Pilot Archive
Thread: Wow, they didn't pull it. Viduus is going to try again.
I can't justify paying $40cdn/mo (2 accounts) for a chat client, and quite frankly I have other flying games with more challenge and fun than JtL, so that is not justification either.... and I am truly expecting them to break JtL with the release of RotW as well.
Message Edited by 1st_Viduus on 05-01-2005 10:13 AM
BTW, Keep your stuff, infact, make sure your house rents paid out for the next 6 to 12 months. You never know when you'll be back to an MMO that manages to tick you off. (voice of experience, been there, done that - except EQ.. i will NEVER touch that one EVER again, no matter what they do to it)
Good luck out there, man.
Wow..... real sorry to see you go, Viduus. Though I can't say I blame ya, or won't follow....
Long story short, it felt like i was playing Everquest again, the one MMO, i will NEVER play again. Just trying to kill a single level 10 mob that was green to me, (whilst im lv l6) was sheer idiocy. Took me forever to kill him for 300 rifle xp. Nevermind that sony's grouping the mobs and they all shoot at you at once. I don't mind alot of changes, infacti like most of them, but forced grouping is a big turn off. I've played ALOT of MMO's so i was skeptical of all the forum whining, but this morning gave me a good glimpse at where their comign from.
JTL is about the only thing worth playing now. ROTW had better be DAMN good and grab me by the cahonies cause i have nothing else to do in space (ive done it all just about), and thats like the only thing left now.
Im rather disappointed, SWG had the promise of being a full sprectrum game. JTL is the ONLY thing that sets it apart. If it werent for JTL, SWG as a whole isn't worth the 5 minutes it took me to write this post.
1st_Viduus wrote:
CU broke everything about SWG, at least insofar as my characters and accounts, excepting JtL.
I can't justify paying $40cdn/mo (2 accounts) for a chat client, and quite frankly I have other flying games with more challenge and fun than JtL, so that is not justification either.... and I am truly expecting them to break JtL with the release of RotW as well.
So, unless something changes, quickly, my billing date was to be tomorrow... I won't be able to post come then.
Bye folks, it was fun butting heads, making friends, giving my respect, earning yours, fighting you in space, teaching you what I could.... and learning from all of you as well.
/cheers
Here's to hoping they fix it.
Signing off...
SWG.Ahazi.Viduus
/peace
Well.
Update....
Part of the reason SWG is borked for me is:
1. My main is master smuggler/master shipwright *0111*pistoleer (I had more but somehow I lost 2 boxes with CU). That leaves me at level 57 combat, and I am forced to wear a visually displeasing armor.... while wearing said armor I was SLAIN by a LEVEL 11 VYNOCK.
To make Viduus VIABLE, I need to DROP MSW (which I had intended to do at some point anyhow)... all my weapons excepting ONE are now Master Pistoleer certed, and I can find no decent weapons I AM certed for, since they are not listed in my skills anymore.
Dropping MSW *now* means.... losing a 5-use KSE schematic. I can't build these ships because there is no decent steel spawning or for sale in the galaxy sufficient to meet my needs... and using a lesser steel is not an option - as everyone knows, I refuse to build *crap*. Waiting for a spawn would mean a minimum period far surpassing the RESPEC window --> but that is irrelevant since CRAFTING SKILLS are not respec-enabled. (despite the fact that I've held other combat profs, and have paid and played long enough to warrant it, and the CU directly caused my character to lose combat viability.)
2. My second account is a 4xMaster Entertainer.
LOL
I should not even need to explain how useless this account is now.
Respec is NOT ALLOWED for Entertainers, despite the fact that before this I was a Master Swords/Master Fencer/Master TK - and have PAID and PLAYED for enough time to warrant it - and the CU is DIRECTLY responsible for making this character unplayable to any advantage.
DESPITE THIS
My guild is going to help me recover some of the *minimum* 30mill loss I am to incur from losing the use of these schematics.
I am going to *manually grind* PISTOLEER (which I had previously mastered) under this new system, and expect it to take a full MONTH at LEAST... since XP is so impossible to gain in this new system.
So I've reactivated Viduus.
For ONE MONTH, pending a change (which I do not expect).
NOT FOR SOE, THEIR BS CU, THEIR SUPPORT, ATTENTIVE EAR TO THE CUSTOMER, OR ANYTHING THEY HAVE DONE FOR THE PLAYER BASE.
I'm reactivating for THE COMMUNITY.
SOE - SWG Devs - you get NO respect from me. PERIOD.
SWG COMMUNITY ---> you are some of the best people I've had the pleasure of encountering.
Good to hear you're giving it a test spin. However, if a level 11 flit is killing you, that's not because your combat template's no good, but because that mob hasn't been balanced yet. I was personally chomped to bits by two crazed durnis outside my own shop yesterday.. but at the same time, I've been partnering up with a pistoleer friend and killed Mokks, krayts, and had a jedi at our mercy till his ganksquad rounded the corner.
There are a lot of bugs and unbalanced mobs out there still, and if you haven't dropped shipwright yet, I'd recommend playing around some and seeing whether it's necessary. Personally, I feel much more viable in combat than I did a week ago.
I tell ya folks.. when I logged on friday and heard Vid was going to quit.... Not Happy! He's been in my guild for quite sometime now and I am kinda upset that we're losing people due to the way the Dev's handled crafters/entertainers.
The good news is, one of our excellent members convinced Vid to hang with us at least for the month (hehehe she's not oo happy about the CU either though). We're a small guild right now. We've survived the BH Nerf's, CH nerfs, Holocraze, additional nerf's, FS grind, and now the CU is testing our metal.
Vid's a great guy, and I'm gonna be really pissed to lose him due to this pea-brained CU that passed over so many quality players who have dedicated plenty of time and money to this game and the community. I just wanted to say I'm thrilled as pie to have talked to Vid on sunday and find out he's staying with us, at least for now.
I'm just hoping that the Dev's are realizing whats going on. Everytime my guild shrinks in size it's not due to internal drama, it's always some wacky change that the Dev's half assed.
So again, thanks for sticking it out with us Vid, guildchat would be so boring without you, and lord knows I doubt I could keep DS full of Reb corpses the way you do!
/bowrespectfully