Development Cycle Archive
Thread: Team Comments Lead Designer Cinco Barnes
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joined42904
Fri Jun 27, 2003 12:32 am
#1
I don't think all criticism is removed.
I have a very critical post in the dev forum on page 8 of the Jedi Archives Vol. III. It isn't a personal attack or anything, and it doesn't criticize the team in broad generalities but rather in specifics.
It's still there and hasn't been removed. I was actually thinking as I was writing it that it wouldn't last very long. But it is still there.
I think this team is a group that can take criticism. But they have made a very fun Beta, don't you agree. And I for one think it's enough fun that I will pay to be in their Beta Club. (I'm talking about the live game....)
Q-3PO
Mon Jun 14, 2004 2:20 pm
#2
Welcome to another edition of the Team Comments, this week we bring you a letter from Cinco Barnes, the lead designer on Jump to Lightspeed.
"First" goes to the person who names the person who replaced Cinco as lead designer on live.
Enjoy. 
Steelheart
Mon Jun 14, 2004 2:27 pm
#6
Q-3PO wrote:
Welcome to another edition of the Team Comments, this week we bring you a letter from Cinco Barnes, the lead designer on Jump to Lightspeed.
"First" goes to the person who names the person who replaced Cinco as lead designer on live.
Enjoy.
Kirk Black
ZomKalla
Mon Jun 14, 2004 2:30 pm
#7
Qui-Gonzalez wrote:
Kirk Black? Are you testing to see if we read these?
Gonz
The "first" thing goes back to the pre-lanch forums where people would spam to get the first post on a Dev thread. To aliveate spaming Q-3PO asked a question to really say who got first, not by spamming.
Number-1-Commando
Mon Jun 14, 2004 2:32 pm
#8
Bah! i would have been first, but when i tried to reply, the forums bug that doesn't let u type inthis text sometimes wouldn't let me type!! After 2 refreshs, Ithought for 1 second, oh yeah i could just type it in the Message Subject, and then i got second 
HimFan
Mon Jun 14, 2004 2:33 pm
#9
When are we going to see the new schedule for the next few publishes?
IgescaStorm
Mon Jun 14, 2004 2:53 pm
#10
So, he is the guy to blame for weak quest-content! 
I would say, the quests are a little bit uninteresting. You should design more content like the Hero of Tatooine or better, like the Twilek slave thing. But design it so, that we know, what we should do! (i think, still nobody knows, what we should do by the Twilek slave)
NPCs should not only stand stupid around and talk in a blue box, but walk around, interact and talk to you.
(I believe, nobody reads the stories by taking a destroy mission, because it is irrelevant.)
(I believe, nobody reads the stories by taking a destroy mission, because it is irrelevant.)
More epic quests with riddles and puzzles (but not trivias, like the librarian pls! I hate the expanded universe).
More profession crossovers (i mean, a quest, where a combatant has to kill somebody, get a loot andlook for a crafter to make something from this loot, he then has to bring it to somebody. Something like that...)
In general, every quest (also the Alderaan acts) are/were a little bit simple and not really fun.
Mission terminals are stupid. At least for crafter. I am a crafter, but never use the mission terminals, because it is just not fun.
"Go there, get a shematic, craft it, bring it to somebody, get a little money"
Boooooring!
"Go there, get a shematic, craft it, bring it to somebody, get a little money"
Boooooring!
icutyou
Mon Jun 14, 2004 3:48 pm
#11
When is Andy Sommers going to do his letter to the community? I'm highly interested in how he became part of SWG and what his past is like. I myself am an aspiring programmer and my ultimate dream would be to work for LucasArts on any Star Wars title.
Mr Sommers, I envy you. Can you adopt me?
Mr Sommers, I envy you. Can you adopt me?
Talyin
Mon Jun 14, 2004 6:02 pm
#12
Ahh just more of the same old lines (see you up there) have more info when we can,We had a blast cant wait till you do too.Im not gonna read anymore till we get real info like the date it's coming out the date on beta somthing like that.Im rooting for you guys but being a person that has been here since day one the game is getting a bit stale and i hope we get real info on vet rewards or beta somthing more than (your gonna love it in who knows how many months stuff).
It doesnt even get me stoked anymore just more info about stuff that we are never gonna see for half a year.
That's just how i feel now.
RedMangg
Mon Jun 14, 2004 6:55 pm
#13
IgescaStorm wrote:
So, he is the guy to blame for weak quest-content!
ROFLMAO
He said this
"Even better: the time I wasted an enemy commander after tracking him down in deep space..."
I can see it now, obtain quest - "There is an enemy commander in deep space that was supposed to marry my daughter, I want him brought down"
Waypoint received
Travel to location, ship sitting there
Blast down the Ship
Waypoint received "Return to mission start"
- "Thankyou, here is a stained headdress my daughter was supposed to be wearing, we don't need it no more."
Not trying to be mean, If this guy fixed some of his mistakes with good quests like The Warren etc, then I hope he kept that focus. Its just that scary line he said:
"Even better: the time I wasted an enemy commander after tracking him down in deep space..."
Its just all to familiar.... 
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