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then all the devs would have to do is the nade grinding!
i know, make people have bad arms after throwing too many grenades!

(only joking, i nade grinded 5 branches, i love everyone, please dont hurt me )

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Issizz wrote:
How do i post?

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no idea mate, how do i quote?

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DanoCollins wrote:

Now this...I don't agree with.

I agree that grenade grinding is a way to gain combat XP faster than weapons XP, and conversions are more lucrative...but this doc rezzing thing isn't right.

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Then I guess I'm even more of a puritan than you are. Nade grinding is CRAP and garbage, only undertaken by people too sissy to actually play the game. Nade grinding is for crybabies that couldn't get it done the hard way and had to shortcut out because OMG I WAN A JEEDAI!!!

Oh yeah, am I ever flame bait right now. I don't care. I did my FS grind with unarmed and 2-handed XP and I still got it done way, way ahead of the required phase shifts. I know I'm not an exceptional player, so why does everyone else have such a hard time with it? And the fact that grenades give combat xp is very plainly an oversight; surely it makes no sense at all for Commando, a profession geared around rocket launchers and flame throwers, to have a 10:1 advantage over any other class for unlocking Jedi, a profession that's basically a monk in a fictional religion. Totally unrelated and dissimilar opposites, yet there it is. It's 10 times easier for a Commando to be a Jedi.

So I guess I don't blame the nade grinders so much as I do the devs for making nade grinding possible and then letting it go on for months without fixing it. I will always classify all nade grinders as EXPLOITERS. There are so many contradictions with the grind right now it's hard to list them all, but let's try:

1. Imperials in the village. Ok, what?? Why would the village of Aurillia, presumably a haven hideout for FS types running from the empire, freely offer help to an imperial player?! UM DUH. Imps should not be welcome in Aurillia if we're looking for any sort of plot consistency, as they are THE ENEMY.

2. Why is harmony with the Force achieved through the senseless slaughter of thousands of innocent wild animals??? Murdering scores of quenkers or baz nitches ought not put me more in tune with an energy that binds all life. Nor should it qualify me as someone deserving of training in Jedi arts. It makes me a pocher, nothing more.

3. Whoever proposed a raise in the medic xp caps for doc (and logically, combat medic), bravo. You're absolutely right. An elite profession that caps at only 8k worth of FS xp isn't very elite...I propose that Ranger is far more capable of grinding senses xp than Doc / CM for this reason; why should medical professions be at such a disadvantage? Especially when medicine, the practice of helping LIVING things, is far more Force-relevant than grenades and flamethrowers (q.v.).

4. Fine with rebels helping the village in exchange for Force guidance, but the quests are *way* too easy (with the exception of Phase 3 Melee Accuracy, which is of respectable challenge level). I should not be able to drive back and forth to Endor a few times and thereby qualify for Force-sensitive vehicle control. That has to be the stupidest backdrop for an unlock ever; you don't even have to get off your bike!! At least require me to loot the supplies from a pirate or something, sheesh!! And the fact that 2 of the quests repeat just means someone was fresh out of ideas...that's the best we can get from this joint hand-shake venture of Sony and Lucas Arts?! (I'm referring to the quest for melee speed and ranged defense being the exact same quest, and same for melee defense and ranged speed.) Come on now. Don't tell me Force sensitive is moving to quest-based requirements then tell me that the same quest repeats for different branches. Soooooooo lame.

No wonder the servers are overrun with Jedi. I yearn for a third attempt at revamping the Jedi path; I can't say hologrinding made sense either, but this village thing is totally b0rkt as well...all patch 10 did was introduce a buffer time until the Jedi flood could start again. Sure it put a 15 - 18 week time limit on the process, but guess what? People were plenty willing to wait, and now you've got a whole new graduating class of Jedi about a week after every phase shift.

Disgusting.

Message Edited by LordScotticus on 03-31-2005 09:05 PM

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LordScotticus wrote:

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DanoCollins wrote:

Now this...I don't agree with.

I agree that grenade grinding is a way to gain combat XP faster than weapons XP, and conversions are more lucrative...but this doc rezzing thing isn't right.

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Then I guess I'm even more of a puritan than you are. Nade grinding is CRAP and garbage, only undertaken by people too sissy to actually play the game. Nade grinding is for crybabies that couldn't get it done the hard way and had to shortcut out because OMG I WAN A JEEDAI!!!

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You have no idea, absolutely no clue what so ever

What if someone is going through a hard time at home? hard time at work? Hard time at school?

I myself had to do grenade grinding, my first phase, i was off, so i could grind with swordsman, which i did. almost the whole phase it took me. none stop grinding. When i eventually finished, i thought it as a job well done.

Then, i had to go back to school, and this is my first gcse year, so i have to bloody knuckle down. I cant afford to stay on 24/7 and grind grind grind till my heart bleeds and my eyes burn, because i have to get up in the morning. So i decided to go commando 4xxx, and use the hard earned credits that i had to buy myself grenades. and i done it, and im proud of it, 5 branches of exp banked up in 2 weeks, 2 weeks. So, i got to focus on making sure i didnt screw up this year, and im glad i did.

So insted of flaming your little arse off, THINK about people's situations, ok?

Message Edited by DoddsySnach on 04-01-2005 02:32 AM

do all these people b!tching about nading realise that is is in NO WAY faster than doing it the "normal" way. yes, you may get the xp faster, but everyone has to wait for the exact same amount of phases to unlock. i am a nade grinder (and proud of it) because it allows me to play the game more, as opposed to grinding with my VK all the time to try and keep up with the phases. if anyone has a problem with this (or me) then meh, like i care