Musician Archive
Thread: I miss music so much...
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Valden
Tue Sep 21, 2004 10:14 pm
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I just thought I would share my story with you guys, as I am pretty lost in the current state of the game..
I have been playing the game since the day it came out. I started on the corbantis server in the town of Tyrena on Corellia. I chose to be a trandoshan just cause I thought it would be cool to be a lizard and I had not seen too many of them around. At first I ran around beating up little things, and then was told that I should go to a cantina to get some healing and such. I went in and sat down and watched a little twilek dancer and two musicians, one twilek, one human. Their names were Es'Sosask, Astar Isborn, and Dezarr Darkstar. I thought wow that is pretty cool how you can play music in a game like this, and decided I would give it a go and try jamming on my horn. Anyhow, after getting to know them and some other regulars in the tyrena cantina, I settled in and got my first box which granted me rock. Wow that was so cool. I made many good friends, chatting my head off while playing music. About 3 weeks later I found myself with music 4, and I was hearing about how cool the mandoviol was for entertainer. I decided to master entertainer before musician because it just seemed like the logical thing.
Anyhow I worked at it for about 2 more weeks and mastered entertainer. Wow what an achievement that was, ceremonial was so cool and everyone was amazed at the Lizard entertainer (at that time I never saw ONE trandoshan entertainer ever...I might have been the first master, who knows.) I continued meeting many friends and just enjoying the whole environment. I never thought I could enjoy sitting around in one spot for hours on end in a game where the majority of the players were combative. I would watch as large groups of people would come and go....I would sit there when it was late and I was the only musician there...I would watch as the riflemen with their DLT20a rifles would tear everyone up in duels.
As time passed I eventually found myself taking on some apprentices, and before I realized, after 3 whole months, I finally found myself a master Musician. I was so excited and waited several days before I got my nalargon (they were kind of hard to make at that time). I spent the next couple months playing in various cantinas, decided to take up some unarmed combat skills, and joined a guild by the name of WotS (dunno if anyone there remembers me hehe). Sadly being a student and unemployed, I ran out of funds, and I had to cancel my swg account. I was gone for two months. When I came back the game seemed a bit different, but many of my old friends remembered me. I joined -SK-, which was formerly CORE. I played more music and actually got into a bit of a band with a few people. Things were going well, but I thought I should try some new things. I began working on combat and eventually mastered Teras Kasi. I went on for a while like this untill christmas time and I got this interested blue box called a holocron. It told me that I needed to master architect, and I thought hmmm...interesting. At this point some of my close entertainer friends had left the profession so i found myself for the first time...alone. I decided to try this holocron profession, and i dropped some of my musician, vowing to return.
I worked on the hologrind for a while, mastering professions. I got hooked because I was hoping I could get this new "Jedi slot" eventually. Some people I knew had unlocked after doing around 10 professions, but they said I needed to get silent. I jumped on more holocrons and finally one day I got silent. I thought to myself "wow, I am almost there!" granted it took me a while to get there as I would not consider myself a powergamer by any stretch of the imagination. at this point one of my RL friends started playing and did the hologrind as well. I figured cool we can do it together and get jedi, and then I can go back to music. Well i mastered 8,9,10.....nothing, kept going slowly but eventually started to get really bored. I was tempted to go back to music and after reaching 16 professions, news came of a new "quest system" I decided that at that point I would quit grinding and return to the profession I love. I went back to music, playing for a while but mastering the profession much quicker than before. Made more friends. Then suddenly my world was sent into turmoil again.
The new quest system came out, and upon entering the village I found that I could not pursue the part of the quest system that musicians could do because I needed to be a master medic. I thought "I don't want to drop any music skill or any of my combat abilities, I could fight if I did that." So I thought long and hard....And after resolving that the requirement of medic for the quest would not change. I decided to jump back into combat for the meantime.
Anyhow just wanted to show my story up to this point...long post and I kinda rushed through it but I wanted to show how my experience in the game started, and the downturn it has taken to this point. Currently I am playing the game a way I do not enjoy. I have one want...to unlock my slot so that I can make another character to play music. I do not want Jedi, but thats another story. I have come to the realization that at this current point, I would have to grind for at least 6 months based on the time I am able to play this game if I wish to unlock my slot. I have come to the realization that as an entertainer, I will have a very rough time with the FS system. If I want to continue my grin the way I am now...it will mean me missing out on the new song... It will mean me fighting endless mobs over and over.
I miss the old days....when people really appreciated musicians, when I had no idea what the whole jedi thing was and Hersp was me, the musical lizard. I Have mastered musician and entertainer, and felt forced to drop them...and I feel bad now about the whole situation.... Part of me wants to quit the FS grind and go back to my roots, but then I will not be able to obtain what I have spent many hours to achieve.
This lizard was born a musician.....regardless...he will end as a musician no matter what happens. I thank you guys for reading my little bit of a story and apoligize for its messiness. I did not take time to edit it or anything but I just had to get it out. I am a lost soul right now....Do I go back to music and just play the game the way I want? Do I try to unlock? Do I quit the game...and if I did quit, would anyone miss me? /sigh I guess i need to seriously think my options....All but a few of my very close friends have left the game....it is truly sad.
You guys are great, newjedi, you are an inspiration...warryr keep fighting the fight, and all of my friends who may miss this, I love you guys.
Take care,
Hersp Elson
I have been playing the game since the day it came out. I started on the corbantis server in the town of Tyrena on Corellia. I chose to be a trandoshan just cause I thought it would be cool to be a lizard and I had not seen too many of them around. At first I ran around beating up little things, and then was told that I should go to a cantina to get some healing and such. I went in and sat down and watched a little twilek dancer and two musicians, one twilek, one human. Their names were Es'Sosask, Astar Isborn, and Dezarr Darkstar. I thought wow that is pretty cool how you can play music in a game like this, and decided I would give it a go and try jamming on my horn. Anyhow, after getting to know them and some other regulars in the tyrena cantina, I settled in and got my first box which granted me rock. Wow that was so cool. I made many good friends, chatting my head off while playing music. About 3 weeks later I found myself with music 4, and I was hearing about how cool the mandoviol was for entertainer. I decided to master entertainer before musician because it just seemed like the logical thing.
Anyhow I worked at it for about 2 more weeks and mastered entertainer. Wow what an achievement that was, ceremonial was so cool and everyone was amazed at the Lizard entertainer (at that time I never saw ONE trandoshan entertainer ever...I might have been the first master, who knows.) I continued meeting many friends and just enjoying the whole environment. I never thought I could enjoy sitting around in one spot for hours on end in a game where the majority of the players were combative. I would watch as large groups of people would come and go....I would sit there when it was late and I was the only musician there...I would watch as the riflemen with their DLT20a rifles would tear everyone up in duels.
As time passed I eventually found myself taking on some apprentices, and before I realized, after 3 whole months, I finally found myself a master Musician. I was so excited and waited several days before I got my nalargon (they were kind of hard to make at that time). I spent the next couple months playing in various cantinas, decided to take up some unarmed combat skills, and joined a guild by the name of WotS (dunno if anyone there remembers me hehe). Sadly being a student and unemployed, I ran out of funds, and I had to cancel my swg account. I was gone for two months. When I came back the game seemed a bit different, but many of my old friends remembered me. I joined -SK-, which was formerly CORE. I played more music and actually got into a bit of a band with a few people. Things were going well, but I thought I should try some new things. I began working on combat and eventually mastered Teras Kasi. I went on for a while like this untill christmas time and I got this interested blue box called a holocron. It told me that I needed to master architect, and I thought hmmm...interesting. At this point some of my close entertainer friends had left the profession so i found myself for the first time...alone. I decided to try this holocron profession, and i dropped some of my musician, vowing to return.
I worked on the hologrind for a while, mastering professions. I got hooked because I was hoping I could get this new "Jedi slot" eventually. Some people I knew had unlocked after doing around 10 professions, but they said I needed to get silent. I jumped on more holocrons and finally one day I got silent. I thought to myself "wow, I am almost there!" granted it took me a while to get there as I would not consider myself a powergamer by any stretch of the imagination. at this point one of my RL friends started playing and did the hologrind as well. I figured cool we can do it together and get jedi, and then I can go back to music. Well i mastered 8,9,10.....nothing, kept going slowly but eventually started to get really bored. I was tempted to go back to music and after reaching 16 professions, news came of a new "quest system" I decided that at that point I would quit grinding and return to the profession I love. I went back to music, playing for a while but mastering the profession much quicker than before. Made more friends. Then suddenly my world was sent into turmoil again.
The new quest system came out, and upon entering the village I found that I could not pursue the part of the quest system that musicians could do because I needed to be a master medic. I thought "I don't want to drop any music skill or any of my combat abilities, I could fight if I did that." So I thought long and hard....And after resolving that the requirement of medic for the quest would not change. I decided to jump back into combat for the meantime.
Anyhow just wanted to show my story up to this point...long post and I kinda rushed through it but I wanted to show how my experience in the game started, and the downturn it has taken to this point. Currently I am playing the game a way I do not enjoy. I have one want...to unlock my slot so that I can make another character to play music. I do not want Jedi, but thats another story. I have come to the realization that at this current point, I would have to grind for at least 6 months based on the time I am able to play this game if I wish to unlock my slot. I have come to the realization that as an entertainer, I will have a very rough time with the FS system. If I want to continue my grin the way I am now...it will mean me missing out on the new song... It will mean me fighting endless mobs over and over.
I miss the old days....when people really appreciated musicians, when I had no idea what the whole jedi thing was and Hersp was me, the musical lizard. I Have mastered musician and entertainer, and felt forced to drop them...and I feel bad now about the whole situation.... Part of me wants to quit the FS grind and go back to my roots, but then I will not be able to obtain what I have spent many hours to achieve.
This lizard was born a musician.....regardless...he will end as a musician no matter what happens. I thank you guys for reading my little bit of a story and apoligize for its messiness. I did not take time to edit it or anything but I just had to get it out. I am a lost soul right now....Do I go back to music and just play the game the way I want? Do I try to unlock? Do I quit the game...and if I did quit, would anyone miss me? /sigh I guess i need to seriously think my options....All but a few of my very close friends have left the game....it is truly sad.
You guys are great, newjedi, you are an inspiration...warryr keep fighting the fight, and all of my friends who may miss this, I love you guys.
Take care,
Hersp Elson
fett3041
Tue Sep 21, 2004 11:35 pm
#2
/sigh...
I know how you feel. Many of us are in the same boat.
Beautiful post.
LyteFoot
Wed Sep 22, 2004 6:59 am
#4
I've been looking for you Hersp, I didn't know why you suddenly disappeared. I mastered Musician recently and had met you one night in Coronet or Theed (sheesh I can't remember which now). I enjoyed playing alongside you that night and really hoped to play together now that all music is open to me. I'm sorry to hear you are having to grind in ways you don't like, come back to the cantinas. 
Valden
Wed Sep 22, 2004 8:20 pm
#6
Thankyou for the kind responses guys. I remember you Elwyn, and grats on master 
. I am just kind of lost as to what I should do at this point. I may very well return...bite the bullet...and just do the remainder of the grind as a musician. Itll take a long time, but at least I will like it I think. If I could choose one thing that I liked the most, it was being a master musician/master entertainer/master pikeman. Unfortunately since I need 24 skill points for my FS skills...I cannot do this, so I will have to dabble if I want to keep some combat ability. I will have to see what would be the best situation for me...I must say that I really dont want to have to survey for the other senses quests...but I guess it is not the end of the world since I can do that with novice artisan.
. I am just kind of lost as to what I should do at this point. I may very well return...bite the bullet...and just do the remainder of the grind as a musician. Itll take a long time, but at least I will like it I think. If I could choose one thing that I liked the most, it was being a master musician/master entertainer/master pikeman. Unfortunately since I need 24 skill points for my FS skills...I cannot do this, so I will have to dabble if I want to keep some combat ability. I will have to see what would be the best situation for me...I must say that I really dont want to have to survey for the other senses quests...but I guess it is not the end of the world since I can do that with novice artisan.
Echinacea
Thu Sep 23, 2004 5:13 am
#7
I'm facing much the same dillemma as to what to do when (if) I ever manage to open my second character slot. I want to go back to being a Master Musician/Dancer so that people will actually want to come to me for buffs. (As it is now, I can say in spatial in the Coronet or TheedCantina or around the Starport that I'm doing 125% musician buffs, and I might get one taker. If I stand in the Cantina and play for 3 hours, I might get 4 or 5 people who want the service I can offer. They'd rather go use the human Master Dancer/Musician on a looping macro. Less hassle than actually talking to a real person.) And I miss my mandoviol so much....
I love being a swordsman. Love it. Can't be a Master if I'm going to re-master dance. Definitely not if I want to master all the performing arts (ME/MM/MD). On the other hand...I can keep the ability to HeadHit3, the defense line and the mind bleeds (0-3-4-4 Swords) if I only do 4-0-4-0 Dance (Exotic3 is nice, if you're a female avatar). I could still wield a scythe. I could still, basically, keep enough Sword skill to PvE for a change of pace and to earn enough to support myself. I'm still playing around with the character builder, trying to decide what I really want.
Anyway, so my point is...you can accomplish PvE combat without being a master in a combat discipline. Just a thought.
(Oh, and don't forget...you can do Surveying AFK, and right in the Village, to convert to Enhanced Senses xp. 
So much for entertainers having it easy with being able to AFK the convertible xp, hmmm?)
So much for entertainers having it easy with being able to AFK the convertible xp, hmmm?)Message Edited by Echinacea on 09-23-2004 08:15 AM
LyteFoot
Thu Sep 23, 2004 5:43 am
#8
Every single activity can be AFK macroed it just depends on how long you want to work on experience. You can get combat by sitting at a meatlump spawn spot, medic with a tumbler, etc. Musician is easiest to get MAX xp from but our max is far lower than the other professions.
There are threads on how to max combat XP in 3 hours. Talk about absurd. I just hope the combat rebalance gets the combat characters back in line with the game content. As a master rifleman on buffs I can take on anything. Even the very largest creatures I can conceal shot for 30 minutes without worry. There is no reason that should be possible and it kills a lot of content.
I'm in the same boat that I don't have the skill points to do the trees unless I give something up. I just accomplished master ent and master musician so I don't want to drop that. The master rifleman I enjoy because I can make a virtual living and protect my lady from the red dots.
I personally don't understand wanting a second slot but thats because I've never enjoyed trying to play multiple characters. I tend to find myself a role and play it heavily and as immersively as possible, managing two characters with different personalities is just too confusing.
Hersp if the grind gets too bad just know you have a band partner who will be ATK.
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