Development Cycle Archive
Thread: Weekly Roundtable Discussion (Week Ending 2-9-04)
VampireWookie wrote:
That makes more sense. Sorry I misunderstood your original post.
I can see TH's point of view if he means that they don't want you to get bonuses from the droids that you normally would have gotten by using skill points to advance up the trees. (but that kind of goes against the skill tapesor armor enhancement plates that you can loot)
Not a problem - many people make the same mistake 
I was one of the earliest proponents of a cert system so that more people could have droids - and I would love to see true R2 type units become ubiquitious in the game.
I think it would flavor (content), be fun, and give DE's something to craft.
One thing you should realize - DE's don't want to be "uber". We are a strange breed, I guess - we want more droid in the game, we want to see people using our creations.
Many of us think that more usefull droids (even non-combat ones) would add to the content and fun factors of the game. Some of the ideas border on combat skills - like a droid with a spray module that affects mask scent abilities - but in general, the idea of utility droids is kinda like the idea of skill tapes.
My main problem with TH's statements is that he has said that there will be no added bonuses from utility droids - well, go look up the definition of utility as an adjective, and then tell me how he can call them utility droids.
Move up/move down abilities should be available in Publish 7
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WOOOOHOOOOOO I can't wait to start decorating! 
Thunderheart wrote:
Group loot will be working in Publish 6.
WOOKIEE ARMOR!
I find myself a complete outsider in the world of PVP, because those races in armor wax the duraplast floor with my Wookiee behind every time.
PSGs are a joke, with weak resistances and even weaker durability. Please give us something that levels the playing field as a race.
Some Wookiee-specific armor may work well, if you're worried about balance, given that Wookiees do get nice stat modifiers.
Otherwise, you will soon see the Imperial Dream - a galaxy of humans, as the other races suffer for their inability to compete with armored humans...
S'ulli
Wookiee Master Doc / Brawler Professional
Can we get server pages for each server. These pages can show data regarding that server as far as the war and the community.
I would like to see which PA's are available on my server and what members they have.
A few months ago you guys said that you would look into it, just like adding new music to the game. And it was dropped and never discussed again.
Please this would bring the community together more.
Tardyn wrote:
game freezes.. purely random as far as any can tell and to numerous to post about
I have been getting these too, but have been blaming them on my computer. I don't, however, see them in other applications.
They are random occurances, and last from 5 to 30 seconds. My mouse and keyboard seem locked, the screen does not update, no indication of any retention of keystrokes or mouse clicks while frozen.
Even the three-fingered salute (ctl-alt-del) is locked out, which is why I was blaming it on my computer. Application software is not supposed to be able to capture or lock that out.
Strikke wrote:
TH, since the Huff Darklighter quest (ie, the Krayt Skull Quest) is having its loot 'upgraded' will there be a reset on it?
I'm still gated between the Thale and Borvo missions (I gave Borvo the briefcase back in October, he wouldn't give me missions and he didn't give me Darklighter's gun, and I can't get another briefcase from Thale) and I really don't see why I should have to pay half-a-million credits to get a Krayt Skull (which others can get for a small investment of time and travel fees), just because of some bugs that weren't fixed properly.
I have a similar problem except I gave the gaurd at huff the rifel when huff wouldnt take it and now I'm gated as I have no rifle and no way of getting another.
Hey, TH, any particular reason we are downloading a rather large file when we log into the game today....and yet nobody bothered to tell us in advance it was coming, and it didn't appear as a message on the patcher?
I and many others are speculating that this is part of the next publish. However, if someone there would have taken a minute anywhere to post a message about this, we would have felt a lot better.
Something to keep in mind for next time.