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Thread: Just thought I'd see if i can get an explanation about the group xp nerf.
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wildcat84
Wed Aug 17, 2005 5:07 am
#1
Lunchmeat wrote:SOE...you suck!there now that i have that out of the way...Why on earth did they do this to the group xp...I went from getting a little over 1K xp for a level 80 mob (i'm a level 63 jedi) to getting 120 or so. How the hell is this encouraging group play. Isn't that why you put the CU in place? To encourage people grouping? To ensure balance and no Uber classes. Well GUESS WHAT smart guys? You've succeeded at, yet again, pissing off your loyal customers! Can i please get an explanation as to WHY this was done? Grouping is F'ing pointless now. I can get 4 times as much for killing gurks at my own level then I can hunting level 82's on Dantooine.SOE please, i'm begging you, and i'm sure I'm speaking for more than just a handful of players when i say "please pull your heads out or whatever dark smelly hole they are currently in and fix the damn game and stop f'ing it up!!!!!"
The patch notes should be clear about what the intended effect is. What is live right now is the XP nerf as it was in TC for pub 21, before getting "temporarily" pulled.
I am hoping this is a BUG, not a feature.
If it is intended as it is, then about the only explanation I can come up with is someone decided that cutting the rate of advancement to 10% of what it was is a great way to increase customer loyalty 90%!
Right now I don't know whether to laugh, cry, or cancel my subscriptions, this is how frustrated I am.
Ech0Witch
Wed Aug 17, 2005 5:18 am
#2
I personally have a vision of a correction to this obvious bug, (because if it isn't a bug I see most people quitting and going to Guildwars and WoW,) followed rapidly by an apology from Tigg's, and x2 XP week to make up for the XP loss.
VIPERINA
Wed Aug 17, 2005 9:24 am
#3
Well knowing soe I wouldn't hold my breath that it is just a bug. And if it is don't expect them to fix it right away. I think they are trying to kill the game tell it becomes to expensive to run with the few people left.
I CALLED and talked to someone after waiting over 15 min for help on my other account that I wanted to cancel. (Take a look you can't even go in from my account and change billing. and the swg web site sends you back to your log on my account) Anyway I tolk him I wanted to write an email about what is happening and how hard it is to change even your billing. He told me to email [email protected] so I did. You know what they sent a answer saying it wasn't the correct email address and redirected me to a harder one to use that when sent will be rediredct and will go NO WHERE.
Lunchmeat
Wed Aug 17, 2005 12:23 pm
#4
SOE...you suck!
there now that i have that out of the way...
Why on earth did they do this to the group xp...I went from getting a little over 1K xp for a level 80 mob (i'm a level 63 jedi) to getting 120 or so. How the hell is this encouraging group play. Isn't that why you put the CU in place? To encourage people grouping? To ensure balance and no Uber classes. Well GUESS WHAT smart guys? You've succeeded at, yet again, pissing off your loyal customers! Can i please get an explanation as to WHY this was done? Grouping is F'ing pointless now. I can get 4 times as much for killing gurks at my own level then I can hunting level 82's on Dantooine.
SOE please, i'm begging you, and i'm sure I'm speaking for more than just a handful of players when i say "please pull your heads out or whatever dark smelly hole they are currently in and fix the damn game and stop f'ing it up!!!!!"
Sznake
Wed Aug 17, 2005 2:09 pm
#5
Nerf exp = more time spent grinding = more money payed for subscriptions = win for soe
wildcat84
Wed Aug 17, 2005 2:29 pm
#6
Sznake wrote:
Nerf exp = more time spent grinding = more money payed for subscriptions = win for soe
You can't throw drastic changes into the game like this one and have people overnight go from 6,000 per kill in a group to 600 and expect them to be happy.
And many new players are going to cancel over it. This change, to making grouping a PENALTY rather than a reward unmasks the horrid solo play of the CU world. The old system rewarded vets for helping noobs. Now the noobs are going to be stuck out there on their own, just like pre-CU.
Prerost
Wed Aug 17, 2005 11:02 pm
#7
Ech0Witch wrote:
I personally have a vision of a correction to this obvious bug, (because if it isn't a bug I see most people quitting and going to Guildwars and WoW,) followed rapidly by an apology from Tigg's, and x2 XP week to make up for the XP loss.
Double nothing week.... is still nothing
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