Weaponsmith Archive
Thread: Tiggs when are we going to get some love?
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Ecnirp
Tue Jul 26, 2005 7:21 am
#1
*Edit* - just seen some of Tiggs posts regarding SOE's desire to work on fixing some of the major bugs and making new publishes cleaner - I think this should take priority over anything else at the moment, as the bugs are causing so much frustration for all of us. Fingers crossed, we will get some attention in the not to distant future though. *Edit*
I know people have posted these issues before... but I just wish WS would get a little love from the Devs.
My main gripes....
1) A lotof our quality loot schematic weapons have been made pretty muchuseless aside from display peices - yet still are either very rare drops or require rare components etc.
For e.g.
- Bezerker Rifle
- Geo Pistol
- DXR-6 Rifle
- Black Sun Executioner Hack
- Scythe
- DE-10 -Still CL54 but my DL44-XT's are better and easier to make.
2) A vast array of easily looted\questweapons that are a lot better than we can craft - these have flooded the market, are ADK'd and are all a lot of people will ever use.
3) A lot of weapon schematic requirementsdo not reflect theirCL certifications. For example, Light Laser Rifle (CL40), Adv Laser Rifle (CL54)= exactly the same resources.CL30-40 weapons requiring more subs and resourcesthan CL54 weapons, CL14 weapons requiring Advanced subs... etc etc. I mean, 5 ABPH for a CL30 Geo blaster??? You can't help but feel a lack of thought from the Devs when you see this.
4) Lack ofvariety in our schematic listfor alot of Elite classes, especially Melee... did you guys forget about TKM CL54 weapons? We can offer Swordsmen a choice of oneCL54 weapon, Fencersone CL54 weapon etc.
5) Lack of imagination with Weapon graphics.... That HLR graphic sure looks familiar, even looking at a lot of the new looted\quest weapons, some of the graphics are exactly the same as weapons already in existence.
6) Stupid amounts of useless component drops.. scopes that give +20 to wound chance for example.
I have seen about 5 major WS quit the proffession from Intrepid - these are guys that have been around for a long time. All have given the same reason, "WS is just not fun anymore"
I appreciate some of the new things we have had - the HLR, the Trandosian Rifle etc, but our proffession needs a lot more attention - a new player could grind his template, master his proffessions and grind all the way to jedi without ever having to buy a Crafted weapon.
Message Edited by Ecnirp on 07-27-2005 12:43 PM
Owenjar_Banet
Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:58 am
#3
Although I agree to alot of your points I wish they would fix bugs first... That's what's making weaponsmith the least amount of fun for me.
GTarrant
Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:52 am
#5
Good points ecnirp.
Before ROTW came out i personally knew 26 master weaponsmiths on the gorath server,with the ridiculous loot drops(which has been our main complaint) there are now 7 still active.
The recent bug hasnt helped either but im rather sure we all can weather the storm till pub 21.
It seems to be an unfortunate trend that this game is turning into WoW.
I hope the devs pick up on this.
Before ROTW came out i personally knew 26 master weaponsmiths on the gorath server,with the ridiculous loot drops(which has been our main complaint) there are now 7 still active.
The recent bug hasnt helped either but im rather sure we all can weather the storm till pub 21.
It seems to be an unfortunate trend that this game is turning into WoW.
I hope the devs pick up on this.
Jebredan_Xoel
Tue Jul 26, 2005 11:54 am
#6
You're on the money. There are crater-sized holes in the WS profession that have yet to be resolved. Unfortunately, develop feedback & support has never been lower. I'd love to see some focus on this, but the realist in me says it ain't happening...
ElinaItho
Tue Jul 26, 2005 1:47 pm
#7
I really believe the devs are intentionally trying to discourage people from becoming crafters. Corporations are all about making money and it would be easier for them to have similar coding as their other games. One thing i really liked was the crafting aspect of this game but it seems to be moving to at least a dumbed down version. I really hope I am wrong, but everything seems to point in that direction.
Akkori
Wed Jul 27, 2005 12:27 am
#8
It would be nice to see the Devs do SOMETHING that is in the crafting arena. But I have to say, there are 2 or 3 other crafting prof's that need love a lot more that WS. I do hope, though, that they would devote an entire publish to fixing each crafting professions top 3 bugs. That would be nice.
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