Bounty Hunter Archive
Thread: The effects of the new BH loot
Ithilkir wrote:
Yup, you're looking at 10-15 minutes to maybe get a SEA, if I want SEAs I'll go hunt Aa'kuan champs or Marauders. The fact is, the servers are already swamped with SEAs from Aak missions and pre nerfed DJK/DJMs, ours won't make a bit of difference.
heck i am Imperial and have been looting CA/AA from reb NPC on mission's. Ubers too. i dont see where its going to Hurt. Well those who were always selling them for that amount and camping the good spawns wont like it. but hey your day has come and gone.
rob0t wrote:
Apparently I can't edit my post, so I'll continue with where I left off.
1. The drop rate.
What makes things so valuable? Rarity. Increased drop rates will make SEA's decrease in value. There goes your money making scheme, poser BH's.
2. The jedi effects
Most jedi have a BH alt. That being said, they will farm and farm and farm until they get the SEA's they need. You won't sell anything to a Jedi, I promise.
Also, since a lot of BH's are refusing to hunt Jedi (to bore them out of existance I guess), their numbers will rise. This will unlock new BH alts to flood the market with new SEA's!!
3. The 'edge'
No one will have an edge any more. Your Jedi's+25 ranged defense will counteract your +25 ranged accuracy. Their +25 2 handed saber speed will kill you faster than you can imagine. Does anyone else see a problem with this?
I don't suppose that any of this will matter to the masses. I've only been playing for about 3 months, but I consider myself to be a pretty intelligent person, and I don't concern myself with the here and now, but the big picture.
Stop being blinded by the loot and thing about the effects it will have.
Well, I've been playing as a Master Bounty Hunter for 2 years. So with all due respect, listen up.
Armor doesn't define this profession. Jedi missions do not define this profession. Loot does not define this profession.
What defines this profession is the player! Pure and simple. It doesn't matter if you are a Melee Bounty Hunter, Ranged Bounty Hunter, Master Bounty Hunter, 3000 Bounty Hunter dabbler. THE PLAYER DEFINES THE PROFESSION, not the other way around.
If SoE wants to add some NPC content and challenges then I support it 150%! I've killed more Jedi then you've dreamed about and I've run more NPC Bounty Missions then you can ever think of and I am really looking forward to this change.
I'm looking forward to being able to BE the Bounty Hunter I want to be. The Bounty Hunter Armor being worn now has nothing to do with being a Bounty Hunter and everything to do with getting your buddies together and loot ganking a POI. That is not being a Bounty Hunter!
Taking a mission and killing your mark (one on one) and getting the loot as a reward has EVERYTHING to do with being a Bounty Hunter. If you want to argue aboutthe drop rate then have at it, but spare me the whine about how these missions will "kill" the profession, they MAKE this profession!
If anything has killed this profession it has been the introduction of Jedi Missions which created a huge influx of PvP L33t snobs that just want to destroy whom every they can with no respect for the Role of the Bounty Hunter. But that is another topic.
WylotheUber wrote:
rob0t, I agree with you whole-heartedly. This loot is going to turn our entire profession's basis inside out; at the game stop, we were supposed to be the anti-Jedi, keeping them in hiding. With the CU, we were supposed to be tanks and masters of one-on-one duels.
Now, we're going to be forced into becoming Loot Whores.
It's so refreshing being able to see someone with a gray name that isn't mentally retarded or "ubar-1337".
I think you missed his point. He is a loot wh0re and he is afraid this will cut into his profits.
rob0t wrote:
Everyone is making such a big uproar over the new drops for the BH NPC missions. I may be alone on this, but I think it needs to be said.
This will ruin the BH profession.
Why? Well, I'm glad you asked.
Let's take a look at the drops. So far we have BH armor schematics and high quality SEA's.
How many BH are on your server? Chances are, at least 1/3 of the players are BH's. There are quite a few on mine. (Though the numbers are diminishing due to the 'I'm not getting my way, so I quit' syndrome).
With that in mind, how many people do you forsee running around in BH armor? Probably a lot. Every newb BH will be wearing it, because "it rox0rz!!11".
That doesn't bother me as much as the SEA's. There are a few things that bug me about them.
1. The drop rate.
Well, us wook bounty hunters won't be wearing it.
1. Stop complaining, it isnt evenlive
2. That +25 ls/+25 gen melee speed is NOT a huge difference, and notice force speed/doc buffs will be nerfed anyway so please stop crying and play he game like it is.
Message Edited by Adefo-Oami on 08-02-2005 12:41 AM
you gota be kidding me right, i could farm attachments alot faster than this pre cu, and post cu before the djm nerf ever seen a rifleman andswordsman killing eldars pre cu, 2minutes max for an eldar do that for 6hours straight you do the math, and you could bug the spawn so the eldar would continue to pop u wouldn't have to move a centremeter for the whole time. djm's were under 10minute roundtrip from the prision and back with 2 rifleman, dropping +25sea's. With bh missions your looking at a minimum of 15minute round trip time i'm guessing maybe 10minutes. With the great possibilty it's not even going to be a boss mob.
I'm sorry to burst your bubble but from one of the biggest look hooker's on valcyn without a jedi this is small fry.
Perhaps you should explain why you really want it nerfed?