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Thread: Carbineer Combat Upgrade Sandbox Testers Updated
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TAfirehawk
Sun Oct 10, 2004 5:40 am
#1
It was an extremely difficult choice in picking just 5 people to join me on the Sandbox for testing. I could have easily picked 10 and been very happy with the entire group. But sadly the exact number can't be that high as it is dependant on the hardware setup we will have available. I picked people with broad experience in Carbineer and SWG in general to create a well rounded group to cover all the bases.
The picks are:
BennyBoy4308
memnoch37
wilibus
AdmiralSpy
Feomatar
Congrats to those chosen and thanks to all the applicants.
Message Edited by TAfirehawk on 01-21-2005 12:43 PM
Otegu123
Mon Oct 11, 2004 12:38 am
#3
Looks like a very good list 
GL and have fun to the people involved! Looking forward to seeing combat balanced at last
GL and have fun to the people involved! Looking forward to seeing combat balanced at last
Bermag
Mon Oct 11, 2004 2:57 am
#4
"Combat upgrade"!? Was that a mistake or have devs started to call the Combat Revamp, Combat Upgrade now?
JanuHull
Mon Oct 11, 2004 6:26 am
#5
Bermag wrote:
"Combat upgrade"!? Was that a mistake or have devs started to call the Combat Revamp, Combat Upgrade now?
Yeah, its been mentioned in a couple places now that the Revamp is now an "Upgrade".
If you read between the lines of their posts, what they are up to is more than just alterations of the existing system, buta ground up retooling of the whole she-bang. That was part of the reason they put it off till after JTL, the scope of the project outgrew a few Publish tweaks here and there.
AdmiralSpy
Mon Oct 11, 2004 11:04 am
#6
Congrats to all the selected Sandbox testers!
I have full confidence in your abilities to dissect oursoon-to-be-upgraded profession and keep us updatedon what's new on the Carbineer front.
Out of curiosity, what are all the testers' templates? I know a few are BH/Carbineers.. I'm wondering if there are any defense-stacked ones in there..
JanuHull
Mon Oct 11, 2004 11:06 am
#7
AdmiralSpy wrote:
Congrats to all the selected Sandbox testers!
I have full confidence in your abilities to dissect oursoon-to-be-upgraded profession and keep us updatedon what's new on the Carbineer front.
Out of curiosity, what are all the testers' templates? I know a few are BH/Carbineers.. I'm wondering if there are any defense-stacked ones in there..
TA's an admitted defense stacker.
I've been a Master Carbineer with Creature Handler, Squad Leader, TKM, and BH 1403 and 0440 at various times.
AdmiralSpy
Mon Oct 11, 2004 11:17 am
#8
Ah hehe that's right. I just wanted to make sure that our "breed"
JanuHull wrote:
TA's an admitted defense stacker.
I've been a Master Carbineer with Creature Handler, Squad Leader, TKM, and BH 1403 and 0440 at various times.
wouldn't be forgotten in the testing. I would have applied, but my time is already limited as it is.. so I fully expect TA to cater to my many questions concerning the future viability of the defensive approach.
TAfirehawk
Mon Oct 11, 2004 11:21 am
#9
I believe I might be the only one to NOT have played BH on LIVE.....
I prefer to stack defenses in the current game, but who knows what will be FotM in the Combat Upgrade. While not saying too much, I can say that your common sense should lead you to believe stacking in any form is going to be better than a single combat prof.....so expect that trend to continue...somebody using 250 Skill Points should be better than a person using 92 Skill Points
And remember, I have spent most of my Carbineer career with SEA's......
BTW, these guys will be playing the template I tell them to play 
Message Edited by TAfirehawk on 10-11-2004 02:23 PM
JanuHull
Mon Oct 11, 2004 11:24 am
#10
AdmiralSpy wrote:
Ah hehe that's right. I just wanted to make sure that our "breed"
JanuHull wrote:
TA's an admitted defense stacker.
I've been a Master Carbineer with Creature Handler, Squad Leader, TKM, and BH 1403 and 0440 at various times.
Heh, TA's already told us here on the Carbineer boardsthat once we're in, he's going to be tasking us on different templates pretty hard to see what works, what doesn't and whether the changes will keep us effective. I'm betting that even though we're coming to the table with existing knowledge from our own templates, by the time we're done with the 'box, we're going to have 6 people who know the Carbineer profession inside and out from a number of perspectives.
wilibus
Mon Oct 11, 2004 11:26 am
#11
I am going Carbineer/Swordsman with the rest into defences. Trying to go mostly for AoE attacks as a whole. Focusing on Carbineer for PvP.
JanuHull
Mon Oct 11, 2004 11:30 am
#12
Currently I'd like to see what BH/Carbineer will offer in terms of pure offensive output under the new system. Of course, I'd be REAL happy to see Master Carbineer/MCH come back into its own once everything is "balanced" with the new system.
I've still got heartscars from Publish 5.
JanuHull
Mon Oct 11, 2004 1:11 pm
#13
TAfirehawk wrote:
BTW, these guys will be playing the template I tell them to play
Yeesh, been a Correspondant less than a month and already a taskmaster. Just my luck, he'll make me grind all the way to Master Carbineer with ancritically failed CDEF made by a Novice Artisan.
LOL, seriously, we did agree to that coming in. Along with the condition that we might be asked to actually grind out skills to see how the new balance affects progression.
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