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United Forces to Lay the Groundwork for Big Changes Including Server 'Connections'
SBFord
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Star Wars: The Old Republic News - The Star Wars: The Old Republic site has been updated with a long post laying out the development roadmap for the balance of 2017. Included is the first information about big changes coming to multiplayer starting with the deployment of the United Forces Campaign in November. Some components of United Forces, mostly of the quality of life ilk, will be coming in October including an extended maintenance period on October 24th and the full campaign coming on November 8th.
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Is there something I am missing like why would a Republic character need a Vette customization?
Vette became available for everyone in KotFE, later on. The companions aren't really class or faction based anymore in the newer stuff. They are just given in the story and such.
Then they make a new game with a top-notch, AAA game engine as the base for starters. You know, since EA makes money by dump truck loads, so they don't have to cheap out on a half-assed unfinished game engine with no vendor support.
Man you should make a game. You clearly know so much and you have the ability to bypass a game's limitations with ease. Wow! Hurray for Korwe!
And ofc more mini games such as pazaak, and swoop racing.
Something they mentioned could be in the works, and would really add more to the game.
unfortunately we saw from their last expansions how their resources result in a few hours of content in mostly single player and therefore, they would need more funding.
They should make pvp more of an e-sport with people being able to dl only wz maps if they want to and play end game with 8 different classes (including mirrors so 8 ACs). Which might create an incentive to create more classes as well.
Then have a server that is more like a lobby for people that want to only play pvp, or mini games. This would still connect to the main game, but the point is that it brings in a larger crowd, and they would probably dl the rest of the game to play that as well.
Unfortunately, the e-sport community is toxic. But I think it would be a good idea other wise.
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And not some novum idea either, the advantages (at first almost wrote superiority
* only partly, because the Legacy name is not tied to the character's ID, more like just a "special" shared title.
If "nobody" was playing I suspect it would be shutdown, it is an EA game afterall.
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It's a great system, my only gripe with it (but I guess it was discussed earlier a few times already
Looks like the server merges will be some what telling and give a more accurate representation of the health and population of the game. As of now however http://mirror.torstatus.net/ shows the population of the game to be dwindling... fast.
Ummmmmmmmmmmmmm........ I can't even believe this was said. You're completely right, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to use this logic......
Crazkanuk
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Do you also believe it takes a game dev to have any idea of what's possible in naming conventions and what exactly are your qualifications to make that decision?
Also, I don't know what the fuck you're talking about with naming conventions. You said there are 2 ways to make a game, the "good" way and the "easiest/cheapest" way. Then you assert that one of these is chosen 90% of the time. So are you suggesting that 90% of the time people are doing things the "good" way? What I'm telling you is that if you think that the goal of a game company is to make games the easiest/cheapest way then you're a fucking lunatic. Sorry! I wish that this sort of decision was binary. What I'm saying is if you want to come off as somewhat intelligent, instead of borderline retarded, then I'd suggest you put some thought into what you say.
Crazkanuk
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Azarelos - 90 Hunter - Emerald
Durnzig - 90 Paladin - Emerald
Demonicron - 90 Death Knight - Emerald Dream - US
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Brindell - 90 Warrior - Emerald Dream - US
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Not to mention we are talking about a game that isn't doing that well, companies love throwing good money after bad too, don't they? XD
Maybe we are just playing different games or have different expectations, or some people of certain intelligence levels are usually more content . . . maybe that's what's going on here.
No, and if I was a shareholder, I wouldn't expect a business that I invest in to be spending money unnecessarily. However, there's a big difference between THAT and creating a shitty game, intentionally, which is what you're getting at.
What game are you talking about that isn't doing well? Are we talking about a new game? OR are talking about SWTOR? A 5 year-old game that has been dead since the day it released, apparently? Yet consistently makes money year-after-year? Under a company that certainly won't keep around dead weight?
As far as quality goes, I don't know what your expectations are. Every game is certain to have it's warts, but a game that is nearly always in the conversation of the best story-driven MMOs of all time certainly isn't shit. So, yes, maybe you are looking for something else and SWTOR doesn't check your boxes. I also don't expect that everyone will be able to look at games objectively, that's why there are critics. There is great evidence of this, both here, and on the user scores on Metacritic. It's a great example of the collective retardation of society..... once again, thanks Internet!
Crazkanuk
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Azarelos - 90 Hunter - Emerald
Durnzig - 90 Paladin - Emerald
Demonicron - 90 Death Knight - Emerald Dream - US
Tankinpain - 90 Monk - Azjol-Nerub - US
Brindell - 90 Warrior - Emerald Dream - US
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SWTOR was one of the most expensive games ever made at the time, and it did NOT perform as EA hoped it would, hence the the quick conversion to F2P and loot boxes.
My initial phrase was hyperbole, and believe it or not, I pulled that 90% number out of my . . . well, you get the picture. But I stand behind my assertion that overall game developers do not make the best decisions, and especially in the context of this discussion when they are acting on lowering population(income). Not because they want to make bad games, but because the people make the decisions don't know what they are doing.