Development Cycle Archive
Thread: I'm out of my cave!
hmm for some reason im getting a message saying invalid html. sorry for this as im not sure what i have to do to quote from within the body of your statement. hopefully you understand what my questions entail
Shug_Ninx wrote:
Okay, trying to answer some questions/comments. Not responding to flames.
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i have afew questions if you dont mind taking the time to answer them..
1. are these surveys that are done.. are they the type that allow essay response or are they the fill in the blank aka "yes or no" or the old style fill in the bubble "on the scale of 1-5, 1 being dissatisfied and 5 being satisfied..." im not a marketing major or anything but if these style surveys were to be used... then every single player in the game would be dissatisfied with the fact there is no space flight and combat. and yes for myself i have been hoping for space since i first purchased this game and subscribed, who hasnt?
2. if i understand the quoted paragraph.. if reviews, exit polls and forumns are showing such negativity in regards to the becomming of a jedi... then why, since last fall, has the difficulty increased in unlocking this slot, and in my opinion the unlocking system, the whole time has not been friendly to part time gamers.
3. im not gonna try to insult by this but im sure its not exactly 99 out of 100 players at comic con have said they have been waiting for jtl. and of the actual numbers (no i dont expect you to come in and reply with "i took a clipboard and put tick marks as to yay or nay" that would be kind of crazy to do) how many of the actual people who stated this say "i want jtl over gcw revamp, combat balance, smuggler revamp, broken specials fixed, various i win exploits, etc etc.....
"I'm not a smuggler, but after all the talk of a Smuggler Revamp, this comment was bordering on infuriating. What about Greenmarine's posts on a Smuggler Revamp? What were you meaning by this comment?"
If I recall correctly, the original question involved smugglers, specifically, being upset over the combat balance coming after JTL. I personally don't know if we ever promised that the combat balance specifically would include a Smuggler Revamp, but I wasn't aware of that being part of the plan. We have talked many times about a desire to do a Smuggler Revamp. I was apologizing if any smugglers out there were upset because we confused the two. We dostill plana Smuggler Revamp. I don't have an ETA.
Where does Blackman get off thinking we as a single profession were upset about the Combat Revamp/JtL crap? We're upset that they're now blowing us off and sweeping us under the rug until they want to bring us out at their own discretion. The Smuggler community has been PROMISED, scheduled for, and bumped back countless times on a specifically stated, announced, and planned Revamp of the Smuggler profession along the lines of the Chef, Droid Engineer, Jedi, and to a small extent the Image Designer revamps.
I hope Smuggler_Caylin canuse allhis powers to get this cleared up by anyone before all of the Devs are laying the "I don't ever remember the Smugglers being promised a Revamp. We'll have to look into them sometime in the future and see what needs to be done, no ETA on that though" on us. Absolutely ridiculous!
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Shug_Ninx wrote:
"Haden, I'm confused. You said you had nine programmers in your origional post but now you say fifteen. Did I misread something?"
We have 9 *designers* on Live, and 15 people capable of "coding" for us, which in this case includes the 9 designers.
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Thank you sir!
WiskeDarkmoon wrote:
Shug I have a question:
1. Why is new content (JTL,Mounts, Player Cites, etc,)always given priority over fixing existing content that has been in place since day 1 (Smuggler, Squad Leader, GCW, etc.)?
Why cant all new things be put on hold for a short time and 100% attention put on fixing what we have now?
Not just content, what about all those useless armor/clothing/skill attachments that don't work or don't even apply to the skill they are supposed to enhance (2-handed evasion?), yet still drop like flies on dookie? I'm willing to give up 1 Jedi revamp publish for a publish that does nothing but FIX stuff in the game that's been broke since last year...
Wardogus
I know yourself and the team are under immense pressure about the rebalance. Ultimately I think it will bring myself and many others back to the game. I never stopped playing, but I definately don't enjoy it like I used to. Looking forward to hearing concept ideas as they flourish, so keep us posted!
Also, as a huge SW fan, I am very much looking forward to a step towards better continuity. A lot of things in the game are very out of place, or conflict with the timeline. I hope those issues are taken into consideration down the road. The recent mentioning of Vader hunting down Jedi made me grin from ear to ear.
KaptainKrude wrote:
Shug_Ninx wrote:
(in fact,just to show that everyone has their own opinion,I talked towell over a dozen people at Comic Con who felt that the current combat system is great and doesn't really need any changes).
Haden Blackman
LucasArts Producer
At Comic Con I'd guess that you were meeting a dozen hardcore SW fans who areplaying SWG mostly because it's Star Wars.
A better opinion of game mechanics would come from those who aremore hardcore gamers, I think. The gamer types are well represented in these forum discussions because we're fans of gaming and enjoy the opportunity to add input. If we seem insistent in our opinions, that's usually why I think.
/Sarcasm on
Kaptain, you mean you weren't aware that those dozen or so reflected the sentiments of the thousands that play the game? Man are you ever gullible. 
/Sarcasm off
Shug_Ninx wrote:
Hey everyone -
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We are committed to receiving feedback from and engaging the community. To that end, we'll be holding a correspondent summit at the end of August.
Just a friendly reminder, Riflemen still need a correspondent, I'd rather hope that they aren't left out in the cold when it comes time for this summit. I know other people here wouldn't mind it 
but I don't want rifles to get nerfed too badly.
Sorry if someone else posted this already, I didn't feel like reading through all of the posts. Thanks
