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Thread: Shouldn't Kashyyyk be a high-level planet like Dathomir?
I haven't read every piece of EU out there, but that which I have read (and which I remember from KOTOR) is that Kashyyyk ain't nothin' nice. There's a reason that Wooks live in the trees, and when highly intelligent claw-sporting bowcaster-toting 7-foot tall Wookiees are leery of going down to the forest floor, I suspect it wouldn't be very accomodating for a 1/2/1/3 Mon Cal Marksman.
I know that EU continuity takes a back seat to playability in this game (and rightfully so), but does anyone else think that something less perilous would make better sense for an "all-player-access" planet?
Message Edited by squirk on 03-09-2005 11:58 PM
squirk wrote:
OK, I know they want to make the RotW expansion appealing to both vets and n00bs, but is Kashyyyk an appropriate choice?
I haven't real every piece of EU out there, but that which I have read (and which I remember from KOTOR) is that Kashyyyk ain't nothin' nice. There's a reason that Wooks live in the trees, and when highly intelligent claw-sporting bowcaster-toting 7-foot tall Wookiees are leery of going down to the forest floor, I suspect it wouldn't be very accomodating for a 1/2/1/3 Mon Cal Marksman.
I know that EU continuity takes a back seat to playability in this game (and rightfully so), but does anyone else think that something less perilous would make better sense for an "all-player-access" planet?
I understand what you are saying. You've been playing for a long time it seems from your forum reg date. Do you remember what it was like going to Endor in the days/weeks following launch? If you left the outpost you were pretty much guaranteed to die, but that didn't stop people from going at all. Why? It was fun! We were exploring a new world and though it was perilous we still went out with a smile on our faces knowing we would die. I don't think that would change at all for noobs on Kashyyyk. It's a new and hopefully fun place to explore.
Just my thoughts.
Again, I understand that if this is the only planet in the expansion (as opposed to having one "easy" planet and one "hard" planet), the devs must make it accessible to the casual players as well as the hard-core gamers. It just seems like they could have used another planet with as much "casual fan recognition" (Ord Mantell, for example, or Kessel) but not notoriously perilous, and thus hewed closer to continuity.
I mean, you can tell that the devs love their EU and their continuity. I wonder if they got pressue from LFL since Wooks are featured in RotS. Probably.
Message Edited by squirk on 03-10-2005 12:09 AM
squirk wrote:
Oh, I don't at all doubt it will be fun. My point was that the planet should be filled with high-level MOBs (at least as much as Dath or Endor), but based on what we've seen so far, nothing suggests Kashyyyk will be a particularly hard or advanced planet. Again, if this is the only planet in the expansion, the devs have to make it accessible to the casual players as well as the hard-core gamers.
Well i do agree with you there. Hopefully if they do have varying levels of MOBs they will scale their difficulty higher the further we are out of the outpost(s). This would give new players areas to explore as well as entice veterans out of the mission range.
We are in serious need of new master-level/end-game content and hopefully this new planet will keep us busy for quite some time and add some draw for new players as well
Neezo wrote:
If you want a good example of how the wook planet looks, those of you who have SW:Battlefront can look there.... i hope the devs will look at that game for inspiration, and hope they take in the coastal areas aswell as the jungle ones, but pls devs don't make the jungle ones too dense with trees (not like Dathomir, oh how i hate that planet so difficult to navigate....)
Considering what the EU tells us, the jungles or forests or whatever are home to huge sequioa (sp?)like trees.
I hope the next planet is Kessel since they already have the space zone for that.
TimePalladin wrote:
hopefully the lowest MOB's will be slightly higher difficulty than juvenile krayts and the highest will be ten times as hard as an SBD
Heh, after the CURB then Kashyyyk wouldn't be just a challenge-planet, it would be a full on Raid Planet. The sign posted at the starport exit would say something like, "Your own personal army is highly recommended. Leave at your own risk."
Would be fun though. 
Message Edited by Mariki on 03-11-2005 08:18 AM