Star Wars: The Old Republic 'major update' due every six weeks
BioWare has promised a "major update" roughly every six weeks to keep players interested in the game, including new Warzones, Operations, Flashpoints, and events.
Faced with a dwindling user base, Star Wars: The Old Republic recently announced it will switch to a free-to-play model. But even F2P MMOs need a steady stream of players to support them, which may be why BioWare has promised an update roughly every six weeks for the game.
"We're committed to: about every six weeks, doing a major update for the game -- which would be a new Warzone, a new Operation, a new Flashpoint, a new event -- and to doing that on a really frequent cadence, every six weeks. So we’re going to stick to that," BioWare Austin general manager Matt Bromberg told AusGamers.
Bromberg also reiterated the incentive for players to come back. "Subscribers who have lapsed are already qualified to get Cartel Coins, which will be the in-game currency in the game once free-to-play launches," he said. "So you get credit, not just for becoming a subscriber now, going forward, but also for all the time that you were a subscriber, you get more credits and more coin. So we're hoping that that will encourage people to come back to the game and try it now."
The Old Republic was a big investment for EA, and despite a positive reception the game struggled to maintain subscribers. A free-to-play option seemed inevitable, but only time will tell if the pricing model ignites enough interest to keep it going long-term.
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BioWare has promised a "major update" roughly every six weeks to keep players interested in the game, including new Warzones, Operations, Flashpoints, and events.-
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Only "real" content since 1.2 was the scavenger hunt event in mid August which was very lame. 1.3 was a good patch, brought a buncha stuff that was needed in the game like group finder. 1.4 should be in a couple of weeks and that has the new Operation. There was probably going to be a new flashpoint, warzone and space missions in 1.4, but now instead of having a megapatch they're taking stuff out and spreading it around.
I'm sure they've dedicated a large amount of of time/effort for the switch to F2P, i think that's hurt them pretty bad with the content production and has cost them a bunch of subs. Hopefully they actually will be able to follow the schedule and actually give meaningful content updates every 6 weeks but i do have my doubts. Wouldn't be the first time they say something and then can't deliver.
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It's said "soon" on their website for weeks now too. And the upcoming patch 1.4 has taken forever to come out. So I'm not too confident that they can deliver something meaningful every 2 weeks. Hell, the upcoming patch has a new armor sets...except it uses the exact same models, just recolored from the previous set. Pathetic.
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