Producer Letter – Galactic Strongholds

Conquering a planet is done through completion of Conquest Events, which are PvE Missions.

Also, I know this is big news so I am going to be sticking around in the thread answering questions as I can. We probably aren't going to talk too much about the details of each feature yet but I will answer what I can

-eric

LOL, reading comprehension sure ain't a strong suit amongst the SWTOR crowd, is it?

Already have moved onto it. Sub is cancelled. 15 days left and then open beta for Wildstar, goodbye Swtor and goodbye F2P cartel market.

Not necessarily. If they tailor the BASICS around the idea of tiny guilds(small prices), with increasingly expensive upgrades, then each guild has something to strive for.

In other words, make the basic Guild Ship stupidly cheap. Like 5 million. With all the basic amenities and perks.

But, the UPGRADES will cost an arm and a leg because they're luxuries and not part of the basic plan. This gives large/rich guilds something to put their money into, but doesn't short-change the smaller guilds.

I beta tested WildStar through several rounds, and it's a fun game, but in the end I decided not to buy it or subscribe. For some reason it just didn't pull me in. Also, I honestly think they've doomed themselves with their payment model. Like many MMO they think they are the exception that can make the monthly sub model work, and I just can't see it working in today's world. (And "Play to Pay" only works for super hardcore players, who are too few to an MMO to make it a success.)

All that said, I wish WildStar and you all the success in the world. The Devs over there are great, and deserve all the props in the world for the way they've engaged the community. I hope it works.

Also, if you've truly decided to stop playing here and play over there, do WildStar, SWTOR and yourself a big favor and just leave without this kind of public ranting. Your posts here will never convince anyone to try the game, and it won't convince anyone here to quit. All it's doing is contributing to the downward spiral of forum trash talk, which isn't good for anyone.

You haven't even seen how Housing in this game is going to work and you're comparing it to a game in Beta.

Your opinion falls flat on it's back and is one not to be taken seriously.

Are these Conquest Events going to be in the form of 8 or 16 man ops group raids? Or is it something 4 people can do? It can be hard to get 8-16 people in my guild online at the same time, so it would be great if they had some conquest events for smaller groups.