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Thread: The Path of the Jedi: Reckoning of Effort

DaiTengu
Thu Sep 02, 2004 8:51 pm
#2250



darthrotten wrote:

I can only speak for myself, but I am somewhat dissapointed that one type of grind has been replaced with another. I was expected much more of a quest related journey to being a Jedi. Yes there are quests, but at the moment it seems to be 1 part quests, and 9 parts super duper grind better grind like an animal before the village phase shifts type of thing.






Well, due to the fact that this is an MMORPG, there's only so much 'questing' one can do while still allowing others to quest at the same time. Perhaps an implementation where some things are handled 'client-side-only' (you see an an apparition but no one else does .. you appear to be talking to no-one, etc.) would be cool, and could actually improve RP Interaction, (other characters wondering what you're doing, etc.) but I'm not sure if there's any engine-implementation in the game for that.


I can understand the frustration on some of the profession-grinders, and whatnot that they now have to go through a whole other set of things to become a Jedi, however you really were warned of something like this months ago.

I do tend to agree with darthrotten here, but you need to realize that the only way to make something truely difficult in the game right now, is to require an ungodly amount of XP. It'd be nice if there was CS interaction, adn they could hand out XP for good roleplaying, or something similar, but that just doesn't happen. Quests are nice, but if you go to google you find all the secrets for them on a dozen different websites. We'd be back to the afforementioned over-abundance of Jedi.



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JadeChickadee
Thu Sep 02, 2004 8:55 pm
#2251

Can someone please tell me who I talk with to find out if I've opened up any free branches?



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mikheal
Thu Sep 02, 2004 9:23 pm
#2252

comment from some dummy - "Look at yourselves!! You're whimpering about how long it's going to take to GRIND JEDI! You're basically being handed the ability to become a Jedi on a silver platter, BUT THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU!."


my responce -I did 31 proffessions... do you know how hard and long that takes man.
mikheal
Thu Sep 02, 2004 9:26 pm
#2253

not too mention the new grind seems to be much much worse... I did the old man wait, sucked but ok... I did the sith wait... sucked but ok... i just can't handle another grind... ecspecially when.. it is like grind 7 or 8 profs to finsh this last tree.. to do what.. a quest for padawan and then grind again.. lol.. my friends who unlocked long ago laugh about these issues... its sux.. but that is what u have to do for what u want... me.. well im just to worked over... i can't do these 12 grinds every single day anymore... im sure i'll be back sometime... love the game.. hate the grind..!
mikheal
Thu Sep 02, 2004 9:29 pm
#2254

add to this: "I think you get about 30K FS XP for 900K XP, or at your 1:35 ration 25K xp."


this: you also equal amount of fs xp.. for the combat xp.. example 3000 xp @ 1:30 = 100 fs xp

mikheal
Thu Sep 02, 2004 9:37 pm
#2255

sorry about all the patches.. hit alt /enter sometimes and it posts.. lol..


that means 900k xp = 30k fs xp & 90k combat xp = 30k fs xp.... so for every 900k xp you earn you receive 60k fs xp...


each tree is 1225000 fs xp total...


divide by 60k = 20.4


that means you need to get 900k xp 20.4 times (that will include the added combat xp) = 18360000 xp (18.36mil xp)


I can grind quick... do the usual 3.675 mil xp in a day or little more... but even at that rate it is 6+ days... FOR ONE TREE!
Quarantine1978
Thu Sep 02, 2004 9:38 pm
#2256

You know this whole group thing reminds me when they screwed up the gift on Xmas, and forgot to flip the switch for the anniversary gifts. I think everyone would be better if the devs just sat back and apologized. I was in Group 1, but three friends in game, got visits before I did, and yeah I was a bit peeved, but did I waste the whole year just to give up and quit, prolly not. I don't even know if I want to do Jedi, it looks like the worst grind ever. I keep wondering what happens when you reach the top, I mostly am upset because the content in this game lacks more than anything else. Come on people, the DWB is great, the Geo caves is so-so, but the theme parks are a joke. Can someone explain to me why I get to see Vader AFTER the Emperor??? Anyway, I have been visited now, but everybody that is complaining, should wait to get visited, I have been waiting now for 5-6 hours for the sith to spawn. I don't even care anymore, the way I look at it is, I still have millions of XP to gain before I can even "touch" a saber.


I have to say give the devs a break. Knock them for not communicating with us, but all in all the game has gotten somewhat better and a bit more stable in the past few months.


-Q-
mikheal
Thu Sep 02, 2004 9:39 pm
#2257

I wrote a couple devs.. im not complain about the grind, cause I don't really have it in me anymore.. 31 profs killed me.. but I did complain about the conversion rate!
DaiTengu
Thu Sep 02, 2004 9:44 pm
#2258



mikheal wrote:
I wrote a couple devs.. im not complain about the grind, cause I don't really have it in me anymore.. 31 profs killed me.. but I did complain about the conversion rate!




when did you start your 31 profession grind?



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Quich
Thu Sep 02, 2004 9:51 pm
#2259

All i asked is that the xp conversions to be fixed THATS IT!


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No-Ni
Thu Sep 02, 2004 9:51 pm
#2260

I have trained the 6 branches of FS XP... Like another poster asked above. What now?

I wish TH would have explained a bit better...
Quich
Thu Sep 02, 2004 9:52 pm
#2261

By the way i been around for a year and still not even close enough to smell jedi! Which is kinda sad!!



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mikheal
Thu Sep 02, 2004 10:07 pm
#2262

i opened my account a day or two before you could buy the game in stores.. i believe eveyone was beta testers who trasfered their char. to servers or something like that. I did two m-scout, m-marksman, m-bh in about a little over a month. Didn't play again til christmas since the game was bugged and lacked any real content. Then came mounts, I had fun trying to make sense of these 'holos' they brought out and I had missed so much I just left til I could have time. Being in University I didn't until summer. I started at beginning of summer and grinded all the way to prof number 31... not unlocking I played for 12 hours a day most days, some days more - some days less... I finally realized what to do, etc... didn't mind the old man wait, nor the sith wait.. but like I said.. can't imagine grinding like that again. I had one prof left to do (not too mention i never got a badge for bh and after a ticket submit - I received that don't worry about it, nothing we can do from a csr)...and no time to do it.. no more grinding... I was kinda excited.. knowing I would have one tree leftto do was no biggie.. I had already worked my ass off... would be worth it.. but the grind is like doing another 6-8 profs by my calcs for the easiest, most pract. route... I start back at university on tuesday.. no more time.. too tired of the grind (its work).. etc.. i hope they change the conversion, or reward a bit different.. based on holos is fair though... so i guess reward should stand... anyways...i need some sleep or something.. can't play for awhile.. i hope i'll come back again
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