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Calehan
Sat Nov 06, 2004 4:24 pm
#1
I have been looking and posting on the pilot boards.
I haven't found ONE tier 4 or above Privateer who doesn't think the profession is worthless.
I am a tier two Privateer who is enjoying it SO far, but am scared crapless that I'm wasting my time.
The IDEA of a privateer is awesome... Being a covert imp, who can go overt with his ship in space and also gank cargo and roleplay BH, but.....
I hear the smuggling RP is nonexistent, the PvP is a losing proposition in ANY privateer ship, the specials suck, and there is no Special tier 4 ship execpt a MF transport that is borked (I was under the impression that the Firespray was privateer only, as it SHOULD be, but that is not the case).
Am I wasting my time with Privateer?
Are the Devs thinking/planning on fixing it?
Does ANYONE enjoy it at higher levels?
what gives?
thanks
HOLLANDIA
Sat Nov 06, 2004 4:29 pm
#2
I like how the ship's look like but there mass kinda sucks.
The missions have less feeling into in it then the other factions have.
Lumpi667
Sat Nov 06, 2004 6:46 pm
#4
I will be happy when I finally get a freighter, any kind of freighter, without Pvp!
IrovMistwalker
Sat Nov 06, 2004 6:56 pm
#5
Not having a unique ship at ace would not be much of a problem if our tier 1-4 ships weren't so handicapped. Everyone of them has significant mass problems not found with our counterparts. Add in the specials available to us which I have not found a use for yet. Especially the droid commands, what in the world would I want to overload my reactor for? If they wanted to give the droid engineers a useful profitable unit in this game it should have been a repair droid that can make temporary repairs in space.
I don't think the ship selection though is the real problem. I think the mission system is the real buggaboo. Whoever designed it was inept.
I am stuck on the third tier. The completely unrelated descriptions by the trainer of what is being trained lead me to select the wrong one and I am stuck at 3232, while I really needed to be at 3322. Without the ability to use tier 6 and 7 equipment the tier 3 missions are very difficult if not impossible even with a good group. I am stuck on this one mission that requires you to stay in an area intercepting a transmission while wave upon wave of fighters descend upon you. Even with a decent group, my fighter always succumbs, I just don't have great equipment under tier 6 which I cannot use.
Tie this in that they included no easy method for space communication except targeting other ships and sending them tells and good luck trying to get a group together, especially when these missions are not restartable, and can take upwards of an hour.
I have found tier 3 to be very frustrating, to say the least. I don't play a game to get frustrated.
If you also notice the mission you need to get Ace is in a consensual pvp area where the griefers are laying in wait. Now that was a braindead decision by someone at SOE.
I don't think the ship selection though is the real problem. I think the mission system is the real buggaboo. Whoever designed it was inept.
I am stuck on the third tier. The completely unrelated descriptions by the trainer of what is being trained lead me to select the wrong one and I am stuck at 3232, while I really needed to be at 3322. Without the ability to use tier 6 and 7 equipment the tier 3 missions are very difficult if not impossible even with a good group. I am stuck on this one mission that requires you to stay in an area intercepting a transmission while wave upon wave of fighters descend upon you. Even with a decent group, my fighter always succumbs, I just don't have great equipment under tier 6 which I cannot use.
Tie this in that they included no easy method for space communication except targeting other ships and sending them tells and good luck trying to get a group together, especially when these missions are not restartable, and can take upwards of an hour.
I have found tier 3 to be very frustrating, to say the least. I don't play a game to get frustrated.
If you also notice the mission you need to get Ace is in a consensual pvp area where the griefers are laying in wait. Now that was a braindead decision by someone at SOE.
ikeprof
Sat Nov 06, 2004 7:04 pm
#6
Lumpi667 wrote:
I will be happy when I finally get a freighter, any kind of freighter, without Pvp!
A freighter complete with cargo missions is an element that I am surprised to find missing from the game.
Haul 50 units of items X from this Starport/Space Station to another.
Just surprised..that's all.
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