Episode 141 - Ask Us Anything

Episode 141 - "Ask Us Anything" of the Darth Hater Podcast is now live. Check the bottom of the post for the stream and download links. Podcast notes after the jump.

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Intro
Justin Lowe – Sado – @zirak
Pete Trerice – Misenus – @petetrerice
Cameron Wright – Infamous – @camwright
Brandon Watts – Valyrius – @DrWatticus
Steve Orr – Jaspor – @JasporDH

Feature

Open Forum: Ask Us Anything

Segments

F2P Live This Week
- 12 hour maintenance tonight – Could still be going on when Podcast goes live tomorrow. 
- Embargo drop (and leaks) last week.
- What’s on your CC purchase list?

The Real Cost of Cartel Market Items

Passing Mention

Austin Community Cantina

“SWTOR: Annihilation” novel published this week.

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Comments

  • Simmeon1's avatar
    Nerf Herder
    • Posts: 2
    #6 Simmeon1 Posted 11/19/2012 6:59:35 PM

    Oh also I'd love to see you guys start streaming again. 

  • Simmeon1's avatar
    Nerf Herder
    • Posts: 2
    #5 Simmeon1 Posted 11/19/2012 11:21:37 AM

    I don't really understand the whole philosophy behind their free to play model.  They talked about a huge number of people leaving the game because of the cost of the subscription model.  Their model for free to play doesn't really seem to cater to their supposed target crowd  in my opinion.  For the most part it's cheaper and a better experience to sub.  After the initial investment of the necessary purchases from the cartel market (hot bars, purple gear, money cap) I suppose that it would be cheaper to run by purchasing only what you need as you go but I raise the argument that that isn't a very easy way to go about your play.  Of coarse their target is a casual crowd but with the game seeming to push you to a sub, how does this make that 40% of people who left because of the sub have a better experience?   

  • T'Challa's avatar
    Nerf Herder
    • Posts: 2
    #3 T'Challa Posted 11/17/2012 10:01:29 PM

         A question for you guyz, Ok so I'm a subscriber but yet I see prices in the cartel market on items that I should get for free being a subscriber.  I just think if your a subscriber to the game then the only items you should see a price on are the ones you have to pay for even being a subscriber like xp boost or lock boxes and so on. This would prevent one from making a purchase of an item that you have for free anyway hmmm like section x.

  • Jaspor's avatar
    Dark Lord
    • Posts: 292
    #4 Jaspor Posted 11/19/2012 11:05:20 AM

    They do put a big exclamation point with tooltip text along the lines of "As a subscriber you already have access to this, however you can buy this as a gift" for things that fall into that category. So since the idea of a subscriber buying these unlocks and selling, trading, or gifting them to a non-subscriber is part of their design, the prices are visible.

    I do think they could have done a better job communicating this. I've seen more than a few subscribers complain that they bought the Section X access because they didn't realize they didn't have to. 

  • VegaT88's avatar
    Gamorrean Thug
    • Posts: 47
    #2 VegaT88 Posted 11/15/2012 3:00:40 PM

    Thanks Pete for the endorsement !  -=D

    It's funny Pete says " hire this guy"  because i am looking for work .. lol

    Thanks for answering my questions  guys.. 4 star show again.

    p.s. I was thinking  when there isn't much info and news coming out from ToR  a show like this would be awesome.

     

  • Perkunas's avatar
    Spice Runner
    • Posts: 215
    #1 Perkunas Posted 11/15/2012 1:06:46 PM

    Oh, the Perkunas name drop. I'm still e-famous!

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