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giffordgekko

Mon Nov 22, 2004 1:54 am

ThisIsTheMatrix wrote:

giffordgekko wrote:

m8 u must have known the grind would be a killer lmao - why wouldn't be

I dont know if this was directed at me, or the original poster, but I knew it would kill the game. Thats why I avoided it for the past 16 months. But after doing all that I care to do and with the little content this game has, I felt that I either go Jedi or be left out. There is not much to do in this game, they added this village and almost everyone does it. My whole guild grinds constantly although they do set up some guild hunts. But it was a combination of the grind, and WoW beta that killed it for me, and frankly WoW is really fun and should be a nice break from this game. If I get tired of that, I might come back, but I still like to chat on the forums so I will continue to post.

orginal poster

i knew it would be a killer so i didnt bother - friend after friend moaned, whined and quit - i never had the heart to not sad i told u so

to the orginal poster - dude just take a break for a week - then get back on it

Ginx

Mon Nov 22, 2004 5:48 am

#28

Yea if you are bored with the FS grind you will really be bored with the Jedi grind. My advice is to forget about it and find something you find fun too, rather it be socializing, Role playing, or running a business.

I'm a Jedi and the grind does tend to get tedious. I was never much of a grinder, took me about 3 months to master my first profession, and a full year to become Jedi. What has kept me going is a desire to achieve a level in-game that few have.

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Sipu

Mon Nov 22, 2004 8:44 am

#29

Who said Jedi is amust be?Don't do it if is too boring for you.Nobody said jedi will be easy.. and to all other who miss hologrind i honestly not.Is 1 of the reasons that from a great guild we are left 3 people now.

Is always an alternative.. pcik a pref. proffesion and have fun whit friends.I konw very well as evryone else the game lack content big time even now after some years from launch..but usualy i was doing conent of my own whit old friends wich i do miss them now..

In my position is bests anyway since im alone most of my time..

EuroTrash

Mon Nov 22, 2004 9:04 am

#30

You're right, its boring - can I have your stuff?

chrisjall

Mon Nov 22, 2004 9:16 am

#31

i think they should just drop the fs grind crap that will take forever for casual gamers to complete. what they should do is after the old man comes the first time you should go right to the patawan missions only there should be more of them and make it so you can only do so many per phase then make it so you can only unlock a jedi skill branch after 3 weeks or even more if needed sorta like the way the fs skills are now that would make it so casual gamers could attain jedi and slow the hardcore people who can spend more time at the game then casual gamers.

i think this would help to balence out the jedi system and more patawan missions would be fun and add some content to the system. it is more realistic to do mission anyway when did we see the jedi in the movies killing tons of stuff or making tons of stuff to become jedi, they where sent on missions and the missions gave them the life lessions and experiences needed to become knights or masters and thats how the game system should be.

i don't know thats just how i see it this method still would not address the issue of there being to many jedi on a server though perhaps make a cap to how many can be logged in at once and a cap on how long they can be logged injust an idea but i think it could work out.

feel free to point out any bugs in my theory.

ThisIsTheMatrix

Mon Nov 22, 2004 10:19 am

#32

Shockwave91 wrote:

The real problem is that grinding itself is bad for the game. People do not interact with each other if they are trying to achieve the
"end game" content. The system isn't really that much different than going through the professions. The quests to unlock the FS branches are ok. The only problem is in order to move forward you have to grind xp. Lets say that after the FS unlocking quest you had to do FS missions or quests to gain FS Skill, then it might be a little more interesting. But to use regular XP and convert it is boring. All it does it force people into old hologrinding techinques to finish professions, except now its for converted XP. So instead of people blowing through professions, they are keeping one profession and doing mindless missions. Great SWG community! Pretty freakin sad if you ask me.

Exactly...I hate to bring up a sore topic here in the SWG forums, but....WoW. I played the beta for this and you can go out and just grind creatures all day to level, but this is just one way to do it and it is not the quickest way (that I found out as of now....only obtained level 14). A good number of NPC's in all towns give missions, and what do these missions give? money, sometimes items, and of course XP. SWG should learn from this. If I do a mission from Guy A, I get say 100 XP and 1 silver piece. I come back and have the option of continuing with this guy and continue the mission as a whole. I complete again, I get 300 XP and 2 silver pieces and the choice of gloves or a Sword. I decide to continue with him and after the third mission I get 500 XP, 3 silver pieces and 50 copper, and the choice of a chest plate or a powerful hammer. Continue again I get 1000XP, 5 silver pieces, a choice between 6 different weapons, all of which are useful.

This is what SWG should do. Add in a bunch of quests in the village that will give you more and more XP as you continue with the same guy. Keep grinding in if you want so you have the CHOICE. You are not forced to just grind, but can grind, do missions or a little of both. I am glad I did the WoW beta, I learned from my second character that it is 10 times quicker and 1000 times funner to do missions. Not only does my bank account grow quite nicely, but the mission giver will give me a nice amount of items that I can use. I can get most of a suit of armor, I continue to get better weapons etc...And I get XP doing it. It feels great doing 5 missions for a guy, racking up near 3k XP and you only need 4500XP for the next level. I also will get this other 1500 by killing what he tells me to kill.

This system IS fun. If SWG added quests to the village that give XP and have a nice little story to them, it would be fun. Even place NPC's of each profession that give out missions and you can get XP, weapons etc...This would be step 1 to adding content. Have these quests change every phase, and have it set that you can do every one of these quests and rack up like half the XP needed to finish a full branch. This way you still need to work to get XP for half the branch, but at least the quests would add something different.

SWG should watch the MMO's coming out and take notes, rather than lose more customers. I left, but not forever, if this game becomes what it should be one day I will be back, but I follow content.

Cylus Castor
(Master Bounty Hunter, Master Smuggler)

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Lightburn

Mon Nov 22, 2004 11:21 am

#33

I ground 30 professions and got so depressed i quit the game after saying i was going to 2 months before i actually did quit. If you have been saying this to yourself for ages you will probably need a very big break or completely quit. I reccommend stopping your character for a while and taking up a FPS or some other game that only requires fun and skill.

I am currently loving my jedi grind, i am nearly xx2x in Lightsaber and i have to thank my best friend Drakey because he has just joined the game and he is helping me get XP. This is a really good way to do it if you trust your friend, he is always asking to do loads of new things and i show him around and take em to places and he goes WOW etc and its so fun to realise all the stuff i have missed.

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Kharza-kzad

Mon Nov 22, 2004 7:16 pm

#34

I don't think casual gamers are getting the shaft here. They log in and work on the grind and make progress. They can spend 100% of their time working toward their goal and play at their own pace.

For me? I finished the xp and have two whole months of waiting with nothing to do. We put in the same time, the difference is I get to pay for two months of play time I don't use.

Kharza-kzad

KozakMamalyga

Mon Nov 22, 2004 7:39 pm

#35

I am killing NS for FS exp.

Not so boring and keeps me hoping on a nice loot.

Mish

Irishbear99

Mon Nov 22, 2004 8:04 pm

#36

It isn't written anywhere that you HAVE to grind to get jedi. I stopped grinding awhile ago. I made a new rule for myself. If it's not fun, don't do it. I have about 4.5 boxes of combat FS xp to fill, and I'm filling it by having fun. PVPing, group hunts with friends, etc. Would I have my jedi already if I'd kept at it? Yes. Would I be having as much fun in-game as I am now? No.

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