Pilot Archive
Thread: Hello, fellow pilots
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RedOnedi
Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:27 am
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I just wanted to take a moment to introduce myself. I am Domingo Chavez, on the Kettemoor galaxy (hey Kirsha and Janu).
I am currently a Smugglers' Alliance Master Pilot, and I enjoy space quite a bit. I am hoping to be able to perhaps help newer pilots, and maybe post some ideas for where SWG could go in space.
This forum is fantastic in terms of knowledge and help, and I hope that I can add to it.
As a primer, my stance on a few things space related:
1) Space is not dangerous enough. Notice I did not say difficult, I said dangerous, and those words are not mutually inclusive in this case.
2) While I absolutely love the convenience, I am sorry to say that the Travel function needs to go away, with one exception. There are people who are not interested in advancing their pilot skills any more than necessary to get to Kashyyyk, and they feel (correctly, I might add) that they should not have to pay for interstellar transport anymore once they have purchased JTL/ROTW. I think the freebie starter ship should be the only one that can use the Travel function, and it should be able to reach Kashyyk by some means or other. The reason I feel this way is because it completely disjoints space from the ground...the *stars* from the *wars*, so to speak, and at least for me, kind of kills the immersion factor. Like I said, I do love the convenience, but I would not be sad if it went away. For those who are curious...I manually fly from place to place 90% of the time.
3) Jedi abilites in space...negative Ghostrider, the pattern is full. While I do believe that Jedi Knights are probably really good pilots, the only way to manifest these heightened reflexes would be to give them something like a 5 point PYR boost...and I can just hear the screams from that. On the other hand, being a Jedi Master did not seem to help Plo Kloon (in his JSF, no less) avoid getting blown to pieces when 66 went live...sorry Jedi, the Force is not with you in space.
4) Prestige exp conversion: See above. While it would benefit me (and a great amount of others, certainly) quite a bit...nope.
5) POB's: The Krayt, Oppressor, B-wing, and Firespray are all masterworthy ships. The POB's, even with a great crew...are not. I would like to see them boosted, and in a big way. Some say it would trivialize PvE content if they were boosted too much...well, most of what I hear in these forums seems to say that PvE is largely trivial as it is, especially if you fly an Actis or Grievous (which is absolutely true). Personally, I think POB's *should* be overpowered, perhaps to the point that a 4-person POB crew cleans house faster and better than those same 4 in their starfighters of choice.
Anyway, I look forward to conversing with you all in the future, and thank you all for making this forum as great as it is.
Domingo
I am currently a Smugglers' Alliance Master Pilot, and I enjoy space quite a bit. I am hoping to be able to perhaps help newer pilots, and maybe post some ideas for where SWG could go in space.
This forum is fantastic in terms of knowledge and help, and I hope that I can add to it.
As a primer, my stance on a few things space related:
1) Space is not dangerous enough. Notice I did not say difficult, I said dangerous, and those words are not mutually inclusive in this case.
2) While I absolutely love the convenience, I am sorry to say that the Travel function needs to go away, with one exception. There are people who are not interested in advancing their pilot skills any more than necessary to get to Kashyyyk, and they feel (correctly, I might add) that they should not have to pay for interstellar transport anymore once they have purchased JTL/ROTW. I think the freebie starter ship should be the only one that can use the Travel function, and it should be able to reach Kashyyk by some means or other. The reason I feel this way is because it completely disjoints space from the ground...the *stars* from the *wars*, so to speak, and at least for me, kind of kills the immersion factor. Like I said, I do love the convenience, but I would not be sad if it went away. For those who are curious...I manually fly from place to place 90% of the time.
3) Jedi abilites in space...negative Ghostrider, the pattern is full. While I do believe that Jedi Knights are probably really good pilots, the only way to manifest these heightened reflexes would be to give them something like a 5 point PYR boost...and I can just hear the screams from that. On the other hand, being a Jedi Master did not seem to help Plo Kloon (in his JSF, no less) avoid getting blown to pieces when 66 went live...sorry Jedi, the Force is not with you in space.
4) Prestige exp conversion: See above. While it would benefit me (and a great amount of others, certainly) quite a bit...nope.
5) POB's: The Krayt, Oppressor, B-wing, and Firespray are all masterworthy ships. The POB's, even with a great crew...are not. I would like to see them boosted, and in a big way. Some say it would trivialize PvE content if they were boosted too much...well, most of what I hear in these forums seems to say that PvE is largely trivial as it is, especially if you fly an Actis or Grievous (which is absolutely true). Personally, I think POB's *should* be overpowered, perhaps to the point that a 4-person POB crew cleans house faster and better than those same 4 in their starfighters of choice.
Anyway, I look forward to conversing with you all in the future, and thank you all for making this forum as great as it is.
Domingo
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