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These are just my thoughts, don't take this as a flame as I am only trying to help.

This is where I have a HUGE disagreement with you and SOE. Adding these little things should not be considered content! They are things people do becuase they are bored, and that is not content.Actual "content" (IMO) would be creating professions that served an actual purpose.

For example: Create aGCW Profession (say Guardsmen).

• This profession would require you to be a Master Pistoleer (or Carbineer/Rifleman) and Master Squad Leader or Master TKA (any of the Brawler type) and Master Ranger (you can create any combination with multiple purpuses)


• They guard and protect a GCW Stronghold (Bestine or Anchorhead) and they (the actual player)would do the inspections and stuff that the NPC Stormtroopers are suppose to be doing, but here the ACTUAL players would be doing it and there would be many per city and they would have NPC support (this should be for IMPS and REBELS).


• Be able to detect covert players (with in a certain range).

The point is that CONTENT should be based ongiving the different professionan ACTUAL PURPOSE and then tieing those profession together - that creates content.

• Guardsmen would also beon the look out for Smugglers.


• Smugglers would have their own missions and content that requires them to transfer "stuff" from planet to planet and city to city. They would have to be on the look for these Guardsmen (and other professions) to make sure they do not get caught and lose their cargo (not complete the mission).


• Missions could come from other players, say Weaponsmiths or Armorsmiths who would need to hire a Smuggler to get their resourse off another planet (since they would not be allowed to).


• If the Smuggler fails the mission,the Resourse would be returned to the Harvestor (not lost) and another mission made. The point is, the professions are tied together via the CONTENT.


• Bounty Hunters would be tracking down smugglers that fail to many missions

Theme Parks and Point A to Point B quests are not content (IMO). I have a more detailed post on this here:http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=GCW&message.id=104216

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Ron009 wrote:

To be honest the voting system are to complex. you go there and try find the candiate and you have to do a mission. First problem is that where is the person ? no sign .run around all room 15 min before i found my guy. I 100% agree!

Second i need do mission to help my guy .AH ok i though they gave me an idea and i found the woman in the poor quarter but the person in medic senter was there not. Outside the door front enterence, took me a while since they said Hostipal not Medical Center

The prosess should be easy and fun for all part,it is not. i played 7 th month and if i have so big problem what will a new beginner have?. Agreed again! Running from point A to point B just to listen to a lame "conversation" is not really content.

There should be one voting box in mayor room. one waypoint given out to the room where both candiate have a table at each side of the room. There you should have people standing and speaking about the campain.

Agreed

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Did you vote for one of the Governor’s aids?

Yes I did.

Did you notice the difference in the surrounding area depending on which aide was in power?

As far as I know nothing was re-designed. Only difference I noticed was the piles of dead ST's and increased Rebel presence.

Do you like the rewards?

Havent seen one yet.

Did you go to the museum and take part in event?

Didnt feel like doing yet another Fed-Ex task as I heard how much "content" this particular event had.

What did you like?

The consept.

What didn’t you like?

How the consept was not implemented to the game.

To give you some pointers if you try to make this thing work.

Theres an election going on in Bestine? You cant even notice it. Make some banners, more npc's to the city hall so it actually looks like theres something going on and so on.

Spawn tougher Troopers if the cannon fodder gets to be fodder for the cannon. Garrison buildings, Imperial shuttles, static Imperial npc's, Troopers guarding important buildings like hospital and shuttle ports.

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Thunderheart,

I think there is something missing from all of the tatooine cities. There is a lack of activity. I'm sure there were more than one starport per city. The towns feel like a ghost town. NPCs should have something going on in their lives. Let them fight eachother in cantinas. We need stuff like ships dropping down from the sky, unloading cargo and people taking it away to make it look like there is something happening. I remember AO had the notum wars expansion pack. They added these ships that flew to the ground from motherships rested and went back up. They werent collidable and added alot of mood to the game. You have the ships in the sky, but they fly overhead to no destination, make them enter the city and such. the cities dont have the hustle and bustle they should, and lastly there is a lag issue, someone needs to address it again. Cities like theed and large cities bring me to 1 fps. Im on a good machine with a t3 connection too.