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Thread: About Friday Features...
elevenbravo11b2
Wed Mar 02, 2005 3:56 pm
#27
Thunderheart wrote:Every Friday, we post a feature. The feature is an in depth tip, some screen shots of some up and coming game features, wallpaper and that sort of thing.As it stands, everyone is eager to see a Friday Feature on Combat Upgrade. We do have some Combat Upgrade Features coming up, but they are not going to happen every Friday.What I would like to know, is what sort of Friday Features would you be interested in outside of Combat Upgrade materials?Thanks very much for your feedback.Note: Please be polite and constructive.
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TalusianRogue
Wed Mar 02, 2005 3:57 pm
#28
I'd like information on the upcoming Cries of Alderaan-like story arcs that I know you've got planned.
/nudge
SmugglinZane
Wed Mar 02, 2005 3:59 pm
#29
I'd like to hear from GreenMarine... We know you have him chained in the basement... Let the poor guy out. 
Myabe a return to the questions that vanished a while ago.
I also wouldn't mind a breakdown of what each of the devs play so that we get an idea of what YOU see when you play.
And of course, any kind of statistics regarding the GCW, the economy, and other things.
PS- Please don't do the loot table and percentages thing. As it is,my groupscan't get into certain POIs because people are either camping or a jedi just single handedly wiped out the entire place.
Bohdi-Tzu
Wed Mar 02, 2005 4:01 pm
#30
SilentSlayer wrote:
More astromech stats! Breakdowns of professions, kills, GCW, ... etc
The economy one was pretty cool, can we see how your efforts have paid off?
MadeEvil
Wed Mar 02, 2005 4:01 pm
#31
I would like to see a feature every so often to projects your working on, not real details but maybe a sentence or two about each project.
LIke before you announced the GCW changes or the group loot changes if you would of given us a little information about it before you posted the whole thing.
Kind of like a teaser.
LIke before you announced the GCW changes or the group loot changes if you would of given us a little information about it before you posted the whole thing.
Kind of like a teaser.
Red-Dwarf
Wed Mar 02, 2005 4:02 pm
#32
I'd love to throw my hat in for more astromech stats, but I don't want others to start complaining that they don't get whatever feature they wanted and start suggesting the devs are taking the easy way out.
Of course if you want to open a new section of the website that auto-updates with a few of the key stats (after all some of the economy ones you admitted to monitoring regularly) then I'd be very happy 
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(or )If not stats what'd be cool is a bit more of a behind the scenes feature, like the JustG diaries in the run up to JTL launch.
djrise
Wed Mar 02, 2005 4:03 pm
#33
I would like to see a friday Feature that included maybe some of the following....
A list of known bugs and eta on possible fix (if possible).
A question and answer Friday feature, where questions actually got answered besides with the cookie cutter response "We are looking into it".
Stats are always welcome, from economy to professions to Population.
Smuggler upgrade info-Tyrant told us to wait for the announcement.. well we are still waiting
A list of known bugs and eta on possible fix (if possible).
A question and answer Friday feature, where questions actually got answered besides with the cookie cutter response "We are looking into it".
Stats are always welcome, from economy to professions to Population.
Smuggler upgrade info-Tyrant told us to wait for the announcement.. well we are still waiting
Message Edited by djrise on 03-02-2005 03:05 PM
TakO_Paleae
Wed Mar 02, 2005 4:04 pm
#35
astromech stats! some stats id like to see
server populations with reb, imp, & neutral
total rebel imperial and neutral
number of people in each profession + jedi
total average population of each planet all servers combined
planetary map of player structures
most popular badges
most hunted creatures/npcs
economic stats (largest abnk account, avereage bank,mission payouts)
when ever you need a filler fiday feature ll you have to do is update thestats
DeQuosaek
Wed Mar 02, 2005 4:05 pm
#36
That would be cool but it would need to have players who haven't played for at least 40 hours (or more /less) filtered outto exclude the characters that are just created to try something out or for lot swaps etc.
Jibberish wrote:
bizondele wrote:
Friday feature on server population stats would be cool.
I agree totally.... each server argues on the ration of Imps to Rebs,,, and the number of Jedi.
We would love to see a server breakdown so people will quit speculating.
Qui-Gonzalez
Wed Mar 02, 2005 4:06 pm
#37
Nice responses guys....
Aside from CU updates, which as you said, have us all chomping at the bit, how about making them have some substance. The one we had two weeks ago was just....bad. Maybe a Q&A with a Developer? What happened to the 19 questions? We could do with some form of look at what direction you, the Dev Team and the Community Relations team, see SWG heading in. What happened to actual stats like the Astromech? These are things that we have been missing. Wecould do with a sense of direction from you all as to how our money is being spent in regards to what we, the whole reason for SWG, want.
I'm not asking fora hard timeline for things, butmore along the lines of what is next. We know some of the things that ARE next are merely in the concept phase and may not even be off of paper yet, but knowing where you see us going in the forseeable future would be a big boon to keeping us here and interested. I for one will be here until the last shuttle leaves(Servers are shut down
)as I am a big league SW Geek.This does not mean I will eat every bit of tripeyou all try to shove into my mouth, it means I expect you to spend my money WISELY.
)as I am a big league SW Geek.This does not mean I will eat every bit of tripeyou all try to shove into my mouth, it means I expect you to spend my money WISELY. How about some Friday Feature going into the intricacies of a profession, or the dos and don't of piloting? You could help the up and coming crafterwho may not know to check their profession forums with some form of useful tip, such as what stats in a set resource enhance what stat, etc etc.(I am no crafter...it skeers me. You make it, I'll break it) You couldeven point some of the newer players to their prospective galaxy/profession forums and give them a brief "How To" in navigating it. How to avoid trolling, baiting, flaming and general ranting. The first time forum user has a daunting task in trying to"fit in" enough to ask what he may think is a stupid question.
How about listing the FridayFeature smack on the front page of the main site with an image like they used to have. It seems lately that we get a bit of text. Honestly, people respond to "purty pictures" before text. If one of the top two pics say "Friday Feature" people will click and go look.
Let me just saythis, and some may disagree, or not want to say it...whatever. Wasting a Friday Feature on things that are better suited for Tuesday Tips is just that....wasted. We as long term players look forward to a worth while FridayFeature. New players will see them as a new, much touted bonus. Along the lines of a "Hey, look what I came here in the middle of!"sort of thing. Get some of those Devs to come post. Someone asked for pics of the SWG studios and a basic in and out of a day in the life of a Dev. What is wrong with a thing like that? We used to have letters from Devs but those have started to fall off. For all of Cal's talk of communication we are back to the Tiggs and TH show(No offense).
Let's see everything about SWG. Early concept sketches, what one conceptual artists workplace looks like, the hoops George Lucas makes you all jump through. Believe it or not, we do find that sort of thing interesting. May be mundane to you, but to us, it is news. That is a basic psynopsis of a Friday Feature to me...news..NEW.
Typho
Wed Mar 02, 2005 4:06 pm
#38
I would like to see a by galaxy breakdown of profession percentages. Also, what percent of the characters per server have which badges. I believe both of these were done within the last year but its been a while. Maybe you could do these two every six or nine months just as an informative update. Thanks!
Feisen
Wed Mar 02, 2005 4:09 pm
#39
I'd like to see a Friday Feature on Planet Highlights: interesting landmarks, quests, SW characters, dungeons with some background info to whet our appetites (especially as you update things and add new quests/loot). I've been playing this game since beta 3 and just found some new stuff (to me) on Naboo last night. Naboo fer chrissakes! I think it's all too easy to travel to familiar areas and overlook some of the neater things hidden on the planets. Using spaceships and shuttleports, I forget sometimes how large the planets really are.