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Thread: IS THIS STILL AN RPG
[SOE please read this also and think about it]
Myself I'm not new, just this account. I miss the old times like many people do. There was Jedi but you didn't know who they where. Sometimes one came runing in Bestine and people started to yell "Jedi, jedi, jedi" and all ran after to watch the Jedi.
There was great hunting groups in AH everyday. No "lvl 80 only" groups or "only spin" groups. All was welcome to join and hunt. Think you could be 20 people in one group not only 8 like it is today.
There was entertainers in many Cantinas and people in towns. Not ghost towns like it is today. At low level you did missions at AH then you moved over to Coro to start with higher missions. Great and funny hunts. No talk about "I must grind xp" or "Sorry I must go to Village". At that time all professions was great, not just one. Ranged and melee both working great. And medics, oh boy having a medic in a team was something.
Now its Bols. Bols, bols, bols, bols, bols. Very boring way to become Jedi I must say. Don't understand how bols and Jedi work.
Maybe its better to make Jedi more easy to become or turn it back to old holo time with profession and not xp grind? I dunno but something changed the game. And yes we now have some nice weapons, armor and so on, but people don't care about that. It's xp and Jedi. And now I don't care if I see a Jedi. I see them all over the galaxie. It's not Star Wars in my eyes. Not this way to become, not this way this game is today with xp grind.
Or make the way to become Jedi like quests. More ways, not just grind xp. Entertainer quests, crafting quests, fighting quests. The one you like you take and become Jedi. All the same and not made so you can stand afk and become Jedi hehe.You must do the quests.
And make betterquest for the rest. More awards, better awards, cash, xp, weapons, cloths, vehicles whatever. Make it fun. Not make it longerand boring. In the end people leavewhen a game becomeboring. And by the look many have done that.
Take it back to the old days. Bring life to other planets then Dantooine. Bring back life to other places then just MO. Bring SWG back to life.
Tequiero wrote:
Now its Bols. Bols, bols, bols, bols, bols. Very boring way to become Jedi I must say. Don't understand how bols and Jedi work.
n00b. It's "Gurks, North?," "Gurks, North?," "Gurks, North?," "Gurks, North?," "Gurks, North?," "Gurks, North?,"
I've said it once, and i'll say it once more!
RELEASE DARTH VADER!!!!
i mean, ive got nothing against jedi really, im trying to become one myself in a matter of fact, but after seeing the ammount of jedi floating about in agro outpost the other day, well... its just insane really. I thought it was Vaders job to wipe out the jedi, so y isnt he?
He shud be CL800 (or something insane), instantly slay, be accompanied by high CL dark troopers, attack jedi (combatant or not), and cause a nasty exp penalty.
I think this wud solve the jedi problem a smidge. what do you think devs?
Saying SWG is KOTOR online or anything related to a resamblance to KOTOR, is a big insulte to Bioware who make the best real RPG games ever (NWN, KOTOR). SWG is far from being an RPG and even when it launch. There is barelly no quest in SWG and the quest there is are quite boring in speech/animation. Anyone who has visited Vader or the emperor knows exactly what I mean (sorry, I'm imp for a long time and never did the rebel theme park so I dont know what it look like. but i'm sure its as crapy as the imp one). Atleast the guy who work on the decor of Jaba palace did an OK job. Still look empty but way better than an empty room with the emperor andtwo red guard by the elevator standing in it.WOW, congrats... Spacesport are more decorated than special/important NPC location 
So to answer your question : Is this still an RPG ?
No, cause it never been one and neverwill it beone. I would more than likely say, SWG is anMMOG wich stand for:Grinding online game. Thats what reflect it the most.Its like that since I start playing. And thats since Pub6. But lets just say it went worst since CU and the village.
SonOfVeers wrote:
I've said it once, and i'll say it once more!
RELEASE DARTH VADER!!!!
i mean, ive got nothing against jedi really, im trying to become one myself in a matter of fact, but after seeing the ammount of jedi floating about in agro outpost the other day, well... its just insane really. I thought it was Vaders job to wipe out the jedi, so y isnt he?
He shud be CL800 (or something insane), instantly slay, be accompanied by high CL dark troopers, attack jedi (combatant or not), and cause a nasty exp penalty.
I think this wud solve the jedi problem a smidge. what do you think devs?
TheMadCoder wrote:
Sneev wrote:
This is not an RPG. Almost no MMORPGs on the net at the moment are actually played like roleplaying games - mostlly because the majority of player have no concept of what "roleplaying" is, and in fact think its too geeky to be involved in. Many actively enjoy ruining the gaming experience of those who would prefer to roleplay in fact, either out of jealousy, because they are asses or just pure bloodimindedness. The fact that the CSRs do not filter names, do not enforce RPG oriented rulesets etc only encourage the lack of roleplaying.
I actually got banned from a city last night for hard-core RP (never said anything mean, just insane)Sadly, because Star Wars us SO CLOSE to our own reality (as far as speech and culture,) it should be very easy to roleplay here as you just have to "act youself" - but people don't.People don't get /whisper, IC, OOC, /mood, and /emotes are all tools to enhance the environment in this RPG.Unfortunately, for most, it's merely a gurk-grind to Jedi...
I got banned from a city for just zoning there to use a scout trainer (which I got from the planetary map). Depsite saying to the person "Hey I am neutral and level 20 and just here to use a trainer" I didn't get unbanned, I didn't even get a response. Can't people even send tells anymore like "this is an imperial city, please declare your faction" etc? More to the point, can't people even read or type anymore?
Yeah this is still a RPG. Yesterday a guy sent me a tell asking if I'd swap my BARC for a Grevious Deed.
He was rollin as a fool/clown (I hope)
DarkZenith wrote:
Yeah this is still a RPG. Yesterday a guy sent me a tell asking if I'd swap my BARC for a Grevious Deed.
He was rollin as a fool/clown (I hope)
lol
Man, I REALLY dig the Vader idea. Have him shuttle in to a city like Theed, or the Mining Outpost on Dant and go crazy. Everyone within the /yell radius would get the Vader music, and he would zone in on any Jedi (overt/not) around. CL100 or something with a squad of 5 Dark Nova Troopers by his side... Wow, that would rock. You'd see sooooo many Jedi running for the hills.
We could do the flipside for the darsiders, but have Luke and Han pop out of somewhere with a squad of Rebel Commandos, make Luke and Han CL85s or something, a combined number totalling Vaders' power. Have a great Jedi purge, on both sides. I'd even like to see a full xp reset back to ZERO for anyone who dies by Vader/Luke/Han's hands.
Now THAT would energize the game, and you'd see the Jedi be a little more cautious. Maybe it could even be programmed to spawn these guys in high Jedi activity areas. So if there's a huge amount of Light Jedi PvPing in Theed, after a certain amount time, etc, Vader would appear, lock onto a poor Jedi soul, and go to work. Everyone else would have to bail, FAST, because once Vader's done with "Jedi X" he'd be turning on any Jedi within a 1k radius. Haha... Great idea!
LangaNor wrote:
Man, I REALLY dig the Vader idea. Have him shuttle in to a city like Theed, or the Mining Outpost on Dant and go crazy. Everyone within the /yell radius would get the Vader music, and he would zone in on any Jedi (overt/not) around. CL100 or something with a squad of 5 Dark Nova Troopers by his side... Wow, that would rock. You'd see sooooo many Jedi running for the hills.
Message Edited by TheMadCoder on 08-16-2005 04:16 PM