Creature Handler Archive
Thread: Letter from Beta Tester
My name is Josh Gilhen and I was one of those chosen to play the Beta at the Sony offices in Austin.
Just post questions and I'll do my best to answer. First we have these:
No. Jedi entering the system will be an equal class to the others. The grind will be much shorter.
Existing Jedi get to reach level 90. They also get an exclusive robe, a higher damage saber, blue glowy
and an Elder title.
Healing is still around, as is force run. I don't have specifics yet. The steak was too good to ignore.
The new system is being published in phases, unlike the CU so that it doesn't come out all bugged.
Later publishes will go deeper in to features like the Dark/Light factions.
You need much less XP to level, so it's been ajusted accordingly. People level often via quests so that
players can finish their templates to go out there and start having fun!
Space is staying as is. Infact Goliath showed me a certain ship he was working on...I can't give
specifics but it's not a capital ship- more of a cruiser that's many times the size of the Yacht.
When I was there, they were making up their conversion tables. ADKs will either remain usefull or
changed to something to equal value.
Any class can pick up melee. Some it works better for than others. For instances you can be a Bounty
Hunter who specializes in Hand to Hand combat or in weaponry. It's like Pre-CU, but since the SP
system changed you can be much better at it.
Nothing. It just got devided into a larger class. There are sopme changes for future publishes. On an
interesting note, Pure crafters or entertainers no longer draw NPC aggros and crafters can sell their crap
rescources to NPCs for a decent price.
Yes, due to the new twitch combat, CH doesn't work aynmore the way it used to. Mounts are remaining
ingame, as are combat pets because SOE is not completly destroying the prof. They are shelfing it until
they have a way to implement it in the new system.
Giving every player an alt is technicaly not fessable. You know how Bria nearly explodes every time it
boots up? That's because all the character data eats up the server Ram, causing them to have to jack it
up with other server rescources. Giving every player an alt would turn every server into Bria, and Bria
into a pile of smoldering server.
First of all, slicing is gone in it's current form. Expect changes in future publishes. Smuggler is more of
a dirty combat class now that uses awesome tricks to escape and fight. They also can sell items on any
Vendor/Bazzar they own or public int he galaxy without leaving wherever they are.
Soon it will be the harvester purge. 3 months inactivity and they kaput. They also want to make
harvesters dirt cheap to make so that after being dropped a few times, they break and architects can
replace them.
into their new game equivilant.
new player tutorial)
will mark the terrain for a while and send mobs flying.
Currently, the Devs have to adress the issues of 40 correspondants, not to mention the ones not
profession related. For any team, that is a sh!t load of work. By breaking it down into a smaller number
that the profs still exist in but in different functions, they can adress issues in a much better way.
weapon and range on them. The new system makes mixing and matching more unique to the player's
style. There won't be any more FOTM templates.
hackers. For instance, if you wanted to sit your pc was like "Can I please sit down?" Server goes "Hang
on a sec, I'm busy....Alright go ahead". All the combat and basic stuff have been moved client side.
This means a huge improvement, especially in mass PVP.
bombers literaly fly 20 feet overhead and bomb the crap out of the lair. This can be used in PVP, but
bear in mind players can move alot before it hits.
to die, you can step between them and absorb the hits while they run.
regeristing hits no matter their size. (Size issue has been adressed, everyone will be the same regardlessof wookie or
Anywhere in the red area will take damage as long as you float your cursor over it. This means it isn't
precise shooting like CS, just a way to keep you active. Battles only last about 10 seconds on a mob
your level so it's quite fun.
Okay a few pointers to you.
1. The devs lie quite vigorously they lied to us about the ch necklace which obviously dosent exist. They will say anything for you to stay in the game.
2. This game is pretty much dead most people are leaving the game. Let me reiterate not cancelling just leaveing the expansion stunt is a big part of it.
3. The system is increadibly dumbed down it just is all the testers have said so its a fps plain and simple. This is kind of counter indicated for a mmorpg and most certainly not worth 15 bucks a month.
4. The system is totally constrictivefor everyone fighters crafters and the like. A system this inflexible has a short to play ratio in other words with few options and fast grinds you will be bored quite quickly.
5. We are not going to be compensated for past work or effort. Anyone with plus 50 pet abilities just gets taken to the cleaners for the effort.
6. Let me make this one very clear these so called chosen 9 are what is referred to as mouth peices. Think about it sony just invited them to come test did not pay their plane fairs hotel rooms or anything. These guys are 100 percent hardcore the game could look like southpark and they would say the graphics rock. These are SWG fanboys, and not just that they are obviously quite tight with the devs. Only people they know would side with them were invited. Thats why our correspondent was not invited.
7, You just took it up the rear on a expansion with CH promises of better days even though they knew in 2 weeks they would remove us from the game entirely. What does it take for the point to sink in. Do they have to beat you up and molest you or something. Hope is fine and dandy but common sense is better. Hope can be dashed common sense is solid.
So in summation please do yourself a favor and do not develope a hope its neither founded or realistic. You have been lied too stabbed in the back and tiggs took an opportunity to rub your nose in bantha poo doo. CH has actually continually gone backwards in viability, and we as a group have been very good sports about it. Patiently waiting being helpful and fully participateing in the little content we could get. For our efforts and utter decency we have been treated like toilet paper and nothing more.
Its over accept it. You need to find a new mmorpg and there are many good ones comeing just around the corner DD startrek and many others. Until then enjoy starwars battlefront 2 its a solid star wars experience and revisit some old classics like shadows of the empire.
if decay is completly removed from items than that spells death to crafters, as the markets will become saturated with armour/weapons that cannot decay, so there will never be any new business.