Development Cycle Archive
Thread: Producer's State of the Game Letter April 27, 2004
ARC_Casper wrote:
Dubolom wrote:
"our main publishes are 6 weeks apart"
OK, so:
Publish 8: April 27
Publish 9: June 8
Publish 10: July 20
Publish 11: August 31
Space Expansion: October 12
October or later? well there goes all the people i tried to talk into staying with the game until space expansion came out in summer.
AudioOrgana wrote:I really hope part of the Hutt Casino is a real interface for gambling - I'd spend half my time playing the tables if it wasn't a text based interface...
AO
No lie....they need to put some time into this. Make the winnings really good, but the best ones rare like in real life gambling....also more pvp gambling would be awesome and add a ton of contect and social aspects.
Hutt Casino- It would be nice if they added sabacc into the game. I know I have read in the books how it is played, something with shifting card values if I recall correctly. Could easily be done I would think. Have smugglers craft the decks and such.
Wookie armor- I didnt know there was to be a 3rd type of armor for wookies. Nice to see they are getting even more choices. If the 3 are actually usefull in the game that will be one more than everyone esle gets ^_^
In general alot of tantilizing bits there, enhanced loot, BH and Mandalore armor, jetpacks(!!). But it was stated nicely earlyer, if they mess up on the combat overhaul, there will be an mass exodus.
Yes and then it was turned right around to the needs of the few out weigh the many.
Lhargylflharfh Wrote:
Remember what 'ole Spock said, "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few."
Billreb wrote:
Jetpacks? Must be for display only since we can't move along a Z axis?
The jetpack is like a vehicle... strap it on, turn it on, then you move arounda few meters above the ground.
With this veteran rewards thing... will someone who signed up in July, and "took a vacation" from SWG be more veteran than I, who started in December and has been playing a ton ever since?
You said a player transfer system was coming....
1) Does this include copying your character over to Test Center?
2) Will we be able to have more than one character per server now (please, please, please)? I have a joint account with my roommate "Koran" who plays on Lowca and is eager to know if he can move in with me on Corbantis. Even if you didn't intend for this in the first place, could you PLEASE allow an account two players per server? If not that, make a special exception for transferring players?
Thanks again for the great news. I'm really psyched!
DevilPuppy wrote:
everything sounds cool.. but the galaxy transfer system is in a way stupid.. There is alot of over populated servers.. and alot of underpopulated servers.. The underpopulated servers could loose alot of ppl.. while the overpopulated servers get alot more ppl..
But if the overpopulated servers become "normal" and the underpopulated servers become "normal" it will be fine..
I think that's the point, to provide a means to consolidate the the low population servers. It's hardly unusual for MMORPGs to consolidate shards/galaxies over time.
acovertrebel wrote:
WOOHOO. Sounds awesome. Badge System! YES! Hermit Quest Fix! YES! Hutt Casino! YES! JTL beta!YES! Everything else! YES!
Great stuff in here. Keep it up guys!!!
Fixing of bugs STILL in the game since beta? NO! As normal...=/
Ummm....Maybe you don't get it...this is a STAR WARS game...it will never..."sink like a brick"...there are many star wars fans who have never played this game, but that like mmorpgs...there will always be fresh players joining, and old ones leaving...the powergamers will start to roll on to the next flavor of the year game...and the community in game will begin to decline, yes, but it will go right back up and stabilize...star wars is a household name...people just KEEP forgetting that....this isn't shadowbane or eq or uo or daoc or hell any other online game...this game has movies, books, comics, cd's, records (yes old soundtracks), games, card games, paper rpg, etc...TOYS....that are related to this game...no other online game can even compare to the amount of exposure this game gets....not one...it won't sink...it will keep going and may even get to a decade or more...of continuous running...sink like a brick my @ss...
Lhargylflharfh wrote:
So are you saying we have to wait for November/December to see the combat publish? That is really going to hurt the game. I'll wager when WoW and other games come out this one will sink like a brick.