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Thread: Publish 10.3 Feedback
- A Jedi must perform a death blow against a bounty hunter to cause the hunter's mission to fail, instead of just incapacitating them.
I really don't like this change.
My Jedi is merciful (shut up -- I'm serious) and I haven't yet DBed a single BH who's come after me. Why can't the developers get it through their heads that not all Jedi want to be murderers?
d0qtrX wrote:
This is utter, complete and totalBULLS***.
Why should I be punishedby having millions of credits worth of inventory deleted if my vendors have a slow month? Why should I be forced to use the GOD AWFUL interface to pull and re-place an item just so my stuff doesnt get deleted?!?!?!
Go ahead and delete my vendors, and you'll see 3 accounts getcancelled.
...the dev crackdown continues..
If you as a Weaponsmith can't sell a single weapon in 2 weeks, you sir, suck. 
Jedi should now be able to completely clear their visibility after 3 weeks if they don't do anything else to increase it during this time. Visibility is gained when drawing your lightsaber or using force powers for each NPC or non allied PC within range.
Jedi now lose xp on a 2:1 ratio when dying to a Bounty Hunter. You lose 2 experience for every 1 skill point you have invested in Jedi abilites. The payouts being lowered to between 25 and 50k do not effect the xp loss.
Welcome to the wonderful world of borked patch notes Tiggs. Get used to it it happens all the time around here.
I agree. This change makes little to no sense... but I suspect it's a coding issue.
ShineKnuckle wrote:
- A Jedi must perform a death blow against a bounty hunter to cause the hunter's mission to fail, instead of just incapacitating them.
I really don't like this change.
My Jedi is merciful (shut up -- I'm serious) and I haven't yet DBed a single BH who's come after me. Why can't the developers get it through their heads that not all Jedi want to be murderers?
Vendors
Unused Vendors - Vendors who go too long without being used will get deleted from the game. The only events that constitute use are placing a new item for sale on the vendor, or a customer buying an item from the vendor. Checking a vendor's status, paying maintenance, withdrawing sales, having offers placed, or accepting offers are all events that do not reset the Last Used timer. If a vendor goes 14 days without having a new item placed for sale, or an item purchased, then the vendor gets flagged as Unused. If a vendor remains Unused for a 14 days, it becomes in danger of getting deleted. When this happens, the player will be sent an email warning. If the vendor continues to be unused for an additional 14 days, the vendor gets deleted. Any items for sale on the vendor, items in the Stock Room, and offers to that vendor will be deleted with the vendor.
So, if a vendor's stock doesn't move, and they have a bad month in sales, they not only get their vendor but also their wares deleted. That makes a LOT of sense. That was sarcasm. I think that's a pretty shady way to treat your Merchant.
If I crate up 400 Max Combat Rating R3's and don't sell any in a month, yet keep paying my maintenance and checking on my vendor, you will delete all my droids. That's ridiculous.
I really see no point in you guys hurting (and possibly even crippling) a Merchant for having a bad month.
I hope you folks reconsider this "unused" vendor function. It seems exceptionally, and needlessly, harsh.
If someone pays maintenance on their house, but they don't enter it or drop anything in it for a month, does the house automatically get deleted? NO. Why are you doing this to vendors? I pay my maintenance on my vendor, I make sure it's stocked, so leave me and my businessalone. Stop trying to ruin the game for me, just because I'm a Merchant.
AnXdiety wrote:
You missed a note:
Jedi now lose xp on a 2:1 ratio when dying to a Bounty Hunter. You lose 2 experience for every 1 skill point you have invested in Jedi abilites. The payouts being lowered to between 25 and 50k do not effect the xp loss.
Welcome to the wonderful world of borked patch notes Tiggs. Get used to it it happens all the time around here.
Umm so a knight loses 500 xp? Good deal for the knight
Tiggs wrote:
Please post your feedback here for publish 10.3. If you experience a bug please /bug it in game first before posting to this thread.
Thank you in advance!
*** Update Notes September 21, 2004 ***Bounty Hunter Payouts Have Been Adjusted Based on the Level of the Jedi
Non-Force ranked Jedi will always be worth at least 25k credits.
Force Ranked Jedi will always be worth at least 50k credits
Profession: Bounty Hunter
The XP reward has been increased for player Jedi bounty missions.
Furniture
All armoires, bookcases, cabinets, and chests can now all hold items.
Vendors
Empty Vendors - A vendor is considered empty if it has no items for sale. Empty vendors may not be registered on the planetary map. If a registered vendor becomes empty, he will be removed from the planetary map. If a vendor remains empty for 14 days, the owner will be sent an email warning that the vendor will soon be deleted. If that vendor remains empty for an additional 14 days, the vendor will be deleted. Any items in the vendor's Stock Room and any items offered to that vendor will be deleted with the vendor.
Unused Vendors - Vendors who go too long without being used will get deleted from the game. The only events that constitute use are placing a new item for sale on the vendor, or a customer buying an item from the vendor. Checking a vendor's status, paying maintenance, withdrawing sales, having offers placed, or accepting offers are all events that do not reset the Last Used timer. If a vendor goes 14 days without having a new item placed for sale, or an item purchased, then the vendor gets flagged as Unused. If a vendor remains Unused for a 14 days, it becomes in danger of getting deleted. When this happens, the player will be sent an email warning. If the vendor continues to be unused for an additional 14 days, the vendor gets deleted. Any items for sale on the vendor, items in the Stock Room, and offers to that vendor will be deleted with the vendor.
Fixed some cases where the number of vendors was being set incorrectly on players.
Force Sensitive
Added a check on login to restore the force sensitive title skill to a player that is eligible to enter Aurilia.
Nym's Themepark
Jinkins and Kole should no longer require players to drop items on them; instead they can just talk to the NPC
Misc
You can no longer revoke the force sensitive title skill as a non-Jedi. (Jedi's already could not revoke this).
Outstanding changes.
About time empty vendors disappear.
? on last item though (Misc)- what does this mean - is this for Initiates or Padewan -
Where do you guys come up with this stuff?
Checking a vendor's status, paying maintenance, withdrawing sales, having offers placed, or accepting offers are all events that do not reset the Last Used timer.
Ok, I get this.....but why do not offers reset the ticker. After all part of being a merchant is Resale.
. If the vendor continues to be unused for an additional 14 days, the vendor gets deleted. Any items for sale on the vendor, items in the Stock Room, and offers to that vendor will be deleted with the vendor.
But shouldn't anybody who has offered items to this vender also get a notice that it is being deleted? I would be mighty upset if I had 500k-1000k worth of offers get deleted on me, since I have no control or knowledge that a vender has been statistically inactive. Should I be force to buy something from a vendor before I offer something up?
Just my 2 cents.
-eakop-