Entertainer Archive
Thread: Time to /covercharge
Message Edited by Everitt_Cage on 08-16-2005 12:57 PM
None of us use covercharge. No reason to as long as there are AFK bots charging nothing.
/shrug
This is on test server? It's not in any of the "in testing" notes.
I'd bug report that, honestly. I can't imagine that the devs would intentionally lower everyone's XP and force them to go to an entertainer to get the "real" XP they're entitled to. The kind of numbers you're quoting would assure that we had the macro-bot problem back again, only ten-fold because every PA in the galaxy would want a couple of bots around to service their members. You could play with battle fatigue if you wanted but this change would literally make people feel like they were being "robbed" of XP.
SlickRiptide wrote:
This is on test server? It's not in any of the "in testing" notes.
I'd bug report that, honestly. I can't imagine that the devs would intentionally lower everyone's XP and force them to go to an entertainer to get the "real" XP they're entitled to. The kind of numbers you're quoting would assure that we had the macro-bot problem back again, only ten-fold because every PA in the galaxy would want a couple of bots around to service their members. You could play with battle fatigue if you wanted but this change would literally make people feel like they were being "robbed" of XP.
No, those numbers in my OP came from live, which pub 22 is on now. And I dont see it as people being "robbed" of xp, I see it as the Devs trying to give the ent proffession a more prominant role, which I have no problem with.
Everitt_Cage wrote:
Ex: pre pub22, as a Jedi, for killin a bol I got about 1k jedi xp, w/ a 100pnt insp bonus. Now, after the publish, its reversed. I get only 97xp for killing the bol, and a 1066 insp bonus.
If your figures are correct, it is bugged. Please report it as such.
you have now been given a role that combat proffs simply CANT live w/out
This is precisely why combatters made buff bot alts. Do you seriously think we want to go there again?
Just use your favorite bot who's free, and leave us alone.
We can do nothing about xp changes, and trust me - I'm not any happier than you are that Inspiration buffs will be required. It will create, once again, a nightmarish AFK zombie fest of bots who spam incessantly, and who most every combat player adores and loves, until they create one of their own.
God help us all.
Esharra wrote:
Everitt_Cage wrote:
Ex: pre pub22, as a Jedi, for killin a bol I got about 1k jedi xp, w/ a 100pnt insp bonus. Now, after the publish, its reversed. I get only 97xp for killing the bol, and a 1066 insp bonus.
If your figures are correct, it is bugged. Please report it as such.
you have now been given a role that combat proffs simply CANT live w/out
This is precisely why combatters made buff bot alts. Do you seriously think we want to go there again?
Esharra, the point is, we HAVE gone there again, bug or not. This should NOT have ended up happening in Live, and I fully expect it to be dealt with swiftly, I will not stand for, nor tolerate, yet another influx of bots into our profession.
If it's a bug, it's needs hotfixing ASAP. If it's not, well....I'll hold off on any decisions until I hear further on the subject.
I refuse to be "required" by combatants again, and I refuse to see these professions destroyed by bots again, even for a little while.
Please have the Devs fix this immediately, or state as such to the community through you Corrs, or directly to us.
I will not go through this hell again.
Chances are they just broke the xp display message, and it wouldn't be the first time.
I suggest you test this with and without inspiration buffs and take a note of how many xp you gain in both cases via your skill window (CTRL+S) - don't trust the system message. No need to start a panic about this before it's confirmed. I don't know where this sudden bout of optimism comes from, but somehow I think, despite all past experiences to the contrary, that SOE couldn't be so daft as to implement such a major xp change without a) putting it on TC first, and b) mentioning it in the Patch Notes.
That's what I'm thinking too. But I'm loading in with a couple of combatters to get some numbers.
Landlubber wrote:
Chances are they just broke the xp display message, and it wouldn't be the first time.