Development Cycle Archive
Thread: State of the Game Letter from JustG
JediKozel
Wed Mar 24, 2004 8:37 pm
#92
yes! Smuggler Revamp on Pub 8! Squad Leader Revamp on Pub 9! GCW on 11! (although I hoped for sooner) and the ISD Dungeon! Now we talking!
KeevJaseri
Wed Mar 24, 2004 8:40 pm
#93
I thought the letter from JustG was encouraging. I've made a few posts to this effect but this seems like a good place so i'll reiterate.
Devs...Please listen to the COMPLAINTS of your paying customers, anylyze their nature, and fix the stuff that needs fixing. I am still just excited to be part of STAR WARS...it's awesome! But, I can see that many of the common complaints are valid ones.
My concern, which I am sure you feel too is that because of all the bad reviews this game is getting(there really are a lot) new customers won't be signing up and old customers will be leaving. That means that the game will cease to exist, that would be a tragedy in my opinion.
I've never been a MMORPG fan, AC, Ultima, whatever. Online adventure games and being the best warrior/wizard/whatever have just never appealed to me. This is different though, being a part of Star Wars is truly a dream come true. I just hope there is a game to play in a few years. It does seem that issues are being addressed however, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that SOE does make the game stable and entertaining...and therefore LONG-LIVED
Devs...Please listen to the COMPLAINTS of your paying customers, anylyze their nature, and fix the stuff that needs fixing. I am still just excited to be part of STAR WARS...it's awesome! But, I can see that many of the common complaints are valid ones.
My concern, which I am sure you feel too is that because of all the bad reviews this game is getting(there really are a lot) new customers won't be signing up and old customers will be leaving. That means that the game will cease to exist, that would be a tragedy in my opinion.
I've never been a MMORPG fan, AC, Ultima, whatever. Online adventure games and being the best warrior/wizard/whatever have just never appealed to me. This is different though, being a part of Star Wars is truly a dream come true. I just hope there is a game to play in a few years. It does seem that issues are being addressed however, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that SOE does make the game stable and entertaining...and therefore LONG-LIVED
Jebwa
Wed Mar 24, 2004 8:43 pm
#94
Yeah, it all looks fine and dandy in writing. Of course SWG looked great before I started playing it also. It looks like you have a complete game revamp. Everything is changing so I guess that means we have been paying of beta for 9 months now. I think I'll move on to a different game and try SWG in about 3 years to see if the basic game design is finished yet.
NovaSpice
Wed Mar 24, 2004 8:51 pm
#95
I too blasted the last letter to the Community. But, this State of the Game letter is exactly what we, as paying customers and players, needed to see. JustG, this is a fantastic letter. It provides great insight into the future of the game and gives me some hope that you guys have a vision of how the game is going to be.
Nice work. 
Exp24
Wed Mar 24, 2004 8:57 pm
#96
"We have made a decision to address major combat issues only and not do the full combat balance at this time"
This is not good. Some professions need instant attention. But it continues to be pushed back and neglected. I've stayed in the same profession (commando) which to date continues to be nerfed into totaly uselessness. Oh well. I'll just go Rifleman/Swordsman/TKA 4004 like everyone else...........
KurtVogner
Wed Mar 24, 2004 8:59 pm
#97
O ya well i am bitching mihgt as well
add
GCW>JEDI
jedi suck
WHEN (and you better bet i will) get a jedi i want to be dead as soon as i log in.
i want hellish diffuculty
add
GCW>JEDI
jedi suck
WHEN (and you better bet i will) get a jedi i want to be dead as soon as i log in.
i want hellish diffuculty
Octavuous
Wed Mar 24, 2004 9:06 pm
#98
I really appriciate Just G taking the "risk" of telling us what is going on between now and the space expansion. I feel that by doing this he is showing us a lot of respect, and I appreciate that. I'm excited about the upcoming changes, I'm kind of taking a break from playing the game for now, but I keep in touch with the community and these changes give me great hope that the game will be able to call me back to it before too long. Thanks for opening the communication this much.
Octavuous
Das-Veyordo
Wed Mar 24, 2004 9:21 pm
#99
Elvandar01 wrote:
TH, the combat revamp was supposed to be slated for publish 7. Then got delayed to publish 8, now you're just going to do it behind the scences? Wow, like I haven't heard that before. And 3 more publishes until the GCW revamp?
A large majority of your playerbase plays this game for the combat and for the GCW (pvp) and when you tell them that nothing will be done for at least 3-4 months, the customers lose interest and in turn, you lose subscriptions.
I don't see how hard it can be to fix some LONG-standing bugs that have been plaguing us forever and are so easily identifiable (intimidate/warcry not incurring TEF, poison hitting through walls, poison ignoring z-axis, relogging to go covert, group tef issues, etc etc).
And if nothing else, is the HAM system chance going in Publish 8? It might be the last saving grace to keep me playing... until the GCW revamp anyway.
in other words... the more you delay, the more people quit. NOTHING is being done to KEEP PEOPLE PLAYING. The only thing keeping me playing is my friends and my grind towards jedi, but people are leaving faster then i can master a proffession, and when i do unlock my FSCS what then? So far from every jedi i heard, FSCS isnot an "endgame" but a GAMEOVER.
The farther your team looks down the road, the more things pass you by that sits on the side.
The only thing that keeps us here long term, is what is being done now, and shortly; not in the next few months.
JediJMan
Wed Mar 24, 2004 9:32 pm
#100
I don't know why that posted twice..... A bug in the board I guess too. Anyway, sorry about that.
Endeva
Wed Mar 24, 2004 9:33 pm
#101
Thunderheart,
Recently, I have been somewhat critical of recent letters to the community, However, please know, that this recent one is a VAST improvement. Please pass my regards and thanks to Gary Gattis for a very informative letter that not only gives us a rough timetable of what events are upcoming in the near future, but also gives us long term goals.
There will be much communication I am sure as we near those upcoming publishes, but it is nice to know, that our concerns, worries and suggestions / comments are listened to and acted apon.
It's also nice to know that LucasArts does have a say in certain aspects of this game also.
My sincere congratulations again for this letter. It's nice to see there is some hope for you all afterall 
quette
Wed Mar 24, 2004 9:52 pm
#102
Will the r series droids be used in x-wings? Does the dodge food buff work, does anyone know?
Darklord2121
Wed Mar 24, 2004 9:56 pm
#103
Wow!!
I haven't been this excited since launch.
You are rapidly restoring my faiththat this game will be Hella great!
Keep up the good work gang, it IS appreciated.
TK868
Wed Mar 24, 2004 10:00 pm
#104
I like the upcoming publishes! Very cool. I'm really look foward to them.
Just a question: With the Jedi publishes, the whole publish won't just be Jedi will it?
I'm also happy you guys (devs) decided to not complete the combat revamp in one whole publish. I didn't think it was logical or practical to do it like that.
I can't wait for the Death Watch Hideout. I now know why I hadan urge to go all combat. To get this armour!
Thanks devs!
-TK868