Star Wars: The Old Republic: Rise of the Hutt Cartel Release Date Announced

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EA and BioWare have announced that the Star Wars: The Old Republic digital expansion, Rise of the Hutt Cartel, will officially launch on April 14, 2013. Players who preordered prior to January 7th, will gain early access beginning April 9th.

We’re thrilled to announce the launch date of Sunday, April 14, 2013, for the release of the first Digital Expansion: Rise of the Hutt Cartel. Introducing five new levels of gameplay and the vibrant new planet of Makeb, Rise of the Hutt Cartel will be available for download beginning April 14 or for players who qualify for Early Access*, beginning April 9. To start the download, simply log in to the game and click Play.

Find out more on the Star Wars: The Old Republic site.

Panzerbase

Thanks but no thanks, think I'm going to give one of the upcoming new titles a chance in the box, tired of getting burnt by EA.

Dauzqul

There was a time where any SWTOR News Topic (before development) would hit 100 replies in under 5 min.

I'm not really upset about it's failure anymore. I'm honestly more angry. There is nobody that will attempt a Star Wars MMO after what happened to the last two.

GrumpyBuddha

It's been a long time SWTOR news excited me. Now I'm happily playing EQ2 again. Go figure.

redrain84

Well, I still enjoy swtor and from what I've seen from the game its still alive and thriving. The only thing is.... whatever happened to cathar race being created?

Lokero

Originally posted by Dauzqul

There was a time where any SWTOR News Topic (before development) would hit 100 replies in under 5 min.

I'm not really upset about it's failure anymore. I'm honestly more angry. There is nobody that will attempt a Star Wars MMO after what happened to the last two.

I'm sure someone will attempt another, at some point, after the new Star Wars movies start releasing in another year or two.

Illyssia

They need to make Hutt a playable race that will get people back. I think the nearby release of the expansion good for SWTOR. But it now in F2P hardcore cash shop land so not what I myself am looking for just now.

redrain84

I'm curious if you guys think swtor sucks so much, then what  MMO do you guys play because all the other MMO suck in my opinion and I have tried them all.

Doogiehowser

Originally posted by redrain84
I'm curious if you guys think swtor sucks so much, then what  MMO do you guys play because all the other MMO suck in my opinion and I have tried them all.

According to these forums every MMO sucks, don't take what people say here to your heart. Play what you like and enjoy.

Who do you think are more happy? people who are playing MMOS and enjoying themselves or those who come here daily to complain and tear down every game in existence .

Kuppa

Have they said anything about the population of the game?

Illyssia

Originally posted by Kuppa
Have they said anything about the population of the game?

Since it is F2P sub style pop figures don't mean much. It is more a case of earnings from cash shop and the sub option mode of gameing. F2P games frequently go quite high in numbers.

FromHell

Originally posted by redrain84
I'm curious if you guys think swtor sucks so much, then what  MMO do you guys play because all the other MMO suck in my opinion and I have tried them all.

 -EvE: because decisions matter in an immersive sandbox universe

- Each of the three Funcom MMOs: AO, AOC, TSW are all amazing and have a **SOUL**

- Star Wars Galaxies has been shut down and can not be played legally anymore.

 

Waiting for: Star Citizen, Elite, World of Darkness, Black Desert

redrain84

Originally posted by Doogiehowser

Originally posted by redrain84
I'm curious if you guys think swtor sucks so much, then what  MMO do you guys play because all the other MMO suck in my opinion and I have tried them all.

According to these forums every MMO sucks, don't take what people say here to your heart. Play what you like and enjoy.

Who do you think are more happy? people who are playing MMOS and enjoying themselves or those who come here daily to complain and tear down every game in existence

There is alot of wisdom in your words and you are right, seems like everyone here complains. The perfect game just doesnt exist there will always be some flaws. Swtor did not fail in my opinion but its really hard to appease gamers nowadays.

FromHell

Originally posted by Dauzqul

 

I'm not really upset about it's failure anymore. I'm honestly more angry. There is nobody that will attempt a Star Wars MMO after what happened to the last two.

 agree,  the biggest let down is no one will ever attempt to make a Star Wars MMO again, at least not in the next 10 years. There goes the biggest IP possible for a MMO, down the drain

hikaru77

Originally posted by redrain84
Well, I still enjoy swtor and from what I've seen from the game its still alive and thriving. The only thing is.... whatever happened to cathar race being created?

And like you, there is really a lot of people who still play and enjoy the game and Cathar are coming after the expansion.  

Septdeez

I like SWTOR and leveled 2 characters to max while I had a sub. When I tried it F2P I just think that they have taken too much of the game away for non subs to make it worth picking up.

Karteli

Originally posted by Doogiehowser

Originally posted by redrain84
I'm curious if you guys think swtor sucks so much, then what  MMO do you guys play because all the other MMO suck in my opinion and I have tried them all.

According to these forums every MMO sucks, don't take what people say here to your heart. Play what you like and enjoy.

Who do you think are more happy? people who are playing MMOS and enjoying themselves or those who come here daily to complain and tear down every game in existence .

Well 2.4 million people bought the game and ~ 2 million people also quit, so they all went somewhere didn't they?

 

With those numbers, it does look like a big failure .. although fans are happy that some people still play, and cite that as some form of success.

 

While many MMO's suck .. some suck more than others.

If SWTOR stayed small as EA should have done, and targeted only a few hundred thousand fans who adored anything Star Wars (even if that means playing a bad game), all those other 2 million people wouldn't have felt ripped off, and this game would have generated much less hate.

 

EA should try something different with MMORPG's, because their Warhammer Online retention plan isn't working.

 

redrain84

Originally posted by Septdeez
I like SWTOR and leveled 2 characters to max while I had a sub. When I tried it F2P I just think that they have taken too much of the game away for non subs to make it worth picking up.

I never understood why people complained of about paying for a game. How are Bioware/EA employee's expected to maintain the game and work for free? The people need to be paid for updating and regulating the game, $15 a month isnt really anything.

jpnz

Can't wait for the new content.

Am a bit nervous of the server issues that'll inevitabily happen cause it is 'RELEASE DAY!'

doodphace

Originally posted by FromHell

Originally posted by Dauzqul

 

I'm not really upset about it's failure anymore. I'm honestly more angry. There is nobody that will attempt a Star Wars MMO after what happened to the last two.

 agree,  the biggest let down is no one will ever attempt to make a Star Wars MMO again, at least not in the next 10 years. There goes the biggest IP possible for a MMO, down the drain

Its a shame too, much of SWTOR was well made...it is by far the best leveling experiance in any MMO...but whoever gave the green light to release the game without a /roll command, needs their head examined. Thats just one of many little things they got wrong that are complete and utter mind boggling.....a loot treadmill (nothing wrong with that) with a master looter option, but no /roll command?....ugh...

redrain84

Originally posted by Karteli

Originally posted by Doogiehowser

Originally posted by redrain84
I'm curious if you guys think swtor sucks so much, then what  MMO do you guys play because all the other MMO suck in my opinion and I have tried them all.

According to these forums every MMO sucks, don't take what people say here to your heart. Play what you like and enjoy.

Who do you think are more happy? people who are playing MMOS and enjoying themselves or those who come here daily to complain and tear down every game in existence .

Well 2.4 million people bought the game and ~ 2 million people also quit, so they all went somewhere didn't they?

 

With those numbers, it does look like a big failure .. although fans are happy that some people still play, and cite that as some form of success.

 

While many MMO's suck .. some suck more than others.

If SWTOR stayed small as EA should have done, and targeted only a few hundred thousand fans who adored anything Star Wars (even if that means playing a bad game), all those other 2 million people wouldn't have felt ripped off, and this game would have generated much less hate.

 

EA should try something different with MMORPG's, because their Warhammer Online retention plan isn't working.

 

What's so bad about the game, explain it to me? Also can you cite your sources from which you got your information about 2 million players quiting. I'm not saying your wrong I just dont remember reading that anywhere.

Four0Six

Originally posted by Dauzqul

There was a time where any SWTOR News Topic (before development) would hit 100 replies in under 5 min.

I'm not really upset about it's failure anymore. I'm honestly more angry. There is nobody that will attempt a Star Wars MMO after what happened to the last two.

Disney will be making one, now that they own ALL rights to the IP.

I suspect it will be something akin to Clone Wars.

Who cares really though? Just a game.

hikaru77

Originally posted by FromHell

Originally posted by Dauzqul

 

I'm not really upset about it's failure anymore. I'm honestly more angry. There is nobody that will attempt a Star Wars MMO after what happened to the last two.

 agree,  the biggest let down is no one will ever attempt to make a Star Wars MMO again, at least not in the next 10 years. There goes the biggest IP possible for a MMO, down the drain

Thats your point of view because there is really a lot of star wars fans who love and enjoy swtor everyday and disagree with you, at the end of the day they have a star war mmo who love and play, you dont.  

Dauzqul

Originally posted by hikaru77

Originally posted by FromHell

Originally posted by Dauzqul

 

I'm not really upset about it's failure anymore. I'm honestly more angry. There is nobody that will attempt a Star Wars MMO after what happened to the last two.

 agree,  the biggest let down is no one will ever attempt to make a Star Wars MMO again, at least not in the next 10 years. There goes the biggest IP possible for a MMO, down the drain

Thats your point of view because there is really a lot of star wars fans who love and enjoy swtor everyday and disagree with you, at the end of the day they have a star war mmo who love and play, you dont.  

Yes. But when you look at how many people are playing vs how much it costs to make / license a MMO...

velmax

Im tired of the mmorpg community all they do is complain about every mmo, if you dont like a game why post your hate on the post? The post is clearly for people interested in the game.

waynejr2

Originally posted by Kuppa
Have they said anything about the population of the game?

 Why does it matter?  What does it have to do this the subject of this thread?