Development Cycle Archive

So today i did a checkforce and it said im glowing.. so now i was expecting a old man to visit me but he didnt came. After reading this posting here and the fridays feature about the village i wondering when i will be able to continue...

Since i wasnt profession grinding and just mastered a few professions (those that id like to play actualy) i'd expect me to be in group 4.. so now looking at the following passages from the fridays feature:

"The player may only accept and complete one quest per village phase."

and

"There are four phases each lasting for several weeks."

So those that mastered all and those that mastered all but one will surely be able to finish within the first village phase as much as i understand the system, Group 1 will probably need 2 phases already, group2 will need 3, group3 will need 4 phases atleast.. is that correct?


So my Questions to the devs are the following:

1) Did i understand right that it will take _atleast_ 11 phases before group-4 will probably be able to visit the village?

2) Regarding the fridays feature each phase lasts for some weeks, so i can estimate to start with my village stuff when? half a year? next year?

3) Does grinding professions after the publish now will still help me to improve my position in the queue?

4) Is a command planed to be able to see in what group you are? (i.e. upgrade /checkforce ?)

Well after reading all those negative postings here i aint really expecting an answer to my questions anymore, however i have to add that if i really have to wait now for months to be able to continue at all and cant do anything in that time to progress id be really disappointed.

I tried to resist, couldn't do it...

I'm so glad I decided to RP my character in his chosen profession(s) for the past year+ in this MMO-R-P-G instead of just grinding out professions. Otherwise I wouldn't get to be further punished by the Devs.

Yes, I consider being thrown into a "group" of other players who have to wait an unspecified time for "traffic" to ease up so I can participate in the newest content added to the game a punishment for actually playing the game instead of hologrinding.

I have played since day 1, gotten many badges, done many themeparks, many quests, and in general, played my character. Now, since I have only 7 professions under my belt (mostly for interest, but does include 1 holo profession), I will have to sit around and wait along with many other people who played the game rather than just grinding professions.

Give the grinders their unlocks, that's fine. But it's just wrong to gate people from entering the village they have every right to enter (assuming they qualify, which we assume is badges, as tested on TC) just because they played their character instead of grinding.

If gating was necessary because of server stability, it should have been character age, not number of professions, that got a character in first. Those who have been around the longest, playing this game (and yes, that does include many hologrinders) should get first access, not some 2-3 month old character who just ground out professions as fast as he could.

It's not going to change, and there's no real reason for this post other than to express my opinion, but that's what the forum is for, so despite the futility of the gesture, that's my opinion.

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Vasarious wrote:

"Of course, if you qualify for the visit under the new system, you will automatically be granted a visit from the old man."

so.... if we qualify under the new system we can expect a visit within 1-3 days?

I think answering this question will put alot of players minds at ease

Thanks

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This is a stove. When you see fire it will burn you.

If it burns me, does that mean its hot?

/sigh

You answered your own question with your quote.

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Zoveth wrote:

I know i should expect a flame for this, but im posting it anyway:

[Yes ye should 'pect it as ye are flamin' others by...]

I think those of you who are doing NOTHING but whining and complaining and threatening to quit, should just quit. Maybe i'll get my visit faster.

[Now that's a flame... so I will respond in kind and as such the meanin' of yer post has lower respect. Perhaps ye should try debatin'; simply put, try makin' an arguement without puttin' people down. Ye'll gain more respect that way, Laserbrain.]

You know good and well that if they didnt do the gating, you'd all be screaming like 2 year olds because the server crashed.

[Sterotypin'... how disrepectful and inconsiderate. Perhaps ye should 'plain why rather than passin' judgement onto everyone.]

Or if they hadnt done something else then you'd be whining about that.

[Assumption... Indication of a lack of facts and gettin' emotional. Tsk Tsk]

All i ever see is a bunch of bickering.

[Invalid statement... And I see the same from ye. What's yer point? Next time set the example.]

Just because i dont have many posts, doesnt mean im not a veteran to the game.

[Note... Noted and I will discredit ye down below.]

I have been playing this game off and on since the release.

[Admission... I guess ye've been disappointed as well at times or grown bored. Why was that? Please 'plain?]

I have yet to whine and complain about it. I take the game as it goes. Why? BECAUSE IT'S A FLIPPIN GAME!

[Misconception... "ITS AN ENTERTAINMENT SERVICE", not a game. If I beat ye up into a livin' pulp in the game and ye get mad, Then I get to tell ye, "Its onlya game." But if ye don't mind spendin' money on a product that doesn't fully work and consider that as a game; then do I have a deal for ye! I got this nice V-8 sports car for a hefty price, since its a premium car. The only bad part be that 5 of the 8 cyclinders fire. But don't worry, I'll get those other 3 workin' in sometime. Ye have to understand, engine work be complex and takes time. Oh and don't worry 'bout readin' the warrenty, I got yer back.]

If you guys are so miserable all the time, then shut up and find something else to play.

[Uncarin'... Some of these people would like to see SWG become successful and have submitted constructive feedback only to recieve silence in return. The silent treatment of SOE has caused people to become frustrated and their fuses short. And yes people have been leavin', there are less people now than back durin' launch.]

I never see anyone thank the devs for the hard work they put into this game.

[Ye claim to be a Veteran, but ye never seen a post thankin' the Dev's? Appearently ye haven't read anythin' on this thread andI doubt ye will read this.]

I'd like to see every one of you make a game and make it perfect.

[So every game should be buggy. Perhaps ye should look in WISH fer starters, its an UMMORPG. Oh wait, that requires too much effort to research into other online RPG's.

And haven't ye READ ANY OF THE EXCELLENT POSTS PEOPLE HAVE POSTED TO IMPROVE THE GAME? Oh of course not, ye haven't seen and threas thankin' the Dev's.]

I've been playing mmorpg's since 97 or 98.

[And that's suppose to make ye an expert or provide some creditability?]

The devs are doing what's in the best interest of the population.

[Yes and no. Yes, they want to make thin's good fer the customers, but they have to obey the rules of the management. I personally lay blame with the SOE/LA management myself and not the worker bees. This be a business and has business rules, such as Carrots and Sticks. Do ye care to see an essay 'bout such thin's and of Deconstruction?]

It's a shame when i log in to the forums and see GROWN ADULTS acting worse than my 9 year old.

[And its a shame to see ye do the same.]

No one has to hold your hand and guide you through the game. Accept what's happend and move on, or shut up and quit.

[So,anyone who complains they should quit? Well if that's the case, since ye complained, I like to see ye quit. Oh wait that's a double standard, but its acceptable to ye only. "Do what I say, not what I do."]

The game is a good game. Regardless of the little quirks, it's still fun. Otherwise you all wouldnt still be here.

[Each to their own opinion. Considerin' ye don't like the opinions of those who are oppose to yers and find 'em invalid, 'pect the same fer yers. Appearently yer an easy goin' person that doesn't raise a fuss if somethin' doesn't go right. So, are ye still interested in that sports car?]

Thunderheart,

Thank you for the work you and the other devs have put into the game. I for one am looking forward to the quests in their entirety and i do believe the gating is a really good idea.

[No counter-point here. The Dev Team, Worker Bees, and Messangers are not to blame, but the corporate management.]

[Further Note: No matter which plan SOE/LA come up with, they were goin' to loose. The plan of allowin' "Hologrindin'" will allow fer no easy out to satisfy everyone. The Lessons Learned was that Hologrindin' should have never been implemented. A lack of forward thinkin' of the rewards or penalties were appearently not thought 'bout. The decision to implement Hologrindin' has come back to bite the decision makers in the arse once again.

And yes, there were people who made great posts of how people should aquire Jedi/Sith status, but those posts were simply discarded as the Player Base was not considered a valuable asset.]

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Message Edited by TroyBPerk on 08-31-2004 07:11 PM

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Message Edited by evanight on 09-01-2004 04:32 AM