Community Relations Archive

Eh? Im sure this will get deleted or something but seriously I think if we can have a rational discussion here on the FUTURE of the game without resorting to flames there should be no reason for deletion.

First the issue at hand

the experience changes. With the implimentation of the CU SOE did a very subtle yet very important thing for this game. They brought back the need and desire for group hunting. A change this game really needed. yet in the last publish that whole step forward was just squashed. And why? because its too easy to get jedi...well it's too late for that really, and why should the rest of the population get penalized for this mistake? We'll address the jedi issue in a moment but for now lets stick to the group xps. Not only will more people be forced to solo but this also incredably discourages the invitations of newbies into groups. Where is the incentive to take tag along low level players if they cannot assist really in the destruction of the mob and inturn will siphon away needed xps from higher level players?

This shows an incredable lack of forward thinking. A reaction to an issue that, granted was getting out of hand, but punishes the entire population. And I'm sure there will be ways around this as well. I am willing to bet that the return of the solo group will prove that if a person is out of range for payment then they will not get their share of the xps either, and thus the solo group member will get the group bonus and full xps. It's just a guess but I have little doubt this issues wasn't considared.

This is just the latest in a long line of issues that the community is concerned about yet we get publishes that have little or nothing to do with our concerns.

The condemned structure issue- I fully understand why SOE wanted to remove the destruction of player structures from the game but it seems they did not consider their current paying players issues that would arise out of their attempts to solve that issue. Now our cities and landscapes are littered with buildings that we can do nothing about.

The gcw issue- Same goes for the rediculous amounts of bases everywhere. Yet there is still resistance to a planitary base cap? Wouldnt the gcw heat up if there could only be a limited number of bases on each planet and you had to remove them to place those of your own faction? Wouldn't the servers function better if there wasnt say 400 bases on tatooine? you know even in monopoly there is a limit to houses and hotels

And what about jedi- we all know they dont belong here in this era and yet we all strive for one...well almost all. We also all know that none of them should be fighting in the gcw at this time. Wouldnt it be great if they had something else to do? and that like the village their progress in the force was not soley based on experiance but based on tasks and the decisions they make. Wouldnt it be better if when they made a bad decision like kill indescriminantly they were penalized rather than rewarded. If jedi are popping up to fast then why not gate their progress rather than destroying the xps for all those that did not take advantage of the weaknesses in the system.

By changing the rules now all you have done is widened the gap between those that are done and those that have just started. You have put new players...new customers at an incredable disadvantage to those that were able to take the easy way.

so many have made such amazing suggestions toward the future of the game and yet each time there is a step forward we flounder so far backward.

Like I said take this with a grain of salt, delete it or do what ever but know this I am not flaming here, I dont pretend to speak for the community but I'm sure I am not the only one.

Zazo Flyrider