Originally posted by Lanfea

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i will stay in swtor to see what the next big patch in march will bring and then move on to the next game. and, like i will do it with rift, i will resub after the next big addon/expansion.

Same here. Disappointed but still enjoying playing the game (switched from Smuggler to Operative to see the 'other side'). PvP is okay but I do hope/wish they would implement cross-server queueing. It would allow those of us on less populated servers/early hour players to still get some pre-50 killing in.

*shrug*

Still hopeful but I cancelled my sub so I don't accidentally forget when the time comes to decide. Rather have to log into my account and pop a CC number back in than get billed when I have decided that the part is over. :/

Originally posted by Sanguinelust

Originally posted by wireded21

So I get up Saturday, I've got a few hours free time, try to log in... servers down, maintenance for small patch...

Next chance to play today... guess what servers down again...

Had it last week too...

 

This was the reason I gave for cancelling my subscription last week. I have a few days left on my free month but it doesn't even look like I'll be able to use them.

 

I won't ever go back to this game unless they reduce the cost by 25% for european players.

So let me get this right, just because of a few times you tried to play maintanance was going on your going to quit. Real mature, real mature.

It's frustration and quite legitimate. Try not to minimize it just because you don't feel the same. THAT is immature.

I enjoyed the game and hoped for more. Have gone back 2Xs for a month at a time and have max level toons waiting. I don't think I could go back again though. Too be a disappointment overall. *shrug*

Today's downtime is planned and scheduled but I do empathize with EUs who have to contend.

LAST time they were down I assume they wanted to patch something big like the valor crap in Ilum. (Only reason to put a game offline during prime time/weekend hours for all the players is fixing something game unbalancing or game breaking) and didn't pull it off. Then a rather lame 'fixed d/c from game servers' etc etc (which I personally still get *shrug*)

So today is expected and maybe will fix whatever they didn't pull off this past weekend. I really don't care very much anymore though I am sorry for the folks who planned/wanted to play today.

Better management of their teams.

Initial balance (tiers) in PvP instead of giving the first 50s an opportunity to farm for a month and then separate them out.

The BIG holes in farming valor, whether by design or by exploit. ( I am re-rolling and look forward to seeing new story lines but once I hit 50 with all the 50s in BM gear....I do not look forward tot he bloodfest. Maybe not as bad as a level 15 with the 1st 50s but still not good)

Lack of communication to the players.

I know a good many folks who were in my guilds and on the 2 servers I play who planned to wait the first 6 months, who have since elected to come BACK after 6 months if there is a apparent change and either un-subbed after their free 30 or are letting their next paid 30 run out. For me it's this:

I like the game.

Have been playing since day...3... I think but there are some big issues at hand and I honestly think they broke some of the game (PvP) irreparably *there is no real 'catch up' to even out gear unless they tier that out valor ranks or something.)

I subbed for 6 months and even with my disappointment would likely have done 3 (they already billed me for the 6 so I am with the game that long at least).

I hope things happen.

I hope change occurs.

Time will tell .

Mainly white men in the USA is a narrower demographic. There was a fair bit of talk on the servers I was on where the female players felt disappointed that they didn't get more man 'eye-candy', lol.

Originally posted by Donanit

Sadly i bought game time until mid march.

This game is run by inexperineced and careless clowns.

I like the game even with all the bugs, mostly because of Star Wars theme and because is something fresh after WoW and all the crap out there. What i hate is the way the act, careless versus customers, even worst versus European players.

I know it's just 40 cents a day, i don't care, i pay and i want to play. I pretend an efficient service. These morons don't even say why they put down the servers (and anyway, tuesday there will be 8 more hours downtime, why couldn't they wait until tuesday to apply something?)

FY Bioware and EA, i'm goning to use Torrent from now on to play your games....

 6 months on 2 accounts for me. I'll play it for now and hope for the best but I just logged in an hour ago and canceled my subs so I don't 'accidentally' pay again later this year. I doubt the software will still be on my PC by that point.

( I do still have hope as I like the game but it is looking bleaker to me each day - or at least each patch day)

I am reasonably certain this is a 'band-aid'. Something they could put in place (i.e. tested and working) because whatever they were actually trying to patch fell flat. If there wasn't 'something' people would probably /ragequit-unsub, even a lot of moderates. As it is, I see this hurting them  as far as numbers go.

I know things like this happen, but do it on a scheduled maintenance day or at least a weekday when some people are working or sleeping to prep for work. Their team leadership is monumentally bad.

Just as many (or more) don't care or DO  support it. *shrug* I couldn't care either way. It's just another soapbox to allow a 'group' to get a tidbit into the news. (Not saying right or wrong, just that it is an opportunity)

You can and I do. I re-rolled a few days back and sent 100K so I dint have to wory about bags while I was getting out of the starter areas. As long as you don't do 'bad things', it's prefectly normal/correct.

With gaming as with all aspects of life (real,lived life) people more and more want NOW and instant gratification. If its easy (generally not necessarily hand me the golden ring) they feel good. If it become a ''grind" as it used to be in the olden days  it becomes less likely people will continue to play. NOW. NOW. NOW. Part of this is the new lifestyle, fast, high-speed, on the go busy world. Back in the day only  'geeks' played. Now the average household has a gamer squirreled away somewhere. Even old grannies are doing it...immediate rewards = continuing subscribers, which is the lifeblood of games.

Sometimes though, things can be over done and I think SWToR may be guilty of this. I don't regret my paying sub. I am however disappointed that I paid for multiple months. (I tend to throw $$ at games and get disappointed so another $50 or so wont matter much in the long run but still I wish I hadn't)

I suppose I had hoped SWToR would be the return of that 'cherry high' that  I have found lacking in  many MMOs over the last few years. I like it but I don't know if it will be the game to hold me (on a daily basis say) for the next year+.  Each day I think this is less and less likely.

BioWare slipped up when it came to some aspects of testing. They did NOT do a lot of PvP balance testing. Had they done so, the level 50s (and preferably 40-somethings) would never have been in PvP with the 10s and 20s, which as most people know was the case for the 1st month. Bolster does add some balance but it does not add skills/gear. 50s in the mix made the PvP annoying. Now there are groups of level 50 Battlemasters just running around killing (or trying) to kill each other and the most OP wins. Beware to that newbie level 50 going in to get his 1st piece of purple gear. A good many folks that I know are re-rolling because they are finding PvP over 50 boring.

A lot of those battlemasters were farming the PvP wzs before the bracket was in place. Serious PvP testing by BioWare would have shown this and it could have been avoided. Of course, in a game where you can hit max level in less than 2 weeks by playing regularly (and not around the clock) has caused concerns as well.

Don't get me wrong, I LIKE the game. Play it every day. Looking forward to testing more classes/toons but honestly, I question how this will all turn out in 6 months. Time will tell.

If there is a serious exploit that allows maxxing valor in (insert short period of time) they best fix THAT pretty fast. Other wise they will unbalance the PvP bracket  they just created.

Otherwise...blah...

I have a high end system and would love to run the game at max-tippy-top settings. *shrug* I can't. I still like the game.

The big thing for me will be what they fix in the 'big  patch' looming out there.  I know a lot of folks in my guild are in the same boat so I assume a lot of folks across the board are as well. Fixing things like today's patch (resetting intances) and last week's (fixing the Sith title) are minor updates basically candy. Fix the issues that affect people seriously.

We'll see over the next few weeks if they actually do something that is of value. I'll decide to play going forward on that and that alone.

I may have already posted in the ...wtf...(I must be tired as I never 'wtf'...) 52 pages of this post...but I would.

2 accounts for 6 months. Not happy with some of the stupidity factors of thier customer service ...but I still love the game.

I love the game but once again they screwed this up. Bad enough to announce a 3rd downtime in the same week (however needed/legit it might be) but to soften the blow THIS time they announced their ETA - GOOD GOOD - of 2 hours. Of course, they couldn't make the delivery in that time - BAD BAD- and extended it another 2 hours.

I roll out servers as a part of my job. You always over-estimate. Bad enough for the poor sleepless bastards here in the US but for regular daytime players in Europe? Serious Charlie Foxtrot..

I am glad they are fixing things, certainly if they fix that bloody bug that makes it so folks have to quit/rejoin guilds just to chat it will be a good thing. Also, exploits need to be fixed quickly so they don't drastically imbalance things in-game which causes a lot of unhappiness.

That said, I despise poor customer service. I logged on a bit ago and read the patch notes (yes I read those and alerts via the patcher) about yesterday's patch and the possible upcoming patch (which now has the servers offline). Basically it was posted to 'read the forums' about details and to watch for more info/announcements. 15 minutes before they took the servers offline, they 'announced' it and said to go check the forums for details...which say to 'watch out for announcements and that patching might happen'.

Fix  issues but give notifications. I love the game but the customer service is sadly pathetic. Whoever is leading their CS department should be fired AND sued for truly epic failures in this deployment.

I play a Scoundrel and find the class inherently flawed. Essentially we're a hybrid class stealth/DPS + heals. If you go up the DF or Scrapper trees ( I went Scrapper) we're a mêlée DPS with a few ranged capabilities. Sure I have a knockdown and can do some very nice burst DPS but against level 50s (I am 50 BTW), the knockdowns only work some of the time and stealth '911' pop (which is the only stealth you can use in combat) is on a 2 minute cool down. Useful but for end game instances...fair far less than a tank or a true healer..or a true 24/7 DPS for that matter.

I had to put points into sawbones just to be able to level and keep my companion alive. *shrug* I like the toon and the storyline but I think they did him an injustice making him a hybrid.

Dual classing would at least allow me to switch to healing spec (which I don't WANT to do) and be effective in end game stuff as an 'off-healer'. Right now, Inquisitors, Sith Warriors and BHs all pack a lot more than I can handle..aside from my occasional knockdown...*sigh*

Originally posted by bdew

Actualy the nerf kinda makes sense to me.

You can still earn money by going out into the world and slicing nodes, so the skill is still usefull.

What was nerfed is the ability to send companions out 24x7 while afk (possibly with a macro) - that was the main imbalance.

This is the correct answer. It is now an active/use-while-questing skill. If you put slicing on a toon that is questing, you will get boxes which are free, being part of the environment (same as scavenging all the raw materials are just laying around). They just made it so lvl 10 crafting toons can't amass huge sums of wealth. Not happy about it but such as it is.

 I personally had a level 20 toon that I wasn't doing anything with and was just sending my 2 companions out on slicing missions. Of course, that was giving them enough $$ to fund his cybertech and investigation (investigation IMO is quite sad....) skills.

I didn't play it AFK or with macros, of course. I have the game on my laptop that I can monitor and keep active while I do RL work.

*shrug*

Originally posted by cinos

Rule number one of server maintenance. Take whatever time estimate you predict and times it by 3. :P

Yeah better to say they will be down all day and deliver in half the time than to go the other way around. If you overestimate, you look the hero bringing things back early. if you underestimate people just get pissed/frustrated. Oh well.