Entertainer Archive

This is taken from a thread by Nicolas_frost as he posted it in the smuggler forum. I do not take credit for this information at all, I just felt like posting this for you guys to read also.

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Nicolas_Frost wrote:
Okay, bear with me for this information.

At the time I first went up, the only SWG dev that was there was Pex, he, however, had only information on the RotW expansion, he turned out not to be on either the CURB or Smuggler Revamp teams, nor did he have any information about the two of them.

When I mentioned I played a Smuggler and posted on the forum, Tiggs did mention that the "Smugglers had ripped me a new one". I knew exactly which thread she was refering to(Goliath's introduction, anyone?) and appologized to her for all of our reaction at the time. Yes, I understand the situation we've been in. I know that we all expect at least a dev or two to play a Smuggler(which made us question why is finding a dev who plays one a treat?), but we did react badly in that situation, I know I could have been better. After this I went on to find that Tiggs herself plays a Smuggler character, and that was her first character in the game.

The top three things on my mind when I spoke with Tiggs where CURB, Smuggler Revamp, and the Entertainer Situation.

There wasn't much information I could get on the Smuggler revamp which we didn't already have. Tiggs was careful not to say anything more than what was released, but assured me that we'd like it.

I went on to question the CURB and see what they had to say. I mentioned at one point the HAM seemed oversimplified with only having one pool to damage and such, also talking about the possible tactical advantage of being able to think "Okay, this guy's specials spend more Action than anything, I'd better target that." Essentially, this problem breaks down into the fact that to do a special, you damage yourself. Its the choice between killing yourself by actively fighting, or killing yourself by using only the basic attack.

Tiggs mentioned that many of the people who don't like the curb any more are those who want to get the uber armor and solo Krayts, and I'm inclined to agree with that for the most part. I like the fact that there's no unhealable pool any more. I like the wind-ups and cool-downs on attacks. I haven't had a chance to test the last few days(obviously) but I will be checking it out soon.

Onto the Entertainers and the change they're undergoing, Tiggs and Pex both said that they're not finished. What's happening now is just temporary since the focus is on comat. But they did say they will be making it much better for actual players, Pex even mentioned he travels to different cities just to get a live entertainer.

That's all I can remember at the moment. If more things creep back into thought, they'll make it here.

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