Bio Engineer Archive
Thread: Getting to know you and your profession!
Hellshot
Tue Oct 12, 2004 1:16 pm
#599
Hey. Really not much more to add. I would recommend going over the spread sheets that look at dps for all professions and specials to understand the grievenances that many combat professions have. I hope that once JTL gets pushed out and once any major post launch bugs for it are squashed, we will see some rapid movement on the combat balance.
Ingrata
Tue Oct 12, 2004 1:43 pm
#600
Welcome to the Dancer Forum, Tiggs. I really hope that you listen and take some action. I shall post my issues without a lot of flair.
1. Remove unattended play.
2. Fix our dances and flourishes. Exotic 1,2,3,and 4 should have 8 flourishes, but they dont so we look kinda stupid. Also, for the male dancers, perhaps a more masculine dance.
3. We should be able to buff ourselves.
4. Some sort of 'buff meter' .. a way for us and our patrons to know how their buff is coming along. I have had quite a few people /leavegroup or /stopwatch before their buff was over, because they had been previously buffed by a 3 minute buffer, and some of us take a bit longer.
5. Monitor the player created chat channels. There has been a lot of problems in one particular chat channel frequented by entertainers, but the CSR's cannot do anything because there is no chat log. This needs to be fixed! I am tired of being harrassed in player chat channels.
Again, thank you for taking the time to visit us, and please keep in touch so we know we haven't been abandoned again.
joined42904
Tue Oct 12, 2004 1:45 pm
#601
Please explain this deterioration of creatures over time even if they don't lose vitality. Because this is a new one to me.
Sinnaman
Tue Oct 12, 2004 1:45 pm
#602
Well, greetings and welcome to the CH forum!!I hope you find your stay enjoyable and please
come back from time to time and say hello. Well, pretty much everything I have to comment
about is already posted here, for instance, BerentD did an excellent job communicating my issues.
But out of all of these, theone thing that really ruffles my screecher's feathers is the BE Pets that
are made to be so much more UBER then readily available tamed ones. So I like the idea of being
able to tame anything in the game. Everything should have babies, and obviously there should still
be rares because it is fun to search for them (even if I've done 150+ bull lairs, I still keep going back).
And, since CH's are the coolest characters in the game, it would give us the opportunity for
distinction. We could have Pet shows and show off our tames with pride. And my second biggest
concern would be the storage limitation. We need to be able to sell these pets on the bazaar and/or
store them in a corrall.
Thanks for taking the time to listen. 
LuciusScipio
Tue Oct 12, 2004 2:05 pm
#603
Hiya Tiggs,
Thanks for visiting the forums. I wish I had seen this earlier, but I've been mostly away the last few days. hehe.
Anyway, here are my most pressing issue(s) with this profession:
1 - Master Commando Title - Currently, a person can get the Flamethrower skill tree of commando (0/0/4/0) and be almost as effective as a Master Commando. There needs to be an incentive for a person to reach Master Commando. Adding a bunch of accuracy, speed and defense mods to the Master Box is a good approach.
2 - Commando defenses. We are the ONLY ranged combat profession to have a melee tree pre-req and have terrible defenses compared to other ranged professsions. We are alsoconfined to melee range when using our heavy weapons specials unlike the other ranged professions. Sprucing up our defenses would only be fair.
3 - Acid Rifle & Variety of weapons - Currently, only the Flamethrower is of any use for us. Not only does the Acid Rifle need a ton of work but we also suffer from a shortage of heavy weapons.
4 - Grenades - I can't believe that we can be hurt by our own weapons. No other profession expereinces this. The HAM costs are unbelievable and they are very inaccurate.
5 - Launcher Pistol - This is a useless weapon unless I get Pistoleer and/or Bounty Hunter skills for speed and accuracy mods. I realize that accuracy is generally an issue with Commandos because of Heavy Weapons but this is a pistol. Not a heavy Acid Rifle or Flamethrower. We should get some decent accuracy and speed mods.
These are my top 5 issues. I know you said pick ONE, butthese are all very important to me....It was hard to rank them because they are all so prevalent. Anyway, welcome to the Commando Community! I hope you enjoy visiting us.
Message Edited by LuciusScipio on 10-12-2004 05:14 PM
Tiggs
Tue Oct 12, 2004 2:34 pm
#605
Reachwind wrote:
Tiggs you can't honestly say you have already read the issues that are important to dancers if you are asking this question.
Seeing as how you haven't replied again and seeing as how this has the look of form letter I'm going to say, "meep."
Thanks.
I am taking it all in and just because I haven't replied doesn't mean I am not reading. This isn't a thread for me to go back and forth with you on what you feel is important. This is a thread for me to _learn_ from each of you individually what you feel is important.
Since this is one of the most common replies:
I will say that AFK dancers drive me bonkers as well when I am playing. I have no problem saying that if someone is AFK they will not be giving me buffs nor will I give them any credits. I do have many dancers on my friends list that I know are active on the servers I play. These dancers will get my business and receive payment for it.
We (the team) are all concerned about this issue and we will have this fixed. I know you have heard that over and over but not from me 
So hang in there we will be addressing the recursive macroing issues after we ship JtL.
So hang in there we will be addressing the recursive macroing issues after we ship JtL.
Panthu
Tue Oct 12, 2004 2:38 pm
#606
So Tiggs doesn't use bots and seeks out live Dancers. She gets points for that, right?
Edit: For the record, I've never seen a red tag say this before.
Message Edited by Panthu on 10-12-2004 05:41 PM
LeBob
Tue Oct 12, 2004 2:40 pm
#607
Panthu wrote:
So Tiggs doesn't use bots and seeks out live Dancers. She gets points for that, right?
I'd say so.
Drygo
Tue Oct 12, 2004 2:41 pm
#608
Panthu wrote:
So Tiggs doesn't use bots and seeks out live Dancers. She gets points for that, right?
If we were allowed to star dev posts, she'd get 5 from me for the entire response.
Panthu
Tue Oct 12, 2004 2:42 pm
#609
LeBob wrote:
Panthu wrote:
So Tiggs doesn't use bots and seeks out live Dancers. She gets points for that, right?
I'd say so.
I'm pretty excited about it.
I think I'm liking Tiggs a lot. *bounces*
TK-132
Tue Oct 12, 2004 2:45 pm
#610
I really don't like the LP not sure why you guys do. The weapon causes me too lag so bad I don't even use it. How about making it like other pistols that just fire blaster bolts, Yes i know it's suppose to fire little rockets or somethin. No offense but the LP is like a crazy flamethrower pistol. I'd rather have something different like an assault rifle or carbine that does a ton of blast damage. Ok I've said way too much so I'll be on my way.
AtheneNoctua
Tue Oct 12, 2004 2:52 pm
#611
Unlike you there are many players who actively encourage unattended gameplay, so my top5-number-one issue is unattended gameplay. Please make it stop.
Edit: Oh, I forgot to give you points, or stars for seeking out live entertainers... here they are:
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Edit: Oh, I forgot to give you points, or stars for seeking out live entertainers... here they are:
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Message Edited by AtheneNoctua on 10-12-2004 11:54 PM