Squad Leader Archive
Thread: It's time for a Squad Leader revolution!
It has gone on long enough.
SWG has been out 4 months, and the Squad Leader profession has been either / both broken and useless the entire time. There have been little to no Developer attention to the profession save for thepoorly conceiveddeveloper suggestion to revamp the profession which not only the Squad Leader community, but the SWG community as a whole rejected out of hand.
Our correspondent, the steadfast Captain Vemnox, God bless his soul, has been ignored almost entirely by the developers since becoming our mediator to them.
The few times that new ideas for Squad Leaders have been mentioned at all was by Holocron and pretty much entirely in passing. One of those ideas, giving Squad Leaders the ability to heal mind (in competition at the time with Entertainers), has been given to Combat Medics (on test center now), one of the few professions that works properly and an already dominant one at that.
Some are now saying that we get no attention because there are fewer players that are taking up the Squad Leader profession. Well gee whiz, I wonder why? The passive skills we have are so small that no one can say for a certainty they have ever worked. The abilities we are given are extremely ineffectual and at a rediculously high HAM cost. And to add insult to injury, those same useless abilities are BROKEN and there has been no developer response to even acknowledge this fact! I just can't understand why there aren't very many Squad Leaders in SWG!!! Im starting to think that those of us who arestill trying to use the professionare more or less masochistic, and continue drudging on just for the sheer pain and suffering.
The time for this is at an end though, my friends. Squad Leaders are more than a profession. We are leaders of men. It is time we begin taking action to prove this.
It has become pathetic how excited we get when we get chided by a MODERATOR to list our concerns, despite that we have wallowed in misery over them for months.
Then we get all a twitter about getting a "please be patient" from the new Dev on the block, Thunderheart. Don't get me wrong, I've been familiar with Thunderheart for a long time, both of us being old timers on the SWG boards. I know for a FACT that he has the best interest of the players at heart and will trully try to make a difference.
But the sad fact is, we can't wait much longer. People are leaving the profession every day. We have been patient. We have been pleading. We have despaired. We have signed numerous petitions. None of these have gotten results.
It is time we become more proactive. We need to bring Squad Leader concerns in front of the developers very faces at every opportunity. No longer whining. No longer begging. No longer pleading. No longer threatening to quit. But at every opportunity, remind them many times a day that this is unacceptable.
Do this via messageboards, emails to SoE, emails to LucasArts and by any other means necessary.
The time to sit back and be patient is at an end. If we are trully leaders and not just someone playing with skills, it is time we prove it.
Take action for yourselves and Squad Leaders everywhere!
Viva la Squad Leader Revolution!
Lets try to keep the Squad Leader Posts up in the Disscussion board.
http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=Development&message.id=724376
Yes!
The more the better. Make it so the Devs can't turn around to use the bathroom without seeing a Squad Leader post!