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Bioware: Most of your players are pvp'ers.... figure it out!

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Bioware: Most of your players are pvp'ers.... figure it out!

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Malckiah
05.13.2014 , 11:56 PM | #71
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Reno_Tarshil
05.14.2014 , 12:08 AM | #72
Quote: Originally Posted by Malckiah View Post
The numbers disagree with your opinionated statement.
Bioware disagrees with your numbers. The forums do not represent the whole population of the game and is only a small fraction of it.

Face the facts and deal with it.
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Malckiah
05.14.2014 , 12:34 AM | #73
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Reno_Tarshil
05.14.2014 , 12:44 AM | #74
From your own Poll thread.

Quote: Originally Posted by EricMusco View Post
I won't disagree with any of the points you have made. Polling definitely has many benefits, and understanding player feedback from the forums is certainly a component of that.

You didn't actually hit on the reason we don't do them generally, and that is perception. I realize I just insinuated that there is a perception problem (dirty words!!!) but hear me out first . Unfortunately the forums can exist in a vacuum. That is, that people will often think that what is reflected in the forums is always the reality of how things are for everyone. Polling all too often reinforces that belief. Let me give you an example.

Let's say someone posted a poll "What Warzone map style would you like to see next in a new map? Huttball, Alderaan, or Voidstar"

After 2 weeks or so of voting, Alderaan has the most votes with 40%, and 300 people voting for it. 3 months later, we release a new patch, and we have a new Huttball map. The general users of the forums, will not be pleased. If you look at the poll and only at the poll you will get things like "EVERYONE AGREED WE WANTED ALDERAAN!" By making the poll, it is implied that the poll is the core metric to a decision being made; it is just one component. That is not to say forum opinion doesn't matter, of course. It is just that it is merely a sampling.

Think of it this way... in my previous example 300 people voted for the winning selection. I will spare you the math, but if hundreds of thousands of people play SWTOR, 300 is a fraction of a percent. We can't sway entire decisions based on just that poll. However, people look to polls to justify decisions and unfortunately things just aren't that simple.

That is the long form on why we typically don't do polling.

TLDR - People assume poll results indicate // guarantee actual majority opinion and assume it will solely affect decision making.

-eric
Thanks for providing evidence disproving yourself. It shure is hilarious.
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jedip_enguin
05.14.2014 , 12:48 AM | #75
What is this Pea Vee Pea you speak of?

It sounds horrifying.

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midianlord
05.14.2014 , 12:50 AM | #76
Quote: Originally Posted by Malckiah View Post
Wow u guys and your troll responses that only talk trash really hold no weight.
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Malckiah
05.14.2014 , 01:19 AM | #77
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theUndead
05.14.2014 , 01:20 AM | #78
Quote: Originally Posted by Malckiah View Post
lol....I have been discussing pve content in regards to Operation, flashpoints and such and have made that clear... your post is invalid.
Your entire thread is invalid because your so called facts are nothing but opinions. Doesn't matter how many threads are in the PvP forums all it means is that their is a lot of PvP issues. However, what is known is that this is a PvE centric game and has always been the case. Deal with it.
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Quote: Originally Posted by EricMusco View Post
As theUndead mentioned, I can't exactly spell out all of our policies in depth, but that should hopefully cover your concerns.

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slafko
05.14.2014 , 01:25 AM | #79
Quote: Originally Posted by Malckiah View Post
Proof?: Just look at the number of threads and posts for pvp compared to pve.... WAY more pvp'ers taking an active roll here.
One can argue that they're on the forums because there's not many people to PvP with/against.
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Malckiah
05.14.2014 , 01:34 AM | #80
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