Creature Handler Archive
Thread: Is it still worth it ?
When i started playing, I immediatly fell in love with the CH profession, and it was the first profession i mastered. I spend LOTS and LOTS and even more time finding my precious and rare pets .... and for Farstar standards, had a nice collection. But, after a long time, i needed a change, dropped ch ... gave all my pets to friended CH's ... and went for a full combat template ... i wanted to see some action
Now, i'm in doubt .... i really miss the old CH days, but from what i read here, and hear from old mch's it is really not that good anymore, and very bugged. The pets are no longer unique (rare's became common again, and specials are gone) ... and much more easy to tame (vicious creatures don't attack). I got one respec left, and am really in doubt if i should use it for CH.
Since saturday, i've been dissapointed by many things. The most "No, you must be kidding, they didn't" changed i noticed, is the vicious animals not attacking you anymore !!!! what the hell is that all about.... like a gaping spider queen, that is twice my size, knows that i'm a higher level beeing, so better not attack me :/ .... Did 6 trips to the vilage, not aggroed once.... dathomir turned from a hell, into a daytrip to the zoo
CH is a real roleplaying profession, but somehow SOE manages to remove all roleplaying from the game ..... cantina's are empty .. hospitals are empty .... no more people waiting for the shuttle ( i nevercared about the waiting times ) .... all the places where you use to meet people, and make fun ... are gone .... i am really sad to see this profession, and roleplaying game turning into a jedi game .... some call it evolving, i just call it a change of direction... certainly not an improvement to the "FUN" factor of the game .... now, months after curb, many normal professions are still horribly bugged. Knowing what the game used to be like, i am feeling a bit sad .... the old days will not come back ...
Hmmm .. turning into a lenghty "emptying my hart" post...back on subject...
Is it worth respeccing to CH? Most my old CH friends left the game, or dropped CH out of dissapointment ... or having problems adjusting to the new system. I ask this the senior CH's, the ones that know what CH used to be like ..... do you think i will enjoy it again ??
Slightly OT but what are the rules for taming now? I'm a level 22 and I can tame a level 1 but after that I get a "You cant tame that." Message. I understand getting that message sometimes is a bug but I have gotten it on a level 15 dewback baby and then tamed a krettle and then got the error while taming a level 21 immediately after. I guess since I'm only novice I can only tame up to level 12?
Hi Marlon,
As you know I was a MCH for a long time, post CU I have dropped one line of CH so I can now only use up to lev 48 pets. This was because I got so frustated at having so many skillpoints tied into what was and still is a poor combat proffession. However that said I still use my pets to 'Pull' single NPC's away from groups so that I or my group can start to damage them. Istill use them as cannon fodder so I can get past NPC's while they kill the pet.I still use them to guard me and you still get more interesting conversation out of a Bantha than a Jedi grinder 
Is it worth getting MCH again ?, not from what I can see, is it worth still having some CH, yes,however if you really want best combat skills then skill points could be used in healing or combat boxes which will be more effective.
Sounds to me like you miss the novelty and interaction you only get from CH though.
Regards, Jaffy
Jaffy_Jafster wrote:
Sounds to me like you miss the novelty and interaction you only get from CH though.
Regards, Jaffy
Hi Jaffy,
Good to see you're still around
I miss spending whole days exploring the "dangerous" and unknown areas, accompanied by my pets, trying to avoid the big red dots on the radar, and then sneaking into a group of vicious pets with maskscent on, taming cookies and jawa beer ready, to go in stealth, and tame the little baby .... That was exciting, took practice, tactics , and many tries and deaths ... on maskscent break ... you had to make it for a run .... also had to be very carefull to not kill the baby ..... or have your own pets kill the baby, or draw agro...
Now, you just walk in and hit tame ... if you even care about the baby, as they are not special or unique anymore ....
I remember a time, i spend over a week, full days on endor, looking for a Screecher .... because a screecher was special ..... i did it unbuffed, and only wild lairs (no missions) ... died many times trying, killed 2 babies in the process ... and it was FUN, CHALLENGING and EXCITING ... all that has been removed from the game .... i can't find the passion in it anymore ... If development continues the way it is heading now, in a year this game will be Quake for jedi's..
MarlonB,
Its seems you have a good picture of what is going on. Sad but ture.
This game has changed so much, other than the graphics its a different game than it was 2 years ago. Instead of the concept of we want a few Jedi in game its we want everyone to be a Jedi. As far as combat goes Jedi has every other trade or combination of trades beat hands down. An Jedi are a dime a dozen. Other than the 8 or so food an drink buffs that Jedi use they don't need anything else. They even have anti decay kits now so once they get final template and get them good crystals an pearls they don't have to ever get them again.
When you fill out CSR ticket now it seems they are handled in India an after waiting 1 or 2 days for a response you gets some stupid response an they close the tickets. A example of this is when I was doing a quest in wookiee world. I had to "use" some poached containers. I got all but my last one. I was 0 to 1 meter from it an got msg that I was 2 far away to use it. Other players came up an used it just fine. I sent in CSR ticket an I was shocked in about 4 hours I got a response sorry you are having this trouble. You filled out this ticket in the wrong category please re submit it under xxxxxxx an a CSR will be happy to assist you.Ticket was then closed. So I fill out the new ticket an wait 2 days to get the response Sorry , there are 2 many bugs in the expansion an we cannot help you. Ticket was then closed.
Just last week I made a post on the BE forum asking about BE pets an if a BE could make a high lvl pet that can beat the 3 female narglatch that I have. Basically after some debate it was concluded that with my template of MCH an MDoc that they were the best combination of pets I can use.
You are correct in getting babies... seeing I am CL 80 an going after babies that come from liars that are lvl 70 down I don't get argo much at all... once in a while after standing on top of a rancor it will attack me but that is rare an being lvl 50 it is NO challenge, I just wip out my bowcaster an shoot it a few times an it dies. With the game design being that you can move 650m from a lair an come back an the mobs respawn you don't even have to kill anything to spawn a baby. Just ride back an forth.
In conclusion if you are like me an have it made in game as far as credits go, an just want to catch babies let them go an show off some of your pets when in major starports CH can still be some fun. If you have a good guild that likes to see you use the pets when doing groups, that helps alot.
I really wish I could say something positive but I think you want HONESTY an that is what I have tired to give you.
Jaffy_Jafster wrote:
...If development continues the way it is heading now, in a year this game will be Quake for jedi's..
and in two years Jedi Pacman. 
Message Edited by Sethna on 07-11-2005 02:16 PM
The devs love to bend us over month after month.
They've given us generic cookie cutter creatures. A Rancor is no better than a brackaset.
They've made long time pets uncallable.
They neutered all of the pre-CU BE pets.
They've taken away any reason whatsoever to even use the /tame command.
To be quite honest, I don't know of a single positive change thats happened since they destroyed us with the combat 'upgrade'.
Each patch brings more bugs. And the only bugs they fix are ones that make us even weaker than we already are.
I cancelled my account after the last patch. I'm convinced that the developers are totally inept and refuse to reward them with my money until they fix a few things.
Patch 20 ruins us more and no good news on the horizon either.
Last night there was an in-game event on the Scylla server where Rebels where attacking. Level 77-80 NPC's. I had out my 3 Narg's first. First of all, calling and waiting 45 seconds is a joke. second, when I was finally ready to enter the fray and form up, 2 of my Narg's ran off for no reason, while the other one got locked in combat with an NPC. Finaaly they all listened and attacked while two other NPC's rolled in. All were level 79 and my 3 Narg's all went down after a bit. They hurt one NPC and killed another, but in the end they all fell. Next I pulled out my Gaping Spider Hunter, it held its ground for the most part when it listed to me. I had the spam commands like crazy and twice it got locked in combat with no NPC's in site. It laster a little better the my 3 Narg's but once a few level 80 NPC's showed up, things didn't go great. CH is just not good enough for high level content, which is sad.
To many bugs...too many headaches...not enough love. Our days are numbered. Might as well just combine CH/Ranger/Squad Leader into one profession!
Its been over a year since I used a tent...come on!