Jedi Archive
Thread: Why did they ever change Jedi in Patch 9?
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VickLoco
Wed Sep 21, 2005 3:18 pm
#1
I remember the day it happened. I was only a lower level jedi, but I had to respec just the same. I luckily had just enough points to get 4/0/0/4 saber.
So in the old style there was 3 tiers. Everyone worked through the same skill set and became a 4/4/4/4 Gaurdian. Once you got here, it was all about how good you were at PvP and who had more friends. No one jedi could complain about his template sucking because they were all the same.
So they tried diversity. They split up Jedi into 5 disciplines. However, they didn't think it through very well and instead of making diverse Jedi, they made FOTM Jedi, role-play jedi and unhappy templated jedi. They have yet to create balance amongst jedi and have spentcountless amount ofdevelopment time on wasted efforts to balance things that they eventually nerf.
Anyway, I guess my real lack of understanding is this: If you want diverse jedi, then why do you keep nerfing things so that every jedi ends up with the same template? I mean why did Patch 9 ever happen?
cmreeves
Wed Sep 21, 2005 3:22 pm
#2
I have to agree with you here. The old system with 4444 guardian was awesome. Those were the days Jedi could wear composite armor and could use the /dathcount command to see where they were for deaths.
Mfodish
Wed Sep 21, 2005 3:22 pm
#3
Seeing how I was never around back then, 
the pre-pub 9 Jedi would be much more appealing in my opinion in the CU. The current Jedi system doesn't work too well in the CU.
the pre-pub 9 Jedi would be much more appealing in my opinion in the CU. The current Jedi system doesn't work too well in the CU.my 2 cents
cmreeves
Wed Sep 21, 2005 3:28 pm
#4
You are right, it does not work correctly in this new CU system. I feel they also could have done away with the stupd combat levels as well. They tried to make the game to much like WoW in my opinion. The only thing is WoW did it correctly and SOE dropped the ball and did not.
Bizerk78
Wed Sep 21, 2005 3:29 pm
#5
Pre-Publish 9 Jedi Profession would fit in Perfectly with the CU.
antares_Kauri
Wed Sep 21, 2005 3:37 pm
#6
The split of the definitions. Also, they changed Jedi in pub 9 because they released the floodgates of Jedi by making the path more well-known and repeatable in a standard way, so they made it such that you couldn't have everything at once, decreasing the overall power of Jedi.
Also, the design of post-9 Jedi fits in *exactly* with the CU, the circles we all saw from the CU diagrams fit over the Jedi professions exactly.
antares
Also, the design of post-9 Jedi fits in *exactly* with the CU, the circles we all saw from the CU diagrams fit over the Jedi professions exactly.
antares
Message Edited by antares_Kauri on 09-21-2005 03:38 PM
Aglardae
Wed Sep 21, 2005 3:49 pm
#7
Only one word: Balance.
Well I guess SOE is crazy on this.
Anakin was supposed to bring balance to the Force in the movies. Look what happened in episode 3.
When will SOE learn. Devs should watch the movies and then ban the 'balance' concept.
Aglardae
VickLoco
Wed Sep 21, 2005 4:07 pm
#8
Yeah but they tried to balance us against owning other professions, not each other, and now its a toss up.
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