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Boycott Sony Online Entertainment and Lucas Arts.
Azaraphel
Member Posts: 2
I have played Star Wars: Galaxies for 782 days according to the /getvet command. I have purchased all of the expansions out to date. I was considering creating a second account. As of 11-17-05 my account is cancelled. The New Game, also known as the Starter Kit, is the third version of SWG and it is riddled with bugs and incomplete. It is a far inferior product to its previous versions as well. The NG was released after being kept secret for an unknown period of time and allowing players only a two week notice of it being published. Even less time was devoted to it being tested by sources outside of SOE. Trials of Obi Wan and the NG were released in such a manner as to call into question SOE's and LA's ethics. As represented by the employees who post to the forums SOE and LA are uncarring, glib, and/or vastly out of touch with the player community.
Most of these are not new complaints. However, with the release of the NG these problems have escalted to such a degree that the game is no longer playable. While some are content to merely switch games I am not. Simply changing the direction of the flow of money to SOE and LA will not get their attention. I am boycotting all products created by Sony Online Entertainment and Lucas Arts. I encourage others to do the same.
I do not think my actions alone with effect SOE or LA one iota. In fact, I doubt anything will change their policies. The fan base for Star Wars and other properties is sufficiently numerous to mitigate any discontent portion. While some have predicted that the NG will cause the collapse of SWG I believe otherwise. It will lose many current players but those will be replaced by SOE's and LA's new target market. SOE and LA will later use the negative comments and future subscriptions numbers to prove that they were right all along and to dismiss anyone who opposes them as being knee jerk reactionaries who are against change just because they don't like change. Because most likely the next expansion will also bring a new version of SWG as SOE and LA attempt to copy whichever game is doing better then.
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Although I don't agree with SOE's practices and don't like their customer service, I will continue to play SWG because I like the game. As long as the game is fun and this is the only SW MMORPG out there I will play it regardless how many times they change it.
/agree 100%
I actually plan, to never buy a sony product again after this..
And I will no longer buy any future LA MMOs after this mess..
Both companies, especially SOE in this came, have lost a costomer here. Last time I get into an MMO that is being done by sony and LA.
LA makes good single player games though, so I plan to stick with that.
Master Ranger (retired)
SWG-Chilastra
"Sometime you gotta roll the hard 6."
William Adama "Galactica 6"
I too will not buy any SOE/Sony products. This means any Sony products. Prior to my purchase of SWG in Aug of 2004 (Vet player with 488 days logged) I had made the decision to never buy Sony electonic products.
Over the last year and a half I have spend countless hours playing the game. I joined a great guild, became co-leader, was on the city counsil in the town where i live. I built a char on a game that I really loved and love to play. I grinded my way to become a Jedi and the day before the NGE I finally made. All those countless hours of blood, sweat and tears finally paid off. I was a Jedi. Only to be sadden with the thought that in one day all my hard work would be for nothing. Since the NGE the game is unplayable for veteran players. The towns that were once filled with friends and foes are now empty. The cantina's are dead. The game is over : (
I have not cancelled my account to date. However I do plan to cancel. I will not buy another SOE/LA product.
Kivie