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Thread: Friday Feature: Part 2 August 19th Astromech Stats: Profession Popularity
DarthLueder
Sat Aug 20, 2005 11:09 am
#196
Tarak-Cala wrote:
Hmmm , flawed for every one jedi there is an alt with standard prof.....dont use stats from alts from jediand lets see that list......
This has been a concern of several and I don't see why. Ok, I have three accounts. Depending on mood I split my time between all my toons but let's look at my skills for each one.
Skor - Master Weaponsmith | Master Shipwright | Master Artisian | enough merchant to use up the rest of my skill points and keep me CL1 (so this one toon adds2 elitemasteries to the list and is my most played toon)
Sabarth - Master Ranger | Master Bounty Hunter (I love ranger, my favorite really)
Shinkai - Master LS | E4xx4 | H4xxx | Px4xx | Dxx4x (so with my ONE Jedi I am counted in all Jedi professions)
Arywyn - Master Doctor | Master Combat Medic (my Jedi alt and I use her to support guild hunts)
Why shouldn't my Jedi alt's professions be counted? Just because it's on one paid account?
Oneproblem is there is a vocal minority who seem to want the movies hard coded into this game. We left the movie timeline the moment the first player logged on to a live server and began "the greatest adventure ever told". The reason the force sensitive skills are so high is because many many many players are seeking to be Jedi. Accept it. You may hate Jedi and the a$$hats showing off their glowsticks in the starport and pwning people in GCW are a big reason. Damn other players in a MMORPG, always spoiling the immersion.
All that said I think the professions on the low end of the spectrum need lots of love. I don't believe the new expansion will be Jedi only by any means. I think the name and some of the content are just marketing ploys to tie into the DVD popularity. Smugglers have been promised content for ages in post after post by the Devs. Time for the Devs to own up and come through on their promises. Rangers have been bent over and their best skills handed to other professions. The CU killed crafters (like we WS were the ones who made the uber weapons that messed up the game).
I want the FRS as much as any Jedi but the other professions need some basic fixes. That being said, until you give the Jedi something to do other than PvP you will see them showing off in the starports. Just don't expect to see Shinkai there.
RUSKULL
Sat Aug 20, 2005 11:19 am
#197
There shouldn't even be a single Jedi proffesion more popular than even Commando 
Lethian_Tulkhas
Sat Aug 20, 2005 11:49 am
#198
Defender isnt too powerfull , a TKM can beat a defender, now add in MLS and some healer and now we are talking, just like you can do with TKM, add some doc and some pikeman and suddenly hes all woop butt too.
Take away the requirement for 3 rows of scouts and master scout to be a ranger and it would be more popular as it is, 48 more skill points than crafting professsions, 34 more than any combat profession and its not even combat lol,
also....
Just fix the game stop trying to make a buck damn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
your making expansions and this game is junk, your realy messing with my mind here. WTH are you guys thinking????
in thier comercial they say they have hundreds of thousands of players, thats 1.5mill a month in revinue per 100k subscribers, stop with the expansions, i never ever seen a game have an expansion every 3months when the game isnt even working , and its expansions that should be free content to the game.
Lethian_Tulkhas
Sat Aug 20, 2005 11:53 am
#199
im gonna start a game called "empty box"
ill charge you monthly fees and what you do is you run around in this box banging your head against the wall, and every few months ill charge you more money to give you something to do. Oh i know first expansion will be a stick, so you can beat your self with it.
woot im gonna be rich.
ZalokOnan
Sat Aug 20, 2005 1:36 pm
#200
Looking at jedi alt numbers is important because, contrary to popular belief the majority of players do not pay for a second (or more) account. This makes the free account given to jedi significant because it is boosting the numbers of other professions. If jedi had a choice to keep one of those toons its a 99% certainty that they'd keep their jedi, thereby making their jedi the most important toon. So, if you were to remove jedi alts from the list you would be much more likely to see a much higher representation of jedi on the popularity list. And regarding the three jedi professions that are the least mastered, they do not represent how misguided we all are in thinking jedi are over-numbered or over-powerful, as they are clearly being dabbled in from the original list.
riotcontrol
Sat Aug 20, 2005 1:49 pm
#201
DarthLueder wrote:Why shouldn't my Jedi alt's professions be counted? Just because it's on one paid account?
Yes.
Xix13
Sat Aug 20, 2005 2:20 pm
#202
LOL! I have a Chef, a Droid Engineer AND a Ranger! And I was looking forward to making a Squad Leader with my next unlock. 
More Politicians than Doctors? Well, I guess that makes sense.
As for the expansion, I guess if it's a Jedi expansion, I'll only have to buy one this time instead of five!
More Politicians than Doctors? Well, I guess that makes sense.
As for the expansion, I guess if it's a Jedi expansion, I'll only have to buy one this time instead of five!
Lethian_Tulkhas
Sat Aug 20, 2005 3:18 pm
#203
sweet my ranger/Squad leader IS as useless as i thought it was
nikko11
Sat Aug 20, 2005 3:46 pm
#204
Thanks!
This is a great friday feature.
And look at that Crafting Mastery. No WONDER!
They are all WORTHLESS except EXPERIMENTATION!
This is a great friday feature.
And look at that Crafting Mastery. No WONDER!
They are all WORTHLESS except EXPERIMENTATION!
ZalokOnan
Sat Aug 20, 2005 5:44 pm
#205
A toon may indeed be a toon, but that doesn't take account of the fact that jedi numbers are always masked by a guaranteed alt. In effect they always water themselves down because every time a new jedi is added to the world you also add a bh/cm... etc.... The same isnt necessarily true everytime a smuggler gets added, or a rifleman... its a situation unique to jedi.
Russ_Briggs
Sat Aug 20, 2005 6:07 pm
#206
I wonder if they will ever realease the stats for the populations of the servers?
GoldMemberBria
Sat Aug 20, 2005 6:22 pm
#207
Well, here is something to consider...
Owen-Lars wrote:
Great great feature
But bah
if this doesnt show how much Rangers and SLs are crying out for a revamp i dont know what will.
What professions have had "revamps"? Try chef, bio engineer, droid engineer, dancer, and musician right? Well, if you look on that list, all of those aside dancer are among the "bottom 7" professions in the game right now. Morale of the story? Revamps make professions actually *worse*, not better.
Still want a "revamp"? lol
MsNiL
Sat Aug 20, 2005 6:43 pm
#208
Add Jedi to that list. 3 of 5 professions cover the bottom 3 in the mastery list.
GoldMemberBria wrote:
Well, here is something to consider...
Owen-Lars wrote:
Great great feature
But bah
What professions have had "revamps"? Try chef, bio engineer, droid engineer, dancer, and musician right? Well, if you look on that list, all of those aside dancer are among the "bottom 7" professions in the game right now. Morale of the story? Revamps make professions actually *worse*, not better.
Still want a "revamp"? lol
PH3AR THE REVAMP!