Creature Handler Archive

Hey folks,

As you no doubt are already aware, what portions of Publish 19 that have hit TestCenter show no mention of fixes to Creature Handler.

I'd love to say that I tested it out and there are hidden fixes that didn't make the patch notes, but also as you are probably aware the current TC build includes the most wonderful profession-killing bug ever: All pets, regardless of actual level and stats, are considered level 1(0) and have 10 health. I have reported this (of course) and I am confident they will fix it before 19 hits Live servers. PLEASE report this if you are doing any testing on TC-Prime or TC-Ahazi on the appropriate bug threads as long as the problem persists. It currently makes it impossible to test, and if it goes live like this will make it impossible to play.

I have not updated the Top 5 list yet, as I am still asking & waiting to see what fixes are already enroute for us and have not received an answer. The correspondents were asked quite a while ago for 3 major bugs (not issues) affecting our profession and as you can see some of those bugs are being fixed for the various professions (listed under "Correspondent & Fan Fest fixes") so they are working through the list (this time healers/smugglers got the most love while Jedi got nerfed/balanced depending on your opinion). If we got some actual bug fixes (IMO our worst problems ATM) we could tighten up a nice Top 5. As it is, all our issues/bugs are still on the table and still being reported.

I'd like to apologize for not posting here as much recently. I've been having some RL issues to deal with lately that have significantly cut into my time, and since I've had no new info/updates to pass along I've been spending my free time in-game and posting on the correspondent boards. I assure you when I have news you folks will be the first to know.

Hope you all are well, and glad you're still hanging in there. Keep the faith!

-Ko

Thx Ko - its good to know the bugs aren't being forgotten. We are all hanging on and hoping

Meanwhile they could give us some love for our patience and end the 15 sec call out of pets when not in combat. Last night I was in a timed dungeon on kashyyyk, and the group ran off without me, yelling for me to hurry up as I tried to call a pet. It made the whole 30 minutes miserable for me as I only had time to call 2nargs inbetween combat; as a TK -I punch like a girl (which I am but I dont want to be reminded of it in combat)

My guess on that bug is they tried to stealth fix the droid pets that have been bugged since pub 18 (and before) , all my pets on my master CH are 1(0) (yes bugged) but so are all my crafters protection combat droids, so its a generic pet issue rather than a specific CH bug.


Its difficult to check for any further stealth changes, given a pet only has 10 health, so cant really try much combat, but I di notice my wild tame hurrton (think its a stalker or howler, not in game so cant check) running faster than it used to do, it kept up with me on auto run , with no weapon equipped.

I did notice today that my pet, when grouped, does not show as my CL in the group list, which it used to ... was this Pub 18 or a post-18 hotfix? In any event, my CL66 BE-Kusak is doing a whopping 119 dmg per strike in PvP against a CL 80 ... thinking of renaming him 'Tickler' .....

I still have $50 that says publish 19 will go live with the 1(0) bug/10 health intact, and another $50 that says it'll stay that way at least for several weeks until they fix it.

C

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Chessack wrote:
I still have $50 that says publish 19 will go live with the 1(0) bug/10 health intact, and another $50 that says it'll stay that way at least for several weeks until they fix it.

C

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Considering all the Jedi changes in the publish and how much attention they'll pay to those ... nobody would take that bet.

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KzinKiller wrote:

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Chessack wrote:
I still have $50 that says publish 19 will go live with the 1(0) bug/10 health intact, and another $50 that says it'll stay that way at least for several weeks until they fix it.

C

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Considering all the Jedi changes in the publish and how much attention they'll pay to those ... nobody would take that bet.

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Jedi are jumping up and down like three year olds. Of course they're going to get the attention. They always do.

They are the darlings of the marketing asshats.

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SioBabble wrote:

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KzinKiller wrote:

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Chessack wrote:
I still have $50 that says publish 19 will go live with the 1(0) bug/10 health intact, and another $50 that says it'll stay that way at least for several weeks until they fix it.

C

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Considering all the Jedi changes in the publish and how much attention they'll pay to those ... nobody would take that bet.

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Jedi are jumping up and down like three year olds. Of course they're going to get the attention. They always do.

They are the darlings of the marketing asshats.

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Speaking of jedi, the latest bug reports about them is that apparently their force bar doesn't work and all their force powers may cost 0 force, and that force armor (Enhancer ability) somehow stacks with something to make 100 percent resist to everything :/.

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Chessack wrote:
I still have $50 that says publish 19 will go live with the 1(0) bug/10 health intact, and another $50 that says it'll stay that way at least for several weeks until they fix it.

C

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QFE

you read my mind Chessack

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Chessack wrote:
I still have $50 that says publish 19 will go live with the 1(0) bug/10 health intact, and another $50 that says it'll stay that way at least for several weeks until they fix it.

C

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It's not like that would effect creature handlers much. Oh wait people could call klikniks and gaping spider recluses again along with all BE pets!

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Ko-aIri wrote:

...I've been having some RL issues to deal with lately that have significantly cut into my time, and since I've had no new info/updates to pass along I've been spending my free time in-game and posting on the correspondent boards. I assure you when I have news you folks will be the first to know.

Hope you all are well, and glad you're still hanging in there. Keep the faith!

-Ko

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I hope that all is well with you and the RL issues!

Thanks for the well-wishes. One of those things that just takes time to work out, it'll be all good. Just warning ya that I may not be a post-junkie in the meantime, though I'm racking up the post count tonight pretty decently... hah hah