Star Wars: The Old Republic ranting

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Blog Posted by: BatRastered Jan 6, 2012 View all stories by BatRastered 252 views | 4 comments 4 people like this | 0 Jimmys hate this Log on to vote	Star Wars: The Old Republic 6,723 Views 11 Stories Release Date: Dec 20, 2011 User Ratings Buy it! 67 % - Rent it! 22 % - Flush it! 11 % PricePWNr™ $49.81
I haven't even played this game yet (aside from the occasional convention demo), and I'm already mad about it. Great job, EA!

I pre-ordered my copy of SWTOR from Amazon, and it arrived early. I was excited to try it out, so I opened it logged into my EA/Origin account which I had already created in anticipation of playing the beta (which I was never able to sign in to), and put in the code to unlock my retail copy and 30 free days. Everything was working fine, then I went to launch the game and it told me I didn't have an "active subscription". WTF?

It turns out, even though I paid $60 for the game, even though I've entered the code and I'm supposed to have 30 free days, they want me to input my credit card and pick an auto-renewing subscription in order to play. Leave aside the fact that I don't really want to put my credit card into a new and untested service for fear of it being hacked, but why should I have to do this in order to play the game for the time I've already paid for? Come on EA... are you really that desperate for people to forget they have auto-renew on their accounts? Do you need that accidental income that bad? Just let me play the damn game.

GoukiJones saw the problem I was having and returned his copy to Amazon, unopened. Good job losing a customer there, EA. Unfortunately, my copy is opened and I've already used the code, so I can't return it. I suppose I could use the disks for coasters or something. What a waste.

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Man that is pretty harsh. These days... well.. it always has been always about the money.

genxsis83 rated Star Wars: The Old Republic Rent it
Jan 7, 2012 by genxsis83

If your really that worried go to wal-mart, target, cvs, or w/e local store and get a pre-paid visa gift card. I played the beta and got early access and was pretty ticked of having to "pay before play."

Alookeva rated Star Wars: The Old Republic Buy it
Jan 7, 2012 by Alookeva

This is not unusual at all for MMOs. And it's explicitly stated all over that you need to provide a credit card and subscription to play, regardless of the free 30-day access. SWTOR is great; it's your loss if you decide not to play it because you didn't read the box.

bowlingotter has not rated Star Wars: The Old Republic yet.
Jan 7, 2012 by bowlingotter

Just one more reason not to pick it up. You would think they'ld drop monthly fees to compete with the consoles.

dragonkiss83 rated Star Wars: The Old Republic Buy it
Feb 11, 2012 by dragonkiss83

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