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Thread: Jabba's Casino Quest????
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JediTed225
Fri Nov 12, 2004 3:44 pm
#1
I've heard about this but there hasn't been much detail. I heard someone say it was gonna be released after the launch of JTL but i haven't heard anything since. Now there is the sneak preview of pub 11.2 and theres nothin about entertainers in there.
I'm really looking forward to see what this will be so it better be good. I think who ever designed Jabba's Palace severly forgot to make it entertainer friendly. I jammed with Max's band once or twice after i compleated the Jabba Themepark but it started to feel a bit dull after awhile. I mean the throne room doesn't even serve as a place ta heal BF or mind wounds. Now with the neutral corvette shuttle near jabba's there are alot more people that go there, and i've seen people with tons of wounds after crashing down infront of jabba's. It'd be easy if people who had a bunch of tickets with them could just go up to the throne room and get healed by ents or docs.
Landlubber
Fri Nov 12, 2004 4:27 pm
#2
Yeah, musicians have clamored for Jabba's throne room to allow bf and mind healing practically since the beginning. You're right, it would make perfect sense - to everyone except the Devs, it seems. Don't recall them ever even acknowledging that request (but then, what's new...).
As for the Hutt Casino, that's a myth. Yes, the Devs have stated in the past that it's in development, and one of the reasons they postponed it last spring was that the didn't have time to do it properly right now and that "they wanted to get it right" (mwahahahaa.... yeees, sure). We haven't heard official word of it for months, so as far as I'm concerned, it's dead. It may yet come, but I'll believe in it when I see it, not a second sooner. And I don't think that will happen in the next half year anyway. After all, we have the Combat Revamp (I refuse to call it Combat Upgrade out of principle) coming up, and then the profession revamps after that. That's basicallythe development schedule that should take us well into next summer. Maybe they'll stick it in when (if!) they rework our professions, but I won't hold my breath.
MadLeprechaun
Fri Nov 12, 2004 6:15 pm
#3
well, i wasnt around when the announced the hutt casino but is it supposed to be like a entertainer themepark or something? or and speaking of entertainer missions. why do we get really crappy rewards?
Banthabutcher
Fri Nov 12, 2004 7:30 pm
#4
Look! In the sky!
It's a TIE Fighter!
It's a probot!
No, it's...
OPTIMISM MAN!
Rodian!
/
Whatever...
On today's adventure:
The Hutt Casino!
I still think it's coming. I still think they're working on it. These things take a lot of time to code, and there's a lot of other things that are justifiably of a higher priority, like the CU. It won't come out until around the time of the Smuggler Revamp (based on the fact that the Casino will have Smuggler content), but I still firmly believe it will come and not in some rediculous timeframe either. Frankly, I'm glad they're taking the slow approach... the Casino is going to be huge and they know it. We are so starved for content right now to the point where something has to be absolutely perfect, otherwise they'll get bombarded with "We waited for MONTHS and you give us this POS!?!!?"
The Sandbox, CU, and GCW are top-priority because it will fix us and the game overall. They're actually doing what we've been asking for a while: building a strong foundation and then putting the fun stuff on.
I will remain patient on this and instead focus my efforts on the tasks at hand. Otherwise both things will end up being half-done...
JediTed225
Sat Nov 13, 2004 3:10 am
#5
I've heard some peopletalk about SWG released way to early or saying that the whole game has been broken since launch. Now i came into the game 2 months after launch soi don't know much about during that time, but now im startin to agree with what those people have said.
What should have been done before they launched was to get EVERYTHING working the way it should, and then after launch is when they add all the content. At this point in the game my suggestion to SOE is if it takes so much time ad work ta code all this stuff then they should probebly try and hire more devs to work on it. 
Ravanne_Esi
Sat Nov 13, 2004 10:06 am
#6
The Jabba Casino will be added after the launch of JTL just like the sun will go nova after the launch of JTL. Any content for the entertainer classes probably rates somewhere below adding working toilets to the Architect profession.
NewJedi
Sat Nov 13, 2004 11:23 am
#7
I'll inquire about the status of the Hutt Casino. As originally planned, it was supposed to include a reward of one or more new songs and dances for us, so it's something we really need to pester the devs about. So, off I go to pester.
MusicalDina
Sat Nov 13, 2004 1:15 pm
#8
hehe, people are going to say it is poo anyways.
But as it goes we are looking towards at the earliest summer of next year for it. Probably later. The CU is going to take a long time to get in, and that is the number one priority right now. AS was stated it will probably come out with the smuggler revamp, which you will find if you look on the smuggler boards is looking to be fall (ish) of 2005.
My bets, not being too optimistic of getting new content (i mean we just gotour first newsong!!!!!!) I am betting early 2006.
MadLeprechaun
Sun Nov 14, 2004 1:23 am
#9
hey newjedi, instead of pestering why don't you apply for a job as a dev that way something would actually get done 
just a thought
just a thought
NewJedi
Tue Nov 16, 2004 6:41 pm
#10
Heh, MadLeprechaun, I do have a little experience with C++, but I'm not ready to quit my day job.
I did inquire about the status of the Casino, and unfortunately I don't have much I can report here. I can say I don't think we'll see it before the Combat Upgrade. I continue to be hopeful that it will include one or more new songs or dances, but I'm not sure of that.
Warryyr
Thu Nov 18, 2004 9:03 am
#11
Ravanne_Esi wrote:
The Jabba Casino will be added after the launch of JTL just like the sun will go nova after the launch of JTL. Any content for the entertainer classes probably rates somewhere below adding working toilets to the Architect profession.
Galldernit, you made me choke on my coffee.
And, I would love to buy a working toilet from an Architect.
Also, I doubt any significant content will ever come Entertainers' way - solely because anytime they ever mention one single word about us, everyone else in this game screams and yells that the Devs should focus on important things.
My question is - if Jedis felt they had no content, and Force powers were AFKable, and looping macros made all Jedis zombies in this game, andmarginalized live Jedis who really played the game- would the Devs DO SOMETHING about it? Oh, they sure as **edit** would. With lightning-fast speed.
The bottom line is that this development team is WAY TOO SLOW. Progress in this game happens at a snail's pace - especially when you dedicate the last 4 publishes before JTL to solely Droid Engineers and Jedis. I'm sorry, but that just pure stupidity. There's way too much to fix up and make right in this game in any kind of timely manner.
If we ever see a Hutt Casino, my bets are 2006. At earliest.
JediTed225
Sat Dec 11, 2004 3:07 am
#12
/sigh
I know your probebly doin a great job pestering the devs about this Hutt Casino, but I just don't think they are accualy listening. I'm about to pack up and move to California and apply for a dev job myself.
I honestly never did see any kind of entertainer revamp in the coming months. That it would atleast come after the Smugg or combat revamp. What i think the devs need to do is appoint Lucas Arts to develope more story drivin content. I mean lets face it, there is a serious lack of content in this game! Thats mostly part of the reason alot of people have quit. If they don't add any kind of story driven content soon, i won't be helled back from canseling my account.
I'll probebly be moving on to Matrix Online anyway. Atleast that shows potetial story wise.
dimmu-borgir
Tue Dec 14, 2004 7:20 pm
#13
JediTed225 wrote:/sighI know your probebly doin a great job pestering the devs about this Hutt Casino, but I just don't think they are accualy listening. I'm about to pack up and move to California and apply for a dev job myself.I honestly never did see any kind of entertainer revamp in the coming months. That it would atleast come after the Smugg or combat revamp. What i think the devs need to do is appoint Lucas Arts to develope more story drivin content. I mean lets face it, there is a serious lack of content in this game! Thats mostly part of the reason alot of people have quit. If they don't add any kind of story driven content soon, i won't be helled back from canseling my account.I'll probebly be moving on to Matrix Online anyway. Atleast that shows potetial story wise.
the closest thing we've gotten to a revamp was the theater manager quest, now sure, taht did keep me busyfor about a week, and the new song is awesome, but still... we need more... we need content, new songs, a fix to the buffbot, more instruments, better missions, etc, etc...
and as for the matrix online, id suggest against it, i have a disticnt feeling it is going to tank within a year of its launch.
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