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Thread: Live Issues Publish 9: Secrets of the Force

Numen
Tue Jun 29, 2004 7:18 pm
#287

The launchpad does a full scan everytime I logged in.


Maintenance bug is back with a vengence as well. People are losing houses that has months worth of maintenance in them and CSRs are saying there is nothing they can do. Months of effort gone in a single stroke.



Amandil Morier - Tempest - Master Chef
Eraint
Tue Jun 29, 2004 7:20 pm
#288

While playing a while longer tonight i encounterd a few other things which may all be related.

Problem: I had some Janta hide and tools laying around in my house. Will not allow me to pick them up examine only. Tools in my possesion are red.
Planet: Corellia on the corbantis server
Repeatability: Its is always their when i check
My profession: commando/TKA

I also noticed I was missing a lot with both my fist and my flamethrower, and taking way more damage than i should from a kunga. I was wearing 72%Kinetic Ubese armor, and have +34 melee defense currently. Last night i could stand in a circle of kunga(at least 5) and go through them with little or no damage. Tonight i am running for my life. Maybe it was a bug, or maybe when the lightsaber damage was added it changed the stats in armor. Was almost as if I wasn't wearing any armor.

Drop rate was horrible. Played in a solo group and noticed 1 wooden staff looted in 2 hours.
Did not notice any delay in switching weapons. Of course my weapons are so slow, it takes to long between shots anyway so likely I wouldn't notice.

On a good note, did not warp from my bike tonight, really enjoy the new Enter/Exit feature.
Spawn rates seemed pretty decent for a week night.

Overall just a few bugs I noticed but other than that seemed pretty smooth. Combat was the biggest gripe by far. But maybe it was just me.

Thanks



Llew Eraint-Corbantis:Master Rifleman/Master Swordsman:
Ohock Backnaru-Corbantis: 10 pt Master WS/Merchant: Loot Vendor, Melee Sliced and unsliced Weapons -171, -5796 Corellia, South of Coronet
LLJK_Griz
Tue Jun 29, 2004 7:21 pm
#289

Why does it full scan every bloody time? It didn't do this four hours ago.



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bouncingb
Tue Jun 29, 2004 7:28 pm
#290

ya know ... i had this maintenance thing happen to me several times. i never gave it much thought until i read a few of the posts. i put 250k in a medium house and 300k in a large house side by side. the next day my medium house was 64k credits to repair. i put 300k in it this time and now it shows 46k in the positive.


id be really **edit**ty if all my stuff just vanished because of this.


there is somewhat of a legal liablity to things like this. although no one has tried something like this in court before ... my lawyer says when you get into investing so much time into something ...basically it becomes a part of your life. sure ... a judge would totally laugh you out of court or whatever.. but you can actually tie your montly subscription into some sort of lawsuit. basically you INVESTED capital and come to expect a fair outcome to your investment. lets say you played a year like i have or some of these other guys.... 14 bucks a month ..countless hours playing.


i hope you get the idea. just because they say we are not liable for anything doesnt mean jack **edit**. anyway, i really suggest SOE take people seriously. someone with a ton of money in RL is gonna get real pissy with yer hideousness and spend a zillion dollars just to prove a point in court. hence, it will be written..will have a standard set...and people will soon follow.


who knows ..the judge hearing the case ..or the DA might be a MMORPG player as well and totally understand what they are pissy about.



any imp that dont wanna get killed .... better step on out the back



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Lochar
Tue Jun 29, 2004 7:35 pm
#291

whats the deal with a scan everytime we login now? ETA on getting this fixed?

IDontWantNoHandle
Tue Jun 29, 2004 7:36 pm
#292


said:


also noticed I was missing a lot with both my fist and my flamethrower, and taking way more damage than i should from a kunga. I was wearing 72%Kinetic Ubese armor, and have +34 melee defense currently. Last night i could stand in a circle of kunga(at least 5) and go through them with little or no damage. Tonight i am running for my life. Maybe it was a bug, or maybe when the lightsaber damage was added it changed the stats in armor. Was almost as if I wasn't wearing any armor.




So on Dantooine, how many of your missions completed, but the waypoint remanined and you received no payout?


Would really like to see a Red Name respond to this issue!




Amu
Phazorn
Tue Jun 29, 2004 7:37 pm
#293






Thunderheart wrote:


Some Live Update Updates from today:




Veteran Reward: Nobody received the Veteran Reward Picture that was to have been granted to characters who were more than 30 days old. These will be granted tomorrow (Wednesday). We apologize for the slight delay.



2) Vehicles/ Droids accessible from Toolbar: This was an erroneous message that should not have been in the update notes just yet. This has been removed for the time being, but it will be available in publish 10 or sooner.



3) Badges: Clarification: There is no separate tab on the Character Sheet. Character badges are now located on the "personal" tab of the character sheet in the middle box instead of the examine window.



4) Weapon Switching/Combat Cue: Update notes mention that switching weapons during combat goes through the combat command queue. This is not currently visible. We are investigating this now.



5) Junk Dealers and Loot Kits: Players can get the kits by visiting Junk Dealers that are located in Combat Guild Halls and request a “loot kit". Players can gain the loot kits by conversing with the Junk Dealer and selecting, "What sort of items do you have that you are looking to get rid of?" Once players decide which loot kit they would like, they may begin collecting the parts. Not all junk dealers are offering Loot Kits.



6) 0/0 Items: Items with condition 0 have red box around them, some are still usable with the condition 0. We are investigating this now.



7) Vendor/ Bazaar Resources Display: The name fields for resources on the bazaar no longer include the amount of the resource or the name. We are working on a fix and it will most likely be in a Thursday’s hotfix.



8) Personal Shield Generators: There are reports on the forums about inconsistencies. If you have information on how to reproduce this problem, please post it here in this thread.


9) Jedi - Multiple Death and XP: There are reports of confusion with Jedi experience loss on multiple deaths. If you have information on how to reproduce this problem, please post it here in this thread.


Twin Force CrystalsInformation: There was some confusion on Twin Force Crystals. Twin Force Crystalsare converted to power crystals, not color crystals. This is working as intended. Also, a Jedi must have the Initiate box before able to tune crystals.










this has been around for a while and you DEV's and CSR's have claimed it worked as intended. if you lose connection and die you will take penalties for 2 deaths. this also happens for instances of loading into starports and crossing server boundaries as seen whe the Gorath random death bug was prevalent.


now TH, i would hope you wouldnt forget a castastophe as recent as the gorath death bug that you were tracking personally. i sent you a few pm's on that one and really am glad you guys squashed it (unless it fixed itself, which means it'll be back eventually).



Spuds McKenzie
"Barking around a golf course near you"
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LLJK_Griz
Tue Jun 29, 2004 7:42 pm
#294






bouncingb wrote:


there is somewhat of a legal liablity to things like this. although no one has tried something like this in court before ... my lawyer says when you get into investing so much time into something ...basically it becomes a part of your life. sure ... a judge would totally laugh you out of court or whatever.. but you can actually tie your montly subscription into some sort of lawsuit. basically you INVESTED capital and come to expect a fair outcome to your investment. lets say you played a year like i have or some of these other guys.... 14 bucks a month ..countless hours playing.






there was a guy in China who sued the game company and won after his account was hacked and his items were stolen because of poor server security. according to the article, this is the world's first "virtual property rights" decision, and as far as i know it's still the only one. http://www.technewsworld.com/story/32441.html



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LeBob
Tue Jun 29, 2004 7:42 pm
#295

TH


This has been the most idiotic publish SWG has ever seen.



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Jadin
Tue Jun 29, 2004 7:43 pm
#296

The feature to recover your incapacitated pet does not work. I have tried several times and nothing happens.



* Thenna Narsal - Creature Handler (Ahazi)
LLJK_Griz
Tue Jun 29, 2004 7:44 pm
#297






RedDragon133 wrote:
I remember DEVs statment on TC2:

NOTHING WILL GIVE PROTECTION TO LS, BESIDES SHIELD GENERATOR.

Was this tweaked? If so, pls tell us, because either this is working as intended, or it has been changed. If this has been changed, pls tell us so. If not, pls mark this as bug.

http://www.swgscreenshots.com/index.php?request=photo.view&photoid=3224





wait a bit and look at it again to see it magically become LS vulnerable



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Zhentarim
Tue Jun 29, 2004 7:58 pm
#298



I'd like to congratulate SOE on a new publish that went rather smooth to download and patch up. I like the fact that some old things have been brought back in (not fixed mind you) which has added a little to grinding immersion -But this is also where the roses stop.


/rant


I am baffled by the fact that this publish has not only destroyed the entire time/storyline of the game, but it has also created more bugs than it has fixed - put that on top of the bugs that already exist on the Live servers and we are stuck with a hole lot of issues that annoy peopleand makes them frustratred when they go about their daily business in the SWG universe.


First things first, I am greatly disappointed by the fact that Jedi are allowed to pull out their sabers in public without being marked in some way as legal targets. If the timeline was indeed between SW: EP IV and V there would be a big, fat bounty on them that everyone would know about - not just bounty hunters. I know Jedi should be allowed to enjoy the game like other people and that they would be able to do mindtricks etc. if it was the movies, but it still makes me wonder why the Development team has taken such great effort in making Jedi so hard to obtain. Why not make it a starting class if there is no consequence involved in being a Jedi?I can only shake my head and /boggle in utter amazement at this development...


Secondly start fixing already existing bugs instead of making new ones. I still get the annoying bike warp nomatter how muchthe devsclaim to have fixed the so-called memory leak that was to be the cause of the problem. On top of that there's still problem entering/exiting vehicles when using the radial menu. So much for vehicles I say - I spend more time running back to them after dismounting than I do actually driving them nowadays!


What is the whole deal about nerfing weapon change times to 5 seconds? I mean come on! There must be a much easier way to stop people from DOT stacking in PvP than nerfing ALL combat classes in one stroke.


As a side note I'd like to congratulate everyone at the dev office for all the new, nice junk quests - that was really what we needed to complete our quest for utter useless junk for our homes. Kudos for that - now I just need to go find the bloody pieces from some unknown mobs that most likely only spawn every third hour at a frequently camped spot. (Wow, I bet the Tuskens at Fort Tusken have everything I need to make a fine glass table)


Well ladi-da... I can't wait to see what gets nerfed in publish 10 and which professions gets removed entirely for the combat rebalance


/rant


I'm sorry, but that is really how I feel about this new publish. The worst part by far imho is the 5 second equip delay, as I don't abuse it for PvP purposes. Instead I have to sit with my armour on now and watch my bars slowly regenrate becuase I'm to scared to take it off near mobs, as I wouldn't be able to put it on in time to not get utterly slaughtered(Yes, I actually play the game largely unbuffed - omg!)


I have been playing SWG since March 2004 and will continue to do so in hopes that we'll see some improvements in the next couple of months - Like it was said earlier the game is like a drug. I love the Star Wars universe and I love the idea of a RPG set in the time during the rebellion. I'm just disappointed by the fact that the game is not what it should have been... A part of the Star Wars Saga



Issue: Publish 9

Server: Chimeara


Planet: Take a Pick


Location (x,y): In front of my monitor, sipping coffe diluted with tears


Your profession: Master Gamer +Master Star Wars Nerd


Instructionson how to recreate the bug: Play SWG for 3 months and feel the game slowly degrade into mindnumbing n00bness


Please make let me enjoy the game like I did when I started out - too manybugs have been left unsolved since then and too many new ones have seen the light of day




Acreon Farlighter (Euro-Chimaera)
KillerZeke
Tue Jun 29, 2004 8:02 pm
#299

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