Force Sensitive Archive
Thread: Ridiculous Conversion Ratios
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EDMAN3000
Fri Aug 12, 2005 10:21 pm
#1
Well, I returned yesterday to the Village of Aurillia and found, to my dismay, that the Devs decided, for some reason, to make the Combat XP Conversion Ratio equal to that of weapons.
I may be missing something very big here, so please tell me if I am, but doesn't it seem wrong that when a player gets about 850 Combat XP for every 6,000 Weapon XP, they still convert the same way?
Shouldn't the conversion ratios be based on the level of difficulty involved in getting the XP type in question?
I think that perhaps a one to 4 or 5 ratio would be proper, and Bounty Hunter XP is good at 1:1.
Also, sorry, medics, but it's pretty easy to just grind AFK for a couple hours in a cantina somewhere getting loads of Entertainer XP. A 1:10 conversion makes it kind of silly to get your senses XP any other way.
I just think that the Devs would do very well to rethink the conversion ratio. Nobody likes converting 300k Combat XP for 10k FS XP.
Some might say, "Just chuck a 'nade; easy 6k Combat XP." That also agros everything within like 50 m of you. It's not so easy. I really only use my 'nades on the lairs at the end when there's nothing around.
Tellme what you think. Let's support this so that something happens.
J'em D'ele'kek
Master Commando-----Bounty Hunter 2/4/4/4
Novice Combat Medic
"Nobody likes a mopey wookie. Nobody"
DoreanGrae
Fri Aug 12, 2005 10:34 pm
#2
Thread #289202303740 on this topic...
The Devs are not changing this back, and they didn't do it just because of grenade grinders. They wanted to slow down the FS grind, so this is what they came up with to do it.
Live with it and get grinding, or abandon your Jedi hopes. It's as simple as that.
masterim-doublea
Fri Aug 12, 2005 11:02 pm
#3
boy pple are rude on these fourms, im gona go huddle in the id foums for a bit.
Siskus
Sat Aug 13, 2005 1:38 am
#4
Well all I can say is good Job devs. Its about time the whole Jedi ratio was cut down. This will test the men from the little wanabe Jedi I think. Sorry mate I know its a bit of a bummer getting nerfed like that but...If you want Jedi so so badly Stick at it mate. Plus think about it you'll get heaps of creds.
Ialwysdie
Sat Aug 13, 2005 1:43 am
#5
Siskus wrote:
Well all I can say is good Job devs. Its about time the whole Jedi ratio was cut down. This will test the men from the little wanabe Jedi I think. Sorry mate I know its a bit of a bummer getting nerfed like that but...If you want Jedi so so badly Stick at it mate. Plus think about it you'll get heaps of creds.
Sorry but it doesn't as Weapons XP gain is alot easier now then it was Pre-CU with the way grouped XP works.
Siskus
Sat Aug 13, 2005 1:45 am
#6
So don't do it then? GIve up. I don't care not my problem. Just try and make it fun. I know its hard to make it fun but still a grind is a grind.
Ialwysdie
Sat Aug 13, 2005 2:01 am
#7
Siskus wrote:
So don't do it then? GIve up. I don't care not my problem. Just try and make it fun. I know its hard to make it fun but still a grind is a grind.
You missed my point. I meant that the grenade XP conversion change is insignificant because those people can still gain weapons XP just as quickly if not quicker then what it used to be pre-cu. The grenade grinding method just got a little overboard with the way XP works in groups.
The ones who got the short end of the stick are those that don't grenade grind. They only get the 1/10 combat XP and the conversion ration of 3:1 was reasonable for that.
It doen't concern me too much either as I'm already a Full template Jedi it's just that now they realize the problem of the grenade grind and those that do not know how it used to be are taking it as a slap to the face when in reality the FS grind was an even bigger bore pre-cu then it is now.
Siskus
Sat Aug 13, 2005 2:24 am
#8
Ahhh sorry my bad. I'm never any good at reading things. Get words mixed up. As for the short end of the big glowy stick as the case my be. Thats what separates the hardcore from the puny. E.g us to the people who complain.
rhyslostplot
Sat Aug 13, 2005 2:54 am
#9
I started in the village a month or so ago. I don't agree with what has been done, but I can understand why it has been done. The prospect of having to grind 220,500,000 weapons/combat XP is quite daunting, I'm not giving up, but its not going to be quick or easy either. What frustrates me more than anything else about this change, is the fact we, the paying public, were never officially told anything about it! Yet again, the devs show their contempt for the community that pays their wages by introducing silent changes to a keyarea of the game.
Siskus
Sat Aug 13, 2005 3:03 am
#10
I think your Right the Devs should say before hand O by the way we are nerfing your combat xp up to 30:1 so now you have to work super duper hard to get your FS XP. Make your choice to continue or start another profession. It would have been nice but meh they have done it. Big whoop. For all those people who have their wits about them They would have banked the FS XP and done a serious grind over the last few months specially during Double XP
Flug
Sat Aug 13, 2005 3:20 am
#11
incase people were unaware, the 2 choices the devs faced were either change the conversion rates, or when in a group what ever xp you get is divded by 8 to each member so a 8000 xp kill each person would get 1000xp, so what would u rather have had, a tiny bit longer conversion rate or a massively long grind
Siskus
Sat Aug 13, 2005 3:23 am
#12
FLUG FOR PRESIDENT!!!!
See we need more people Like Flug who actually agree that the devs are doing the right thing.
Flug
Sat Aug 13, 2005 3:25 am
#13
Siskus wrote:
FLUG FOR PRESIDENT!!!!
See we need more people Like Flug who actually agree that the devs are doing the right thing.
i will admit id didnt originally like the new rates but i relised jedi shouldnt be easy, it should be bloody hard, if it was easy they would have jedi as a novice proffession
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