Sprite - Welcome to another great Stratics house of commons with the developers of Star Wars Galaxies! Tonight's topic will center on
the upcoming Trials of Obi-Wan expansion.
Sprite - Please send those questions to [QT]Brekkee or [QT]Elm - to do so type /msg [QT]NICK My question here. Please only send
questions to our QT's as those sent to myself or the developers will not make it into the lineup.
Sprite - The full logs will be posted on http://swg.stratics.com after the chat. We'll begin with a quick intro from our guests...now
would be a good time to send in those questions!
Tiggs - Hello Folks! Tiggs, Director of SWG Community. Thanks for coming =)
SpaceRancor - Hello and thank you all for coming tonight. I am Eli Holding, lead designer for Trials of Obi-Wan.
Rogue_5 - Hi. My name is Grant "Rogue_5" McDaniel. I am the SOE Producer for Star Wars Galaxies.
Peahi - Greetings - I am Peahi, a LucasArts Community and Press Relations Manager for Galaxies
Shadowbrak - Good evening everyone. I am Travis Hicks, content designer for The Trials of Obi-Wan
Sprite - *Le_Jedi_Fou* Are there any other new ships than the YT-2400 ?
SpaceRancor - *Le_Jedi_Fou* We wanted to focus on the ground game with this expansion but still give something to our space players. So we decided to only give out the YT-2400 with this expansion.
Sprite - *Jenden* with all of the droids in the new expansion, will there be any new schematics for droid engineers?
Shadowbrak - *Jenden* There are no new droid chassis in the Trials of Obi-Wan expansion.
Sprite - *Sickness* Heya dev team 1 question will "we" jedi get anything worthy with ToOW?
SpaceRancor - *Sickness* With ToOW we added in several new Jedi robes and a new color crystal for thier lightsaber.
Sprite - *Turel* I noticed there are some new weapons in ToOW. Will any of these have new effects or different stats to those already
in-game, or are the differences mainly in appearance?
Shadowbrak - *Turel* There is new art in the expansion for weapons but a bigger change on the whole are the new weapon effects
introduced as a part of Publish 24. Many of the existing weapons effects have been updated with new graphics.
Sprite - *gadgettek* What sort of content will be added to the crafting professions in this expansion, or is this yet another combat
only expansion
SpaceRancor - *gadgettek* Well the crafting professions did recieve more then thirty new schematics throughout all their classes.
Granted some of the ways that a crafter needs to work with combat classes in order to gain these schematics. But schematics do make
up close to thirty percent of all new loot drops and covers all the new weapon models.
Sprite - *JediMasterCarlito* With the changed NPC AI and new found difficulties in fighting higher level NPCs, if there going to be a
change to high end loot, and if so, when can we expect it?
SpaceRancor - *JediMasterCarlito* We have pushed the quality of loot up a notch with the Trials of Obi-Wan expansion. Beyond the types
of loot that the players are used to seeing now, we have added in self buffs, wearable buffs, and weapons with added procs...all
designed to make the players more powerful in the face of stronger foes.
Sprite - *Redemption* Whats that whole deal with the HK-47 on Mustafar?
Peahi - *Redemption* HK-47 was an intriguing character you may recognize from KOTOR.
Peahi - As with many Star Wars games, we really like to blend the fiction whenever possible,
Peahi - as long as it fits with the canon. HK-47 will provide some exciting new quests and
Peahi - story arcs for players who choose to seek him out.
Sprite - *MaKeR\\* hello, will player jedi be able to wear the new looted cloaks from mustafar over the padawan robes ?
Shadowbrak - *MaKeR\\* The new Jedi cloaks cannot be worn over the older robes.
Sprite - *TKM-Starsider* Can you give specific examples of Mustafar-specific content geared for players under CL54 (not including
bunker house, flea, or desert skiff)?
SpaceRancor - *TKM-Starsider* Well we have added in the Chu-Gon Dar Cube which is obtainable by a level 1 character. There are several
straight exploration style quests that lead the players around Mustafar. That being said lower level characters will have to be far
more careful on Mustafar then they are on many of the other worlds.
Sprite - *Cyrus* My question: With the low amount of Action Cost for AI, and the wide variety of abilities, will being a non-jedi,
ungrouped, be even possible in the upcomming expansion?
drawkin - *Cyrus* yes ungrouped, high level combat players will be able to get through much of Mustafar’s content
Sprite - *DeRathi* What i would like to know is, are the bunker houses coming with the expansion going to be considered as player
housing or guild halls for the purposes of house pack-up?
drawkin - ah done, sorry
Rogue_5 - The bunkers can be used as either a player house or a guild. Regardless of which way it is used it will be able to be packed
up.
Sprite - *Banana_saber_owner* Hello, about how many new weapons are available in this new expansion ?
SpaceRancor - *Banana_saber_owner* There will be roughly 50 to 60 new weapons. Including 14 never before seen weapon models.
Sprite - *Banana_saber_owner* Hello, who came with the idea of the "lava" crystal ?
Shadowbrak - *Banana_saber_owner* Will "Darth_Platypus" Wallace came up with the idea for the lava crystal
Sprite - *RogueJedi86* Why was Beta ended so abruptly when there were still plenty of issues and bugs that hadn't been taken care of?
Rogue_5 - We are still continuing to fix issues that were reported during the Beta. We needed to close it so we could have some time
to test a few things on a private server. We want there to still be a few surprises when the expansion is released.
Sprite - *Stettin* There were some hints that crafters would get more "schematics" rather than competing with quest rewards during this
expansion. Are there any plans to keep a balance, as opposed to 90% of all new weapons being quest rewards as in RoTW?
SpaceRancor - *Stettin* Well about thrity percent of loot coming out of ToOW is schematic loot. But with this expansion a balance
between crafting classes and combats classes is being met. Combat classes will be needed to gather the tools to make the schematics
and items but the skill of the crafters is needed in order to make the powerful items that the combat classes are after.
Sprite - For those of you just joining us, tonight's topic is the upcoming Trials of Obi-Wan expansion.
Sprite - Please send your questions to [QT]Brekkee or [QT]Elm, questions sent to myself or the devs will not make it into the lineup.
Sprite - *Tuocs* Will Kenobi's Legacy Crystal be avialable in this Expansion?
Shadowbrak - *Tuocs* Kenobi’s Legacy is not a quest reward in the Trials of Obi-Wan
Sprite - *Banana_saber_owner* How many crystals are there in the new expansion ?
Peahi - *Banana_saber_owner* There will be one new crystal introduced, which is the lava crystal.
Sprite - *TKM-Starsider* There appeared to be no testing of CL70+ creatures for MCH during Beta. Will testing be opened on the regular
TC anytime soon?
SpaceRancor - *TKM-Starsider* We did do some heavy internal testing on them throughout the design process and beta. The ability to tame
this high level pets will be available on the 25th when Mustafar is opened to players who preordered.
Sprite - *Pix_Intrepid* how much of the content on mustafar is re-playable (like Necrosis on kashyyyk)
Shadowbrak - *Pix_Intrepid* There a number of areas in Mustafar designed to be a challenge for a balanced group, the Chu-Gon Dar cube
has hundreds of recipes the players can collect pieces for and all of the trial events can be repeated once you gain access to them
through the appropriate story line.
Sprite - *removethyphalic* Will TOoW have solo content. I like to solo a lot and have noticed SWG is moving away from letting people
solo content. Why?
Rogue_5 - Yes. Trials of Obi-Wan contains content for people who like to solo as well as for people who like to adventure in a group.
We want to continue to add content for both playstyles.
Sprite - *Matt_NZ* My question is: Will the lava graphics on Nvidia cards be fixed before the release? In the beta they looked blocky
:(
drawkin - *Matt_NZ* We will be constantly looking at ways to improve the lava on a daily basis
Sprite - *Anon6221* Since Jedi will be hunted on Mustafar, will we get shrines to clone at to prevent griefing?
SpaceRancor - *Anon6221* There will be no shrines on Mustafar.
Sprite - *Banana_saber_owner* Why are all the items in the expansions non-tradable ?
SpaceRancor - *Banana_saber_owner* We initially had made the loot on Mustafar mostly no trade. But based off of the feedback from the
beta players and based off of our own play experiences we decided that method just wasn't any fun. So we changed it so that there are
now only a few items that cannot be traded. Those items are the purchase rewards, a few of the special high end quest rewards, and
the chu-gon cube. So bascially over 95% of available l
SpaceRancor - So bascially over 95% of available loot is tradeable now.
Sprite - *varlorg1theburninator* will the lava harm players
Peahi - *varlorg1theburninator* Yes, for the first time in Galaxies players will be able to take damage from the environment. However,
players can avoid taking damage by transporting across lava using the heat-resistant transport skiff OR the new lava flea mount.
Sprite - *TKM-Starsider* Will there be any possibility of obtaining a 2nd lava flea for Jedi accounts so both main and alt can travel
safely?
Rogue_5 - The lava flea is tradable, so it is possible to obtain one for a second character via purchase or trade with another player.
Sprite - For those of you just joining us, tonight's topic is the upcoming Trials of Obi-Wan expansion.
Sprite - Please send your questions to [QT]Brekkee or [QT]Elm, questions sent to myself or the devs will not make it into the lineup.
Sprite - *Kohs_COLS* question: Why did you decide to create a "Lava" saber, when that seems to contradict how a lightsaber works?
Shadowbrak - hars at all in ToOW? except those promised schematics and 1 new sond and 1 new dance?
Shadowbrak - <[QT]Elm> *FaRfRoMnOrMaL* are the new lootable cloaks in To
Shadowbrak - *Kohs_COLS* The Lava Saber is such in appearance only. The blade is not actually made of lava.
Sprite - *FaRfRoMnOrMaL* are the new lootable cloaks in ToOW socketed?
SpaceRancor - *FaRfRoMn0rMaL* No the new robes are not socketed.
Sprite - *TC2_Tagruder* This is the first expansion without the addition of a new space sector. Is a new space sector...perhaps Ord
Mantell, something we can look forward to in the future?
Tiggs - Anything is possible, no promises :)
Sprite - *Che* can you elaborate more an the cu-gon dar cube? WHat is it exactly?
SpaceRancor - *Che* The Chu-Gon Dar cube was an item made by a Master of using the force to manipulate the physical properties of other
items. His cube remembers certain 'recipes' and can recombine these items to form something new.
Sprite - *TPSReport* yes or no, will seeker droids be able track a Jedi while they are on Mustafar?
Rogue_5 - Yes. Seeker droids do work on Mustafar.
Sprite - *Anon4800* Are there any Space/Ground combined missions? Or any missions that grant space loot like the Nym's Starmap quest
line?
drawkin - *Anon4800* There will not be any space/ground missions like RotW, but there will be star ship components players can acquire
from quests
Sprite - *Atan* Will there be new loot items added to the main game with pub 24/ToOW? Maybe some glowing items? ;)
Shadowbrak - *Atan* Components for the Chu-Gon Dar cube can be looted exclusively on Mustafar.
Sprite - *Redemption* Expanding on HK, will it at all be explained what he is doing on Mustafar over 4000 years after he was built?
Peahi - *Redemption* Definitely - due to its remote location and harsh landscape, Mustafar provides a perfect location for HK-47 to
amass his own droid army without having to worry about anyone becoming suspicious.
Sprite - *Spud* How large is the download and will the 25th be the 1st day for starting the download for those that have preordered?
Rogue_5 - If you have patched our latest update, publish 24, then the download for Trials is around 60MB. If you have “BITS” enabled
on our launchpad, then some of these files have been downloading in the background while you are playing the game.
Rogue_5 - done
Sprite - *[JediJambo]* Can We expect to see any powerups for jedi in the expansion, something to provide us with a little bit of an edge
Shadowbrak - *[JediJambo]* There a quite a few power up type items available in the expansion, but they are not exclusive to Jedi.
Sprite - *Blizzard* Can you shed some light onto the inclusion of what would seem to be "dark" and "Light" sided converations with
Quest NPCs, includeing Obi-wan
SpaceRancor - *Blizzard* We wanted to give players a choice of how they feel they can play their character. So we included having
different responses that the player can choose best suits their character. And accordingly NPCs will react differently towards that
player. There is even several places where the players actions effect the outcome of events.
Sprite - *Turel* A follow up to my last question: By "WEapon Effects" do u mean states (similar to that of commando) or just new
particle effects...whcih would be just appearance
Shadowbrak - *Turel* I was referring just to their particle effects.
Sprite - *__luna* Is there any chance that the non-tradable status of items will be changed?
Rogue_5 - Most of the items have been made tradable. The items that are no-trade will likely remain that way as we want there to be
some things that you can only achieve by completing very specific adventures.
Sprite - *Imaridril* Do a lot of the areas in ToOW have random, usefull loot drops, so that players have a reason to return there after
having done any quests there? This was a big problem with ROTW.
SpaceRancor - *Imaridril* One of the things that we wanted to do differently with ToOW is to make sure that players could and would
return to the planet to do the content again. For example, the Chu-Gon Dar cube offers over 300 recipes for a player to try to make.
There are a number of major events that can be replayed once finished for new and different loot.
Sprite - For those of you just joining us, tonight's topic is the upcoming Trials of Obi-Wan expansion.
Sprite - Please send your questions to [QT]Brekkee or [QT]Elm, questions sent to myself or the devs will not make it into the lineup.
Sprite - *ZyphertheBountyHunter* has there been any changes between beta closing and release in ToOW?
Rogue_5 - Absolutely. We continue to make changes on a daily basis. A few examples include: changing the bunker house so that it can
be packed up, and changing the transport skiff to now protect players from lava damage.
Sprite - *Guest56* Can u use a jetpack to safely transport over the lava in Mustafar?
drawkin - *Guest56* Yes, you will be able to use a jetpack to travel safely over lava.
Sprite - *Guest45* Will a crafter be able to use the new schems without the expansion?
Shadowbrak - *Guest45* The cube produced draft schematics remain some of our few non tradable items.
Sprite - *RaZiELLeV* how many lots will the bunker house take up?
drawkin - *RaZiELLeV* The Mustafarian Bunker house will take up 5 lots & hold 400 items
Sprite - *Azrel* how many of the new weapons can be crafted by a weaponsmith
Rogue_5 - Around 20 new weapons using all 14 of the brand new weapon appearances.
Sprite - *cyte* question will creature handlers that are able to tame up to a lvl 80 pet be able to choose to have 2 pets that equal
lvl 80 instead of 1 lvl 80 pet
SpaceRancor - *cyte* Yes. Creature Handlers will be able to use up to 80 levels of pets when they achieve that ability.
Sprite - *Maxumus* Rogue 5 stated the bunker could be packed up yet in beta it could not... is this a bug? will it be packable in live?
Tiggs - That was a change we made after the beta closed. So yes, it will be packable in live.
Sprite - *Blindeyed* will you find the lava crystal in a drop or sitting nicely on a pedistial?
Shadowbrak - *Blindeyed* We are going to keep this one a mystery for the players to discover.
Sprite - *Blizzard* Invisable Walls were a large problem in beta, have all of the walls been removed except those on the edge of the
map?
SpaceRancor - *Blizzard* We wanted to make sure that Mustafar had a far more open feel to it, more like how we made the original
planets as opposed to Kashyyyk. There are only a few locations on Mustafar where invisible walls even exist anymore. In fact, in an
upcoming publish (not with the expansion), some parts of Kashyyyk will also be getting some of their invisible walls removed.
Sprite - *Altyrell* Rogue_5, could you specify which Transport Skiff you meant?
Rogue_5 - The 8 person transport skiff that you get as a pre-order reward will now protect you from lava.
Sprite - *TeagueW* What is the lastest date people may pre-order the 24th or the 31st?
Rogue_5 - In order to get early access to the expansion content and the 8 player transport skiff, you must pre-order no later than the
24th.
Sprite - *varlorg1theburninator* Is the lava damage previously described just the begining of enviroment inflicted damage and will
there be any other kinds in the future (ie fall damage in eq)
SpaceRancor - *varlorg1theburninator* Well with the environmental damage system in place we can start adding in different kinds in
different areas. While we have no definite plans of how this will be used in the future, there will probably be other areas of the
game where it starts popping its head up. And chances are it doesn't just have to damage your character...there are other effects
that it can do too.
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Tiggs - Bye all thanks for coming!!
Rogue_5 - Thanks everyone!
SpaceRancor - Thanks for coming out. Take care everyone.
Shadowbrak - Good night all.
drawkin - Thanks guys! :)
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