Ed Park totally gets how f2p should work, why isn’t he a business analyst at a major gaming company? This guy can make somebody a lot of $$$.

Why don’t SWTOR just go B2P less headache for them and charge for small expansions.
They can maintain their old players.
It will get more from new subs and this B2P game will be quite attractive for single players too.

I feel like i’m being too harsh… but I don’t want to edit my original thoughts. The reason I am frustrated by your comments and reactions Justin is that I actually respect you quite a lot.

I believe you’re far too intelligent to continue to stick like this to SW:TOR. Its frustrating to see you be so passive (for lack of better terms) towards the seriously “bad” SW:TOR.

People in your position shouold be more critical, it would force better development.

is hope solo related to han solo because i think Sinclair shot first

At just under 40 minutes,this is by far the shortest Republic show they’ve made.Over/Under should be done on how much longer GBTV makes Republic shows,I’d be surprised  if it’s longer than 6 months,and that may be quite generous

Taugrim was right on the money i have to say.

I find it crazy that thier giving away the story to and trying to charge for end game LMAO. Theres very little end game its just such a joke.

I held out for 6 months for open world objective based pvp then i hear “were waiting on technology” Then all the focus was put into warzones. I cant see getting gear to do the same warzones over and over and you still cant choose thats the worst part.

I hope jeff hickman replaced james ohlen i doubt this jeff guys much better he could have been the janitor at bioware for all i know lol.

justin and them are the same on the site. Ive got numerous warnings for suposed trolling b/c i said something negative and set off the carbears on there. They seem to be coming around though finally todays post about 1.4 was basically the same thing i got infractions on there site for lol.

I  was expecting to stay in swtor for years but gabe/james incompetence has no bounds. George zoeller caused a lot of issues then took off to singapore pff.

Im still mad about stephen ried he was hands down the best pr guy ive seen and they axe him and let dumb and dumber (gabe/james) keep thier jobs.

I wish people would start asking why they couldnt make the game we want. Instead of making the game “WE” wanted thier giving rewards for staying in a sub par game.

Seriously i would love to see an interview from any game site asking them directly why they couldnt make the game worth 15 bucks. Instead its just everyone going nuts for f2p

Anyone that thinks going f2p is a sucess needs to buy EA stock lol

Star Wars – The Old Republic is suffering from a shrinking subscriber base. An optional switch to F2P in autumn is supposed to turn things around. And in May, for the second time, several employees of Bioware Austin have been let go in a “restructuring effort”. Another bad news could be that Bioware founders Greg Zeschuk and Ray Muzyka might have left Bioware or could be in the process of leaving – possibly because of the limited success of the MMO that started as a challenger of WoW.

A trustworthy source has been told by an employee of Bioware Austin yesterday that neither Greg Zeschuk nor Ray Muzyka have been present at a Bioware Company Meeting in Austin, Texas, just a few days ago. The employee claimed that this has not been the case before at such a meeting. The six others members of Bioware Austin’s leadership have been there. Also, Greg Zeschuk has not been seen for several weeks now, the Bioware Austin employee claims.

There are supposed to be internal rumours at Bioware Austin that Ray Muzyka (pictured left) and Greg Zeschuk have left Bioware. According to our source, some employees at Bioware Austin fear that the company will be transformed into EA Austin.

Please note that this news is a rumour without any official confirmation.

I’m so happy I didn’t buy the collector’s edition.  I canceled my pre-order at Gamestop after I played beta.  As a big Star Wars Fan and a Huge KOTOR Fan, I was so disappointed in this game, and disappointed in BioWare.  I don’t know why I’m surprised, if you look at the History of Star Wars Video Games, 80% or more have not lived up to anything worth playing.  SWOTOR isn’t as bad as Masters of Eras Kasi for example, but not worthy of the Hype it received either.  Speaking as a casual MMO player, I personally just wanted my KOTOR 3 and I would of been happy.  Oh well, maybe someday.  

Personally I think SWTOR was and still is a great game. It is just missing content at high levels. Bioware screwed up by not having game features at launch that are bread and butter in MMOs, but as the game stands now it is for sure a AAA MMORPG. (minus the severe lack of endgame content) If you want to see badly made games with no hope of success then look at games like Star Trek Online and Age of Conan. Those games are just bad. The leveling experience is bad, the PVP is bad, the entire game is BAD. SWTOR 1-49 is one of the best most enjoyable leveling experiences I’ve ever went through. The PVP is good ever since they fixed the combat lag/delay. What I feel they need to do is deliver on their promise of new content every 6 weeks. What has been happening since launch is people level to 50 and then get burned out on only having Warzones and Dailys and the same couple operations to do over and over. What players need is choices, choices, and more choices. Followed by REWARDS. If you choose to do something, and are rewarded properly for it, then more often than not you will come back and do more.If they deliver with their promises the game will make a comeback. If not.. it will spiral into obscurity.

Ed’s veiw and analogy from another was spot on. I do think they (Bioware) are giving away the crown jewels for free, but what Gary said is true too, it seems that they (Bioware) have to give away some of the crown jewels away for free also. And Larry and Justins comments help alot to be revealed through debate. This was a very informative episode. Eveyone gave great feed back.

I have come up with a system (model) that works with a subscription, f2p, or hybrid base. And that would please RP’ers, PVP’ers, and the PVE’ers with ease. Now i cant actually type that idea down (lets be real) i have to get it copy righted first lol. But the system is solid.

I like SWTOR a lot but i must admit i have not been on it for over a month. I think this is the one game that was so over hyped in away in which everyone wanted/wants this game to succeed greatly.