SC would simply increase a player's identity with the character... the default being they're playing themselves and not developing an alternate RP persona.
Like Tang, I'm also a Betatester for SWG. And he's right, its not an SCS/MCS issue -- its more the fault of SWG managment making some bad decisions which has led to them painting themselves into a corner. SOE/Lucasarts have put their foot down and they need the game out ASAP, and the easiest way to do that is via SCS.
I'm not going to apologize for Holocron in the least. SCS/MCS has caused on big firestorm (at least among those a bit obsessed with this game). A good percentage of betatesters are equally pissed off and are just riding out beta with not much of an intention of buying the game simply on this one issue (however they are honoring their commitment to bug squashing). Yeah its Star Wars, yeah the graphics are pretty, but to pay in the order of $15/month for one character? No thanks.
Of course if SOE wants to maximise its profits there is a slim chance that several months from now we'll see MCS servers. But I'm not holding my breath.
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SC would simply increase a player's identity with the character... the default being they're playing themselves and not developing an alternate RP persona.
Like Tang, I'm also a Betatester for SWG. And he's right, its not an SCS/MCS issue -- its more the fault of SWG managment making some bad decisions which has led to them painting themselves into a corner. SOE/Lucasarts have put their foot down and they need the game out ASAP, and the easiest way to do that is via SCS.
I'm not going to apologize for Holocron in the least. SCS/MCS has caused on big firestorm (at least among those a bit obsessed with this game). A good percentage of betatesters are equally pissed off and are just riding out beta with not much of an intention of buying the game simply on this one issue (however they are honoring their commitment to bug squashing). Yeah its Star Wars, yeah the graphics are pretty, but to pay in the order of $15/month for one character? No thanks.
Of course if SOE wants to maximise its profits there is a slim chance that several months from now we'll see MCS servers. But I'm not holding my breath.