Meldwyn Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Maybe this has already been stated, but the real reason for the free 30 days for those with level 50's is pretty obvious (although unstated). They didn't roll out ranked warzones, which impacts anyone that was looking forward to that (which would indicate they have a level 50). If 1.2 would have had rwz's, no free month. But if you were hanging on for ranked warzones and didn't get it... boom, big likelihood of cancellation. If you aren't level 50, not having ranked warzones meant nothing to you. And if you have been playing since launch and still don't have a level 50, ranked warzones are probably not even in your future anyway. Now, should they have given it to anyone that has the Founder title and still has an active account? Yes. But, were they scrambling and trying to stave off a host of cancellations as a result of pulling rwz's at the last minute... yes again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salveh Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 The way I see it.. BioWare plays the roll of the husband and we, the clients, play the roll of a wife. The 'husband' has done something to upset the 'wife', so here's $14.99 to keep her mouth shut! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meldwyn Posted April 13, 2012 Author Share Posted April 13, 2012 The way I see it.. BioWare plays the roll of the husband and we, the clients, play the roll of a wife. The 'husband' has done something to upset the 'wife', so here's $14.99 to keep her mouth shut! Roses would have gone a lot further! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RepublicChicken Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 What I don't get is this: 1. I've played a week or two, have a single character and rushed to reached lvl 50 as quickly as possible. I get a month free. 2. You have played since EA, really enjoy the game, spend more time goofing around than rushing through levels and geniuinly enjoy yourself. All your eight characters are between level 20 and 45 - so you only get week free time? ***? How is that even remotely fair? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viraxis Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Welcome to the Entitlement Generation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forgon Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 I thought it was obvious. This is the "I am sorry" consolation prize for players who were disheartened (tried to find the nicest word for it) with what was happening. The tauntaun pet was planned for sure (that or the artists and designers are working like jabberwockies to get it out now) but the 30 days was an obvious add-on to make up for the lack of pvp. I myself am not a pvp-er but was definitely disappointed at ranked warzones being removed from 1.2 and a bit sad that it has not helped pvp on my server. However, I understand what they did and I will say "I appreciate it" for at least trying to give back a little to the community (and save a few subs). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forgon Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 What I don't get is this: 1. I've played a week or two, have a single character and rushed to reached lvl 50 as quickly as possible. I get a month free. 2. You have played since EA, really enjoy the game, spend more time goofing around than rushing through levels and geniuinly enjoy yourself. All your eight characters are between level 20 and 45 - so you only get week free time? ***? How is that even remotely fair? You are not the player who is hurt by the loss of ranked warzones as much as the level 50 pvp-ers who are. You have all the pve, legacy, and other content for you to do and have fun with, you didn't necessarily lose a feature targeted for your demographic. Is it fair? No. Fair is giving everyone a free month by fair's definition. It is not meant for the players who pve with casual pvp and goof off and go on alts (legacy covers them with prizes). That is how I see it anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diet-Hutt Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 What I don't get is this: 1. I've played a week or two, have a single character and rushed to reached lvl 50 as quickly as possible. I get a month free. 2. You have played since EA, really enjoy the game, spend more time goofing around than rushing through levels and geniuinly enjoy yourself. All your eight characters are between level 20 and 45 - so you only get week free time? ***? How is that even remotely fair? 1. Has nothing much to do at this point. 2. Still has a lot of things to do at this point. Just taking their time doing them. - DH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RepublicChicken Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 (edited) Ranked warzones? So? I don't PvP at all, but what does that have to do with anything? If the warzones are the main reason, I fully expect to get 30 days free when we get a decent LFG-tool, so we can start doing Flashpoints. That's the same thing, right? And seriously? You have a singe character and get a month free because you don't have anything to do? That's ridiculous. If you need more to do, start a new character, test new stories (it's a story-driven MMO, after all) and so on. Edited April 13, 2012 by RepublicChicken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twor Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 The way I see it.. BioWare plays the roll of the husband and we, the clients, play the roll of a wife. The 'husband' has done something to upset the 'wife', so here's $14.99 to keep her mouth shut! Sorry hun I still got a headache tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meldwyn Posted April 13, 2012 Author Share Posted April 13, 2012 You are not the player who is hurt by the loss of ranked warzones as much as the level 50 pvp-ers who are. You have all the pve, legacy, and other content for you to do and have fun with, you didn't necessarily lose a feature targeted for your demographic. Is it fair? No. Fair is giving everyone a free month by fair's definition. It is not meant for the players who pve with casual pvp and goof off and go on alts (legacy covers them with prizes). That is how I see it anyway. This^^ 1.2 - Legacy is mostly for people in the situation of having lots of alts, smelling the roses, etc... however, those that have been beating their heads at lvl 50 for a while were clinging to the hope that Ranked WZ's were going to be great... well, guess what? Lucy pulled the ball out at the last second and Charlie Brown is flat on his back again. So, Lucy offered a free month at the lemonade stand for those players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrittaB Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Maybe this has already been stated, but the real reason for the free 30 days for those with level 50's is pretty obvious (although unstated). They didn't roll out ranked warzones, which impacts anyone that was looking forward to that (which would indicate they have a level 50). If 1.2 would have had rwz's, no free month. But if you were hanging on for ranked warzones and didn't get it... boom, big likelihood of cancellation. If you aren't level 50, not having ranked warzones meant nothing to you. And if you have been playing since launch and still don't have a level 50, ranked warzones are probably not even in your future anyway. Now, should they have given it to anyone that has the Founder title and still has an active account? Yes. But, were they scrambling and trying to stave off a host of cancellations as a result of pulling rwz's at the last minute... yes again! Absolutely true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Secured Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 the real reason is obvious and its not really a sneaky way to try to keep you gaming. they messed up and they make it up to the players who kept interested in their game by giving them a free month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iKlone Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 (edited) If you didn't enjoy the game enough to have at least 1 level 50 character even playing casually for 5 months you're probably not sticking around anyway. Or you're not a typical MMO player and it's only due to it being Star Wars. Edited April 13, 2012 by iKlone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RepublicChicken Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Alright, how about this. Let's say I have a character at lvl 50 and severn at level 30 or 40. I love the game, and have no intentions in stopping any time soon. Why then should I get a month free because one of my eight char's don't have much to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lokicdn Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 The problem with the line of thinking, that is an apology for those looking forward to RWZ's is that it applies to all accounts with lvl 50 characters. How is a person who just made level 50 looking forward to RWZ's anymore then someone who is lvl 47? The offer smacks of something thought up at the last second and not vetted at all by their PR department. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadpooled Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Maybe this has already been stated, but the real reason for the free 30 days for those with level 50's is pretty obvious (although unstated). They didn't roll out ranked warzones, which impacts anyone that was looking forward to that (which would indicate they have a level 50). If 1.2 would have had rwz's, no free month. But if you were hanging on for ranked warzones and didn't get it... boom, big likelihood of cancellation. If you aren't level 50, not having ranked warzones meant nothing to you. And if you have been playing since launch and still don't have a level 50, ranked warzones are probably not even in your future anyway. Now, should they have given it to anyone that has the Founder title and still has an active account? Yes. But, were they scrambling and trying to stave off a host of cancellations as a result of pulling rwz's at the last minute... yes again! nice speculation there...nice shame i dont give a rats arse about rwz's or any PvP at all but still got 30 days free on my EU PvE server Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RepublicChicken Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 If you didn't enjoy the game enough to have at least 1 level 50 character even playing casually for 5 months you're probably not sticking around anyway. Or you're not a typical MMO player and it's only due to it being Star Wars. So if I don't have a lvl 50 char yet, I am not enjoying the game enough? Are you even listening to yourself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meldwyn Posted April 13, 2012 Author Share Posted April 13, 2012 The offer smacks of something thought up at the last second and not vetted at all by their PR department. Bingo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrittaB Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 nice speculation there...nice shame i dont give a rats arse about rwz's or any PvP at all but still got 30 days free on my EU PvE server They can't differentiate PVPers from PVE'ers, but by giving the free month to all players with a level 50 they were guaranteed to cover everyone who was disappointed by a lack of rated warzones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meldwyn Posted April 13, 2012 Author Share Posted April 13, 2012 nice speculation there...nice shame i dont give a rats arse about rwz's or any PvP at all but still got 30 days free on my EU PvE server When you are scrambling because something didn't go well and you have a customer revolt, sometimes the decisions aren't well thought out. You are part of the "collateral benefactors". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWidowmaker Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 not everyone who has a 50 or even multiple 50s "rushed" to get there.... people who make this type of generalization are fail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadpooled Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 They can't differentiate PVPers from PVE'ers, but by giving the free month to all players with a level 50 they were guaranteed to cover everyone who was disappointed by a lack of rated warzones. thing is, how many players TOTAL do you really think cared about rwz's compared to how many cared about the lack of endgame PvE content, you'll probably find the rwz-carers are just a small percentage of 'kids' that care about 'i iz l33t awesome wtfbbqomgroflcopter!!!1!1111' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemble Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 patience.. all good things come to those who wait.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RepublicChicken Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 They can't differentiate PVPers from PVE'ers, but by giving the free month to all players with a level 50 they were guaranteed to cover everyone who was disappointed by a lack of rated warzones. What about the lack of a LFG-tool, lack of user interface customization, lack of clothes-customization like the color matcher and all that? What about the entire Legacy system? 1.2 didn't just add Warzones. I really wanted the Legacy-system. That's a major reason why I have eight char's instead of just one. But because I have eight char's, I haven't had the chance to level one up to 50 yet. Not only that, but I know from experience that I get bored once I reach max level, so I really take my time to enjoy the game instead. But I guess that doesn't count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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