Armorsmith Archive

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Lanthalas wrote:
When was the last time you saw a Jedi in one of the movies get killed by some schlock with a blaster rifle....

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no b/c its hard to unlock but,

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Biggens77 wrote:

i posted this on the weaponsmith forum because thast what i am. its been gettin deleted fast so please read it quick. im posting it here becauee it effects armorsmiths just as much.

this game continues to become kotor online.

God, I WIsh. Kotor was a masterpiece. If they get jedi able to block melee attacks, they put in energy shields that actually work, make armor not so ridiculous but actually viable, droids that can actually DO something useful, and have exciting true to the movies jedi powers, then HELL yea i'm all for it.

jedi are set to go for the combat rebalance. all the other professions besides jedi only stand to get weaker. as of now if your a ranged profession and run into a pvping jedi knight dont even bother fighting him. you will not hit him and with no melee mitigation in effect he will do tons of damage to you. my examples come from 2 duels i had with jedi who are jedi knights.

OK, here's the deal on this. There is probably a ratio of about 50 regular players to 1 jedi at any given time. Right now, the BIGGEST problem is there is absolutely NO incentive to PVP what-so-ever for regular players (besides bragging rights) so obviously you can't get together the 3-5 people it takes to kill a jedi. When the GCW gets revamped, and hopefully they do it right, there will be a reason for everyone to go declare and fight, so until then i wouldn't worry about the state of pvp... because pvp has ALWAYS been borked.

i duled a jedi which i was fully buffed and on synth steak. my character is a mater rifleman master fecer and some other defesne mods stacked. when i was fightin the jedi in fencer mode he was only doing 150 dmg to me with his hardest lightsaber attack. when i switched to my rifle he was then doing 550 dmg to me with the same hit. now this is before the fabled comabt rebalance.also if the jedi has at least force run 2 and some heal power then forget it. he will run in circles around you and heal himself them come back and pimp slap ya with full power again. the only way tobeat ajedi without combat medic is to be a melee professions and hope you can keep him knocked down and dizzied.

Dueling a jedi, you're going to lose. At least i would hope so. It makes me comforted to see that 1 on 1, a jedi is going to win. Again, what the problem is, there's no reason for regular players to pvp, so there isn't enough declared players out there. When space comes, you're going to see a lot more declared players because they will pvp in space for fun, and for the missions to level up. Also gcw will get a revamp some day and that will hopefully make gcw worth playing. Until then, quit fighting jedi one on one bro, just doesn't make sense.

my concerns is if they only stand to make all the reg professions weaker then this game is in trouble. not everyone wants to be a jedi and if they are forced to be a jedi to compete in pvp then this game is goin to be out of business very fast.

This game wont' go out of business because of badpvp, there is maybe (and i'm speculating) 25% of the population that EVEN PVP at all. On top of that, the ones that do still pvp already KNOW that pvp on SWG is worthless, they're waiting for a GCW revamp or JTL anyhow. As to those who never want to be jedi, they will need to learn how to be team players and get organized then, because it won't be a solo game any more after combat revamp.

now the reason im posting this here is beacuase like i said before i love to a be a weaponsmith and if everyone is to become a jedi then what good are we. we cant make glowy sticks for people so then what. any ranged profession does nto stand a chance vers a high level jedi right now. i woudl also llike to get fellow weaponsmihts points of view about this.

The fact that jedi don't participate in the game economy makes me VERY VERY angry. The fact that jedi can't wear armor (as an armorsmith) makes me very very angry. The fact that weaponsmiths are a dime a dozen, and weapons take so little resources to make, and weapons are abound in plethorae, yet very few people use them bothers me. The fact that droids never decay and droid engineers never get repeat customers bothers me. The whole trade economy is going straight to bio engineers and chefs and everyone else is getting left behind i think. I'm still making decent money on armor... but for how long?

i do hope that everythign i said above does not happen but the way thigns are headed im not to confident.

Bro i wouldn't worry too much, the game isn't going anywhere, your customers aren't going anywhere. In case you haven't noticedm ore and more people are returning to swg that had previously quit the game. I think you'll find the game is actually growing at a huge rate right now because of the JEDI buzz and the JTL buzz going on. If the devs do their job right, make GCW fun and rewarding, make the revamp good for pvp and PVE also, then we're going to have a homerun for JTL. I keep my hopes high. I was at fan fest, the future looks good.

i also want to point out i was using a 700 max dmg stun baton and the only way the jedi coudl be beat is if he was kded and dizzy and could not get back up.

How in gods name did u make a 700pnt stun baton. Are you on bria? i want one