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Thread: DEs and DEA Admins Rally To ME!!! Sample Announcement Regarding the Droid Invasion and Hybrid Plan
Sodan,
Sodan-droiddreamer wrote:
You raised an issue, then did something about it.
I'm trying to get on with "pushing things" but I wanted to put up an issue that I know will come up...
Balancing melee vs. ranged players vis a vis the Ranged Support tree as a sort of 'cert'.
That's something that we need to nail down and revise on this. Balance, balance...
/bow
Respectfully,
Let's take the melee discussion here:
http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=droid_engineer&message.id=73193
TheRealTK421 wrote:
/bow
Sodan-droiddreamer wrote:
This is not a flame; its an expression of one DEs desires...
TK, I think there's an important difference between being realistic about the devs development schedule and being constructive and enthusiastic in our demands for an adjustment to that schedule. I appreciate that you are trying to keep our expectations low so we are not disappointed, but at the same time we need you to be and ADVOCATE for us on the plan and not stifle our enthusiasm for it.
Hey...I'm as enthusiastic as the next guy. That's not the point. I can only do so much, Sodan. Ultimately, there does come a point where it's up to the Devs to move forward in some way.
I do beleive you ar pushing for the plan with the devs, but I would prefer that you not put a damper on our efforts to be constructive and forward-thinking here.
Nope...just trying to keep it real, that's all. I am staying the course on the proposal to push it, Sodan. You can't see it...but I am.
We've had 19 pages of discussion on the plan, most of it very constructive. Ranting has been at a minumum. We have tried to work up a plan within the devs game limits and we just want our voices to be heard. No one is flaming the devs on the Hybrid plan when we say "Pls implement it soon! We want combat droid in the game in a fair and balanced way such as the one we propose!"
By the way, if possible, it would likely help a ton if we revised it to a ver. 3, to roll in all the current variants, concerns, issues, etc. If you want help on that, lemme know and I'll dig in a bit (aside from other Corr. stuff I need to stay on top of...).
Managing expectations is one thing; curbing our enthusiasm is another.
I want to be clear...
I'm not trying tocurb enthusiasm over this. It IS a strong plan with 'legs'. At ths same time, I can't have DEs and non-DEs alike working under the unrealistic assumption that the proposal is done deal for Publish 8.
That's not fair and right to all of you either. I'd rather deal straight with you as much as I caninstead of wear rose-colored glasses.I will continue to champion this...and, as I've stated, the proposalhas already been seen by the Devs.
Please...don't forget that Runesabre has stated that theydo want to get these >CL10 droids into the game (he agreed with us) that doing a 'metallic CH' wasn't really looking good to them either.
The devs have changed their schedule before; chef got a boost before DEs did and we were promised a fix first.It is our hope that they will see the positive energy poured into this and say, "yes we will implement this soon" or "yes, we will implement something like this soon." I think the hybrid plan is a solution for the devs to the widepsread discontent on the "invasion."
Yup. That's one way to spin it for them. I'm still encouraged by the plan, Sodan. I encourage ALL DEs to read it, try to add to it and revise it to build the best possible plan that we can. Getting info in there that will help it to be balanced and uniformly accepted (to the degree that is possible) by DEs is important too.
If we speak with a one voice to say.......
"WE WANT THIS...!!!"
...then we will be more likely to get it. When?
I can't answer that.....I simply do not know.
Respectfully,
Yep, I think we're on the same page, TK. Thanks for your help with this. I also know that the armor nerf is chief among our concerns, thanks for your help with that.
I also want to de-emphisize the "Sodan" part of the "Sodan Hybrid plan". I have beena major proponent but many have contributed. Heck, even Kollos has us scratching our heads on how to properly do exp for the plan and he's against it.
Another thing to stress is that I am pushing this plan because there aren't really any other viable options. The devs rejected certs for everyone, which we asked for. We rejected Droid Handler/Metal CH and now even runsabre agrees. The devs have all but said no to a mini-tree plan. So how do we bring in good combat droids without letting every noob put things out of balance? How do we address the devs skillpoint/time sink balance concerns? While some details need to be worked out, I think the DE Community's Hybrid DE Plan answers these problems.