Development Cycle Archive

After reading some additional responses, it looks like you made them lethal enough.

I am still not happy about the arbitrary erasure of so many thousands of FP worth of work. Nor do I care for the fact that we cannot secure areas of control away from faction bases with them.

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Drummerboychris wrote:

Way too strong!!! I had logged out in a base, and today walked out to a minefield. I was killed instantly in 65% composite by 5 rapid mines, not giving me any chance to use spice or foods or healing. They are WAY too fast and powerful, and give me no chance of getting out of a base (or in for that matter) without buffs. PLEASE rework speed, or at least minefield sweeping. I've attempted and failed over 250 times easily, and only twice have I found one, and both times they blew up in my face... Mine fields are approaching unbeatable without buffs, and this saddens me, as it forces a different playstyle then I personally like. Please please please rework the speed or effectiveness of mines, as currently there is no way to survive a casual walk past the post without getting hit rapidly for 200 dmg while fully armored. Thanks

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So basically, you're saying mines should be useless, right? Man what a whiner... Well-stocked minefields should almost instantly kill people - buffed or not.

It's not like they're hidden or anything either, so just try to avoid them instead of making them the equivalent of an exploding CDEF.

They really do need more Damage.

Actually I'm thrilled that mine fields are now limited to Factional HQs. And now they actually kill people. Oh no, say it is not so! Grow up. It's game and if your near the other side's base. Then expect to be attacked. If you don't like it go neutral. Defenses are supposed to be hard to get through. It should not take 3 buffed players to take out the defenses of an entire fully stocked player base. It should be HARD and take coordination. It should be an event, not an afternoon diversion to take on a player base. Player bases should be high end content. Not faction farms. To the person who whined about mines actually killing players. Are you for real? If you want a safe Star Wars experience, go play KOTOR. I'm sorry that it does not match your play style, deal with it. This is the best game I've ever played, and it keeps getting better. The developers work really hard at improving the game. Writing software of this complexity is not easy in the least. If you think it's so easy. Submit a resume to SOE in Austin, actually get hired, and start typing. Otherwise let them work. I think they are doing a great job.

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"Minefields are not factional NPC so I say keep the Decay."

But they are faction related and only opposing faction mines inflict damage. Faction decay was eliminated in pvp and faction related deaths, as it should be, on all fronts including minefields.

Some Feedback

A bufft Doc can remove the minefields very easy.
He heal self and run through the Minefields...

I never see in PVP a unbuffed Player!!!

I wish you people would quit whining about the mine revamp. PersonallyI think it was a needed update. If you are a covert crafter or even a low combat profession going to a city to find a vendor that is actually stocked you should not have to worry about running into a minefield as soon as you get off of a shuttle. Minefields are military equipment and should be used to defend MILITARY installations, if you don't want people in your house make it private,if you don't want people in your city then don't make a city, just place a bunch of houses near each other. That way it won't show up on the map.

· Players should no longer be able to clone at facilities in cities from which they have been citybanned.

Should hits it exactly. Yesterday someone attacked a player city base on Dantooine (Infinity Server) and got asap a city ban. However he stored his clone data before, and was still, like it was before the patch able to "clone" in the city. This effects it then as it was before, that he insantly gets revived at the point he died (and not cloning in facility) when he selects the previous stored data clonecenter, due to his cityban.

Very annoying this exploit, ppl can destroy buy this turrets without anyone able to do anything.

k i didnt notice any change, all my minefields stayed, and when tested they did the same crappy damage as ever.

ran into a minefield outside an imperial shuttleport. didng know town was factioned in the first place...no bases in sight. damage was nil, my ubese armor prevented a hole 139 of damage