Commando Archive
Thread: WOW I Mean WOW!
Message Edited by Skeptic666 on 06-23-2004 08:51 AM
Skeptic666 wrote:
wow check out this forum
http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=combat_medic&message.id=35335
this just says that the cms will not get a 75% reduction but instead the smuglars are getting a Spice for poison mitigation or something. What the heck is up with that
It is basically a fire blanket, but without the need of a doctor around. At least I thought you needed a doctor to administer it...
Oh and Garvin re: Us not getting any worse. Please, hold your tongue lest the devs implement /stopdroproll on us!
Evelas wrote:
Garvin, you need a vaccation. That sounded way too much like the Devs we so want to massacre.
Message Edited by garvin on 06-23-2004 11:06 AM
Yoda2397 wrote:
The problem is that "dinner" is NOT just an hour away, it's the equivalent of several days in this metaphor... I can't believe that we (all combat professions) are put on the back burner for months while SOE devotes all its resources to a prof that is supposed to be RARE... CB will "feed" more people, shouldn't that be a priority???
Seriously, the devs are spending all their time catering to the 1%, and leave the majority to wallow in bugs while they take forever on jedi.
Yoda2397 wrote:
The problem is that "dinner" is NOT just an hour away, it's the equivalent of several days in this metaphor... I can't believe that we (all combat professions) are put on the back burner for months while SOE devotes all its resources to a prof that is supposed to be RARE... CB will "feed" more people, shouldn't that be a priority???
Ahh...but your example highlights the EXACT reason why the Jedi revamp came first in my mind....The CB was started long before the Jedi Revamp and they haven't stopped working on it even during the Jedi Revamp...They've spent far more time working on the CB then the Jedi revamp...the Jedi Revamp is going live first and is their main focus so that, once again, after it's complete and they can mark that off their list of things to do, they can point their full attention back to the CB...
The Jedi revamp impacts a small group...so it needs less time to complete then a change that effects many groups...
PLUS, the jedi revamp impacts all professions with the addition of Force Sensitivity that can be used by any profession as they exist now...They need to get this Force Sensitivity into the system prior to rebalancing the way Combat works rather then throw off all their hard work by introducing a major combat enhancement after combat has been rebalanced.
Would you rather the devs give an uber weapon to a profession, then balance it via the Combat Balance, or do the Combat Balance first, then give that profession the uber weapon? Which makes more sense?
In this case, the Jedi Revamp HAD to come before the Combat Rebalance...so it too could be balanced properly with other professions when the Combat Testing begins...
The Jedi revamp impacts a small group...so it needs less time to complete then a change that effects many groups...
In this case, the Jedi Revamp HAD to come before the Combat Rebalance...so it too could be balanced properly with other professions when the Combat Testing begins...
That I might believe. Still, there are so many other people playing the other professions (*cough* Commando) who have been waiting since launch for mulitple fixes. But a profession that has one of the lowest populations in the game and has only been out for a couple of months get first priority. The Jedis said jump and the DEVs said how high...
Message Edited by Ster on 06-23-2004 02:03 PM
Ster wrote:
The Jedi revamp impacts a small group...so it needs less time to complete then a change that effects many groups...
If this was the case, then why spend two full publishes on it?
Which seems longer...
Publish 9 + 10
Or...
Publish 5, 6, 7...all they way up to Publish 11? The CB impacts a larger group and therefore they've spent a larger amount of time comparatively...
The work on the Combat Balance never stopped...it started with 3 full publishes but was delayed to set up a testing environment....during that time it was retooled and the ideas for the Jedi Revamp came to light (which meant that the CB had to be retooled again to fit witht he Jedi Revamp)...
The Jedi revamp specifically targets a small group directly...but it effects EVERYONE...Everyone can become force sensitive without becoming a full Jedi...the revamp mainly effects the Jedi player, the way they unlock, they way they progress, even their weapons and specials...it all changes...
But the Jedi Revamp doesn't take anything away from other professions...instead it gives to them by allowing force sensitive "enhancers" to be added...There are survey enhances, crafting enhancers, accuracy bonuses, etc...And these "enhancers" need to fit in with the goals of the Combat Rebalance...so, at least to me, it makes sense to add them in prior to the CB going live rather then NERF something later as a result..