What is going on BioWare ??

Yes now there is one ubiquitous forum mod. Spooky!

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Maybe the "mod" really "is a droid". Hmmmm BW Austin had a breaktrough in A.I. Programming?

They took away join dates and forum post counts about 2 months ago. Remember we are all suposed to be "same" and not "walk on two legs".

Or from those who have already unsubbed and some how feel the need to come here and justify the reasons why until they can no longer post. It is amazing... really.

We've seen this coming for a while now. Six-month subscriptions are u for those that joined at launch, plus the thirty days given to those that reached level 50. Reduced income generation and no real strategic thinking results in layoffs as the sole source of reduced expenses. This results in a product that is not supported to the subscriber's expectation and as a result also reduces income further (in the form of even more dubscriptions lost). The market absorbs this information as earnings are announced. Stockholders want answers, EA mumbles and fumbles, stockholders sell stock, EA's stock value continues to plummet. EA cannot get capital, again less than stellar strategic thinking results in a deepening of the vicious cycle and more layoffs's. People cannot pay because they don't have money, yadda yadda. A problem cannot be solved by the same way of thinking that caused it... what else is new?

Such high hopes, unmet, sigh - what else is out there...

All I will say is...................lolwut?

Seriously? Just where are these "reports" coming from that make them valid data? And where are your numbers coming from that 'gamers are leaving left and right'?

You need to take off the tin foil hat, relax, unplug and go outside for some alone time.

Truer words were never spoken.

I completely agree!!!!

Telling us what is planned and what is coming breeds hope and anticipation. Silence is the same as neglect and breeds nothing but discontent.

We're not freaking children, if something is planned and they can't get it in for a release, we will largely understand. Before you mention 1.2's ranked wz's, I will counter that the day of 1.2, when we were told they weren't in 1.2, we were understanding (there are always a few jackholes who complain). The following days, we were understanding. A week after, without any follow up, we were largely understanding. After a month, with STILL no word as to why they were pulled from 1.2 and when we might see them, we became frustrated. Silence is a KILLER! Silence from the Devs indicates, to me at least, a lack of concern about ME as a customer.

Honestly, I don't feel at all like Bioware gives a **edit** about my opinion (as a customer). All the polls we've done have amounted to what exactly? All the promises of better communication and monthly updates and faster development have gotten us what? They don't even bother to post any longer lol. We get Q&A's that recap what they've already stated in press releases or interviews AWAY from here.

Seriously, Bioware sucks at communication and they ignore the discontent their silence breeds. It's foolish. I really don't get it.

Have you people ever even written a SINGLE line of code in your lives?

Let's say you want to make a calendar for a productivity program that handles stuff like fetching your e-mail and To-Do lists. Making a calendar is pretty simple and straightforward programming: something you would do in high school. You figure it will take 2 days of coding to finish.

You get to work, it takes exactly 2 days, and runs fine on its own. Then you patch it into the main program and, OH NOES, the entire thing doesn't work properly. There's a conflict, maybe with how it access the stored data, that's now causing a bug in the e-mail client. Takes you two more days to fix the issue.

Now imagine just how complex things get when you try to program something as complex as a MMO. We've already seen that patching one aspect of the program can effect something entirely unrelated such as the disappearing heads on certain companions. So telling people a specific date is NEVER a good idea and it would be doing yourself good to have the insight and intelligence to understand this.

Just think back to the recent features that were released and imagine if those features had have been delayed. What would the community reaction been had group finder been promised June 1st but released weeks later? Judging by threads like this I'm certain it would have been a flood of QQ and /unsubbery.

There will be a new planet, companion, level cap increase, solo queue ranked WZs, a new WZ, and more in the expansion. If at this moment you are finding yourself bored in the game I would suggest trying something else for a while instead of stubbornly increasing your own displeasure. If however you are still enjoying your experience I would question why it matters when you'll get more when you haven't finished with what you have.

Can't believe this thread is still open.

Some guy asking if what he heard was true and spits a bunch of nonsense in the form of a few questions.

lots of layoffs? recently? losing tons of people? it's all just anti-SWTOR propaganda in the disguise of a seemingly harmless "What is going on BioWare??" thread.

These posts are so ridiculous. You are not part of their company. You pay to play the game. Your money ONLY buys you access to play the game and use the forums.

BW has no reason to communicate their daily operations, their HR issues, or their future plans to anyone until they feel it is necessary.

Stop playing if this is unacceptable to you.