SOE doesn't care about its customers. Not even a little bit. To them you are just another sucker to take money from. The make huge promises and dangle lots of carrots(about as bad as Turbine/MS did during AC2) and then completely do the oppisite or not at all and come up with an excuse as to why they couldn't deliver.
On top of that. They are a bunch of outright liars - the whole lot of them. For months players of Planetside were told x and x and x was going to happen...and it never did and still hasn't - like Planetside advertising. They lied to us players constantly about advertising to get new players into the game - never happend. In fact in the last two years it was us players that spread the word about PS with our own advertising campaigne. Some of you may have remembered us spamming these very boards asking players to come try the game for free via a 7 day trial offer. We did it so good we were featured in PCGamer UK addition.
Don't get me started on the outright, bold-face lies SWG producers, developers and community reps spread. OMG I could fill a book with all the lies they told over the past couple of years. In fact how about one of their latest from Smedley himself lied ourtight to the entire game community when he said SWG was not being ported to the console and they weren't even considering it. Then low and behold ads starting appearing that day for SWG on Xbox at online stores like Amazon.com.
I've had my fill of SOE and all its BS and I'll never ever give them another dime - ever.
Exactly what Teala said. As you can see I am new to this forum because I am quitting SWG (2 accounts canceled and toons DELETED thats how much I hate these bastards) and trying to find another MMORG home. My clan plays EQ2 a lot and a few play WoW and I have a lvl 34 Guardian on Toxullia but I am not really big into fantasy. Science fiction is where my heart is especially Star Wars but the new NGE is the worst combat system/GUI I have ever seen. Not to mention crafting is pretty much going to be dead soon which was fun also. I swear to god SOE sound just like the current administration in the White House. Say one thing and do another. Really, really sad what is happening to our country and SOE is just a sympton of it. Sorry for the little political rant but I have had a years wroth of play go down the tubes.
Give WoW to SOE and they will destroy it in less then 10 "patches"
Basicly that's why I hate SOE. I played PS they destroyed it. I played SWG they desttroyed it... Twice. So I hope a meteor or something will hit there main offices or where ever the bosses are.
Oh yeah... Before they destory WoW they will make 5 "expensions"
I mean... That's what you get when non-gamers are making games. It's like making wine but never tasting it... How do you know if it's any good?
Every time I read your post, I die a little inside...
All the changes to SWG have really been forced by the playerbase even though most won't admit it. It was a fun game at the start with busy npc cities and most classes having strong support. The biggest missing thing in the early days were the vehicles and mounts.
But constant whining from the playerbase forced them to change the Jedi system, which changed the balance of the game and in effect signalled the beginning of the end of SWG1. They've been forced to create a new game now. I suppose pressure from head office and Lucasarts about why a game (WoW) based on a less popular franchise was giving them a whipping didn't help either.
EQ & EQ2 have been generally well managed from what I can see. They would not be so popular otherwise.
Planetside is a very good game but the sort of players who would be attracted to it like to play online for free, so it was never going to have a massive fanbase with a subs model.
The Matrix Onliine was a flawed game from the start and SOE can't be blamed if it fails. It needs a complete overhaul and that combat system changing.
I have no doubt that without SOE, much of the MMORPG games and community would not exist.
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SOE doesn't care about its customers. Not even a little bit. To them you are just another sucker to take money from. The make huge promises and dangle lots of carrots(about as bad as Turbine/MS did during AC2) and then completely do the oppisite or not at all and come up with an excuse as to why they couldn't deliver.
On top of that. They are a bunch of outright liars - the whole lot of them. For months players of Planetside were told x and x and x was going to happen...and it never did and still hasn't - like Planetside advertising. They lied to us players constantly about advertising to get new players into the game - never happend. In fact in the last two years it was us players that spread the word about PS with our own advertising campaigne. Some of you may have remembered us spamming these very boards asking players to come try the game for free via a 7 day trial offer. We did it so good we were featured in PCGamer UK addition.
Don't get me started on the outright, bold-face lies SWG producers, developers and community reps spread. OMG I could fill a book with all the lies they told over the past couple of years. In fact how about one of their latest from Smedley himself lied ourtight to the entire game community when he said SWG was not being ported to the console and they weren't even considering it. Then low and behold ads starting appearing that day for SWG on Xbox at online stores like Amazon.com.
I've had my fill of SOE and all its BS and I'll never ever give them another dime - ever.
Exactly what Teala said. As you can see I am new to this forum because I am quitting SWG (2 accounts canceled and toons DELETED thats how much I hate these bastards) and trying to find another MMORG home. My clan plays EQ2 a lot and a few play WoW and I have a lvl 34 Guardian on Toxullia but I am not really big into fantasy. Science fiction is where my heart is especially Star Wars but the new NGE is the worst combat system/GUI I have ever seen. Not to mention crafting is pretty much going to be dead soon which was fun also. I swear to god SOE sound just like the current administration in the White House. Say one thing and do another. Really, really sad what is happening to our country and SOE is just a sympton of it. Sorry for the little political rant but I have had a years wroth of play go down the tubes.
SOE is the devil. SWG has been ruined.
Give WoW to SOE and they will destroy it in less then 10 "patches"
Basicly that's why I hate SOE. I played PS they destroyed it. I played SWG they desttroyed it... Twice. So I hope a meteor or something will hit there main offices or where ever the bosses are.
Oh yeah... Before they destory WoW they will make 5 "expensions"
I mean... That's what you get when non-gamers are making games. It's like making wine but never tasting it... How do you know if it's any good?
SOE doesn't deserve the stick it gets.
All the changes to SWG have really been forced by the playerbase even though most won't admit it. It was a fun game at the start with busy npc cities and most classes having strong support. The biggest missing thing in the early days were the vehicles and mounts.
But constant whining from the playerbase forced them to change the Jedi system, which changed the balance of the game and in effect signalled the beginning of the end of SWG1. They've been forced to create a new game now. I suppose pressure from head office and Lucasarts about why a game (WoW) based on a less popular franchise was giving them a whipping didn't help either.
EQ & EQ2 have been generally well managed from what I can see. They would not be so popular otherwise.
Planetside is a very good game but the sort of players who would be attracted to it like to play online for free, so it was never going to have a massive fanbase with a subs model.
The Matrix Onliine was a flawed game from the start and SOE can't be blamed if it fails. It needs a complete overhaul and that combat system changing.
I have no doubt that without SOE, much of the MMORPG games and community would not exist.
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