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Thread: JTL killed Coro and Naboo
Message Edited by Remsus on 07-02-2005 03:32 PM
If we're gonna talk about the way "things used to be" then let's talk about how it was before Theed and Corolag were the only 2 cities people went to regularly. JtL and the Combat Upgrade have made the game a lot more like the real old days than the days of 2 cities, when places like Bestine, Mos Eisley, Tyrena, Dearic, and Kaadara were virtually empty. Now there are people in a lot more places do a lot more different things, and it has a lot more than just JtL travel as the cause. It's a combination of Travel, Buff Changes, Mission changes, GCW changes, and a lot of things that on the whole make the game a lot more varied.
Travel prior to JtL created a lot more bottlenecks and wasted time. While I personally miss being able to entertain people waiting for a shuttle, I don't want to go back to the days when the only times I saw people were in a buff line.
I don't miss the things you miss, and if Merchant shout bots have no one to listen to them, I will be the last person to shed a tear.
psikobunny wrote:
Travel prior to JtL created a lot more bottlenecks and wasted time. While I personally miss being able to entertain people waiting for a shuttle, I don't want to go back to the days when the only times I saw people were in a buff line.
I must be odd really... I want to go back to the days with no vehicles, 10 minute shuttle waits and no player cities.
Would be nice to see as many people in Tyrena as I used to. Oh, and it would be nice to explore Tatooine on foot, without the ability to cross the entire planet in a matter of minutes, passing 30 player cities as I do so.
Aaaah, memories... 
Vicotnik wrote:
psikobunny wrote:Travel prior to JtL created a lot more bottlenecks and wasted time. While I personally miss being able to entertain people waiting for a shuttle, I don't want to go back to the days when the only times I saw people were in a buff line.
I must be odd really... I want to go back to the days with no vehicles, 10 minute shuttle waits and no player cities.
Would be nice to see as many people in Tyrena as I used to. Oh, and it would be nice to explore Tatooine on foot, without the ability to cross the entire planet in a matter of minutes, passing 30 player cities as I do so.
Aaaah, memories...
Nothing is stoppying you from doing so.. I regularly go out hunting with nothing more than a creature mount for a vehicle. A group of people I regularly hunt with also all uses creature pets to get between missions etc.
Zutan wrote:
Vicotnik wrote:
psikobunny wrote:
Travel prior to JtL created a lot more bottlenecks and wasted time. While I personally miss being able to entertain people waiting for a shuttle, I don't want to go back to the days when the only times I saw people were in a buff line.
I must be odd really... I want to go back to the days with no vehicles, 10 minute shuttle waits and no player cities.
Would be nice to see as many people in Tyrena as I used to. Oh, and it would be nice to explore Tatooine on foot, without the ability to cross the entire planet in a matter of minutes, passing 30 player cities as I do so.
Aaaah, memories...
Nothing is stoppying you from doing so.. I regularly go out hunting with nothing more than a creature mount for a vehicle. A group of people I regularly hunt with also all uses creature pets to get between missions etc.
Considering I can't remove all the player cities... Yes, something stops me from doing so.
I was really glad when they finally fixed the shuttle times to a shorter interval, got really sick of having to wait at each starport to meet with friends somewhere. Once JTL came out I believe they reduced it again, which was another blessing. It's just silly to have to wait forever to travel - it's like the dang boats in Everquest.
I'd have to agree with Psikobunny up there - the CU and loss of doc buffs did more to remove people from Cnet and Theed. Not really any loss, now people are more spread out, and there's still a pretty good sized crowd in both cities. Since I don't have to go around begging to train people any more for apprentice XP, I'd call it a good deal. I HATE listening to spambots.
Rather than force people to follow the old lanes, the only change I would go along with would be to require them to launch and fly to the station, like we have to in order to reach Kashyyyk.
Attacca wrote:I was really glad when they finally fixed the shuttle times to a shorter interval, got really sick of having to wait at each starport to meet with friends somewhere. Once JTL came out I believe they reduced it again, which was another blessing. It's just silly to have to wait forever to travel - it's like the dang boats in Everquest.
I'd have to agree with Psikobunny up there - the CU and loss of doc buffs did more to remove people from Cnet and Theed. Not really any loss, now people are more spread out, and there's still a pretty good sized crowd in both cities. Since I don't have to go around begging to train people any more for apprentice XP, I'd call it a good deal. I HATE listening to spambots.
Rather than force people to follow the old lanes, the only change I would go along with would be to require them to launch and fly to the station, like we have to in order to reach Kashyyyk.
Funny thing is, I have several friends that never knew about the "travel" option until the day I took them for a ride in my Yacht and we went directly from one starport to another without loading in space.. They all asked me how I did that.. Previously they had been launching, selecting a destination and hyperspacing there..
Aside from the change in Doc Buffs and the CU changes and less time waiting for shuttles is the fact that the New Player tutorial now starts ALL new players in Mos Eisley on tatooine.
That's actually a good thing. It is the first planet and first town we see in the movies so it givess the new player some immersion into the game that way. It ha also made teh population around Mos Eisley boom where once it was nothing more than a ghost town.
Grambacca wrote:
Aside from the change in Doc Buffs and the CU changes and less time waiting for shuttles is the fact that the New Player tutorial now starts ALL new players in Mos Eisley on tatooine.
That's actually a good thing. It is the first planet and first town we see in the movies so it givess the new player some immersion into the game that way. It ha also made teh population around Mos Eisley boom where once it was nothing more than a ghost town.