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Karis Vas Ryaar
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States4396 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-19 01:58:15
June 19 2012 01:51 GMT
#1
Okay this is basically rant because i just bought SWTOR which comes with 30 days of ingame time but apparently you need to buy even more time before it will let you actually play the game. This is really ridiculous in my opinion because i bought the game figuring id play it for 30 ,days and see if i liked it enough to set up a longer term plan. but the game apparently makes you set up either a subscription or use a game card before you can actually play the game (regardless of if you have any free time available). so basically in addition to paying 40 dollars for the game you have to pay even more just to access any of it. I guess I could maybe use a credit card tand then cancel it but it'll possibly charge me immediately and I really don''t want to give out my credit card info if I can avoid it. so I'll probably just go to besbuy and buy a 60 day card and hope that I like a game that I spent 70 dollars into without even knowing how much I like it and basically committing to paying to 90 days.( there's probably 30 day cards somewhere but I'm too lazy and I have coupons and stuff for best buy.

so basically if you want to play the game realize it'll cost you more than 40 dolars.

it actually says this in little words buried in a paragraph(that no one prob ever reads) but I assumed that since the game comes with 30 days that it would actually let you play. app not.

oh well here's hoping it's worth it.

p.s. I've never done any subscription games before but I'm pretty sure this isn't standard practice. If it is then its less ridiculous but still annoying

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Probe1
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States17920 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-19 01:59:35
June 19 2012 01:57 GMT
#2
Search "TORTANIC" and try to return your game before wasting any more time.
I'm not kidding. If you want to play a subscription MMO with no players then go ahead but if I were you I would return that asap
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Karis Vas Ryaar
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States4396 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-19 02:06:17
June 19 2012 01:59 GMT
#3
On June 19 2012 10:57 Probe1 wrote:
Search "TORTANIC" and try to return your game before wasting any more time.


k thnks for the adivice. but I don't want this to turn into a debate about whether the game's any good or not. I'm just mad about one thing the company did that I think is stupid and doesn't have anything to do with whether the game is actually any good.

about your talk about it having no players I figured that I'd at least be able to enjoy the sroty in the first 30 days then if it was boring after that I'd stop playing.
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Probe1
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States17920 Posts
June 19 2012 02:07 GMT
#4
Empty servers isn't actually a debate. Have fun..lol.
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Karis Vas Ryaar
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States4396 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-19 02:10:41
June 19 2012 02:08 GMT
#5
On June 19 2012 11:07 Probe1 wrote:
Empty servers isn't actually a debate. Have fun..lol.


when i originally responded to him i didn't actually see that part btw. but thnks for telling me.

this might be slightly off topic but do you have any suggestions for mmos then (other than Wow because ive tried it before and not a huge fan of it.
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blade55555
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States17423 Posts
June 19 2012 02:12 GMT
#6
Just an fyi every subscription based MMo does this. What you can to do is buy more time, but cancel immediately. You still have your free 30 days and you won't be charged 15$ a month if you don't like the game. It's stupid but they hope you aren't smart enough to do this.
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Probe1
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States17920 Posts
June 19 2012 02:12 GMT
#7
not really. Eve is alright and has a small community here on TL.
Make an account on SWTORs forum and ask how you can subscribe with your 30 day free pass.
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Karis Vas Ryaar
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States4396 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-19 02:18:47
June 19 2012 02:15 GMT
#8
On June 19 2012 11:12 blade55555 wrote:
Just an fyi every subscription based MMo does this. What you can to do is buy more time, but cancel immediately. You still have your free 30 days and you won't be charged 15$ a month if you don't like the game. It's stupid but they hope you aren't smart enough to do this.



okay thanks. Ive never actually played a paying mmo before(other than trying wow at a friends house) so I wasn't sure how it actually works. thanks for the advice.
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Karis Vas Ryaar
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States4396 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-19 02:19:05
June 19 2012 02:15 GMT
#9
On June 19 2012 11:12 Probe1 wrote:
not really. Eve is alright and has a small community here on TL.
Make an account on SWTORs forum and ask how you can subscribe with your 30 day free pass.


k thnks. I don't know about eve it seems like too much economics for me but I'll look into it.
the problem is the 30 days isnt seperate its built into the install so I don't actually think there's anyway to do it without getting a seperate card or using a credit card.
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FinestHour
Profile Joined August 2010
United States18466 Posts
June 19 2012 02:27 GMT
#10


This is actually allowed to happen? Here I thought blizzard had done a bad job letting wow go to hell but shit
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Dodgin
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada39254 Posts
June 19 2012 02:32 GMT
#11
On June 19 2012 11:27 FinestHour wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TL0kDP_Cexo&feature=player_embedded

This is actually allowed to happen? Here I thought blizzard had done a bad job letting wow go to hell but shit


That was fun, I stopped playing the game shortly after that patch. It's dying off as we speak now apparently.
empty.bottle
Profile Joined July 2009
685 Posts
June 19 2012 02:32 GMT
#12
Guild wars 2 maybe?
You don't have to pay monthly, just buy the game.
Jinsho
Profile Joined March 2011
United Kingdom3101 Posts
June 19 2012 02:40 GMT
#13
OP, a couple of things:

1) Yes, it is not uncommon that you have to set up a subscription before you can begin playing. No, you will not be charged until your free time is up. You can immediately cancel it without any side effects.

2) It's a bad game. Get a refund.
JingleHell
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States11308 Posts
June 19 2012 02:53 GMT
#14
On June 19 2012 11:32 Dodgin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 19 2012 11:27 FinestHour wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TL0kDP_Cexo&feature=player_embedded

This is actually allowed to happen? Here I thought blizzard had done a bad job letting wow go to hell but shit


That was fun, I stopped playing the game shortly after that patch. It's dying off as we speak now apparently.


Ah yes, the pain and suffering of the only modern game engine that makes powerpoint look like Crysis. That's ignoring the completely loathsome endgame.

SWTOR was an ok single player RPG.
Battleaxe
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States843 Posts
June 19 2012 03:12 GMT
#15
On June 19 2012 11:53 JingleHell wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 19 2012 11:32 Dodgin wrote:
On June 19 2012 11:27 FinestHour wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TL0kDP_Cexo&feature=player_embedded

This is actually allowed to happen? Here I thought blizzard had done a bad job letting wow go to hell but shit


That was fun, I stopped playing the game shortly after that patch. It's dying off as we speak now apparently.


Ah yes, the pain and suffering of the only modern game engine that makes powerpoint look like Crysis. That's ignoring the completely loathsome endgame.

SWTOR was an ok single player RPG.


Pretty much this. Wish Bioware would have just developed another single player KOTOR. I think it would have been so much better. Take the game back.

Fyi you won't get charged until the 30 days is over (at least I wasn't). Right now I'm fighting trying to get signed back in to cancel the sub I thought I had already cancelled =/ Had a mobile authenticator which I deleted off my phone, now I can't log back so yay
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Th1rdEye
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States1074 Posts
June 19 2012 04:44 GMT
#16
^ That video above.. WTF was i watching and why would i wanna pay for that LOL
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Backpack
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States1776 Posts
June 19 2012 05:08 GMT
#17
On June 19 2012 10:51 karis wrote:


p.s. I've never done any subscription games before but I'm pretty sure this isn't standard practice. If it is then its less ridiculous but still annoying



It isn't standard practice. It's bioware trying to force people to keep playing their dieing game.
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Zocat
Profile Joined April 2010
Germany2229 Posts
June 19 2012 08:16 GMT
#18
On June 19 2012 14:08 Backpack wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 19 2012 10:51 karis wrote:


p.s. I've never done any subscription games before but I'm pretty sure this isn't standard practice. If it is then its less ridiculous but still annoying



It isn't standard practice. It's bioware trying to force people to keep playing their dieing game.


It is standard practice. Yes, it's retarded but it's standard.
You have to setup a subscription and will not be charged until the free time is up.


@OP:
If you want to play the game make sure you roll on one of the high pop servers (there's basically only 1 high pop server per region per type). Since they recently introduced server transfers - just roll on the servers which are the targets for the char transfers (look at their forum to find out which one).
onlinerobbe
Profile Joined August 2010
Germany547 Posts
June 19 2012 10:31 GMT
#19
On June 19 2012 14:08 Backpack wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 19 2012 10:51 karis wrote:


p.s. I've never done any subscription games before but I'm pretty sure this isn't standard practice. If it is then its less ridiculous but still annoying



It isn't standard practice. It's bioware trying to force people to keep playing their dieing game.


I'm not 100% sure if it's standard practice, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was...
but what I do know is that they have done it since release.

Plus, I think subscription models and all that stuff is EAs work in the end, but that's just a hunch


@op as many have said, it's a bad game
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dakalro
Profile Joined September 2010
Romania525 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-19 10:42:44
June 19 2012 10:38 GMT
#20
If you read carefully they don't charge you for an extra 30 days, you just need to add a CC to activate subscription. You can cancel anytime in the first 30 days and it will only freeze your account once those are done.

I knew it was decent SP but really hoped it would end up as a decent mmo also. Quit some time ago (right before 1.1 I think). Was fun but too empty.
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