Force Sensitive Archive
Thread: Questions that I have posed to the Developers Lets see what they say.
Jediforcefighter
Fri Jul 08, 2005 4:50 pm
#92
SWGHottie wrote:
What is to be the role of Jedi in this game? What direction are you taking for us?
I remember looking at the chart and the info about the "new" CU when it was in testing. Jedi wasn't even on the chart neither was there any information about it. It makes it seem that things were being kept hidden from the public and jedi to hide the truth about jedi. As we see on the game reviews on gamespot and other interviewing game sites, they all talked about how great the non-jedi life was and input false sayings as well. There was nothing said about jedi in the reviews about jedi because alot of the people that their sole purpose of getting SWG was to play as a jedi would be discouraged and would have second thoughts about it. But as you can see, if you look at the interviews that allowed gamers opinions, Jedi's reponses were almost all negative and many players warned potential buyers that if you wanted jedi not to choose this game. What it seems is that when the CU was brought up, Jedi was not something they were thinking about and given thought. And so still today jedi is going to dramatic changes and the FRS ideasnot being considered until now(no more respecs with big changes) becausejedi is just now being thought about and CU was pushed too soon.
Baciacca
Fri Jul 08, 2005 4:53 pm
#93
Dr_Nalio wrote:
Baciacca wrote:
3.Any chance that the Healing delays will be reduced or if not will heals in general be improved (ex. 4xxx Healer could give 2k heals instead of the 1.5k heals now); if so will this be in the FRS.
Mind costs are a real problem I find along with the delays. These days I run out of mind WAY before I run out of force, even with the best foods I can find. Not even close.
You are correct both need to be tweaked but I felt it best that we see about fixing the timer first then possibly tweak the mind cost if it is still too much.
Eked
Fri Jul 08, 2005 4:53 pm
#94
Jediforcefighter wrote:
SWGHottie wrote:
What is to be the role of Jedi in this game? What direction are you taking for us?
I remember looking at the chart and the info about the "new" CU when it was in testing. Jedi wasn't even on the chart neither was there any information about it. It makes it seem that things were being kept hidden from the public and jedi to hide the truth about jedi. As we see on the game reviews on gamespot and other interviewing game sites, they all talked about how great the non-jedi life was and input false sayings as well. There was nothing said about jedi in the reviews about jedi because alot of the people that their sole purpose of getting SWG was to play as a jedi would be discouraged and would have second thoughts about it. But as you can see, if you look at the interviews that allowed gamers opinions, Jedi's reponses were almost all negative and many players warned potential buyers that if you wanted jedi not to choose this game. What it seems is that when the CU was brought up, Jedi was not something they were thinking about and given thought. And so still today jedi is going to dramatic changes and the FRS ideasnot being considered until now(no more respecs with big changes) becausejedi is just now being thought about and CU was pushed too soon.
thats because orig they said no changes would come to jedi ("you had your revamp" they said).. but once they started changing things they realized "hey I think we'll have to change jedi after all" and now it ended up being the most changed prof of all.
Baciacca
Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:03 pm
#96
RAMBOW wrote:
Baciacca wrote:
Questions for the Devs from the Community:
I realize that there are alot of questions here. Any answers would be appreciated by the Jedi/Force Sensitive Communities. Thanks.
Jedi Profession:
1.When are the Pearl drops getting fixed? Jedi is a worthless profession without decent pearls to equip Lightsabers properly. This is obviously needed to be able to fend off the multiple BH encounters especially with the inadequate healing abilities of a Jedi at the moment and/or the every day grind. From what I hear this has already been fixed... since your the Core I would have thought you would have known that...
Yes you are right. In the patch notes it was fixed but for some reason it did not make it to the current buildof live... LOL.. go figure.
2.Are there any plans for Startle Shot and Concussion Shot to be fixed so that the “Chain root/warcry” effect does not happen? This was fixed already... again... Dont you keep up with the current game?
Then why is it that I was on the Ahazi server the other day and watched a Bounty Hunter spam Startle Shot at a finished template Jedi. The Jedi was not able to heal at all. I do keep up with the current game, and not just on my server.
4.With regards to Jedi Cloak, will the following be fixed:
a.Jedi while on Force Cloak are /tar-able. Fixed in Publish 20 on TC... Do you not pay any attention?
If it is not live I will keep asking it, look at the pearl/crystal situation that was "fixed".
d.Jedi are able to attack single and multiple targets while cloaked; combat spam will say nothing about what is happening because of this. Never seen this...
I have both seen it, and tested it. It happends quite often. I have been getting reports that on Ahazi and Bria that there are certain Jedi that are doing it consistantly causeing alot of issues in the GCW and PVP.
How did you ever get the Core Job? You dont seem to know anything about the profession or the publish on TC...
TC is not live. When these things hit the live server then yes I will let it drop. Until then they are still issues and I am just following through with it. As you can see I do pay attention to the game. I know the profession well and do pay quite alot of attention. Thanks for your constructive criticism.
Jediforcefighter
Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:08 pm
#98
Eked wrote:
Jediforcefighter wrote:
SWGHottie wrote:
What is to be the role of Jedi in this game? What direction are you taking for us?
I remember looking at the chart and the info about the "new" CU when it was in testing. Jedi wasn't even on the chart neither was there any information about it. It makes it seem that things were being kept hidden from the public and jedi to hide the truth about jedi. As we see on the game reviews on gamespot and other interviewing game sites, they all talked about how great the non-jedi life was and input false sayings as well. There was nothing said about jedi in the reviews about jedi because alot of the people that their sole purpose of getting SWG was to play as a jedi would be discouraged and would have second thoughts about it. But as you can see, if you look at the interviews that allowed gamers opinions, Jedi's reponses were almost all negative and many players warned potential buyers that if you wanted jedi not to choose this game. What it seems is that when the CU was brought up, Jedi was not something they were thinking about and given thought. And so still today jedi is going to dramatic changes and the FRS ideasnot being considered until now(no more respecs with big changes) becausejedi is just now being thought about and CU was pushed too soon.
thats because orig they said no changes would come to jedi ("you had your revamp" they said).. but once they started changing things they realized "hey I think we'll have to change jedi after all" and now it ended up being the most changed prof of all.
Yea, but they should letjedi respec after this is all over, because this is really screwing with people's templates( not mine because my mind is set) and causing a scatter. And it doesn't look good on the game record for these changes to occur like this.
Jediforcefighter
Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:23 pm
#99
Baciacca, there are several things that look better on the TC because the jedi testers are given pretty much perfect everything and the stats, damage as well as other stuff is increased a bit. SO when you're telling us these things and discussing it with the devs, you might want to remember yourselfthat your saber and stuff are boosted up to give higher damage and performance. And that your data is not really liable because only a few people are testing it. Chances of getting the stuff that's on special personel test center on live servers is slim to none. So expect an angry mob when the stuff goes to live.
Message Edited by Jediforcefighter on 07-08-2005 07:29 PM
Baciacca
Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:30 pm
#101
Really? The Jedi that I have been talking to on TC-Prime have things that are far less than perfect. Force Costs on sabers of 20ish and average max damages of 550ish. I dont havea Jedi on TC and yes I know my Jedi lightsaber on Live is better than most so I normally dont test it with him. I have an alt Jedi that has a "craptastic" saber which gives me more realistic numbers.
Jediforcefighter wrote:
Baciacca, there are several things that look better on the TC because the jedi testers are given pretty much perfect everything and the stats, damage as well as other stuff is increased a bit. SO when you're telling us these things and discussing it with the devs, you might want to remember yourselfthat your saber and stuff are boosted up to give higher damage and performance. And that your data is not really liable because only a few people are testing it. Chances of getting the stuff that's on special personel test center that is on live servers is slim to none. So expect an angry mob when the stuff goes to live.
Message Edited by Jediforcefighter on 07-08-2005 07:24 PM
Message Edited by Jediforcefighter on 07-08-2005 07:27 PM
Jediforcefighter
Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:39 pm
#102
My point exactly. The people testing jedi on TC are given a jedi, perfectpearls, and perfect sabers. I don't know what has changed on TC, but it seems that the previous crew were given stuff much higher than the things a live jedi can acquire. Look at it this way, now that you're a correspondent, you have a chance to be heard unlike the rest of us. Make the jedi communityglad to see that you're working with us, asSonguki did.
Baciacca wrote:
Really? The Jedi that I have been talking to on TC-Prime have things that are far less than perfect. Force Costs on sabers of 20ish and average max damages of 550ish. I dont havea Jedi on TC and yes I know my Jedi lightsaber on Live is better than most so I normally dont test it with him. I have an alt Jedi that has a "craptastic" saber which gives me more realistic numbers.
Jediforcefighter wrote:
Baciacca, there are several things that look better on the TC because the jedi testers are given pretty much perfect everything and the stats, damage as well as other stuff is increased a bit. SO when you're telling us these things and discussing it with the devs, you might want to remember yourselfthat your saber and stuff are boosted up to give higher damage and performance. And that your data is not really liable because only a few people are testing it. Chances of getting the stuff that's on special personel test center that is on live servers is slim to none. So expect an angry mob when the stuff goes to live.
Message Edited by Jediforcefighter on 07-08-2005 07:24 PM
Message Edited by Jediforcefighter on 07-08-2005 07:27 PM
Josue15
Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:40 pm
#103
Baciacca wrote:
Questions for the Devs from the Community:
I realize that there are alot of questions here. Any answers would be appreciated by the Jedi/Force Sensitive Communities. Thanks.
Jedi Profession:
1.When are the Pearl drops getting fixed? Jedi is a worthless profession without decent pearls to equip Lightsabers properly. This is obviously needed to be able to fend off the multiple BH encounters especially with the inadequate healing abilities of a Jedi at the moment and/or the every day grind.
2.Are there any plans for Startle Shot and Concussion Shot to be fixed so that the “Chain root/warcry” effect does not happen?
3.Any chance that the Healing delays will be reduced or if not will heals in general be improved (ex. 4xxx Healer could give 2k heals instead of the 1.5k heals now); if so will this be in the FRS.
4.With regards to Jedi Cloak, will the following be fixed:
a.Jedi while on Force Cloak are /tar-able.
b.Jedi while on Force Cloak can be agro’d by NPCs while running around in dungeons and in the wild.
c.Jedi while on Force Cloak can be seen just by the shadow below them that do not disappear if a player is looking at shadows underthesimpleoption.
d.Jedi are able to attack single and multiple targets while cloaked; combat spam will say nothing about what is happening because of this.
5.Jedi Discipline – Force Healer:
a.This profession costs far more than any healer profession to grind Xp wise yet is less efficient. How is this going to be fixed?
b.Also the xxx4 line of healer because Jedi very rarely worry about the effects of Poisons and Diseases let alone bleeds which do next to nothing worthwhile at the moment.
6.Jedi Discipline – Force Enhancer
a.The xx4x (resist buff) line in enhancer seems to be worthless due to the lack of state effects actually doing anything at the moment and also poison and disease resists seem to not work either.
7.Any chance of a comment on the implementation of a Master/Padawan System?
Force Sensitive Profession:
1.Will the old Mind Buff Crystals ever have a use again? This was a long and hard quest to get a now worthless paperweight.
2.Phase 3 Capture Enemy Leadership - Sith Commander moves way too slow and refuses to climb hills making only 1 base (the one nearest the Village) viable to complete the quest. Any Chance of getting this fixed?
3.Can we get a break down of what each Force Sensitive skills are supposed to do exactly? Some of them have less than accurate descriptions that are often misleading.
4.The first attack after the Old man visit has 3 Sith attackers with level 75 and Up. This is not possible for people without near finished templates. Think we can tone those attackers CL down a bit?
5.Some FS trees are broken, (such as the healing tree giving mods no longer needed and one tree in crafting which lowers the chance to fail while assembly when that was removed many publishes ago)
6.Will there be a chance to convert jedi xp to FS xp?
Message Edited by Baciacca on 07-08-2005 03:52 AM
Jedi Discipline – Force Enhancer
a. The xx4x (resist buff) line in enhancer seems to be worthless due to the lack of state effects actually doing anything at the moment and also poison and disease resists seem to not work either.
Wouldnt this concern be the same with Defender State Resist Line ?
Shouldn't both Enhancer and Defender State Buff and Defense change to reflect the Root and Dazes?
Baciacca
Fri Jul 08, 2005 6:00 pm
#104
No no. These Jedi were not given to them. They do not have Perfect Sabers. They are people that play on TC every day and have ground out their Jedi individually. Nothing was given to them. I havea toon on TC that I use to help them test with, he is not a Jedi. Their sabers have a wide range of states. Average is 20 Force Cost and 550 Max damages from what I have seen thus far. Nothing is given to them freely. The people that were given Jedi to test on TC were from another system, "a system that no longer exists" -Tiggs, and that is why I do not have a Jedi on TC because they "do not know how to give me one with this new system" -Tiggs.
Jediforcefighter wrote:
My point exactly. The people testing jedi on TC are given a jedi, perfectpearls, and perfect sabers. I don't know what has changed on TC, but it seems that the previous crew were given stuff much higher than the things a live jedi can acquire. Look at it this way, now that you're a correspondent, you have a chance to be heard unlike the rest of us. Make the jedi communityglad to see that you're working with us, asSonguki did.
Really? The Jedi that I have been talking to on TC-Prime have things that are far less than perfect. Force Costs on sabers of 20ish and average max damages of 550ish. I dont havea Jedi on TC and yes I know my Jedi lightsaber on Live is better than most so I normally dont test it with him. I have an alt Jedi that has a "craptastic" saber which gives me more realistic numbers.