Smuggler Archive

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Tiggs wrote:

Your post has been read and passed on. I would like to add that I represent the Communities views all the time. It is my and TH's jobs to let the team know how you will react to changes. Sometimes changes need to go in that the team feels will help the games long term goals even if the community doesn't agree.

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from_beyond wrote:

Would be nice if Tiggs came back and answered some of these questions. But I guess she's too busy doing other important things that make the game better. She's certainly not just playing a pointless game of hide and seek with people over on the quest and missions forum...certainly not...

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To you it is pointless and others enjoyed it, you are entitled to your opinion =) I do have other job duties then the forums and yes posting that forum game was one of them.

I just want them to change grenade xp (combat xp) to heavy weapons xp..to stop the nade chucking exploiters...and then change the FS combat xp trade in back to 1:3 ...instead of the insanely unfair 1:30. I hate it when they seem to take the easy way out...

I just want to say...with my 300th post....that..

I like Tiggs

Despite the fact she works for deaf/blind people .

Message Edited by Omicron2 on 08-30-2005 02:09 AM

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Tiggs wrote:

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MISTagent01 wrote:
Yeah, I'll repost my original post too, since we got a bit derailed there:

Tiggs:

I'd love to see an Astromech stats where you guys tell us what percentage of those 1 million copies of SWG sold are still ACTIVE subscriptions. You can sell a million copies of anything, but it's subscriptions that really tell a story.

SOE and LA are surely baffled that the most beloved franchise in the history of film isn't doing 1/8th of the business that a generic MMO like WoW is...the turnover rate is so high for this game that it's probably confused all of you...why hasn't SWG performed the way it SHOULD? The simple fact of the matter is this: you can NOT implement an Alpha class into an MMO. It never works, because over time, everyone will have attained that Alpha class (with the exception of people purposefully trying NOT to,) and the game becomes heavily unbalanced and nowhere near "fun." Yes, you looked the other way when it came to Jedi, and I have no problem with that. It's the fact that they remain an Alpha class that has sucked the heart and soul out of this game. Armorsmiths and Weaponsmiths quit everyday because there are less and less players to craft for, since Jedi don't wear craftable armor and craft their own weapons. Entertainers have left in droves because they have no place in the GCW, and have been far removed from the rest of the playerbase. Everyone else (except BH) are cancelling because for the most part, they're treated like annoying flies on a hot summer day.

If SOE and LA only realized that if they stopped directing most content towards Jedi, and subsequently spread out that extra attention to EVERY NON-JEDI profession, the entire game would flourish again. Do you realize that resources being used right now on the FRS system could be used to re-build the GCW, give smugglers smuggling, re-energize the Entertainer professions, and possibly fix so many of the bugs still plaguing crafters?

I know it's just your job to relay information...but as Community Director, you're supposed to be on OUR side, not theirs. You need to want to help us, not just relay one way and not the other.

I'm aware you have other posts to read, but if you do read this, relay it to someone that has some common sense and can do something about it. You weren't around when this game first launched, so let me paint a picture of my server for you:

Theed was a bustling commerce city...people were hawking their wares, dancing, laughing, dueling, and having a rollicking good time. Cantinas were packed with beautiful Entertainers of every race, shape and size...along with scoundrels, Stormtroopers, and drunks. People grouped up and stuck together in the wilderness, and you ALWAYS took a Scout or a Ranger with you. We lived our own Star Wars saga. We created our own personas, our own histories, and it all blended into this wonderful, magical experience that I will always remember.

That magic is gone now, but I'd pay 50 bucks a month to have it back.

/tiphat

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Your post has been read and passed on. I would like to add that I represent the Communities views all the time. It is my and TH's jobs to let the team know how you will react to changes. Sometimes changes need to go in that the team feels will help the games long term goals even if the community doesn't agree.

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Shes my hero.

(sory tiggs, not you)

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Fernas wrote:

Sometimes changes need to go in that the team feels will help the games long term goals even if the community doesn't agree.

you opened the gate, and i'm stepping through. do tell us about these longterm goals. we, the players, should really have an opportunity to approve or disapprove of them.

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In the next few weeks there will be more information on this.

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Tiggs wrote:

I am heading to bed now and will check back here again. Night to those of you awake. =)

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Bring some water to bed I'm thirsty

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Tiggs wrote:

I am heading to bed now and will check back here again. Night to those of you awake. =)

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*lick*

*cough* furball *cough*

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Tiggs wrote:

Regarding the Smuggler upgrade it will come.

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Whoa... am I the only one who's had a serious deja vu feeling right now?

The point is, we heard it all before, but when are you (meaning SOE, not you personally Tiggs) going to deliver? That's the problem, you see: we've had so many broken promises that there's hardly anyone around that will take the above statement seriously. At least I know that I'll believe in it when I see it, not one second sooner.

And anyway, what happened to JFreeman's "We're going to stop promising a Smuggler Revamp we never seem to get around to deliver"?? Maybe you should heed that advice, Tiggs. Because making promises like this only opens you up to flames, when yet again your Dev team won't come through.

i like the idea of a new expansion with added content. i love it. this game needs more content. more things to do. there should be so many things to do that i dont know where to start.

unfortunately, there isn't at the moment, im waiting to unlock jedi, and as such have done everything else there is to do. sometimes i log in, wonder around my house on lok, chat with the guild a little, and then log off, because there isnt one thing i can think of to do that would interest me.

so, to kill the time until i unlock, ive purchased world of warcraft. at first, didnt really think it was my thing, but as you get into it, its really enjoyable. i even took a week off work to play it. i would choose SWG over WoW anyday, but this game needs more things to do and i think the new expansion will be just the thing to do that.

When RoTW came out, i was one of the first few people to pre order the DD, and that kept me busy for ages. but now that it's all done, i have no reason to go back there.

this is just my opinion, bug fixes are great and severely needed, but without content, ppl get bored, and sooner or later, there wont be anyone to fix bugs for.

thanx for reading