Image Designer Archive

Just wanted to share the "concerns" part of my corr discussion forum post today where I requested an update (a little update from last Friday can be found in my Then and Now post stickied above). I didn't go into a ton of detail because all of the devs that will read this have heardabout these concerns (and many others) from me before, in exhaustive detail, and more directly (PMs/emails). It was more of a "these are still hot issues" and "help!" post, not a comprehensive list of everything we're concerned about and our suggestions:

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1/ Exp progression.It's too slow.The actual process is still as boring as ever. Getting ID expwaseasily the most torturous thing Ihave ever doneinthis game. That was under the old system when as a casual player it took me 2 months of grinding (pre spice/buffs/etc).

2/ Master ID Timers - MID's don't want any (not even half timers outside the tents), they don't need exp anymore, and they especially don't want them when ID'ing themselves (we can choose a neweye colorfor example in under 5 seconds, don't want to sit there waiting for 2 1/2 mins for it to go through.

3/ Non MID Timers (exp gain) - These are just torturous, the UI is enormous and covers your entire screen, you're stuck in the tent if you want to have halved timers... You have to experience it to understand. Many ID'ers called for a slowed down exp progression (used to be possible in 30 minutes) but the implementation of this punishes ALL image designers Every single time we do our thing we have to sit through a timer. Well unless you're an MID sitting in a tent...

4/ Tied to the tent - The tent is the only place to do stat migration. A lot of ID's are not going to the tents. Either they don't live on a planet with one, or they don't enjoy waiting around for customers to arrive (especially a problem in the non Theed tents), or they want no part in stat migration. Player city tents would bring some relief (I know they're coming one day, but sooner rather than later I hope) and a droid module would be nice.

5/ Stat migration - Too many reports of ID'ers getting sworn at, boycotted, etc for this change. One girl had to endure 30 minutes of having someone outside her tent telling everyone going by what a b**** she was. Some ID'ers have one bad experience and never go back to the tent. Aside from this occasional verbal abuse there is the very nature of the stat migration. Instead of putting a limit on the player side, so that they can only get their stats migrated every so often (as I'm told was the original plan), instead a 10 minute timer was put on the UI, so ID'ers and customers are forced to stand there for 10 minutes. That's a starport max time but without being able to go anywhere. And many of these stat migration people just want to get in a new set of armor, they refuse any ID cosmetic changes. And often people get it all wrong and can't squeeze into their armor, you hear of people spending 30-40 minutes with someone migrating their stats over and over until they can get it right.

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"V E E L A" S A I D - Retired Master Smuggler, cancelled 7/27/2005. SOE, think about every non-Jedi "cancelled" signature you've seen, and remember that there will be more as you forget the communities that makes this game's heart and soul. Entertainers, Crafters, Hybrids, Non-Jedi Combats, and Smugglers. When you are closing shop on SWG, remember that you ignored the REAL community to cater to an alpha class that assured this game would never be "balanced."

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