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Thread: Star Wars Galaxy NEW UPDATE!!!!
I have been playing Star wars Galaxies since beta. The amount of work the developers have put into this game is unreal. So much of this game is great. I haven’t played many MMORPG’s, but out of the ones I have played this is definitely the best. HOWEVER, the SWG team is going completely opposite of the way they should. No offense, you guys work very hard and I have a lot of respect for you all, but you are really killing the game. Day after day more of my real life friends as well as the ones I have met through SWG are leaving. I can explain just a couple of reasons for it too. You may listen, or you may not, but being the consumer and being that I talk to a lot of the players and everyday people you should take to heart what I am telling you.
The way I see it, is like this. People play RPG’s and MMORPG’s to live out a fantasy life and have some fun. They like to be free of most reality. Now don’t get me wrong, realism in a game is a must, but to certain degrees. SWG has put all the realism people are trying to escape (paying maintenance, waiting on shuttles, taxes, etc.). But they don’t put the stuff that we all want to do in real life but can’t (attack anyone, steal speeders, wreck speeders, rob banks, fly etc.) You put a leash on our imaginations with some of these simple restrictions. You claim balance this, balance that. But in actuality you are making a very unbalanced universe. One big thing you guys don’t realize is that balance would achieve itself. Now, you are sitting there shaking your head no, but it would, let me explain. Is there a side of town that only idiots who attack everyone stay? Don’t want to go there for fear of being killed? Don’t cry, since it is a attack anyone MMORPG now, hire you a few BH’s to go clear out the "smacktards" or hell join in with them. With the "Free play" physics you can actually establish a reputation. Oh yea, you can establish one now, but its stupid how you do. For example, are you a smuggler that treats your customers well, or are you a true dirty smuggler that lies, kills, and steals? Smuggler took your money and ran? DON’T CRY LIKE A BABY, DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!! What’s that? Your just a dancer, well hire that commando over there to help you out, you will enhance his RPG experience, while getting even. He will keep playing because he will feel important and needed. Someone, steal your bike? DON’T wine, put a bounty on him or build your character in aim’s to get even one day. So many people cry balance, balance, balance, but you have made the developers rip the game apart for the rest of us. Hell if you are rich, hire the thief that stole from you to work for you and run your own, speeder bike chop shop, build your underworld reputation. I mean as it is now, its pretty lame, someone walks up, wow, you’re a master commando, the MC is like "yea, sure am...." and that’s about all the glory you get. In a "free play" style Master commando’s, master TK, master anything will get respect!!! So many people love to talk trash because you can’t do anything but duel them....LAME!!! You think in the first star wars when Han was confronted with Greedo or what ever his name was, he asked to duel him before they pulled their guns? HELL NO!! Entertainer being a smart ass? Shoot him! But be careful, cause in the "free play" SWG the weaker professions will most likely have a bodyguard, or a guild waiting to back them up, thus once again ROLE PLAY is taken even deeper. You may be thinking, wow how unbalanced would towns be? Not very, it would give more role to the militia’s for one. While I am on that subject let me burn it down to. Town militia? WHAT A JOKE. I am militia leader fro a city at the moment, wanna know my special abilities? NOTHING, want to know my militia men’s special abilities? Well, we can ban people from using things in town......Oh my, please don’t ban me from your shuttle sir, I am soooo sorry!! Pfftt....LAME!!! you know I heard that they stopped the whole militia being able to tef trouble makers cause some city near a POI was killing passing travelers. Oh my you don’t say? NEWSFLASH—DON’T GO TO THAT CITY!!!! Once again deepening the role play as well ass the realism. We all know places in town not to go in real life, it could be the same in SWG, only in SWG you could assemble a task force and FIGHT back!!! But no, someone somewhere, cried about balance and well, you lost more customers. Give the militia so serious stuff they can do, capture you, fine you, even put you in a prison for a certain amount of time, therefore bringing this so called balance to the game, someone wont go around killing everyone if they know they could have their character locked in a cell for a few days. Got your character locked up for being a **edit** and killing everyone? Call the boys!! Uh oh looks like a gang is in town to break out the new prisoner!! Call the militia!! Once again making people actually feel needed as well as having fun as hell PVP. That would keep twice the people playing than these crappy little publishes will. These publishes are great, we deserve them for our 15 bucks a month, but don’t think that they alone will keep customers, cause sorry boys they wont. Now, someone somewhere is wondering what someone like the poor ol’ defenseless Master artisans or other crafting professions will do with this new "free play" way of SWG life? Well, for one, you guys are rich (most of you) hire some bodyguards, and I guarantee you, people that are loyal customers and like you will kick some crazy guys ass if he messes with their quality speeder bike maker, or weapon smith, etc. Now, lets say that one town is getting too crazy, everyone has lost their cool that day and is attacking everyone, (which is how it would be the first little while if added), well drop in one of your so called "live" events, drop in some Storm troopers and ATST’s to bring the city to order. It really is simple, give the players more freedom and we will only get bored when our imagination runs out and for most, that will be a looooooong time. Seeing as though people come up with "wouldn’t be cool if" situations everyday, and now they could actually play out their little hearts desires, well I think you get the point. Make us solve some problems, don’t just change things cause some one cries, make us figure out a way to keep cities clean and stuff. I also read so of your Space Expansion stuff, and it looked very cool. But I saw some stuff that is gonna kill it!! Can’t fly down to planets and land anywhere on them? Lame. Can’t attack anyone you want in space, such as neutral mercinaries? Lame. You are putting the leash on us once again. Just let imaginations run free and you will see this game flourish like no other! Finally as far as the people can attack anyone goes, people are probably wondering what would make someone want to actually help people getting killed? Well, for one that guy out there that is playing the role of the real good guy or hero he would love it. And you could figure out some kind of bonus system. Like if you help so many innocent people you get certain perks, or if you attack so many innocent people you get a "Bad label badge" so on and so on. You guys can make it work, and if you plan to beat these upcoming MMORPG’s your gonna have to hit this gold purse before someone else does. And please, PLEASE, stop NERFING everything, I have been a Master CH for a long time, and I did it because I love the profession, not to be a lamer. I went around and collected all kinds of cool animals from around the universe, and what did you do one day? You stripped all their armor, just allowing the lamers to go to Bioengineers and get super pets made to continue to be lame, while my unique collection of pets just got weaker. As for wookies, lets not talk about the shaft they get....
Last little thought, I mean seriously stop and think about the limits you are putting on people professions. Dark Jedi’s, "excuse me sir, I am a dark jedi, can we duel please?" real dark fellas.....Smugglers, "excuse me sir, I am a smuggler, I will dirty shot you to death, if we duel...."wow, I know I want to be a smuggler. Master Commando, "you know I just hate people who talk trash and can’t back it up, I will kill the next person who talks trash to me! Well, if they duel.....Master Dancer, "Hey I just buffed your mind, no tip? I am gonna beat your ass!! Duel me! Oh, you don’t want to? Oh well, that wasn’t very nice, I’ll duel you one day!!! If you let me.......and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on...........................
Well I know someone out there probly disagree's but take it from me, I talk to alot of Gamers everyday at my university and they ALL HAVE THESE SAME WISHES.....SO dorks that cry about everything beware, cause if the DEVs listen, you might be in for some trouble........booohoooooo balance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-Orgotholik
biwan:and what i say to everybody... dont like the game go play something else
ImperialCmdr wrote:
I tried to read it, I really did, but its just too much hard work all in one go like that.
First let me say that I agree people complain and whine about stuff too much. Not everything is supposed to be balanced, because if everythings balanced, whats the point?
Anyways, now about what you said. Let me just state that in a MMORPG you must think about others too. Sure it would be neat to have free PvP (I'd like PK button option personally) and have bounty hunters track people down or steal from someone and take their swoop they saved up for. But you must understand that there are OTHER people you are playing with, and they do have feelings and emotions. Believe it or not, people ARE affected by a game. Were you ever angry when somebody beat you in a FPS? You shouldnt be able to just steal someones swoop that they worked for and payed 20,000 credits for or something. Sure YOU may be having fun, but the other person just lost something they worked hard for.
In ultima Online you could get a pet and kill it, permenantly. You could also lure a pet from somebody if they were good enough. There was a Customer Service call one time from a players mother.
The girl, a 13 year old enjoying the game, and playing it, had tamed a rabbit or something of the like. She raised it and fed it and worked hard on getting it to grow. One day somebody came up to her, charmed the pet, took it, and killed it infront of her.
Apparently the girl was very depressed after this. I mean, it was a game sure, but it was also something she dedicated alot to, and treated it, even if it was virtual, as a real pet.
So you see, just because it's a game, it doesnt mean something you do may not affect someone else. This is one of the main reasons why you cant justrun around looting from people, killing them randomly, stealing vehicles, blowing up houses, etc. May it be fun, yes, but it might not be to the one recieving the punishment.
~~The Secondhand Lion