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Thread: Test Center Update Notes May 5, 2004

Louis_Cypher
Wed May 05, 2004 1:24 pm
#14

Actually PadiOne,


Started another character on TC about two days ago and forgot to adjust his stats while I was in the space station.So I adjusted his stats right away after landing on Tatooine.


I noticed just the oppsite infact, that the speed that the statmigration on TC wasextremely slow, compared to what I remember it beingin the past, on live servers.


Character is not even halfway through his stats migration and it wasn't a huge change either, just a few points moved around about 300.
RobbPilot
Wed May 05, 2004 1:30 pm
#15






MarinhaTiga wrote:





Dodd wrote:



Granted, I should have voiced my opinions while this feature was still in-concept, I suppose.








That wouldnt have done you any good. We thought that we were getting hair accessories like glitter and particle type wateverfall effects or maybe ribbons, we knew nothing about this stuff until today. We didnt get an In Developement thread or an In Concept thread at all.




That's really sad. As I recall, it is pretty much the way the droid invasion changes were foisted upon the droid engineer community too.

JDspeeder1
Wed May 05, 2004 1:32 pm
#16

I reeeeeeeeeally hope us Wookiees CAN'T get unnatural colors, that just seems......wrong. Personally, I hope I can get dyed more of a red-head type color, the closest I could get with character creation was a light brown. I picture Jabrakt as having coloration like an Irish Setter.



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TygerBlueEyes
Wed May 05, 2004 1:34 pm
#17






Stat Migration: Image Designers now have the sole ability to migrate player stats faster than the previous default migration rates. The process will take 10 minutes and requires the Image Modification Booth located inside the ID tents. This functionality has been revoked from the general player base and now requires an Image Designer.








Revoked eh? Now that sucks....Some of us doing hologrind do tweak our stats a lot. Even after grind I think this is going to be a pain. I can see some ID and a player going head2head over what stats to migrate...lol






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hypoxia
Wed May 05, 2004 1:35 pm
#18

oops, looks like I did miss that revoked bit... my bad.


Anyway, I still don't think it's that big of a deal. It will be handy being able to migrate stats in 10 mins.



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Darkagent101
Wed May 05, 2004 1:36 pm
#19






Trayson_Antilles wrote:

It's actually quite simple.


- If you don't want to facilitate Stat Migration... Then don't.


No one is forcing you to migrate someone's stats. Let the people who want to do this hang out in Coronet or Theed or Bestine and do it. The rest of you can hang out in your Beauty Shops and do what you've been doing all along, but with more options. According to Kwee, the tents just cut down the amount of time it takes before a change takes place. I'm sure the customers willing to seek you out will be more than happy to wait that little bit of extra time in exchange for the atmosphere you povide.







It's not so simple. What if, every day, almost every twenty minutes, someone asked you to train their pet? And if you refused, then what? A lot of people (some I know, some I don't know, and some I don't want to know) know I am one of the few career ID's on my server. I would be constantly bombarded by tells to go to bumsvilleCorellia to change some stats for someone. Harrasment is already and issue for ID's who refuse to work sometimes. Repeated /tells and even E-Mails for us can be worse than lamerz who whine if they die in PvP. I see it now...


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Syzygy-Gorath
Wed May 05, 2004 1:40 pm
#20






Trayson_Antilles wrote:

It's actually quite simple.


- If you don't want to facilitate Stat Migration... Then don't.


No one is forcing you to migrate someone's stats. Let the people who want to do this hang out in Coronet or Theed or Bestine and do it. The rest of you can hang out in your Beauty Shops and do what you've been doing all along, but with more options. According to Kwee, the tents just cut down the amount of time it takes before a change takes place. I'm sure the customers willing to seek you out will be more than happy to wait that little bit of extra time in exchange for the atmosphere you povide.






Maybe you don't understand—it's not that some of us don't want it. We discussed stat migration relatively early on while considering possible critical function to request and the vast, vast, vast majority of IDs agreed that being the only method for stat migration was NOT something we wanted. At all. Ever. Under any circumstances. This isn't like Armor Padding for tailors, although granted most tailors don't want that, this is something that almost to a person the community doesn't want. At all. Ever. Beginning to understand now?



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Xanthra
Wed May 05, 2004 1:46 pm
#21

Allow Master Image Designers to set up some type of vendor where people can go pay to get things done (like a salon) that way the players don't have to go looking for an ID, but they are still necessary as a profession. Obviously ID'ers will still be able to do it on their own as an innate ability. Though this might take a bit of programming work...


just a shot in the dark idea..



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MedmanDC
Wed May 05, 2004 2:00 pm
#22

IDs will just now make the process faster than normal. It was the quick stat migration ability that was "revoked" from normal players on TC, not the entire stat migration function.



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Skedoozy
Wed May 05, 2004 2:14 pm
#23

What he said. All you people whining about not being able to migrate stats on your own are the ones who need to learn to read and stop pointing out that others can not.


The only thing REVOKED was the ability for the normal player to use the ID Stations to Migrate their stats FASTER.


Your stats will still migrate as normal without an ID.


Again YOUR STATS WILL STILL MIGRATE ON THIER OWN, YOU DO NO NEED AN ID JUST TO MIGRATE YOUR STATS. YOU WOULD NEED ONE TO DO IT IN 10 MINUTES.


I now return you to your regulary scheduled program...


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DraxellX
Wed May 05, 2004 2:14 pm
#24

Jesus...complain complain..I want my professions to be fixed..make us useful. They give you something & people still **edit**. Honestly I bet it was hard for the Devs to find new things for an ID to do. Now you will be busier from the fickle people who migrate 5times a week & the noobs.The holo emotes are cool. Don't give me this " this is so un star-warsy " . This whole game is nothing like the books or movies. We have 50 jedi on each server..mando armor..nova troopers..I could go on & on..holo emotes are hardly the item that will destroy what little part of star wars we have left. You got some love from the devs..be happy.. It could be worse , you could be a BH.



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Tsimhnori
Wed May 05, 2004 2:27 pm
#25

Only downside for me right now is that it takes me 2 minutes to get 75xp! What a hamper on my grind to master entertainer on TestCenter!



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darthstyx
Wed May 05, 2004 2:27 pm
#26

Annoka you idiot!


Who said I changed stats daily. I was making a point of the time sink created by hunting down all these individual players in the dwindling player base to get services. If you want a time sink to keep looking for players to fullfill your needs in game then this is the game for you.


Im glad you just think of the time to getdoctor buff's is just the stand in line time. I guess for you there is no travel time or time set in there for even finding a doctor or telling around asking to get one. Perhaps on your server there is a 100% chance of always getting a doctor in the Coronet courtyard. (if you answer yes to that I know you are a liar. )


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