Commando Archive
Thread: I Envy you Guys
StarNick wrote:
Speaking of which...wheres garvin been? Haven't seen him in a while...and he hasn't logged into SWG for a very long time (at least when ive been on! hehe)
Edit: Well with important posts that is...ahh well, I guess there isn't really much of the big stuff to talk about! heh
Message Edited by StarNick on 01-02-2005 09:39 PM
I'm still here, and if you check my "recent posts" you'll see I've still been making at least 2 or 3 posts a day (with the exception of around New Years...I read a lot, but didn't post much).
I do log into the game a few times a week, but haven't been playing for long periods of time...Either I log in as Garvin, IceFro or my Doc/CM character (and I have various Garvin's & IceFro's on several servers so tracking me can sometimes be difficult)...One thing I've been doing lately is building up a few characters on different servers so that when we can "re-allocate" our skill points, I'll be able to have different templates available on different servers to help with testing.
One of the reasons I haven't been playing for long periods of time is that I feel like we are in a "holding pattern" while we wait for the Sandbox testing to start...I know that when the Sandbox kicks in I'll pretty much be eating, sleeping and breathing SWG...
I haven't gone anywhere and I'm hear to stay...
Message Edited by garvin on 01-03-2005 11:47 AM
Couple types of Commandos:
SWG Release Commandos- The 1st ones, of course. They love pain. They dream about it. That's why they've been Commando the entire time.
Veteran Commandos- They've been here a while. Short on the love of pain from the SWG Release guys.
*WHACK* "Thank you sir, may I have another?" type of Commandos- The guys who have heard of all the horror stories about us but still wanted to become Commandos... and still are. There are similiar players also from some often disrespected professions (Master Ranger comes right off to bat).
Totally new players and getting Commando as their 1st elite profession- The wonderous "newb" phase we all remember. The joy of becoming your 1st elite profession. Whether they stay as a Commando remains to be seen.
Also, we're not a FOTM profession!
"If they can be fooled, they can be killed." I'm still here, and if you check my "recent posts" you'll see I've still been making at least 2 or 3 posts a day (with the exception of around New Years...I read a lot, but didn't post much).
I do log into the game a few times a week, but haven't been playing for long periods of time...Either I log in as Garvin, IceFro or my Doc/CM character (and I have various Garvin's & IceFro's on several servers so tracking me can sometimes be difficult)...One thing I've been doing lately is building up a few characters on different servers so that when we can "re-allocate" our skill points, I'll be able to have different templates available on different servers to help with testing.
One of the reasons I haven't been playing for long periods of time is that I feel like we are in a "holding pattern" while we wait for the Sandbox testing to start...I know that when the Sandbox kicks in I'll pretty much be eating, sleeping and breathing SWG...
I haven't gone anywhere and I'm hear to stay...
Mispelled "here" 
yeah...i checked your "Garvin Tracker" and hence that edit lol...I agree we're in a holding pattern atm...all tense, ready to take the plunge. As for logging in, blah...you're like a'nita then...keep missing ya...
overbyte wrote:
it's like footy see - everyone in the world supports manchester united - you really don't have to be a footy fan to support them.
Accually......I hate them, and Real Madrid. Both because they are fairly rich, but Madrid also cause they stole Owen
, and have Beckham.But yeah, we have the best forum EVER!
And if you can't tell, I'm a Liverpool fan here in the States, kinda hard to follow tho.
Ohetie wrote:
i imagine the fencer forums going a bit like this:
"i'll stun you with my baton!"
Damn straight!
That and the occacional "How do i beat jedi with my uber 1337 gaffi stick??????"
Hence I also spend a fair bit off time reading on this forum, got to love you guys, escpecially the tank thread that cracks me up everytime i read it
yeah...well you misspelled misspelled....
StarNick wrote:
I'm still here, and if you check my "recent posts" you'll see I've still been making at least 2 or 3 posts a day (with the exception of around New Years...I read a lot, but didn't post much).
I do log into the game a few times a week, but haven't been playing for long periods of time...Either I log in as Garvin, IceFro or my Doc/CM character (and I have various Garvin's & IceFro's on several servers so tracking me can sometimes be difficult)...One thing I've been doing lately is building up a few characters on different servers so that when we can "re-allocate" our skill points, I'll be able to have different templates available on different servers to help with testing.
One of the reasons I haven't been playing for long periods of time is that I feel like we are in a "holding pattern" while we wait for the Sandbox testing to start...I know that when the Sandbox kicks in I'll pretty much be eating, sleeping and breathing SWG...
I haven't gone anywhere and I'm hear to stay...
Mispelled "here"
Novock wrote:
Any thoughts on SOE's latest comments Garvin? If I read the Studio update and its follow statement by SOE_Tyrant I again see two distinctly different information timeframes again and was just wondering if you have heard anything that muight help it make sense. In the original Stuido Update SOE_Tyrant said information regarding the CU will begin being released with the Alpha testing in January. Then the follow says that detials about the CU won't be released until after ALPHA testing when it moves to closed BETA "Early this year" I'm assuming now January is off the scope now to for CU info and possible CU FFs. Can you confirm thise or know anything regarding this. Is this simply my missunderstanding?
Tyrant and TH have said in the past that the CU docs will not be released...Instead folks will gain access to them as they enter Beta...that's been public knowledge for over 2 months now. Tyrants recent post goes along those lines.
In reading Tyrants recent posts I believe he's referring to the Docs, not general CU info...Some things are already set in stone (like what "areas" they are focusing on and the major overall changes to certain systems and the way certain things work)...I have a feeling they'll release that type of information, but anything that is likely in flux (like the profession specifics which are spelled out in one set of the CU docs) will not be "released"...
So, basically what I am saying in sort of a confusing way, we should see more posts and hopefully "features" similar to what TH has posted in the past that gave us an overall impression on various aspects and effects of the CU...But when it comes to the "specifics" that are spelled out in the docs and the docs themselves, I doubt they'll ever be "released" but instead, you all will "gain" access to them as you enter the Beta (and to be completely frank, not that I'm endorsing this, but how long do you think that "private" info will stay "private" when scores of folks are entering Beta?)...
A key thing to pick up on from that Tyrant has been saying is "Testing will begin in January"...that's HUGE to me because that's the first time we've heard them actually put a testing start with any type of timeline...Beyond that, if TH was correct about their Beta timeline in his post awhile back, Beta testing should start about 2 weeks after Alpha testing begins...Of course this is subject to change depending on how much trouble us Alpha testers cause them (how many bugs we find or how many changes we INSIST be made)...
I want to make something very clear...Overall I am VERY VERY happy with the Commando changes, but there are parts that I and the other Sandbox testers KNOW could be made better...We've been told to wait and try things on the Sandbox before the Devs will consider some of the changes we are fighting for. So as soon as the Sandbox testing starts, we are going to be fighting for some additional big changes that I feel are needed to make the CU a complete success for Commandos...I have full confidence that we'll convince the devs we need the changes, or they'll have to prove to us they aren't needed (which I doubt they'll be able to do)...Things are good...but they can be better and I'd love to get them "better" before you all enter the Beta...I bring this up because it goes to one of the reasons for not releasing the Docs right away because as soon as they Devs make the change we are fighting for for Commandos,our part of the Docs will change...Hence, they are still in flux and need to be kept in a "not set in stone" environment.
Message Edited by garvin on 01-04-2005 09:16 AM
Novock wrote:
LOL I believe they should hire Garvin for their community relations team atleast you make sense hehe
NO NO NO NO, then we would lose Garvin. that would be a sad sad day.
