Teras Kasi Archive

Guys, I do agree with 90% of what you all say in regards to changes etc. But i also think you guys are missing a huge point of this whole thing. You are all thinking too small, gotta think globally. Think about EQ a min. Think how when they started out it was just Everquest, then they added kunark, velious... so on and so forth, when they came out with the game it went by too fast, so they added lvls from 50 to 55, then 60, now 65... everquest is one major time sink. They want you to keep buying expansions and lvling, soon itll be lvl 70. Same goes here guys, SoE made everquest, what makes you think they wouldnt do it with SWG? They nerfed the hell out of us TKs, Now they are moving onto the CH, Commando profession. Next will be pistoleer etc. They are nerfing us down so we cant do alot of specials, we have 30sec timers, we dont do as much dmg etc BECAUSE they want us to keep playing, the slower they make this game progress the more cash they make. You think they did it this all on accident, heh ya right. Now i bet the devs dont even know SoE's plans, they are told to do something and they do it, fix it, nerf it, etc. But SoE has planned this from step one, introduce the game at a pre nerf lvl to GRAB everyones attention, then WHAM! NERF! Slow us right down, and they know by this time most of us are hooked so we are gonna roll with the punchs. Take nerf after nerf. I dont know why im posting this but i felt everyone should know incase everyone hasnt thought of this little scenario.

Yes, SWG is going to be a time sink. Thats just the way it is. Good , bad or indifferent.

"Welcome to Capitalism, everyone. Get used to it. It's all about money. It's a business. If we have fun at it, that's just a bonus."


You cant use that excuse, they are not going to make any cash pissing people off.

Not sure why the original post got "1" star -- I think it was dead right, and its a shame that the only way a MMO company knows to make money is by dragging on the tedium for years, rather than really reaching new content thresholds. I would love a game that had the philosphy "we want you to master you character in 2 to 6 months - becuase our committment is to throw so much content at you you'll keep playing for years, not because your miserably grinding away the xp, but because it is F U N.

MMOs are like an addiction -- half the time its not actually fun, its just the hope and illusion that it might be fun...ONE DAY, and that day never comes.

Fortunately I can actually say I am having fun right now, but who knows how long that will last.

Your right we should all be able to finish the game and get to the high end content in a few weeks. heh

So many people are concerned with the end result and getting to the end, why dont you learn to enjoy the journey, it will make your time playing a lot more fun. Its a game enjoy your time playing make some friends, join a guild, go exploring, dont be so consumed with getting to master whatever. That will come with time, think about having fun, that way you are enjoying the time you invest, it doesnt become a chore to playand you areacomplishing a goal.

In Ultima I made a 6*GM + powerscrolled bard in about 2 weeks.

Yeah..I 8*8 AFK macrod it.

120 Music
120 Provo
120 Peace
110 Mage
110 Med
110 Eval

I had fun with him for a year.

I played the original Asheron's Call for almost four years. In that time I had and archer at lvl 35 and a staff warrior at lvl 50. Minor accomplishments given the span of time, but I had lots of fun in that game.

True but they are pissing off alot of people including people that would buy expansion after expansion before they can even release an expansion. You have to get people hooked in the beginning so they won't leave, and you won't get people hooked by screwing them over. I see lots more leaving, which means less money for them.

Welcome to Capitalism, everyone. Get used to it. It's all about money. It's a business. If we have fun at it, that's just a bonus.

Ya im gonna have to agree with you there, but thats the thing, they are looking at it as we are already hooked, they dont seem to realize this isnt EQ, that the majority of us are fans of Star Wars and what they are doing is taking something we grew accustomed to and basically just ripping it out from underneath us. We've all read the books, seen the movies etc. We all know a TK is feared by jedi, we all know TKs are driven by the force from within. Right now im driven by the fear im gonna get killed by a shauput. I mean really its sad, the devs told us they are gonna balance each class one at a time, thats total bs cause for one its gonna take them a GOOD MONTH to do each class, in the mean time we are getting raped in pvp, second they could have done it like they did with EQ and do each class a little at a time all at once.

The other problem with the devs is there is no inbetween with them, either we were way overpowered, to now we are way underpowered, i mean they nerfed the crap out of us, now our HAMs drain faster then i can say NERF. Theres no happy medium. Look devs you cant just go from one extreme to another. Fine you wanted to raise the KD HAM cost, fine raise it but not so that if i wanna use it, it take 650 with a VK!!! I mean come on guys think about it.

We seriously need to get these issues dealt with, not TK Proposed fixs, not some stupid 5 or 6 word sentence explanations etc. How about when you respond to us giving us a nice paragraph saying whats being done, whats being fixed, whats not gonna be touched etc. You know things like this would calm alot of us down.