I believe they had "some" ability to manipulate the database, otherwise how could you explain CR2? or the massive nerfing SOE poured into once valuable dungeon drops.
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item stats weren't stored in the db; they were in gameobjects.pkb and the server process had a copy as well. the database would just say 'player has x item'; the packmaps would define what that meant.
but yeah, they could edit the db, as was seen with XP and info and CQ near the end. I think it was more just a) laziness or b) they didn't know how to deal with complications, like making the new server have 9 characters per, or determining how to crush 9 characters into 3, how to migrate all the chat names to new ones that had valid soechat addresses, blah etc.
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I feel sorry for those who lost their jobs, I do. However, hasn't this been a long time coming with SOE and their business practices and crappy customer relations?
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(01-04-2011, 09:43 PM)Aquilae Wrote: And yet, Vanguard, which haven't had an update in a YEAR, is still around.
I think SOE will be trimming down their MMO list very soon. The only games I think they'll save is DCUO, and Everquest. All the other games, Planetside, Vanguard, Star Wars Galaxies, etc. they'll all be shut down.
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I think they'll keep SWG until at least TOR is released. As the only Star Wars MMO, they've got a little bit of a cash cow there for a little while longer.