Jedi Archive
Thread: Smedley Speaks, and you can be heard
MsNiL wrote:
I have quite alot of business experience with both game development and corporations, so I am very attuned to what he is saying. I believe he's alot more honest about the changes and underlying reasons than what's normal in this business.
Ameno wrote:
and you even remotely agree with that bull**edit** he spewed about jedi?
MsNiL wrote:
I do not disagree with his post at all.
The main issue with NGE is the horrible interface, not the vision.
Some of the interview is even positive with regards to the future plans.
The only thing I do notentirely relate tois "There are a lot of different levels within that [profession], so the people who've been [working down the Jedi path] for a long time will be much more powerful than the people just coming up. We're still rewarding people for their loyalty over the years" since you can respec to Jedi after grinding a carbineer in less than 2 weeks.
MsNiL wrote:
If you compare the plotline with KOTOR you will notice the similarities.
SlaserX wrote:
This is hardly KOTOR in any way shape or form. If it was KOTOR style, EVERYONE would play it.
Now for a little bit of info on my background:
I've been playing for over a year. I've almost NEVER pvp'd. The only times pre-cu I pvp'd were when I threw an area heal and got a TEF (Damn those were fun times). The only time I pvp post-cu is now, because I have nothing to lose. I am not a pvper, simply because I have never been at end-game. I am PVE only at this point. I have only played PVE, and for the most part, unless pvp somehow becomes invigorating and interesting post-NGE, I wont be participating.
The only reason I still play is, I still have three or so friends I care about. Besides that, I've wasted alot of time and money playing this, and I dont want to see my time and effort turn into nothing.
Now then, that being said. I consider myself an average jedi. Not all jedi live on pvp. As it is, of my friends only one pvps. Damn near everyone I know is still out grinding, or helping people grind. The worst problem I see with these forums, and this administration is, they make wide sweeping statements. You cant judge EVERYONE based on your experiences with one or two people.
KOTOR, KOTOR2 and SWG all starts with an "escape", and you end up free but hunted with no idea why. You start on a small space station to earn money and run newbie quests, and then you move on to places with more freedom.
The quest journal is similar.
That's what I meant about kotor.
Ok. I guess that explanation kindof maybe makes sense. The only major problem that I have though is, you flip flop ALOT about the NGE. You seemed to be so happy with it, then you played it and seemed to hate it, now you like it again? Is this a repeat performance with your views on the CU?
MsNil excuse me for not believing a single word that comes from your mouth, or your keyboard. You have been an advocate for every single jedi nerf yet, you have advocated the original CU, this implementation, and just about every thing else. You are like Tiggs except you dont get paid for propaganda (neither does she anymore)
Msnil irl?
Sorry just had to
Message Edited by Pday on 11-10-2005 03:17 AM
Message Edited by Pday on 11-10-2005 03:20 AM
SlaserX wrote:
Ok. I guess that explanation kindof maybe makes sense. The only major problem that I have though is, you flip flop ALOT about the NGE. You seemed to be so happy with it, then you played it and seemed to hate it, now you like it again? Is this a repeat performance with your views on the CU?
* Ican now make myself untouchable to players who's intention is to cause me grief.
* Somefriends who left becouse non-quest grinding are returning.
CON:
* The interface sucks.
* There's less character customization than Jedi Knight 1.
* My Medic lost both armor, weapon and expensive equipmentin the conversion.
xsobekx wrote:
i like the part about cancellations are not increasing... when i just dumped 6 of my 9.
you hadnine accounts?
Message Edited by Monks on 11-10-2005 02:25 AM
Pday wrote:
MsNil excuse me for not believing a single word that comes from your mouth, or your keyboard. You have been an advocate for every single jedi nerf yet, you have advocated the original CU, this implementation, and just about every thing else. You are like Tiggs except you dont get paid for propaganda (neither does she anymore)
Msnil irl?
Sorry just had to
Message Edited by Pday on 11-10-2005 03:17 AM
Message Edited by Pday on 11-10-2005 03:20 AM
LOL
This is the first time I’ve sent in a letter regarding an interview but SOE’s blatant lies being fed to the media are ridiculous.
John Smedley is a liar. This is NOT embraced by the community. Go browse the swg forums and you can see the truth.
Feel free to take a look at the Jedi forums….
http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board?board.id=jedi
Or any galaxy forums…. This is the second combat rebalance that was shoved on the existing playerbase amid mass player feedback,petitions,plea’s etc that this was not good for the game.
I’ve played this game since launch and this latest curb will be the end of it. People are quitting in droves. The game has been dumbed down beyond belief… entire segments of the community have been destroyed… (Jedi, Crafters, Creature handlers, Melee classes)
This latest change was announced the day AFTER the latest expansion went live and we were all billed for it. One of the most underhanded moves I’ve ever seen a company do to a client base considering a lot of the loot from this latest expansion that was advertised to sell copies is now blatantly useless under the new system. (I.e. a necklace with stat mods specifically for Creature handlers that was hyped up by soe to the playerbase to sell preorders (they had a page for the new loot on the swg site) then before anyone even has time to loot the new stuff they’re told the creature handler profession will be removed in 13 days.
While not all players use the forums, resulting in a side of the players unheard from, the characters standing around test center spamming anti-curb and anti-soe propaganda says it all.
If you want a story I’d suggest reading those forums.. talking to some players… and writing a story on how hard and long sony has been screwing over their clients instead of printing the sugar coated lies being doled out by SOE and people like john smedley.
When the first CU came out... Omg.. Look at this quote..
"But SOE didn't experience any drop off subscriber numbers."
BULLSH!T!