Musician Archive

• We need away to earn a decent wage through NPC missions comprable to the other professions (They seriously need to consider that musicians and dancers are routinely grouped in LARGE groups). In short increase the payout of enertainer missions.


• Passive buffing should be eliminated. Make all buffing targeted through the /setperformance option.


• Add a method into the game for noncombat musicians (both male and female) to get skill enhancing items pertaining to their entertainer skill by entertaining (quest reward).


• Can we please get a fix for planetary cantinaregistration.


• /startband is broken. Can this be fixed?

Message Edited by Amythen on 08-20-2004 02:11 PM

Message Edited by Drygo on 08-18-2004 08:37 PM

1. afk


2. songs


3. buff interface


4. /register


5. entertainer terminals

1.-5. Buffbots


Disable Buffbots ASAP. With the plague of getting
AFK bots "taking up" public cantinas, you drive
a complete profession away.

And you know.. you don't even have to change the
program code! Just _change_the_rules_.
Declare AFK Buffbotting not wanted in game, or
at least in public cantinas. Let CSRs react on
reports of players and expel the bots.

No coding needed, no implementation, just a change
of the code of conduct.

Oh and btw:
In for instance CoH "unattended gameplay" is forbidden
by the rules. As simple as that. Any who does, can get
banned.

Message Edited by GerRob on 08-19-2004 04:28 PM

1) Until they are gone, BuffBots and unattended play.

2) Better feedback on the /setperform command: fix the missing target name at the start of /setp, provide a notification when /setp ends, and send us a notification of the effect (how much of a buff was applied and for how long).

3) Notification message when someone /listens and /stoplistens. If nothing else, this will help us troubleshoot customer claims that they "didn't get the buff".

4) Make map registration work in a wider variety of locations.

5) Split out some of the text currently clumped under "Spatial" so that it can be filtered/colored. In particular, crafting spam, tips and /splitcredit messages.

6) Make it impossible for passersby to move Nalargons and Ommni boxes.

7) Make faction points an optional reward for Entertainer missions/make Entertainer-type missions available from faction mission terminals.


Mieux
Master Musician and Entertainer
Gypsy Guild
Bria Server

1) Bug and general fixes: /setperform needs some sort of indicator that the buff is working and who it is working on, duration left, etc. Omni Box/Nalagaron targeting should be removed. Registration needs to work in more places.

2) Instruments: There needs to be a wider variety of instruments. Now there are like 10 different horn types and they mostly look the same anyway. Also, where is the microphone? We should be able to craft these and place them in front of us. Instruments should be customizable as far as color goes...at a minimum. I would also like to see quality actually mean something, and create an actual market for them. You should be able to experiment on things like pitch or key as well.

3) Payment for buffs: We rely on getting tips from patrons for income. I'd venture to say that at least 90% of them don't tip (in my experience). There should be some kind of interaction screen (similar to ID) so that we can get paid for our services, such as buffing and healing. Or just make it a flat fee. No money, no buffs. Try walking up to a doctor and asking for free buffs.

4) Missions. Travel 3000m and play for 15 minutes for 500 credits? That barely covers the maintenance on my speeder to get there in the first place. There is zero motivation for anyone to do these missions. Either the xp should be improved for missions, or the pay.

5) More songs. Nuff said.

Ok, I've been pondering over this for a while, and I've come up with my list.

1) Lack of communication from the Devs. Whether it be them asking for input on future ideas, or responding to our issues, I don't have any idea whether the devs know that there are entertainer players. They do seem to realize there are entertainer professions, as they occassionally add things for the professions, yet in so many cases these additions are so off base from what we want that I don't think they know what we want. But I have no way of knowing, because they never tell us anything. Their communication with us comes through patch notes. There have been some slight improvements in the in-concept thread & in-development thread that affect our professions, but not enough. Pex has posted twice in the past I-don't-know-how-many months, the only red name to appear in our forums in that time, and once to play crowd control (without really addressing the issue at hand) and the other to praise a video (a great thing to do, but not the communication we need). I'd be many times more satisfied with this issue if a red name came into our forum and said "hey, I've read a lot of what ya'll have said here" and nothing else. (And I'll seriously consider going over and whapping some people in the head if we get another addition to the ability to heal mind wounds any time in the future).

2) Unattended gameplay, especially in the form of buffbots. I feel this won't have been addressed until two things happen. The professions need to be made impossible to play unattended. Unattended gameplay needs to be defined in the EULA and whatever other game rules exist as illegal and a bannable offense.

3) We need to have the idea that we're a 4th class citizen of the game addressed. If we are a 4th class citizen, we either need to be promoted to the same level of other professions, or dropped from the game entirely. If we're not a 4th class citizen (and I like to think we're not), then steps have to be taken to make us not feel that way. Hopefully not only from the devs, but also from the rest of the playerbase, many of whom look at us as an inconvenience to them, or the scum of the galaxy. The relationships between entertainers and others are becoming increasingly ugly, and this is not good for the game as a whole. This kind of mixes with issue #1 I guess.

4) The profession needs to have more of a 'game' feel to it, in that we're playing a game. This means we need content beyond 'play in the cantina,' or with the upcoming patch, 'play in the theater, and play this specific way for a bit.' Granted, the upcoming entertainer quests are a form of addressing this, but I don't think it differs enough from what we do normally to consider the issue closed. We are a profession required to make our own content much more than most other professions, and many of us do well with that, but at some point you get to feeling like you're paying to play a game whose fun derives completely from your own imagination (and then why not go make a game of your own if that's the case).

5) More songs (and slightly less priority, more instrument sounds)! As someone else said similarly, I'd love for this to be my #1 issue, and am saddened to have to focus on the things that are higher priority than this on my list.

That's the top 5.. if I have other issues to add, I'll edit this post, and post a new one pointing out the fact that I edited this.

1. Has to be buffing. Something, anything, needs to be done to improve it. Be it an interface adjustment, increase in timer duration, quests for Mind Enhancement (Music) mods, a food like Havla that decreases our buff time,something. I know this is pretty much the generic musician response at this point, but it's still my number 1 issue.


2. Bonuses for At-The-Keyboard play. Removing recursive macros is a huge step, but something needs to be done sooner. Perhaps a "random goodie" thing like with surveying. A window pops up saying "A certain fan in the audience seems to really be enjoying your music/dancing right now." Choices as follows: Ignore the patron or Direct a special flourish towards the patron (150 action). Doing the flourish nets you a BIG XP gain as well as a tip of a random amount from the patron. Also, really perform a special "Ninth Flourish" if you choose to do so.


3. New Songs/Instruments. Yeah, there's one coming, but it's likely to run out of steam like all the other songs. Introducing a new song every month or so (or a new instrument or flourish in its place) can help to liven up our gameplay.


4. Interaction with the World. Random tips from NPCs, other emotes like /bob and /boogie form NPCs,female NPCs shouting "I love you <insert name>!" Just somehting small to make us smile and feel like we're a unique part of the game, not just a mechanic of a cantina.


5. A Source of Income On Par With Combat Professions. Maybe "major gig" missions that can be tied into #2 (that patron just happens to run a show. Lucky you!) or perhaps payment from the cantina for each hour that we perform inside it.