Bioware - 'We're Listening'

too little too late IMO

Originally posted by WolfClaws

If they listened, they would fix my problem of not updating my subscription or my purchases of cartel points...

 

Still not seeing any progress... only canned responses and automatically closing my tickets. 

They fixed mine with in 2 hrs, make sure they got the ticket, Before I would agree there CS was bad, but huge improvement, my guildies also had issues fixed fast, impressed so far...

If they were listening they would have fixed the GAME 6 months ago.

They had a chance to make this one of the best games ever and they blew it with the way they did the game.

They should have capitalized on the Rebel vs Empire war much earlier in the game and had the PVP integrated into the quest story lines. When you do a quest against the other faction, the other faction players are supplementing the other side.

They should have had more of the worlds mixed together better so you HAD to go through enemy territory to do quests.

They should have made it so you didn;'t max out XP and level out of the content before you did everything on a planet. After about level 15 all the quest rewards were way below what I could use. The last 2 planets were Zero XP for me. That is when i quit.

They should have made Open World PVP the way to go instead of the boring battlegrounds.

Apparently they have a different definition of "Listening to the Players" than I do.

Originally posted by kb056
Considering EA Paid $860 million for this game and hasn't even come close to earning a fraction of that back, expect a shut down within a year or less  after this FTP bs peters out.

Originally posted by Gaborik

Originally posted by kb056
Considering EA Paid $860 million for this game and hasn't even come close to earning a fraction of that back, expect a shut down within a year or less  after this FTP bs peters out.

 

Would you please include links to your hate facts? Paid $860 million? You just pull that right out of your tin foil hat? Closed down in a year hmm? This was a statement on friday about their f2p. Schubert concurred, and he also mentioned that the numbers support BioWare's current position. "Almost every conceivable metric is better. The numbers have blown away our expectations, which means good things for the players and the game," he said. Some of these haters need to move on already.

Presumably the OP was referring to the sale price that EA paid to purchase BioWare in 2007, $860 Million USD.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/ea-buying-bioware-pandemic-for-860m-6180818

That is separate from SWTOR development costs / advertising.

Originally posted by DEXA88
I've been trying to make em listen ever since f2p release and so far they havent even aknowleged my problem. Support tickets went unsolved for 30 days now my friend whos a paying subscribern submited a ticket 15 days ago they havent answered him either he submited the problem  in the forum no answer there either. We called support first they said submit a ticket thru the website or ingame. Then they promised to call back and didn't!

Honestly, if bioware listened they would of started by listening to the beta players that said it was everything a MMO isnt and shouldnt be.  They will never listen, the game is bad, the best option for them, to make it a success is to scrap all of it, and start again.  

It is however, the greatest single player mmo in exsistance.  

Originally posted by shadylurker

Honestly, if bioware listened they would of started by listening to the beta players that said it was everything a MMO isnt and shouldnt be.  They will never listen, the game is bad, the best option for them, to make it a success is to scrap all of it, and start again.  

 

It is however, the greatest single player mmo in exsistance.  

I think it's stupid that we complain about what features we get or don't get in a FREE game.  Ya, the quickbar limitation is assinine because the games gives you skills that you can't easily use, and it invites upapproved mods, but still -- it's free.  It's not smart on their part to purposefully try to reduce their pool of potential gem shop customers; this is something that their investors should be screaming about... but as a player who never plans on purchasing real cash items, I have no say.

As for the BW team listening : I feel that this is just a damage control statement, but I hope that it is not only well meant but acted upon soon.  The SWTOR community of players are for the most part, a great and helpful group of folks, but there has been a wall between players and the devs for some time now, a wall mostly erected by the devs with their initial refusal to listen and their unfettered moderations of any critical remarks. 

Originally posted by allendale5

I think it's stupid that we complain about what features we get or don't get in a FREE game. 

It's wanting to prevent a company from setting a bad precedent.  Paying for a fully functional UI or being able to select quest rewards crosses the line for most players.  It's a disincentive for many to even play the game, let alone spend cash.

There's a line companies shouldn't cross.  And when they do cross that line, people should voice their displeasure.

If no one complained, BW wouldn't have had an incentive to fix things.

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Originally posted by korvass
People keep saying that GW2 is doing bad, but I have yet to see anything that would indicate to me that A-Net has had anything but success with the game, ie:

-Founding members of the company quitting 'to pursue other projects'.

 

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On topic - smart marketing by BioWare. Make the most restrictive Free to play policy ever then start rolling back restrictions under the guise of "listening to the players".

Originally posted by RealPvPisFPS

I just recently tried the SWTOR F2P and had alot of fun. The game has been immensely polished since I was in the beta.

 

However after giving the F2P model a try up to level 11 I quickly realized that this game is better played as a subscription instead of F2P title.  I do have a few questions.

1. Anyone know just how much life this game has yet? like will it shut down after so many months? I know they are merging servers which is always a bad sign.

 

2. What exactly is the new space update gonna fix, do or improve that they are working on and when are they shooting for a release on that?

 

Thanks to all who respond.

 

1.

No worries, even the worse games are still running and SWTOR is really not that bad.

It has its glitches but at all its fun.

2.

Top Secret it is.

All what i remember is "you wont see anything from it soon" so i think it comes in a year or so.