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Jethillex

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  1. They likely estimated their user base at launch wrong and opened too many servers spreading the population too thin.

     

    It wasn't that there were bugs at launch, it's the time that it took to fix them is the problem and I'm sure people quit because of it. WoW had a lot of bugs and server problems at the start, but unlike now there weren't many MMOs out there for people to go to so people stuck with WoW.

     

    Unfortunately EA likely rushed the game out for Christmas when it could have used to some time to iron things out.

     

    This game is going to need some pretty innovative things to bring back people to this game. 1.2 was a step in the right direction though

  2. Look, everyone wants to be on the Empire side because it's cool being a bad***** who shows no mercy. Imbalance was always in favor of Horde in WoW, especially in the later years.

     

    Also, mature players don't want to play with the pre-pubes who roll Republic so they pick Empire hoping the kids didn't want to be the bad guys. Nice guys finish last right?

     

    These things may never balance out over time. Some servers may be dead while others active. If you don't like the realm or faction you can change.

     

    People switched to Horde in WoW because they were for the most part the superior pvp side, probably due to the fact that more mature players picked horde. I guess people figured the same would happen in this game so they went Empire figuring it's SWTOR's horde.

  3. If people start acting like jerks if they can hide behind the LFG tool, then you're community was built on a falsehood since you've been socializing with a bunch of deceptive people. What's the value of community based on that? Seems like it doesn't matter if it destroys that community.

     

    Maybe some people don't wish to be part of your vision of the server community either.

  4. In the traditional sense, innovation is a cure to a previous uncured problem. In the MMO world, however, a lack of innovations means a lack of success because a lack of innovation means that there's no real incentive for players to play your MMO over an existing one.

     

    WoW was an EQ clone when it launched, people still flocked to it. Yes Blizzard an established player base, but so does Bioware and it also has Star Wars behind it as well. I suspect SWTOR will branch off in it's own direction as more content and changes are added much like WoW did.

     

    No it can't yet compete with WoW in terms of content because WoW has had over 7 years of development while SWTOR just got released but SWTOR is ahead of where WoW was in terms of content when it launched and it also had a much smoother launch.

     

    WoW had class quests as well, and dear I say, they were quite marvelous, unique, and compelling.

     

    You mean like the rogue quest line that was never finished?

  5. WoW seems to be the whipping boy for all the Star Wars fanboys, but it's a much more solid game

     

    WoW was hardly solid when it launched. The server I was on was down for days straight, I think I got credited at least full week for server downtime and this happened two months after launch. It took at least a month or two before they decided to replace the hardware. SWTOR for all it's minor annoyances had a much more solid launch than WoW did, and I would hope 7 years into development it would be a WoW would be a solid game.

  6. Honestly, I can't think of a single LOGICAL reason that anyone would want dual specs so you never need to meet new people, actually fill a role, or make an insanely easy game even easier.

     

    What if your a DPS and the group is looking for a Healer, well there goes the opportunity to meet new people.

  7. It forces you to go out and try to find people. Are you some type of loner?

     

     

    Also I play on a server that is nearly full 24/7. I wait 30 minutes for a queue. I have NO problem getting a group for a quest within 5-10 minutes. Oh and while I wait and not spam General. (I do it once every few minutes). I do other quest.

     

    WHAT DOING OTHER THINGS!?!??! THE HORROR!

     

    Do another quest and waiting for people? WHAT IS THIS????

     

    Very rarely will I see a group forming for a flashpoint on a planet, it happens in the fleet. It's also kind of hard to quest on a planet while looking for a healer or tank for a flashpoint groups form for those in a different location.

  8. Don't turn this game into wow, please don't. We don't need dual spec because it just takes away from the roll-playing story immersion that swtor uses.

     

    Since when did the dialog choices you can make depend on your spec?

     

    I suppose spamming LFM Healer for 45 minutes to an hour is more immerse though.

  9. Two successfull concepts from other games:

     

    - Dual specs.

    - Dungeon Finder.

     

     

     

    Healer companions are not as smart as human players are.

     

    Don't say Dungeon Finder, you'll upset all the people who demand you sit in the main city and spam LFG xxxxx for an hour because that builds a sense of community.

  10. and if the 5 days doesn't mean anything to you? you still have no choice you have to pay that extra ripoff fee and that is exactly what it is a ripoff. Yet another EA ploy to scrounge even more money out of you there is no opt out. No other game has ever charged a pre order fee and it is an utter disgrace that this one has.

     

    Except they discounted the game by $5 so in the end the game is the same price. You aren't paying any extra.

  11. Mine was Nov 30th.

     

    Think I'm in tomorrow or Friday?

     

    Not sure what "up to the last week of November" really means.

     

    I have thought about that too, does it mean up to the last week meaning stopping at the 24th or does it mean they will grant access up to the last week meaning to Nov 30th.

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