Pikeman Archive

Well, at least it seems they're trying to maintain some semblance of difficulty. That's somewhat positive to hear. As for leaving the "common" professions behind...the fact is that this game has mostly become all about Jedi. People are either Jedi or trying to become Jedi, add to the fact Lucas' aggressive marketing of Jedi and the fact that many people buy the game to become Jedi, and you see the true, sad fact that Jedi=$$$. It's an underestimation of the playerbase. SOE has passed the point of no return, they cannot keep Jedi as an ultra-rare class anymore, restricting the openings will infuriate so many, but allowing the current flood of Jedi to enter the game will also end up infuriating many. In the end, Jedi will become (in terms of economy, story, continuity, fairness, etc) the undoing of the game.

Honestly, who didn't want to be a Jedi before the holocrons were introduced? I certainly did. But the way they have implemented it is terrible, and the class has attracted and will continue to attract anyone and everyone, from people who don't want a challenge, people who just want to craft, and especially the most unsavory players on each server.

On my server, we've already seen successful Jedi raids (a group of 7 or so) on Bestine and Imperial player cities, and this can only be expected to increase. I do not look forward to the same exploiters and griefers who played their regular characters, and made people hate them, having immense power and nothing to hold them back from using it whenever they wish, and/or ruining the game for the rest of us.

antares
master pikeman

Message Edited by GabrielsSword on 02-25-2004 06:02 AM

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antares_Kauri wrote:

SOE has passed the point of no return, they cannot keep Jedi as an ultra-rare class anymore, restricting the openings will infuriate so many, but allowing the current flood of Jedi to enter the game will also end up infuriating many.

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The uniquness of the Jedi was ruined the day they introduced the holocronsystem I wonder how they plan to feed the masses ones this so called "revamp" hits? It should get very interesting...

I too wanted to be a Jedi when the game first came out. Seeing the holocron system and seeing the types of people who are actually powergaming their way to Jedi has changed me completely.

The profession now sickens me and I am totally aware that this is only a game and how harsh that statement is but I mean it. The constant whining by the "Jedi", the exploiting to Jedi and the exploiting through Jedi (rooftop xp anyone) hasmade me want to stay as far away from that professionas possible.

I'm sure there are noble Jedi but the whiners, exploiters and griefers who are opening up their FS slots by the truckloads has given them all a bad name. And this comes from a former Bounty Hunter during the days of eyeshot spamming. I think the calibur of Jedi are a far more worse lot than eyeshot spammers ever were.

I want absolutely nothing to do with the Jedi of SWG.

Message Edited by MagusZDark on 02-19-2004 02:36 PM

What disappointed me about the Jedi system was that it relied on just mastering professions. I always thought it would be a series of difficult quests and clues that you would have to solve. From what I hear, that is the way the devs plan to make the path to Jedi in the future, but why wasn't it that way from the beginning.

Master Artisan, Master Dancer, Master Pikeman, Master Bio-Engineer...congratulations you are now a Jedi. WHAT?!?!