I believe he may be referencing FFXIV which released in a similarly buggy and unfinished state, though my understanding is it was even worse off. Early adopters of that game were given free access to the servers up until recently

I dig that you can defend where you are coming from. They should hire you to do their press releases because you are more convincing.

I was expecting a picture of poo, showing off its HD graphics compared to SWTOR. I am dissapoint.

this x100

There is marketing, and then there is ignoring bugs and mistakes while saying that you have produced one of the most perfect things in history.

Judging from the mass lockings of any disapproving topic, I am going to say the vocal minority are the ones that are 100% satisfied with their purchase.

I was just rereading the press release from Bioware, and I noticed a couple of choice quotes: Anyone know where they are getting these impressions from?

If people do not care they should avoid bumping the topics. Also, with the number of unsubs going around I really doubt they will take the time to read any of them at all. I wonder if they read anything, considering that before the game was released when I sent them a ticket this was what I got:

It is the "with me or against me" attitude. I also once read a very convincing argument that suggested that hardcore MMORPG players uniquely take offense when someone does not like their game because it is similar to someone saying they do not approve of their lifestyle. I guess when you are dedicating the majority of your free time towards something someone else does not feel is worthwhile, it can cause angryface.

A dev confirming that hi-res textures will be implemented would go a long way towards appeasing a lot of customers. Promising to "improve the fidelity of the game" means less to me than the promises of the last Nigerian Prince that E-Mailed me needing my help.

Best solution yet to a difficult problem in all MMOs.

I would say it is more closed-minded to continue paying them more and more money while you wait for what you were told you would receive with your initial purchase. I am sure this person and many others, including myself, would resub if the developers were actually going to fix the myriad of problems. Right now there are too many issues being ignored while they pat themselves on the back and say "Star Wars: The Old Republic stands as one of the greatest and most ambitious achievements in video game history."

Or maybe by some miracle the devs will take notice and fix these things so those that want to fanboy it up can have a game worth the heavy praise they dump on it.

What is most astounding to me about this game is not the bugs, which are to be expected in a new MMORPG, but rather the terrible decisions made during development. How can anybody think removing graphics options and forcing the game to look terrible is a good idea? Even the ORIGINAL Everquest had better textures than this: http://resolution-magazine.co.uk/content/wp-content/uploads/everquest1.jpg

They complain because they hope what looks like it could end up being a good game can get pulled out from behind the terrible dev decisions. It is worth a shot.