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[quote]2. Crystals need to be a crafted item. No if, ands, or buts about it. The economy is going to hell and unfortunately it was not developed properly. It is not like it was a surprise either. First it was Krayt tissue weapons, then it was holocrons, next came pearls, and ultimately crystals. Well no one should be able to craft a pearl, but crystals should be able to be crafted. All crystals should have a standard damage to them after all we are talking about a weapon that slices through metal and cleanly cluts through flesh better than a ginzu knife chopes a tomato. [/quote]

Firstly, crystals, by their very nature, are natural. Therefore, crafting them would completely contradict the realistic feel that you're arguing for. I would argue, rather, that crystals should be harvested, and should only be able to be harvested by jedi and perhaps a surveyor, ranger or something. It should be a skill--I think that will solve the economy issue. Secondy, about standard damage--there is such a thing as a more powerful saber. Maybe to someone being sliced apart by a beam of energy, the power might seem the same, seeing as one is going to lose a limb anyway despite a difference in "power." The difference could be seen in something that could actually resist the energy, like armor (although a saber could "slice through metal...better than a ginzu knife chops a tomato," armor isn't merely another form metal--if that were the case, then why would one bother buying different sets of armor, if they're all the same?) or another lightsaber--that's where the power difference comes into play.

no. Luke did, indeed, craft his own saber -- but he didn't craft his own [i]crystal[/i]. There are many components that go into a saber--housing, power cells, crystals, etc--but the premise is that the energy is drawn from the crystals, they cannot be merely manufactured.

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Jarx wrote:
no. Luke did, indeed, craft his own saber -- but he didn't craft his own [i]crystal[/i]. There are many components that go into a saber--housing, power cells, crystals, etc--but the premise is that the energy is drawn from the crystals, they cannot be merely manufactured.

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Thunderheart wrote:

My last bit of info today...

On the slot thing:

1. You do a quest (no skill changing involved at all!) you can unlock force sensitivity AND a new character slot. Skill changing WILL NOT be required.

2. You can choose to Proceed with Force Sensitivity progression by unlocking 24 blocks of associated Force Sensitive skills on your CURRENT character to attain Padawan via the padawan trials. BUT, it is not set is stone. There have been discussions to make the acquisition of the skills to happen during the quests to unlock Force Sensitivity. If we went that way then players could be able to go directly into the Jedi Padawan quests if they wanted to.

3. -OR- you can re-do the force sensitive quests on the new character and then unlock those 24 boxes on that NEW character preserving your primary character. You will have to go through the whole series of quests again if you want to be able to advance as a Jedi with the second character.

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For Current Jedi:

1. Exactly which slot are we going to get our Padawan Trial points and Jedi skill points for?


2. Will it be the "main" like everyone else who later completes the Force Sensitivity progression quests?


3. Will it be on our current "Jedi" slot?


4. What will happen to the other slot?


5. What about the "perks" that are rewarded for Force Sensitivity quests? Will we get those and which slot?

This kind of matters a lot. I need to know ifmy mainwill becomemy new "Jedi",because I am in middle of BH grind for my main, it would suck to get most of the way there only to realize that I have to give it up for Jedi advancement.

I have a question concerning the number of professions that have been ground prior to these Jedi system changes:

In the revamp system, you say that the number of a professions a person has mastered will give them a "headstart" towards the Jedi Padawan path. However, I remember a large issue that came about when the badges for profession mastery were first issued--because it was reported that the system did not keep track of masteries prior to that time (unless they were holocron-generated professions).

I understand that professions mastered after that patch can easily be monitored by checking the badges, but I know several players (myself included) mastered more professions that never got badges...and may not have been holo-professions. Will those professions not count towards the "headstart?" How are the developers planning on providing bonuses to those players, or are they simply out of luck for having mastered the professions too early? Or will only the number of actual holocron-professions count (and not the extra ones mastered in the hopes that it will be "the one that unlocks.")?

Am I the only one to think that this idea of Jedi Council may be nice for the game but is completly un-starwarsy (I mean for the current period we're playing in) ?

A force-sensitive or force-assisted crafter sounds like a really nice idea! The ability to unlock a second char slot without giving up playing a profession you've worked hard to build also sounds great. I just hope there's some way a dedicated crafter can become force-sensitive without having to kill a whole lotta stuf. But my questions wait for Pub 10 info, since they mostly revolve around the slot unlocking mechanism and quests. It does sound like I'll be able to play the game the way I like and still get the second slot though. I hope that's the case.

And with 2 slots per account per server, I think people will be able to play both styles a lot more. You have your Jedi for when you wanna do Jedi stuf, and some other profession to do other stuf. It could work out very well indeed and I'm looking forward to seeing what's in store. Anything to stop the incessant grinding. Can't get a decent hunting party together 'cause the guy who was a Master Swordsman yesterday, is a hairdresser today.

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Fatcheen wrote:

What's to stop everyone under the sun from doing these quests and everyone being a jedi?

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Bounty Hunters and giving up their current professions.

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LOL, i hope your not seriouse about BH actually controling the jedi population, LMAO, with a profession that is so broke nunas are the monsters real threat to BH, damn you nunas, damn you!!! (note:exageration)

I really hope the devs decide to give you the option of making the second character slot FS from the get go, by surrendering your FS with your main or something else. I have no intention of making my main a jedi. Doing the quest a second time would be kinda redundant and boring, especially if i have to level up a normal profession just to survive the quest with the 2nd character.

Thid all looks very interesting and certainly I'm not too concerned with any changes as long as those changes are shared by all invoved, I already have an Inisiate working towards Padewon so the quests changes I'll l;eave to those that face them. My primary concern is following Lucas's SW storylie, the only real deviation i see from that is the permanent tefing of the Jedi Knights, from anything that Ive ever seen or read the total opposite is true for a higher ranking Jedi, Yoda couldnt see Palpatine as even having any force, Vader was really close to Luke, Obi and Leia, yet he could only sense a shift in the force or a presence in several instances, and Obi certainly walked or drove through any number of areas where he passed innoticed, Knights and Masters closer to invisiblr or even, for all practical purposes invisible until they decided to show themselves. It should be somewhat the opposite, to turn on or off ones overt status would be closer to George Lucas's Star Wars universe