What if the mmo that bioware and LA are working on isn't star wars related at all..... I will be sorely disappointed if it turns out not to be a star wars mmo.  What about the rest of you guys?

As far as looking forward to a decent Star Wars MMO, yeah, I'd be disappointed.  Luckily, the CEO of EA has made that moot, since he has basically verified that it is indeed a Star Wars MMO.  If BioWare's MMO wasn't based on Star Wars, I'd still be interested, since BioWare has a good record of making good games.

There is still plenty of things BioWare could do to kill my interest in their Star Wars MMO.  I hope they don't, but the possibilty is there.

I think the NGE proves that some MMO's are just flat unplayable regardless of the genre.

Hopefully, Bioware is working on something better.

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Originally posted by SuperMatt

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Eight professions? That's all? That's fewer than any other MMO that comes to mind in the couple of seconds I'm processing it. EQ2 has more profs than that. WoW has more profs than that. Pirates of the Burning Sea, Eve (if I remember correctly), Tabula Rosa.

Boy I hope that's not true.

More and more, I'm beginning to believe that this is probably true.  On Bioware's site, if you hover over the Bioware Games link at the top, you have separate options for "Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)" and "LucasArts/Bioware Interactive Product".  In the grand scheme it could mean nothing - however, with the announcements at SOE's Fan Faire craptaveganza, with LucasArts being there and not denying SOE's statements about the LA/Bioware game not being an MMO, I'm feeling less and less thrilled with it.

If it's not a Star Wars MMO, I'll never play another Bioware game again.  They have been well aware of all of the rumors for a long time now, and even with EA's CEO and his slip of the tongue, they have refused to deny anything.  All they would have had to do is say "No, it's not a Star Wars MMO, but we think you'll love it anyway".  They keep their secrecy and squash some rumors in the process, and they look respectable doing it.  This "no comment" bull is old and getting older, and will serve to irritate and drive away more people than it actually attracts if the IP isn't what everyone thinks it is.

I'm willing to give Bioware the benefit of the unknown. I think part of the reason for the secrecy is because they don't want the pressure of people getting their hopes up. It is very possible that they originally wanted 8 classes and have since changed their minds.

It's also possible that they wanted an MMO originally and later decided that they wanted consoles added to it.

I really wish they would tell us...something though...

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Originally posted by Kylrathin
More and more, I'm beginning to believe that this is probably true.  On Bioware's site, if you hover over the Bioware Games link at the top, you have separate options for "Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)" and "LucasArts/Bioware Interactive Product".  In the grand scheme it could mean nothing - however, with the announcements at SOE's Fan Faire craptaveganza, with LucasArts being there and not denying SOE's statements about the LA/Bioware game not being an MMO, I'm feeling less and less thrilled with it.
 
If it's not a Star Wars MMO, I'll never play another Bioware game again.  They have been well aware of all of the rumors for a long time now, and even with EA's CEO and his slip of the tongue, they have refused to deny anything.  All they would have had to do is say "No, it's not a Star Wars MMO, but we think you'll love it anyway".  They keep their secrecy and squash some rumors in the process, and they look respectable doing it.  This "no comment" bull is old and getting older, and will serve to irritate and drive away more people than it actually attracts if the IP isn't what everyone thinks it is.

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Gotta agree here. If their new MMO turns out not to be Star Wars, I know I am gonna be disappointed. I assume so will a couple of hundred thousand other people, and their behavior these past couple of years, dangling the possibilities, will screw them in the long run -- people do not like being played.

Now, if it IS a Star Wars MMO, and it's a good game, their silence would be understandable.

Personally, I'm skeptical, yet hopeful, about the whole thing.

Originally posted by Tzimiscechi

Originally posted by SuperMatt

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Eight professions? That's all? That's fewer than any other MMO that comes to mind in the couple of seconds I'm processing it. EQ2 has more profs than that. WoW has more profs than that. Pirates of the Burning Sea, Eve (if I remember correctly), Tabula Rosa.

Boy I hope that's not true.

The 'fully customisable ship' thing does sound like Gordon Walton. He was the ex-SOE designer now over at Bioware who didn't want  player housing in SWG because it screwed up the landscapes but he did want customisable living space. He was the one who came up with the lamentable instanced player housing of EQ2. Well, I personally didn't like it anyway.

Originally posted by SuperMatt

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sounds like a sort of swg the prequel

and 8 profs are better than 1 prof for a kotoro

and i too would be dissapointed if theres no new star wars mmo anywhere .  Star wars is the ideal place for a good mmo to be set and all we have is the waste of potential that is swg

Originally posted by Fishermage

 

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Originally posted by Kylrathin
More and more, I'm beginning to believe that this is probably true.  On Bioware's site, if you hover over the Bioware Games link at the top, you have separate options for "Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)" and "LucasArts/Bioware Interactive Product".  In the grand scheme it could mean nothing - however, with the announcements at SOE's Fan Faire craptaveganza, with LucasArts being there and not denying SOE's statements about the LA/Bioware game not being an MMO, I'm feeling less and less thrilled with it.
 
If it's not a Star Wars MMO, I'll never play another Bioware game again.  They have been well aware of all of the rumors for a long time now, and even with EA's CEO and his slip of the tongue, they have refused to deny anything.  All they would have had to do is say "No, it's not a Star Wars MMO, but we think you'll love it anyway".  They keep their secrecy and squash some rumors in the process, and they look respectable doing it.  This "no comment" bull is old and getting older, and will serve to irritate and drive away more people than it actually attracts if the IP isn't what everyone thinks it is.

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Gotta agree here. If their new MMO turns out not to be Star Wars, I know I am gonna be disappointed. I assume so will a couple of hundred thousand other people, and their behavior these past couple of years, dangling the possibilities, will screw them in the long run -- people do not like being played.

Now, if it IS a Star Wars MMO, and it's a good game, their silence would be understandable.

Personally, I'm skeptical, yet hopeful, about the whole thing.

There could be many different reasons why they can't spill the beans right now . NDA's , Nothing to show so on and so on...

I can't say I'd be disappointed if it's not a star wars MMO .I never got to hyped about it in the first place (far to many disappointments in the MMO sphere as of late) I'd probably be happy with an online version of KOTOR , If it's a good game.

If this turns out to be true, I can't really blame Bioware for a screwup by EA's CEO.I wouldn't label their tight lipped approach as trying to play anyone , If anything it shows the exact opposite .I'd prefer every company to keep quiet until they have their game working and they know what is making it in and what's not .Hype what you have not every pipe dream you think up while conceptualizing your game.

Originally posted by Malickiebloo

Originally posted by Fishermage

 

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Originally posted by Kylrathin
More and more, I'm beginning to believe that this is probably true.  On Bioware's site, if you hover over the Bioware Games link at the top, you have separate options for "Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)" and "LucasArts/Bioware Interactive Product".  In the grand scheme it could mean nothing - however, with the announcements at SOE's Fan Faire craptaveganza, with LucasArts being there and not denying SOE's statements about the LA/Bioware game not being an MMO, I'm feeling less and less thrilled with it.
 
If it's not a Star Wars MMO, I'll never play another Bioware game again.  They have been well aware of all of the rumors for a long time now, and even with EA's CEO and his slip of the tongue, they have refused to deny anything.  All they would have had to do is say "No, it's not a Star Wars MMO, but we think you'll love it anyway".  They keep their secrecy and squash some rumors in the process, and they look respectable doing it.  This "no comment" bull is old and getting older, and will serve to irritate and drive away more people than it actually attracts if the IP isn't what everyone thinks it is.

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Gotta agree here. If their new MMO turns out not to be Star Wars, I know I am gonna be disappointed. I assume so will a couple of hundred thousand other people, and their behavior these past couple of years, dangling the possibilities, will screw them in the long run -- people do not like being played.

Now, if it IS a Star Wars MMO, and it's a good game, their silence would be understandable.

Personally, I'm skeptical, yet hopeful, about the whole thing.

 

There could be many different reasons why they can't spill the beans right now . NDA's , Nothing to show so on and so on...

I can't say I'd be disappointed if it's not a star wars MMO .I never got to hyped about it in the first place (far to many disappointments in the MMO sphere as of late) I'd probably be happy with an online version of KOTOR , If it's a good game.

If this turns out to be true, I can't really blame Bioware for a screwup by EA's CEO.I wouldn't label their tight lipped approach as trying to play anyone , If anything it shows the exact opposite .I'd prefer every company to keep quiet until they have their game working and they know what is making it in and what's not .Hype what you have not every pipe dream you think up while conceptualizing your game.

To clarify, the thing I think would upset most people, myself included, isn't that they haven't told us what the game's going to be about.  Rather, that they are fully aware that so many people are hoping it's going to be Star Wars, and if it isn't, that they haven't denied it yet.  The disappointment comes if we're a month from release and the IP is finally revealed as something besides Star Wars.  If it's not Star Wars, say so NOW, let us get over our disappointment, and when we recover we'll come back and check the game out.  They don't have to tell us what the game IS, just what it ISN'T.

No matter what happens, I wouldn't blame EA's CEO for it.  Quite frankly, there's too many other things to blame him for, and an offhand answer to an offhand question is by no means official.  It is, however, up to EA's marketing department to clarify his statement, and they really haven't.  And for anyone that thinks "they shouldn't have to respond to a bunch of dorks posting Internet rumors", let me remind you that the dorks posting Internet rumors provide better marketing and direct sales effort for games than whatever money is spent on the old-fashioned ways of doing it.