Our defintions of words are wildly different. I mean, I have to wonder what your first language is. Bioware concealed nothing. Conealing something is an action. You cannot conceal by inaction.

Video game sales do not represent MMO populations.

One of the most important things in the world is self-determination - until and unless it hurts other people.

I seem to struggle bringing in comms as frequently as people say I should be. I assume it's because I'm DPS and the queues for group finder take an eternity. I'll try a healer or tank and see if I end up drowning in comms. But generally speaking, I push every 4 to 8 levels for fresh mods for myself and my favorite companion.

It's pretty bloody obvious we're talking about video game companies given the vein of discussion and the emphasis on IP-based markets. Two other people understood that, why didn't you? Please don't move the goal posts. Yes, those are all bigger and probably treat their customers better, but it's not an adequate comparison. I'm sorry but you're mistaken. Deception is purposefully concealing or misrepresenting the truth. The other reason it can't be deception: the terms of service. We all agree to it and it says, quite plainly, that prices for services may change without warning and that they don't have to tell you they're doing it. And comparing this to infidelity in an intimate relationship is a joke.

So-called casuals are the broadest segment of the player base, though. You're also forgetting that there are other MMOs out recently and that spring/summer is taking hold. Quite frankly, I don't give a damn what kind of content it is or it's quality; content is content. Claiming it doesn't exist when it, in fact, does seems to be some kind of disconnect from reality. Now, complaining about the type of content or it's quality, that's probably justified. It's very normal for a year to pass between major content updates with minor content in between. My evidence is purely anecdotal for the moment but I'm positive I could dig up facts if I bothered to look at old patch notes of LotRO, STO, or virtually any other MMO. There is only so much content a developer is capable of producing to begin with, and second the pace is bound to slow down over time to space out content.

I want content! But if it's not content I like then it doesn't count. Am I right?

Fact: companies in every industry repurpose and reuse existing resources before procuring new ones. It's pretty obvious if you've ever had an actual job before. The truth is I think you're expecting a bit much but this is fairly normal among gamers. This MMO isn't any more or less 'casual' than the bulk of others out there - and I've played almost all of the notable ones - though there are a few with more 'hardcore' elements. That said, catering to 'hardcore' gamers creates a niche product which an MMO cannot afford to be, especially one that is F2P.

Those are not 15,000 unqiue views but I digress. Of course Bioware is concerned, they're more responsive to their customers than most MMO developers. They've proven it. Which is exactly why I've been saying that everyone should view this whole ordeal as a positive experience.

I didn't even see the above list. Not exactly able to follow this thread reply by reply. I thought you were talking about Valve or CD Projekt, examples other poeple gave. We are talking about video game companies here. Of course distributors as diversified as those are larger. And no one was deceived, that's the bottom line; Bioware simply exercised their power to manipulate the prices of their products at will without notice, as laid out by the ToS. Contrary to popular belief, they are not beholden to us, do not have to have every business decision approved by us, and owe us nothing beyond the product given. To think anything else is simply naive or willfully ignorant.

Honestly, I can see the justification for her leaving being wrong. Once again, the harm principle comes into play. If her leaving does more harm to others than her remaining, then yeah it would be 'wrong'. I have a sneaking suspicion that quest is trying to highlight a social issue, however, so logic isn't exactly at the core of it.

You - like others - are blowing this whole thing way out of proportion. Your indignation is misdirected. I understand that you feel entitled to being treated only just exactly how you want to be treated, but that's not how the world works. Especially since Bioware has a 'monopoly' on Star Wars MMOs. You pay for the ride they take you on. If you don't like it, tough, you're not going to find the experience anywhere else. In another thread, I elaborated why Bioware did nothing wrong and wasn't pulling a fast one on anybody: if you allowed yourself to become less-than-vigilant and didn't expect a for-profit organization to try to make more money, then you are either insane or naive. The onus is always on the customer when spending money. Worse, people who were apparently super loyal to Bioware didn't acknowledge the notion that, ostensibly at least, that hike in CC could have been related to pushing more/new content in future. That Bioware is bothering to run damage control at all is a good sign. The whole 'scandal' is a net positive. Normally, I would be the last person on earth to defend EA or Bioware, take that as you will (as also evidenced in other threads I have a dislike for both companies - EA for their business model and Bioware for their storytelling). Your calls to the public to boycott packs are unfortunately meaningless because the majority of the player base doesn't even browse the forum and the tiny slice of the population that does scarcely pays their bills alone.

Uh... what? The Rebel Alliance was hardly rag-tag and I don't believe for a second the Force has an individual will. The only thing to support that is philosophical mumbo jumbo in the form of character's quotes and thoughts that are by no means reliable. The Force has never shown an ability or propensity to control anyone - others have done so via the Force, of course, but the Force has never acted on it's own.

Mother of Christ... I thought resolving to buy a hypercrate per paycheck was spending a lot of money. Do you do that for each new hypercrate?

Yep, fanfiction. In order for content to be canon, it had to have been in the movies or the Clone Wars series.

Whole lotta butthurt concentrated into one post. Next time, everyone needs to get Preston's permission before they post.

While that would be sensible and, indeed, polite, there is only a problem insofar as people believe they deserve to be treated like VIPs. There is nothing immoral or shady about Bioware acting to alter prices without warning as they see fit. This is well within their authority as per the ToS. Complaining has paid off here but only just. The onus is still on the customer to accept this reality or go elsewhere. Fortunately Bioware claims they've listened and learned. If Bioware was being as immoral and shady as everyone thinks they wouln't run damage control at all. Even in this case, not enough players would up and quit to make their displeasure known. A handful of people on the forum is misrepresentative of the player base.

That wasn't the case with the droid in the quest, it was given emotional programming. My point still stands, droids such as these are autonomous weapons following programming, nothing more. We should be careful about anthropomorphizing these things. And you can't deny that returning a weapon to war is much more dark side than wiping an errant droid's emotions.

But droids don't have free will, aren't living things, and therefore, I don't see how it's the more moral option. In fact, looking at it from the perspective of the harm principle, the choices as they are should still be reversed. It causes more harm to others to repair the droid and less to reprogram, ergo, repairing should be dark side and reprogram light.

What planet do you live on?

Except it's nothing like that. Not even a little bit.

They don't want to pay it, that's why it's dodgy.

It was supposed to be rare, though, Eric said so.

I think it's safe to say that even happiness can lead to the dark side.

Nobody got screwed, no one is being taken for a mug, and Bioware were well within their rights as a business to do what they did as per the ToS that we all agreed to when we signed up. You did read it before you agreed to it, right? This thread should be considered a showcase for entitlement and the bad attitudes that gamers have which helped to create the present toxicity of the big budget gaming industry. The very reason companies have poor customer service is because a very vocal minority cannot be pleased. For every forum warrior there are dozens of people playing the game who don't care. And yes, you are a minority, or companies like EA wouldn't be so successful.