Scout Archive
Thread: Introduction... to me!
Most of you know me already from my posts here and on the Ranger board, but for those who don't I will give a brief run-down of who I am and what I play.
My main character is Paks, on Radiant. I started off a Scout, and it is the one mastery I have never given up. I played a Master Ranger/Master Creature Handler/Pistoleer for many months, eventually dropping some of Ranger, dabbling around in Squad Leader and BH and eventually going for Master Rifleman, which I kept for almost a year.
Post respec I have returned to Master Ranger/Master Creature Handler and do not expect to drop that anytime soon. On other servers... well I have about 17 characters total spread across two accounts, so I've tried a lot of stuff and been many professions, though I wouldn't say seriously.
In real life I live in the northeast US and work as a Technical Writer. Which is why I do not write guides on the forums, ever.
And yes, I am a career writer and still do not know how to spell. /poke AlmagillWhat you can expect of me as Corr is that I will pass along bugs, issues, questions, hopes and dreams to the developers. And hopefully, if the gamer gods are smiling, have something to pass back to you. I will support the Elite Corrs when they need it... and possibly when they don't. /halo Above all I will have fun, and I hope you do too.
I think I am extremely lucky to have this position after two such great Corrospondents, as well as a large "Scout Council" of experienced long-time players who will probably beat me to answering questions and providing info. I have always enjoyed being a part of this community, and if I can impart even a fraction of our excitement and enjoyment of the game and of your ideas and experiences to the developers, we are going to have some kick-ass scout based professions by the end of the year. Reality will always dictate what will actually happen or not of course, but I think we have a good foundation built by the hard work of the former and present Corrs, and we definitely have, and are, an excellent group of people.
I look forward to it.
/salute Scouts
Cant wait to get started Paks
Always good combining forces with the scout corr and it works to great effect (see what happened when JB and I joined up, similarly with Calc before he and the rest of thegloweysgot kicked out of corr forums)
BTW, something I've always meant to ask you.. is your forum name based off the fluffy voorpaks creature of naboo?
To quote my "wildlife of Star Wars" field guide (geek here), they're cute and fluffy in appearance, but "fierce when provoked".. with sharp pointy teeth!
My name is a mix of two of my favorite fantasy books from a while back. Featuring the characters Paksenarrion and Miles Vorkosigan. No one has yet picked the name vorpaks before me on an email system or forum.
Have a nice time and congrats.
Vorpaks, a very hearty welcome!
Many things to address, to include the utter, unthinking idiocy of trapping XP being nerfed from here to the Kessel sector if you don't level it when your combat level is n00bish.
This is just beyond insane. It means, basically, there will be no new master scouts, and no new rangers. This needs to be looked into and addressed at once. Another little, gamebreaking detail that the devs missed in their headlong efforts to warp this game into an elf game with and SWG skin.
SioBabble wrote:Vorpaks, a very hearty welcome!
Many things to address, to include the utter, unthinking idiocy of trapping XP being nerfed from here to the Kessel sector if you don't level it when your combat level is n00bish.
This is just beyond insane. It means, basically, there will be no new master scouts, and no new rangers. This needs to be looked into and addressed at once. Another little, gamebreaking detail that the devs missed in their headlong efforts to warp this game into an elf game with and SWG skin.
Owens been right on top of this and now that I have my feet wet I'll be stomping around on it too.
From their current answers they seem to think this is a Ranger problem, when what it is actually a progression problem. I think when they understand that this is the same problem as trying to level a second weapons profession after you have already mastered one (the reason level-based weaponry came in) things may go smoother.
Why wasn't I told about the "Scout Council?"
No one tells me anything anymore . . . . . . . 
BioEngine wrote:
Why wasn't I told about the "Scout Council?"
No one tells me anything anymore . . . . . . .
mostly because of the horrid....horrid things we have to do to get in......
*Aide walks up and whispers into Hak's ear then walks away smoothly*
Wait a minute.... you mean i DIDN'T have to clean those rancor pens to get in?!!!!!
/faint
Hakai wrote:
BioEngine wrote:
Why wasn't I told about the "Scout Council?"
No one tells me anything anymore . . . . . . .
mostly because of the horrid....horrid things we have to do to get in......
*Aide walks up and whispers into Hak's ear then walks away smoothly*
Wait a minute.... you mean i DIDN'T have to clean those rancor pens to get in?!!!!!
/faint
Hakai,
You don't seem to understand.
YOU still needed to clean out the rancor pens. And scratch Candyass in the right place.
Others did not.
It's your destiny.