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Just on a little side note, I am more excited that I finally made Veteran in the forums then getting a glowy in the game cause I will be more active editing me typos in here then waiting for a **edit**ing old man in the game!

Message Edited by D-TechNYC on 09-01-2004 03:46 AM

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DeneziB wrote:

Look. What is so hard to understand about having people line up to take their turns at the Village? Why is there such outrage amongst you impatient children? Don't you understand that 100,000+ can't possibly descend upon Dathomir all at once? It is physically impossible for the servers to take that kind of load. They've set up a line in the most fair way possible, yet you still whine, and cry, and whine some more. Think about it, what would happen if they allowed 100,000+ people to all cram into a theater that only holds 1000 at the Episode 3 Premiere?

You also say there's NO communication between the Devs and the community? Now I KNOW you're an idiot. What the heck do you think this whole thread was started on? What the heck do you think Thunderheart has been doing answering questions within this thread? There was A LOT of communication going on. Thunderheart communicated A LOT about what was going on in the initial post. In one post, TH dispelled all the rumors circulating around the Village. Think about it, if he didn't tell us how they separated people into lines to get into the Village, there would be idiotic rumors, conspiracy theories, etc., about why only a segment of the population were being visited.

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Soha wrote:

I'm not really mad about the extra wait. Yeah it's dissapointing. But if they let us all rush the place at once, the server would probably melt down.

What bothers me is them changing it from needing one silent profession to 4 silent professions, without ever telling us. We all kept slaving away like total idiots, having no idea that we had little to no chance of unlocking everytime we finished a new profession.

I got my silent holo after my 6th master, and every master after that I had high hopes of it being the one, because I had no idea they changed it to 4 silents. 16 masters after my silent later I still sit here without having unlocked my slot.

Would I of gone through the hell I did to get those 22 masters if I had known of this 4 silent profession deal? Most likely not. Most likely I would of left the game, because striving for a jedi is the only form of content I have been able to find in this game.

I don't want to be a drama queen here, but it's really dissapointing that they deliberately misled us all for so long about this. The carrot was dnagled in front of our face early on, as we watched many players unlock in less than 10 masters in many cases, and in a lot of cases less than 15. Little did we know our chances of doing the same were about the same as John Kerry actually sticking to one side of an issue.

Am I mad or dissapointed enough to quit the game entirely? Nah, I don't think so. I do like this game and think there are a lot of great things that will happen in the future. Once they clean up this mess, I really hope they do something about pvp. PVP was a blast in the first few months of this game's release. There were massive battles everywhere, and most seemed to enjoy it. Doctor buffs and a few out of ctrol professions ahve ruined that for me, and obviously alot more people because you just don't see the pvp action we had last summer. Not even close.

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They never even said that it would take 5 random professions. They've always kept theunlocking method a secret, even when it became evident that the playerbase pieced the mystery together on themselves. So what makes you think that they should've told you it was bumped to 8? Even the new Badge Method is a "secret". Didn't you notice that TH didn't even mention Badges in his initial post?

Be grateful that they even allowed the people on Test Center know that Badges were the method to unlock "The Village". They could've easily done internal testing to keep the Badge thing a secret.

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Soha wrote:

I'm not really mad about the extra wait. Yeah it's dissapointing. But if they let us all rush the place at once, the server would probably melt down.

Whatbothers me is them changing it from needing one silent profession to 4 silent professions, without ever telling us. We all kept slaving away like total idiots, having no idea that we had little to no chance of unlocking everytime we finished a new profession.

I got my silent holo after my 6th master, and every master after that I had high hopes of it being the one, because I had no idea they changed it to 4 silents. 16 masters after my silent later I still sit here without having unlocked my slot.

Would I of gone through the hell I did to get those 22 masters if I had known of this 4 silent profession deal? Most likely not. Most likelyI would of left the game, because striving for a jedi is the only form of content I have been able to find in this game.

I don't want to be a drama queen here, but it's really dissapointing that they deliberately misled us all for so long about this. The carrot was dnagled in front of our face early on, as we watched many players unlock in less than 10 masters in many cases, and in a lot of cases less than 15. Little did we know our chances of doingthe samewere about the same as John Kerry actually sticking to one side of an issue.

Am I mad or dissapointed enough to quit the game entirely? Nah, I don't think so. I do like this game and think there are a lot of great things that will happen in the future.Once they clean up this mess, I really hope they do something about pvp. PVP was a blast in the first few months of this game's release. There were massive battles everywhere, and most seemed to enjoy it. Doctor buffs and a few out of ctrol professions ahve ruined that for me, and obviously alot more people because you just don't see the pvp action we had last summer. Not even close.

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Message Edited by D-TechNYC on 09-01-200403:59 AM

Message Edited by D-TechNYC on 09-01-2004 03:59 AM

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Thunderheart wrote:

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kardia wrote:
TH I have a question for you, what about the people that already unlocked do they automatically qualitfy or should they be waiting like the other groups.

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You automatically qualify. Hang out in the wilderness and you will be visited in a short period of time. The old man will visit you in the wilderness and send you on a quest.

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How could it be "secretly" raised to 8, when it wasn't even publically announced that it was initially 5?

You think that this system is worse than hologrinding because you "know" that completing 32 professions will give you a slot? NONSENSE! In this system, you know that you only have to complete 6 quests based on your own personal interests, and then you get to actually play the game doing what you like to do to gain XP that goes towards those quests.

This new system is a squillion times better than the old system. It's a better experience to grind something that you like to do, and it's better for the economy since people will be doing what they like to do.

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InfinityValentine wrote:

Now I read that the holo requirement was secretly raised to 8 and that people are going to be getting into the village in stages based on their holo progressions, but I have no idea where that leaves me.

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