Bio Engineer Archive
Thread: Combat Balance Sandbox
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Tansun
Mon Sep 27, 2004 6:26 am
#53
I'd like to toss my hat into the ring. I was a BE/CH from the first week of release. I finally gave in and started the hologrind to find out I was a little late. As such I'm not working back up the BE tree and will be working to reclaim my status as one of the top Lowca BEs.
I also play a master artistan/armorsmith/weaponsmith on another account. Before returning my main to BE I have done ranger, smuggler, commando, pistol, and medic. I'm pretty well rounded and have worked as a tester before. Both on online games and desktop games. Please keep me in mind.
Bendi_James
Mon Sep 27, 2004 7:47 am
#54
psikobunny wrote:
You folks ought to understand, that the work you'll be doing in the sandbox won't have anythignt o do with being BE until they get around to BE. This is to get a certain number of dedicated testers, who will test what they tell you to test on a given night. If they say get X from the frog and go shoot at Chuba for 3 hours with a DLT20a, then that is what you are expected to do.My understanding is, the correspondents were asked to find reliable wirthy members of their community, not to find people to specifically test that profession's issues.
I got all this from a friend who was on the Short List for his profession, and talked at length with his correspondent about what was expected. The time commitment is also steep, lots of hours of playtime and writing detailed reports about it as well.
I believe the nominees I have listed would be more than capable of shooting chubas and getting X from the frog....lol.I also think it is wise to have them on the ground floor of the CR sandbox when atsuch time given by the Devs, BE issues can be thoroughly evaluated and reportedprecisely across the board. My nominees do this daily by contributingintelligent and accurateinformation on the forums. These nominees I have mentionedare the seasoned players Iwould like tofill the positions.
As usual, the decision is Nancy J's and I am sure that whomever she asks to join her in the sandbox will be a very capable player. 
Krosc
Tue Oct 26, 2004 10:44 am
#55
Yep, comabt balance. I was out trying my best to sample a lvl 80 rancor that jsut popped behind em as I was sampling something else. Could not get close enough with two there to sample as one or the other always broke my mask scent. Then low and behold, a guy comes up on his speeder, jumps off and kills both of them and another lvl 54 mob, all at the same time. His ham doesnt even drop, he then finishes of the other 4 from that lair in less than 5 minutes. His ham never dropped. So in less than five minutes a TKA master killed 6 lvl 80 and 1 lvl 54 mob without even taking visable ham loss.
And whydid they need to nerf creature handlers last year?
Meplorium
Tue Oct 26, 2004 5:13 pm
#56
Thanks for the nominations. 
I did get in as a chef, yeah yeah, boo chefs, but I will be looking over the BE stuff as well since I am a MCH too (or about to be again). I'll be looking to make sure food, the BE additives that go into food, and our pets are still/more useful than before.
GMANHNC
Wed Oct 27, 2004 9:45 am
#57
Krosc wrote:
Yep, comabt balance. I was out trying my best to sample a lvl 80 rancor that jsut popped behind em as I was sampling something else. Could not get close enough with two there to sample as one or the other always broke my mask scent. Then low and behold, a guy comes up on his speeder, jumps off and kills both of them and another lvl 54 mob, all at the same time. His ham doesnt even drop, he then finishes of the other 4 from that lair in less than 5 minutes. His ham never dropped. So in less than five minutes a TKA master killed 6 lvl 80 and 1 lvl 54 mob without even taking visable ham loss.
And whydid they need to nerf creature handlers last year?
I can do that at TKA 0040... FYI... although I tend to stick to my own missions and try not to mess people up who are tying to sample things they shouldn't be sampling. (lvl 80= 0 samples)
Krosc
Wed Oct 27, 2004 4:31 pm
#58
GMANHNC wrote:
I can do that at TKA 0040... FYI... although I tend to stick to my own missions and try not to mess people up who are tying to sample things they shouldn't be sampling. (lvl 80= 0 samples)
Yea, I learned that lesson now - on an ancient bull rancor. But it seemed like a good idea at the time.
GMANHNC
Wed Oct 27, 2004 4:47 pm
#59
Yea, I learned that lesson now - on an ancient bull rancor. But it seemed like a good idea at the time.
It's ok, we have all done it, there is one dumb &$#* that tries it sample enraged rancors after every patch... just in case..lol
I myself spent a week on Lok trying to sampleKIMOs outside of the little village, just cause it would let me try.... I cloned in a near by town, but it was still a pain in the booty to run back every 10 minutes or so.
evfields
Wed Oct 27, 2004 5:59 pm
#60
I'm interested. I've been a crafter all game, drifting from architect to weaponsmith to droid engineer to combat medic to BE, and finally staying happily with the last
I've been a BE since about November '03, and a MBE since oh maybe April-ish.
I'm currently a BE/Musician, I enjoy making pets alot.
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