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EA = Killdozer
« on: January 01, 2012, 04:46:44 AM »

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Re: EA = Killdozer
« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2012, 10:41:50 AM »

In fact, it might be...

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Re: EA = Killdozer
« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2012, 12:11:10 PM »

Is this legit?

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Re: EA = Killdozer
« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2012, 12:25:53 PM »

Ohhhhhh that could get interesting. Maybe.
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Re: EA = Killdozer
« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2012, 12:34:48 PM »

Oh hey look at that EA's customer support and moderation hasn't changed at all in the last month.

After they banned some dude for something someone else did I don't get why anyone would be surprised that TOR would have the exact same clowns running things.
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Re: EA = Killdozer
« Reply #6 on: January 01, 2012, 01:59:30 PM »

So this is all the way the worst game in the world now for reasons unrelated to ruining KOTOR with a WoW clone now
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Re: EA = Killdozer
« Reply #7 on: January 01, 2012, 02:06:02 PM »

Actually, it's a really fun game that feels way more like KOTOR than WOW. Unless you're an idiot who thinks auction house + mounts + other people = wow.

It also says a lot that the only real complaints people can come up with are that EA sucks. Yeah, we already knew that.
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Re: EA = Killdozer
« Reply #8 on: January 01, 2012, 03:40:39 PM »

Actually, I think the complaint is that people are being fucking defrauded.

Now, despite the fact that side by side screenshots of WoW and TOR look almost identical to one another, I've played enough hotkey MMOs to understand how it could not be a WoW clone, but you can't deny that they've completely destroyed the KoTOR/II lore.
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Re: EA = Killdozer
« Reply #9 on: January 01, 2012, 03:46:35 PM »



http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/nynmm/how_you_deal_with_biowares_bullshit/

I just realized that the only things unlocked are the EUALA and the Rules so that you remind yourself of what you did wrong, but you still have to pay for it.

Actually, it's a really fun game that feels way more like KOTOR than WOW. Unless you're an idiot who thinks auction house + mounts + other people = wow.

It also says a lot that the only real complaints people can come up with are that EA sucks. Yeah, we already knew that.

As I said, I was putting gameplay issues to the side. I was snarky due to reports I've heard from people that have played it, but the fact that the service that you have to deal with to play the game will actually ban you for anything from being powerleveled to swearing in private chats with your buddies, and when you are banned you are forced to keep paying them short of instituting a chargeback makes it irrelevant. If you have to endure this kind of shit, it doesn't matter how grand the game is. You shouldn't be an apologist for things that are *actually terrible.*

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Man, this shit keeps getting better and better.

Making a suspicious amount of profit on the AH? Banned.
Have items in your inventory that *could* be used for duping? Banned.
Saying a terrible joke about gold selling? Banned.

I have to say, they're doing a fine simulation of the Imperial Justice System.
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Re: EA = Killdozer
« Reply #10 on: January 01, 2012, 06:57:57 PM »

but you can't deny that they've completely destroyed the KoTOR/II lore.
I don't know, there was a pretty accurate breakdown of the events of KOTOR during the quests I did for the Cult of Revan. I never played II though so you may be right there.



It also says a lot that the only real complaints people can come up with are that EA sucks. Yeah, we already knew that.
If you have to endure this kind of shit, it doesn't matter how grand the game is. You shouldn't be an apologist for things that are *actually terrible.*
Still not sure why admitting that their admins being unrelenting douches but it not taking away from the fun gameplay, story and writing is being an apologist.

Feel free to not play it, but none of that bullshit has affected my experience in the least.
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Re: EA = Killdozer
« Reply #11 on: January 01, 2012, 07:20:34 PM »

Same.
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Re: EA = Killdozer
« Reply #12 on: January 01, 2012, 07:37:34 PM »

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Still not sure why admitting that their admins being unrelenting douches but it not taking away from the fun gameplay, story and writing is being an apologist.

Feel free to not play it, but none of that bullshit has affected my experience in the least.

It sure will take away from the fun when you get banned for doing something like "quoting someone's post on the origin forums" or "having an item in your inventory that might conceivably be used to cheat" and have no recourse but to rebuy the game and anything else you have on your origin account.

I'm sorry but the way EA runs their shit is fucking abhorrent and if you honestly don't think it's a valid reason for refusing to partake, don't come crying to us because you got banned for something stupid.
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Re: EA = Killdozer
« Reply #13 on: January 01, 2012, 07:44:37 PM »

I don't plan on it, because I'm not stupid. Like, say, someone who will dekarma and quote me on the same point while apparently never actually reading it.
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Re: EA = Killdozer
« Reply #14 on: January 01, 2012, 07:57:01 PM »

EA's customer service has been really evil lately. I will probably write them a letter.
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Re: EA = Killdozer
« Reply #15 on: January 01, 2012, 08:21:39 PM »

I refuse to partake because I don't believe in "As long as you sit down, accept everything we do, and hope none of the admins goes on a bender, you're fine" as a model.
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Re: EA = Killdozer
« Reply #16 on: January 01, 2012, 08:21:52 PM »

I have no dog in this fight, but I want to explain the reason people say the moderation has a direct effect on their game experience. It's simple: It's fear.

If a players sees stuff like the linked images happening frequently, they cannot feel secure playing the game. Whether or not the fear is fully justified by raw statistics (i.e. actual percentage of people who get banned for really dumb nonsense), is irrelevant - it's fear! A deep emotional response.

A player will simply be too worried that their account will be taken away for a whim or dumb error to really commit themselves themselves to playing it or buying it. Moreover, overmoderation is one thing, but wildly unpredictable overmoderation is orders of magnitude worse. If the admins just have a heavy hand, you can usually just shut up and be "good" but if a player has no reasonable way to anticipate moderator responses, well, that's enough to make people go cracky. Who cares if the graphics are great or the game physics engine is smooth or the dialogue is funny if at any time you might randomly be out however much money you've spent?

If people want to play games where they can lose their wallets on the roll of someone else's die, they'll go to a casino.

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« Reply #17 on: January 01, 2012, 08:27:49 PM »

I don't plan on it, because I'm not stupid. Like, say, someone who will dekarma and quote me on the same point while apparently never actually reading it.
But this is the problem, EA's definition of 'stupid' (if stupid equates to doing something bannable like you imply) is completely foreign to common sense. I don't know about you, but in a conversation with a friend I'm pretty sure I'd have a few fucks slip out here and there. And who would have possibly have thought that running an instance for your lower level buddy could get him banned? Or just carrying too many credits around?

All I'm saying is that there's plenty of fine games (MMOs even!) that actually act like they want customers and probably deserve your money a little more. You say that you don't approve of this sort of behavior, so why do you assure EA/Bioware that this is an okay way to do business by giving them money? Mind you, how you spend it is your prerogative, it's just that all of us are baffled at how you can just brush these rather serious problems off.
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Re: EA = Killdozer
« Reply #18 on: January 01, 2012, 08:51:25 PM »

Def I just baked you a pie. It was seriously fucking delicious, like awesome. After you finished eating I punched you right in the face. Regardless of if I had punched you or not the pie was good.


The Old Republic is really good pie.
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Re: EA = Killdozer
« Reply #19 on: January 01, 2012, 08:53:49 PM »

And once I see you punch someone who ate one of your pies, I am never going to fucking eat a pie you offer me.  Ever.
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