Has there been any official word from Bioware on patch 1.2?

[Subatomix]

I mean, it's crystal clear to all but a few that this patch has destroyed pvp in the game and many people have quit as a result.

 

Are they planning anything to get our business back? Or is it going to be more of the same as the game dies a slow and painful death, as so many other MMOs before it.

[JMCH]

I don't agree... this time the game dies amazingly fast!

[farfulnugen]

I mean, it's crystal clear to all but a few that this patch has destroyed pvp in the game and many people have quit as a result.

 

Are they planning anything to get our business back? Or is it going to be more of the same as the game dies a slow and painful death, as so many other MMOs before it.

 

Well, to give them the benefit of the doubt, decisions like this take time. First they have to talk about it....find all the problems....find all the things that make sense.

 

Then they need to ignore common sense...send the stuff that doesn't make sense to the PTR.

 

Then they have to read the feedback from the testers on how the decisions they made didn't make sense and sort through all the ideas to fix the problems.

 

Then they need to ignore all those ideas...ignore the common sense, and implement even worse changes than before.

 

 

It takes a while. Let's give them some time.

[Subatomix]

So I gather there has been no official response. Too bad. I think many of us who unsubscribed are willing to give them another chance if they actually made a serious effort to fix things.

 

But I get the sense that they aren't and that pvp in this game is done. Too bad.

[HoyaPooch]

They just need to say something to the community. There are zero developer tracker responses regarding PVP. It's all about the Legacy System.

 

I want this game to succeed. I still love PvP'ing daily. We still have a pretty active PvP community on both sides of Dark Reaper.

 

The Warzones were just better pre 1.2. Yeah the balance was off somewhat. Yeah Tracer Missile Spammers needed something else to do. Yeah multiple good healers in a PvP was quite difficult to handle.

 

Now it's just a complete zerg-fest and melee seems to have a tremendous advantage. But there is little need for kiting or LoS'ing or using terrain and architecture to your advantage or staying somewhat hidden or planning coordinated attacks. And that is too bad because that's what made pre 1.2 Warzones so compelling.

[JMCH]

I get the sense that they aren't and that pvp in this game is done. Too bad.

Not only PvP since nothing else ever was woth staying long in the game...

 

- PvE is just farming again and again the same instancied zones. That's where actually lies the only high end gear you can obtain either via direct loot or via some alternate money system, cool bro...

 

 

- Crafting is limited to leveling stuff, while leveling itself is blazing fast... even crafted augments won't be equal to augments found... in HL raids. Add to that cost are way too much to be self-equipped just at proto quality all of your leveling time and it's just another joke.

 

As a side note, DAoC didn't have max level craft at start, but nothing was better than a lvl 41 "mastercrafted" piece, it started to get bad only when they added better stuff than the said mastercrafts, some even free and unbreakable (as every piece of armor or weapon had a lifetime).

 

 

- No social side, and no, I'm not talking social points.

 

 

In the end, only the community could be a reason to not leave really early, but there's almost no community because of the lack of social incentive.

[Subatomix]

Well, for me, the main issue was the imbalanced matches. I'm talking 4 v 8, 5 v 8 and so on. This was a deal breaker for me pre 1.2 and I had hoped it would be fixed.

 

Lots of other issues too, but this one took the cake. On my server, Rep games roll 90% short handed. I've opened tickets about it and posted feedback. Nothing except the standard issue replies (eg., the droid).

 

Shame on you, Bioware.

[zerosaint]

PVP was really the only thing keeping me interested in the game. The PvE was average at best. I hope they decide to revert these absurd changes. If they do I'll resub. For now- meh.