...is harshing my mellow, man. Lots of complaints. Few valid suggestions.I used to play a game called Eve Online. It's made by an Icelandic company called CCP. People complained a lot there too. In fact, we took to using CCP as an acronym for "Continuously Crying Playerbase." The very height of wit, I know. This place though. I think it takes the cake with whiners. To be sure, there are issues. I myself have griped about costs. Broken toons. Lackluster rewards for your efforts and whatnot. But I do try to temper my negativity. Maybe even throw a silver lining up in there now and then.The forums these days are sort of a downer. I'm not sure why I'm posting this. Slow day at the office, I guess. But it just struck me on this latest forum visit that most of the threads are all bad news lol

Then maybe it reflects on the job cg/ea is doing with it. Just a thought...

I understand this. But there's got to be a better way to organize and focus attention to various things that just a number of random "grrrr" threads. We need like...a voice. A place to focus rather than the current cacophony. I don't think the points get made as clearly when everyone's...everywhere all over the spectrum lol

"VeridianShakes;534767" wrote:I understand this. But there's got to be a better way to organize and focus attention to various things that just a number of random "grrrr" threads. We need like...a voice. A place to focus rather than the current cacophony. I don't think the points get made as clearly when everyone's...everywhere all over the spectrum lolSo a voice, like, from the devs? That would sure be nice.

Why don't you suggest something that EA did right then, just to inject some positivity? Oh nvm. There hasn't been any lately.Don't like the whining? Don't read the forums. Not exactly rocket science.

"VeridianShakes;534767" wrote:I understand this. But there's got to be a better way to organize and focus attention to various things that just a number of random "grrrr" threads. We need like...a voice. A place to focus rather than the current cacophony. I don't think the points get made as clearly when everyone's...everywhere all over the spectrum lolI get what you're saying, but the problem is that we as a player base don't have any option to do that. Anything resembling that gets shut down or merged into a 100 page mega thread that just gets swept under the rug. This is ea we're talking about. They do not care. That's not me being pessimistic or complaining. EA doesn't give a crap about it's consumers as long as a few whales keep the business model afloat. Look at sw battle front. That game got absolutely destroyed by fans and critics, but it has the sw name so it initially sold well. Now not even a year later, you can find it online for pennies. EA considered it a success because it pushed out units. Nothing changes. Like other posts on the forums right now, I believe it will take a lawsuit and loss of income before ea pulls their head out of their ... Btw the force events with ayala and kit were legit false advertising. "Not happy with it" LOL yea ok. They just didn't want to get sued. (Which they still can...)

This rampant level of apparent dissatisfaction...

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DarthOrdnen
10 years ago
Preach!

;-)

I think this game started out great and have taken a sharp nosedive. I'm guessing EA has calculated the lifecycle which maximizes its profits and has cut investing. The game will make a last mad gran for cash from players (happening now), then keep cratering because they didn't discover a sustainable profit-model for this one. My two cents.
JMakoa
10 years ago
"DjangoQuik;535018" wrote:
It's okay they gave us yoda early, so everything's ok and everyone will be happy because there was so much "player feedback" asking for yoda.

This exactly! Where are all the posts asking for yoda?! I've seen none! I will tell you what I have seen tho...myriads of posts asking for reper*tions but getting del*ted. Can't say those words or talk about them tho cuz I'll get cen*red
kozeedj
10 years ago
nothing in this game is worse than the friggin forum police. ive had 6 of my last 8 threads deleted within 5 min. i finally got a mod to tell me why and its because they dont like negativity.

its insanely insulting to the people paying money for this game. that they censor our opinions on the crap updates that are so buggy..

they need to beta test this crap before they keep releasing new patches. you cant continually keep releasing stuff that breaks the game, and expect people not to get pissed about it..
I havent dropped 200$ on this game to be a beta tester and constantly see you change characters around to make whoever is whining loudest happy.
posnovis2
10 years ago
It sound like what you're seeking is an effective conversation.

But that requires two-way communication, which isn't happening from EA/CG.

Instead, we have this virtual water cooler, a moderated place to gripe, question and leave feedback in the hopes that they listen in.

Unfortunately that's by their design, and all they really want because it's easy to ignore.

Which is why the rules disallow petitions and any other serious attempt to create a collective voice; the member created polls, which tend to be silly and unrealistic, notwithstanding.
VeridianShakes
10 years ago
I hear you on the money thing, man. I've spent upwards of $800 on this. Only one other game in my life got that kinda loot out of me...World of Warcraft...over 7 friggen years though. Not in 6 months lol.
VeridianShakes
10 years ago
I'm totally on board with things being wrong with the game. I'm on board with voicing them respectfully and in good faith. I'm not on board with things being so negative that innocent posts and the legit threads are being targeted and lumped in with the rotten ones and being censored and warned in an unwarranted fashion.

This is why my OP was an appeal to let cooler heads prevail where appropriate.
JMakoa
10 years ago
"VeridianShakes;535057" wrote:
I'm totally on board with things being wrong with the game. I'm on board with voicing them respectfully and in good faith. I'm not on board with things being so negative that innocent posts and the legit threads are being targeted and lumped in with the rotten ones and being censored and warned in an unwarranted fashion.

This is why my OP was an appeal to let cooler heads prevail where appropriate.

It's been all out genocide on any posts with the words cen*ored, ref*nd, reper*tion, comp*ensation, Re*ards, mod ba**les, forum gu*dlines, raid issues. Pretty much anything.
QuiksliverUK
10 years ago
I do get where you're coming from op.

I did feel a little dismayed when I saw an old thread from January with actual two way conversation between devs and players. That was before I started and I've never seen anything like that since. The forums have descending into whining and demands that have clearly chased away any chance of proper community and communication.
serger322
10 years ago
Agree with OP. The game isn't perfect, but I think CG / EA is doing their best and trying to improve. It's a fun game that's (apparently) doing well and that's what matters.

And for anybody who accuses CG of trying to make a cash grab... guys... this is a business, not a charity. The game was DESIGNED from the ground up to be a cash grab. They are not making this game out the generosity of their heart so we can all be f2p.
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New Spectator
10 years ago
Meh, happens in every game forum Ii visit/visited. I usually take a few month break from the forums when I start getting nausea from the typical posts. People will always think they're better than any dev team and can say whatever they want cause they downloaded the game. You know, every player in here has multi million dollar companies that kick EA's behind so they know better.

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