Exactly Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Amazingly shoddy business practice bioware. To entice people to stay around at least for one more month they are offering an exclusive "founder" title in which the only way to become eligible is have been billed at least once or have redeemed a game time code. This title is not going to be available past march. The lengths they will go to try and pinch out a few more bucks from the people who have tried to enjoy the game only to be disappointed. I honestly was on the fence about whether i was going to resub or not, this email i received today actually confirms my decision. I am absolutely disgusted, and actually feel a bit of pity for bioware and EA. Trust me, this is not going to be a respected title in 5 years if this game is still around. It will be remembered always as the "I got suckered into another month" title. Guys, dont fall for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaosvernon Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 (edited) At least its not a, " I got suckered into an extra year of wow." mount. Edited January 19, 2012 by chaosvernon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenshire Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 You're only upset because you want it and will have to subscribe to get it. You can't ragequit and 'show them who's boss', only to come back later because then you'll miss out on getting the title you so covet. Oh well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyneM Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 What's the point of owning the title if you were going to quit anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rzrknight Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 tsk you dont get it?After so many trolls in the forum BW became a troll itself , really ...I mean or they are desperate or they are crazy ... cant get which really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halofax Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Aion, LOTRO, and Age of Conan all have founder titles. Its a cosmetic useless thing. Who cares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbanite Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 (edited) If you do not like the game then no matter what you are offered you wont stay as you are not going to play it I am subbing.... The title is a bonus... not one I will use. If someone who hates the game is shallow enougth to sub JUST for a title then lol@them because they deserve everything they get. I find it offensive that you consider people stupid enougth to buy a game they hate just for a title Edited January 19, 2012 by corbanite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halofax Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Amazingly shoddy business practice bioware. To entice people to stay around at least for one more month they are offering an exclusive "founder" title in which the only way to become eligible is have been billed at least once or have redeemed a game time code. This title is not going to be available past march. The lengths they will go to try and pinch out a few more bucks from the people who have tried to enjoy the game only to be disappointed. I honestly was on the fence about whether i was going to resub or not, this email i received today actually confirms my decision. I am absolutely disgusted, and actually feel a bit of pity for bioware and EA. Trust me, this is not going to be a respected title in 5 years if this game is still around. It will be remembered always as the "I got suckered into another month" title. Guys, dont fall for it. BTW Blizzard is giving away Diablo 3 (a game with no release date) to anyone who commits to a year of WoW. How do you even do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bicuspid Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 years from now, if anyone is still dumb enough to play republic, the few of us will be able to take out our founders title and tell of the day 150 sith facerolled the dozen jedi at Ilum and it was working as intended Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exactly Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 Don't get me wrong, i REALLY REALLY wanted to like this game, but it is far from what i need it to be for it to become my main MMO (i can only justify paying one MMO sub a month). The title is very intriguing, IF i knew i would be playing this game for years to come, but right now i see that as a very low probability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runealdo Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Not sure if BW is trolling or retarded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doamy Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 At least its not a, " I got suckered into an extra year of wow." mount. Oh dear, I had completely forgotten that! That was a huge laugh for me too when I saw that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorn_ Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 At least its not a, " I got suckered into an extra year of wow." mount. Given the fact that crap tons of people are going to head right back to WoW upon discovering the complete lack of functional endgame here, the bundle isn't seeming like such a bad deal anymore. I held off on doing it because I fully expected to switch over to TOR right away, but unless something drastic changes quickly, I'm not thinking that's going to happen anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidpop Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Trust me, this is not going to be a respected title in 5 years if this game is still around. It will be remembered always as the "I got suckered into another month" title. Yea, respect from a bunch of random strangers on the internet......Thats why i play mmos... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asuka Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Amazingly shoddy business practice bioware. To entice people to stay around at least for one more month they are offering an exclusive "founder" title in which the only way to become eligible is have been billed at least once or have redeemed a game time code. This title is not going to be available past march. The lengths they will go to try and pinch out a few more bucks from the people who have tried to enjoy the game only to be disappointed. I honestly was on the fence about whether i was going to resub or not, this email i received today actually confirms my decision. I am absolutely disgusted, and actually feel a bit of pity for bioware and EA. Trust me, this is not going to be a respected title in 5 years if this game is still around. It will be remembered always as the "I got suckered into another month" title. Guys, dont fall for it. It's not a new concept so don't act all surprised. I have the same thing in a number of other MMOs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imtrick Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 (edited) Amazingly shoddy business practice bioware. To entice people to stay around at least for one more month they are offering an exclusive "founder" title in which the only way to become eligible is have been billed at least once or have redeemed a game time code. This title is not going to be available past march. Oh my God, say it isn't so! They've stooped so low they've resorting to marketing? EA must be behind this evil plot. I'm shocked and appalled. Well, duh, of course they're trying to get people to subscribe. It's sort of, you know, the business they're in? Edited January 19, 2012 by imtrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yumi-Ann Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 How about everyone stops complaining... you do know that the servers are up and the game is playable. Just becuase you cant PVP whore does not mean that you should go to the forums to complain about how the developer is doing. If you do not like how the publisher or the developer run this game than you can honestly just leave. It would save the community a lot of useless banter that would never end anyway. This goes for anyone who continues to QQ and rage here; honestly this is a game. You spent money on it sure but that was your choice; if you do not like the game no one is keeping you here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skovick Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Why would anyone who plans on leaving care about the founder title to begin with. To say this is a cheap method of keeping players is just dumb. Troll else where. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vankacew Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 i'll sign for a extra, but battlemaster tittle is better. So, who care ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qoojo Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 (edited) Oh no! They are trying to earn more money. Edited January 19, 2012 by Qoojo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyACT Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 How about everyone stops complaining... you do know that the servers are up and the game is playable. Just becuase you cant PVP whore does not mean that you should go to the forums to complain about how the developer is doing. If you do not like how the publisher or the developer run this game than you can honestly just leave. It would save the community a lot of useless banter that would never end anyway. This goes for anyone who continues to QQ and rage here; honestly this is a game. You spent money on it sure but that was your choice; if you do not like the game no one is keeping you here. Not in 3 hrs they won't be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exactly Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 It goes beyond just marketing, its almost fear mongering. If you played WoW you would full well know how revered old school titles/mounts etc are. Bioware knows this too. Its a really good business decision but it just strikes me as so underhanded it completely turned me off right away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bicuspid Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 i'll sign for a extra, but battlemaster tittle is better. So, who care ? Yah man so many already got their free war hero title today from the Ilum zerg, so that was already the bonus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artthen Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Hi everyone, Since there is an existing thread on this topic, we’ve closed this thread in an effort to consolidate discussion. You can find the existing thread here: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=198797 Please continue your discussion at the above link. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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