Development Cycle Archive
Thread: Publish 9 Feedback: Hero of Tatooine
DarcoDecker
Mon Jul 05, 2004 10:22 am
#92
Darius2 wrote:
I submitted bug reports and a ticket and was told by a csr that they are "not aware of any problems with the mission". Yet there are reports from several servers of no bh. I guess the csr's aren't aware of many things...
Thanks for letting us waste our time in vain instead of just admitting that the mission is broken.
I heard a rumour that someone got a response from a CSR saying that the spawn rate of the BH was set high on the test server and they forgot to turn down the spawn rate when it went live. This would explain why most people had no trouble getting the Intellect badge on the first day. But then it was "fixed" 
the next day. If this is TRUE. Then guess what? Either the fix broke it OR the spawn rate they changed it too is ridiculous. Instead of a twenty minute spawn...it must have been changed to a 20 DAY spawn!
Everyone camp your spot...only 15 days left! Don't miss SPAWN DAY! You better have your wits about you and be fast....otherwise it's another 20 days for you.
The rumour also goes that the CSR said "It is working...just not at the accelerated rate it was." ....you can stop laughing now!
Darko - Master Bounty Hunter
0rv0
Mon Jul 05, 2004 11:15 am
#94
Multiple CSRs on multiple tickets told me that the spawn was in fact "working as intended" and was "accelerated for testing purposes"...
Just goes to show how useful they really are...
Darius2
Mon Jul 05, 2004 2:07 pm
#96
Technically, this thread is about our experiences with the quests and what we thought of them.
Here's my opinion:
A quest that requires players to wander around or wait for RARE SPAWNS is a horribly flawed system. I'm not paying $15 a month to wait around all day for the chance to find a spawn. I'm paying to play, and I'm quite willing to pay someone else for a game that is fun to play and doesn't require all this waiting around.
I've accomplished much in the game, and am waiting for the next publish till I pursue jedi-hood again. In other words, I'm out of things to do and am horribly bored.
Bored players = cancelled accounts = players taking their money elsewhere. I have more than 4 accounts and less than 10 so I'm paying a pretty penny to enjoy a game that is not returning the value I pay for it.
Does SOE care? I can promise that I'm not the only player feeling like this. Its only a matter of time untill each player says "that's it, I've had enough". I'm more patient than most, so it scares me to see myself so close to the edge of quitting the game.
I'm not sticking around till space as I bet the dev's are banking on to keep players or to reclaim old players that quit.
Please SOE, show me why your worth my time and money.
IgescaStorm
Mon Jul 05, 2004 2:38 pm
#97
Darius2 wrote:
Technically, this thread is about our experiences with the quests and what we thought of them.
Here's my opinion:
A quest that requires players to wander around or wait for RARE SPAWNS is a horribly flawed system. I'm not paying $15 a month to wait around all day for the chance to find a spawn. I'm paying to play, and I'm quite willing to pay someone else for a game that is fun to play and doesn't require all this waiting around.
I've accomplished much in the game, and am waiting for the next publish till I pursue jedi-hood again. In other words, I'm out of things to do and am horribly bored.
Bored players = cancelled accounts = players taking their money elsewhere. I have more than 4 accounts and less than 10 so I'm paying a pretty penny to enjoy a game that is not returning the value I pay for it.
Does SOE care? I can promise that I'm not the only player feeling like this. Its only a matter of time untill each player says "that's it, I've had enough". I'm more patient than most, so it scares me to see myself so close to the edge of quitting the game.
I'm not sticking around till space as I bet the dev's are banking on to keep players or to reclaim old players that quit.
Please SOE, show me why your worth my time and money.
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PanzerGR
Mon Jul 05, 2004 6:19 pm
#98
The NPC's spawn tiem isnt that great and they can be very hard to find.....which isnt that abd, but you just have to make sure that the NPC is available to more than just 1 person every day
there seems to be a bug, especially on the Honor badge with the priate leader.....where you can bug the NPC so that he will not converse. This needs to be fixed ASAP. I spent hours looking for him in a 5k area search pattern.....finally found him, and he wouldnt converse.
CSR's basically threw up their hands (as usual)
Its very frustrating to sped the tiem looking for these NPC's then have them bugged.
I have not yet completed the quest due to trivial bugs liek this confoundign the NPC's.
egha
Mon Jul 05, 2004 9:44 pm
#99
could someone plz tell me how to get started on the quest i just want to know where to start at plz can someone help me
DarcoDecker
Mon Jul 05, 2004 10:20 pm
#100
egha wrote:
could someone plz tell me how to get started on the quest i just want to know where to start at plz can someone help me
You start by talking to the hermit at the bottom of the Squill Cave.
CobaltBloom
Mon Jul 05, 2004 10:44 pm
#101
i enjoyed these quests, but i have one problem. i finished the intellect last fall, and i still had the badge, so i didnt have to redo it. so i went and got the hero badge and reward. then a guild mate figured out to put all the mark "artifacts" together to form the mark of the hero sphere. well, my problem is that i didnt have the mark of intellect artifact in my backpack to complete the sphere. i found the BH spawn in mos espa the other night and he wouldnt let me redo the quest. so since i did the quest last year, im out of luck. couldnt SOE haver given those of us with the intellect badge the mark of intellect artifact for doing it last year? i can never complete the sphere now, and there is nothing that i can do about it. i know it's not that big of a deal, but i do collect the rare loot, and would like to have this....
Logray
Tue Jul 06, 2004 5:09 am
#102
CobaltBloom wrote:i enjoyed these quests, but i have one problem. i finished the intellect last fall, and i still had the badge, so i didnt have to redo it. so i went and got the hero badge and reward. then a guild mate figured out to put all the mark "artifacts" together to form the mark of the hero sphere. well, my problem is that i didnt have the mark of intellect artifact in my backpack to complete the sphere. i found the BH spawn in mos espa the other night and he wouldnt let me redo the quest. so since i did the quest last year, im out of luck. couldnt SOE haver given those of us with the intellect badge the mark of intellect artifact for doing it last year? i can never complete the sphere now, and there is nothing that i can do about it. i know it's not that big of a deal, but i do collect the rare loot, and would like to have this....
You have to be f***ing kidding me. This is even worse than I thought. Make SURE you submit multiple bug tickets about this until you get your item. Then post the ticket number so others in our shoes can reference it in more tickets.
MeSleep
Tue Jul 06, 2004 7:15 am
#103
I was a Mark seeker last fall, and I did some seeking with the revamp. I must say, I liked the old way better with the rare camps spawning in the middle of nowhere. I liked how having a Mark of Anything showed dedication, as finding these camps was a challenge in itself. Now it seems all we have to do is camp one spot and wait for the NPC to spawn. Yippee. /sarcastic Sounds like fun....
DarcoDecker
Tue Jul 06, 2004 8:27 am
#104
MeSleep wrote:
I was a Mark seeker last fall, and I did some seeking with the revamp. I must say, I liked the old way better with the rare camps spawning in the middle of nowhere. I liked how having a Mark of Anything showed dedication, as finding these camps was a challenge in itself. Now it seems all we have to do is camp one spot and wait for the NPC to spawn. Yippee. /sarcastic Sounds like fun....
While I did find altuism, courage, and honor farily easily, I willconsiderthe Mark of Intellect (if I ever find the BH spawn) an enormous sign of dedication. I have spent hours upon hours waiting for the BH spawn (which I don't think has been working properly since early in the second day of the patch). As have many others. I spent SIX hours straight one day in Mos Entha...nothing. I've tried "camping" other cities for very long durations. So yes, you can camp one spot, but I'm not sure that even works. It hasn't for me. I've tried searching all parts of one city for hours...nothing. I've done the log on right after server reset thing...nothing. And I've done the cities "tour" a couple of times. I've tried EVERY method I know. So I think I've showed my "dedication". So if you think the "new" quests (well...the intellect portion anyway) isn't a rare spawn, I beg to differ (at least on the Shadowfire server anyway). And I am not, of course, speaking of the first day post-patch. That day the BH was spawning like mad, but nothing since. I've said it before...I don't mind the challenge...don't mind the time spent..IF...and I say..IF..the thing is actually working.
Also...heard a new rumour...this one I don't think I believe, but you just never know. That the spawn is working properly, but only one person "a day" can get it. In other words, there is only one spawn a day. If this is true, then it's merely a case of pure luck to get the Intellect Badge. Sure you can camp a spot, but what are the odds the spawn will be at that spot and that you will be online when it does. I guess if you are able to be online 24/7 with no sleep for days on end, you would probably be able to get it within a week or so for sure!
Darko - Master Bounty Hunter- Shadowfire