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Thread: FS Boxes = Profession Mastery, Jedi XP should NOT apply to FS boxes

EMC2
Tue Jun 01, 2004 3:43 pm
#1

To clarify this issue to help give the devs justification for our request.


The "time and effort" needed to gain XP and/or Skills to populate the FS boxes is the equivalent "time and effort" of what existing Jedi already invested in through our profession mastery grinding system.


They must understand that Jedi XP we gained in the current system is above and beyond that profession mastery effort that is equal to the FS boxes, andadd the necessary XP and Skill points above what our current standing is in the cross-over.


I hope this helps in our effort to send the strong message not to penalize us in this cross-over to the new system by making us essentially have to do double the unlock work in "time and effort" regarding Jedi XP that would mistakenly get applied to FS boxes.


/sign or bump if you agree so this is addressed in this pre-live design

DeadlyBlue
Tue Jun 01, 2004 3:45 pm
#2

Just read this on the private forums brother and im here to sign this shizzy!


/sign


Truedat!




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mason2002
Tue Jun 01, 2004 3:48 pm
#3

You lost me ...


It has been said that if you are a Jedi currently you will be a publish 9 Jedi. Your current skill boxes will be transfured over into the new system. Your left over skill XP will not. If you are 1000 JediXP from your next box then you dont get credit for it regardless.





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AnXdiety
Tue Jun 01, 2004 3:54 pm
#4

I'm going to bite and play the devil's advocate here.

Nowhere did they say that the FS skill boxes would equal profession mastery. They said people would be compensated for the professions they have mastered. By this they could mean they are going to award amounts of Jedi experience so that players could achieve those boxes. Possibly the amounts of XP per mastery may not be equal to the current swap over. What if they only awarded 500xp per profession you have mastered. The Force Sensitive boxes are the same xp requirements as regular novice professions. 1000 first tier, 5000 second tier, 10000 third tier and 50k in the final box. If they were alotted 500 Jedi XP per profession mastered they would be a loss during the compensation changes.

As far as a conversion goes it has been shown that if we spend our new skills (current boxes minus 6) carefully we can actually gain a lot of experience in this system. The entire math to the conversion has been done elsewhere. I'll dig up the link later if required.





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Fate11357
Tue Jun 01, 2004 4:20 pm
#5

/sign


i agree 110%. the fs boxes are a means for holo grinders and future questers to obtain a jedi char. weve already done that part. another thing you have to look at is the statement that hologrinders would not have to ruin their chars while doing the quests. charging even 1 skill point per box does the total opposite.





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SiNiSon
Tue Jun 01, 2004 4:23 pm
#6

/sign


Completion of the new FS boxes should be granted BEFORE and conversion of Jedi XP or skills from the old system to the new.. current Jedi should not have to pay for the FS boxes twice. Attaining the FS boxes in the new system and holo-grinding in the old are the same thing.. and current Jedi have completed that. Now some may say that the old system granted no benefits while the new system does (hologrind vs FS quests).. then those benefits are our reward for completing the old random unlock system.



SiNiSon

EMC2
Tue Jun 01, 2004 4:25 pm
#7



OK, I'll explain it further for those who have not been on TC2 and seen what I'm talking about.


1. Current Jedi had to master professions to unlock. For most it was a horrific experience in "time and effort". From there, we started the Jedi profession and started the even more horrific experience of gaining very hard to obtain Jedi XP under significant pain in total seclusion, blah blah blah.


2. Jedi from Publish 10 and future will do quests for "time and effort" to gain XP to complete Force Sensitive Skill Tree boxes until they have completed 24 of these and then they get to do the Padawan Trials and start working on Jedi Skill Trees.


3. Therefore, OUR "time and effort" is the equivalent end result of the "time and effort" end result of completing 24 FS Skill boxes.


4. When we went into TC2, we had to populate 24 FS Skill Boxes using Jedi XP and skill points before we could populate the Jedi Skill trees. Granted, this test had us using the equivalent XP and Skills that Guardian 4444 will have in their cross over, but it brought out a key concern for all of us:


In the cross-over conversion, they need to ensure that we get added to our current status, the XP and Skill points needed to populate the 24 FS Skill tree boxes. Failing to do that is a severe punishment and setback to us since those should already be fully populated. It also stated in the Archives that current Jedi will find themselves in the new system as if they had just finished the Padawan Trials and can start populating skill trees. We are just not willing to take a chance that they forget to bump us the XP and Skill points to complete the 24 FS Boxes.


In summary: If I master Padawan in the current system and have ONE full tree completed (Novice "Initiate"box, 16 tree boxes "four boxes in four columns", and the Master"Padawan" box), then when I do my conversion to the new system I shouldhave enough skill points and XP to populate 24 FS boxes and ONE full tree (Novice, 16 tree boxes, and Master box) and thencontinue my journey in the new system.

DeadlyBlue
Wed Jun 02, 2004 3:46 am
#8

/bump Sign this Jediz




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Racia-
Wed Jun 02, 2004 3:53 am
#9

/sign
wyx1
Wed Jun 02, 2004 3:56 am
#10



Fate11357 wrote:

/sign

i agree 110%. the fs boxes are a means for holo grinders and future questers to obtain a jedi char. weve already done that part. another thing you have to look at is the statement that hologrinders would not have to ruin their chars while doing the quests. charging even 1 skill point per box does the total opposite.






Wrong, the hologrinding part is now a set of quests that we still dont know about.
The FS slots are the start of the new jedi grind AFTER unlocking.
Why does everyone have a hard time understanding this?

I agree they shouldnt cost skill points tho.



Zubenel Genubi

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EMC2
Wed Jun 02, 2004 6:11 am
#11






wyx1 wrote:





Fate11357 wrote:

/sign


i agree 110%. the fs boxes are a means for holo grinders and future questers to obtain a jedi char. weve already done that part. another thing you have to look at is the statement that hologrinders would not have to ruin their chars while doing the quests. charging even 1 skill point per box does the total opposite.







Please go re-read the archives. The FS boxes can be filled out by players looking to become Force Sensitive, but who may or may not choose to take the path to Jedi. The FS boxes are available as progression through the new Quest system is achieved. Upon completing 24 of these, you become eligible to take the Padawan Trials, and start the path of the Jedi.


Therefore, current Jedi should already have these FS boxes completed (as a result of profession grinding in current system), as well as the boxes they have completed as current Jedi.


Wrong, the hologrinding part is now a set of quests that we still dont know about.
The FS slots are the start of the new jedi grind AFTER unlocking.
Why does everyone have a hard time understanding this?

I agree they shouldnt cost skill points tho.








EMC2
Wed Jun 02, 2004 6:14 am
#12






EMC2 wrote:





wyx1 wrote:





Fate11357 wrote:

/sign


i agree 110%. the fs boxes are a means for holo grinders and future questers to obtain a jedi char. weve already done that part. another thing you have to look at is the statement that hologrinders would not have to ruin their chars while doing the quests. charging even 1 skill point per box does the total opposite.







Wrong, the hologrinding part is now a set of quests that we still dont know about.
The FS slots are the start of the new jedi grind AFTER unlocking.
Why does everyone have a hard time understanding this?

I agree they shouldnt cost skill points tho.






Darn Lithium web site! Here goes the correct post:


Please go re-read the archives. The FS boxes can be filled out by players looking to become Force Sensitive, but who may or may not choose to take the path to Jedi. The FS boxes are available as progression through the new Quest system is achieved. Upon completing 24 of these, you become eligible to take the Padawan Trials, and start the path of the Jedi.


Therefore, current Jedi should already have these FS boxes completed (as a result of profession grinding in current system), as well as the boxes they have completed as current Jedi.




asukarei
Wed Jun 02, 2004 6:38 am
#13

If im reading all the posts right, this is what i see.


As a current 4444 initiate, that gives me 16 complete boxes. What EMC is talking about is that in the conversion, i will loose 6 of those boxes to the damn FS slots which is pure BS. If i have to pay for those FS slots then fine i rather take the skill point loss. That leaves 226 skill pts left. Then after that i still deserve my 16 boxes cuase i already paid the 6 FS trees with my time grinding regular proffesions to unlock, not the 10 SOE wants to give me. Ive already done the time to earn those 6 trees in grinding, now SOE wants us to pay dearly for them again. NO WAY!


Basicilly its a kick in the teeth to all of us. Yeah i know Guardian 4444 get a small kick, but face it guys, your already there and will be ranked right from the start in the new system. So in the new conversion it goes for us current jedi


This is me for example:

Grinding time to unlock in old system (FS Payment 1)+ jedi grind to get 4444 initiate16 jedi boxes - 6 boxes to pay for the new FS CrappyTrees (FS Payment 2) = 10 boxes in the new system


See where we pay for our time to be jedi twice, while new jedi will only pay once for the time to do the quests.


I hope im so wrong and this is not how it will be, but with SOEs track record, we all usually get stuck with the check at the end.
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