A lot of you are saying it's desperation but that is a LOT of money to forgoe on their part. Even if they've lost half their subscribers, just saying half to exagerrate, then that's still $10million+. I'm by no means a fanboy, my sub was cancelled last week and had fully intended to uninstall if 1.2 didn't live up to expectations which it didn't. With 30 days free i'll give them the benefit of the doubt and leave it on my hard drive to see what happens.

Originally posted by drumchannell

"As a thanks for being one of our most valued players."

 

Apparently, players with a level 50 character are more valuable than players that do not have a level 50 character.

I guess they figured that those that reached level 50 really liked the game in some way and there is a high chance these peeps would hand some cash. But, those like me that didn't make it past 25 probably won't be interested in playing the game again.

Sooooo, that quarterly report upcoming where they report active subscriptions. Everyone with a 50 just padded that number well for EA.

Originally posted by Dahkot72

Sooooo, that quarterly report upcoming where they report active subscriptions. Everyone with a 50 just padded that number well for EA.

Originally posted by Kabaal

A lot of you are saying it's desperation but that is a LOT of money to forgoe on their part. Even if they've lost half their subscribers, just saying half to exagerrate, then that's still $10million+. I'm by no means a fanboy, my sub was cancelled last week and had fully intended to uninstall if 1.2 didn't live up to expectations which it didn't. With 30 days free i'll give them the benefit of the doubt and leave it on my hard drive to see what happens.

Are there really that many level 50's still playing the game? :)

So was this what Ritticello had in mind with his 2 million players at the end of June? Freemium

Originally posted by Dahkot72

Sooooo, that quarterly report upcoming where they report active subscriptions. Everyone with a 50 just padded that number well for EA.

Wow, that didn't even cross my mind. I wanna put a pin in this and come back to it after details of the report is released.

Originally posted by RefMinor
Why they don't do the sensible option and do a $10 download with no free month, that might actually get new folks in rather than just lose a months revenue.

think they got a 1 week free trial out already....

Originally posted by RefMinor

Originally posted by Kabaal

Edit - oh and a free tauntaun pet for those who like that kinda thing.

 

I bet you can't cut open the tauntaun and shelter inside if you come off the rails by a couple of yards and hit an exhaustion zone.

Coffee. It's on my screen. Where do I send the bill?

Give me a free pet every month...something I can collect and that makes me interested.  :)

I love pets.

Originally posted by Ronn

And TERA bro , don't forget TERA ! :D

He didn't forget Tera.. he was talking about legitimate threats.. not Korean MMO's that have nothing more than perhaps a niche toe-hold on the market.

"In celebration of patch 1.2"

This pisses me off more than anything.

Not "As an apology for bait and switching people into resubbing by telling them ranked WZs won't be in 1.2"

Not "For beta testing our game for 4 months"

No, it's in "celebration"

Oh boy

And it took 'em only 5 months to beg people to play it some more!

Wow, even I wasn't that sceptical!...

But Im glad

Company that lies to fans and is this much arrogant deserve nothing less than a harsh lesson

Originally posted by DecoyTrooper

Originally posted by drumchannell

"As a thanks for being one of our most valued players."

 

Apparently, players with a level 50 character are more valuable than players that do not have a level 50 character.

I guess they figured that those that reached level 50 really liked the game in some way and there is a high chance these peeps would hand some cash. But, those like me that didn't make it past 25 probably won't be interested in playing the game again.

What about those that leveled multiple character at a time instead of just focusing on one? Does that make them second class customers?

Let's get serious, giving max level players a free month has nothing to do with appreciating their customers. The real reason they are giving players max level players a free month is because people are leaving in droves once they hit max level and realize the game is nothing but a subpar WoW clone with voiceovers.

I think this is nice to keep the people who are interested in PvP, even though they didn't get their rated warzones.

You know what surprises me the most? The fact that 1.2 only just now hit the servers ... I Thought it's on for at least a month now considering how much noise They made about it. Can't keep subs going if the content takes so long to get out in a game that's based purely on end-game content and alt-replayability (Legacy)

Originally posted by Quenchster

I think this is nice to keep the people who PvP interested, even though they didn't get their rated warzones.

This fixes Illum ? Suddently has 100 vs 100 pvp battles ? World PVP objectives ? Rated WZ's will be in at the end of these 30 days ?

Anyone who prefers or likes PVP much has realized SWTOR is not the game for them ,  there's no way to avoid the fact that SWTOR may have done some things right , for those enjoying the storying telling , maybe the RP in the IP etc , but PVP is where Bioware is completely clueless on and truly failed at.

Originally posted by fundayz

Originally posted by DecoyTrooper

Originally posted by drumchannell

"As a thanks for being one of our most valued players."

 

Apparently, players with a level 50 character are more valuable than players that do not have a level 50 character.

I guess they figured that those that reached level 50 really liked the game in some way and there is a high chance these peeps would hand some cash. But, those like me that didn't make it past 25 probably won't be interested in playing the game again.

What about those that leveled multiple character at a time instead of just focusing on one? Does that make them second class customers?

Let's get serious, giving max level players a free month has nothing to do with appreciating their customers. The real reason they are giving players max level players a free month is because people are leaving in droves once they hit max level and realize the game is nothing but a subpar WoW clone with voiceovers.

 

Well, in my case I didn't like all the classes, and I always like to play the main story/quest with my main toon and reach cap. I wasn't going to start all over again with another toon. But of course, it's obvious that a lot of players that maxed their toons cancelled their sub and Bioware would like to bring them back. After reaching level 50, I don't see a reason why a player would stay in this game, unless there is a major update to the game. Maybe in 6 months, but who knows if by then the game is already F2P.