My suspicions that there would be an official announcement regarding the whole “30 days for level 50s” situation was right. A post was posted this evening by Dr Greg Zeschuk himself, addressing the issue. The two main points are:
1. 30 days will be given to players with either a level 50 or who have reached Legacy level 6.
2. Players have got up until the 22nd April to meet one of those criteria.
This is a brilliant solution. Why? Because (according to the post) a player who has been at level 50 on one character for a bit will have got to Legacy Level 6. However, other players who have played just as much but not got a level 50 will also have reached level 6. Not only that, but, given that this patch was all about the implementation of the Legacy system and rewards, it’s actually a blindingly obvious and relevant solution and, to my mind, a fair and equitable of awarding all veteran players for their “support and loyalty” irrespective of their playstyle.
I’m glad I didn’t ragequit this morning so I don’t have to crawl back here with my tail between my legs – I trusted that the issue would be addressed. It has, I’m satisfied and still willing to give them my money and loyalty.
Well done Bioware.
(I still won’t have a level 50 by the end of the week though – but hey, thems the breaks. What can you do?)
It’s a much fairer move, and well done on their part. There must have been some hurried maths in the background to realise the financial implications. I fear it has however potentially left a taint that’s hard to shift.
It is good that they did react. Could it have been quicker? Possibly. But this is a massive organisation, and such leviathans do not shift course easily. And that backroom maths would have been important. However, I have some residual issues with them thinking in this blinkered way to start off with, and their phrasing and timing of the announcement. Those factors imply some deeper ways of thinking that I feel don’t value me as a player.
You 50s getting a free month because you’ve put the time in I don’t actually have an issue with. You being of a value that deserved that when I didn’t is the irritation.
(In case of deja vu, this is a version of the post I put up on the thread on the Worlds Away site.)