Weaponsmith Archive
Thread: If CU stays as it is, will you STAY or LEAVE?
boceifus2000
Thu Apr 21, 2005 6:00 pm
#41
Whrlwnd13 wrote:
I'm seriously considering quitting if the system goes live even remotely close to the way it is.
besides the issues with weaponsmith, there are a number of things that are leading me out the door.
Weapon Certs I wont be able to equip my favorite weapon a Laser carbine unless I drop Nov Medic and some merchant.
With these template changes i'm still unable to wear armor that doesn't look stupid (composite is the only one i like) Unless I pick up Nov BH. (BTW the composite on TC-EP3didn't allow the user to change the color).
Since I have crappy armor (if any) and a virtually useless weapon. I wont be able to survey or maintain harvs without getting incapped every 3 seconds.
I'm going to give the CU about 2 weeks to decide if i'm going to stay. However, I don't have much hope for the devs tomake it worth staying.Once it goes live i'll change my billing cycle from every 3 months, to month-to-month in protest.
There are a lot of Real Life things that i haven't been getting to do (like work on restoring my 68 Barracuda Notchback) so the CU is a good excuse to quit this addiction.
That was supposed to be a temporary fix (allowing the colors to be changed) because ther was some kind of bug during the crafting process that prevented AS from coloring them. They just never took it out. That was many, many moons ago.
Shug, if ya quit I only need 8 more points to be a 12 point smith, gimmie a shout and we might be able to work somehting out 
SexyJabbaTheHutt
Thu Apr 21, 2005 7:14 pm
#42
Already cancelled all but one of my toons. Granted, I was already one foot out the door, but this combat nerf is the kicker.
I've been in contact with a dev working on the "upgrade" and it seems everyone at SOE is taking this patch as the Holy Grail of patches, the one that will fix everything. With SOEs history, I somehow doubt that.
Lycantha
Fri Apr 22, 2005 2:08 am
#43
I'm already deleting vendors and moving money and things around.. My 12pt Smith is done I think.
Like most of you, never in it for the money. It was a fascinating challenge.
I had looked forward so much to the CU, stupidly believing that we would get MORE challenged, creating weapons that needed Ham reductions, specialized stats, all the things negated by the buff system would become important again. I happily spent two months tweaking and making experimental carbs and taking my Master Carbineer out Unbuffed to test the combos.. lots of fun, learned a lot..and in the end didn't mean anything with the sorry system they scabbed onto this game.
I never dreamed that they would do what they did. Dumb the entire profession down to mass producers of boring, identical consumer crap. We even lost the limited appearance customizations.
We lost our history too. One of my silly fixations was making good "bad" weapons. They went on the wall in my home or shop, sometimes my Combat char played around with them. Well, I took screenies of all of them, cause they will all be transformed into the same bland pap. LOL I spend millions making VERY nice Tangles, Power 5s, Strikers, Tusken Rifles, E-11 Rifles etc.. always pushing them up higher. Stupid me.. all gone.
Well anyway. Welcome to Wal Mart Sporting Goods Department. Stocked vendors and price wars instead of finely crafted Custom Arms.
Really Sad.
Like most of you, never in it for the money. It was a fascinating challenge.
I had looked forward so much to the CU, stupidly believing that we would get MORE challenged, creating weapons that needed Ham reductions, specialized stats, all the things negated by the buff system would become important again. I happily spent two months tweaking and making experimental carbs and taking my Master Carbineer out Unbuffed to test the combos.. lots of fun, learned a lot..and in the end didn't mean anything with the sorry system they scabbed onto this game.
I never dreamed that they would do what they did. Dumb the entire profession down to mass producers of boring, identical consumer crap. We even lost the limited appearance customizations.
We lost our history too. One of my silly fixations was making good "bad" weapons. They went on the wall in my home or shop, sometimes my Combat char played around with them. Well, I took screenies of all of them, cause they will all be transformed into the same bland pap. LOL I spend millions making VERY nice Tangles, Power 5s, Strikers, Tusken Rifles, E-11 Rifles etc.. always pushing them up higher. Stupid me.. all gone.
Well anyway. Welcome to Wal Mart Sporting Goods Department. Stocked vendors and price wars instead of finely crafted Custom Arms.
Really Sad.
Rhadida
Fri Apr 22, 2005 2:10 am
#44
LEAVE
*EDIT*
Let me give some insight on why I would leave:
I loved to make custom weapons and small orders for people, heck if a newb asked my in the carefull way (must have read the question you never ask a WS ) I gave them the weapons for free, just to see the smile on their faces. All that will not be needed anymore, since we cannot make Special of Partically Best weapons. I have never made a weapon with less than best Spawn resources, I invested 6-8 months in collecting all those resources and components. Now I can use those Best Spawn resources and Prime quality components just to amke it so the weapon doesn't have to sliced because the stats are already capped 
) I gave them the weapons for free, just to see the smile on their faces. All that will not be needed anymore, since we cannot make Special of Partically Best weapons. I have never made a weapon with less than best Spawn resources, I invested 6-8 months in collecting all those resources and components. Now I can use those Best Spawn resources and Prime quality components just to amke it so the weapon doesn't have to sliced because the stats are already capped What is the fun it that, I will give it until the 19th of may, then my accounts will expire and if the CU hasn't been changed, well I will be forced to quite
I jsut hope SOE will do something bout it because I used to Love this game, but with the NEW game coming out, I don't think I will like it anymore. Why don't they just call it SWG II and use new servers for the CU, so we can just play the way we want. On CU or without it.... *sigh* but knowing SOE that will probably never happen
Message Edited by Rhadida on 04-22-2005 11:38 AM
JoleneArcher
Fri Apr 22, 2005 2:16 am
#45
Standardlager wrote:
JoleneArcher wrote:
lol i like the people who actually quit before the CU is even finished..
Maybe you just have problems to accept a new system? How long did you really test it?I am not quiting due to the CU actually. The reason I quit is because I think that SOE is giving the players a slap in the face. When 81% say that they are unhappy with the changes why go against popular opinion? It is thePLAYERS that make this game. To completely IGNORE us and lie is awful.
THAT is why I quit.
Maybe 81% of some hundred players on the forums which are all actually whining on the CU. The votes on JtL weren't that good too on the forums...
Kntajus
Fri Apr 22, 2005 4:02 am
#46
Standardlager wrote:
Maybe 81% of some hundred players on the forums which are all actually whining on the CU. The votes on JtL weren't that good too on the forums...
And hardly anyone played JTL past the first 3 weeks or so. Your point, caller?
Message Edited by Kntajus on 04-22-2005 12:02 PM
Ryle80
Fri Apr 22, 2005 5:39 am
#47
Most likely try it out for a month or so. If im not happy with it I will cancel both my armoursmith and my weaponsmith accounts.
Lekki
Fri Apr 22, 2005 8:16 am
#49
I'm already gone. 12pt Master Weaponsmith/Master Armoursmith, loved every minute of SWG's crafting system, and stuck around in the vain hope that the threatened CU crafting changes wouldn't stick, but the news kept getting worse and worse rather than better. My accounts are all active for a month or two, but I haven't played in weeks, it's just too depressing. Already started an account on WoW, the crafting system doesn't compare to what we had here, but it's relatively engaging and the game itself is a lot more fun than I expected it to be. Best wishes and good luck to anyone who stays, but the heart and soul of SWG has been ripped out for me with this CU.
Whrlwnd13
Fri Apr 22, 2005 1:48 pm
#51
AestusMaris wrote:
check out today's poll -- recommend SWG to friends or not
Can you provide a link? I can't seem to find this poll
