Creature Handler Archive
Thread: To the members of this game
Message Edited by juggernaut1970 on 11-03-2005 08:15 PM
Message Edited by kkelly9 on 11-03-2005 06:28 PM
Sent - here is what i wrote
I thought someone down there would like to hear what Sony and LucasArts thinks of its player base.
I'm a long time subscriber to the game (well since launch anyway), and all i ever wanted to do in this game was to be a Creature Handler. I have been loyal to my profession and my pets since the beginning and have forged a bond with the pets i use and the others enjoying my trade on my server. Since July of 2003, We Creature handlers have endured a non-stop attack of nerfs and insults from the dev team that offered us the profession in the first place. Nerf after nerf after nerf... I was there. Now they are going to scrap all that i have worked for the past 2 1/2 years. I know that this may seem trivial to some, but I, like many, have 2 years of my life wrapped up in this game. A lot of my friends are in this game… Friends from around the world that I will probably never talk to again.
I'm sure others will tell you about the bait and switch technique Sony used to get Creature Handlers to buy the latest expansion, just to turn and delete the profession two weeks later.
While others will tell you about the dev team calling the profession pokemon from the start, I will choose not to. Even though, we were the excuse Sony used for problems with a game that was released before it was ready.
What I want to tell you is that Sony had something special at launch. SWG offered something unique that no other game even dreamed of. The immersion into another Galaxy was unreal and without precedent. It was genius at its inception, but was lost to a dense, short-sighted team of Sony marketers.
I hope someone takes this concept and goes out makes a load of cash. It's funny that Sony, in its effort to make more and more money, lost the players that were there base. I think that someday they may realize that the kids they later marketed this game to don't have the money or fervor for Star Wars likethe originals did.
Keatsnam wrote:
You might want to also contact someone at Computer Games magazine (http://www.cgonline.com/). They have a monthly section dedicated to MMOs.
done also
Thanks
One thing I have learned from my time here is many people will send emails and letters but not post about it. During an episode here last year I posted an address that was deleted, it was a place to voice your concerns to the powers that be, the powers above soe/swg.
The deletions and banishment threats cause me to do to let people know I have it but pm me and I would use my personal email and sent them the info.
I got a large amount of people asking for the information. I was very proud of each and every one of them..
We have silent soldiers here, they won't yell and scream but they will put pen to paper.
For you people
I do this
/BUMP
the first one claims their is something new everytime you login.. NO **edit**... the whole game is different.. but I dont think that was quite what they meant LOL
and the second one is still advertising over 30 professions to choose from.. well yeah .. maybe but they have made it clear that is changing so why is the advert still there ...
I'm gutted.. I love CH and then being sent the link to the PS3 games list and seeing SWG on it.. well I guess that explains why us old PC users are getting shafted.. if you have a kid I guess he's getting your account now... no room for us old loyal players. I'm sorry but I have enough with the 12 year olds we already have playing.. ( no offense meant to the cool kids who play)