Commando Archive
Thread: Garvin, opinion please
RankorCity wrote:
http://starwarsgalaxies.station.sony.com/content.jsp?page=Career%20Opportunities
This doesnt look good.
Any delays expected from this? Or is this a competely different department?
I saw that and my first impression, since I haven't heard of anyone leaving, is that they are beefing up their programmer staff (which is good news)...
As for the Creative Director...Again, since I haven't heard of anyone leaving (usually they pop into a forum to say a quick goodbye or some type of announcement is made) my guess is that someone is getting a bump up or shifting to a new project (happens a lot) and they are just backfilling that person...in that case, the old person keeps doing the same job until their replacement is hired (kind of like when TH was doing 2 jobs after his promotion before Tiggs got hired)...
So far, I don't see anything negative in the posts...I'm especially feeling positive about the highering of new programmers...the more they better...
Novock wrote:
Any word on anything that will be released public?
Will they atleast release proper role descriptions or will it remain completetly silent on the upgrade to the public forums. I was so impressed with the initial post and the day or so of all the replies from the devs but it seems we are back to silence and if I'm not mistaken it seems the only way we can hear about whats going to be in this upgrade is if and when we make it to the BETA testing... possibly at the end or towards the end of December. Again I am profounded as to why something more cannot be said other than "everything is changing.... we're working on it and you'll love it when its done." I don't see how giving some general information such as preceived role descriptions would be that hard to post nor to deal with from PR standpoint. It was said that it would be handled like JTL but JTL had a lot of public discussion including, Friday features, question an answer periods on gamingsites,a public JTL forum section, all we have isone post with replies that sayyou're going to love it but wecan't talk about it. Anyway I guess my hopefulness of improved communication was very short lived.
If they are going to release anything publically, at least at first, they'll start with more generic "overall" concepts...The "Profession Roles" doc includes some significant changes for several combat professions that wouldn't make much sense without seeing the "grand scheme" of the upgrade plan...to some the roles could give the false appearance of a huge NERF coming or prompt pre-emptive NERF THEM posts...They would also prompt tons of questions that can only be answered by reading the rest of the docs...One of the things that is highly advised to anyone entering the CU Forums is to read ALL of the docs before asking questions...As you read them and move from one to the next, things really start to click...
To give you an example (and I'm totally making up this example...this isn't any type of hint)...
Let's say the Commando role read something like "The Commando is the Heavy Weapon Specialist andMaster of all Weapon Types. Practiced in all forms of close range combat and counters."
That example can be interpreted tons of ways...It could mean that we have certs to all weapon types...Some could read into it that we are still stuck at 16m...Someother's outside the Commando profession might think that we might end up betterwith their weapon then them...and other's might be confusedby the statement "all forms of close range combat...that statement could lead people to believe it refers to Melee specials overRanged specials leading to rumors of a new Meleedirection for Commandos...etc...it goes on and on...
That's why the"Roles" doc has to becarefully presented...in fact, of all the docs, it's the last one to read on the list for those entering the Sandbox...The first one is an Overview/Purpose doc...then a Combat Doc...Then Armor/Weapons/HAM/Etc docs, then it finally get's to the Roles...
That's why I've been pushing the Devs to publically release the Overview/Purpose doc...then, after some absorbtion time, release the next level and so on...TH's recent post gives you sort of a very brief intro to the Overview/Purpose doc...So far the Devs are being pretty insistent on granting access to the Docs as people enter the Beta, but I think we Correspondents can crack them...lol 
In the meantime I'll try to keep dropping hints...haven't done it in awhile because I'm hoping for new info to be coming out soon regarding profession specifics...
garvin wrote:
In the meantime I'll try to keep dropping hints...haven't done it in awhile because I'm hoping for new info to be coming out soon regarding profession specifics...
Any possibility of this info being on today's Friday Feature?
Edit: I should have checked first. FF is already out. And its not about this. 
Message Edited by JohboBocal on 11-05-2004 01:58 PM
Anyone get the feeling from Part II of this weeks Friday Feature that we may have finally seen the last of the Friday Feature focus on JTL? Maybe now they'll work on some CU Friday Features...we can hope (and I can keep pushing TH)...
JohboBocal wrote:
garvin wrote:
In the meantime I'll try to keep dropping hints...haven't done it in awhile because I'm hoping for new info to be coming out soon regarding profession specifics...
Any possibility of this info being on today's Friday Feature?
Edit: I should have checked first. FF is already out. And its not about this.