Jedi Archive
Thread: It is time for SOE to post a Jedi Vision Statement
Liani wrote:
There are so many rumors, so much hate, so much BS about our profession, and most of it is because no one has a clue what role Jedi are supposed to play any more.
Whine and you shall receive. 
"We'll we're really keeping Jedi, the Jedi System, under wraps right now because we want Jedi to be rare and mysterious in the game. We want it to feel like it does in the movies where Jedi are kind of a rare breed. We will say that really the core of it is becoming Force Sensitive. Once you become Force Sensitive your progression through the Jedi ranks is pretty straight forward and follows a lot of the rules we've established already for some of our other skill systems. But the Force Sensitivity aspect is the thing that we're not really talking about. We do have a system in place, it takes into account a wide range of variables, it's different for every player, and no player is excluded from it, so you can't make a wrong choice when you're making up your character that will keep you from becoming a Jedi. That's not the way it works. Everybody has an equal opportunity."
Haden, XGR Interview
Your Jedi character lives in a world of constant danger, and when a Jedi dies, he's permanently dead (your other characters will respawn at a cloning facility). Jedi are also targets for NPCs and potentially other players. This will make surviving as a Jedi long enough to advance to Jedi Knight or Jedi Master status very difficult."
Haden, IGN Interview
"They will be very hard to become, and very very very rare. And we will continue to adjust the system to keep it that way. (I know, here I go tantalizing ya withuot any concrete details again... )"
Raph, Dec 2000
"Is the game going to exercise a degree of control over whether you become a Jedi? Absolutely. After all, it also exercises a degree of control over whether you become anything else in the game. Will those who wish to become Jedi be able to work towards it? Yes. Will they for sure make it? No, it is not guaranteed. But the opportunity is always there should they decide to travel that rough road. We intend to keep Jedi rare, and we will tweak the system on an ongoing basis to ensure that they stay that way (again, something we have stated before). Yes, it is our *opinion* that Jedi will be very very very rare, but we're also planning on working until they ARE because otherwise we would not be faithful to Star Wars. (And yes, we believe we can make it fun to boot). BTW, being a Jedi or Force sensitive in the time period the game is set in ain't no picnic."
Raph, April 2001
This is my point....all those quotes are ancient and contradictory to the present situation.
We need a fresh view on our profession.
Digitalalchemyzt wrote:
not to mention under LUCAS ARTS, NOT sony i believe. sony just...*sigh*
sony needs someone whose very familiar with the star wars universe
yeppers....they hired so many WoW and EQ peeps....there are prolly only a few SW fans left in the building.
well. i have a snippet on encouraging things hopefully for the frs to the downtrodden new post cu jedi
http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=jedi&message.id=1215008
Thats great and all....but it is like so many other threads just an opinion or view from a player perspective. So much has been said and speculated about...we need something from a high up red name...a clear statement of what the heck is going on.
Digitalalchemyzt wrote:
read the posts dude, thats a VERY old response from a rep back when this game was Lucas Arts and NOT SOE. Different president also.
Why did Sony get this game anyways?!
Message Edited by RoundWallKing on 09-18-2005 05:33 PM