Development Cycle Archive
Thread: Great Expectations, Major Schedule Changes and making SWG the finest MMORPG ever
Thorolfsk
Thu Jul 15, 2004 1:46 pm
#157
Halfblood wrote:
TH, you guys are doing a great Job. Dont let the whiners win. JTL will be the best and even if the clowns say they are going to quit, they arent going anywhere. I saw the videos and it looks awsome. You are breaking new grounds with the JTL.
They are very inpatient and childish, don't worry about then. If they go they go, but just always say to yourself that the true fans are here to stay and play in the great world you have build us.
Thanks TH, keep it up.
How you can say "great job" and not be sacrastic is beyond me.
This is my first online game, and trust me when I say that I am the biggest Star Wars nerd there is, But if you are paying $15 per month for a broken game, that love is gonna fade fast.
nolan007
Thu Jul 15, 2004 1:47 pm
#158
Vegitaa wrote:
Thunderheart wrote:
"Publish 10 will be the Jedi Trials.This will be the new gateway to the Jedi profession that will by a mysterious path to unlocking Force sensitivity."
Ok, so my questions is.. Does this invalidate the poll that we have been voting on in the forums? Because currently the results are 53% for making the Jedi path KNOWN!
Can you clarify wether or not the poll matters (the opinion of the players in this case) or if the Dev's have already decided to not tell us what the new path will be?
Considering the huge shaft we just got wouldn't it be a good idea to throw us a bone here? At least give Force sensitivity to those veteran players that have been here a year (of which I am not one...)
Reimburse those that have sat there and fell short on the hologrind with a little encouragement.
You've got me trapped here till JTL at least but I must say I am a bit disheartened by this.
(Been posting here quiet some time TH could I get my first Dev response please?)
Consider the margin of error.. the poll basically indicates 50% want one thing and 50% the other. I hope the path is so difficult we don't see Jedi Wars Online or another Holocron grind that hurts the game.
rscheibler
Thu Jul 15, 2004 1:47 pm
#159
TH,
Wow. This looks really bad for Sony and the SWG product. The combat rebalance has been a floating promise for a long time. The playersare losing faith in thesystem and as fall approaches, they are looking at many new MMO opportunities on the horizon. Is it because they hate the concept of this game? No. Its becausethe players are getting tired of beingfed bogus time tables and fix promises that never come.
I personally was looking forward to the combat rebalance, but now... I really don't give a ****. It doesn't matter anymore. I won't chase that carrot. The player community won't chase that carrot.... especially those that have been here the longest.
The key here is priorities and decision making.. too many little things were thrown into the priority queue and now that its crunch time, there isn't enough time to finish the big important projects. To be honest, that should never have happened. If the combat revamp was that important... like the jedi revamp was... it would have been finished now. There is no way it should have been thrown to the end of the priority queue again and forcast to another 5 to 6 months out.
Hmmm... or is this a one giant miscommunication? Do the powers that be not understand that the consumer wants the revamp as a priority? Are we as the consumer not making it clear enough?
Actually it has to be understood how important the combat revamp is... especially since for the last 3 months all of the combat fix requests have been answered with "Wait until the Combat revamp". Sadly, that answer won't be good enough anymore.
I hope this is understood... SOE's priorities HAVE to line up withthose of theplayers... or this game is in a lot of trouble.
Thank you for listening.
Sc0rPs
Thu Jul 15, 2004 1:47 pm
#160
Thunderheart wrote:
downertool wrote:
so can we get a timeline kinda thing to show what is coming out when, like when JustG made a state of the game letter that showed what was in publishes and mini pubs
like this
The development cycle still has momentum and we still have some other important items, big and small, coming out of the pipeline.Here is what still lies ahead:
Publish 10 is slated for the end of August, but one of the reasons for these delays is to make as much room as possible for extra implementation and testing time.
Before publish 10, we plan on launching the character transfer system
In Publish 9.2 We’re publishing Wookiee armor sets #2 and #3, new crafting quests and the second swoop race
Publish 9.3 will bring us the third swoop race
Publish 10 will be the Jedi Trials.This will be the new gateway to the Jedi profession that will by a mysterious path to unlocking Force sensitivity.
Publish 10.1 is going to bring us an exciting surprise and also a list of Correspondent requests
Publish 10.2 is focused on the entertainers which features a unique new game experience where entertainers, Dancers and Musicians can perform for an NPC audience for the reward of a new song and dance.
Can you at least bring back some of the fun in GCW? Such as factional pet armor being restored, allow more then one to be called (with the exception of AT ST) and off perma death. This, believe it or not, alone helps with a lot of Star Warsy feeling.
At the least please allow factional armor to be craftable by buying schematics comparable to composite. You can bring in new sets of factional armor when you have time but these two things can't take a lot of time.
Oh by the way NPC's haven't been using style shots for ages or any of the abilities such as nightsister force powers.
arith0n
Thu Jul 15, 2004 1:47 pm
#161
no one cares about JTL we all want a combat rebalance first. i will not be purchasing JTL until the core game is fixed. every corner u people manage to sc**w us over. it's nothing to do with jedi having this or DE's having that or crackdowns. give us what we want we want our combat balance. tell u what put a poll in the main forum page 1 vote poll for JTL first and 1 Vote poll for Combat balance first. let's see what the players want even if u people don't want to follow it through.
Thunderheart
Thu Jul 15, 2004 1:48 pm
#162
Meplorium wrote:
TH please do convey to the higher ups that the customers are very pleased with the job the few people working on this project are doing but are very displeased that there are few people working on this project.
I have. I've been going over the details, the history and the effect this announcementis having on the community for some time now. I've spent more than a couple of sleepless nights in the past couple of weeks thinking about this post. It's not easy for anyone involved.
WookieBounty
Thu Jul 15, 2004 1:49 pm
#163
benbanglong wrote:
Yea, Soar, my other account that isn't cancelled is a Master Smuggler. I still have not surrender the Master Smuggler profession on that account because I have kept waiting for the revamp. First, it was supposed to happen in April. Now it appears we won't see the Smuggler revamp till April 2005.
I don't think I can keep him as a Master Smuggler for 2 years just waiting for the revamp. Time to make him into a Doctor mule for the Jedi.
LOL...understood...I'm miffed by this too bro..and i'm an avid avid player..I love(d) this game..
EvilAlgorithm
Thu Jul 15, 2004 1:49 pm
#164
you delay the revamps, you delay droid commander. You delay droid commander, you delay my droideka. NNNOOOO!!!!!
supa187
Thu Jul 15, 2004 1:49 pm
#165
I love how they are trying to bait us into to still playing by saying there will be pre-Combat Rebalance issues being resolved starting already....
We are through compromising. Its either Combat/GCW revamp first then JTL.. Or bye bye SWG.
mills9
Thu Jul 15, 2004 1:49 pm
#166
I am a bit disappointed myself. Unfortunately, there seems to be a consistent pattern of the dev teaming implementing new things (and thats a good thing), but forgetting and procrastinatingabout previous issues and bugs is not. I'd rather have a small solid workinggame, than a big one full of all kinds of things that don't work right. The constant band-aid with new features and gameplayto make us forget about the broken old ones can only go so far before people get upset.
SkydogHex
Thu Jul 15, 2004 1:49 pm
#167
I can't believe I fell for it again. I believe you guys when you said the housing storage nerf was temporary. I believed you when you said Jedi would be rare. I believed you when you said there would be no UBER LOOT drops. I believed you when you nerfed my pets and told me it was for the upcoming Combat Balance. I believed you all those times you said fixing the GCW and combat were important to you. Now it seems you guys have gone back on just about everthing you've told us that would make this game great. You know what's funny though? I'm not even angry anymore. Justdisappointed.
Jibbrish
Thu Jul 15, 2004 1:50 pm
#168
Yep, i felt the slap. I'm still a little stunned by it actually.
BaronJedi wrote:
I think that this is the most disappointing announcement the devs have ever made. I don't believe how skewed your priorities are TH. Jedi are an important part of Star Wars, but not the GCW right?
The sad thing is that so many people are constantly defending your actions on the board for the sole reason that changes were coming soon. You just slapped all of those people in the face with this announcement.
Kais
Thu Jul 15, 2004 1:50 pm
#169
You know, there seems to be a lot of talk about polls recently.... so how about this poll.
Which would you want first:
- Combat Balance in existing game
- Jump to Lightspeed expansion
I know my vote, and it wouldn't cost me an extra $50.