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macnider123123
Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:29 am
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Could anyone post the Stratics HoC chat log from last night? The one posted on the stratics site is screwed up and some of the Dev responses are cut off.
Tante
Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:53 am
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Fri Aug 26, 2005 5:34 am
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# note by editor: I deleted all sysmessages "like ABC joined channel", "abc left channel"
# note by the poster: here copy and pasted and in color, thx to tante for loggin this!
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**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Thu Aug 25 01:32:52 2005
Aug 25 01:32:52 * Now talking on #StraticsHoC
Aug 25 01:32:52 * Topic for #StraticsHoC is: Please join us tonight (August 24th) at 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern for a live chat with the developers of Starwars Galaxies! || The topic tonight is the upcoming expansion SWG: The trials of Obi-Wan and last week's XP Publish
Aug 25 01:32:52 * Topic for #StraticsHoC set by Brannoc at Thu Aug 25 01:17:11 2005
Aug 25 01:33:05 -Global- Please join us about thirty minutse from now in #StraticsHoC for a live chat with the developers of Starwars Galaxies! And just after the hoc TWO copies of the game will be given away!
Aug 25 01:42:45 Brannoc Please note that the topic for tonight will be the upcoming expansion SWG: The trials of Obi-Wan and last week's XP Publish so we'd like the questions to focus around this
Aug 25 01:43:26 Brannoc You may begin sending such questions to [QT]Bot1 OR [QT]Looker - sending your questin to both will NOT help and mya preclude your question from the lineup, spamming either of them will have a similar effect
Aug 25 01:47:35 Brannoc question sent to me will not be answered and will not make it into the linup, your questions must be sent to [QT]Bot1 or [QT]Looker
Aug 25 01:57:28 Brannoc once again, you may begin sending questions to [QT]Bot1 OR [QT]Looker - questions sent to myself or the developers will NOT be answered
Aug 25 01:57:46 Brannoc spamming either QT will result in the removal of all your questions from the lineup, so don't do it
Aug 25 01:58:44 Brannoc to message either [QT] use /msg [QT]NICK My question.
Aug 25 02:00:54 -Global- Please join us NOW in #StraticsHoC for a live chat with the developers of Starwars Galaxies! And just after the hoc TWO copies of the game will be given away!
Aug 25 02:01:23 Brannoc Welcome to the another great Stratics house of commons with the developers of Starwars Galaxies! Tonight the topic will be the upcoming expansion SWG: The trials of Obi-Wan and discussion about current and upcoming content publishes and updates. There will also be two copies of SWG: The Total Experience to give away, so stick around after the chat for details.
Aug 25 02:01:33 Brannoc Please send those questions to [QT]Bot1 or [QT]Looker - to do so type /msg [QT]NICK My question here. Please only send questions to our QT's as those sent to myself or the developers will not make it into the lineup.
Aug 25 02:01:39 Brannoc The full logs will be posted on http://swg.stratics.com after the chat. We'll begin with a quick intro from our guests...now would be a good time to send in those questions!
Aug 25 02:03:15 Tiggs Hello!! Tiggs here SWG Director of Community
Aug 25 02:03:26 SpaceRancor Hello everyone, thanks for coming. I am Eli Holding, lead designer on the upcoming Trials of Obi-Wan expansion.
Aug 25 02:03:29 Shadowbrak Good evening everyone. My name is Travis Hicks; I am a content designer for the Trials of Obi-Wan.
Aug 25 02:03:47 Rogue_5 Hi. My name is Grant Rogue_5 McDaniel and I am the Sony Online Producer for Star Wars Galaxies. I am currently working on our upcoming expansion SWG: Trials of Obi-Wan.
Aug 25 02:04:50 Tiggs Julio Torres LEC Producer will also be joining us shortly.
Aug 25 02:05:22 Brannoc *Just_Bri_Thanks* What will the expansion bring to the table for the non-combat and non-crafter proffessions?
Aug 25 02:06:21 SpaceRancor *Just_Bri_Thanks* The primary focus for the expansion will be for combat classes. That being said, without going into any specifics, there will be a few surprises in store for the profession that isn't combat orinated.
Aug 25 02:06:36 Brannoc *dan* Is there any way of giving feedback to the devs at other times than this since this is a focused discussion?
Aug 25 02:06:42 Tiggs Yes, if it is profession related you can let your correspondent know or you can post on our forums.
Aug 25 02:07:13 Brannoc *Terros* Hi i was wondering if in the expansion you are going to add new ships?
Aug 25 02:08:20 Shadowbrak There will be new ships coming, but not all of the features are ready to be announced yet.
Aug 25 02:09:04 Brannoc *GIlkane* Is it true that FRS will be turned on with the expansion Trials of Obiwan and what can we expect as Jedi from this expansion?
Aug 25 02:10:08 SpaceRancor *GIlkane* That is a very good question but that is outside of the scope we can talk about at this time.
Aug 25 02:10:43 Brannoc *Erif* What are some of the goals for the new expansion? and. What was the Idea behind the expierence publish that was put out, why was it put into effect?
Aug 25 02:10:56 Rogue_5 For the expansion we want to include more story driven quests associated with the Episode III movie. We thought that Mustafar would be a very unique and exciting setting unlike anything currently in our game.
Aug 25 02:11:09 Rogue_5 Our changes in Publish 22 to the group experience went too far. We were trying to fix an unintended gameplay mechanic which we introduced with the Combat Upgrade. However, players liked the rapid pace of advancement that existed in the game and were enjoying the more casual play it offered. We heard your feedback and worked to quickly revert out the change.
Aug 25 02:11:57 Brannoc *Gemsem* I would like to know if Trials of Obi-Wan will be available via digital download, and if rewards are to be offered with purchase, such as when ROTW came out. Thank you!
Aug 25 02:12:54 Rogue_5 Yes, the expansion will be a digital download. There will be both pre-order and purchase rewards for the expansion, though I am not ready to reveal the details of those quite yet.
Aug 25 02:13:12 Brannoc *Dark_Seph* What is going to be added into SWG with this upcomming expansions? Such as changes to current classes, new classes/races, and any other planets/systems you will be adding? Thank you in advance!
Aug 25 02:15:29 Shadowbrak There will not be a new race with the Trials of Obi-Wan. Fundamental changes to existing classes are not part of this expansions scope, but the live team is currently working on updates for current professions.
Aug 25 02:16:12 Brannoc *jamews_nWo_blood* in regards to the new expansion will there be jedi content?
Aug 25 02:16:23 Rogue_5 We will have content available for all play types.
Aug 25 02:17:26 Brannoc *Lornos* Will this new planet be one you can use a shuttleport to get to or will you have to enter space first?
Aug 25 02:19:01 SpaceRancor *Lornos* Mustafar will not have a space zone and can only be reached via a shuttle.
Aug 25 02:20:06 Brannoc *Mankind00* In RotW alot of rewards we're given as the items them selves. With ToOW can we expect to see more given in schematic form so the crafters arn't left out?
Aug 25 02:20:24 Shadowbrak *Mankind00* There will be a higher percentage of quest rewards given as schematics.
Aug 25 02:22:08 Brannoc *Pachurk* The last publish had minor quarks overall, but seemingly Bria has been down just about every day for 3-5 hours. Are you fixing it for good very soon?
Aug 25 02:22:49 Rogue_5 I understand your concern. We are working very hard right now to troubleshoot the problem and get Bria back to its former quality standard.
Aug 25 02:23:33 Brannoc *FaRfRoMnOrMaL* Question for the Devs. Will the FRS be turned back on when the trials of Obi-Wan is released or incorporated into the new expansion?
Aug 25 02:23:43 Shadowbrak *FaRfRoMnOrMaL* The FRS system is awaiting attention from the live systems team and is not a feature of the Trials of Obi-Wan
Aug 25 02:24:00 Brannoc *mindwerkz* What was the reasoning behind the xp change, and was the community outcry in any way unexpected given the dramatic effect and the complete lack of warning on the subject?
Aug 25 02:25:08 Rogue_5 The level of change in Publish 22 to the group experience was unintended. We were trying to fix a gameplay mechanic which we introduced with the Combat Upgrade. We heard your feedback and worked to quickly revert out the change.
Aug 25 02:26:31 Brannoc *Hochkis* Why do you keep putting out expansions and publishes without fixing the bugs in the live game.
Aug 25 02:28:34 Rogue_5 We actually have multiple groups working on different things simultaneously
Aug 25 02:28:41 Rogue_5 In addition to the expansion team we have people working on our publishes and bug fixes.
Aug 25 02:29:17 Rogue_5 Some of these fixes include items that have been brought up at recent events.
Aug 25 02:29:23 Brannoc Please note that messages sent to me will not be answered and will not make it to the developers. Send your questions to [QT]Bot1 or [QT]Looker
Aug 25 02:29:30 Brannoc *Erif* What are some of the quests we can look forward to in the new expansion, and any talks of new ships, space sectors etc.?
Aug 25 02:29:46 SpaceRancor *Erif* Mustafar will have a wide variety of quests and events that will offer completely new experiences to the SWG player. Unfortunately, Mustafar will not have a space sector. We will have more details for you all about these new quests in the further...so stay tuned.
Aug 25 02:29:52 Brannoc *kesosip-icie* Why choose mustafar as the new planet for the TOW expansion, when players have been asking for Hoth or bespin for some time now, these two planets would fit in well with the timeline taking place durring the GCW not the clone wars?
Aug 25 02:31:51 Rogue_5 Great question. We like those planets too and there has been a lot of discussion about them. However, there has been a lot of interest in Mustafar coming from the Episode III movie and we also felt the Mustafar lent itself to some very exciting gameplay. The planet itself adds a completely new environment unlike anything currently in our galaxy. We believe it will be a lot of fun to explore.
Aug 25 02:31:59 Brannoc *Obten* Is making the lambda shuttle a player-flyable ship included in the upcoming expansion/publishes?
Aug 25 02:32:44 Tiggs Not for this particular expansion, but it is a very powerful iconic ship for the game.
Aug 25 02:32:52 Brannoc *Xenocidal* One of the rumors from the Lizpieg Fan Fest mentioned that TOW would include graphical upgrades to SWG, any more on what they might be?
Aug 25 02:35:05 Shadowbrak *Xenocidal* There are a number of new graphical features being developed for the expansion to support a greater feel for being on a lava planet. These features will propagate themselves into game areas where appropriate.
Aug 25 02:35:17 Brannoc *Stakex007* Can you give us an estimate as to when the content from the fan fest capital ship video will hit live?
Aug 25 02:35:47 Rogue_5 No, there is no estimate right now.
Aug 25 02:35:56 Brannoc *Khiliko* Will there be a new Rebel vs. Imperial Instance on Mustafar to furthermore PvP?
Aug 25 02:36:18 SpaceRancor *Khiliko* The battle between the Rebel and Imperials is outside of the scope of the story and events that players will experience on Mustafar. So there will not be any directed PVP content with the expansion. But if I know Rebel and Imperials, they will start fighting with each other almost anywhere.
Aug 25 02:36:57 SpaceRancor I
Aug 25 02:37:02 Brannoc *Xenocidal* Once these bug fix publishes are done, what is the main feature of the next planned publish?
Aug 25 02:37:16 Tiggs One feature you can look forward to is the competion of the Syren Quest series.
Aug 25 02:37:51 Brannoc *Arcanus* Is the expansion Purely for jedi or is there going to be more to it. Will more planets be involved or space exapanded? Is this going to be quest driven to choose a side (light or Dark) for jedi professions?
Aug 25 02:39:41 SpaceRancor The expansion isn't purely for Jedi. The quests and events will be for all professions. But I wouldn't be surprised if you ran into one or two on Mustafar.
Aug 25 02:39:53 Brannoc *Orvago* Howdy, I have always wanted to give SWG a try, however, as with many others, I do not try online games unless they provide a Free Trial Download, any chance of this with SWG?
Aug 25 02:40:21 Rogue_5 Thanks, that is great to hear. Star Wars Galaxies is better than ever. We will have some free trial opportunities available in the next month or two, so please keep an eye on our site and the popular gaming sites for more information.
Aug 25 02:41:58 Brannoc *Janar* Is there any chance that the new expansion will give us more datapad space for vehicles the way that RotW did for Starships?
Aug 25 02:42:37 Rogue_5 You will be very excited when you hear our plans for that, so stay tuned it will be announced soon.
Aug 25 02:43:28 Brannoc *Viro* Will only people that are Force Sensitive and/or Jedi be able to see Obi-wan's "blue glowy" or is this going to apply to everyone regardless of connection to the force?
Aug 25 02:44:02 juliot Yes everyone will be able to see Obi-Wan in Mustafar, force sensitive or not.
Aug 25 02:44:50 Brannoc *Osuwi* is it true that mustafar is for jedi only?
Aug 25 02:47:39 SpaceRancor Seems to be a very popular question tonight. Mustafar is going to be for everyone who has the courage to set foot on its firey surface. Everyone will be able to experience all story arcs and special events...which we will have more information on at a future date.
Aug 25 02:47:54 Brannoc *Kroen* Will Mustafar be an all open planet like all other planets (except Kashyyyk)??
Aug 25 02:50:01 Shadowbrak *Kroen* Mustafar will not be set up zoned like we did with Kashyyyk, though it also won't be identical to older planets. The planet will be smaller than an older planet with some geography direction as was done on Kashyyyk though it will feel more natural this time with a blocked path represented by a sheer cliff or a deep ravine.
Aug 25 02:50:01 juliot The way Mustafar is set up players will be able to return after doing quests and re-engage the content and enjoy it. The way the loot is set up and the spawns will allow for re-playability.
Aug 25 02:50:25 Brannoc *COLS_Ragnaar* Q: How come I've never heard of this lava planet before? Wheres conetnt I know about and I'd have the urge to play? (Hoth, Hutt Casino, Underworld, Cloud City)
Aug 25 02:51:01 Rogue_5 Mustafar is now actually an infamous planet as part of the Star Wars universe. It is the key turning point in Episode III where Obi-Wan and Anakin fought their famous final battle. But questions remain, what was going on there and why were they there... Find out in Trials of Obi-Wan!
Aug 25 02:51:50 juliot Look forward to in depth Star Wars story lines on the planet Mustafar, the content in tailored to a directed immersive Star Wars experience.
Aug 25 02:52:02 Brannoc *jadan* can we look forward to quest that are more tailored to the storyline of SW?
Aug 25 02:52:09 Brannoc (Juliot's was in answer to that one from jadan)
Aug 25 02:53:08 Brannoc *BadMisterFrosty* Do you plan to introduce new sub-games / features like with the previous expansions?
Aug 25 02:54:15 SpaceRancor Oh, yeah! I think we might have a thing or two like that up our sleeves. But you are all going to have to stay tuned for further details.
Aug 25 02:54:44 Brannoc *WarChant* Who is your base? What kind of player do you focus on? Is it the long term player? I have been playing over a year with a jdei character. How do I stay interested in the game at this point?
Aug 25 02:55:59 juliot Mustafar is going to be a great place for high end players including Jedi's. I encourage Jedi's to go there and explore and enjoy!
Aug 25 02:56:22 Brannoc Alright folks, it's trivia time for some lucky people to win those box sets...to answer the question you will type /msg StraticsTriv My Answer Here! - Answers sent to me will be invalid. Once again, send them to StraticsTriv.
Aug 25 02:56:34 Brannoc ready for the first question? there will be ONE winner for this one...
Aug 25 02:56:45 Brannoc How many points does the star-shaped imperial outpost on Talus have?
Aug 25 02:56:58 Brannoc \dev\null|smuggler got it first, wtg!
Aug 25 02:57:15 Brannoc that was quick, lets try another...
Aug 25 02:57:33 Brannoc (by the way, it's SIX)
Aug 25 02:57:38 Brannoc How many electronics does it take to make an advanced droid brain?
Aug 25 02:57:49 Brannoc Jenden got it first!
Aug 25 02:57:56 Brannoc of course the answer to that one is 8
Aug 25 02:58:23 Brannoc Alright folks, that does it for this chat. The logs will be up shortly on swg.stratics.com - thanks for joining us!
Aug 25 02:58:30 Tiggs Thank you everyone for coming. We should have the log from this posted on our forums tomorrow.
Aug 25 02:58:42 Shadowbrak Thanks for coming out, good night all.
Aug 25 02:58:44 Rogue_5 Thanks everyone for joining us tonight. We will be announcing more details about the upcoming expansion Star Wars Galaxies: Trials of Obi-Wan in the upcoming weeks. Stay tuned... the adventure continues.
Aug 25 02:58:49 SpaceRancor Have a great evening everyone. Thanks for coming out and thanks for all your questions.
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# note by editor: I deleted all sysmessages "like ABC joined channel", "abc left channel"
# note by the poster: here copy and pasted and in color, thx to tante for loggin this!
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**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Thu Aug 25 01:32:52 2005
Aug 25 01:32:52 * Now talking on #StraticsHoC
Aug 25 01:32:52 * Topic for #StraticsHoC is: Please join us tonight (August 24th) at 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern for a live chat with the developers of Starwars Galaxies! || The topic tonight is the upcoming expansion SWG: The trials of Obi-Wan and last week's XP Publish
Aug 25 01:32:52 * Topic for #StraticsHoC set by Brannoc at Thu Aug 25 01:17:11 2005
Aug 25 01:33:05 -Global- Please join us about thirty minutse from now in #StraticsHoC for a live chat with the developers of Starwars Galaxies! And just after the hoc TWO copies of the game will be given away!
Aug 25 01:42:45 Brannoc Please note that the topic for tonight will be the upcoming expansion SWG: The trials of Obi-Wan and last week's XP Publish so we'd like the questions to focus around this
Aug 25 01:43:26 Brannoc You may begin sending such questions to [QT]Bot1 OR [QT]Looker - sending your questin to both will NOT help and mya preclude your question from the lineup, spamming either of them will have a similar effect
Aug 25 01:47:35 Brannoc question sent to me will not be answered and will not make it into the linup, your questions must be sent to [QT]Bot1 or [QT]Looker
Aug 25 01:57:28 Brannoc once again, you may begin sending questions to [QT]Bot1 OR [QT]Looker - questions sent to myself or the developers will NOT be answered
Aug 25 01:57:46 Brannoc spamming either QT will result in the removal of all your questions from the lineup, so don't do it
Aug 25 01:58:44 Brannoc to message either [QT] use /msg [QT]NICK My question.
Aug 25 02:00:54 -Global- Please join us NOW in #StraticsHoC for a live chat with the developers of Starwars Galaxies! And just after the hoc TWO copies of the game will be given away!
Aug 25 02:01:23 Brannoc Welcome to the another great Stratics house of commons with the developers of Starwars Galaxies! Tonight the topic will be the upcoming expansion SWG: The trials of Obi-Wan and discussion about current and upcoming content publishes and updates. There will also be two copies of SWG: The Total Experience to give away, so stick around after the chat for details.
Aug 25 02:01:33 Brannoc Please send those questions to [QT]Bot1 or [QT]Looker - to do so type /msg [QT]NICK My question here. Please only send questions to our QT's as those sent to myself or the developers will not make it into the lineup.
Aug 25 02:01:39 Brannoc The full logs will be posted on http://swg.stratics.com after the chat. We'll begin with a quick intro from our guests...now would be a good time to send in those questions!
Aug 25 02:03:15 Tiggs Hello!! Tiggs here SWG Director of Community
Aug 25 02:03:26 SpaceRancor Hello everyone, thanks for coming. I am Eli Holding, lead designer on the upcoming Trials of Obi-Wan expansion.
Aug 25 02:03:29 Shadowbrak Good evening everyone. My name is Travis Hicks; I am a content designer for the Trials of Obi-Wan.
Aug 25 02:03:47 Rogue_5 Hi. My name is Grant Rogue_5 McDaniel and I am the Sony Online Producer for Star Wars Galaxies. I am currently working on our upcoming expansion SWG: Trials of Obi-Wan.
Aug 25 02:04:50 Tiggs Julio Torres LEC Producer will also be joining us shortly.
Aug 25 02:05:22 Brannoc *Just_Bri_Thanks* What will the expansion bring to the table for the non-combat and non-crafter proffessions?
Aug 25 02:06:21 SpaceRancor *Just_Bri_Thanks* The primary focus for the expansion will be for combat classes. That being said, without going into any specifics, there will be a few surprises in store for the profession that isn't combat orinated.
Aug 25 02:06:36 Brannoc *dan* Is there any way of giving feedback to the devs at other times than this since this is a focused discussion?
Aug 25 02:06:42 Tiggs Yes, if it is profession related you can let your correspondent know or you can post on our forums.
Aug 25 02:07:13 Brannoc *Terros* Hi i was wondering if in the expansion you are going to add new ships?
Aug 25 02:08:20 Shadowbrak There will be new ships coming, but not all of the features are ready to be announced yet.
Aug 25 02:09:04 Brannoc *GIlkane* Is it true that FRS will be turned on with the expansion Trials of Obiwan and what can we expect as Jedi from this expansion?
Aug 25 02:10:08 SpaceRancor *GIlkane* That is a very good question but that is outside of the scope we can talk about at this time.
Aug 25 02:10:43 Brannoc *Erif* What are some of the goals for the new expansion? and. What was the Idea behind the expierence publish that was put out, why was it put into effect?
Aug 25 02:10:56 Rogue_5 For the expansion we want to include more story driven quests associated with the Episode III movie. We thought that Mustafar would be a very unique and exciting setting unlike anything currently in our game.
Aug 25 02:11:09 Rogue_5 Our changes in Publish 22 to the group experience went too far. We were trying to fix an unintended gameplay mechanic which we introduced with the Combat Upgrade. However, players liked the rapid pace of advancement that existed in the game and were enjoying the more casual play it offered. We heard your feedback and worked to quickly revert out the change.
Aug 25 02:11:57 Brannoc *Gemsem* I would like to know if Trials of Obi-Wan will be available via digital download, and if rewards are to be offered with purchase, such as when ROTW came out. Thank you!
Aug 25 02:12:54 Rogue_5 Yes, the expansion will be a digital download. There will be both pre-order and purchase rewards for the expansion, though I am not ready to reveal the details of those quite yet.
Aug 25 02:13:12 Brannoc *Dark_Seph* What is going to be added into SWG with this upcomming expansions? Such as changes to current classes, new classes/races, and any other planets/systems you will be adding? Thank you in advance!
Aug 25 02:15:29 Shadowbrak There will not be a new race with the Trials of Obi-Wan. Fundamental changes to existing classes are not part of this expansions scope, but the live team is currently working on updates for current professions.
Aug 25 02:16:12 Brannoc *jamews_nWo_blood* in regards to the new expansion will there be jedi content?
Aug 25 02:16:23 Rogue_5 We will have content available for all play types.
Aug 25 02:17:26 Brannoc *Lornos* Will this new planet be one you can use a shuttleport to get to or will you have to enter space first?
Aug 25 02:19:01 SpaceRancor *Lornos* Mustafar will not have a space zone and can only be reached via a shuttle.
Aug 25 02:20:06 Brannoc *Mankind00* In RotW alot of rewards we're given as the items them selves. With ToOW can we expect to see more given in schematic form so the crafters arn't left out?
Aug 25 02:20:24 Shadowbrak *Mankind00* There will be a higher percentage of quest rewards given as schematics.
Aug 25 02:22:08 Brannoc *Pachurk* The last publish had minor quarks overall, but seemingly Bria has been down just about every day for 3-5 hours. Are you fixing it for good very soon?
Aug 25 02:22:49 Rogue_5 I understand your concern. We are working very hard right now to troubleshoot the problem and get Bria back to its former quality standard.
Aug 25 02:23:33 Brannoc *FaRfRoMnOrMaL* Question for the Devs. Will the FRS be turned back on when the trials of Obi-Wan is released or incorporated into the new expansion?
Aug 25 02:23:43 Shadowbrak *FaRfRoMnOrMaL* The FRS system is awaiting attention from the live systems team and is not a feature of the Trials of Obi-Wan
Aug 25 02:24:00 Brannoc *mindwerkz* What was the reasoning behind the xp change, and was the community outcry in any way unexpected given the dramatic effect and the complete lack of warning on the subject?
Aug 25 02:25:08 Rogue_5 The level of change in Publish 22 to the group experience was unintended. We were trying to fix a gameplay mechanic which we introduced with the Combat Upgrade. We heard your feedback and worked to quickly revert out the change.
Aug 25 02:26:31 Brannoc *Hochkis* Why do you keep putting out expansions and publishes without fixing the bugs in the live game.
Aug 25 02:28:34 Rogue_5 We actually have multiple groups working on different things simultaneously
Aug 25 02:28:41 Rogue_5 In addition to the expansion team we have people working on our publishes and bug fixes.
Aug 25 02:29:17 Rogue_5 Some of these fixes include items that have been brought up at recent events.
Aug 25 02:29:23 Brannoc Please note that messages sent to me will not be answered and will not make it to the developers. Send your questions to [QT]Bot1 or [QT]Looker
Aug 25 02:29:30 Brannoc *Erif* What are some of the quests we can look forward to in the new expansion, and any talks of new ships, space sectors etc.?
Aug 25 02:29:46 SpaceRancor *Erif* Mustafar will have a wide variety of quests and events that will offer completely new experiences to the SWG player. Unfortunately, Mustafar will not have a space sector. We will have more details for you all about these new quests in the further...so stay tuned.
Aug 25 02:29:52 Brannoc *kesosip-icie* Why choose mustafar as the new planet for the TOW expansion, when players have been asking for Hoth or bespin for some time now, these two planets would fit in well with the timeline taking place durring the GCW not the clone wars?
Aug 25 02:31:51 Rogue_5 Great question. We like those planets too and there has been a lot of discussion about them. However, there has been a lot of interest in Mustafar coming from the Episode III movie and we also felt the Mustafar lent itself to some very exciting gameplay. The planet itself adds a completely new environment unlike anything currently in our galaxy. We believe it will be a lot of fun to explore.
Aug 25 02:31:59 Brannoc *Obten* Is making the lambda shuttle a player-flyable ship included in the upcoming expansion/publishes?
Aug 25 02:32:44 Tiggs Not for this particular expansion, but it is a very powerful iconic ship for the game.
Aug 25 02:32:52 Brannoc *Xenocidal* One of the rumors from the Lizpieg Fan Fest mentioned that TOW would include graphical upgrades to SWG, any more on what they might be?
Aug 25 02:35:05 Shadowbrak *Xenocidal* There are a number of new graphical features being developed for the expansion to support a greater feel for being on a lava planet. These features will propagate themselves into game areas where appropriate.
Aug 25 02:35:17 Brannoc *Stakex007* Can you give us an estimate as to when the content from the fan fest capital ship video will hit live?
Aug 25 02:35:47 Rogue_5 No, there is no estimate right now.
Aug 25 02:35:56 Brannoc *Khiliko* Will there be a new Rebel vs. Imperial Instance on Mustafar to furthermore PvP?
Aug 25 02:36:18 SpaceRancor *Khiliko* The battle between the Rebel and Imperials is outside of the scope of the story and events that players will experience on Mustafar. So there will not be any directed PVP content with the expansion. But if I know Rebel and Imperials, they will start fighting with each other almost anywhere.
Aug 25 02:36:57 SpaceRancor I
Aug 25 02:37:02 Brannoc *Xenocidal* Once these bug fix publishes are done, what is the main feature of the next planned publish?
Aug 25 02:37:16 Tiggs One feature you can look forward to is the competion of the Syren Quest series.
Aug 25 02:37:51 Brannoc *Arcanus* Is the expansion Purely for jedi or is there going to be more to it. Will more planets be involved or space exapanded? Is this going to be quest driven to choose a side (light or Dark) for jedi professions?
Aug 25 02:39:41 SpaceRancor The expansion isn't purely for Jedi. The quests and events will be for all professions. But I wouldn't be surprised if you ran into one or two on Mustafar.
Aug 25 02:39:53 Brannoc *Orvago* Howdy, I have always wanted to give SWG a try, however, as with many others, I do not try online games unless they provide a Free Trial Download, any chance of this with SWG?
Aug 25 02:40:21 Rogue_5 Thanks, that is great to hear. Star Wars Galaxies is better than ever. We will have some free trial opportunities available in the next month or two, so please keep an eye on our site and the popular gaming sites for more information.
Aug 25 02:41:58 Brannoc *Janar* Is there any chance that the new expansion will give us more datapad space for vehicles the way that RotW did for Starships?
Aug 25 02:42:37 Rogue_5 You will be very excited when you hear our plans for that, so stay tuned it will be announced soon.
Aug 25 02:43:28 Brannoc *Viro* Will only people that are Force Sensitive and/or Jedi be able to see Obi-wan's "blue glowy" or is this going to apply to everyone regardless of connection to the force?
Aug 25 02:44:02 juliot Yes everyone will be able to see Obi-Wan in Mustafar, force sensitive or not.
Aug 25 02:44:50 Brannoc *Osuwi* is it true that mustafar is for jedi only?
Aug 25 02:47:39 SpaceRancor Seems to be a very popular question tonight. Mustafar is going to be for everyone who has the courage to set foot on its firey surface. Everyone will be able to experience all story arcs and special events...which we will have more information on at a future date.
Aug 25 02:47:54 Brannoc *Kroen* Will Mustafar be an all open planet like all other planets (except Kashyyyk)??
Aug 25 02:50:01 Shadowbrak *Kroen* Mustafar will not be set up zoned like we did with Kashyyyk, though it also won't be identical to older planets. The planet will be smaller than an older planet with some geography direction as was done on Kashyyyk though it will feel more natural this time with a blocked path represented by a sheer cliff or a deep ravine.
Aug 25 02:50:01 juliot The way Mustafar is set up players will be able to return after doing quests and re-engage the content and enjoy it. The way the loot is set up and the spawns will allow for re-playability.
Aug 25 02:50:25 Brannoc *COLS_Ragnaar* Q: How come I've never heard of this lava planet before? Wheres conetnt I know about and I'd have the urge to play? (Hoth, Hutt Casino, Underworld, Cloud City)
Aug 25 02:51:01 Rogue_5 Mustafar is now actually an infamous planet as part of the Star Wars universe. It is the key turning point in Episode III where Obi-Wan and Anakin fought their famous final battle. But questions remain, what was going on there and why were they there... Find out in Trials of Obi-Wan!
Aug 25 02:51:50 juliot Look forward to in depth Star Wars story lines on the planet Mustafar, the content in tailored to a directed immersive Star Wars experience.
Aug 25 02:52:02 Brannoc *jadan* can we look forward to quest that are more tailored to the storyline of SW?
Aug 25 02:52:09 Brannoc (Juliot's was in answer to that one from jadan)
Aug 25 02:53:08 Brannoc *BadMisterFrosty* Do you plan to introduce new sub-games / features like with the previous expansions?
Aug 25 02:54:15 SpaceRancor Oh, yeah! I think we might have a thing or two like that up our sleeves. But you are all going to have to stay tuned for further details.
Aug 25 02:54:44 Brannoc *WarChant* Who is your base? What kind of player do you focus on? Is it the long term player? I have been playing over a year with a jdei character. How do I stay interested in the game at this point?
Aug 25 02:55:59 juliot Mustafar is going to be a great place for high end players including Jedi's. I encourage Jedi's to go there and explore and enjoy!
Aug 25 02:56:22 Brannoc Alright folks, it's trivia time for some lucky people to win those box sets...to answer the question you will type /msg StraticsTriv My Answer Here! - Answers sent to me will be invalid. Once again, send them to StraticsTriv.
Aug 25 02:56:34 Brannoc ready for the first question? there will be ONE winner for this one...
Aug 25 02:56:45 Brannoc How many points does the star-shaped imperial outpost on Talus have?
Aug 25 02:56:58 Brannoc \dev\null|smuggler got it first, wtg!
Aug 25 02:57:15 Brannoc that was quick, lets try another...
Aug 25 02:57:33 Brannoc (by the way, it's SIX)
Aug 25 02:57:38 Brannoc How many electronics does it take to make an advanced droid brain?
Aug 25 02:57:49 Brannoc Jenden got it first!
Aug 25 02:57:56 Brannoc of course the answer to that one is 8
Aug 25 02:58:23 Brannoc Alright folks, that does it for this chat. The logs will be up shortly on swg.stratics.com - thanks for joining us!
Aug 25 02:58:30 Tiggs Thank you everyone for coming. We should have the log from this posted on our forums tomorrow.
Aug 25 02:58:42 Shadowbrak Thanks for coming out, good night all.
Aug 25 02:58:44 Rogue_5 Thanks everyone for joining us tonight. We will be announcing more details about the upcoming expansion Star Wars Galaxies: Trials of Obi-Wan in the upcoming weeks. Stay tuned... the adventure continues.
Aug 25 02:58:49 SpaceRancor Have a great evening everyone. Thanks for coming out and thanks for all your questions.
**** ENDING LOGGING AT Thu Aug 25 03:00:25 2005
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Fri Aug 26, 2005 5:35 am
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Again thx for loggin this for me to tante, I didnt posted his earlier since I thought stratics would fix their logs but it lookes like they are currently busy with something else.
Sadly enough most ppl from the communcity arent able to read since there were severral questions repeated over and over again, which were answered in the press reless (no space eg.). Also I have to critize Brannoc for not picking a larger variety of questions. Also if the community would have wanted more substance in the answeres they should have looked at the ppl who have gathered there.
So although I myself had a lot of questions, which seriously need an answere (GCW, base caps, FRS, high numbers of jedi, insane growth of jedi populations because of current XP) this would have been a good time to ask focused questions regarding ToOW.
Interesting questions to Space Ranger and Shadowbrak and the expansion would have been:
Directing Rogue_5 as Producers and Julia Torres as LEC Producer with an eye on the XP changes the communtiy could have asked:
/sigh
I better stop before I start to rant....
Sadly enough most ppl from the communcity arent able to read since there were severral questions repeated over and over again, which were answered in the press reless (no space eg.). Also I have to critize Brannoc for not picking a larger variety of questions. Also if the community would have wanted more substance in the answeres they should have looked at the ppl who have gathered there.
- SpaceRancor Hello everyone, thanks for coming. I am Eli Holding, lead designer on the upcoming Trials of Obi-Wan expansion.
Shadowbrak Good evening everyone. My name is Travis Hicks; I am a content designer for the Trials of Obi-Wan.
Rogue_5 Hi. My name is Grant Rogue_5 McDaniel and I am the Sony Online Producer for Star Wars Galaxies. I am currently working on our upcoming expansion SWG: Trials of Obi-Wan.
Julio Torres LEC Producer
So although I myself had a lot of questions, which seriously need an answere (GCW, base caps, FRS, high numbers of jedi, insane growth of jedi populations because of current XP) this would have been a good time to ask focused questions regarding ToOW.
Interesting questions to Space Ranger and Shadowbrak and the expansion would have been:
- Are the new quests still just, get mission - go there - kill it - go back mission types or will a bit more RP be involved like choosing from multiple possible answeres?
- Are all mission repeatable over and over again?
- Current mission answere in Secrets of the Syren are although a bit more multiple choise have almost no effect the story since they just abort the conversation, so you have to do it again. Will the new mission, if they involve more conversations and multiple answeres will have different endings depending on your choices?
- In the Press released is mentioned a new "sidekick" system. What will it look like?
- Also are mentioned the increasing usage of instances, will these be created for each group/sidekick-group individually?
Directing Rogue_5 as Producers and Julia Torres as LEC Producer with an eye on the XP changes the communtiy could have asked:
- As this is for high level combat only, how are the plans to involve the -not so high but still very skilled- crafter and entertainer community in this expansion? Will there be new rescource types and loot components and schematics as reward only? Or mixed quest types for crafters combat profession like the DWB too ?
- As you stated that you wanted to avoid forced interaction by removing Battle fatigue, isnt giving out schematics as reward a different kind of forced interaction?
- You stated that you didnt wanted to exclude one profession from game content, thus allowing jedi in the GCW, isnt this planet excluding all crafters and entertainers from a whole expansion including their content?
- It was also mentioned the smugglers arent allowed to be the only ones to be able to smuggle since this would exclude other profession from this content, but isnt the fact that only MBH are able to hunt player jedi excluding all other profession from this content too?
- If above question is not the case what will be the content for crafters, entertainers, crafter-combat hyrbid templates in the new expansion besides admiring high lvl characters/jedi in their uberness as little poor normy and side kicks?
- Since you tried to tone down the exprience gain to reduce the influx of jedi but failed. How will you limit the numbers of jedi, since in about a month or two everybody will have a jedi?
/sigh
I better stop before I start to rant....
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