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SWToR Just hit the iceberg=Tortanic!
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2bhammered
Cyberpunk 2077
#81 - 2012-02-11 22:41:19 UTC  |  Edited by: 2bhammered
"Francis rages about Star Wars the old republic"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JToIHroU-WY&feature=fvwrel

Funniest game rant ever Lol

(tune in tomorrow for more videos, biodrones and tortanic stuff)
Astenion
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#82 - 2012-02-12 00:15:10 UTC
Ah Francis...I've been waiting for this one. This is destined to become a classic.
2bhammered
Cyberpunk 2077
#83 - 2012-02-12 00:39:33 UTC  |  Edited by: 2bhammered
Astenion wrote:
Ah Francis...I've been waiting for this one. This is destined to become a classic.



He is funny, check his latest video when he destroys his xbox Lol








A funny pic a bit off-topic but funny Big smile

http://i42.tinypic.com/2j2sqw9.jpg
2bhammered
Cyberpunk 2077
#84 - 2012-02-12 10:16:23 UTC  |  Edited by: 2bhammered
Brujo Loco
Brujeria Teologica
#85 - 2012-02-12 17:35:37 UTC
This thread is gorgeous, people rebuking each other's claim will make my monday tomorrow at the office.

Please keep it going and alive, I for one sub to the FAIL TOR , Tortanic mindset, but must hopelessly admit I shelled 60$ for this plastic box made in china gizmo : Book of Sith Vault Edition

IT OPENS AND CLOSES OMGGGGGGGG STAR WARSSSSS ... meh , I want it Cry

Inner Sayings of BrujoLoco: http://eve-files.com/sig/brujoloco
2bhammered
Cyberpunk 2077
#86 - 2012-02-13 03:44:35 UTC  |  Edited by: 2bhammered
Brujo Loco wrote:
This thread is gorgeous, people rebuking each other's claim will make my monday tomorrow at the office.

Please keep it going and alive, I for one sub to the FAIL TOR , Tortanic mindset, but must hopelessly admit I shelled 60$ for this plastic box made in china gizmo : Book of Sith Vault Edition

IT OPENS AND CLOSES OMGGGGGGGG STAR WARSSSSS ... meh , I want it Cry



I try my best to bring entertainmentLol

I also had a sub, because one have to in order to play/use my 28 free days (yep EA screwed over a lot of people not giving them a month, or EA month=28 days,) but I did not mind since I stopped playing after 2 weeks or something, it was that boring. I think Bioware lacks what they use to have, it is called "fun".

This is a good review that sums up a lot of the problems with SWToR.

http://www.wolfsheadonline.com/swtors-300-million-virtual-bridge-to-nowhere/#b5414

Most common word by the way used to describe SWToR, they had a thread on the official forums for people to use one word to describe the game. That word is "Soulless" and says it all really.

By the way, why buy the book? Just google it,even youtube has them uploaded, I listened to Revan on youtube. I also regretted itX


Now over to something completely different! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9C9OKMyZng&feature=related

Oh and a great comic depicting Bioware, SWToR and fans based on revenge of the sith movie.

http://imgur.com/a/mgIyx
Drachiel
Mercury LLC
#87 - 2012-02-18 06:05:04 UTC
SWTor massive stinking bomb.

Server stats in the floor.
Astrid Stjerna
Sebiestor Tribe
#88 - 2012-02-18 09:20:15 UTC  |  Edited by: Astrid Stjerna
2bhammered wrote:

They never cared, they never cared about making a great game, they just wanted something fast to capitalize on WoWs success and get a piece of the pie.


The thing to know about EA is that they've had that reputation for a long, long time. Back when EA was publishing for Origin (the makers of the Ultima series), they were notorious for rushed (and very incomplete) products, family-destroying mandatory overtime and unreasonable launch dates.

Ultima VII Part I: rushed, but thankfully finished properly. Ultima VII Part II: rushed and unfinished. Ultima VIII: cancelled expansion pack, dangling plot hooks. Ultima IX: executive-meddled into a god-awful, bug-filled, nearly-unplayable, lore-destroying mess. Ultima Online: filled with samurai and elves (neither of which have ever appeared in the Ultima universe). UO II: cancelled because it would compete with its predecessor.

After a huge backlash from 'Widows of EA', they relented and started to clean up, but the reputation still lingers....

I can't get rid of my darn signature!  Oh, wait....
mama guru
Yazatas.
#89 - 2012-02-18 12:07:49 UTC
tortanic is what happens when a bunch of idiots from /v/ and reddit starts posting about a less than satisfactory launch. It's not gonna die just because you have nothing better to post about.

EVE online is the fishermans friend of MMO's. If it's too hard you are too weak.
Destination SkillQueue
Doomheim
#90 - 2012-02-18 13:56:51 UTC
mama guru wrote:
tortanic is what happens when a bunch of idiots from /v/ and reddit starts posting about a less than satisfactory launch. It's not gonna die just because you have nothing better to post about.



They're just putting a dramatic presentation for the declining population trend and feelings of disapointment many players have felt. By looking at the server population trends it seems clear that the game peaked soon after launch and has been on a steady decline ever since. It will likely peak again in march, since it launches it's initial asian servers then, but the current trend confirms its popularity is in a steady decline.
2bhammered
Cyberpunk 2077
#91 - 2012-02-22 16:11:34 UTC
Astrid Stjerna wrote:
2bhammered wrote:

They never cared, they never cared about making a great game, they just wanted something fast to capitalize on WoWs success and get a piece of the pie.


The thing to know about EA is that they've had that reputation for a long, long time. Back when EA was publishing for Origin (the makers of the Ultima series), they were notorious for rushed (and very incomplete) products, family-destroying mandatory overtime and unreasonable launch dates.

Ultima VII Part I: rushed, but thankfully finished properly. Ultima VII Part II: rushed and unfinished. Ultima VIII: cancelled expansion pack, dangling plot hooks. Ultima IX: executive-meddled into a god-awful, bug-filled, nearly-unplayable, lore-destroying mess. Ultima Online: filled with samurai and elves (neither of which have ever appeared in the Ultima universe). UO II: cancelled because it would compete with its predecessor.

After a huge backlash from 'Widows of EA', they relented and started to clean up, but the reputation still lingers....



EA to me is what most big movie and music studios are today, perhaps even worse.

I remember when they started to change and accept the fact that they have lost it. They even took a few risks making new IP's such as Dead Space, with a clear stated goal to be at the top of meta-critic. Now they buy review scores and when users give a score less than 8 out of 10 they even went as far as accuse/imply that fans of WoW went on some campaign to destroy its reputation.

It is kinda funny, but I think they have gone mad over at BW and EA. It would not surprise me to learn that they really think their game is worth 5/5 even though they paid for reviewers to give it that score. It is akin to George Lucas coming up with Jar Jar Binks thinking it is a great character and is funny because the people he pay agrees with him.

EA has lost money for years and years and continue to do so, their management handles the company in a similar manner to that of a bank or investment firm etc. Perhaps they think they are eligible to bailouts?Lol
2bhammered
Cyberpunk 2077
#92 - 2012-02-22 16:22:17 UTC
mama guru wrote:
tortanic is what happens when a bunch of idiots from /v/ and reddit starts posting about a less than satisfactory launch. It's not gonna die just because you have nothing better to post about.




It is dying as a game, it is dead as far as EA and BW goals with this game as those of their investors. The game is a massive failure both as a piece of entertainment and financial investment.

If you want to put your head in the sand and ignore that fact and pretend everyone such as I are mere "trolls" and "idiots" go for it, but don't think your conviction can alter reality.
2bhammered
Cyberpunk 2077
#93 - 2012-02-22 16:29:39 UTC
http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2012/01/20/star-wars-the-old-republic-the-story-behind-a-galactic-gamble/#/0

Interesting article above about the development. Some sweet bits of truth that offers further explanation as to how and why EA and BW ****** up SWTOR.

IE-

"Art has been outsourced to Russia, Estonia and China. Motion capture filming is done in L.A. and Vancouver, Canada, with voices recorded in New York, London and Paris in English, French and German. Quality assurance testing takes place in Romania, Argentina and India, while technical operations are run out of Virginia and the customer service center operates in Ireland. A regular plane shuttles employees between Austin and Electronic Arts’ headquarters in Redwood Shores, Calif."

Worst planning ever??

"After attempts to adapt “Lord of the Rings,” “A Game of Thrones” and Marvel comic book super-heroes like such as Spider-Man, the team signed a co-publishing deal with “Star Wars” creator George Lucas."

Not first choice ha? I wonder if you even "wanted" to make a Star Wars MMO at all...
2bhammered
Cyberpunk 2077
#94 - 2012-02-23 20:09:46 UTC
The user rating of Star Wars: The Old Republic on Metacritic is lower, however - but Ohlen was quick to explain why he thinks that is.

"Oh that's easy," he retorted. "Several of the designers were watching the Metacritic page when it finally came up and what happened was there is a community out there, and we don't know who they are - it could be a bunch of different people - who aren't really playing the game but have a vested interest in hating the game. And we saw literally hundreds of 0/10s come up within the first couple of hours of Metacritic coming on. So it was people who weren't even playing the game basically putting on that they hated it.


http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-01-12-bioware-swtor-post-mortem-its-more-innovative-than-an-fps


Where ignorance is bliss...
Nerath Naaris
Pink Winged Unicorns for Peace Love and Anarchy
#95 - 2012-02-23 23:38:45 UTC  |  Edited by: Nerath Naaris
Astrid Stjerna wrote:

Ultima VII Part I: rushed, but thankfully finished properly. Ultima VII Part II: rushed and unfinished. Ultima VIII: cancelled expansion pack, dangling plot hooks. Ultima IX: executive-meddled into a god-awful, bug-filled, nearly-unplayable, lore-destroying mess. Ultima Online: filled with samurai and elves (neither of which have ever appeared in the Ultima universe). UO II: cancelled because it would compete with its predecessor.



Funny that you mention that.... remember the main villains from Ultima VII?

Elisabeth & Abraham.

E & A.....


And no, that wasn´t a coincidence.

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2bhammered
Cyberpunk 2077
#96 - 2012-02-24 18:36:36 UTC  |  Edited by: 2bhammered
Destination SkillQueue
Doomheim
#97 - 2012-02-24 19:34:11 UTC
2bhammered wrote:
Prime time folks!!

http://www.swtor.com/server-status

1 server heavy!

100 standard!

110 light!!




http://beta.xfire.com/games/swtor


Is there a particular point you want to make or are you just responding to criticism of you choosing a bad time for your previous server status measurement? Everyone grounded in reality knows people are logging in less and less to the game. In all likelyhood the game is bleeding subs, but there is no way of telling at what speed, since you can explain the severity of the server status changes in all kinds of various ways(for example end of holidays and people play less at max level and after the initial playing spree, ect. depending on how desperate you are to give it a positive spin). Basicly meaning until you get exact figures you can even attempt to claim they're increasing their sub count at a good rate and the players are just loggin in less for various reasons.

Just to make it clear, I don't doubt the game has troubles right now and what BW will do in the next month or two will decide how severe the bleeding will end up being. I know people who play or played the game and the story from them is always pretty much the same. Really excited at the start, good leveling experience and then at max level everyone loses interest in a few weeks and the ones who still play are finding less and less reason to do so, since their guild mates have abandoned the game and they can't access the content anymore due to difficulty of finding groups and are thinking of following their friends back to whatever game they went back to. Final verdict varies between weak to average MMO with good leveling.
stoicfaux
#98 - 2012-02-25 01:33:46 UTC
Got a survey in the email (I played in the beta.) After selecting that I wasn't going to buy the game, I got some interesting questions.

Pon Farr Memorial: once every 7 years, all the carebears in high-sec must PvP or they will be temp-banned.
2bhammered
Cyberpunk 2077
#99 - 2012-02-27 12:12:21 UTC  |  Edited by: 2bhammered
http://www.keenandgraev.com/2012/02/14/copy-gold-leader-out/

Keen says he is out.

http://www.swtor.com/community/forumdisplay.php?f=255

Forums are on fire and...

http://www.torocast.com/content/1330304692/torocast-ep-141-everyone-moves

Let's talk about GW2 on the longest running tor fan podcast and about how awesome it will be :D
(because SWTOR sucks.)

PS: TOR had the worst server stats this weekend since its launch, like previous weekend and the one before that and the one before that one etc...


WTF at the SWTOR forums??

http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=329165&page=2
(page 2.)

STAR WARS Discussion
star wars vs. star trek

"Greetings everyone!

We did just want you to be aware there is a thread covering this topic in General Discussion located below if you wish to discuss this topic there as well:

Star Trek online vs TOR (READ)
http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=317675

Thank you! "

(Ellvaan SWTOR dev.)

Lol
Nova Fox
Novafox Shipyards
#100 - 2012-02-27 20:01:23 UTC  |  Edited by: Nova Fox
I predicted this happening when somone describe ToR as Instanceville.

Found this thread funny anyone want to start betting isk?

http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=330046&page=1

I say 250k subs in 6 months.

50 mil isk.

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