Development Cycle Archive

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Raiyne wrote:

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Ravenedge wrote:

TH - Here's an article from the Everquest boards that I think is very important to recent events here in the SWG community. I found it in another thread. I hope I'm not reposting something that has been posted before, but I firmly believe this is what is needed to help make SWG the finest MMORPG ever, but it will also go along way to help alot of us players who are upset and angry over the recent decisions.

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http://eqlive.station.sony.com/news_section/newsview.jsp?story=62268

Hello Norrath!

I wanted to announce that we've decided to push Omens of War back to Late August in order to give the EQ team time to respond to important issues that the EverQuest community is raising (specifically including the issues with Gates of Discord). We've heard some concerns from within the community that we feel are important enough to push back our next expansion and spend time fixing the problems you have brought to our attention. At the end of the day, we work for you and it's important for us to demonstrate that we both understand and appreciate that. We're also inviting many members of the community to join us here at SOE for a day to have a direct dialog with the development team about issues that are important to the EverQuest community as a whole. We've already sent out the invitations and are making all the arrangements. In addition, our EQ community managers will be coming up with a list of issues raised on the message boards so that we can come back to you with a specific list of things we're going to address.

I'm sorry if you feel we haven't been listening and reacting appropriately. We do our best to balance all of the needs and concerns you raise along with expanding Norrath and giving you new and wonderful things to do in EverQuest, but we do make mistakes. We've heard you loud and clear.

We have many things planned for EverQuest over the upcoming years, and our goal is to keep you happily playing EverQuest for a long time to come. The best way for us to do that is by first and foremost listening to you.

John Smedley

President, Sony Online Entertainment

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I think this speaks for itself.

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It has...but is hardly inappropriate...

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Wow... or should I say WoW?

Funny how the posts with the worst critisisms keep dissapearing on this thread. Heavy handed censorship is not the way to handle this, SOE. People will only get *more* upset that way.

The customer is always right is clearly not the mantra at SOE, otherwise they would take the massive feedback into consideration and fix the main game before adding an expansion. This is clearly what the vast majority wants. And keep in mind that you're not only loosing our accounts, but you are also loosing alot of good will and reputation. We do talk with our friends about the games we play and clearly we cannot recommend SWG in its current state. This decision of yours will cost you dearly if you do not reverse it, and it might even then it might be too late to recoup what you have lost. Goodwill and reputation is alot harder to regain than mere accounts.


*edited with some simple proposals*

To make things right, you need to delay the space expansion while you fix a few monumental problems with SWG.

Combat:
- Make ALL combat professions viable. The Rock/Scissor principle is good, all professions should be able to beat a few other combat professions, just as they should always struggle versus a few.
- Make all weapons equally viable. In other words, lets see some variation in the weaponry people bring to the battles. Variation = more immersive = more fun (imho).
- Nerf us *heavily* against npc's and creatures to bring back the group mentality. Now you can take out anything solo, if you got the right template & buffs.
- This is a common complaint, but bring in good loot. Schematics and crafting components are both good, and using these looted items should significantly boost the quality of whatever is crafted. Many looted items is pointless atm, they don't enhance enough.

GCW:
- Lower the cost of all faction equipment to make it easier to use, and also bring back the ability to use multiple faciton pets (with the exception of the AT-ST).
- Give us a tangible goal to fight over. ZOC's were a cool idea, but even something as simple as a percentage number for each faction on each planet would be welcome.
- Make the AT-ST powerful again, while at the same time giving the rebels some easly placable turrets capable of turning the walkers into scrapmetal much faster than any player.

There's more, but I gotta do some work...

Message Edited by Darkatem on 07-19-2004 06:52 AM