I hate flames in general, i really dont like checking the boards and see people get bent out of shape about game decisions that are hard to make.
But 5 days on a suspended account really pisses me off.
I played the game on release and gave it a chance, it was one of the most fun times I have had on a MMOG. It really was a good time, and I got quite a ways with my character (few skills into the Master Scout, Master Marksman,BH tree, played with CH a bit to see if I wanted to get some hunting dogs, quite a chunk of artisan skills to play with trades etc).
The thing is, and i know this is too ideal and would not happen, but when a game is leaned on to launch a game early and they know that it is buggy they should consider extending the "free month" for the early adopters. Those that went all out droid engineer and then had thier top of the line pet temporarily nerfed. People who got into classes based on what they were on launch and are being re-tooled have a valid complaint when thier free month is spent achieving a goal that is then removed from the game.
Since they did not do that, I decide even tho i was having a blast, until they fixed a few things i was going to take some time off. The first "major" bug fix patch is only supposedly a week away, but I wasn't going to pay 15 bucks on good faith that the game would be more playable or classes more solidified before i masters an elite or advanced profession. I figured i would wait at least a week to see how the patch is handled and then re-up.
Well, for those who got the game on day one the free week ended yesterday, and now they are saying that the characters will be deleted before the first patch so you can't afford to "wait and see" or give them a chance to prove they can clean up the far too large amount of little things, and a few of the big things, that are keeping what is an amazing game from being amazing.
This game does rock, it does need some content but the systems are incredible they just need some bugs worked out. I'm not in the habit of paying money for promises tho, i just wanted to take a week off and let tem fix some things before i started spending my hard earned money a continued subsription. Now they are saying either I put up my cash in advance or I loose a good chunk of play time and have to start over.
I want to play SWG eventually, and I'd like to continue the work I started, but as it rests right now I can't justify the premum price. The obviouse soluion is for those of us who left for a while to let it get cleaned up is to just not come back. That really sucks because i know the game is going to be great once they can work out these issues.
Q-3PO's July 28th Q&A
Here is the Q&A Q-3PO posted in the official forums. Feel free to add your comments:
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I’m not going to touch profession issues right yet. We’re in the process of reviewing all of the top 5 issues and getting some responses back to the correspondents. Here are a couple of other questions answered. I’ll post a bit more later today.
How long will my character be saved if I cancel my account? Currently the answer is 5 days. Our intention is to have it be for at least a month or more, but that won’t be changing in the near future. As many of you know, every character in SWG takes up an order of magnitude more database space than other MMOs. That is because we have so many unique variables per character (millions of character customization possibilities, every player made object having several unique attributes, large storage space in banks and houses, etc.). When we have a solution worked out for saving these characters longer, I’ll let you know. Believe me, we want to save these characters. There are a significant number of people who, after leaving an MMO, will return at a later time if their character is intact still.
i've noticed over the last 2 weeks that a lot of people have either quit SWG, or have gone on vacation. its a lot more empty around cities, yet somehow the lag is worse. even in the middle of a barren planet, the lag is horrible. anyways... just wondering if i'm the only one noticing that this place is starting to get a bit empty.
Airstud32, our simultaneous user numbers continue to break internal records. In fact, we will likely be bringing up additional galaxies soon. While there is expected “churn” (industry term for people who have decided the game isn’t for them and left), we’re seeing decent retention rate so far. What you may be experiencing is other players moving on to more challenging planets. As for the “lag”, hopefully you will see that getting better, not worse, at this point.
Where are the game cards?
Still planned but no date yet. I'll bug the Powers That Be again about this.
Kevin "Q-3PO" O'Hara
SWG Community Relations Manager
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