This will give all those people Bioware layed off something to do while looking for a job.
I doubt that. Most of them will avoid the game like the plague. I fully agree with those saying that "free to 15" is a way to pad the sub numbers. It may bring in a few more subs, but not enough to be worth the effort, unless you had an alterior motive, which EA has an abundance of in declining sub numbers.
Yea great idea, take an already linear very small and guided leveling experience divide it by 4 and let ppl go crazy. It takes what, 3 hours to get to lvl 15, so after a new customer gets to lvl 15 with the first toon theyll go back try another toon and...we all know the conclusion. Better idea was just make the gaem f2p at least ppl would lvl to 50 to see what all the fuss is about instead of finding out so fast.
Excuse me? 3 hrs to lvl15? Not even spacebarring thru everything is that possible. I am sorry sir but you are full of shit. Please use the toilet NOW!
Might actually free up a bit of space in your head for you to understand the concept EA/BW is working: Get players play to lvl15 for free, let them become interested what is happening next, they take the no-need-to-buy-box-just-get-a-subscription bait, look EA/BW is making a nice chunk of money even if those very same people cancel after a month.
Well, the only reason I stopped playing is my game performance consectutively got worse with each patch. So, this will allow me to see how well it plays on my current system without having to resub for a month.
And a new level cap. That seems rather ill advised.
Yeah. That one has me stumped. I just don't "get" that at all, not with the little information we have. New planets, operations and such I get. New level cap though? O.K....How does that affect class stories? Legacy system? The already overloaded action bars with even more abilities, it's becoming quite a mess to figure out where to put half my skills on certain classes if not all of them.
They stated that they raised the cap so people will be more inclined to check out the new planet. Without raising the level cap, a lot of poeple just won't bother or maybe check it out briefly and not get the full story.
Pretty much expected, given how their subscription numbers have been falling. Its too bad, as this could have been a really entertaining game. Its one of the few mmo's that I've ever played to just one month after the original month.
During EA's press conference at the pre-opening festivities for E3, BioWare announced that Star Wars: The Old Republic will be ripping a page out of many other failing MMOs' playbooks: Starting in July, SWTOR will be F2P through level 15.
The team also noted that new warzones, high level content, new companions, and more will be coming throughout the balance of 2012.
/fixed
Too little too late I'm afraid.
Yeah now they are just like the ultimate failure, 'WoW'.......
During EA's press conference at the pre-opening festivities for E3, BioWare announced that Star Wars: The Old Republic will be ripping a page out of many other failing MMOs' playbooks: Starting in July, SWTOR will be F2P through level 15.
The team also noted that new warzones, high level content, new companions, and more will be coming throughout the balance of 2012.
/fixed
Too little too late I'm afraid.
Yeah now they are just like the ultimate failure, 'WoW'.......
During EA's press conference at the pre-opening festivities for E3, BioWare announced that Star Wars: The Old Republic will be ripping a page out of many other failing MMOs' playbooks: Starting in July, SWTOR will be F2P through level 15.
The team also noted that new warzones, high level content, new companions, and more will be coming throughout the balance of 2012.
/fixed
Too little too late I'm afraid.
Yeah now they are just like the ultimate failure, 'WoW'.......
Except with almost ten million less subscribers.
And 3X more than every other western mmo....
- my point was that this move isn't an indication of failure, all mmo's are employing this or similar techniques. Was it an indication of failure when WoW employed it at the apex of their domination?
Yes, SWToR is losing subs. Yes, they are adding a trial to expose more people to their game. But both the best and worst TV shows advertise. When Seinfeld advertised, was it a symbol of their failure? So when WoW advertises (thru free trial), is it a symbol of their failure? So why is it a symbol of failure when a promotional team designs a promotion for SWToR?
Not many would call Rift a failure. It employed these promotionals early and often. They exposed more people to their game and retained more. Now it is considered a success and it has far less subs than ToR.
You people are all emotion and no reason. I don't like SWToR either - but at least I'm not part of a mindless angry mob about it.
I can only repeat myself. Im around 50, tried a lot of different games .. but never ever enjoyed so much and for so long time in one shot like with swtor. Impressive.
Saying this I must add that I could not care less for pvp then I currently do. And I do not care for end game. I'm altholic and with 12 alts to level to max have enough of fun without endgame. Then pandas will come or Rift expansion ... then back to swtor. Have also tried space combat but did not like in general this kind of games so all ended after 2nd try as I remember.
So i can not jude pvp or end game. Or space combat.
F2p until level 15 is pointless. Takes only a few hours of playing to get to 15.. Just make the whole game f2p already!
The ONLY reason is not that you or alike you could have free launch ... ops.. free gaming, but only to TEST the game and then PAY for GOOD FOOD on plate.
A game where pvp is controlled and then you charge people to play lol. I think gamers want an open world where they can freely roam and pvp whenever they want. And there should be a couple of ways of paying to play.
Honestly, I haven't logged into SWTOR, but I felt the game would disappoint me and I lost interest before the official release.
Honestly, I haven't logged into SWTOR, but I felt the game would disappoint me and I lost interest before the official release.
To be honest myself, I have not been following at all swtor before maybe few weeks before release. Had suspicion will not live to hype. Could not be more wrong. I'm happy I changed my mind at last moment. At that time have been playing for few months Rift and needed some detour. In wow have leveled all that is to be leveled up. So decided to try swtor.
But as said, i do not care for pvp and not for end game, so can not know from personal experience if there are any problems. For the rest only the best.
Sorry BW, I will be canceling very soon. Just want to finish my JC story and I am gone. Played 2 Beta weekend events with GW2 and I just cant see me paying a monthly fee again. And I refuse to pay for a MMO with unbalanced classes and factions. How did you mess up mirriored classes? Not worth the 15 bucks a month and with GW2 coming out companies will need to start jumping on different model then 15 bucks a month to keep people playing or ANet is gona take away more and more players.
This game actually lasted as a sub-based game a LOT longer than I thought it would, so that's something of a success, I suppose. However, along with all of the other fail-filled realizations that came with playing this game, we now have to deal with a company so petty that it won't simply transition to a full fledged F2P model? Free play to 15 is not F2P, it's called a teaser, a free trial, or in more secretive circles, a final desperate ploy to turn a few of the curious into full-fledged subscribers. Really, EA, is there ever a time that you DON'T step in your own fecal matter when making a decision about a game? I think it's time for a management overhaul over there...
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I doubt that. Most of them will avoid the game like the plague. I fully agree with those saying that "free to 15" is a way to pad the sub numbers. It may bring in a few more subs, but not enough to be worth the effort, unless you had an alterior motive, which EA has an abundance of in declining sub numbers.
Excuse me? 3 hrs to lvl15? Not even spacebarring thru everything is that possible. I am sorry sir but you are full of shit. Please use the toilet NOW!
Might actually free up a bit of space in your head for you to understand the concept EA/BW is working: Get players play to lvl15 for free, let them become interested what is happening next, they take the no-need-to-buy-box-just-get-a-subscription bait, look EA/BW is making a nice chunk of money even if those very same people cancel after a month.
Well, the only reason I stopped playing is my game performance consectutively got worse with each patch. So, this will allow me to see how well it plays on my current system without having to resub for a month.
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They stated that they raised the cap so people will be more inclined to check out the new planet. Without raising the level cap, a lot of poeple just won't bother or maybe check it out briefly and not get the full story.
Pretty much expected, given how their subscription numbers have been falling. Its too bad, as this could have been a really entertaining game. Its one of the few mmo's that I've ever played to just one month after the original month.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Teamwork: using the morons on your team as bait.
Yeah now they are just like the ultimate failure, 'WoW'.......
Except with almost ten million less subscribers.
And 3X more than every other western mmo....
- my point was that this move isn't an indication of failure, all mmo's are employing this or similar techniques. Was it an indication of failure when WoW employed it at the apex of their domination?
Yes, SWToR is losing subs. Yes, they are adding a trial to expose more people to their game. But both the best and worst TV shows advertise. When Seinfeld advertised, was it a symbol of their failure? So when WoW advertises (thru free trial), is it a symbol of their failure? So why is it a symbol of failure when a promotional team designs a promotion for SWToR?
Not many would call Rift a failure. It employed these promotionals early and often. They exposed more people to their game and retained more. Now it is considered a success and it has far less subs than ToR.
You people are all emotion and no reason. I don't like SWToR either - but at least I'm not part of a mindless angry mob about it.
That made me chuckle *g*
I can only repeat myself. Im around 50, tried a lot of different games .. but never ever enjoyed so much and for so long time in one shot like with swtor. Impressive.
Saying this I must add that I could not care less for pvp then I currently do. And I do not care for end game. I'm altholic and with 12 alts to level to max have enough of fun without endgame. Then pandas will come or Rift expansion ... then back to swtor. Have also tried space combat but did not like in general this kind of games so all ended after 2nd try as I remember.
So i can not jude pvp or end game. Or space combat.
The ONLY reason is not that you or alike you could have free launch ... ops.. free gaming, but only to TEST the game and then PAY for GOOD FOOD on plate.
wel all know this will happen soon ,nothing new nothing shoking
No EA game has yet gone a full F2P. Even Ultima Online one of the oldest MMO's on the market still has subs.
Maybe Bioware shouldn't have pissed all over their fanbase
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Did they fix the engine so you can actual play an PvP and is it smooth now when there are many players in one place?
Take the Hecatomb TCG What Is Your Doom? quiz.
A game where pvp is controlled and then you charge people to play lol. I think gamers want an open world where they can freely roam and pvp whenever they want. And there should be a couple of ways of paying to play.
Honestly, I haven't logged into SWTOR, but I felt the game would disappoint me and I lost interest before the official release.
It's just a free trial like WoW and many other games have. Using f2p is misleading.
To be honest myself, I have not been following at all swtor before maybe few weeks before release. Had suspicion will not live to hype. Could not be more wrong. I'm happy I changed my mind at last moment. At that time have been playing for few months Rift and needed some detour. In wow have leveled all that is to be leveled up. So decided to try swtor.
But as said, i do not care for pvp and not for end game, so can not know from personal experience if there are any problems. For the rest only the best.
HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!!!!!!!!! EPIC BONER!!!!!!!!!
Sorry BW, I will be canceling very soon. Just want to finish my JC story and I am gone. Played 2 Beta weekend events with GW2 and I just cant see me paying a monthly fee again. And I refuse to pay for a MMO with unbalanced classes and factions. How did you mess up mirriored classes? Not worth the 15 bucks a month and with GW2 coming out companies will need to start jumping on different model then 15 bucks a month to keep people playing or ANet is gona take away more and more players.
This game actually lasted as a sub-based game a LOT longer than I thought it would, so that's something of a success, I suppose. However, along with all of the other fail-filled realizations that came with playing this game, we now have to deal with a company so petty that it won't simply transition to a full fledged F2P model? Free play to 15 is not F2P, it's called a teaser, a free trial, or in more secretive circles, a final desperate ploy to turn a few of the curious into full-fledged subscribers. Really, EA, is there ever a time that you DON'T step in your own fecal matter when making a decision about a game? I think it's time for a management overhaul over there...
I wonder what the people who bought the super-special pre-order collectors edition for what was it? $150? $160? are thinking right now...
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