Jeff Hickman hops over to Star Wars: The Old Republic

@Vegetta
yep, you said it best.
/popcorn

I'm sorry SWTOR fans. So very sorry.

@Mynsc Wasn't Mark Jacobs in charge of WAR during its development? He was the one that was always adamant about how WAR was absolutely not going to be "DAoC 2."

@Ehra Also, wouldn't the biggest failing big budget MMO in recent history be Tabula Rasa? WAR is at least still active :p

@Ehra

Mythic was Mark's company, so ofc he was in charge so to speak of every game they made. Even if he was pretty close to the community, I doubt his job let him stay close to the dev team on a daily basis. Something that was pretty much in Hickman's job description. So its really hard to say he wasnt reponsible for the game's failure.

And if you count in the "leaks" about the way he was promoted, the way he handled internal affairs and so on, it's atleast a weird hire by Bioware.

Only thing that makes it less weird is the fact that Hickman, prior to jumping to the top of the food chain at Mythic, was in charge of Community Support. If "Live Services" is about support and stuff, it might explain this... although there's still the matter of his (in)competence.

If he's indeed in charge of Support, atleast we know he wont get to touch the game in any way. :D

@Ehra Why Tabula Rasa? At least there were SOME people loving it (me included, my collector's edition box triumphantly stands on the shelve next to the AOC one). The really big fail should be APB, IMHO...

@pid APB might have had a big budget but it was hardley a MMO.it's just a shooter with a interactive lobby.

@adfoam Nah. Better save that money and hire a real, proven professional in this business. Like Derek Smart.

@pid

With Bioware's new cash grab DLC for DA2 they can afford all 3!