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Thread: Chef Correspondent Report #2 7/29/03
I think factories are more important than the bazaar, but that the bazaar is more important than food and drink bars. I haven't noticed the food and drink bars being wrong - they measure how full you are (i.e. if your orange line is full, you can't comsume food until it goes down) and seem to be working for me. Maybe I'm wrong.
The bazaars are important even if you have your own vendor, because they're a means of getting your name out and letting people know where your store is. And I haven't seen a food item sell for over 3k, so I think people are always going to check the bazaars for food.
SirVimes, good job on keeping your updates current and your mind open to the forum so far. It looks like SOE made a good choice for our correspondent.
My concern is factories, above the bazaar category (although i would like spices separate, i usually make drinks because the food/spice comparison allows no food to be sold. spices say nothing of negative effects so they just look superior). The food and drink bars seem to require more documentation, but I would put factories above that as well. It is frustrating to make such an expensive resource item at such a low yield when selling by the charge.
-Caravaggio
Novice Chef / Ahazi, Tatooine
Not because you guys disagree with me. 
I wish we had a response as to what they will be fixing or will not be fixing from the first report, so we can have a better understanding of what to place in this one.
Overall though I am fine with this draft.
I generally use Mozilla Firebird as my browser, but you can't post on here with it, so I have to use opera - at least I dont have to resort to Internut Exploder
It's a hard job juggling everyones wishes, especially as chef has so many that need addressing, and I'll back you up on whatever you put into your final draft, be it factories, bazaar etc.
I posted about factories ater ripping mine up in disgust, so I wasnt 100% objective at the time
The bazaar listing IS an issue, especially as the spices & foraged foods often outshine food & drinks in teh +'s - which is what people look for. Not everyone cares about the side effects of spices
One last thing before I get some sleep - have you had any response from the devs about your initial report ?
I doubt you have, as it's probably too soon, but there's no harm checking
That said, I vote for stressing the really important issues until they are fixed or recognized as being very important to us. We wouldn't want anything that important to be forgotten. For instance, I would agree we can now get rid of eggs from the list unless there's a problem with them when they're put them in game.
I think the bazaar is a pretty important one myself. I too might put it above the food & drink status bars on the character screen.
Looks good. Keep up the good work.
I would still mention the missing Flora Harvester Schematic. Even if they are aware of it from the architect view, they might not comprehend just how much it effects the game if only one class says something about it.
Other than that your reports are great and I hope they help get Chef to the glorious job it is!
Bipsie
BiPsCORP Founder, CEO - Corbantis
Glad to see you keeping your ear out for us vimes. I'm going to comment on your Personal request(the drink bars). I think the way the devs have it now is the 'Its my HOUSE, I can't heal myself in my own HOME' approach. I don't think people would want to pay for their house AND a second shop(i'm willing...oh yes i am, but not everyone is) because maint fees can be a b*tch sometimes. I'd suggest that if you actually ARE a chef, or you actually ARE a doctor, that your be allowed to utilize your house as such. So since were chef's, we'd go to the house panel and toggle ON the CANTINA option. Same would apply for entertainers and such. Doctors could toggle ON the medic option. Anyway..not sure if this is wherei should mention these suggestions. Everything else seems relevant to me(i don't own a factory myself, so i'll not stick my bothan nose in it). great job i say.
-Obos Ma'fey-Owner of T.A.B.(The Angry Bothan...your local pub)
I was able to collect about a dozen corellian eggs though!
-Edix
SirVimes wrote:
One thing I was unsure of if I should go with quality over quantity. Meaning, do I want to put in all new issues and get as many in as possible, or do I want to bring up old issues to stress how important they are?
My personal feeling on that is that we supposedly came up with the top 5 fixes in the last email. If they truely are the top 5 things we want fixed then they should stay on the list until their fixed and as their fixed get replaces with the next thing on the list we feel should be fixed.I mean I'm all for giving a different list and all but I would think it would distract them from the "Big 5".
Just my opinion though....
I've been /bugging this, but I feel it is a big enough bug to go on the list:
Fix Droid Food Crafting Stations. They broke about a week ago, and being unable to cook on the spot in the cantinas takes away what little flair we have.
-A