xkellyx Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 A few months ago, BW was hinting at a new companion coming out for SWTOR, - HK-51 Assassin droid. I was kind of looking forward to this. Was this something that got put on the back burner? I was half expecting (deluding myself, I know) to see this in the next big patch... 1.4 maybe? I'm just trying to wrap my head around so much hype, then dropped... or am I missing something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trenter Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Well... you've missed them saying he won't be in 1.4... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sithikk Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 i think when it was first announced they said hed be available when free to play came along.. there was never a date stamped with him so you got your own hopes up no blame to bioware for once lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentGreasy Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 All that hype is and always has been in the F2P area, not the terror from beyond area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screaming_Ziva Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 HK-51. 51 backwards is 15. Add a decimal and you get 1.5. There's your tease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roechacca Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 HK-51. 51 backwards is 15. Add a decimal and you get 1.5. There's your tease. Thank you Illuminati keeper of the code. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogien Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 I knew that HK-51 was not coming in 1.4, however why tease us with all the videos and screenshots when it is not coming for months. Coming Soon <> 1 year or even 6 months. Coming Soon should be soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xkellyx Posted September 26, 2012 Author Share Posted September 26, 2012 (edited) I knew that HK-51 was not coming in 1.4, however why tease us with all the videos and screenshots when it is not coming for months. Coming Soon <> 1 year or even 6 months. Coming Soon should be soon. Agreed. That's all I'm saying... why even mention it... Besides, didn't the HK-51 news come out way before the F2P news? Edited September 26, 2012 by xkellyx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LARams Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 It's called a carrot..... People were quitting in droves and BW/EA had no answer so they brought out the promises of the things to come. They just didn't mention it would be half a year or more. They wanted people to think they had something to look forward to so they would keep subscribing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohamsie Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Waaaaah, BIoware, you're not giving us enough information on what you're working on! (Bioware give information on what they are working on) Waaaaah, Bioware, you're giving us too much information on what you're working on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feztonio Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Was a bit like professional wrestling.. where they'll tease a big-name guy coming in, or they'll be in the middle of a story-line.. then drop it and you never hear another word about it again; as if it never happened or existed. it's funny yet lame at the same time. like when something awesome is happening, then you wake up find it was a dream and you're 10 minutes late getting up for school or work lolz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whizle Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Side bet on which will get released first: a) Dr. Dre's Detox b) HK-51 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talahar Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 I knew that HK-51 was not coming in 1.4, however why tease us with all the videos and screenshots when it is not coming for months. Coming Soon <> 1 year or even 6 months. Coming Soon should be soon. In the history of existence, 1 year is very very very very very soon. Just saying. They say "soon", because it has in fact no real time frame attached to it. They did say once "later this year" however, which sets sort of a deadline. Nevertheless, we get these sort of threads every time after a patch, even if it's just a short bug fix, so BW really needs to step up in terms of communicating what is and what is not in the patch to come. Not that it would help any for most of the community, because wishing is easier than actually having to do the work to inform oneself. Anyway, no HK-51, no cathar, no makeb, no new space things, no nothing except for what was in the previews which explicitely said "coming soon in patch 1.4." Terror from Beyond, quality of life improvements, Nerfs for PvP reasons, new system for generating shadows, all in this patch. Yay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkwingduk Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Waaaaah, BIoware, you're not giving us enough information on what you're working on! (Bioware give information on what they are working on) Waaaaah, Bioware, you're giving us too much information on what you're working on! Fanboys still suck even if they try and hide it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogien Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Waaaaah, BIoware, you're not giving us enough information on what you're working on! (Bioware give information on what they are working on) Waaaaah, Bioware, you're giving us too much information on what you're working on! It just makes them look like they are not even sure what they are releasing, HK-51 is coming soon, no wait its Mekab, no wait its f2p, no wait 1.4 is coming with none of those things. They need to get their PR together into something more concise and accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mancer Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 HK-51. 51 backwards is 15. Add a decimal and you get 1.5. There's your tease. Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costello Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 I knew that HK-51 was not coming in 1.4, however why tease us with all the videos and screenshots when it is not coming for months. Coming Soon <> 1 year or even 6 months. Coming Soon should be soon. Agreed. The Tease should have been for the next patch not for something that probably wont be out till F2P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xkellyx Posted September 26, 2012 Author Share Posted September 26, 2012 July 16, 2012 http://www.swtor.com/info/news/news-article/20120716 "You will be able to recruit HK-51 in to your party in the very near future..." July 31, 2012 http://www.swtor.com/info/news/press-release/20120731 SWTOR F2P model released 2 weeks apart... I dont understand where the association between these two items. I don't see HK-51 has anything to do with F2P at all. But your right. In dinosaur terms, "very, near future" could mean thousands of years from now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vis-Tecum Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 I knew that HK-51 was not coming in 1.4, however why tease us with all the videos and screenshots when it is not coming for months. Coming Soon <> 1 year or even 6 months. Coming Soon should be soon. because they know very little content will be released before the F2P conversion and since they still want people to feel their is something to look forward to in the game, they let people know what things they are adding to the game and have been careful to not set any dates on content just very open time frames like fall or we hope before the end of the year my biggest concern is are we going to get any guild feature improvements before the end of the year because they have not said anything about that and I dont remember them mentioning guild features in any quality of life changes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenjaminminU Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 I wish they had hurried up and added him to 1.4, what were the content team doing all this time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roechacca Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 (edited) The average player doesn't have time to read every note that gets released. They watch a 2 minute video that says "Coming Soon". They make assumptions. Is it Biowares fault? Hell I don't care if it is or isn't. I would like to see a "Coming Soon just for 1.4" video instead however. With super exciting music that shows character facial expression, companion matching colors, helmet toggle and the one new instance. Granted that may not be show stopping excitement but it would help everyone's 3 minute attention span when deciding to sub another 6 weeks. Edited September 26, 2012 by Roechacca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GragorArtis Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 I really hate bioware for this. I have been waiting anxiously for HK-51 since they first mentioned him around 1.3. I have been dying with anticipation everytime I play this game ever since that day. Now they pull this bs and don't put him in 1.4. What was the point of putting up those vids around 1.3, if he wasn't going to be in 1.4. Hey bioware if HK-51 isn't in 1.5 I'm officially unsubscribing. And also, heres a tip, the next time you want to announce something, make sure that it's in the next patch or game update or you will piss a lot of people off and they might unsubscribe so its not a smart business idea. I mean I was disappointed when he wasn't in 1.3, but I understood that it would take a while longer so I was ok with missing him in 1.3. But this just really pisses me off because you guys had plenty of time to put them in. Why put those vids up about them and those pictures if he wasn't in 1.4? If it was to draw more players in, then it only temporarily worked, some of those people that joined might now unsubscribe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izorii Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 A lot of people expected 1.4 to have everything that was showm. New warzone, new species, new compaion but unfortunatly none of these things were promised they were simply shown at the same time as the new opperation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GragorArtis Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 HK-51: Statement: I have terninated the meatbags you know as Bioware and prevented them from putting me in the game merely to piss you off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshlaBoga Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 HK-51. 51 backwards is 15. Add a decimal and you get 1.5. There's your tease. Genius! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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