Creature Handler Archive
Thread: so do you really think we might get some loving?
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taloncard
Tue Feb 01, 2005 10:53 am
#1
Given the mount focus thread and SOE's past performance I ask a simple question:
Do you think this thread will result in any real changes in mounts in the near future (3 months)?
I am willing to give the devs the benefit of the doubt, and see this as a change in a positive direction (listen up guys don't let me down).
So what does the rest of the community think. And to the people who think this is a flame fest post, please don't. This can be a useful thread to the devs to see how the community percieves their attempts. So please keep the comments constructive.
Do you think this thread will result in any real changes in mounts in the near future (3 months)?
I am willing to give the devs the benefit of the doubt, and see this as a change in a positive direction (listen up guys don't let me down).
So what does the rest of the community think. And to the people who think this is a flame fest post, please don't. This can be a useful thread to the devs to see how the community percieves their attempts. So please keep the comments constructive.
Ekaw
Tue Feb 01, 2005 11:15 am
#2
I think the devs will come through, I always have. It is in their best interests.
/chlovin
DarthMarksman
Tue Feb 01, 2005 11:21 am
#3
I think the fact that they asked shows they have an interest. They are asking what we want, specifically. Granted, we may not get EVERYTHING that we want, but some more features would be good until the CU, where I'm thinking thecreatures will be changed. I'm going to be optimistic.
Like I've always said. There is no dark backroom, with the devs sitting around a table, conspiring to destroy the CH profession.
Message Edited by DarthMarksman on 02-01-2005 10:22 AM
jopenack
Tue Feb 01, 2005 11:28 am
#4
sorry to be astick in the mudlol
3 months not likely
considering all the other input they have asked of people/professions (smuggler for example)
and also keeping in mind they have made some changes and appear to want to change past practices for the better lol (hiring help, combat upgrade, customer service...)
I think they will do something to change mount status but it may not be untill summer, just being practical and not getting my hopes too high lol
I must say in all honesty things do seem to be moving forward for the better here lately
(not ch but swg as a whole)
/crosses fingers
/prays to the CH god
Travin64068
Tue Feb 01, 2005 12:24 pm
#5
I personally think that the latest patch in testing (house storage, healing speed, etc...) is showing that they are starting to listen to the players. I really hope this is the case. I personally haven't seen an increaseinthe Customer Service quality, but maybe that's coming soon.
- Ivoe
Kitoth
Tue Feb 01, 2005 4:47 pm
#6
I think we'll see changes. Some good, some bad. That's always the way it is with SOE 'love'. Everything comes at a price.
We may not see those changes till summer. Post CURB, for sure, I would think.
I also think 50-70% of the changes will be the result of requests by non-CHs, not CHs. That means functionality we (as CHs) may not necessarily want (especially if it's at the expense of things we would like).
Propagandalf
Tue Feb 01, 2005 5:53 pm
#7
I have no hope. They will add a bunch if crap mounts for non CH and we will spend the next week answering the 'can u ttrain my baby Marsh Toad 2 be a muont?" /tells and generally wind up hating ourselves. Or they'll half@55 it and we'll be back to square one.
DarthMarksman
Tue Feb 01, 2005 6:00 pm
#8
Propagandalf wrote:
I have no hope. They will add a bunch if crap mounts for non CH and we will spend the next week answering the 'can u ttrain my baby Marsh Toad 2 be a muont?" /tells and generally wind up hating ourselves. Or they'll half@55 it and we'll be back to square one.
Before you quit, canI have your stuff?
Vertexon
Tue Feb 01, 2005 7:04 pm
#9
Personally I think a mounted marsh toad would be pretty cool (not as cool as a mounted mantigrue... but still, are we talking giant worrt that devours my foes?) I did pass along to Tiggs the concern folks have expressed of CH voices and ideas possibly beingdrown out in the sea of non-CH responses to her thread.
Ko-aIri
Wed Feb 02, 2005 12:05 am
#10
Vertexon wrote:Personally I think a mounted marsh toad would be pretty cool (not as cool as a mounted mantigrue... but still, are we talking giant worrt that devours my foes?) I did pass along to Tiggs the concern folks have expressed of CH voices and ideas possibly being drown out in the sea of non-CH responses to her thread.
That's all we can hope for... just hope Tiggs will listen.
JMShunter
Wed Feb 02, 2005 1:04 am
#11
im going back to my favorite profession finally I was one since launch til I dropped it about 4 months ago. I dropped it because I was frustrated with sucking in pvp and not having good pets to tame in the wild but im going to give it another shot. I dont think things will get much better in 3 months but I think gradually ch will be built back up.We can rly only hope and give input
I was one since launch til I dropped it about 4 months ago. I dropped it because I was frustrated with sucking in pvp and not having good pets to tame in the wild but im going to give it another shot. I dont think things will get much better in 3 months but I think gradually ch will be built back up.We can rly only hope and give input
SioBabble
Wed Feb 02, 2005 1:19 am
#12
There have been some RADICAL changes in the focus of the dev team. Like, they have one now. Tyrant is cracking the whip, but more importantly, is directing the dev team in a focused manner.
This has resulted in a lot of minor fixes that have long been neglected. For example the next publish, as being previewed on test center, is addressing issues dating from just after launch.
Some fresh, talented develoopers have been recruited to SWG's team, and I'm optimistic that we're going to see a lot of lovin' accross the board, not just for CHs.
TottDonetta
Wed Feb 02, 2005 4:03 am
#13
to be honest, No.
i have no faith left in the devs at all. i think theyre just throwing us a bone to keep us happy. it'll be interesting to see what happens but i cant quite shake the feeling that 'Mounts Unleashed' will be somewhere on par with 'Droids Rebuilt'. in other words -useless.
i personaly (and i will be the first to say im a pessimist in these maters) think the scenario will go one of either two ways.either:
1) The revamp will be a halfhearted and bodged affair on par with the droid invasion, i.e we gain maybe two or three new mounts at the most and the ability to use maskscent and talk to NPC's whilst mounted. if you look at tiggs post it actualy just says 'what actions would you like to see while on creature mounts that you can not currently do?' not real new functionality, no serious development or work going into it. tiggs herself merely suggested not having to get off of your mount to areatrack, call pets or throw traps. which will still make mounts far inferior to speeders, and still not worth bothering about. i see this as being the most likely scenario by far.
2) We get everything. we get tons of new mounts, cats, flyers, rancors. we get saddles and saddlebags, we get pet armour, we get specials, we get multiperson mounts, we get all our prayers answered to be frank.
but how long will it last for? well non-ch's cant use the really cool pets, so a few of them start grunbling, the artisans start grumbling cos they think that mounts might actualy threaten the speeder market. jedi have to dump any CH skills they may have hadand then they start grumbling cos they have to go back to speeders and cant ride the cool pets. all the non-ch's start grumbling because they cant find a CH to get them a pet and when they do the CH doesnt have any in stock. then we start grumbling because we cant meet supply. the devs solve it by making all the new features applicable to speeders as well and were back to square one. perosnaly i dont think the devs will ever consider wasting valuable time on a joke profession like CH again, but if they did then they'd be bound do forget something or other that leaves the whole thing as another useless fad.
but as i said, im a pessimist.
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