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Thread: HOC chat log for CURB

Gron_DM
Thu Apr 14, 2005 6:13 am
#1


Here is the url:


http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=jedi&message.id=807537


Not much to say about it that we dont already know...positives i saw in regards to DE or craftsman....hmmm well cant really think of any at the moment...oh AS/WS/Smuggler are getting new wpns/armor/craftables but not really sure how its going to pan out. AS seems to be gettign a big overhaul....lets see what else here is the only direct quote in regards to crafters:


<Brannoc> *RRR187* How will crafters place harvesters on planets now, since creatures kill low level characters so quickly?


<Helios_SOE> If you wish to gather resources in dangerous areas, you should either get a PSG or you could also hire some other players to protect you in the wilds.


Beyond that i like to keep a positive outlook, but its not a big suprise to not see allot of craft content come into this patch, espcially given its combat oriented nature. Its far to late now for extreme lobbying of new combat oreinted droid changes for this patch, however we can always do the gripe thing for the next one. I think either we are going to see the next pub be more DE/crafter/merch-centric or we are going to see allot of us quit.




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ArdenStarmariner
Thu Apr 14, 2005 6:49 am
#2

" If you wish to gather resources in dangerous areas, you should either get a PSG or you could also hire some other players to protect you in the wilds. "

Does this guy have a clue at all? Is he new or something? A PSG doesn't even last one fight without an anti-decay kit. Without one, its trash not worth buying. Also, someone who has been around long enough to either be awarded or buy a ADK is hardly what you can call a low level crafter.

How does he expect low level crafters to hire combat players who can grind missions for cash to the tune of 100K to 400K per hour? Especially crafters who are NOT weapon or armor smiths?

I think he just fired his answer from the hip without putting any real thought into it.

Message Edited by ArdenStarmariner on 04-14-2005 09:57 AM




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DarthRoe
Thu Apr 14, 2005 10:42 am
#3

I especially liked the one-word answer for those who dislike the new EQ icons that want to be able to toggle to the old style: NO.

It was amusing to see that answer right after the same dev indicated that they are committed to making the interface accessible to the color blind. They have no clue what they're doing.



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ClaudeB
Thu Apr 14, 2005 10:50 am
#4

My advice to you all is to start drinking heavily, I know I am.



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RasalTheWise
Thu Apr 14, 2005 11:46 am
#5

I already knew us crafters were going to have to watch our backs out there when the CU goes Live. So their PSG comment doesn't surprise me. IMHO, that's the way it should be. It would be nice to have a probot that can keep up with my mount/vehicle though.




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Gron_DM
Thu Apr 14, 2005 2:17 pm
#6

yes its hard to keep a good feeling going in this, we have gotten a lot of dev attn but unfortunatly it hasnt exactly equaled us up to being a truly via prof YET. The overall feeling i get from the interview is that the noncombat stuff is whats on the devs plate next...beyond the usual bug fixes/putting out fires....well that is what im hoping for at least. i really like SWG, so i really hope they come back to us crafters and get the systems more worked out...and please god let the devs play a few crafters directly and try to have viable flourishing merchants/crafter toons so they can get a better idea of what we face.



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EGC Founding leader August 03
Corbantis
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Straker_Atrella
Thu Apr 14, 2005 2:21 pm
#7

The problem is that I bet if they do "get" to us crafters, it will be making the crafting system drastically different and more like EQ and other games.


Instead of listening to our inputs about shortcomings and improving on those, drastic changes are made. Look at AS and how they are dumbing it down to be more like DE.



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DarthRoe
Thu Apr 14, 2005 3:50 pm
#8



Gron_DM wrote:
yes its hard to keep a good feeling going in this, we have gotten a lot of dev attn but unfortunatly it hasnt exactly equaled us up to being a truly via prof YET. The overall feeling i get from the interview is that the noncombat stuff is whats on the devs plate next...





Not sure where you're getting the feeling that noncombat stuff will be on their plate anytime soon. The CU and GVS are harbingers of SOE's plans for crafters.

Any Dev attention we got a year ago has been completely eradicated by recent events. Our only viable product from Publish 8 left is the detonation module.



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