Like so many other games that are different from the general theme-park MMOs that occupy the majority of the market, Earthrise had a great concept but fell short on implementation... Still, I hate when MMOs die - especially indy ones. Sad to see it go.

Originally posted by Pelaaja

Actually, those numbers I wrote are the number I see on the upper left corner of the screen. Bar fleet I usually see 1-5 players in any instance I go. NEVER there is that number of players anywhere to be seen.

The reason you don't is (probably) because it's how many that's on the planet regardless of 'instance' or 'phase'. I'm sure you know that each planet has several 'phases' containing player to ease lag or whatnot.

It's the same when I'm on my spaceship: "Fury" (SW spacship): 10" it says in the left corner, yet I'm alone. Just an example.

As for mass exodus, most Eu servers seem to have 'standard' load during evnings and personally my server tends to go to 'heavy'. Of course, there is a decline of population however, it's pretty much unavoidable in any MMO after launch.

Personally I prefer not to speculate, rather play the game (or don't play the game for those that don't want to) and see what happens. It's like the apocalypse - why worry? I'm sure I'll notice when it hits.

Originally posted by Yamota

Originally posted by Shadin

Originally posted by Laughing-man

regularly scheduled maintenance is regular.

This. Welcome to MMOs.

Admitedly, Saturdays downtime sucked, but it's not like it's going down every Sat. 

You guys dont get it because you dont understand that they take down the servers in the middle of the day for us Europeans. If they did it in US there would be riot in the streets. This is inspite of SW:TOR arena showing that around 35% of players are from Europe so Bioware are basically saying a big **** you to 35% of their customers.

Oh, right, I don't get it, since I'm from Sweden... Which is in Europe... And I'm home from work since I'm ill and actually had a chance to play... For once.. Yeah, sure, I don't get it. And yes, Saturdays downtime sucked immensly, after a week of not playing a single evening due to work I finally had the possability to but were denied it. It sucked. It was frustrating. But guess what? These things happen. And it's not a regular occourance (as opposed to weekly maintenance).

Is it frustrating? Yes. Is it part of MMOs? Yes. Do I get the downtime? Yes. Do I get why people are so bloody surprised there is downtime during what is school/work hours for most people in Europe once every week ? No, not really. Especially not since it's Regular Maintenance. It's not something new.

Oh, tip for next time by the way, don't presume to know where a poster is from.

Originally posted by Laughing-man

regularly scheduled maintenance is regular.

This. Welcome to MMOs.

Admitedly, Saturdays downtime sucked, but it's not like it's going down every Sat. 

I haven't read the thread, nor will I, but seriously - why? I mean why do you care? I really try to figure it out.. I don't get it!

Don't you people who complain about this title that is basicly worthless and only pixels above someones head have Anything better to do or complain about?  There are surely more pressing issues to discuss!

Sometimes I feel like an alien. I really don't get people. Verbal minority? I hope so.. *shakes head*

Personally I rerolled republic, but that's only because every single person I know RL and who plays the game rerolled Rep on my server. So back to square one.

Otherwise I'd probably be doing flashpoints, ops, pvp and quests. Just like in any other MMO.

First, considering the "I cancelled" threads I think this thread is just as valid.

Anyway, as for the questions, I subscribe as does my gf for a multitude of reasons even if the game, of course, can be improved.

As for your second question, no. I don't think anyone cares if any of us subscribe or not, just as I think (or would hope, since no sane person would) no one cares about those that cancel.

Originally posted by bobfish

It would be Rift.... without the awesome support.

And without the 'soul' idea.. and with voice acting... and with advanced classes replacing souls... and without respeccing your skill trees to other skill trees and... wait a minute! That wouldn't be Rift at all! You almost got me, good sir - but only almost.

Originally posted by Sagasaint

Originally posted by Sasami

would you watch Lord of the rings movies if they weren't directed by Peter Jackson and not based Lord of the rings books at all. Jeesh trolls there days.

your analogy is flawed...lord of the rings, not based on lord of the rings? huh?

what you meant is....would you watch a fantasy movie not based on LotR and not directed by Peter Jackson?

That would be true if the OP had written "would you play an MMO that was not made by Bioware and not set in the SW universe?", but he wrote This Game. Which is like pointing at, the first LotR movie, and ask "would watch This movie if.." etc. etc.

Regardless, does it matter? Not to me at least. Why? The game Is made by Bioware and set in the Star Wars Universe. It is what it is, no more, no less, and if one wants to play or not is up to that specific individual.

Originally posted by calranthe

This is a non issue being  boosted by the haters, been playing since early start along with wife and friends, my first char hit 40 last night and the others are between 20-30, Iam having amazing fun, loving the game and story.

Not the slightest surprised - but happy. :)

During testing, me (and probably quite a few others) were called to interviews where we, among other things, had to state what we wanted/needed to see in the first major update ~the month after release and prioritize the importance of raids vs. warzones vs. flashpoints etc.

All in my perticular group agreed on the matter - at least one warzone, updated raid content and another flashpoint would be needed to keep peoples interest. Or somesuch it was anyway.

I'm glad to see Bioware exceeding our expectations, and I'm glad that they've seemingly have listened to those they interviewed in different countries.

Awesome stuff all in all!

Ambush? You mean.. as in standing with a quest sign over their head... and the ability to press escape mid-convo? Yes, quite a nefarious ambush that is....

I can dig that you don't like the bonus quests, but doing them is a choice, and quite frankly, if you  feel the need to do Every single quest in the game it's on You - not Them. It's your choice as much as the server type you roll on.

Did you finish every quest in WoW (if you played that, which I'm guessing you have)? Probably not, I sure didn't... Not to mention that if you Really want to do the quests for the sake of story, there is absolutely Nothing stopping you from going Back there at a later time. The planet doesn't disappear, nor do the quests.

That said, my biggest gripe with this article is that This is the problem you bring up? I love SW: TOR, but to be honest there are far worse issues you could focus on than This.  I mean really? Nothing about PvP level scaling? Or all armors looking the same?  Or bugged skills like Cover or Ravage?

Instead you focus on how you are forced to take more quests against your will because You feel the Need to do all quests presented to you on a planet?

Way to help improve the game.... You're seriously messing with my Zen thing, man.

*grumbles and goes back to TOR, wondering why he bothers checking MMORPG.com nowadays*

Loved the Sith Warrior story though the ending at 50 were a bit loose. I guess that's because they want to be able to add content easily later though, so it's alright. All in all, I loved it. It takes a bit of a pause during Act 2, but picks up again a bit in Act 3. The culmination of Act 1 and 3 where awesome. Especially Act 1. Loved it. Probably one of my favourite gaming/story moments ever.

Playing Agent now, haven't gotten far, but the story is really really interesting so far and a very nice change from Sith Warrior. Played the Sith Inquisitor story in beta, and loved it as well (as far as I got anyway, Nar  Shaddaa or somesuch) and played only a little of the Bounty Hunter story, which seems neat as well.

On republic side I haven't played much tbh. The Counselor story picked up slightly after Coruscant, but far from being my favourite. Trooper seemed alright, didn't get far though, smuggler was really interesting as well and knight seemed quite good though I only watched my gf play that.

Here's the full passage, not just a selected part of it:

"Yesterday was quite a day here in Austin. We likely had the largest one-day subscription account registration process in MMO history – over one million people are now registered players of the game, and the number is growing rapidly."

The hint is in the last part of that line. 

"and the number is growing rapidly."

It means it's above it already and continue to rise.

http://www.swtor.com/blog/ray-and-greg-thank-you-playing

Nice try though and merry christmas!

Awesome read and great to find this thread on the morning when my newspaper doesn't arrive. Gave me a good laugh. :)

Anyone with a shred of knowledge about TOR knows there IS endgame, which has been mentioned earlier in this thread. If the endgame is the same as WoW/Rift/Etc. is debatable, personally I feel the flashpoints make WoW instances as dull as a heap of dung (though less smelly as it's digital). And no, not bashing WoW. For what it is, it was a great game to plenty of people for a long while.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to log in and sit through a 40min queue and then finally reach level 50. Have fun. :)

Originally posted by DarkPony

But yeah, it IS the best themepark I ever played*

 

*As far as I can tell at level 24

 

 

It still is as far as I'm concerned at level 45. :)

Originally posted by tank017

Originally posted by Painlezz

4) Appearance Items?  Yup... They've built the ability to use just about any look of armor you want into the game.  You can take some armor you found at level 10 and have it be top notch at level 50. 

Is this in the game already?

 

I was trying to find out how to do that in beta.

It is, but not Every item in the  game is moddable. There's a good number of them though and most Flashpoint gear is moddable. Personally I love it! It's a great system. Could do with a few more moddable items, but in general, it's as fun as it is effective in keeping the looks you want.

It's true that it sucks and that those outside the specified countries has to pay the charge.

On the upside, I've read a rumor (that I can neither confirm nor deny ;) ) that you can call for free using skype and setting the country to US and calling the US number, even without credits or whatever on your skype account, since the US number is free of charge within the US.

Of course, this is a work around anyone shouldn't have to try, but it might be worth a shot. ;)

Which is a great reason to play TOR which I hadn't considered. I'll add that to my list of why I'm going to play the game. Thank you.

I just woke up and I'm a lazy bastard so I haven't read the whole thread...

I think it'd be awesome, to be honest, but I don't see that happening in a while yet (if at all). And if it does it will probably be more in the lines of WoW's Wintergrasp rather than anything else. "Take control of planet x and get access to quests/flashpoints/operations".

It's, of course, just speculation on my part, but I have difficulties seeing it play out any other way - if there'll consequences at all.

It's unfortunate, yes, but it's true for most Themeparks (sadly), and I think it might be tough inventing and releasing a good system other than this from a developer standpoint.

Be that as it may, I'll still be over this game like cream on hot chocolate.