Bounty Hunter Archive
Thread: Tanks, Please Get the devs to reconsider Moving Player Bounties to MBH.
RAMBOW wrote:
My guess would be an End Game idea to help us combat the FRS knights.(like a ranking system for BHs). Which would make sense for the moving missions to Master.
Tanks... Did the final word come down on the Names issue yet?
Tanks wrote:
It has nothing to the with Jedi and everything to do with BH and is tied to moving missions to Master. I am trying to get an OK to let you guys know.
rYsyn wrote:
Tanks wrote:
The caveat:
You'll just have to wait for Publish 21, there is some love comin'.
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Doubt it.
Any "love" thrown to Bounty Hunter (or any other profession) that is at the expense of Jedi, will not last long or will be countered in some form.
Is it bigger than a breadbox?
Personally I would prefer you NOT announce it. Advance notice just gives Jedi time to start petitions, flamewars andconvince their dev buddies in guildchat toget it nerfed.
Tanks wrote:
It has nothing to the with Jedi and everything to do with BH and is tied to moving missions to Master. I am trying to get an OK to let you guys know.
rYsyn wrote:
Tanks wrote:
The caveat:
You'll just have to wait for Publish 21, there is some love comin'.
Doubt it.
Any "love" thrown to Bounty Hunter (or any other profession) that is at the expense of Jedi, will not last long or will be countered in some form.
SunSpy wrote:
Personally I would prefer you NOT announce it. Advance notice just gives Jedi time to start petitions, flamewars and convince their dev buddies in guildchat to get it nerfed.
Tanks wrote:
It has nothing to the with Jedi and everything to do with BH and is tied to moving missions to Master. I am trying to get an OK to let you guys know.
rYsyn wrote:
Tanks wrote:
The caveat:
You'll just have to wait for Publish 21, there is some love comin'.
Doubt it.Any "love" thrown to Bounty Hunter (or any other profession) that is at the expense of Jedi, will not last long or will be countered in some form.
... As compared to them starting petitions, flamewars, and convincing their dev buddies in guild chat after we get the patch notes? I'd rather know where my profession is heading in advance so I can plan accordingly, thanks.
Tanks wrote:
It has nothing to the with Jedi and everything to do with BH and is tied to moving missions to Master. I am trying to get an OK to let you guys know.
rYsyn wrote:
Tanks wrote:
The caveat:
You'll just have to wait for Publish 21, there is some love comin'.
Doubt it.
Any "love" thrown to Bounty Hunter (or any other profession) that is at the expense of Jedi, will not last long or will be countered in some form.
Hopefully it's abt making an mbhmore effective infighting a knight 1v1? Since bh teams will a thing of the past come pub. 20,.....
StormTroopercpt0 wrote:
QFE, Why should the ones who desire/love melee be fored ranged?
I agree with you that Melee BHs should not be forced to pick up BH branches that do them no good.
But, I do find it ironic that 5 months ago in regards to MLS saber block I can be quoted as saying:
"Why should the ones who desire/love ranged be forced melee?"
Further evidence that the devs are seriously evil.
Neutral Imperial Agent
Leatherneck_of_Alderaan wrote:
Tango88 wrote:
Tanks wrote:
It has nothing to the with Jedi and everything to do with BH and is tied to moving missions to Master. I am trying to get an OK to let you guys know.
rYsyn wrote:
Tanks wrote:
The caveat:
You'll just have to wait for Publish 21, there is some love comin'.
Doubt it.
Any "love" thrown to Bounty Hunter (or any other profession) that is at the expense of Jedi, will not last long or will be countered in some form.
Hopefully it's abt making an mbhmore effective infighting a knight 1v1? Since bh teams will a thing of the past come pub. 20,.....
What part of "nothing to do with the Jedi" are you ont getting?
I'm intrigued. I'll throw my guess into the ring.
Smuggler missions. No reason not to. Smugglers have nothing to lose if they die. BH's can't farm them with the removal of names from the terminals. It has nothing to do with the Jedi AND if, for example, you put Inv 3 as the pre-req for hunting smugglers then moving Jedi hunting to MBH makes sense.
Not trying to be arrogant here by quoting myself, just keeping my thoughts together.
Further, making Smuggler Bounties available 'soon' would fit another way. Look at the payout structure come Pub 20. 49-52k + Bonus AFTER you fight your mark.
49-52k seems about right for bagging a smuggler.
1) I really never jumped on the bandwagon to be a bh/melee temp prior to the CU. They were probably the most effective compared to ranged temps pre-cu but it wasnt my style, and i had a uber DE-10 (dreams of those torso shot ticks).
2) Post CU altered the playing field a great deal, it altered the melee vs ranged battle more than anything.
3) Since they improved the viability of the ranged professions vs jedi, im extremely happy, however, in my view they really made the melee bh weaker than they were before. Therefor, my opinion is simply leave jedi bounties at inv 3 or move 4 so we have diversity in temps.
BIGGER PICTURE from my minds eye and please flame away.
Now for those you you that remember the old FRS you know that if you had your MBH tag up just hanging out, you would get /tells from jedi looking for a "freindly duel" ect, which really meaned they simply wanted to get FRS points if they db you. Happened to me alot, and from a few jedi, i really liked. In the future, I see us playing a similar role in that system, which is some of the reason for the changes on the terminals and names. Now, I ask you whats in it for us? If we are forced to be MBH to hunt Jedi that get FRS points for advancement if they kill us, then what do we gain out of the deal? Money? Again risk vs reward arguement will be out in full force, but it will be us MBH using it. Think about it, a 225 k is chump change, and if you fail, you give the jedi FRS which ultimately will make them harder to kill, so the more poor souls go after this FRS jedi the more powerful he will become (asuming he wins), which to be honest i think is ok. I believe the devs simply want to use MBH in the future as a piece of the puzzle in terms of the FRS leveling, and having a invest 3-4 BH goes against that logic (assuming they have their old mentality on how frs works). But again, i feel like MBH tag is simply a tasty treat that every FRS jedi will like to see coming their way, which means that melee BH will be limited in the future. BUT, if they introduce some ADV skill trees above MBH that are filled with points like the FRS for jedi after the sucessfull DB of a mission jedi, im all for it. In other words we would advance as well in skills that are jedi hunting specific in nature (i.e. would not alter our abilities in any other (non jedi) situation pvp or pve). Then, we jedi and BH both have something to stick around a fight for.
In a word i think this change is part of a bigger picture, plain and simple. Id does limit the variability of the hunter template-wisw, mainly forcing them to be ranged. However, Compared to were we where even a year ago, BH has come a LONG way in my opinion (again from a purely ranged BH perspective).
Even if you like melee, the current dev team does not and is intentially making melee combat not desirable. Note not my opinion, just stating theirs. They will most definitly not care about your melee bounty hunter.
MBH player bounties is one of the first steps to non jedi player bounties, so this is a good thing, not a bad thing.
Question :
I'm curious where everyone is getting this info that moving bounties to MBH, is going to result in non-jedi bounties ?
I keep reading over and over again, that this is good because it's going to open up bounties on other players, yet i'm not seeing this anywhere from the DEV-Team. I'm not seeing this, i'm just seeing more limits on who can or cannot attack Jedi players.
Message Edited by Yog-Soth on 07-14-2005 09:27 AM