Ylliarus Posted February 1, 2019 Author Share Posted February 1, 2019 Wow already 3210, that went fast now. Yesterday has been a boom in signatures! I am curious whether today will be the same, the Reddit post is still on number 2 in the list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlameYOL Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 There were definitely good elements in that continuity. You'll always find me praising the Dark Empire comics, the Thrawn trilogy and the Hand of Thrawn duology. But for example the entire Yuuzhan Vong war and arc? I absolutely hated it and I am happy it's no longer part of the canon. I guess it comes down to personal preferences, but the current continuity after Return of the Jedi feels like it's less chaotic and all over the place. It feels more streamlined. Although I will admit that -had it been up to me - everything from TFA forward would have been different. I'd have preferred if they made a movie adaptation of the Thrawn trilogy or went about the sequel trilogy more creatively. Still, in all honesty, I do enjoy TFA and TLJ a lot more than I did the Yuuzhan Vong arc Fair enough, entertainment is very subjective after all. I do prefer the NJO and it's following series, especially the legacy comics. However I do respect your preferences! I myself hated TFA but enjoyed TLJ. Also excellent work on reaching 3k, let's keep going! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nefla Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Nice work, keep it up! My belief is that Bioware would be more than happy to devote more resources to the game if given the chance, so its EA than you need to convince. EA is a cautious company that really only cares about maximizing return for its investors, and we've seen them back-pedal on things (ie: the whole loot-crate thing in Battlefront) when public opinion is against them. I've seen a few threads and comments around here re: Anthem and how its sucking up money that could be spent on this game. People are going to "take a stand" and boycott it, which I think is a completely backwards way of thinking about it. The money has already been spent - if Anthem does badly, EA might just close Austin down, which would absolutely be the end of swtor. EA doesn't care about individual gamers. It does care about gamers as an aggregate, or rather our aggregated wallets. If Anthem fails EA may close down BioWare but if it succeeds, future resource investment will go towards Anthem and more generic mass market loot box cash grabs like it and not towards SWtOR or any other single player RPG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaveTheMonkeys Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 If Anthem fails EA may close down BioWare but if it succeeds, future resource investment will go towards Anthem and more generic mass market loot box cash grabs like it and not towards SWtOR or any other single player RPG. Or maybe a successful Anthem will mean BWA gets to continue existing, and swtor gets more attention. That's the outcome I'm choosing to hope for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ylliarus Posted February 2, 2019 Author Share Posted February 2, 2019 Or maybe a successful Anthem will mean BWA gets to continue existing, and swtor gets more attention. That's the outcome I'm choosing to hope for Same here tbh! I even think Anthem and SWTOR should tie marketing together. Don't have a clear idea how that would work but I am sure people over at Bioware would be able to come up with something clever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nefla Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 Or maybe a successful Anthem will mean BWA gets to continue existing, and swtor gets more attention. That's the outcome I'm choosing to hope for I wish that were true but I just don't see it happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaveTheMonkeys Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 I wish that were true but I just don't see it happening. I understand the cynicism, but I choose to be optimistic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JediKnightGeorge Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Great idea! Hopefully this makes a difference. Signed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ylliarus Posted February 3, 2019 Author Share Posted February 3, 2019 The brief messages of people saying they signed or support this petition are truly lovely! We're currently sitting at 3764 signatures! Share this petition if you can so that we may bump it up to 4000! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ego-draconis Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 petition signed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ylliarus Posted February 4, 2019 Author Share Posted February 4, 2019 petition signed Very much appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdSunHoth Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 I signed and shared on facebook. Any attempt is better than none. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ylliarus Posted February 8, 2019 Author Share Posted February 8, 2019 I signed and shared on facebook. Any attempt is better than none. We're also over 4000 signatures at the moment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlameYOL Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 We're also over 4000 signatures at the moment! Excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UghkoffR Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 (edited) Signed. I think we need to show this to bloggers and guys who make content for this game. Edited February 9, 2019 by UghkoffR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ylliarus Posted February 9, 2019 Author Share Posted February 9, 2019 Signed. I think we need to show this to bloggers and guys who make content for this game. It's already been shown to several of them! Off the top of my head SWTOR Central, Vulkk, Bad Feeling Podcast, Boomy Nation, Aviiria, The Council all shared the petition with their communities, but a few of them have no interest in sharing the petition or signing it sadly. I guess their "we're here for you, the fans" only goes up to a point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeCobalt Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 I've signed. I hope it gets its momentum back or atleast more attention then its been getting. The dynamic stories, Play how you like the story will change, characters that do have backstories and independent personalities (Like people really do), Mostly familiar places we can see in the movies. More then the other games, a depth you can only get from a "Story based game", SWTOR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ylliarus Posted February 9, 2019 Author Share Posted February 9, 2019 I've signed. I hope it gets its momentum back or atleast more attention then its been getting. The dynamic stories, Play how you like the story will change, characters that do have backstories and independent personalities (Like people really do), Mostly familiar places we can see in the movies. More then the other games, a depth you can only get from a "Story based game", SWTOR. I absolutely agree with you! SWTOR has such a treasure trove of Star Wars stories that it's simply a shame it doesn't get more attention. Especially from Disney, I know they work mainly on their own canon right now but letting SWTOR's narrative going to waste is a huge pity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minzurion Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 4,289 people have signed as of now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KelKrios Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Totally signed. This game has amazing potential and has a chance of being one of the best MMOs out right now if proper care and attention is given Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lhancelot Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 When fixes end up breaking more than fixing, there's some serious issues going on with this game internally. I feel bad for it honestly. This petition and what it asks for seems more than ever necessary if this game has any chance to hold onto what population it has now before more people jump ship. I hate using the word "deserve" because it rarely is appropriate, but truly SWTOR does deserve better than what hand it's been given. I have no idea what SWTOR did to whoever makes resources available for game development at BW/EA, but whatever it was it had to be something tremendously awful to be left in this state of total chaos and neglect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ylliarus Posted February 14, 2019 Author Share Posted February 14, 2019 When fixes end up breaking more than fixing, there's some serious issues going on with this game internally. I feel bad for it honestly. This petition and what it asks for seems more than ever necessary if this game has any chance to hold onto what population it has now before more people jump ship. I hate using the word "deserve" because it rarely is appropriate, but truly SWTOR does deserve better than what hand it's been given. I have no idea what SWTOR did to whoever makes resources available for game development at BW/EA, but whatever it was it had to be something tremendously awful to be left in this state of total chaos and neglect. It mainly comes down to manpower I think. The team, I imagine, is very small and so they have to prioritise which bugs need fixing fast and which can be left in until it can be fixed at a later date. Which is why I believe an increase in manpower would do the game good, because SWTOR just needs a bigger team working on it. More hands on deck means that more can be done, more can be fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kampflerk Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 (edited) I signed it too. But by all my honesty - i give SWTOR the last Chance for the Upcomming Expansion with 6.0. Lets see how good it will be. I dont think the Story will let us down. As far es i know it will not be Gatet or Something like that - but i fear that Bioware will let us down again with Group-Content (MMO) and when this happend i turn my back to SWTOR. I waitet 7 years and im not willing to wait again 5 for a Game what has the Name Star Wars in it and dont get propper Developers, Manpower, Budget and Co. After that; No chance anymore from me. It must chance so much for the Game:confused: Sorry little Offtopic:rak_grin: Edited February 14, 2019 by Kampflerk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ylliarus Posted February 15, 2019 Author Share Posted February 15, 2019 I signed it too. But by all my honesty - i give SWTOR the last Chance for the Upcomming Expansion with 6.0. Lets see how good it will be. I dont think the Story will let us down. As far es i know it will not be Gatet or Something like that - but i fear that Bioware will let us down again with Group-Content (MMO) and when this happend i turn my back to SWTOR. I waitet 7 years and im not willing to wait again 5 for a Game what has the Name Star Wars in it and dont get propper Developers, Manpower, Budget and Co. After that; No chance anymore from me. It must chance so much for the Game:confused: Sorry little Offtopic:rak_grin: Personally I am not too bothered by the lack of PvE content, since I am mainly a story player. But we aren't getting much of that either lately so we're all in the same boat here xD besides, raiders have waited longer for new content than story players did, so all the players - be it pve, pvp or story/rp - should be in solidarity with one another. To go somewhat off topic however, these last few days I have been contemplating the words of the title of this thread "deserves" in particular. The stunt the devs pulled with the monumental crystal adding YET ANOTHER grind layer on top of what we already had is preposterous in my opinion. I am frankly baffled at how blatantly uncaringly they cast aside all the feedback from the last few months about the gear grind and thought "yes, we'll add in even more of that crap". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lhancelot Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 (edited) I am frankly baffled at how blatantly uncaringly they cast aside all the feedback from the last few months about the gear grind and thought "yes, we'll add in even more of that crap". I really try to avoid the use of the word "deserve," but in the case of this game I think it's fine. It's more when talking about people that it rubs me the wrong way. Only in extreme situations do I think the word should be applied to people other than children. This game is the product of so many artists that it's not really just a game anymore, it's really an epic piece of art in my mind. Sadly, this piece of art has been left to rot though. It's like letting The Statue of Liberty sink into the ocean as a rusted piece of junk instead of keeping it in good form as it deserves. The Statue of Liberty does deserve to be kept upright and beautiful, it would be a travesty to let it go to waste which is what is happening to this game. I realize most people would never equate a game to The Statue of Liberty, maybe it's a bit hyperbolic but you get my meaning I am sure. Edited February 15, 2019 by Lhancelot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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