Creature Handler Archive
Thread: And today's big Test Center fix for CH's is ....
Meuw
Sat Jun 11, 2005 2:33 am
#28
Someone mentioned pet speed I think....
They have said a few things about this problem, and I have been following it and looking at it since I first saw in in TC prior to the CU implementation. The best I can tell you about it is this....(and since I am who I am I also want to point out that when I posted about this back thenI was bannedfor trolling)
The pets speed is changed most likely but not in any major fashion that would explain these problems. The real problem I think stems from their attempt to fix some of the pre-CU mapping issues with pets. (not being able to go into buildings, getting lost in walls etc....) To remedy this they had the brilliant idea of having your pets mock your movement. So where you go the pets will go, much like when you set patrol points for them. While this was sound in theory it has failed in practice. The pets are slowed because they are now suffering from the always present rubber-banding and glitchy nature of the game. The AI of our pets is so low that they are acting like mentally disabled animals. Their learning curve is now so low that they are confused by how to walk.
Can it be fixed in it's present state? I do not know, that is a programming thing we are not privy to. The final verdict is simple, mounts are faster now since we asked for it.....of course a person running backwards STILL cannot be caught by ANY mount we ride because aparently the combat confuses our pets and they need to slow down(which defeats the whole damn purpose of a mount you morons) and so we cannot even run away. Here is a clue for the devs.....I cannot attack off my mounts right now, I cannot attack off my speeder....so make all the damn speeders slow down too you CH hating (insert your favorite words here).
Message Edited by Meuw on 06-11-2005 02:37 AM
Tyger1107
Sat Jun 11, 2005 4:32 am
#29
First of all: Just be glad they didn't decide they needed to nerf CH again.
Second: They did adjust con colors to help color-blind people out which no other game I know of has done to date, so there's at least 1 brain cell worth a damn in their heads.
Edit: P.S. The reason I bother to mention the second one is because I myself happen to be partially color-blind, so it wasn't just hopelessly searching for some good that came from the patch.
Message Edited by Tyger1107 on 06-11-2005 05:35 AM
Redheadedminx
Sat Jun 11, 2005 3:51 pm
#30
ohhhh! An icon! *tries to contain excitement* Now, come on peeps, be grateful. Never mind the fact that half my time is spent gathering up pets that decide to go awol or just sit and stare at you during a fight while bloody large nasty creatures try and eat you. *sighs* Next it'll be t-shirts with "I asked for the special attacks bug to be fixed and all I got was this lousy t-shirt" printed on them.
I'm going to bed... maybe it'll look better in the morning.... maybe 
*cries*
*cries*
Joker9125
Sat Jun 11, 2005 11:28 pm
#31
Tyger1107 wrote:
First of all: Just be glad they didn't decide they needed to nerf CH again.
What are you trying to say they didnt nerf CH with the CU? Are you playing the same game I just quit?
woody4077
Sun Jun 12, 2005 2:41 am
#32
the only reason i'm still doing CH is cuz i only need 4 more boxes to get master after that i'm gonna
"drop it like a bad habit"
for whatever reason the dev's have taken all of the viablity out of the CH profession
Iakimo
Sun Jun 12, 2005 3:13 am
#33
Hmmm.... maybe that's the problem! Wasn't the SWG director that was hired late last year (I forget his name) recruited away from Ultima Online? Definitely sounds like history repeating itself....
Jakkarus wrote:
This is just like what happend to Ultima Online when EA aqquired Origin Systems. They pushed all this expansion updates out as fast as they could and never bothered to fix all the old bugs. It wasn't until a few years ago when basically the entire Dev Team was replaced that things got done. Now I am not saying that is what needs to be done here, but what I am saying is that fixing current bugs needs to take priority over adding new things.
Traie
Sun Jun 12, 2005 3:19 am
#34
I was expecting a post containing the single word "nothing". I guess in this instance, nothing would have been better than something?
Chessack
Sun Jun 12, 2005 7:48 am
#35
Traie wrote:
I was expecting a post containing the single word "nothing". I guess in this instance, nothing would have been better than something?
Yes, in this case... it would have been better to just put this fix into the "UI" heading. It is really not a change that affects or helps CHs in any way. And it gives the (probably wrong but that doesn't matter with impressions) impression that the devs actually think this is one of the things we wanted or needed fixing, as if they are crowing about finally getting those pesky icons working after all our demands about them. That part is not true, but that's what it looks like, and it was an incredibly foolish way to list this cosmetic change.
C
Corpusblight
Sun Jun 12, 2005 7:58 am
#36
woody4077 wrote:
the only reason i'm still doing CH is cuz i only need 4 more boxes to get master after that i'm gonna
"drop it like a bad habit"
for whatever reason the dev's have taken all of the viablity out of the CH profession
That would be the decmber '03 patch.
CARPE CORPUS!! 
InspGadgt
Mon Jun 13, 2005 5:50 pm
#37
DaBudo2 wrote:
*falls out of chair laughing* Oh. Wait. They're serious.
KzinKiller wrote:
Tiggs wrote:
Creature Handler:
- Pets in groups now get their own special "pet" role icon
- Added role icon for pets.
Same here...now what is this icon supposed to do for a pet other then look pretty?
woody4077
Tue Jun 14, 2005 5:20 am
#38
decmeber 03 patch don't remember it
i started playing 7/1/04
i will say this any viablity that CH might
have had is now gone thanks to the CU
Message Edited by woody4077 on 06-14-2005 05:21 AM
ArchiieBarrett
Wed Jun 15, 2005 1:36 pm
#39
Actually what it is ....... well I hate to be honest but others where complaining about pets being added in groups, so they made pets support for groups not actually a part of the group, since we can only group 8 instead of 20. It was to help others, not us. The just like to slap CH on it to make it seem like they care about us.