Creature Handler Archive
Thread: Discussion: Fixes or New Content.
What new content would make you forget bugs just to have it?
Do you believe if nothing more is added to CH you will become bored with it?
What do you find most boring now?
What do you find most exciting now?
What bugs do you feel need to be fixed over adding new content?
Not following, Auto-Store, Specials not working
What new content would make you forget bugs just to have it?
No content will make me forget the bugs.
Do you believe if nothing more is added to CH you will become bored with it?
Probably. CH Missions would be nice. Improving Mounts. Better Storage, eg Corral/Zoo concept. Way to sell pets.
What do you find most boring now?
I try to keep from being bored by doing various things, CH and non-CH related. Solo missions can be pretty boring.
What do you find most exciting now?
Taming is still fun
Pluto9Moon wrote:
Good start here. I kind of hoped it would go over better. Something we can point to and say if you really want to know what the CH's feel heres a good place to start. We really need to open up as a community and show what we do want, instead of yelling about what we don't want.
But again, so far so good,
Thanks,
P9M
I'm confused. In this thread what we want is rather clear and mostly is not yelling. Do you mean in general or this thread?
-Indene-
Rogue_5 wrote:
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Pets/Vehicles: Reduced call time to 15 seconds.
Pets/Vehicles: Reduced post combat call delay to 30 seconds.
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See thread here started by Rogue_5 of SOE
http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=in_testing&message.id=5947#M5947
Pluto9Moon wrote:
While for some of us CH, our best pet is the "bug". On the other hand, some of us are not so misfortunate and have great gameplay. While some may cherish the new Bantha or Cu Pa others are still trying to get their mounts to follow.
What bugs do you feel need to be fixed over adding new content?
in order of importance. Pet poofing, Special/ranged comands working only part of the time, Pets stop following/run real slow.
What new content would make you forget bugs just to have it?
Flying mounts that are CH ONLY. also a flying BE craftable skin (min cl > 11) so we could make a decent tank that could keep up with swoops made up for us.
Do you believe if nothing more is added to CH you will become bored with it?
I like haveing pets so probably not but will be rather peeved if our power in relation to other combat classes remains the same after the much promised combat revamp.
What do you find most boring now?
Useing pets only to boost mission dificulty more often than not.
What do you find most exciting now?
Other than haveing powerful pets there isnt that much thats exciting about the prof to be honest. Although telling off non CH's that want their pet traind can be an entertaining passtime.
Please try to give a short answer first because I want to continue the Week In Review series of posts and this will make a nice little addition.
For example:
What new content would make you forget bugs just to have it? Utility pets. I feel yada yada yada because yada etc blah blah blah.
Thank you,
P9M
Thanks for spotting that, I meant in general. I am guilty of it in the past myself, yelling rather than explaining. But then posts like these come around, and theres little or no support for them. I guess what I am really saying is that we as a community should be pro-active rather than reactive. I am not trying to pump this up as the end all be all thread. If someone else wanted to come up with weekly topics I am game for that. I did think this one approporiate after seeing responces to the new mounts. I myself am really let down that we are getting new mounts over fixed bugs.
I think bugs have always been at the top of our list. With the possibleexception of creature variety/rarity, the top of my spreadsheet currently shows things like the broken special commands, pathing problems, pets running during battle, the restrictive thirty second (until now) pet calling delay, pets poofing into the datapad, pets near CL 70 that can be tamed from deeds by people without needed skills toactually call them(fixed in publish 7), the calling multiple instances of a pet exploit, /tellpet unreliability, etc.
It is helpful to see that bugfixes top the lists of folks in this thread, too. 
What bugs do you feel need to be fixed over adding new content?
All of them. bugged old content plus new content = bugged new content almost all of the time.
What new content would make you forget bugs just to have it?
A MCH only PVP only pet that kicks freckle in PvP make MCH be taken seriously again!
Do you believe if nothing more is added to CH you will become bored with it?
CH will always have a certain fun factor due to it's very nature, but as the gee whizz factor wears off and the deficiencies become plain, CH becomes less and less relevant, so yes, without more content it will become boring.
What do you find most boring now?
Wild pets are becoming less and less usefull atm, i never get asked to train or sell a mount/pet, and when i try and sell a pet nobody interested. What i saw when i started as a major function of ch is now non existant, and pets are really only usefull for personal grinding exp, or show value.
What do you find most exciting now?
having unusual pets to impress the newbies (and looking forward to getting out 3 pets at once)
Nichoemo
CH 4434
What bugs do you feel need to be fixed over adding new content?
I've not experienced the pet auto-store but a couple times, so I can't attest to this problem. I have a suspicion it's due to server/client lag more than anything (which I don't have a problem with). The bugs I do notice don't affect my ability to use my pets in battle. So, I can't mention anything here that's a pressing issue except the pets running away, but that's easily fixed by telling the pet to attack again. Let me stress that I play and use my pets hours every day, so I know for a fact that these bugs have to be linked to connection problems.
What new content would make you forget bugs just to have it?
Considering I don't have problems with bugs affecting my gameplay too much, I don't need to forget them, but since you asked... I would absolutely love to be able to have a flying pet--namely the giant peko peko. Make it as fast as a swoop and I'll be happy for a long time. I agree, there should also be a BE skin available for the flying mount.
Do you believe if nothing more is added to CH you will become bored with it?
There are plenty of pets to choose from, so the taming aspect would take quite some time to be boring. The problem I see is different pets of the same level don't stand out enough stat-wise. More stat diversity in pets would go a long way. Datapad expansion (more slots) would be nice too. 700+ pets to choose from and we only get 20 slots?
What do you find most boring now?
Wild pet viability is pretty weak, so instead of going out and taming creatures I can use in battle I've ended up using 90% BE pets, which negates the whole reason of being a CH and taming. Sure, I could tame pets for fun, but then I'd have to release them to make room for new pets. What makes it so boring is that emphasis on taming is all but gone. Why have 700+ pets to tame if they're weak in battle? For eye candy? I'm sorry, but that's not enough to keep CH going as a profession. When a pet can compete with its wild counterpart it's proof that we've been nerfed too much. PVP pet vitality needs to be removed. It's killing my pets. This in itself isn't boring, but frustrating.
What do you find most exciting now?
Owning pets and using them in battle. If I had more slots I'd have novelty and domestic pets, which would expand my roleplaying aspect greatly, but since I don't I tend to save my slots for pets that fit a specific purpose. Using these pets in PVP and trying to win with a lesser template is a real challenge (although frustrating at times). This is exciting to me, especially when I win.
Name: Freth | Race: Wookiee | Server: Intrepid | Faction: Rebel | Rank: Sergeant
Professions: Master Creature Handler | Pistoleer 4-4-4-3 | Medic 3-3-2-0
Correction...
What do you find most boring now?
Wild pet viability is pretty weak, so instead of going out and taming creatures I can use in battle I've ended up using 90% BE pets, which negates the whole reason of being a CH and taming. Sure, I could tame pets for fun, but then I'd have to release them to make room for new pets. What makes it so boring is that emphasis on taming is all but gone. Why have 700+ pets to tame if they're weak in battle? For eye candy? I'm sorry, but that's not enough to keep CH going as a profession. When a petcan't compete with its wild counterpart it's proof that we've been nerfed too much. PVP pet vitality needs to be removed. It's killing my pets. This in itself isn't boring, but frustrating.
Name: Freth | Race: Wookiee | Server: Intrepid | Faction: Rebel | Rank: Sergeant
Professions: Master Creature Handler | Pistoleer 4-4-4-3 | Medic 3-3-2-0
What bugs do you feel need to be fixed over adding new content? Not that many... maybe make it easier to heal pets.... it takes forever even with D's
What new content would make you forget bugs just to have it? I like the corral and breeding idea..... also I would love to ride my enraged flier
Do you believe if nothing more is added to CH you will become bored with it? Maybe but content = good to me
What do you find most boring now? Killing vor hunters on end
What do you find most exciting now? Having weird pets
PillzBDUB wrote:
What bugs do you feel need to be fixed over adding new content? Not that many... maybe make it easier to heal pets.... it takes forever even with D's
What new content would make you forget bugs just to have it? I like the corral and breeding idea..... also I would love to ride my enraged flier
Do you believe if nothing more is added to CH you will become bored with it? Maybe but content = good to me
What do you find most boring now? Killing vor hunters on end
What do you find most exciting now? Having weird pets
I heal pets fairly quickly. I am 3/3/2/0 Medic and I use Stim B's and Pet Stims together. Using both I can heal my two 30-ish pets quickly. If you're just using Stim's and not Pet Stims you're using half of your potential.
Name: Freth | Race: Wookiee | Server: Intrepid | Faction: Rebel | Rank: Sergeant
Professions: Master Creature Handler | Pistoleer 4-4-4-3 | Medic 3-3-2-0