Ranger Archive
Thread: Revised harvesting changes..
DesktopSaki
Thu Feb 17, 2005 11:32 pm
#27
Mixed feelings here.
I'd've been happy with them simply removing the hit and leaving it at that, actually. I used to group a lot and hated the hit, but nearly everyone I grouped with hasleft SWG(and sorry, but 90% of the people in this game don't have a clue on how to hunt as a group), so I've become a soloer, no matter what I'm hunting. I like the solitude, to be honest. I can go AFK whenever I want. 
On top of that, even those groups without a Ranger will get a bonus.
On top of that, even those groups without a Ranger will get a bonus. So now I feel like I'm being penalized for not grouping.
I know I'm probably the one looking a gift horse in the mouth, but... I'd rather have seen the penalty removed, our camps set up so dancers/musicians could heal wounds *and* BF *and* buff in them, and give other players a small bonus increase as an enticement to have us in their groups.
I guess I need to think about this one.
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Any word on whether they'll fix it so that when one person harvests a creature, it will NOT speed up corpse decay? (Does it still do that?) It kind of sucks trying to coordinate 3 or 4 people harvesting when that happens, especially when it's the guy with Novice Scout doing it while the rest of us are still fighting.
(Edited for an unfortunate font accident.)
Message Edited by DesktopSaki on 02-18-2005 01:34 AM
Lancesod
Fri Feb 18, 2005 12:33 am
#28
It just occured to me that a Master Ranger is always within 64 meters of him/herself. I wonder if we now get 40% bonus by grouping with the harvest droid.
I wonder if we now get 40% bonus by grouping with the harvest droid.Maybe it is time I get one.
BR/~~L
Kiryoku
Fri Feb 18, 2005 12:55 am
#29
wow... i'm amazed...
good job all of you... and props to the devs for listening to our suggestions....
darmokVtS
Fri Feb 18, 2005 3:11 am
#30
This specific variation is good(tm) :-).
The general bonus for groups is still there and for those who wanted to see a ranger perk it's just an even bigger bonus.
The general bonus for groups is still there and for those who wanted to see a ranger perk it's just an even bigger bonus.
Message Edited by darmokVtS on 02-18-2005 11:19 AM
DaveG
Fri Feb 18, 2005 3:24 am
#31
I still think they ought to not to of put any bonuses in.
Any group harvesting bonus leads to Solo-Groups.
Solo-Groups leads to Hassle.
Hassle leads to Hate.
Hate leads to Suffering.
Just remove the 40% group penalty and stop there. As Paul Dirac always said, the simplest solution is always the right solution.
DaveG
Fri Feb 18, 2005 3:26 am
#32
DesktopSaki wrote:
That'd be nice, if we got the 40% for grouping with our droid.
You can say "what's the point" anyway because people will be doing this with solo-groups anyway.
DaveG
Fri Feb 18, 2005 4:10 am
#34
So I did, it's even worse than I thought, we don't have a work around. They are truely sticking it to solo players now.
Message Edited by DaveG on 02-18-2005 11:11 AM
JBMat
Fri Feb 18, 2005 4:23 am
#35
I have got to quit working and just sit and play all day.
Oh wait, I was doing that and my wife beat me about the head.
Well rats.
Guess Owen and Calc done good.
JB
Caramina
Fri Feb 18, 2005 4:28 am
#36
This is great change - i still think that normal groups without rangers shouldnt get any advantage tho, just remove the penalty
maybe this:
Master scout in group would remove the penalty
Ranger in group would provide small bonus
Master ranger in group would provide phat bonus
This sensible?
note - i agree also with dave (below) that best situation imho would be just removal of the penalty (perma penalty removal for master rangers, remove group penalty for anyone hunting with master rangers)
Message Edited by Caramina on 02-18-2005 03:37 AM
DaveG
Fri Feb 18, 2005 4:31 am
#37
Any word on if this works by grouping with droids/pets or not?
I strongly feel there is a better argument for just removing the penalty and having no bonus, rather than how the purposed change is now. Those of us who like to hunt independantly are effectively being penalised 20% to 40% with this change.
I know SWG isa MMORPG, and people want to emphasise the MM part, but they do so at the cost of the RP part.
Message Edited by DaveG on 02-18-2005 11:34 AM
Dariane_Kamutsovy
Fri Feb 18, 2005 4:57 am
#38
DaveG wrote:
I still think they ought to not to of put any bonuses in.
Any group harvesting bonus leads to Solo-Groups.
Solo-Groups leads to Hassle.
Hassle leads to Hate.
Hate leads to Suffering.
Just remove the 40% group penalty and stop there. As Paul Dirac always said, the simplest solution is always the right solution.
You forgot one...
Suffering leads to the dark side ...
Dariane_Kamutsovy
Fri Feb 18, 2005 4:59 am
#39
DaveG wrote:
So I did, it's even worse than I thought, we don't have a work around. They are truely sticking it to solo players now.
Message Edited by DaveG on 02-18-2005 11:11 AM
Hmm...
Unless the 2 of us work together... Both MRanger... We get 80% bonius????
rofl