GreenLantern Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Why does bioware hate us cool kids who decided to farm Social X. First the Korrealis Baron becomes available to everyone, and then today I log in to see my Galactic Party Bomb and Party instigator no longer exist. Why do you hate us for being social butterflies...why why why? Hopefully this is just premature anger and I find out theres something cool out there I can get new with 1.2 that cant easily be bought by everyone for credits, but i doubt thats the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenjaminminU Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 you now get /doublelasers emote and all the other social legacy abilities, all i got was the companion dance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
komar_ Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 But the /doublelaser gets everyone for legacy 15 anyway...there is nothing unique for Social X players but the title... thats just... well I'm speechless atm:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blitztrain Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 They should give us back the galactic party bomb. That makes me very sad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frayan Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 what a *********** joke... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eclipsedmoon Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 yup i'm dissapointed over this I logged in hoping to use my social emotes as usual and find out they no longer work -.- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrIrrelevant Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 They removed the party instigator?!?! ***, why? That thing was so great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillynew Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Do you "social butterflys" have any idea how annoying your party bombs were to other players who would have to sit on their speeder all day long, indoors building up massive carbon monoxide and doing significant damage to their lungs, to avoid your stupid emote spam? Hail the downfall of the party spammer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frayan Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Its like waking up on Christmas morning, opening your present... and "I got a rock" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLordMarshal Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 LOSS OF MY PARTY BOMB = EPIC FAIL. Way to screw up more BW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashlov Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Why the hell did they get rid of the Party Instigator. People loved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padshar Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Seriously Bioware.. Just do away with Social points. Taking away all the party toys and mount what purpose is there now.. WHY DID YOU TAKE AWAY PARTY BOMB AND PARTY INSTIGATOR? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damon_Mott Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 They removed the party instigator?!?! ***, why? That thing was so great Yes, it was awesome when used as intended. Unfortunately non-RPers used it as a griefing tool against role-players, and was taken away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashlov Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Huh? So ban it on RP servers. I don't play on a RP server, so why the hell should it impact me? What the hell kind of company do these people run, and who makes decisions like these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mournne Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Why didn't Bioware at least say in the Patch notes that they were taking away Party Instigator? The only reason I levelled social pts was to get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashlov Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Yet again this company shows why it's a boy amongst men in the MMORPG industry. No forewarning or documentation in their patch notes. If the RP thing is true, it's not hard to ban it on a set of servers. Lazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drosalion Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Yes, it was awesome when used as intended. Unfortunately non-RPers used it as a griefing tool against role-players, and was taken away. If thats the true reason it was taken away then thats just pathetic. I highly doubt it is though. They may aswell remove social points from the game... honestly, what purpose do they server? They had a unique, exclusive mount.. which then had its social X requirement removed and anyone was able to buy it.. then they removed the mount from the game. They have 2 of the only fun/fluff/social items in a game which is severely lacking in anything resembling fun/side content... and then they remove them. They offer up the legacy rewards for the highest social levels for anyone by simply paying an incredibly small amount of credits relative to all other legacy unlocks (that also have other requirements too) allowing them to bypass social points. The social armours are only for light-armour classes, and even they're useless now in the patch that was meant to allow you to wear what you wanted to wear without sacrificying stats... because no social armour can be crit-crafted for an augment slot. So seriously, why are social points in the game if you're just going to remove all the fun things from people who get them? To be honest I fully expect to see these items return by available to anyone with no social requirement for a small price through the legacy system or some other bs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DataBeaver Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Social points are a joke anyway. I assume they're intended as a reward for playing with others and engaging in roleplaying through conversations, but in practice they promote repeated speedruns through esseles normal with spacebaring through conversations since no other flashpoint gives a decent amount of social points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frayan Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 (edited) If thats the true reason it was taken away then thats just pathetic. I highly doubt it is though. They may aswell remove social points from the game... honestly, what purpose do they server? They had a unique, exclusive mount.. which then had its social X requirement removed and anyone was able to buy it.. then they removed the mount from the game. They have 2 of the only fun/fluff/social items in a game which is severely lacking in anything resembling fun/side content... and then they remove them. They offer up the legacy rewards for the highest social levels for anyone by simply paying an incredibly small amount of credits relative to all other legacy unlocks (that also have other requirements too) allowing them to bypass social points. The social armours are only for light-armour classes, and even they're useless now in the patch that was meant to allow you to wear what you wanted to wear without sacrificying stats... because no social armour can be crit-crafted for an augment slot. So seriously, why are social points in the game if you're just going to remove all the fun things from people who get them? To be honest I fully expect to see these items return by available to anyone with no social requirement for a small price through the legacy system or some other bs. I totally agree with this, which is why they will no longer receive my monthly subscription fee. Edited April 12, 2012 by Frayan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazkowicz Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Just simple fail. They only marked them as trash and when you send your companion to sell trash, it will vanish too, happened to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_midnight Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 (edited) I totally agree with this, which is why they will no longer receive my monthly subscription fee. Hold on - you're quitting because they took out the Part Instigator? Are you f***** kidding me??? I had to log in just to tell you how moronic that is. That said, what the H BioWare?!? Those things were awesome, I now have absolutely no reason to want social points anymore. Extremely disappointing. Edited April 12, 2012 by capt_midnight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cptbillybones Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 I was asking around on my server, and someone claimed it was broken on the PTS, rooting other players when used, and THAT's how it was being used to grief. Anyway, this is really effing lame. I LOVED the party instigator, and i want it back asap. I'm not selling it either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poluwave Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 I'm super bummed about this. I know some people think it's silly or whatever, but I know there were so many of us that got much joy out of these social items. So... SIGN THE PETITION TO BRING BACK THE PARTY! https://www.change.org/petitions/bioware-swtor-bring-back-social-items-party-instigator-and-galactic-party-bomb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_McMan Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Social points are a joke anyway. I assume they're intended as a reward for playing with others and engaging in roleplaying through conversations, but in practice they promote repeated speedruns through esseles normal with spacebaring through conversations since no other flashpoint gives a decent amount of social points. True. In practice it almost promotes the opposite of social interaction. Typing to say something during Esseles speed runs slows things down... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quira Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 *** I love that thing, I use the party initiator and the bomb at the start of every warzone, so much so I am known for it! bring it back bioware! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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