Should have given 30 days to everyone subbed since release

do you have a degree in law? do you enjoy driving your race car around the track every race meet? are you a professional footballer (insert any code)? have you played in the world cup (insert any sport) recently? have you written your own game/mmo/anything? do you have 9 million copies of your book sold worldwide?

get the idea yet?

everyone has differnet goals and focuses in life, and the ability to achieve them. for everyone saying its inconceivable for someone to not have a level 50 having been subbed since december i ask again, where is your degree? your family? your career? and if those do apply, how much do they actually affect your gaming time? and compare that to your unemployed single neighbour, hes got more time i bet.

everyones time is used in different fashions. one character to 50, then unsubscribed is one way. 2 or more to 50 and still playing is another. 10 characters all under 50 is another.

the issue for most, to reiterate yet again for the trolls, isnt that the 30 days isnt being given to those who have been here since before day 1, its the fact that they are considered non loyal and active members of the game.

compare maybe the hours you have put into 1 level 50, versus the guy who has 10 characters sitting at 40 each. who has put more time into the game?

bioware went assabout with the way they announced this, and snubbed a fairly decent part of their community by calling those of us who have put considerable time and effort into the game, but not max levelled, non loyal and non active. and the trolls lap it up and point out how awesome they are, while again, if they didnt get this 30 days they would also feel slighted.

insult us at your leisure bioware, trolls, simple minded folk. one day you too will be subjected to similar circumstances, and some other fool will eat at your frustration, and i doubt you will even see the irony

Theres only two ways to have an account...

1) is a recurring sub
2) is a game card.

So Im guessing you have one of those two... I highlighted in red, so you can see what they say, but the answer to your question is basically it has to be an active account.

Game card. Credit Card. Bartered llamas... whatever works.

Initially I was irritated that I was 8 levels shy of this freebie, but then I thought about it.

Yesterday I didn't have a free 30 day sub. Today I don't have a free 30 day sub. It seems silly to get worked up because something I wasn't expecting didn't happen.

It is sorta sad..instead of people jumping for joy about getting 30 days (16 dollars) the have and have nots are complain. It's 16 dollars. You can't even get a pizza delivered for that. Is it really worth all the sour bickering.

Actually I work very irregular hours in my job line and i work 160 hours a month. You sir, are the example of stereotyping that if someone does not agree with you, he must have low understanding of family etc.

But on the contrary, I have a family to maintain , I got Paintball, gaming and smithing as my hobbies and they take lots of time. I also hang out with friends etc and I still found plenty of time to level my characters in sw tor to 50.

So you sir, can keep your insults to yourself.

People whine about $15 a month, for something that has this mouch entertainment value is beyond me.

I don't get it.

Player X has a level 50 and plays 7 trillions hours a week, and Player Y has a level 49 and plays for 4 hours a week.

BOTH have active subs, BOTH have played since launch and BOTH pre-ordered. However because Player X decided to get to 50, and Player Y decided to get a bunch of alts into the 30s/40's before making a decision on a main, Y is financially penalised.

You can sugar coat it and defend it as much as you like by saying there's ample time to get to 50 etc, but that's not very fair and I can't think an another MMO that would alienate some of it's playerbase like that.

Poor show BW, poor show.

So a valed player could be = Played for like 10 days of ingame time hit lvl 50 then unsubbed. income = 1 month of sub.Unsub due to lack of content etc. Resub for 1.2 then to find out ranked warzones not comming and then unsub. = 2month worth of sub.

Not valued palyer: Sub from beginning never hit lvl 50 due to various reasons = 5 months worth of sub.

Correct me if im wrong about the amount of time/sub.
I just say put your money where the loyalty is (money from sub).