Development Cycle Archive

Thread: Great Expectations, Major Schedule Changes and making SWG the finest MMORPG ever

SlayerOfMice
Sat Jul 17, 2004 1:19 am
#1652

I'm not canceling this time. I use a prepaid card have 30 days left at the end of the month. If SOE has gone the right way. I will get another prepaid card. I played from launch and left when i burned out from the holo grinding. I only came back because of SOE saying they where revamping combat and putting in a jedi quest. They lauched the game saying you could unlock your slot from the start. Well we all know it was about 3 months later that they added the holo grind. SOE really needs to learn how to run things. This is very dissappointing news I feel. I for one will not be buying JTL. So far SOE has done nothing for the causal gamer. So far all the rewards go to the hard core gamer. Sure if i would have stay the last 6 months I could have unlocked. But i don't want to spend all my time playing. I thought it would nice to have the jedi quest in the game because it would add content to this game. We would have a really purpose for are chars now. This delay I feel is because they are running behind on JTL and want everyone working on JTL. SOE you really need to fix SWG first then worry about JTL. SOE you need to realize that there are alot of other games coming out. Some look like they will blow SWG out of the water. You need to start taking care of your customers and stop making empty promises.
DimiGR
Sat Jul 17, 2004 1:41 am
#1653

soe, throw us a bone,


make pvp playable and we ll calm down.

The situation atm is like this:


If u r not able to target mind, u r screwed

If u r a rifleman, u r good

If u r a cm, u r better than good

If u r a rifleman/cm u r god

I am not counting jedis on this, but saw a cm/(enter other proffecion here) owning a Dark jedi Knight


Find a solution about this, made a hack, hotfix whatever and you ll buy more time than u think.

And the your JTL sales will go much better.


I am not buying this **edit** if u dont fix the issues above



Zeveron
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VeriBeri
Sat Jul 17, 2004 1:44 am
#1654

Well, here we go again.

1. Do not take your customers as fools.
2. Do apologize.
3. Do make amends (1 month free service).
4. Do reschedule JTL to 2005.
5. Do reschedule CB back to publish 11.0
6. Do reschedule Jedi village etc to after publish 11.0, if it is necessary to do 5.
7. Do kick yourselves repeatedly in the nether regions for this galactic-sized boo boo.
8. Do not try to sweep the dirt under the carpet again. It tends to infuriate people.

For the record, I want to play a Jedi or at least a FS toon as much as anyone but you cannot build a castle on a weak foundation. Same thing with JTL, I want it, but not if it means having to put up with obviously broken infrastructure.



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Buddhist
Sat Jul 17, 2004 1:52 am
#1655

CANCELLED : 7/17/04.. EAT SHATNER.





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wussynip
Sat Jul 17, 2004 1:52 am
#1656



Before you all cancel your accounts SOE Developers has to work with Lucas Arts Developers. Lucas Arts Develops Video Games. Activision works woth Lucas Arts to Publish and Distribute Lucas Arts Games. Currently Lucas Arts Developers cannot work with SOE Developers to do Combat Rebalance. On September 26th one of the best Lucas Arts video games will be made. Star Wars Battlefront. Then in the Fall it will be Republic Commando. Without Lucas Arts Developers on hand with SOE Developers they had to push back Combat Revamp. Currently SOE is working on6 games. Mercenaries, Republic Commando, KOTOR II, SWG,JTL, and Battlefrontright now Lucas Arts staff is understaffed. I do not think SOE wanted you to know Lucas Arts Developers have to come in and work with SOE Developers. This is Lucas Arts and not SOE game. SOE has a contract with Lucas Arts. You are prematurely cancelling your accounts. Because of Lucas Arts release dates they have 5 games. SOE has other games they have to develop they are under a lot of stress to release games. And Playstation and X-Boxgames you cannot make a patch for and say it is fixed they have to redo the whole game and re-release it. They are not making empty promises by any means SOE had to put this on hold because of 5 games and 1 is about to launch. In 2 months. One thing SOE along with Lucas Arts should have said since day 1 both developers have to come with agreements to this game. Lucas Arts is trying to add more content but with them making video games we will be put on push back all teh time. You forget Lucas Arts owns this game SOE has to keep the game playable on the servers. SOE CSR's have to take a lot of whiney complaints because of Lucas Arts. I think Thunderheart should write and also video and make it into a MPEG and see what a day and life is like when Lucas Arts Developers come to work on this game. SOE and Lucas Arts have to come to an Agreement. So please give it some thought before you cancel your account. SOE is trying there best to make you happy and all you do is whine and complain about them. When it is Lucas Arts Developers who have to work with them. Lucas Arts is the real company to blame and some will say they will never by a SOE game because of this. Look at who has to make the game and if you boycott SOE mights as well boycott Lucasfilms Entertainment Ltd. So boycott Star Wars Episode III when it comes out May 18, 2005.

Message Edited by wussynip on 07-17-2004 04:58 AM

Message Edited by wussynip on 07-17-2004 05:26 AM



HC-4 Kitty Director of Imperial Intelligence
Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through Passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken.
The Force will set me free.

Rhysati
Sat Jul 17, 2004 1:59 am
#1657

Wrong. Lucas Arts Published the game. SOE developed it. In other words, Lucas Arts does not design this game.
Thrush
Sat Jul 17, 2004 2:01 am
#1658

I've been following this game and posting since the pre-beta boards. I talked my friends into trying this game. 3 out of7 of them still play. The others cancelled their accounts within in the last 8 months.


I'm very disappointed in where I see this game going.


It's getting hard to hang in there.


I'm not angry, just sad.


--Thrush--



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Who me? I just fly the ship.
Baelin_Radiant
Sat Jul 17, 2004 2:04 am
#1659


Once a man breaks his word, he ceases to be taken seriously ever again. No matter what you do in the future, this will be remembered. It all boils down to the old saying, "Do right, no one remembers. Do wrong, no one forgets." That might not be the best way for people to handle things, but it is the way we will react.

All I want is for you to fulfill your initial promises. I'm not asking for anything new or anything out of the ordinary. I only want you to stay true to your word. You made an extremely numerous amount of promises in a past months to fix combat. Please honor those promises. If you can't honor those, how can you expect us to believe anything you say after that?




Truisms are true, hold on to that! The solid world exists, its laws do not change. Stones are hard, water is wet, objects unsupported fall towards the earth's centre. With the feeling that he was speaking to O'Brien, and also that he was setting forth an important axiom, he wrote: Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.

Zariell
Sat Jul 17, 2004 2:04 am
#1660

As I read post to post, all I can do is nothing except feel depressed.


At this point, I, Like many others, feel like we can do nothing to persaude you sad developers, and are left with nothing but the cancelation buttons.


You dev's need to take a SERIOUS look at your priorities, because JTL and jedi will not fix this game.



Corbantis
Zariell Lentanis - Light Jedi Knight
Master Powers FTW


wussynip
Sat Jul 17, 2004 2:07 am
#1661





Rhysati look at the names of the developers they are the same ones who make other Lucas Arts games Lucas Arts does not publish video games Lucas Arts hired Activision to Publish and Distribute Lucas Arts game don't believe me go to historical archives on the Activision site so do not be stupid. And read what happened in 2003 http://activision.com/en_US/news_article_cc/cc_historicaltimeline.htmlthere is your proof and currently Thunderheart should have also said they have positions at Lucas Arts for Programmers I think it is for JTL http://lucasarts.com/jobs/Now before anything else say anything stupid read those and that proves Lucas Arts Developers work on this game. Thunderheart should have said this to us. Before people jumped the gun and cancelled their accounts. In the making of of a Lucas Arts game especially JTL they needed to bring their developers in form Lucas Arts. The Development Team form SOE and Skywalker Sound.

Thunderheart I know your doing your best to make people happy but Star Wars Battlegrounds comes first before Combat Revamp September 26th

Message Edited by wussynip on 07-17-2004 05:11 AM



HC-4 Kitty Director of Imperial Intelligence
Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through Passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken.
The Force will set me free.

shadowviper069
Sat Jul 17, 2004 2:12 am
#1662

Wuss,

Do you really think that those that have or are going to cancel their accounts cares whos fault it is for the delay of the CB?



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Possible Recruit, " Nice what are you going to give me to help take down this tyranny."
Rebel Recruiter, "Oh you will be equiped with our most deadliest piece of equipment, the Empire stands no chance against all of us rebels wearing these high tech Bicycle helmets."
Rhysati
Sat Jul 17, 2004 2:13 am
#1663

http://www.gameinformer.com/games/info/info.htm?CS_pid=644815

Link to GameInformer's info page about SWG. Notice the published by: Lucas Arts, Developed by: Verant Interactive. Lucas Arts has NOTHING to do with this game other than that Verant/SOE has to ask them if doing certain things story-line wise, is ok.
wussynip
Sat Jul 17, 2004 2:18 am
#1664

Shadowviper those people are going to miss out on a great game. SOE/Lucas Arts should have explained it more clearly that the 2 development teams have to come to an agreement. Now if it was not for Star Wars Battlefront coming around the corner they had to push back Combat Revamp the promised it andyou will recieve. But, Lucas Arts have not completed a project coming out September 26. People should know all this and what happens behind the scenes. So please reconsider before cancelling your accounts and look at the preview to Star Wars Battlefront. http://www.lucasarts.com/games/swbattlefront/ This is going to be awfully close to JTL when it comes out.



HC-4 Kitty Director of Imperial Intelligence
Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through Passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken.
The Force will set me free.

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