Commando Archive
Thread: Commandos once again neglected in the next publish.
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jhh
Mon Aug 23, 2004 1:19 pm
#1
Publish 10 early release notes, taken from this post: http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=Kettemoor&message.id=226649
Jump to Lightspeed and FS slot
> In preparation for Jump-to-Lightspeed we have deposited 100,000 credits into every players bank account this is so that everyone can get a ship and start off right
>Banned several players suspected of duping 100,000 credits
>Added the Villiage of Aurillia
>To enter the Villiage of Aurillia you must master 32 professions to unlock your Villiage slot
>Merged Dancer and Musician and completely removed Commando (We never liked them anyway)
>Once you have unlocked your Villiage slot you must grind the equivilent of 40 professions, then complete the Padawan trials and grind millions more xp
Serverside improvments
> Upgraded mainframe to Ti83 Plus (we'll be raffling the old Ti83 to whoever can guess the pulishes mystery nerf
>Rolled back Bria to November 13th 2003
>After listening to outrageous community response on above issue we rolled back all other servers to October 31st 2003
>Plugged in Tempest
>Upgraded from 56k internet to personal DSL
Performance issues
> Decreased graphics detail
>Game now requires a special SOE Graphics card which can which can be purchased from the Station store for $100.00
>Card is based on ATI RAGE 2 with 16 megabytes of VRAM and a 44mhz GPU
>In order to balance the game for 56k players we added a script in place to auto-lag all high speed internet users
Profession balance
> Removed Lightsabers and replaced them with baseball bats attainable through a quest which will be added in Publish 12
>Replaced force powers with former commando specials (we had to do something with them)
>Gave Rangers certification for flame throwers
>Balanced this change by giving them no accuracy and a +3 to speed at novice
>Awarded all Fencers, Rifleman, and Combat Medics with a FOTM badge
>Bugged the badge giving script
>Introduced 5 new exploits into the FRS System
>Lowered the xp requirements for the FRS System
>Removed Jedi ability to go overt
>Added headshot4 at Master Rifleman 3x the damage of headshot3 with the possibility of causing an 800 damage tick of fire, poison, and disease
>Created a Rebel hat available through purchase at a recruiter
>Bugged the Rebel hat
>Fixed Imperial hat
>To balance the two factions we decided to remove both hats
>All players now have 3 lots
>All buildings taking up more than 3 lots will be destroyed
>Capped resource stats at 200 to prevent overpowered items
>Removed experimentation
>Re-added the need for master scout to the Bounty Hunter prerequisites
>Added Master Politician to the Bounty Hunter prerequisites (didnt want to leave 33 skill points unused)
>Made everything work as intended
>Visited Florida
>Had picture taken with Mickey Mouse
>Nerfed Mickey Mouse
>Made Squad Leader 1337 uber
Various new features
> 3 new credit dupes
>4 pathing exploits
>5 pvp invincibility exploits
>Added in-game system for selling items and credits on Ebay
>Made Darth Vader pink
>Chewbacca will now randomly rip peoples heads off
>If you head is ripped off you cannot play for 30 days (Note: you will be billed)
>Added system to track duped credits if you recieve 20k+ credits from a tip your account will be flagged
>Added the ability for Squad Leader to call in bio-chemical warhead strikes
>If you are hit by a bio-chemical warhead you cannot play for 30 days (Note: you will be billed)
>fixed tpyo
>Improved server stability
Jump to Lightspeed and FS slot
> In preparation for Jump-to-Lightspeed we have deposited 100,000 credits into every players bank account this is so that everyone can get a ship and start off right
>Banned several players suspected of duping 100,000 credits
>Added the Villiage of Aurillia
>To enter the Villiage of Aurillia you must master 32 professions to unlock your Villiage slot
>Merged Dancer and Musician and completely removed Commando (We never liked them anyway)
>Once you have unlocked your Villiage slot you must grind the equivilent of 40 professions, then complete the Padawan trials and grind millions more xp
Serverside improvments
> Upgraded mainframe to Ti83 Plus (we'll be raffling the old Ti83 to whoever can guess the pulishes mystery nerf
>Rolled back Bria to November 13th 2003
>After listening to outrageous community response on above issue we rolled back all other servers to October 31st 2003
>Plugged in Tempest
>Upgraded from 56k internet to personal DSL
Performance issues
> Decreased graphics detail
>Game now requires a special SOE Graphics card which can which can be purchased from the Station store for $100.00
>Card is based on ATI RAGE 2 with 16 megabytes of VRAM and a 44mhz GPU
>In order to balance the game for 56k players we added a script in place to auto-lag all high speed internet users
Profession balance
> Removed Lightsabers and replaced them with baseball bats attainable through a quest which will be added in Publish 12
>Replaced force powers with former commando specials (we had to do something with them)
>Gave Rangers certification for flame throwers
>Balanced this change by giving them no accuracy and a +3 to speed at novice
>Awarded all Fencers, Rifleman, and Combat Medics with a FOTM badge
>Bugged the badge giving script
>Introduced 5 new exploits into the FRS System
>Lowered the xp requirements for the FRS System
>Removed Jedi ability to go overt
>Added headshot4 at Master Rifleman 3x the damage of headshot3 with the possibility of causing an 800 damage tick of fire, poison, and disease
>Created a Rebel hat available through purchase at a recruiter
>Bugged the Rebel hat
>Fixed Imperial hat
>To balance the two factions we decided to remove both hats
>All players now have 3 lots
>All buildings taking up more than 3 lots will be destroyed
>Capped resource stats at 200 to prevent overpowered items
>Removed experimentation
>Re-added the need for master scout to the Bounty Hunter prerequisites
>Added Master Politician to the Bounty Hunter prerequisites (didnt want to leave 33 skill points unused)
>Made everything work as intended
>Visited Florida
>Had picture taken with Mickey Mouse
>Nerfed Mickey Mouse
>Made Squad Leader 1337 uber
Various new features
> 3 new credit dupes
>4 pathing exploits
>5 pvp invincibility exploits
>Added in-game system for selling items and credits on Ebay
>Made Darth Vader pink
>Chewbacca will now randomly rip peoples heads off
>If you head is ripped off you cannot play for 30 days (Note: you will be billed)
>Added system to track duped credits if you recieve 20k+ credits from a tip your account will be flagged
>Added the ability for Squad Leader to call in bio-chemical warhead strikes
>If you are hit by a bio-chemical warhead you cannot play for 30 days (Note: you will be billed)
>fixed tpyo
>Improved server stability
nbd9k
Mon Aug 23, 2004 2:09 pm
#2
i check these out every so often. theyre good for a laugh, but unfortunately they arent really productive as far as bringing our issues to the DEVs. but sometimes, we need some humor.
-harv
Ryubushi
Mon Aug 23, 2004 2:39 pm
#3
I never liked the overgrown rodent, anyway. First good move SOE has done since...well, launch!
jhh wrote:
>Visited Florida
>Had picture taken with Mickey Mouse
>Nerfed Mickey Mouse
JediMasterKyle
Mon Aug 23, 2004 2:53 pm
#4
jhh wrote:
>Chewbacca will now randomly rip peoples heads off
>If you head is ripped off you cannot play for 30 days (Note: you will be billed)
SWEEEEET!
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