Development Cycle Archive
Thread: Live Issues Publish 9: Secrets of the Force
Thunderheart wrote: (6/25)
Khragon wrote:
Wheres the descriptions of the skills?
Monday after I wrap up the patch notes...
http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=game_guides&message.id=186725#M186725
Heya TH, what ever happened to our description of the skills for Jedi on Monday? BEFORE the publish?? BEFORE WE ALL ALLOCATED OUR SKILLS WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT THEY EACH DID!! WHY HAVENT YOU CAME UP WITH A LIST STILL!?!? WHY CANT I RE-ROLL MY FS SKILLS, SINCE YOU DIDNT POST THE LIST OF SKILLS AS YOU SAID YOU WOULD?!? WHY DID JUST G POST THAT WE WERENT GOING TO BE ABLE TO REROLL THESE SKILLS EVEN THOUGH YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO POST THE DESCRIPTIONS THE DAY BEFORE THE PUBLISH WENT LIVE??? WHY DID THE PUBLISH GO OUT PRIOR TO YOU POSTING THIS LIST???? JEDI GOT THE SHAFT, AND WE CAN ALL THANK YOU TH.
/applaud TH!! you deserve it, the vision quest was top notch, great job TH. BRAVO.
=P
Message Edited by GrolenOvrDhouje on 07-02-2004 12:26 PM
mmaughme wrote:I'm disappointed that after 35 pages, allThunderheart hasto say is that Entertainers have new songs and dances./sigh
/agreecompletely
Got time now to do that 
but now the pets I have are much more powerful then the ones before the Nerf.. ain't making sense to nerf something and then make it more powerful then before (level 56 rabbits with 75% resistance to all) it ain't making sense...but that is SWG 
Who is going to rescue as from mad Jedi ??as is after publish 9:
- after publish9 there are tons of jedi around. at all starports one can see them in their
robes wielding lightsabers.
exampe given:
In Theed 2 jedi even fought 30 meters besides the imperial branch. Sorry, but this is wrong.
We are in a timeline were jedi are hunted down. Jedi have to hide. They may not use their
powers and reveal themselfes as jedi in public (even see them running around in robes and
wielding a light saber does offend a lot of people).
As devoted Star Wars fan I have to say that this destroys my and other peoples fun and
above all the Star Wars Feeling.
nothing. It does not fit into Star Wars at this point.
Our passion for the game comes from the passion for the movies. It sad to see that with
every update you move further away from the movies.
- Nightsisters, Elders
- Genosian Bunker
- Death Watch Bunker
- Tusken Fort
- Krayt Graveyard
Now thats great having like 20 Jedi sitting in the Geno Bunker and killing everything.
How will a normal class be competitive to the jedi? Everyone has to become jedi to be able to keep up.
- Don't allow jedi to wear robes and sabers in cities (at least not in big or Empire
controlled cities) - Peple hate to see 10+ jedi at star ports
- Have unbeatable Commando Troopers or maybe even Vader himself spawn when a jedis offends
against this points (wearing a jedi robe and saber in big cities)
These troopers may teleport off the scene to prevent having xxx troopers standing around.
- make a filter, a "whole character filter" so one can enter the jedi name and does not have
to see or read/hear something from that char. may give problems if one fights an enemy were
also a filterred-out jedi fights but thats a smal issue.
- make a role-play-only server and allow people to move with items and cash (except jedi).
This may cost a fee (like moving everquest accounts)
- reintroduce the TEF. Every jedi running in big cities wielding a saber +wearing a robe
will get a TEF. Using force powers will give them a TEF.
It does not work to rely on people behave mature. You have to force them to not ruin the fun
of the majority.
For my part I have canceled my account. So did 2 of my friends. You will loose a lot more
customers because they want to play Star Wars online not KOTOR (Knights of the oldRepublic) online.
Add-on 2 "a gate to the past". The jedi council discovered an ancient gate to the past. Now jedi have the possibility to jump
kind regards
alex
mmaughme wrote:
I'm disappointed that after 35 pages, allThunderheart hasto say is that Entertainers have new songs and dances.
/sigh
Sigh of agreement to TH's lack of response to all of the issues brought up. Glad the entertainers get something, but otherwise it is obvious the Devs subscribe to the childhood practice of hiding their heads under the blanket till the monsters are gone.
Message Edited by Galoopa on 07-03-2004 09:47 AM
ParnellOfBria wrote:
Jedi visibility STILL is going up from grouped players watching me fight. Very disconcerning since the only thing i was interested in this patch was the ability to FINALLY actually "play" my jedi, instead of just grind him all by myself off in no man's land of endor. Till then it' sback to being a lonely hermit off in the middle of no where.
Last i checked this was an MMO, not the movies, they threw out continuity a long time ago, time to accept that bro. If it's fun, it works, if it's not, it doesn't. If you want continuity, then let's make jedi kill in 1 hit, slicing off arms and legs, let's give them the ability to sense danger and when other jedi are around. You want continuity, then let jedi harvest their own crystals from caves. Let jedi block melee attacks. Let jedi deflect blaster shots back at their attackers. Let thermal detonators kill in one hit over a 20-50m radius. You want continuity, then get rid of every imperial having an ATST. You want continuity, get rid of creature handlers running around parading rancors and kimogilas. You want continuity, nerf the hell out of armor so that people can't take on 6-8 ERs at a time. You want continuity that bad huh. You can't have continuity to movies in an MMO, it breaks the fun-factor. Quit using continuity as an excuse to nerf things you don't like when theres tons of things that you probably enjoy that break continuity.
AS far as starting at ZERO every time jedi die... YES I am all for that... but we're talking about adding negative 200k every time... which is 3-4 hours of grinding for lower level jedi. And it keeps compounding.