Bio Engineer Archive
Thread: Getting to know you and your profession!
Tiggs wrote:
Just popping in to let you guys know I didn't forget about you. I sent out an email questioning the policy and I am still waiting on a response. Everyone is very busy with JtL going from beta to launch so it may take a few days.
It's been six business days. Anything to report? In light of the CSRs' latest move we could really use some good news.
J.
Umiio "Umi" Panwanga • Rodian party girl • Bria
Iba'onchab • Gets boarded sometimes • Chimaera
This random sig quote is brought to you by the Star Wars Galaxies forums:
"I can run around in my armor and still feel vulnerable, but if I choose to go to get buffs I become fearless, because I know I cannot really die. That, in my mind, shows that buffs are the true unbalancing factor and armor just goes along for the ride."
-Hoenir, 10-13-2004 04:53 PM
Message Edited by picklesSW on 11-02-2004 02:39 PM
Heh, otherwise I'd say the conditions were met... in spades.
picklesSW wrote:
You mean no policy change until after the code changes to abolish recursive macroing.
Tiggs wrote:Sorry everyone for the delay! There will be no policy change happening until after recursive macroing.
That's fine. There will be no subscription renewel until the policy change and until the game is working correctly then.
Tiggs wrote:Sorry everyone for the delay! There will be no policy change happening until after recursive macroing.
You folks should consider the transition you're creating to a non-buffbot world. If you made a policy change, then buffbots would move underground, becoming less available. Yep, the CSRs could never enforce this policy everywhere which is actually what you want. By moving buffbots into houses/player cantinas, they're still around for the leets to use, but they're harder to find. Then when buffbots become impossible because recursive macros are gone there has been a gradual transition to live entertainers.
By keeping the buffbots in the game until they are suddenly cut off, you're going to create an enormous anti-entertainer backlash. We've already seen parts of it just with the announcement of recursive macro removal. It's going to be horrible when they are actually removed unless there is a more gradual transition.
Tiggs wrote:
Sorry everyone for the delay!There will be no policy change happening until after recursive macroing.
I am also sorry, I do not think I can continue to pay $15 a month for a single player game. I honestly wish now I did not recieve the expansion as a gift.
Tiggs wrote:
Sorry everyone for the delay!There will be no policy change happening until after recursive macroing.
Tiggs wrote:Sorry everyone for the delay! There will be no policy change happening until after recursive macroing.
hi Tiggs
I'm going to post here as a dancer, not a correspondent. it seems silly that SOE is banning one type of afk macro but not another... they should either ban everyone using an afk macro (which I gather isn't happening), or leave all afk macroers along.
please don't let the community feel that you guys value buffbots over atk players
Pappi wrote:
Tiggs wrote:
Sorry everyone for the delay! There will be no policy change happening until after recursive macroing.
hi Tiggs
I'm going to post here as a dancer, not a correspondent. it seems silly that SOE is banning one type of afk macro but not another... they should either ban everyone using an afk macro (which I gather isn't happening), or leave all afk macroers along.
please don't let the community feel that you guys value buffbots over atk players
/cheer! This needs to be resolved sooner than later. It's not fair for paying customers (or former customers looking at some of the previous posts) to be ignored and ignored when their gameplay is being drastically affected by this.
If there was someone out stealing credits and gameplay from combaters or hunters or jedi or BH, it would be resolved immediately as a hotfix. If someone was in a spawn AFK killing and looting, he would be dealt with quickly. Why is it any different for entertainers? Let me answer, it isn't. Doctors would be pissed with some AFKer standing in cnet passing out free good buffs (till his medicine ran out of course) and hunters would be pissed if someone could gather all the good meat/hides/bones while being away from their computer. Entertainers are pissed that people can make all the tip and buff money and gain the valuable xp while not at their computer.
I am not an entertainer (I was a dancer in the entertainer prof box for like 2 days) but I completely agree 100% this needs a hotfix as much as if shuttles were broken or houses spontaneously caught fire. Sure it would be a pain in the butt to seek buffers that are actually playing. But I am more than willing to give up some conveinience to help restore some fun and playability to someone else's game. This needs to be addressed now, not after the combat revision/revamp/upgrade/etc. and not when all the non-combat profs might get some love as well (next year) but now. The game doesn't need clipping issues or music problems, etc. as desparately as these fine entertainment people need and deserve this.
THX for reading.
Landlubber wrote:
Tiggs wrote:Sorry everyone for the delay! There will be no policy change happening until after recursive macroing.Any explanation forthcoming? Or is it just a case of "because we say so"? Please keep in mind that entertainers are paying customers as well, and last time I checked, we paid the same money than the AFKers. But: the AFKers seem to take precendence over people who actually play the game.
I'd say that warrants an explanation, and better make it a good one. Or is it your goal to drive all entertainers out of this game, leaving only the buffbots? That would mean you wouldn't have to change anything, because there'd be nobody left who cared. The l33t d00ds would still have someone to buff them and heal their BF, but there wouldn't be any more complaints by disgruntled entertainers, because all that are left are the buffbots. Voila, problem soved!
Is THAT your "policy"? Ignoring the problem until it goes away?
on the other hand guys... this isn't Tiggs' policy, please don't kill the messenger