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Thread: How will they change Doc in CU?
After you enter your password, on the screen where you would push Play, look for a link at the bottom that says Test Center. If you've never played Test
Thaddeus_Thatcher wrote:
How do I play the test center?
Center before you will have to go through a lengthy download first, but that's how you get into Test Center. After download, create a character in TC-5,
that's the CFU Test Center.
MyT_Chicken wrote:
Or instead of listening to everyone in thie thread (very uncalled for people, it doesn't matter if you like it or not) You can get on TC5 (Test Center) and try it out for yourself and make your own opinion of the changes.
vortexala wrote:
MyT_Chicken wrote:
Or instead of listening to everyone in thie thread (very uncalled for people, it doesn't matter if you like it or not) You can get on TC5 (Test Center) and try it out for yourself and make your own opinion of the changes.
It has nothing to do with liking the CU or not, it was just a joke. I knew, eventually, someone such as yourself would come in and give the information.
Calm down a bit... a little levity never hurt anyone.
I know it was a joke, thats not the point....
If your gonna joke atleast give some real information.
MyT_Chicken wrote:
vortexala wrote:
MyT_Chicken wrote:
Or instead of listening to everyone in thie thread (very uncalled for people, it doesn't matter if you like it or not) You can get on TC5 (Test Center) and try it out for yourself and make your own opinion of the changes.
It has nothing to do with liking the CU or not, it was just a joke. I knew, eventually, someone such as yourself would come in and give the information.
Calm down a bit... a little levity never hurt anyone.
I know it was a joke, thats not the point....
If your gonna joke atleast give some real information.
I believe he did. He was conveying (in a somewhat round-about manner) that he finds the whole CU somewhat laughable. That is a sentiment shared by many in this forum (MyT excluded, of course).
I rather enjoyed the comments. It has been a while since I found anything funny in this forum and I welcomed it...
eeseigeameo wrote:
Well MyT generally if a thread has that many jokes posted, it means people thought the person could easily find out by putting forth a little effort (which they could) so if they "believed" the jokes to be true (i.e. we sweep streets clip jabba's toenails) then it would really be their fault for lack of effort
No I agree with that...but come on...Like the CU or not...sometimes its just to much. Your right he could have just looked around and figured it out. But some of use could have also point him in the right direction that is all I'm saying.
MyT_Chicken wrote:
eeseigeameo wrote:
Well MyT generally if a thread has that many jokes posted, it means people thought the person could easily find out by putting forth a little effort (which they could) so if they "believed" the jokes to be true (i.e. we sweep streets clip jabba's toenails) then it would really be their fault for lack of effort
No I agree with that...but come on...Like the CU or not...sometimes its just to much. Your right he could have just looked around and figured it out. But some of use could have also point him in the right direction that is all I'm saying.
My response had nothing to do with the CU. It was a simple Joke, man. That's all it was.
If the original poster had just checked a few threads, they'd have had the answers they sought. It's not like I was hiding the answers or anything.
Seriously... back of the whole forum police role.
I slept with your wife?
MyT_Chicken wrote:
I know it was a joke, thats not the point....
If you're gonna joke at least give some real information.
TarMangani wrote:
I slept with your wife?
MyT_Chicken wrote:
I know it was a joke, thats not the point....
If you're gonna joke at least give some real information.
Did she notice?
Anyway..........first point......if you're in Doc just to get rich, ya might as well forget it. It's not going to be as easy as it was, nor should it really ever have been. I mean, I'm stocking up on credits before the CU, buffing my packs out, except for a few sets that hopefully will transfer over. This isn't to make money, though, it's to replace the armor that I won't be able to wear anymore, and weapons that I won't be able to use anymore. As far as I'm concerned......I enjoy buff lines, for the info I get, the friends I make, etc.....the cash has always been secondary. I mean, I met a master Artisan through my lines, who makes me whatever I want at no charge, I met my current guild through my first buff line, and the two of those together are helping me get an AV-21......no charge. That's worth 5 mil right there.....and I owe them huge.
After playing TC for awhile, more looking at the new meds, schems, and so on, here's how I see it:
*note-----------this all might change next week, it's only what I've seen from a week of TC so far, and no Elite skills yet, so I'm not a Doc there*
Buffs will still play a pivotal role, on two fronts. Newbies or new skill grinders, who are tired of getting incapped by kreetles, and higher level PvP and PvE players who need the extra boost to get them over the edge. I've noticed that the damage level taken remains constant with your skill level, unlike current live conditions. For me, I've just about finished Master Brawler, and as I've increased in skill, the higher level spawns cause an equal amount of damage to what the lower level did when I was just starting. This is without armor, of course. It's also static spawns outside Cnet and Eisley, I'll be testing missions tomorrow (when I can get weapons again), but I think it'll be close to the same. Without armor, any character will take approximately the same amount of damage from an NPC, given their skill level.
Based on that, a master Elite will probably want, along with armor, a 300 point buff to get them through a particularly tough quest, say, the Warren. From what I've seen so far, that 300 point buff is what will pull you through it.....not God-like, for sure, but alive. So, I think buffs will still be important, of course.........but as far as value goes, I don't know yet.
It'll all depend on how they finally end up working (and the only way I'll be able to test is if the devs open up skill building on the frogs), as to whether they'll be a money-making option. My guess is they probably will be, but not on the scale we've gotten used to in the last 9 months or so. I mean, really.......I can buff out 700k in profits in a night, if I want to, that's silly.
The whole economy is going to change, and probably for the better. From what I can see, you can't wear armor, or use higher-level (read: expensive) weaponry until you hit Elite skills, so artisan skills aren't going to be quite as lucrative. Newbies can now fight mobs without any armor, and not take major wound hits, but that remains to be seen if it stays that way........in which case, wound healing could be just as lucrative as buffs used to be. Not as easy, mind you........but just as lucrative.
You could also look at it this way: You get into a group, with lottery rights, and go out with them. You have no fighting skills, but you can set up a camp, where you can heal and buff, and let the "boys go play", and wait for them to come back. In this scenario, you get your share of the loot, and other members can agree to pass on an equal share of good stuff to you. You make credits, get loot you can sell, and aren't doing any more work than you were in a buff line. Not as much cash, of course, but like I said........if it's "All About The Credit-jamens", then you'll be disappointed.
One other thing to keep in mind........your cost of crafting is now gone. The main reason I bought buffs was because of the sheer cost of resources, and the fact that you can't (at least on Eclipse) buy them in quantities that don't break the bank. I mean, one set of 947 buffs costs me 150k or so to buy, and I can do that at my leisure......if I were a crafter, 150k would be what I'd be spending on just one resource out of a half dozen, to make a factory run, only to try to sell most of them to recoup my cash. You won't have to do that anymore. So your expenses are down. If you're MD, and no other Elite, you're not going to be wearing Elite armor, so your defense costs will also be down.......again, for example, in Live, Kashyyykian Hunting Armor runs about 30% more than Black Mountain, which is what a Wookiee doc will be able to wear. Same with weaponry........you won't be able to use the high-powered stuff, so your cost of offense is down.
Long winded, I know.......but it's what I've figured out from playing TC. No, we won't be uber-rich anymore, but who really needs to be? You can make just as much from running a few good loot missions as you can running a buff line, on a good day...........we'll just have to go about getting cash the old fashioned way.
Message Edited by Twitchie on 04-09-2005 01:05 AM
TarMangani wrote:
I slept with your wife?
MyT_Chicken wrote:
I know it was a joke, thats not the point....
If you're gonna joke at least give some real information.
You going to Indy???
/evilgrin
/evillaugh
/bonk
No wifey jokes please..thats bad.
vortexala wrote:
MyT_Chicken wrote:
eeseigeameo wrote:
Well MyT generally if a thread has that many jokes posted, it means people thought the person could easily find out by putting forth a little effort (which they could) so if they "believed" the jokes to be true (i.e. we sweep streets clip jabba's toenails) then it would really be their fault for lack of effort
No I agree with that...but come on...Like the CU or not...sometimes its just to much. Your right he could have just looked around and figured it out. But some of use could have also point him in the right direction that is all I'm saying.
My response had nothing to do with the CU. It was a simple Joke, man. That's all it was.
If the original poster had just checked a few threads, they'd have had the answers they sought. It's not like I was hiding the answers or anything.
Seriously... back of the whole forum police role.
/sniff
I took a nap I'm better now.....do you forgive me? PWEASE!!!!!
Well certainly didn't want to cross any lines here that's for certain... Besides, you asked for REAL information in the jokes, so...I want to sleep with you?
MyT_Chicken wrote:
TarMangani wrote:
I slept with your wife?
MyT_Chicken wrote:
I know it was a joke, thats not the point....
If you're gonna joke at least give some real information.
You going to Indy???
/evilgrin
/evillaugh
/bonk
No wifey jokes please..thats bad.