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I have read your ideas on creature handling and I find them very disturbing. This 60 rule will destroy the class faster than you can say "nerf". This is not only a nerf, it is an extremely distructive alteration to the creature handling profession and will destroy that class. I believe the issue that people are complaining about is PvP. I can understand that dueling someone with 3 Rancors can be disheartening and this SHOULD be dealt with. But what you are proposing is aweful and a terrible idea. The changes to the healing of pets is enough if you ask me. The down time to heal your pets can last up to and maybe even longer than an hour. If you want to fix something, fix the damage in PvP NOT PvE. I have a simple solution to ALL classes and how to make PvP very enjoyable. Every online game before has had similar issues and has NOT dealt with the problem properly as well, you guys should be the first to do this correctly. Everyone dreams of having a massive prolonged battle in PvP where the battle can last a long time and be fun and exhilerating. NONE of the past companies have made the proper changes to make this happen. In UO, the magic missle spell could one-shot someone. DAOC had shadowblades who could one-shot you, and also other classes that could take you out in one-two shots. Well, what kind of fun is that?? Here's a simple solution that will make everyone happy, at least I believe. Leave all classes alone, at least for the meantime. Stop nerfing but instead, make an across the board 50-75% damage decrease in PvP. This will allow for prolonged battles that would be a thrill to participate in. I have always dreamed of a "Braveheart", running down the hill, screaming, massive all-out gruesome battle. MAKE IT HAPPEN! What a thrill it would be! Stop the nerfing, I mean, when a pistoleer or TKA can take you out in a couple shots, whats the difference? Don't destroy a great class that is fun to play. Make the APPROPRIATE changes, don't just spew out nerf calls every other day. It's not helpfull to anyone and makes your customers feel aweful for choosing a certain profession only to hear it's going to be destroyed in a couple weeks. We put a LOT of time and effort into building our characters the way we like them. Having to dismantle my character and start ALL over is NOT my idea of fun. I want to finish mastering CH and go and explore and do battles! THAT is what is fun, NOT gaining exp on mindless activities. Stop focusing on one class and fix the entire PvP problem in one shot. Why not kill two birds with one stone?! I mean, I see people duel and get two-shotted on a daily basis, NOT by a creature, but by a pistol, attack or whatever. I hope this solution can at least be looked at. I have played MANY online games and to this day I still keep my "Braveheart" dream alive...although it's fading every day I read these dev posts...

Whatcha mean, in Braveheart there was that big battle scene where TONS of people got one-shotted. Fact is if you get hit with a "frickin' laser", to quote Dr. Evil, you ain't gonna live long. I'm not saying this is the best way, but maybe some people like short decisive battles and some like long ones with a lot of BS kiting, healing, and kung-fu posing.

OK, that made my eyes hurt, have you heard of paragraphs?

Half of these posts people use the headline DEVS PLEASE READ! I think it's annoying, and I'm sure they do too, as they make it thier business to browse the boards, and while they likely don't read every post, they probably read more than enough to know what people are thinking. By using this headline you are basically demanding thier attention and saying that your thoughts matter more then other peoples.

Secondly, you have to use a few paragraph breaks. Seeing a huge paragraph is not only harder to read, but it makes it less likely to be read. If you want your post to be read by most people, including the developers, make it short, to the point, and broken down into paragraphs.

That aside, I really do agree with you. A blanket reduction in damage against players from players would make PvP much more enjoyable. If they allowed full damage against pets, since they are really creatures (which powers and abilities were scaled against in the first place), then PvP would have one overwhelming step in the right direction, and CH would appear more balanced in PvP (although I think they are fine as is as long as players fight CH smartly).

I'm working my way up the BH trees and I have several complaints but one thing that I just want. Rebel or Imperial Bounties! That would be lovely. This way we can get faction as well as bounty experience. Now for the complaints...

1. Investigation 1 stinks! I made the mistake of getting Investigation 1 even after every bounty hunter I ran into said to max out the xp and skip it. You guys went a little haywire here. You went from too easy to almost impossible and endlessy frustrating in one move. I spent 5 hours tracking and running around Endor for my first mission with Investigation 1 and a ton of seeker droids because of "space slugs" and other problems. Is this a joke? If it is it isn't funny. Please fix this. After the recent nerfs you almost have to have a pet to complete a decent paying mark that you have to get just to pay for your expences. When all is said and done I only got 101 xp. Yeah right! Well I dropped Investigation 1 and I will max out the 10k limit and skip it and worry about what is broken then.

2. Melee defence bonuses! I have not looked but I would bet that artisans have more melee defence. God help us if our marks get to us. +2 doesn't cut it.

3. Dissapearing missions and white marks! Will this ever be fixed or are you going to continue to buff the creature lairs?

4. Re-usable droids. Can't we have an option to pay a little more for a droid and to be able to re-use it? At least the Arakyd probe droids.Half my inventory is droids and weapons. Is this what you were wanting?

5. Stupid titles. Why in the world would I finish Carbine line and get the title "Investigator"? Wouldn't it make more sence on the Investigation line?

6. Fix the bogus title thing! I trained a master bounty hunter pistol 4 last night.

That about covers it. I'm sure you have heard it all before just not from me. I love being a Bounty Hunter and will love even more to have the "Master Bounty Hunter" title. Not for everyone else running around but to all the other bounty hunters that know what kind of crap we I to go thru to get it.

You have imperial bounties. They are mixed in with regular bounties. They just don't give faction points.

I don't think the rebellion uses Bounty Hunters. We've kinda got a bad rep in the galaxy and the Empire even though they use us has broken up the Galatic Bounty Hunters Guild. . . as evidenced by some of the descriptions of our Bounty Hunter missions.