General Discussion

Casey is so full of chit it is UNreal. He didn't answer good questions and blew smoke on the rest.

This game is dead, it will always be dead, there will be NO Vets coming back, NO ONE trusts SOE or LA anymore, the CONSTANT nerf everything in sight / remove content and replace with chit that is so broke it is ridiculas, then put the stuff they took out back in and call it new, there is still TONS of stuff that is still broke from when they pushed out the New Game Experience 3 months ago, servers are dead, the diversity in the game is GONE, even people still playing are complaining like mad about how boring it is, SOE AND LA KNOWS that preCU servers would go over HUGE but they won't do it because that will show that EVERYTHING they have done to this game since launch as been bad for the game.

In a nut shell SOE sucks - LA sucks - the BS NGE sucks = SWG now sucks.

And I want to send a warm heart felt thanks to both LA and SOE for taking $1,100.00 of my money over 2 yrs and 7 months on 2 accounts, spent hundreds if not thousands of hours playing and systematically dismantled the game that myself and 250,000 other people loved and saw so much potential in. Now they are down to 25,000 or so accounts over 18 +/- servers. Good F'n job SOE / LA.

Thank you SOE/LA.

/puke

I can understand why Smed and his gang are holding on to this POS business they have now - they will NEVER work anywhere else in the industry once they lose their curent jobs. BTW I bet that will happen' sometime this year.

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Originally posted by gunnyjoe39

Once again I see tons of negative comments. I played this game when it first came out, only to quit because of jackasses in the game stealing my missions and running around like fools. It sure looks like NGE has run these fools off, and I have really enjoyed the game since the changes. I have seen comments about the subscriber count dropping since the changes - first off since SWG doesn't publish these numbers and never has, no one really knows. Secondly, I suspect it is far more likely that the numbers dropped and that NGE was in response to lower numbers. Personally I am just glad to see a game publisher ignore the 'power gamer' assholes who have ruined virtually every other MMO out there and reinvent SWG as a FUN game that actually allows for *gasp* ROLEPLAYING. Basically - if you don't like it, STFU and move on to the next game.

P.S. If this post angers you, you are probably one the assholes I am refering to.

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Hey asshole, you don't have a FRICKIN clue what you are talking about. Numbers DID drop after they pushed the CU on us true that .... but it was their GREED for MORE money and a larger player base that they went to NGE. When NGE hit they lost 75% of the playerbase/accounts.

THIS IS THE TRUTH, but you can't handle the truth can you? That is why you got so pissed at all the negative posts. Now YOU can stfu and go play the game you so love .... but if you do love it so much ... why are you here? SOE employee???????????

Finish the statement, Casey.  Add the "We leave that to nervous SOE people who flame game site forums and claim 8k subs on ALL their Station Pass games combined."

Or better yet, stick to "no comment".

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Originally posted by gunnyjoe39

Once again I see tons of negative comments. I played this game when it first came out, only to quit because of jackasses in the game stealing my missions and running around like fools. It sure looks like NGE has run these fools off, and I have really enjoyed the game since the changes. I have seen comments about the subscriber count dropping since the changes - first off since SWG doesn't publish these numbers and never has, no one really knows. Secondly, I suspect it is far more likely that the numbers dropped and that NGE was in response to lower numbers. Personally I am just glad to see a game publisher ignore the 'power gamer' assholes who have ruined virtually every other MMO out there and reinvent SWG as a FUN game that actually allows for *gasp* ROLEPLAYING. Basically - if you don't like it, STFU and move on to the next game.

P.S. If this post angers you, you are probably one the assholes I am refering to.

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Generally Im a believer in the basic principals of freedom of speech and allowing even obvious imbecils the courtesy of airing their opinions.

You however, have forced me to reconsider my enlightened attitude; and in your case, to deny you that. 

It is obvious to me that you are either a plant or someone who doesnt even play the game and very likely never had. 

If for example you believe the NGE leads to MORE roleplaying than pre-cu you are hopelessly deluded.  It is patently impossible that a system with fewer player options and logical dependencies could lead to more role play than a superficially classless system with definate world inforced inter-player / disciplin dependancies.

Just the current control scheme is more hack-kneed than the old one, if you like the amphetemine fueled jitter movement you clearly accept something that is not even close to even the next worse control system in any game- anywhere.

SWG is a mess, SOE is a pack of thieves clueless at best, hopelessly misguided at the very least.  LA is blissfully dilluded if they believe that the MMO community will ever forgive or forget what they have done. 

SWG even if they manage to build a better game (HAHA) will die if for no other reason than the very basic principle of marketing.  BAD WORD OF MOUTH will sink you.

-Gooney 

The truth on numbers - Casey lies like a rug:

http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=DevDiscussion&message.id=23049#M23049

and another referencing 1 million units being sold - tho I had 2 accounts and bought 2 copies:

http://www.lucasarts.com/games/swgalaxies_trials/

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Originally posted by Gooney

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Originally posted by gunnyjoe39

Once again I see tons of negative comments. I played this game when it first came out, only to quit because of jackasses in the game stealing my missions and running around like fools. It sure looks like NGE has run these fools off, and I have really enjoyed the game since the changes. I have seen comments about the subscriber count dropping since the changes - first off since SWG doesn't publish these numbers and never has, no one really knows. Secondly, I suspect it is far more likely that the numbers dropped and that NGE was in response to lower numbers. Personally I am just glad to see a game publisher ignore the 'power gamer' assholes who have ruined virtually every other MMO out there and reinvent SWG as a FUN game that actually allows for *gasp* ROLEPLAYING. Basically - if you don't like it, STFU and move on to the next game.

P.S. If this post angers you, you are probably one the assholes I am refering to.

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Generally Im a believer in the basic principals of freedom of speech and allowing even obvious imbecils the courtesy of airing their opinions.

You however, have forced me to reconsider my enlightened attitude; and in your case, to deny you that. 

It is obvious to me that you are either a plant or someone who doesnt even play the game and very likely never had. 

If for example you believe the NGE leads to MORE roleplaying than pre-cu you are hopelessly deluded.  It is patently impossible that a system with fewer player options and logical dependencies could lead to more role play than a superficially classless system with definate world inforced inter-player / disciplin dependancies.

Just the current control scheme is more hack-kneed than the old one, if you like the amphetemine fueled jitter movement you clearly accept something that is not even close to even the next worse control system in any game- anywhere.

SWG is a mess, SOE is a pack of thieves clueless at best, hopelessly misguided at the very least.  LA is blissfully dilluded if they believe that the MMO community will ever forgive or forget what they have done. 

SWG even if they manage to build a better game (HAHA) will die if for no other reason than the very basic principle of marketing.  BAD WORD OF MOUTH will sink you.

-Gooney 

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Gooney, don't go so hard on him.  He's just another victim-to-be.  He doesn't understand that a lot of us were just like him once:  clueless and in love.  He'll come to understand in time, when it bites him just the way it bit us. 

SWG really is a lot like a bad, cheating girlfriend.  You know the kind.  They sleep with your friends, lie to everyone and just generally make a hash of everything.  No one ever believes the warnings.  They never think it can happen to them.  And they always believe that the bimbo is the victim of bad press.  Right up until she does them the same way and they find themselves wondering why they didn't see it coming.

Eventually, SOE and LA will have burned too many customers with SWG and the game won't be able to draw in any new suckers no matter what they say or do.  Just like the bad girlfriend.  Eventually you run out of people who haven't heard about you.

Good interview. Finally, MMORPG.com seeks answers and doesn't just acquiesce in doing fluff pieces. Me likey!

On the other hand, this guy Keefe is a complete tool. Bad enough that SOE has lost any dev that had an ounce of talent and vision over a year ago, and now has a bunch of interns screwing things up, but they can't even find a mouthpiece that knows you never, ever say "No comment" in an interview? What a bunch of morons.

Good job, MMORPG!