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    Eric Musco, you're funny :P

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    Are you serious about it being a serious question? Because I've seen that a dozen times and when presented with the answer, I usually get: "Typical fanboi response! Troll harder you ********!"

     

    Assuming you're being honest, here you go:

     

    This game is built on a framework with a limited set of core functions. This is basic software development. There is a player, and the player has a number of characteristics, equipment, abilities, buffs (removable) and debuffs (non-removable). Some other minor aspects exist, but that's sufficient for now. Armor is implemented as an item which can be assigned to an armor slot on your player. The item continues to exist while its worn. It can be taken off, stored in an inventory, then re-worn. The item has a number of aspects, too, including the possibility of being modable and containing mods and now, the ability to have a dye module bound to it.

     

    Your character has a number of abilities. These are either granted for free by various game events (reach level 10, reach level 1 as a Twi'lek, join a Huttball match) or purchased from trainers. The abilities are put into your ability list. That ability looks exactly the same for everyone (particle/shader effects on lightsabers and guns change color with the crystal.... Note: those are post-processing, non-model render effects).

     

    Now, the speeders. How do they work? Do you wield them like armor? Nope. The "speeder" you buy is actually a simple token which, when consumed, grants you a "free" ability that lets you travel with an animation that looks like the speeder you used. The speeder item you bought is annihilated, no longer tracked by the game, and there is no representation of the item around for you to manipulate. What you do have is the ability.

     

    Now the problem, as I see it (and from what I can gather of the engine), is that you are asking for the same ability, for example, the "Gurian Shadow" ability to use a different model-texture for different players. This is unlike any other ability in the game. No other ability switches the model displayed (preemptive rebuttal: The "action" for firing a rifle doesn't officially include the rifle, the rifle is attached like armor to the ability animation). Furthermore, there is no UI for modifying the appearance of a ability. How would you change the color of your lightning? Where is the dye slot for it? How about the dye slot for the portable shield used by Snipers and Gunslingers?

     

    I know that it seems like everything is in place to do this, but it's really not. The lines between "ability" and "item" appear to be pretty strict and you're asking to have that line be blurred. While it might be possible, its a lot more work than the novice analysis suggests.

     

    AMAZING POST. Perhaps blatant logic will help people understand the mechanics of what they're asking.

    State of the Game #3 Promise Not Delivered

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    The fact that the OP is complaining about bug fixes as one of the QoL features that we "haven't gotten" tells me that the OP doesn't read patch notes. If the OP read patch notes, the OP would be able to list the 30 bug fixes that were implemented with patch 2.1 including things like the fact that both fleets and several planets have had their shard population caps reduced to reduce lag. But since the OP failed to mention even ONE of those QoL fixes, I have to chalk this post up to a disgruntled player venting their frustration at what they perceive to be Bioware's failure to address issues they feel are important. Hey, I have no problem with you saying, "I want such and such and Bioware has not provided such and such which is frustrating to me for the following reason." But to say "Bioware has not done such and such" when they clearly HAVE done "such and such" is simply incorrect.

    Space Mission Reduction

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    Bioware was very specific about the F2P restrictions leading up to the change. It's not their fault you didn't read them before you let your account go F2P. They have some options for everyone when it comes to space missions, war zones, flashpoints and operations. You can subscribe and get unlimited access, buy the weekly pass, or your can buy nothing yet still get a chance to try them to see if you like them. You obviously like them so it sounds like you've made a choice that works for you in subscribing. Hopefully you continue to have a good time.

    Deserter debuff for leaving warzone

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    I have a legitimate question, what do you do about people who are in the queue and they land in a wz that someone has just bailed on and the team they "join" is getting murdered? Should they have to stay in that wz? I have been placed into many voidstars and huttballs where my I wake up to discover my team is either defending the datacore door or down 4-0. It would suck for me that I have to stay in that wz in order to avoid a deserter debuff.

    Ummm... Can we get some more info on what we pre-ordered ??

    in General Discussion

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    Well for those of you who didn't like my Hobbit comparison, here's some other ones for you. Right now on Fandango you can preorder tickets for Monster's University, (sequel to Monster's Inc.) The Hangover Part III, Grown Ups 2, The Wolverine, 300: Rise of an Empire and Insidious: Chapter 2. None of these movies have trailers or expanded information released about them at this time, yet I can go preorder tickets for all of them. The final Harry Potter book was available for preorder prior to it's release and nobody knew anything about what was in it until information leaked illegally about 4 days before the release date. Cee-Lo Green's "Lady Killer" album was available for preorder with only 1 track available to hear. The point of the comparison was that you are not required nor are you penalized for not preordering RotHC. And they've released the same amount or more information as most other companies do concerning upcoming products.

    Ummm... Can we get some more info on what we pre-ordered ??

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    This is such a dead subject. Seriously. People want to compare WoW's expansion to SWTOR's expansion but they want to gloss over the details. If you compare the information that was available about M.O.P. when M.O.P. became available for preorder, it was pretty darn close to the information that was available about RoTHC when it became available for preorder. Yet for some reason, only SWTOR gets the beat stick.

     

    Also, since when does making something AVAILABLE for purchase constitute said company DEMANDING you purchase it? Never once has Bioware said you will be penalized for not preordering. They've offered a reward for those who do preorder, but absolutely no penalty for those who don't. If you're so upset about the "lack of information" concerning this expansion, why are you so upset about not getting 5 days of early access to it?

     

    The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug doesn't open until December 13th of this year. There are no trailers for it. The only piece of information about it is a teaser poster that has Bilbo's face on it. Yet you can "preorder" your tickets to this movie on Fandango right now. I don't see anyone complaining about that...

    Are we seriously supposed to preorder with this little info?

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    Just stop with the "we don't know anything about Makeb" stuff. First of all, Bioware is not telling you that you HAVE to pre-order the expansion. They're saying that if you pre-order by the 7th, you'll get 5 days of early access. If you don't pre-order by the 7th, you pay $10 if you're a subber, and $20 if you're not a subber. As far as information:

     

    We know right now the level cap is increasing to 55.

    We know right now that we will be getting one new active ability, 5 talent points, and and changes to the talent trees of each class.

    We know there will be new dailies.

    We know there will be new heroics.

    We know the individual class stories will not continue, but instead Makeb will center around 2 faction specific stories.

    We know the story surrounding Makeb.

    We know the gear we'll be getting will not make our current gear obsolete.

    We know Makeb is at least the same size as Belsavis.

     

    Now if you want MORE information than we have that's fine, but to post that we don't know ANYTHING about the expansion can't be more false.

    How was your Vacation, Bioware?

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    Obviously you don't follow the information the developing team releases. They stated over a week before the last update that the developers were going to be taking the holidays off and that it would be about 9 weeks in between the last update and the next one.

    We know nothing about RotHC

    in General Discussion

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    it only states how much you pay but not what you pay for. There is almost no information whatsoever on the exact content.

     

    I agree. The whole reason I posted this was to clarify the question about the pricing. People are wondering how much the expansion costs and I posted these three links to answer that question.

    We know nothing about RotHC

    in General Discussion

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    Apparently the help centre states:-

     

    This Digital Expansion is available for the following pre-order prices:

     

    $9.99 for all active subscribers.

    $19.99 for all Free-to-Play and Preferred Status players.

     

    Which is not the same and suggests that these prices are only available if you pre-order.

     

    Now I think you are correct and it is a famous BW miscommunication, but it isn't cast iron as it stands.

     

    http://www.swtor.com/support/helpcenter/7145

    http://www.swtor.com/support/helpcenter/7151

    http://www.swtor.com/support/helpcenter/7141

     

    Here are 3 links to the FAQ that specifically state the price point for subbers and the price point for non-subbers and what you get if you pre-order by 7 Jan.

    We know nothing about RotHC

    in General Discussion

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    "Heck half the people think jan 9 is cut off for $9.99 deal and other half thing its cut off for early access. And we cant even get that offically cleared up (and by officially I mean on the actual ad, not in the middle of some thread where people voice their displeasure and a bunch of fanbois attack their every word)."

     

    Is there any official post about that - I'd brave the rage to get an actual answer about what it meant.

     

    How does the FAQ not count as being official? It says right there that the price for subs is $9.99. The price for non-subs is $19.99. If you pre-order before 7 Jan you get 5 days of early access. I mean it can't get more clear than that. Does Jeff Hickman have to come to your house and tell you this information face to face for you to believe it?

    We know nothing about RotHC

    in General Discussion

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    Blizzard has a much better (read: existing) record of releasing expansions with a chunk of content that their player base is comfortable paying for.

     

    EAWare, on the other hand, does not.

     

    Before Blizzard even allowed pre-orders for M.O.P., the players knew that many of the features (new race, new class, new level cap, new continent, new dungeons) were going to be a part of the expansion. EAWare, however, told us about many of the features of RotHC as "Coming This Year!" without making it sound like expansion content we would be paying for.

     

    For a lot of people, the idea that EAWare was developing Makeb as a large-scale, no-cost patch was incentive to stay aboard. It showed that they were going pretty darn far for the playerbase. Now that we've found out Makeb is expansion content, it's a little disheartening.

     

    I understand where you're coming from.

    We know nothing about RotHC

    in General Discussion

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    No, it doesn`t.

     

    http://www.swtor.com/buy

     

    Subscribers Save 50%

    Subscribers save 50% off the Regular Price - Only $9.99 ($19.99 Regular Price).

    Receive five (5) days of Early Access* if you Pre-Order by January 7, 2013 11:59PM CT // 5:59AM GMT!

     

    $9.99

    Regular Price

    $19.99

     

    http://www.swtor.com/support/helpcenter/7142

    "This Digital Expansion is available for the following pre-order prices:

    $9.99 for all active subscribers.

    $19.99 for all Free-to-Play and Preferred Status players."

     

    So, no, the prices are not identical.

     

    I never said the prices were identical. I said the FAQ specifies the prices for subs and the price for non-subs. Sorry if you misunderstood.

    We know nothing about RotHC

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    This is simply laughable, but whatever floats your boat, I`d suppose.

     

    Btw, we are not debating information. We are debating content.

     

    I guess that's apples and oranges then. It sounds to me like your problem is that you don't feel the CONFIRMED content is worth the money. If that's the case that's fine. I thought your problem was you felt the developers have made this expansion available for purchase without giving the players any new information about what content will be in the expansion. This has been my point from the beginning. I personally feel they HAVE released new information about what content will be in the expansion. I have never said anything about whether or not that content is worth the price they're asking us to pay.

    We know nothing about RotHC

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    really?? i was under the impression that the price was only till Jan what ever and after that date it would be the same as free to play people... that's what it sounded like to me any ways. i never saw anything stating what you just said... where did they say this?? if that's true then i don't have to worry and just wait till the last min or until its live and decide then.

     

    It's in the FAQ. It specifically states the price for subs and the price for non-subs and in a separate bullet statement it states you will get 5 days of early access if you pre-order by 7 Jan.

    We know nothing about RotHC

    in General Discussion

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    http://us.battle.net/wow/en/game/mists-of-pandaria/

    http://us.battle.net/wow/en/game/mists-of-pandaria/feature/#levelcap

    Now lets see.. new race, new class, new level cap. 2 World bosses. 3 raids. 9 dungeons. 2 arenas.

     

    What we get is Belsavis... one barren planet and 5 new levels.

     

    They have a full page of features.. we got 3 lol lines. Comparable alright.

     

    You can't compare M.O.P.'s CURRENT web page that details everything in the expansion which is LIVE to RotHC's available information because RotHC isn't live yet. What you should do is compare the amount of info that was available on M.O.P. at the time it became available for pre-order to the amount of information available about RotHC at the time it was made available for pre-order. If you do that, the amount of information is comparable.

    We know nothing about RotHC

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Of course not, but movies =/= MMO's, its industry standard to announce features of an expansion instead of being asked to pre order with such little info. The way you are arguing is nothing short of trolling. :rolleyes:

     

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but M.O.P. was made available for pre-order in July with confirmed new race, class, continent, level cap and pet battle system. Rise of the Hutt Cartel has been made available for pre-order with confirmed new planet, level cap increase, class abilities and talents, heroic missions, daily missions and faction specific story arcs. Seems very comparable. Do you feel that Blizzard was equally lacking in asking WoW players to purchase M.O.P. without giving them adequate information?

    We know nothing about RotHC

    in General Discussion

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    It was pretty obvious that it'd be 5 new levels, no other number would really make sense. They also showed new class abilities in the trailer as well. Both of those were confirmed long ago, honestly you are just arguing for the sake of arguing.. you are arguing about semantics, nothing else, just plain semantics which is incredibly pointless.

     

    The June video SPECIFICALLY highlighted "New Level Cap and Class Abilities". You saying "it was pretty obvious that it'd be 5 new levels, no other number would really make sense" is purely conjecture. There were lots of people who were claiming the level cap HAD to go up by at least 10 otherwise there'd be no point. "New class abilities" is not nearly as detailed as them specifying the fact that we are going to get one new active ability, new talents and 5 new talent points for each class. So I'll say once again, claiming the developers haven't released any new information about the expansion is false. We didn't even know anything about the story that was going to surround this expansion in June.

    We know nothing about RotHC

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    Dont recall ever being asked to pay for a movie when all thats out is the teaser trailer

     

    Your points, all of them, are nothing but spin city and fail to grasp the meaning or concept being applied by multitudes of posters.

     

    So when the teaser for The Hobbit came out last year, you were under the impression that it would be free to go to the movies to watch it?

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