Week in Review: Post-order elation

Hehe @ pic of swiftie he should come play rift! Its a better game.

That's a tad to much, not slamming SWTOR, but the game really only going to be big for Starwar fans.

The SW:TOR decisions show the height of stupidity that is EA.

MMOGRPGS are built around community, trying to FORCE people to break up across regional lines is very much anti-community.

Not only that but the reasons are highly flawed, they reason thaey have given is they don't want to overload the servers, yet regions like Oceania makes up around 10% of the NA server and not only that but play during the OFF-PEAK time of most of the NA server.

The Language is English so it's not like localization is needed.

BUT the biggest sign of the failure of EA is that they don't even have a PLAN about what they are doing. Surelly somebody in that organisation must have thought of when they would release in other areas even with a rough idea of would it be a few weeks later or a few months.

The lack of communication btw the Team at EA and Bioware is pretty poor.

And the money grab begins! EA/Bioware/Lucas will pimp out the SW franchise to the max. How long will it take for the in game store to arrive? I love SW, but the "Give us $60 for admission to our game that you haven't even played a minute of" just rubs me the wrong way. I will probably try it at launch because I would like to see it and am a SW fan big time, but from what I have seen so far, this game pretty much already exists...It's called WOW. GW2 for me is the game that will change the genre for the better. SWTOR will only extend the life of current MMO thinking.

When will one of these AAA studios have the fortitude to do a trial at launch? Let your game that you made stand on it's own merits and let people that take the trial decide if they want to invest their time and money in what you have to offer. Not a year down the road when box copies are no longer selling.

AAA or not, the days for paying 50 - 60 bucks up front to TRY a game are OVER. AION was the last game I payed that much for. I just can't help but feel like this is a slap in the face to the fans of SW and all who looked forward to playing the game. Don't get me wrong, I think developers should make a buck for their efforts, but this just goes to far IMO. Other than the Need for Speed series, EA has destroyed everything they touch. Too many fingers in the pie here for my liking...Lucas Arts, EA, Bioware. To me this means big cash shop, big box price on top of sub. I can't help but to think this just smells...

I hope I'm wrong about this, but usually when I have this feeling about something, unfortunately I end up being right.

How soon until buyer's remorse sets in?

Well i made my pre-order via amazon, where i would have eagerly paid more for the special collectors edition, but after being slapped in the face for no other reason than being an Aussie i felt no need to pay more than i absolutly have to. All that good feeling and possative vibe that has been building ever since I learned of SWTOR was utterly smashed into a pessamistic pile of ill feeling in one single blow. The hype building and marketing was completely undone by the Epic Marketing Fail of being sent emails by Bioware telling me to Hurry Now! while stoks last! Sign up now and finally, oops.... Sorry the game isnt available in your region. Sending me all those emails and splashing those banners everywhere on the website just rubbed salt into the wounds.

No amount of pre-release hype will undo this one blow, even though I have registered my key and will most likley get game access. This single deed has left me with a bad taste in my mouth. I wont be suggesting to anyone "it's bioware it'll be okay" anymore. Now i will join the wait and see crew, very much expecting some underhanded bitch slap to be waiting for me around the corner, now that I know the SWTOR/Bioware/EA/Lucasarts team has no respect for international fans.

Talk about disenfranchising your future customers, what a joke, Trion can release Rift globally with minimal hiccups, but Bioware/Lucasarts with EA's backing cant manage the same thing? Sorry but it does not bode well for the future, not at all.

End Rant.