I'm feeling Nickel and Dimed by Makeb

EA's PR machine can be tighter than a clam with lockjaw. They dropped hints about an expansion back when RWZs came online in 1.3. After a summer of reorganizations they then followed it up last fall with more teasers, followed by a pre-order early access date release last month. We'll probably get a trailer or two in the coming weeks as well.

I guess my biggest problem is my lack of feeling entitled to insider information as part of my subscription benefits. I'm one of those types who, after downloading shareware, I'll donate anywhere from $20 to $50 depending on how valuable the shareware is to me. If it's of no value I won't donate ... I'll just uninstall it, fill out their survey and go elsewhere. If they ask for donations the next year & I'm still using it, then I'll make another donation.

It's okay if you don't want RotHC. It's your right as a consumer to shop somewhere else. What baffles me is why people who have already decided to shop somewhere else remain on station (if you will) to soapbox and poison the community punch bowl. They can't be taking a freaking video game so seriously that they look for ways to be offended by it.

It's more of a symptom of how ticked they've made customers. It's one thing to tick off a customer to where they go elsewhere. It's another thing to tick off a customer to where they go elsewhere and tell everyone they know to go elsewhere. That is where EA has got to with a lot of people.

can't say i feel nickel and dimed at all ..i handed them their $9.99 and i plan on enjoying it.

Its 10 bucks for subs and TBH a can of ground coffee costs me more then that, hell i spent more then 10 dollars on lunch today and it costs me about that much a day in gas just to get to and from my office.

The same people complaining about being "nickel and dimed" for something they will get many hours from are the same ones that won't bat an eye when they get charged $1.50 to use an ATM at some other bank and will do that multiple times a month.

Which begs the question ... what is it about a video game or its developer that can impact a person so strongly so as to motivate them to incite a smear campaign? Has video gaming become so important that it rivals championing other more pressing issues ... like where the money that's used to play the game comes from? It's a question of perspective. Anything I can rid myself of simply by uninstalling with a few mouse clicks does not merit anything beyond consideration as a toy. I feel this is where the whole "getting a life" thing comes into play. But that's just me.

A couple of things bother me about this "expansion pack."

1) Preorder by Jan 7th. That's real shady there, pressuring us to buy something before you release specific details on what it is we are buying. You don't see commercials on TV saying "The amazing thing-o-matic does all sorts of wonderful things! It might open bottles for you, or maybe it will pick a lock. It probably contains a screwdriver and a flashlight but that is subject to change before shipping. You'll find out what it contains after you receive the product! Order in the next 15 minutes and we'll give you free express delivery!"

2) This doesn't sound like it's going to be a very large amount of content. We'll probably blow through it in a day. So really, they should be charging about $10 worth of Cartel Coins for it, not $10. That way, f2p pay $10 to unlock it and subs can use their monthly coin allowance if they want.

Just my 2 coins.

You are making way too much sense for these forums my friend. I wish more people were like this. Then again, logical reasoning doesn't sell as well as sensationalism and emotion.

You ever received poor service at a restaurant and told all your friends not to eat there? It was just one meal and there are dozens of other places to eat.

Absolutely. But I didn't narcissistically camp the restaurant lobby and tell anyone who would listen that my steak was undercooked, my vegetables were overcooked or the water wasn't wet enough. Or that they were sub-species fanboy idiots for being okay with the establishment, its service or its food. That's not how adults handle it.

I simply spoke with the manager to explain my experience and why I wouldn't be coming back, then went about my business. That is how adults handle it.

Maybe someone who cares more or remembers better can confirm this, but wasnt tfb originaly supposed to be part of Makeb? and they jsut released it early to keep people happy because it was already done?.

If so then that probably answers the question about fps and ops, it will just be the originals upgraded to nightmare mode for level 55's if anything at all.

Some people would rather have big xpacs for $60 instead paying the 10$ for the minor xpac. say bioware continues the trend and releases the smal xpacs every year for a 100$ we could have 10 small xpacsover 10 years. Now let look at it from wow perspective. in the last 10 years there has been 4 expansions at $60 each which is $240 in 10 years. it would take swtor 24 years to match that price for xpacs so i would stop complaining about the price.