Arlon_Nabarlly Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Maybe they should share more so we don't need to cling on every freaking word like it's the last we'll ever see. Don't blame the customers for their horrible communication. They're adults...this is a business...we're customers. No, let me fix your last sentence: They're adults...this is a game...we're the internet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pietrastor Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 (edited) What you are seeing in the Spring, with Ziost, is one of those large updates. The other update later in the year we will talk more about soon. As for some of the other questions I am seeing: -eric This doesn't clarify anything at all, it just confuses everything more. SPRING Ziost 3.2 Update is now the same thing as SUMMER 1st large story expansion? Edited February 10, 2015 by Pietrastor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cekis Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 What about GSF?!!? I understand it probably wasn't what EA was expecting, but there are a lot of us still playing that aspect that would LOVE to know you have plans for it in the future. Hard to keep playing something you know doesn't have any focus... thank god it's at least a solidly built aspect of this game... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shwarzchild Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 It's vague sure, but I wasn't expecting a hugely detailed road map. I just want to know what direction they are trying to take the game. It seems like they're getting back to story driven content which is numero uno on my list. I never thought they were going to bring story back in a bigger way, so consider me happy about that news. If only we could get a few new level 60 PvE space missions that would really satisfy me. All in all, in terms of a quick directional update for the next quarter things look mildly interesting. Getting Ziost will be a big deal. The whole designer thing is a non starter for me, but for some it is. Ziost might be a make or break update for the game to be honest. If it isn't supremely good I think there's going to be a huge pull back from the player base. At least it seems like a lot of people are close to the end of their proverbial rope. This same sentiment was around at launch which caused a gigantic exodus that I'd like to see avoided. Anyway, what I'm going to be looking at / for are: New operations New class story Planetary quests that are faction based not the exact same for each. New flasphoints, and not just retuning of old stuff like we currently have. *wishful thinking but new pve space missions (never happen I know but man do I wish) 2015 is indeed a very very big year for this game. I don't see how it survives if this year isn't good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octom Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 I already removed my payment information from the website with how they (didn't) handle the exploit. Now I want to remove it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sowwy Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 So the road map for 2015 involves patch 3.1, patch 3.2 Was this the rough draft? Please tell us you published the wrong page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shwarzchild Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 What about GSF?!!? I understand it probably wasn't what EA was expecting, but there are a lot of us still playing that aspect that would LOVE to know you have plans for it in the future. Hard to keep playing something you know doesn't have any focus... thank god it's at least a solidly built aspect of this game... the list is incomplete and not final nor does it cover the entire year. relax. at the end of the year you can start with this attitude. But, it's JUST February. How about we go glass half full for once? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joesixxpack Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 No, let me fix your last sentence: They're adults...this is a game...we're the internet Is there some crowdfund out there paying our subs Mr. Anonymoose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthDymond Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 So the road map for 2015 involves patch 3.1, patch 3.2 Was this the rough draft? Please tell us you published the wrong page. They learned from their mistake last year - they tried to project out three patches in the 2014 Road Map and even their vague announcements for the third update ended up being completely off (other than that I think NiM DP did actually make it in for that one). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pietrastor Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 They learned from their mistake last year - they tried to project out three patches in the 2014 Road Map and even their vague announcements for the third update ended up being completely off (other than that I think NiM DP did actually make it in for that one).So what? They announced stronghold delay, nobody screamed, people understood yet were still excited and grateful that they provided detailed 2014 roadmap far in advance, even if plans changed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlrikFassbauer Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Seems like a rushed piece of garbage info that was already known. No offense, but this is garbage. Not to me since I never knew much from the article. To me, Ziost is new (and I only knew about it from an forum member's entry -. and from names of certain weapons). Togruta were merely "rumors" as well. Not to mention a new Stronghold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthDymond Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 What about GSF?!!? I understand it probably wasn't what EA was expecting, but there are a lot of us still playing that aspect that would LOVE to know you have plans for it in the future. Hard to keep playing something you know doesn't have any focus... thank god it's at least a solidly built aspect of this game... They cancelled the Infiltrator ship last summer, and the only thing they've been able to say about 'supporting' it since then is that they've been tweaking the requisition rewards. I'd say it's pretty clear they've written off that aspect of the game. If they have a map already half-finished somewhere, then maybe we'll see one more of those pushed out, but I wouldn't necessarily expect even that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pietrastor Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 (edited) Not to me since I never knew much from the article. To me, Ziost is new (and I only knew about it from an forum member's entry -. and from names of certain weapons). Togruta were merely "rumors" as well. Not to mention a new Stronghold.Game's producer openly talking about Togruta at cantina event 4 months ago doesn't go into "rumor" category lol, same with new Stronghold. Also, we knew about Ziost since San Diego cantina few weeks ago Edited February 10, 2015 by Pietrastor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidp_newton Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 the list is incomplete and not final nor does it cover the entire year. relax. at the end of the year you can start with this attitude. But, it's JUST February. How about we go glass half full for once? I am going glass half full: that's the really sad thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kintosi Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 (edited) They just canned the Shadow Realms game and set the whole BWA studio back to work on this game. How does that fit into your narrative? This. But the biggest focus for our team in BioWare Austin will be on Star Wars™: The Old Republic™. As every Star Wars™ fan knows, this is a massive year in the Star Wars universe. We have some great plans for expanding this epic game this year, and look forward to sharing the news about those plans with our players in the coming weeks. and by the way, SOURCE People, the sky isnt falling yet. in fact, this could be the start of something great. Take the red pill and hang on to your pants. Edited February 10, 2015 by Kintosi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthDymond Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 (edited) Not to me since I never knew much from the article. To me, Ziost is new (and I only knew about it from an forum member's entry -. and from names of certain weapons). Togruta were merely "rumors" as well. Not to mention a new Stronghold. ^This. Some people seem to think that BW's news releases should be based around players who are combing for every bit and nugget of info that's out there. The only reason this info was known to anyone was because a draft of this very letter - which they explicitly said was a draft of this very letter - was read to a group of a few dozen people at the Cantina Tour in Austin a few weeks ago. They can't cater their releases to 'what was already known' by those players who go out of their way to find info and updates - these are intended to reach a broader audience than even the Forum-going audience, let alone people tracking down transcripts from Cantina events. Putting a new Community Blog entry on their homepage and plugging it on Facebook & Twitter will reach players who have never even heard of Dulfy or read a single SWTOR post on reddit - they're a big part of the target audience for this. Edited February 10, 2015 by DarthDymond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CloudzDeven Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 (edited) It is primarily targeting the beginning of the year. Wait so "Road Map 2015" is actually "Road Map Q1"? Also, why did you guys feel the need to give us general info, like others have said, was available at PAX? Edited February 10, 2015 by CloudzDeven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reno_Tarshil Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 It is primarily targeting the beginning of the year. Wait so "Road Map 2015" is actually "Road Map Q1"? Also, why did you guys feel the need to give us general info, like others have said, was available at PAX? Not everyone knew about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthDymond Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 (edited) It is primarily targeting the beginning of the year. Wait so "Road Map 2015" is actually "Road Map Q1"? Also, why did you guys feel the need to give us general info, like others have said, was available at PAX? It 'was available at PAX' because at that Cantina event they explicitly said they were reading a draft of this Road Map. Should they not have done the general release just because they gave the PAX crowd early access to it? Edited February 10, 2015 by DarthDymond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count_Mario Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 (edited) What you are seeing in the Spring, with Ziost, is one of those large updates. The other update later in the year we will talk more about soon. As for some of the other questions I am seeing: -eric So does this mean Ziost is one of the two major updates or is it the third major update this year? I am confused Edited February 10, 2015 by Count_Mario Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmajamma Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 With Shadow Realms being closed and the absolute mess that 3.0 was, I hope there is a big change coming to Austin...they've earned it. TUXs 2016!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cekis Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 the list is incomplete and not final nor does it cover the entire year. relax. at the end of the year you can start with this attitude. But, it's JUST February. How about we go glass half full for once? Seriously... when was the last update to GSF? How that glass half full approach work when the glass is empty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cekis Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 TUXs 2016!!! ...seconded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CloudzDeven Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 It 'was available at PAX' because at that Cantina event they explicitly said they were reading a draft of this Road Map. Should they not have done the general release just because they gave the PAX crowd early access to it? Isn't it redundant at that point? It's not as if info at PAX doesn't get out on a consistent basis, nor is it regarded as a secret. If anything the info given at PAX was more specific though ironically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthDymond Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 (edited) Isn't it redundant at that point? It's not as if info at PAX doesn't get out on a consistent basis, nor is it regarded as a secret. If anything the info given at PAX was more specific though ironically. It's only 'redundant' to a small subset of the game's playerbase who seek this info out. To reiterate: They can't cater their releases to 'what was already known' by those players who go out of their way to find info and updates - these are intended to reach a broader audience than even the Forum-going audience, let alone people tracking down transcripts from Cantina events. Putting a new Community Blog entry on their homepage and plugging it on Facebook & Twitter will reach players who have never even heard of Dulfy or read a single SWTOR post on reddit - they're a big part of the target audience for this. Edited February 10, 2015 by DarthDymond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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