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I'm feeling Nickel and Dimed by Makeb

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I'm feeling Nickel and Dimed by Makeb

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Arkerus
01.01.2013 , 07:20 PM | #221
The price isn't changing. The game and the business has changed. All the threads in the world will change nothing. Too many people have already purchased it at $10. Nothing is changing.

You either accept this reality and talk about the game constructively or you can complain and moan and nothing happens. Welcome to real life.
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Master-Nala
01.01.2013 , 07:21 PM | #222
Let's just buy into the "Bioware/EA" lied, drumbeat. OK, let's say they did. What are you going to do about it? They are charging for the content update/DLC/expansion. Stop giving them money. Play something else. Or just buy the darn thing and move on with your life.
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Lungbutter
01.01.2013 , 07:23 PM | #223
My question is why do people think that a fully voiced planet with 5 levels to gain not worth $10?

Forget the peurile hissy fit he said she said it's not worth the emotional expediture.
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TheSeventhJedi
01.01.2013 , 07:42 PM | #224
Quote: Originally Posted by Master-Nala View Post
Let's just buy into the "Bioware/EA" lied, drumbeat. OK, let's say they did. What are you going to do about it? They are charging for the content update/DLC/expansion. Stop giving them money. Play something else. Or just buy the darn thing and move on with your life.
Spot on. I hate to say it, but the only way to get to these people is to vote with your wallet.

"I'm pissed off! This isn't what I want! Here's 15$ assuming I haven't dropped any cash on the cartel shop!"
BWEA hears, "Here's 15$ - cartel shop!"

I loved Dragon Age. Played the crap out of it, bought a couple DLCs, preordered Dragon Age 2.
Dragon Age 2 was - well - Dragon Age 2. Played it once. No DLC. No preorders. Probably won't even give Dragon Age 3 a chance.

I love Mass Effect 1 & 2. Played them more than probably any other game. Bought all the DLC. Preordered everything the second it was possible to do so. Hell, I even bought merch.
Mass Effect 3 was a travesty. Played it once. No DLC. I heard Mass Effect 4 is in production - and care zero percent. Won't preorder - probably won't even play it.

See where I'm going? If everyone who played these games felt similarly burned, and took similar action - they'd have no choice but to change their business tactics or go out of business. That started to happen with this game - over a million customers voted with their wallet, and they changed their business tactics to stay afloat. If the majority of people vote with their wallet on Makeb, they'll change. Otherwise, they won't. Don't make a thread about why you're disappointed - that won't get you anywhere with something like this. When you unsubscribe, there's a place you can fill in a reason why - that's where this thread goes.

Don't want to unsubscribe? Then it doesn't bother you that much and you've wasted your time.
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tands
01.01.2013 , 09:40 PM | #225
I have read a lot of posts about the latest annoucnement about the expansion/dlc or whatever it's called and I agree with both sides. I'm not concerned about the price. I would like to get a little more information about it before I buy it.
Other than the new planet + 5 level cap inc. and the faction sotrylines that may involve alliging with the hutts at the end. I would like to know what else they have planned and am hoping that Bioware when they return will be open minded on providing more info especailly in reagards to the update, I'm positive it may not happen but am not sure what the future will bring.

It would also be nice at least in my opinion if they were able to get the Crash to Desktop/ Memory leak issue fixed. I have 9 50's, my play time has decreased significantly since I finished my class mission mainly due to the contant 2 hour crash to desktop.

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ztee
01.01.2013 , 09:43 PM | #226
Quote: Originally Posted by Lungbutter View Post
My question is why do people think that a fully voiced planet with 5 levels to gain not worth $10?

Forget the peurile hissy fit he said she said it's not worth the emotional expediture.
Totally this. No idea why people are so uptight.... can we just be happy the game is still alive and kicking? Enjoy what we have!

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Nigredo
01.01.2013 , 10:50 PM | #227
FtFtC "**** them and Feed them Cake" prissy little entitled brats and half educated nitwits that think everything should be free... it's already free to play till 50.. you like the game stick around and buy the content.. you don't I'm sure your panda is still waiting for you back in poke-craft...

other than that have a coke and a smile and rub some dirt on it.. and whatever other cheese ball cliche you can add feel free to do so

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Thaed
01.02.2013 , 01:09 AM | #228
Quote: Originally Posted by Nigredo View Post
FtFtC "**** them and Feed them Cake" prissy little entitled brats and half educated nitwits that think everything should be free... it's already free to play till 50.. you like the game stick around and buy the content.. you don't I'm sure your panda is still waiting for you back in poke-craft...

other than that have a coke and a smile and rub some dirt on it.. and whatever other cheese ball cliche you can add feel free to do so
^ This is another reason we're put off RotHC: people who are quick to put us down without having any rational argument to back up their statements.

On the topic of half educated though, elipses are not periods. You also typically start new sentences with capital letters. Please, if you're going to make an ad hominem argument, at least don't do it in such a way that paints you as a hypocrite.
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Goretzu
01.02.2013 , 04:50 AM | #229
Quote: Originally Posted by maxetius View Post
Pretty much, and this [paywall locked updates] are almost here already. You HAVE to buy Makeb even if it's content is weak as hell. Future endgame content will be for 55. Not 50. How is this different from any other game, you ask? It's not, except you are getting less for your money. They have already said Makeb is AS big as their 'bigger' planets. Like Hoth. So in other words, you have a new host of planet quests to do that will take you to 55. New class abilties which they HAVE to do. Otherwise, No new classes, no new races. Wow.

As a consumer I will not tolerate this and I know i am not alone. This is some of the worst I have ever seen and i've played truly horrible MMOs. [shadowbane]

I am playing for the class stories. Bioware is not extending those, so a few more characters to have fun levelling up and then its unsub time.


I'm quite worried about these new class abilities too. With the possible exception of Marauders/Sents having too much surviablity for their DPS class balance is OK, but with new abilities, it's start again time for it.
Real Star Wars space combat please, not Star Wars Fox! Maybe some PvP and flight too?
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Goretzu
01.02.2013 , 04:55 AM | #230
Quote: Originally Posted by Thaed View Post
Simply put, I'd like to enjoy it more and I'd like to continue enjoying it beyond finishing the class stories (and even those are beginning to drag with me doing the filler content between them; the only reason I'm still subbed is so my exp gain isn't kneecapped).

An addition of a new game feature, simple or otherwise (*cough*Pazzaak*cough*), would go a long way to restoring faith with me that the game will continue to evolve, rather than stagnate by following the exact same op/fp/wz formula for endgame.

Also, it's worrying that this is considered an expansion, yet there is no expansion to our class stories, I guarentee that's something that would get people to resubscribe, if only for a month.

This is going to be a big issue with Makeb, as basically there is ONLY planet story, so everything is going to be the same for every character you level through it (factionally at least).

With me, by the 3rd to 4th time through the same bit of content in SWTOR I am totally sick of it, even when 1st time through I utterly love it.
Real Star Wars space combat please, not Star Wars Fox! Maybe some PvP and flight too?
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