Development Cycle Archive
Thread: Great Expectations, Major Schedule Changes and making SWG the finest MMORPG ever
DarkHelmet-TIO
Fri Jul 16, 2004 7:57 am
#1107
Distaste wrote:
I imagine the SOE CEO's are going to come into there office and find a post on the desk that says...
THEY ARE PISSED
Then they'll say "just give them another farming dungeon".
Tistakel
Fri Jul 16, 2004 7:57 am
#1108
Always in motion is future
I hope you know what you're doing ... because galaxies begin to be empty ...
Haden, do you know what "timeline" means ?
I hope you know what you're doing ... because galaxies begin to be empty ...
Haden : We do know that some Jedi exist during this period in our timeline.
Haden : We worked with Lucasfilm Licensing to ensure that we could include Jedi who have survived, in secrecy, and have made fiction
Haden, do you know what "timeline" means ?
Talonsin
Fri Jul 16, 2004 7:59 am
#1109
How do you justify fixing the ground game to bring JTL out? SOE has shown time and again that all they are concerned with is more money and they will screw us over in any way possible to get it.
Thanks for the lies at fanfest, maybe next year if there is still a game you'll call it "bend-over and take it fest".
DarkHelmet-TIO
Fri Jul 16, 2004 7:59 am
#1110
I am planning to take to the skies at JTL and never come back, so I may as well just screw my broken professions that I love so much and take a good old FOTMRifle/Doc template since we arent getting combat balance before that.
I am not alone.
Outatime82
Fri Jul 16, 2004 7:59 am
#1111
Rule number 1 TH, don't try to make bad news sound like it's a good thing. It's bad news and people are upset that all focus has to be shifted to one thing. Sure I'm excited about JTL, but it shouldn't take away resources where they are most needed.
DarkHelmet-TIO
Fri Jul 16, 2004 8:00 am
#1112
I swear you **edit** better not have another fan fest, especially in europe. You will get the **edit** kicked out of you.
Massadonious
Fri Jul 16, 2004 8:00 am
#1113
Tistakel wrote:
Always in motion is future
I hope you know what you're doing ... because galaxies begin to be empty ...
Haden : We do know that some Jedi exist during this period in our timeline.
Haden : We worked with Lucasfilm Licensing to ensure that we could include Jedi who have survived, in secrecy, and have made fiction
Haden, do you know what "timeline" means ?
Obviously not, or they didn't watch the right LucasArts film.
I bet it was Lucas's fault. He became aware of the irony of Haden's name and that of punk ass Haden Christiansen, that he put in the wrong film for them to watch.
Quinnt13
Fri Jul 16, 2004 8:00 am
#1114
DarkHelmet-TIO wrote:
Thunderpantsyou just triple incapped SWG. Blizzard are probablyrubbing their hands with glee.
Yeah, this decision really boils down to what the SOE executives perceive as the biggest threat to their revenue stream (player base): WoW. They know it's coming. They know it will be huge. To them, the best way to compete is not to fix an old product, but to release a new, exciting product: JTL. What they don't realize is that the SWG player base is not nearly as brainless as they think...we won't be sheep to be herded around by a shiny new carrot, still a long way away.
I can see how the execs would perceive the situation and choose to launch the new product before fixing the old one....new products are what they care about most. But in the end, they'll lose ALOT of what used to be their most loyal player base, and with the other new MMORPG games coming, alot won't bother to come back even for JTL.
DaManiac
Fri Jul 16, 2004 8:00 am
#1115
i wonder why its taking so long for a dev to reply to this. i imagine the 50 pages of hate mail take alot out of em?
Southwick
Fri Jul 16, 2004 8:02 am
#1116
Didnt someone once say that "the road to hell is paved with good intentions."?
I think great expectations would be a great substitution for good intentions.
"The road to hell is paved with GREAT EXPECTATIONS."
Yeah i think it works. BURN
I think great expectations would be a great substitution for good intentions.
"The road to hell is paved with GREAT EXPECTATIONS."
Yeah i think it works. BURN
Massadonious
Fri Jul 16, 2004 8:02 am
#1117
DaManiac wrote:
i wonder why its taking so long for a dev to reply to this. i imagine the 50 pages of hate mail take alot out of em?
Thunderheart has, maybe 30 pages back, but he's cleverly avoided the issue.
shondoggy
Fri Jul 16, 2004 8:03 am
#1118
KURT I REALLY HOPE YOUR READING THESE. BECAUSE I KNOW IM NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT FEELS THIS WAY.
My question to you is until you make these changes what shouyld we do in the meantime to have fun??????????????????????????
I can kill anything in the galaxy by myself, Elders, Krayts, etc, etc. (where's the challenge)
The loot system is awefull. (this doesn't mean put a ton of exceptional weapons in the game but you guyscan do better than what your doing.) Face it Pikeman is an awefull profession and the drop rate forlances isn't going to change that. Even crystals are becoming a dime a dozen.
Quest and treasure maps are a joke. 95% of the quest give nothing of significance. they are of no interest to people.
PVP is fun until combat medics ruin things. (your little so called fix did nothing)
What happen to the droid invation. You did it for two weeks then stopped. (did you ever stop to think that thats a good way to stop all the AFK spamming in C-net and Theed.)
Putting in an auction channel did nothing people are still afk spamming all over the place.
The delay in weapon and armor swtch. (What was the point of that?)
The only other thing that I will say is this. There are a lot of MMRPG's coming out over the next couple of months, so you guys should get your priorities straight.
I am one of those people that have two charactars in the game. but not for long, I will be deleting one shortly and most likely the other afterwards.