Development Cycle Archive
Thread: Great Expectations, Major Schedule Changes and making SWG the finest MMORPG ever
Kylania
Fri Jul 16, 2004 8:48 am
#1145
Massadonious wrote:
twiafu wrote:
Love to have todays Friday Feature be:
"Number of accounts cancelled in past 24 hours"
Heh...that would be a sight. But, knowing them, they would probably make it "Number of JTLS Pre-Orders" instead.
I'd prefer to see "Number of Jedi Compared to Number of Non-Jedi." Just to see if TWO long push-everything-back-months-longer publishes is really worth it. Should have just removed Jedi and grinding totally rather than push back the core game.
Arriranha
Fri Jul 16, 2004 8:51 am
#1146
You can shove my 30$ a month up your collective {insert orifice}! I will never again buy a SOE product. I knew I should've cancelled when you pushed this back the first time.
Unbelievable.
Goodbye
Unbelievable.
Goodbye
Message Edited by Arriranha on 07-16-2004 09:25 AM
Worldmaker2k4
Fri Jul 16, 2004 8:54 am
#1147
Cancel. Cancel. Cancel.
Three short series of clicks, and I did what I said I would. You now have $45 less dollars a month than you did five minutes ago. Start doing the math, SOE. That's well over 300 cancellations in this thread alone.
Which one of the "Customer Relations Managers" gets to take the report to their boss that says, "We now make $13,500 less a month since that announcement, with more revenue loss each hour"?
Worldmaker2k4
Fri Jul 16, 2004 8:57 am
#1149
DrMonoxide wrote:
I'd say more than 300, 500+.
Well, consider it 503+.
It's amazing. I've never seen a single post cost a company an immediate $20,000 in earnings. This has to be a **edit**in' record.
DrMonoxide
Fri Jul 16, 2004 8:59 am
#1150
I can't decide which was worse for SWG: holocrons or this.
The holocrons ruined most of the fun in SWG, but this delay is probablyworse because of the money loss.
Sergia
Fri Jul 16, 2004 9:01 am
#1151
DarkSmyth wrote:Thunderheart!Question...Will the GCW publish, that a lot of have beenpatiently waiting for,be turned into the next add on expansion to SWG that we will have to buy next year?Answer no and Iwill stay.Answer yes and my account will be canceled today.No answer and I'll be cancelling tonight.I've tried to be patient with you all and it has come down to this.Awaiting a response.A side note, you all might want to head over to the GCW boards sometime soon, and start making replies.Thank you.Message Edited by DarkSmyth on 07-16-2004 11:55 AM
I caught that too, in the video interview with Haden on GameSpot re: the GCW, he says "the GCW Expansion next year..."
Please answer that question, is the GCW going to be a free publish or a Expansion costing $$?
Trobon18
Fri Jul 16, 2004 9:01 am
#1152
Ok I admit it. I did not read all of the posts here yet. I haven't had time to search through 50 pages of posts but i do have responses. (Although who will read them back here)
First, TH grats on the promotion. I was always rooting for you. That being said, I have to agree that the combat balance should have been done early this year not late. Since it was not, however, I agree that this is such an important issue that you should put ALL of your focus on it. If your attention was split between JTL and this then this would turn out bad. I'm really hoping you make it all worth it.
Second, for all of you who are saying that them doing jedi first is stupid, your wrong. Plain and simple. Whether or not you plan to become a jedi doesn't matter. If they did jedi later then the jedi would be unbalanced AFTER the combat rebalance. Wouldn't you rather see the Jedi fit in better with the game.
For all of you who are quitting, I am very sorry to hear this. You are all not helping though. Your anger is uncalled for. Already the date has been pushed back on the relese for JTL. Everyone who says that JTL should be pushed back more is very self centered. There are pleanty of people out there that would be this upset if JTL was pushed back. You all could be doing something useful in Galaxies instead of quitting. Due to the impending JTL a ton of newbies are joinging the game. You all could be out there helping them, teaching them. While I was getting slicing XP i was sitting in Mos Eisly slicing guns for newbies. Not because it was faster than crafting 'em myself, but because I thought it was nice to help people learn things like slicing. I talked to countless people and helped them get started doing whatever profession they were doing. Yes, I did it better than the droids. The point of this all is that if you veterens leave then we lose all of the tricks of the trade and personalities that we spent a year making. I've been here a year and I'm not going to quit now. Not even going to stop paying and wait. I'm here for the long haul. Good or bad.
and as for your anger remember... "Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to SUFFERING" Do not fall to the dark side friends. Stay. Help people. May the force be with you... always.
LordHavoc450
Fri Jul 16, 2004 9:03 am
#1153
LOL And i was going to buy another account. Im not only not buying another account or JTL but will not be renewing my current account. Ive been playing since launch and saw major potential in this game, to bad who ever is in charge over there has no common sense.
TheReborn
Fri Jul 16, 2004 9:03 am
#1154
*Sigh*
One whole year of playing and this game hasn't gotten any farther to what I expected. I was hoping for the Combat Revamp and GCW Revamp so it would give people incentive to PvP...
CANCELLED
One whole year of playing and this game hasn't gotten any farther to what I expected. I was hoping for the Combat Revamp and GCW Revamp so it would give people incentive to PvP...
CANCELLED
MagicMissle
Fri Jul 16, 2004 9:03 am
#1155
So basically what yer sayin' TH is that we've payed for a year of beta testing, and now the dev team and SOE are ready to totally disenfranchise their longtime loyal player base just to get slightly more marketability. Well word of mouth goes a long way and if you treat yer oldest customers this way i guaruntee they won't be recommending this game, especially with many many other powerhouse MMO' s currently or soon to be on the market.
**edit** are you people thinking really, i am totally blown away by the unprofessional way this entire project has been handled. How about actually pulling FOR the players for once,trying to get things donethat we have been BEGGING youto do since day one!!!!! OMG my pistol specials are still f'ing broken and you guys are already moving on to JTL.
WOULD SOMEONE PLEASE LISTEN TO US AT SOE!!!!!!!!
Garabaldi
Fri Jul 16, 2004 9:04 am
#1156
"3. Let me say I love Q, but man...does that guy know when to leave the room or what?!!? Q, you da man. Seriously, TH, if you see Q running from a building it would be smart to follow him because a flood, tornado, or some act of god is coming your way."
LOL!
And yeah, this whole thing sucks bigtime. Never before have I seen a Dev team allow such important game mechanics toremain in sucha BROKEN state.
This is unreal.
I'm dizzied by the stupidity of the person who made these decisions, and TH my friend, I pity you for being the messenger. Sucks to be you. 
But you're a great guy and know you're craft...perhaps it's time to search for a new employer? 
But you're a great guy and know you're craft...perhaps it's time to search for a new employer? 