can we make these Q&A sessions a fortnightly thing it would be a fantastic way to unite us all and grind out the right solutions.
Please join us for our Stratics HoC Chats, the next one is tentatively scheduled for April 19th.
nobody takes those things seriously, the questions are so obviously vetted first and if a difficult one does go through it gets shunted with an answer that sounds like a copy and paste post.
ok maybe those are filtered.. but I don't think we try to get the hard questions removed. It's filtered because there are so many questions.
We are doing a tour of 6 cities where there will be ample opportunities for you to talk directly to us (I'm going to a few myself) in person.
I won't even bring my bulletproof vest (although admittedly we aren't going to any states where the concealed carry permits are given out like candy)
Smed
I know there hasn't been an official announcement, but what cities and what dates? Or when is the official announcement on this info going to be made?
Devs can you get the details on this. I'm not even sure myself. I know it's fairly soon though.
We recognize that the current profession system doesn't allow for any real level of character differentiation. As such, we're currently working on an "Expertise" system, that grants the players "points" to spend on specialization. The expertise system gives the profession system a similar feel to what we had pre-nge as far as character customization goes. The tech for this system is being developed for the next publish (this won't be visible to you guys). The publish after that, we're looking at pushing out the first two professions's worth of expertise trees, with two professions targeted for every publish after that. Generally speaking, we'll have three trees for each profession to choose from, including a GCW tree and a "path" tree that will hold things like "dark" and "light" side powers for Jedi, for instance (or droid specializtion, vs poisons for Bounty hunters - for instance).
That's the plan.
Does this mean for example that the first 2 professions will have this edge over all other professions and then 2 more approx 2 months later until all are completed? If so, which 2 professions are first to be elite?
Yes. It's either that or no profession updates for the next 6 months (or whatever the time frame is).
Jedi & Bounty Hunter are on the books for first pass.
first second and third pass.... BUT it looks like you've stopped working on commando for a week or two...
Janis Si'ind Greedy Engineer - Si'ind Shipwright scotchie Greedy shipwright - Si'indicate Droids 2005, 5634 New Pratia, naboo To quote Uncle Owen on the nge "give us one more season" goatt_13 "HEY LEY'S PLAY MONOPOLY, BUT SKIP THE RENT PART!!!" Cyberus-SWG "Kind of ironic hey? You can get killed and your swoop totaled .. your swoop stays totaled but your armor is unharmed and automagically appears on your clone. "
can we make these Q&A sessions a fortnightly thing it would be a fantastic way to unite us all and grind out the right solutions.
Please join us for our Stratics HoC Chats, the next one is tentatively scheduled for April 19th.
nobody takes those things seriously, the questions are so obviously vetted first and if a difficult one does go through it gets shunted with an answer that sounds like a copy and paste post.
ok maybe those are filtered.. but I don't think we try to get the hard questions removed. It's filtered because there are so many questions.
We are doing a tour of 6 cities where there will be ample opportunities for you to talk directly to us (I'm going to a few myself) in person.
I won't even bring my bulletproof vest (although admittedly we aren't going to any states where the concealed carry permits are given out like candy)
Smed
Does that mean a no show in Texas then?
I think we will be doing one in Texas. The downside is being shot. The upside is great barbeque and beer. I'll take the chance.
Will you ever make if so that we can respec without using kits/destroying toons...?
Respec NPCs are going with pub 28. This needs MAJOR Clarification
NPCs will be stationed in some cities that allow you to change your profession for a price. As a gift for publish 28 everyone gets one respec from the NPCs for free. The NPCs work essentially the same as the respec devices. Are these going to be TIED to the persons CL or what?
d Lord Vincent Takaab Blackbird (Altyrell) ~MEOW~.
1) Is there any chance that Jedi ever will be a profession that u'll need to work to get like it was pre-nge?
2) Are we ever gonna see a force ranking system again or something similiar? And what about light and dark jedi status? Maybe with the profession specialication...?
3) Would it be posible to do the 2x or 3x weekly server maintenance on euro-server at a time that would fit euro players? I understand this wouldn't be posible with publishes and hotfixes
Lots of talk about the "secret" project which really isn't a secret anymore. We are doing a playable demo for E3 and Swede is working on the team that is putting that together. The project is actually going to be larger then just the demo and become a new themepark with a GCW theme (lots of Rebels v. Imperials) to it, which will be put into the game in publish 29.
The intention of this themepark is to cover our bases with E3 and develope a new set of repeatable, high end content for all of you.
The expansion team, which is no more, is now working on nothing but high end content that will be sent out in our regular publishes.
SpaceRancor
Eli Holding
SWG Design
Thanks SpaceRancor! PLEASE tell me this GCW content will be for both PvE and PvP GCW participants...
That is just the High End Content that will be coming out for Publish 29. We want to do alot of different types of content for people to do at the high ends. Some of them would be things like class specific story arc missions, new dungeons similar to the DWB, PvP battlefields, GCW ranks and rewards systems, etc. Basically, we really want to give our high end players a lot of different choices of what they want to do when they log in.
SpaceRancor
This is the best news I have read so far.
But please no more timed spawns. I have just spent 3 hours waiting for Commander Razor to Spawn so I can complete one of my final Mustaphar mission. How is that supposed to be fun.
If I didn't have two monitors and this thread to entertain me I would have gone mad!
Honestly, I'm not impressed with anything I've read as far as "what's in the pipe" and so forth. The simple fact of the matter is that pre-CU (and yes even CU!) was an infinitely more engaging, unique and fun game. We're comparing apples and oranges here when you start comparing the legendary game that was pre-CU SWG to post-NGE SWG; like comparing an etch-a-sketch to digital workstation.
Does the NGE have it's cool points and some fun? Sure, I guess so. But the fact is unless the Dev team can CONSTANTLY pump out new quests, publishes and fixes, the NGE is already dead. What do you do once you've snagged the only decent loot left and done all the silly quests? You PvP. Let's face it, the PvP now is about as engaging as a handheld Tecmo Bowl game..meaning it's fun for a bit but then gets REALLY old REALLY fast once you've realized that everyone is the same and weapons are basically identical.
There are two reasons I'm still playing this game:
I paid for 1 full year right before the NGE was announced. So yes, I was up a creek without a paddle.
I'm holding out some hope that within the next 9 months or so before my sub runs out, the Dev Team will realize that this was a horrible experiment that should have been rolled up into a Nintendo game.
Say what you want Smed, but you dropped the ball bigtime. I would expect a company as huge as Sony to step up and admit that the NGE (and especially it's implementation) was a disaster and at least EXPLORE the possibility of opening up some "classic" servers. I'm quite certain that 50% of the current servers could be closed to make room as they are all but dead anyway.
Let's get real here, SOE. Let's get real.
___________________________________________________ Re' Tak Oldschool Jeedai Kuyler Prawner Of Faces Derivation 12pt WS/12pt AS/R.I.S. Certified
We recognize that the current profession system doesn't allow for any real level of character differentiation. As such, we're currently working on an "Expertise" system, that grants the players "points" to spend on specialization. The expertise system gives the profession system a similar feel to what we had pre-nge as far as character customization goes. The tech for this system is being developed for the next publish (this won't be visible to you guys). The publish after that, we're looking at pushing out the first two professions's worth of expertise trees, with two professions targeted for every publish after that. Generally speaking, we'll have three trees for each profession to choose from, including a GCW tree and a "path" tree that will hold things like "dark" and "light" side powers for Jedi, for instance (or droid specializtion, vs poisons for Bounty hunters - for instance).
That's the plan.
/drool
Please include some kind of specialization for crafters and entertainers as well as they were not speciffically mentioned.
Maskis Elder Bounty Hunter Nabyl Elder Architect Vendors at -844 -3035 Imperia Tiberious, Lok
can we make these Q&A sessions a fortnightly thing it would be a fantastic way to unite us all and grind out the right solutions.
Please join us for our Stratics HoC Chats, the next one is tentatively scheduled for April 19th.
nobody takes those things seriously, the questions are so obviously vetted first and if a difficult one does go through it gets shunted with an answer that sounds like a copy and paste post.
ok maybe those are filtered.. but I don't think we try to get the hard questions removed. It's filtered because there are so many questions.
We are doing a tour of 6 cities where there will be ample opportunities for you to talk directly to us (I'm going to a few myself) in person.
I won't even bring my bulletproof vest (although admittedly we aren't going to any states where the concealed carry permits are given out like candy)
Smed
Does that mean a no show in Texas then?
I think we will be doing one in Texas. The downside is being shot. The upside is great barbeque and beer. I'll take the chance.
Smed
Im in Houston.....Ill bring the beer and BBQ if you come here !!!
Denkiri Largo II Kayja Tahiri II Kur'i Draconis Jedi Elder [] Master Officer [] Rebel Medic --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------My fellow Americans, I have not been entirely truthful with you. I did gagoogidy that girl. I gashmoygadied her gaflavity with my googus. And I am sorry. -Glen Quagmire
can we make these Q&A sessions a fortnightly thing it would be a fantastic way to unite us all and grind out the right solutions.
Please join us for our Stratics HoC Chats, the next one is tentatively scheduled for April 19th.
nobody takes those things seriously, the questions are so obviously vetted first and if a difficult one does go through it gets shunted with an answer that sounds like a copy and paste post.
ok maybe those are filtered.. but I don't think we try to get the hard questions removed. It's filtered because there are so many questions.
We are doing a tour of 6 cities where there will be ample opportunities for you to talk directly to us (I'm going to a few myself) in person.
I won't even bring my bulletproof vest (although admittedly we aren't going to any states where the concealed carry permits are given out like candy)
Smed
Does that mean a no show in Texas then?
I think we will be doing one in Texas. The downside is being shot. The upside is great barbeque and beer. I'll take the chance.
Smed
I'll buy ya a couple drinks if you provide us a tentative timeline on your publish schedule....How about it?
Per Synapse Elder Jedi - Council Member Order of Darkness -OD- Starting Date: July 1, 2003
