Touchè, Andryah.
However, the mmo industry's failed companies speak for themselves. Where is SWG today? What about WAR, or perhaps APB? Remember tabula rasa? That game did so much for the next generation of developers, and sparked our imaginations to boot. TR fell apart in a little under 3 years(the number of years it did or did not survive for is irrelevant to the discussion at hand), if memory serves. We deserve innovation, at this point, and I believe the only way we will get innovation is by letting games like swtor fail. The "Next Halo" Or "WoW" will create a new dynasty, and shape things for the next generation of gamers.
Simply put, allow swtor to fail, and we will be rewarded in the future by games made by people who really care about innovation and creativity. Titan is around the corner, from Blizz. Maybe they've learned something over the past ten years that will contribute to the next gen gaming scene. I digress.
Let the developers know, unanimously, that we do not put up with crap. And the next time they put pen to paper, they will remember that we do not forgive, and we never forget.
As much as swtor's story was inspiring, If I'd wanted a good story, I would have read a book. I wanted a good star wars gaming experience, and what i received was trash. Triple A title? Paid for by EA. Glowing reviews by sites and magazines alike? Paid for by none other than the 800 pound gorilla of the gaming world.
Resolve now to say no to refuse (garbage, I r smartz), and this travesty will never happen again. The community has spoken, and we all say there are thousands of things wrong with this game. When we ask BW when they're planning on fixing the plethora of mistakes, their only response is "In the 'near' future". That's not an answer. That's a sly dodge. I want real and tangible fixes. Not BS aesthetic junk that serves no purpose at all, as far as gameplay is concerned. When are you going to fix Illum?! When are you going to fix Crafting?! When are you going to add the things you mentioned before the game was even out? As I said in my previous post, adding crap to the game isn't fixing anything. You're only breaking the game further. Half of your operations don't even function properly. And you expect me to wait patiently while you "Fix" everything.
As far as our wow comparisons are concerned: Wow has had 8 years to fix their game. Years that BW could have been learning what constituted the "norm" in the very industry they were trying to break into.
LFG is a must have these days. Did wow have it at launch? No, but they put it in and innovated the idea of having the game find you a group. They had LFG for PVP. So why not PVE? Because they don't listen. Searching for groups in gen chat is an antiquated concept, as far as our genre is concerned. And we've all been saying that for months now. Possibly since we first heard this game was coming out.
I used to love the idea of a star wars mmo. Now? I wished they'd go back to square one with the entire project, and let us know in another few years how they're getting along.
I apologize profusely to those i have offended. I'm not usually one for fiery rhetoric, but someone had to say it. To those that would rebut: I am willing and open to all those who would disagree with me. Please give me one reason to come back to the game. One genuine good reason, and I'll rethink my entire line of thought about swtor. I don't want you to say their fixing crafting, or they scrapped illum. Those two things are so minute to my real problems with this game, that I'm not even concerned at the moment with anything BW has to say about them.
Just give me something tangible. I want to like this game. But BW, you're making it really hard to do so at the moment.
This game should never have gone public...
Again, I apologize for the wall of text. Thank you for reading this, and good luck in the future to everyone, including the bioware team. Your other games were great, but I can't begin to describe what happened with swtor. It kind of hurts just thinking about it...
