Development Cycle Archive

This is a double edged sword though.

First there is the "Implementation/Development" Factor, which describes the effort to implement a given feature (or suggestion by the community). In some cases it can be done in a week by one developer, in other cases it would take a team of 10 six months, and would require an entire new DB structure.

Thunderheart, you need help. Get those cheap SOE bean-counters to hire at least 1 more person to take some of your load off! 4 million dollars a months in subscriptions alone......whats a measely 2k or so a month? If this were so, then you could actually do ONE THING till its done, and at the same time the other issues wouldn't be ignored.

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Thunderheart wrote:

The big challenge here is meeting expectations and reality. SWG is so big that there are thousands of different discussions we could have, but only some of them would actually be appropriate for what is actually in development.

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CavemanGamer wrote:

You're forgetting one bit- what if the correspondant doesn't like your idea, and refuses to "gather that information" for your review.

It *IS* possible for correspondants to push their own perspective or "pet" issues.

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It is possible, but not probable. I take their lists and then lurk in their respective forums to get an idea of how accurate they are, and right now there is a very dedicated group of corrsepondents. They do a very good job of representing your issues.

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RyceSWG wrote:

Exactly TH... we want a place to chat about things that are not in development. (Even if it's just for us)

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I agree. I was against it being closed and I voiced opposition, but the decision was made. Instead, I want to encourage you all to incubate your good ideas in the many other forums as well.

In terms of getting community input on key issues though, this new direction is having a strong effect. I understand that SWG discussion was a great watercooler, but there are other forums here that work the same way.

Its never easy though. I still miss the original forums and the original set up. I also miss the old gray beta forums too, though. I just adapted and made the best of it. Its not always easy but I never let it prevent me from getting involved...

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mittns04 wrote:

This is my first post and I have an off topic question, sorry.

----Thunderheart so are you guys planning on taking the holocrons out of the game?

Thanks for the all the hard work you guys have done for this game, it really is a cut above the rest.

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Thanks

Yes and no.

No they most likely wont be in the new system. Yes you can keep your if you still have it. (Im keeping mine cause I save silly items )

I take their lists and then lurk in their respective forums to get an idea of how accurate they are

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KzinKiller wrote:

I take their lists and then lurk in their respective forums to get an idea of how accurate they are

Well, we know from the complete mis-read of Droid Engineers' desires that led to the wonky DH plan how reliable 'lurking' to get information is.

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Okay, I realize that I will probably get one star for this, but can we PLEASE move on? Let it go already.

Thunderheart said this about Holocrons....

No they most likely wont be in the new system. Yes you can keep your if you still have it. (Im keeping mine cause I save silly items

I would alsolike to note that theres still a lot of broken quest in the game, name the 2 of the 4 badge spawns on tatooine (mark of courage and mark of honor). I dont think it would be a good idea to take out a system that you guess to where u would need to run around an area camping to get a "quest spawn" to become a jedi. just my 2 cents