Creature Handler Archive
Thread: I'm so sorry gang... and a farewell.
Cyrene
Thu Nov 03, 2005 4:29 am
#79
Its taken me about 6 hours to get out of a state of shock since I found out about this. I dont really post THAt often on the forums. Ive been a Master CH on Eclipse since only a month or two after release. I originally did it as the flavor of the month template, but in dabbling I found I just loved getting to play aroudn with pets, especially collecting the rare ones. I'm very hurt by these surprise changes, after Ive spent a bunch of money to get back into the game with expansions and all. (Rage of the Wookies, and then preordering ToOW) I have to say I'm very dissapointed in SoE and their tactics to take my money then days after telling me they are completly transforming the game because of what focus groups said. I just quit WoW to get back into SWG full time a few weeks ago the main reason being the sence of freedom this game gave you and of course the community. Both of which SoE is destroying in their infinate lack of wisdom (Im sorry sony but I'm jumping off your band wagon here. Your riding off into a mine field.) Now professions are going to be clear and obvious World of Warcraft Rip offs in the way they are handling it you cant switch around as you please, and they are destroying the profession I love. When this new pathetic downgrade of the game goes into place my pets will all be worthless, Well I've already canceled my other accounts and I doubt I will reactivate them.
I will stick around with this account untill the downgrade is put into place to see how it works out, but with out CH I dont think that will last. With out CH I really dont want to be playing SWG I mean I like the starwars universe and being able to live in the Starwars universe, but now the game is focused solely on fans of the movies. The Movies were great but its the EU that really helps add flavor to the universe, and Im aware that this is just a marketing strategy, but the treatment of the community as a whole is disguesting, and I can honestly say after all my years of playing MMORPGs SoE has the worst customer service I have ever seen. The Bait and Switch tactic is probably the worst betrayalof a gaming communityI have seen in a very long time. Sony's Attitude for us CHs is that we are 1% of the community now, well guess what Sony we are paying customers too, we deserve the same ammount of respect as other professions. Now they are turning the game into joke using a more class based system then anything now based on characters from the films. I dont want to be a clone of Luke Skywalker, or Leia seriously. Also Its not our fault that CH has such a low population now, sony swung the nerfbat (their only solution to anything really) so hard that it crippled the CH profession and it never recovered. (pretty much the same thing thats happend to TKA and thats another mistake SoE is brushing under the carpet.)
Overall, Im pretty upset that we are going to suffer for the mistakes SOE has made, and then we are lied to untill the day after the release of the expansion most of us spent between 30-120 dollars on (depends on how many accounts one has) thinking the game was going in the right direction which I felt it was. Just to have SOE suddenly go against all the promises(lies) they have made and say they are obliterating two thirds of the professions in the game to create clones of heros. There was no communication with the community and I know SOEs attitude is "This isour game we make the rules" Well thats nice if your running a Manditory School. Unfortunatly I dont have to sit here and take this, I pay 30 dollars a month to play (two accounts) and when one pays for a service they expect to be treated with more respect then "You will play how we tell you" type attitude. With the death of CH and the general attitude that we dont matter I think marks for me the death of SWG, too bad sony had to go behind our backs to do this. Its your game? Thats Great, I dont have to pay youto lie, and backstab me anymore. There is a 99.9 Percent chance that after this new system is implemented I will cancel my account permenantly. And ALOT of my friends in game ALOT of them are quitting, and some people Im very close to that play I can tell you were very hurt by this and will pretty much not be back.
To the Community I have to say thanks for the great times with CH, and the game in general too bad it couldnt end under better circumstances. Take Care everyone.
Iakimo
Thu Nov 03, 2005 4:30 am
#80
Ko-aIri wrote:
I'm still here... for the time being.
CerionSkydreamer wrote:
We need to rally. We need a leader, a voice, more than ever.
And you had better believe I'm raising holy hell... Tiggs stated we were less than 1% of the population. However, in this Astromech Stats Friday Feature from August, we're in the top 50% of all professions.
Not to mention we're listed above, for example, Commando, which is being preserved in the new system. So there are more CHs than Commandos, yet CH is being cut from the game. Hmm... something doesn't add up.
Raise your voices. Speak up. Even if you're quitting, fight for those who may still stay. Fight for your pets. Be extra-melodramatic... but say your part if you feel strongly about it.
Ah! Just when the dark night seems blackest, a leader steps up with a rallying cry.
/salute Ko-aIri....
"Sir! Flame-Meister Iakimo Wioga reporting for duty, sir!"
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Thank you for sharing this highly-relevant piece of information. It confirms what I'd felt was true: The Creature Handler population was just beginning to rebound after a long, bitter summer of beatdown following the Combat Upgrade launch. Based on the volume of posts in the CH Forums over the year-and-a-half I've played SWG (joined in April '04), I believe the actual latent interest in this profession would place it a solid #3 in the profession rankings, somewhere behind Jedi but close on the heels of Bounty Hunter, if it had been allowed to regain it's position over time.
People, if you harbor any love for Creature Handler as a profession, you must make your voice heard NOW. Band together. Speak up. Spread the word.
IF WE GO DOWN, WE GO DOWN. BUT LET US NOT GO DOWN IN SILENCE!
soulsyphon
Thu Nov 03, 2005 4:32 am
#81
Nov 9th will be my last day, my account time paid for ends then, and will not renew it as planned on Nov 10th if these go through. EA games is on my boycot list on how they ended a game called Earth& Beyond, Now SOE will be on that same boycott list too if they do not mention us intergrated into the new system. Do they really think that CH experience can be replaced ? CH is a combat profession , but so diffrent then any other , so more fullfilling. I wish you the best of luck in what ever you do. such a sad day. To all those other professions out there not so nerfed... do you really want to play a game where they so esaily destroy our lives.. you know that leaves you guys as next, nothing to SOE is sacred other then greed. If your not a jedi or a BH your not even really a focus of SWG and SOE, SWG should have been titled jedi Vs. Bounty hunter, because that seems to be there focus. Commando your in the game.. but for how long, how long til SOE weeds you out also to share are fate.
spacedoggys
Thu Nov 03, 2005 4:35 am
#82
I used to be a creature handler for 1 and a half year, and i loved it! Gave it up around cu, and took up bio engineer instead abit later, and was currently loving that to bits now.
This saddens me deeply on your behalf, and i know i wont be playing this game either. I wont play the game witout being able to do BE, and quite frankly i was hoping to regrind Mch again soon too 
I remember how fantastic this community was during my time as MCH, and i remember all the hard work of collecting information and the deep devotion. It is really sad to see the devs ditching something valuable and devoting like this profession.
Best luck to all, and good bye.
omadnay
Thu Nov 03, 2005 4:48 am
#83
/hug
Been here since launch... just appalled.
- Omadda Szool
Kauri
May the force be with you.
Been here since launch... just appalled.
- Omadda Szool
Kauri
May the force be with you.
Leceqyb
Thu Nov 03, 2005 4:53 am
#84
I recieved the message about the new NGE laster night while grinding my jedi. First i thought that the NGEs doesnt sound so bad at all.
Today i read Tiggs FAQ....and i see what you all have seen.....no place for CHs anymore.
I cant hardly believe it. Im that what the most call a hardcore gamer. I always love the game which a actually play and i spend nearly all my free time at it. I started SWG February 2004...and i started with CH/Rifleman on my first alt. I spend more then 2500 hours of gameplaytill today. I have 4 alts now, a Jedi, 2 well formed crafters which houndres of customers, millions on credits, nearly all loot items (im a collector running several museums).....but one thing i have kept since the beginn....i never dropped down the love for my CH Wookiee. They screwed us up nearly to dead. They gave us the possibility to respec to another profession. But i kept beeing a CH and i loved my pets. The new pet system went live. And i really enjoyed it....i raise up my hand for SOE, bringing us so much fun at least. I bought ToOW yesterday....looking forward in excitement for the new creatures, the necklace....the new adventures. I have never set one foot on mustafar with my CH Wookiee....and i will dont do it now. I dont wanna throw in more love to a profession that is already dead.
I will never forget the adventures and the time i had with my pets and my CH friends. This game has become worst in so many ways till the last month. But one thing was always there. The CH comm and the love to their profession. I never saw a similar love to a profession anywhere else in the game. Although i never post much at this forum i have nearly read every posting. I could hardly tell how much i will miss this all As somebody said before...im also a male and im 27 today....and im sitting here crying like a child, because of reading your post and feel your feelings and sadness.
As somebody said before...im also a male and im 27 today....and im sitting here crying like a child, because of reading your post and feel your feelings and sadness.I will miss it so much to just call my pets and pet them....see in there eyes and here them pant. I will miss the feeling when i tamed my first rare pet...long ago the CH revamp. I will never forget, who many miles i walked over the planets...just having the speakers on my PC turn up to listen to the sounds of the wildside...looking for babys, tame them and show them to my fellow creature handlers. I will miss the day when i call out my pets for combat. Watch them hitting the enemy and came back to me after he falls down...letting me pet their heads. I never forget the fights where my beloved Kliknik Rusti bites and the nightsister elder and i kept him alive with tons of petstims *dreaming*. I see the picture of my gaping spider heading for the turrets on the base at one of the village quest and take them down while me group stands back and waiting for their time to join the combat. I have tons of screenshots from my CH adventures and i watch them at the moment.....as i said...i couldnt believe it at all.
I want to thank everyone at this forum...for giving new infos, letting me learn new things on my profession, providing me with news and infos, posting storys of their tames....just letting me feel like i felt the time i was CH...proud and happy with the best profession in this game. Many thanks to Vertexon and Ko-aIri for their great work. Many thanks to Comm Elders like Miltek and guys running swgcreatures.com.
Ill take my hat now....i cant stand this anymore. Today is my birthday, i dont have to go to work and all i doing now is sitting her and feel so sad about all. Thx to SOE for threating us like **edit**, deleting us out of a game and kicking our feelings at the garbage....and thx for this "great" birthday preset you give to me *cry*
what a sad day .......
Message Edited by Leceqyb on 11-03-2005 01:00 PM
Message Edited by Leceqyb on 11-03-2005 01:00 PM
Agasa
Thu Nov 03, 2005 5:33 am
#85
I too will miss you and all the other great friends that i have made in this game .
I just got my 2 year veteran reward the same day i spoted this madness and i dont think ill bother claiming it,
because as soon as this comes in and my pets are gone so am i .
until then im going to spam the hell out of SOE, in the impossible hope someone will hear our cries .
If they wanted a game that kiddies could play put it on xbox or playstation not on the game ive loved for so long and take away the pets and the skills weve worked so hard for.
my best wishes to all my friends and fellow creature handlers . it was nice while it lasted ./cry
Agasa master creature handler ,master sword .
Kai-Ying
Thu Nov 03, 2005 5:35 am
#86
Mike,
Thank you so much for all you've done. We've had it easy tbh, we only had to play the game. You on the other hand have taken a voluntary position and put in an exceptional amount of effort for the good of the rest of us.
We're all gutted for sure, SOE lost 4 accounts last evening from me alone. I for one won't be going near another Sony or LucasArts product again, the only thing these guys understand is ca$h....well they're getting no more from me.
Good Luck in the future and thanks again.
/Jamie.
Thank you so much for all you've done. We've had it easy tbh, we only had to play the game. You on the other hand have taken a voluntary position and put in an exceptional amount of effort for the good of the rest of us.
We're all gutted for sure, SOE lost 4 accounts last evening from me alone. I for one won't be going near another Sony or LucasArts product again, the only thing these guys understand is ca$h....well they're getting no more from me.
Good Luck in the future and thanks again.
/Jamie.
ZinaTheMaker
Thu Nov 03, 2005 5:47 am
#87
I've only known you as The Dark God, but flat out you have been helpful to me, and the others on the priv Jedi forums. You will be missed, as many will be.
Take care in whatever ways you decide to go.
/bow2.
Zina
JupiterFist
Thu Nov 03, 2005 5:51 am
#88
/bow3
/salute
Thank you for your dedication and time. I have been a MCH for almost 2yrs... I have played since July 2003. It is a very sad, sad day. Man this sucks.
pgm2b2
Thu Nov 03, 2005 5:56 am
#89
Very sad news is this.
Was CH for about 16 months until CU and was looking forward to go back to my old favourite profession.
Talking about being misdirected.
RynnnDraggon
Thu Nov 03, 2005 5:57 am
#90
Ko-aIri wrote:
Hey folks,
This complete game change blindsided me just like it blindsided you. I had no knowledge that it was coming, and I can't even believe what I've read tonight.
My friend text messaged me about a "new CU" while I was at work, then bluntly told me Creature Handler was not in the grand design at all. I left work early to see exactly what he was talking about, and I can't understand what happened at all.
To all my friends here on the Creature Handler forum, I am so incredibly sorry. This profession, and this community, is why I played Star Wars: Galaxies. You guys were/are the best of the best, the most dedicated and awesome group of gamers I've had the pleasure of meeting. Even if we are less than 1% of the playerbase (hard to believe how far we've fallen since launch, when every other person was a CH), we're still just as important (if not more so) than any Jedi or Bounty Hunter.
I will not be re-applying for CH correspondent if this new system takes effect. I doubt that matters as it seems there will be no Creature Handler profession. I have already posted my feelings to the dev team. I will likely not be renewing my subscription either, as the game I love is not the game that seems to be coming.
For those of you staying around, proudly wear your Master Creature Handler title... maybe in time, the team will come to their senses.
For any of you who would like to be in touch with me in the future, feel free to AIM me at TheDarkGodHeston, or e-mail me at [email protected]. I can't promise to respond fast, but I'll eventually get around to it.
Vertexon was the first Creature Handler Correspondent, and I was the second and presumably last. It has been my honor to serve you folks, and I'm so sad to see our profession die I can't express it. Take care of yourselves, and hope to see you in future games!
Mike Litzinger, Creature Handler Correspondent
Have they Actualy said that CH was not in the picture. Untill I read it from Lucas Arts myself, I will keep the hope. you never know....
NarfBlinko
Thu Nov 03, 2005 6:03 am
#91
Ko-aIri wrote:
Hey folks,
This complete game change blindsided me just like it blindsided you. I had no knowledge that it was coming, and I can't even believe what I've read tonight.
My friend text messaged me about a "new CU" while I was at work, then bluntly told me Creature Handler was not in the grand design at all. I left work early to see exactly what he was talking about, and I can't understand what happened at all.
To all my friends here on the Creature Handler forum, I am so incredibly sorry. This profession, and this community, is why I played Star Wars: Galaxies. You guys were/are the best of the best, the most dedicated and awesome group of gamers I've had the pleasure of meeting. Even if we are less than 1% of the playerbase (hard to believe how far we've fallen since launch, when every other person was a CH), we're still just as important (if not more so) than any Jedi or Bounty Hunter.
I will not be re-applying for CH correspondent if this new system takes effect. I doubt that matters as it seems there will be no Creature Handler profession. I have already posted my feelings to the dev team. I will likely not be renewing my subscription either, as the game I love is not the game that seems to be coming.
For those of you staying around, proudly wear your Master Creature Handler title... maybe in time, the team will come to their senses.
For any of you who would like to be in touch with me in the future, feel free to AIM me at TheDarkGodHeston, or e-mail me at [email protected]. I can't promise to respond fast, but I'll eventually get around to it.
Vertexon was the first Creature Handler Correspondent, and I was the second and presumably last. It has been my honor to serve you folks, and I'm so sad to see our profession die I can't express it. Take care of yourselves, and hope to see you in future games!
Mike Litzinger, Creature Handler Correspondent
Thank you for your hard work.
Mounts will still be in the game, but how will they be tamed and trained?
I think I will keep all my pets in the datapad, we'll see what comes down the line.