makeb and "group content" for a moment. Someone(s) on the petition mentioned that "group content" was where things were heading now.

I leveled my main (Mercenary) with a partner (Operative). We did the planetary quests together, bonus series, flashpoints, all that -- but in defining our characters, we always had our own class stories to fall back on (and to share). We're both fans of Bioware storytelling, and have spent plenty of time dissecting our class stories and mulling over the choices we made and the paths we took.

When Makeb was released, when I understood the scope of the story, I told my partner that I wanted to do the storyline by myself. Why? Because this was not a simple supplement to my class story anymore -- it was the only way to advance my character's story and career that I was going to get on this planet. I wanted the choices made to be hers, not fought over by dice roll. My partner was sort of put off at first, but later agreed that it had been a good idea to play separately, because he was analyzing his choices carefully, same as we would have in a class story.

In other words, in the absence of a true class story, we tried to make Makeb into one. That may fall flat if/when we repeat the Empire side again (I know I will on other characters; I don't know about my partner), but still... When I needed to bring my Jugg tank to a guild run of Toborro's Courtyard, a group of us rushed through the Imp introduction quest. I was annoyed to have to share this content, to not be able to shape the beginning of my Warrior's tale on Makeb as I wanted (because he'll surely be running the rest alone). Apparently, I don't want to participate in "group" story content in the absence of class story content. I doubt I'm completely alone in that.

"Avengers-style storytelling"? Okay, that's cool. But most of the Avengers had/have their own movies (or comic books, if we're staying in the printed realm), too -- and not just as a prelude to their joining the Avengers.

On another tangent: I understand the argument of "but your character is the best/gone rogue/Council member, etc., there's nowhere else to go" -- really, I do -- but, at least on the Empire side, there are always going to be new challenges. Others have mentioned the Sith Warrior's and Agent's quandaries already. Surely the BH has challengers or rivals? I'm sure the Inquisitor's position on the Council is tenuous (aren't they all, really); there could be all kinds of challenges thrown at them from other Council members or ambitious up-and-comers. There are places to go with these storylines, IMO, that don't require making the characters bigger-er and better-er or elevating them to demigod status.

When Makeb was released, when I understood the scope of the story, I told my partner that I wanted to do the storyline by myself. Why? Because this was not a simple supplement to my class story anymore -- it was the only way to advance my character's story and career that I was going to get on this planet. I wanted the choices made to be hers, not fought over by dice roll.

The one thing I do have a very hard time with is continuing companion stories. There are just so many, and all of them are indeed close-ended, that I just don't see the value in developing those, as cool as they are, over other story content - I do think however going forward any new companions you unlock (latest being Treek) should have to live up to those standards in terms of companion advancement along with the occasional quest.

I think that's a really good point. The first time I ran Black Talon solo to top off some alignment points, I was amazed at how much more the story shone through compared to running it with a group. The consistency of the choices, and the NPC reactions and other consequences, really added up to a classic Bioware experience. And that's what I'm here for.

When Makeb was released, when I understood the scope of the story, I told my partner that I wanted to do the storyline by myself. Why? Because this was not a simple supplement to my class story anymore -- it was the only way to advance my character's story and career that I was going to get on this planet. I wanted the choices made to be hers, not fought over by dice roll. My partner was sort of put off at first, but later agreed that it had been a good idea to play separately, because he was analyzing his choices carefully, same as we would have in a class story.

In other words, in the absence of a true class story, we tried to make Makeb into one