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Thread: Is this a known bug?
Thank you very much Garva but I wasn't do any of those things. Not then and not in my recently censored post. I argued with someone in the exact same way that half the people at the forums do every single day. If anything I am restrained by comparison. Are you telling me that I can't complain when I'm banned even though I broke NO rules?
One of your precious correspondents says something that is wrong and suddenly you guys are paying attention when he's correctly shown up?
You are now officially harassing me unjustly and with an unequal application of the rules. I suggest you go to the general board if you want to see so-called "flaming".
Denesha wrote:This Drashk is susing his position to get people banned for disagreeing with him.
Enough about this. Drashk is not a vengeful person and doesn't use his Corr position for selfish reasons, regardless of the conclusions you draw from this thread. Besides, *anyone* can blow the whistle on anyone to the admins if they see what they consider harassment or trolling.
I have a crazy idea. Perhaps the experience reduction when using a droid is intended to discourage the use of combat droids. I have never been a fan of Combat or Tanking Droids, it is sad that combat is perceived as the primary function of droids in this game.
Some highly valid points have been made as to why there is an xp reduction when using a droid, and not armor/weapons, etc... I find it amusing that when faced with perfectly good reasons or explanations, the opposing party in a disagreement will invariably call those reasons excuses.
I honestly do not understand the disagreement here. There is an xp reduction while using a combat droid. Get over it. If you have a sincere desire to have this changed, place a comment in the TopDE issues thread. What you are doing now is tantamount to yelling at the sky because it is raining, thenattackinga meterologist when he explains the dew point. Using the excuse of "I pay to play this game, my preferred play style should be supported!" is total bs. You are paying to play a game that has rules, if your play style is not viable within those rules, find another game. People who make this argument are just like a kid who is playing Chutes and Ladders, then whines and moans when he hits a slide, especially the big one at the top 2 spaces from the end.
Here is some advice: Enjoy the game. If you find some aspect that you do not enjoy, don't use it. Find some other way to enjoy yourself. If coming to these forums and (poorly) arguing is your idea of fun, then maybe the debate club would be more up your alley than SWG.
Message Edited by Lamgwin on 09-15-2005 10:31 AM
RasalTheWise wrote:
I think this is one of those threads where people are going to have to set aside their egos, and agree to disagree.
The indication should have been when an adminelected to step in and moderate it.
Neologist wrote:
RasalTheWise wrote:
I think this is one of those threads where people are going to have to set aside their egos, and agree to disagree.
The indication should have been when an admin elected to step in and moderate it.
Corrected.
Fair enough.
Shoot, my lastmessage failed to post and was lost, oh well it was a bit longso I'll summarize.
In case it was somehow missed, my first point was meant to be obvious... you seem to be missing that point Lamgwin.
"This principle of reduced reward simply IS NOT applied across the board. It just isn't."
To return the sentiment: DUH
Different rules apply to different situations, sorry, but that is the way it is.
Perhaps this issue can/will be addressed when the promised droid revamp happens. Untill then try to accept the game the way it is. If you can not manage to enjoy yourself within the confines of the game rules as they currently exist, try to have fun in another way.
"Different rules apply to different situations, sorry, but that is the way it is."
Which is exactly my point. Why it is that drask and atan don't want to admit this is something I don't understand. It's clearly and obviously the case. There is no gameplay principle of "reduced risk = reduced reward". The gameplay principle in practice here is "using droids or(apparently) pets = reduced rewards".
And THAT leads back to aglanon's question, which is WHY is that so?
In the case of pets, I have zero doubt the purpose is to limit the number of pets. In the case of droids, I would guess the reason is either so that pet owners don't cry foul, OR because droid/pet use the same xp calculations from a coding standpoint. Which would merely be a reason, not to say a good one.
In my opinion, biased of course, they should be working to encourage more droid use. In which case this xp policy does seem counter-productive. And like it or not, most players play combat games. Our biggest market, therefore, will always be combat players. So useful combat droids would have a direct impact on DE income. Just plain facts.
I understand wanting to limit pet use. But that doesn't mean I think we should wink and nudge and claim that the xp reduction is because of risk reduction. It's simply not true.
edit: Incidentally, my solution to the problem would be to create less powerful droids. I'll be frank, I mostly use droids in combat because I think it's cool, nerd-like though that may be. Give them a little more armor and a LOT less firepower, then nix the xp reduction. More people will use them, but not TOO many people, everything will look more star warsy, and we will all have more business. Seems like a win to me.
Message Edited by Lamgwin on 09-15-2005 11:40 AM
Wouldn't that be the exact OPPOSITE of balance?
Idahe wrote:
Different rules apply to different situations