Development Cycle Archive
Thread: The Path of the Jedi: Reckoning of Effort
OlisJ
Tue Aug 31, 2004 9:22 am
#131
BLAH BLAH BLAH. I QUALIFY, BUT NO OLD MAN.
EarthBounder64 wrote:
Thunderheart wrote:
Of course, if you qualify for the visit under the new system, you will automatically be granted a visit from the old man.
READ PEOPLE!!!
If you qualify under the new system, you will automatically get your smegging visit!
Orew
Tue Aug 31, 2004 9:22 am
#132
okay, i'm at work now so i don't care much... but they'd better finish tracking whatever they want to track and grant visits to group 4 people before i get home 
Irtimed
Tue Aug 31, 2004 9:22 am
#133
*sigh*
been on for 2 hours... still no visit from the old man... unlocked in Publish 9 btw.... I wish they woudl give us some kind of time frame. people are bitching about having to wait and stuff...
well... from what i've read... EVERYONE is having to wait. sit the **edit** down... chill out. I would LIKE to think that they are not stupid enough to actaully **edit** up something this big. but hey... I wouldnt put it past them.
Give it another hour... chill out... if still no word.... lay into them. They had more then enough time to give us some kind of responce.
Limbonik
Tue Aug 31, 2004 9:22 am
#134
This system is partially bugged with the Profession Badges you added later into the game.
Example: I mastered my first holo (Dancer) before profession badges. I log in today and see that I am not glowing but only surge with the force. I have done all but my silent profession which would have granted me 5 branches and a trip from the old man. But since I didn't get the first holo badge I'm not granted 4 out of 5 holos, only 3.
Nice screw-up.
HyperMatrix
Tue Aug 31, 2004 9:22 am
#135
Goomesh wrote:
I can't believe this. I have played this game every single ******* day for the last 8 months, paying for two accounts, trying to grind out a system you told me I had to do but you kept changing the rulesbehind the scenes? How can you possibly do this to your player base? You promise something in the sale of the game but then you make it so people cannot achieve that goal. You have now changed the rules again (I like the story based concept) but instead of just chaning the system, you are flat out denying them the ability to play the content.
Gating because you have too many people is nothing short of denying the content I pay for andI hope someone starts a class action suit for it.
I am likelydone with this game and I don't think EQ II will ever become part of my library either, any company who has such disregard for its players doesn't deserve my money.
Exactly, goomesh...the 4 out of 5 professions we had mastered, which was 80% completed FS slot, is now turned into 33% completed FS slot...and that's only when we get an old man visit....I'm cancelling both my accounts as well...this is B-U-L-L F-U-C-K-I-N-G S-H-I-T !!!!!!!!!!!
GEJedi1138
Tue Aug 31, 2004 9:23 am
#136
Thunderheart wrote:
Of course, if you qualify for the visit under the new system, you will automatically be granted a visit from
Does this mean that anyone who under /check got "you feel an inner glow. the force is with you" is basiclly in phase 1?
spheromak
Tue Aug 31, 2004 9:23 am
#138
jiro09 wrote:while i have a problem with gating in general, i am not a power gamer and the artificial time will not really affect me. however, i am concerned that the spiliting of old man visits into seperate groups will force some individuals to miss the first phase.i would like to assume that this concern will have already been addressed by the devs in internal discussions. but did it?i am also not happy that those who did not hologrind are now going to wait till group 4 to see a visit from a dear old man. we played the game and now we are forced to wait. the hologrinders are already getting credit (which they deserve) with free unlocks....and they get to go first?how about a little love for those that just played (falling on deaf ears)
Agreed its total BS that i wake up to being glowy but get gated cause i wasnt a hologrinder. they are gonna be weeks ahead of us on the village anyway with the unlocked trees. I don't understand the Goal SWG is doing with this other than making ppl like myself verry frustrated.
I just want my 2nd friggin char slot FFS!
nakedandfearless
Tue Aug 31, 2004 9:24 am
#139
You guys ask questions like SOE know the answers. They make this up as they go. The new system, holo jump from 5 to 8, and so on.
I want to know this...
1. If Holos go silent after the 4th one, and you guys made the number 8, then why am I not getting 3 of 6 branches?
2. How am I suppose to know what group I'm in?
3. How am I suppose to know when my group can go to the village? Will we be notified? Want my cell phonenumber? Are you gonna keep people logged on 24 hours a day for the next week or 3?
Azmodon
Tue Aug 31, 2004 9:24 am
#140
I think what is starting to un-nerve me is, that apparently under the new system, to be able to enter the village and do the quests, you need to gain BADGES. This is according to what my fellow players of this game have been saying, if this is true, then how many people did you just screw over, that can not gain certain badges because they have ZERO combat related skills, makeing it impossable for them to gain access to certain poi's. It was stated by SOE that with this new system, you would not have to CHANGE your charachter in order to become Force Sensative.
You have just screwed my wifes toon, if you now need a certain number of badges, or POI badges, as she is a Weaponsmith / Dancer.
Nice job SOE, you havethrowen the cancel account button sign up for me just now.I have been playing this game since day 1, and even got an invite to Beta 3, you have given the or will be giveing veteran rewards to anyone who has a 6 month active account, and now, you are makeing it so that even more people with out a life will be the only ones with force sensativity. This means any non-combat crafters that just want the skill trees that will help them with crafting, will never be able to do the quests unless they CHANGE their charachter.
Well, so much for what I though would be a FUN new way of becomeing a Jedi, by doing CLASS related quests, glad you screwed us SOE, your makeing it so that I will be saveing a myself a lot of money on my credit card.
In closeing, I have one final thing to say: TAKE THIS GAME AND SHUVE IT UP YOUR REARS!!!!!
SirLithium
Tue Aug 31, 2004 9:26 am
#141
Raverbane wrote:The devs had a perfectly good system ont eh test center. It seemed to be working and most of the players were happy. I guess it would be too simple to stick with that plan that you had presented to the players. Now, you spring this on us. Amazing that you never ran this little part of the plan on test center. I am a player from way back, Thunder. I remember when you first started and really did seem to be someone who was 'of the players and for the players'. What happened? When did you just become a mouthpiece? This 'traffic control system' and the secret addition of the number of professions that a holo grinder needed is just decietful. And now. You say you are changing the system to get away from hologrinding. To make it quest system more immersive. But, with this traffic control system. You punish the players that have 'played' the game like you devs say you wanted. That explored, did the quests and actaully played the game.
The system on TC and TC2 was gated, as well. First at 1000 players... then at 500.
ienova
Tue Aug 31, 2004 9:27 am
#142
I truly hope that the Devs read this thread thoroghly because there is something that got overlooked in determining this new process...and I am very frustrated by that oversight.
When this game initially came out it was made very clear that when a person unlocked their FS slot they would be creating a new and totally separate character for that Jedi. Based on this it was not at all necessary to take into consideration what race would be best for Jedi when creating your initial character. Thus, I started this game with a Twi'lek character and played that for the better part of a year...all of my accomplishments and professions grinded were on that character...including all 4 Holocrons and another 12 additional professions.
However, a couple months ago when the revamp was initially being fleshed out a very significant change came into play...that being the concept that it would be your MAIN character that would henceforth become your FS toon. Based on my experiences in the game and my style of play I had absolutely NO intentions of EVER playing a Twi'lek Jedi and was forced to make a very serious decision. In the end I decided to forego all my progress towards Jedi and start a new character that I would be happier with as an actual Jedi toon. I did this knowing full well that I would not get the credit towards actual Jedi that would have come from my unlocked professions. However, there was NEVER anything said about the loss of that credit affecting WHEN you could start your quest to become a Jedi.
Now I am stuck in group 4 according to Thunderhearts post and will likely have to wait weeks before even having a chance to start experiencing this new content. Frankly I find that to be unacceptable and hope that there is some way to deal with this issue as I am sure that there are others in the same situation.
Just my thoughts...
HyperMatrix
Tue Aug 31, 2004 9:27 am
#143
spheromak wrote:
jiro09 wrote:
while i have a problem with gating in general, i am not a power gamer and the artificial time will not really affect me. however, i am concerned that the spiliting of old man visits into seperate groups will force some individuals to miss the first phase.
i would like to assume that this concern will have already been addressed by the devs in internal discussions. but did it?
i am also not happy that those who did not hologrind are now going to wait till group 4 to see a visit from a dear old man. we played the game and now we are forced to wait. the hologrinders are already getting credit (which they deserve) with free unlocks....and they get to go first?
how about a little love for those that just played (falling on deaf ears)
COMPLETE BS, YES! I've been awake for 7 hours now, just so I could be ready right at patch, and get my old man visit, etc....Such total COMPLETE BS.
Agreed its total BS that i wake up to being glowy but get gated cause i wasnt a hologrinder. they are gonna be weeks ahead of us on the village anyway with the unlocked trees. I don't understand the Goal SWG is doing with this other than making ppl like myself verry frustrated.
I just want my 2nd friggin char slot FFS!