(And if you hadn't read my earlier posts, any update on the old Jedi particle effects for Force Run and Heal that EJDev was working on getting into the game before pub 27?)
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.
Imagine that!!! Wow paying attention to Jedi and BH, if they would have done this at start, there would be no problems. Can we do something besides these two profs for once, I mean seriously, I cancelled my Jedi because I hated that everyone was one.
Are Politicians and Player Cities factored in any future plans for SWG? Right now, both are a mess. Everyone is a Politician. Player Cities are absolute ghost towns. Politicians have very little control over their cities and no content to speak of.
As an actual Elder Politician, I believe I speak for the entire Politician community when I say we would love some more communication of what is happening with our profession. At the very least, tell us we aren't included in any plans of any sort as of now -- if that's the truth.
Thanks.
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middle parts of the game until we meet Eli's team at the high end.
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Hello!
Any word on when the Entertainer and Trader quest starters in our inventory will be working? We've been waiting since NGE launch for those little suckers to work.
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
Dang, I guess that means you're not coming to Indy.
And as for the HoC chats, they do give the impression of slow-pitching to the devs, IMOYMMV.
No decay + uber loot = /spit on crafters
Fix the economy and give crafters their $$$ worth... give us real revamp.
Remember... to Cancel you have to go to Register Expansion in the Launchpad.
We are working on a solution to prevent the respec issue. The NPC's will not impact this.
Simple fix, You have to be a master entertianer prior to publish 28. Heck suprise everyone and publish that one change tomorrow. If your a master entertainer then bam your level 90. Those that are not master entertainer pick up the grind whereever there level places them. As far as after publish 28. Make entertainer harder to master, or better yet leave it the freak alone, grinding is not fun.
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
WOOT!
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SwissReborn wrote: After reading all of that anyone else feel like several beers?
-Teph
*breaks out a keg and a tap*
*pours a cold frosty one*
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as pvp has been mentioned here..can we expect a pvp system in which pvpers can advance, work together and spend their whole play time in if they wish and actually have fun and opponents .. so something drastic or will it be something like we had up to now again that is just a small part of the game not encouriging anyone to do it?
Yes, we have a large scale GCW battleground as well as a PvP leaderboard and rewards/advancement system in the pipe.
Could you say if the "Secret Project" that several (rough est. 95%) DEVs are working on, has anything to do with SWG? This has been answered.... and it impacts the SWG (good or bad, its an Impact)
Will Smuggler's be able to Smuggle (i mean ACTUAL Smuggle) Publish 31. We'll determine what 'smuggling' actually means. - ChrisCao
Are you going to get an "actual" SIG???
What are your thoughts on this Idea: {PLUG: My idea for LS Crafting}?? I have recieved a response from Ex-Lord TH & Dev_Mercy on this... curious as to what the others think...
Any chance you could put in a "good" word for me, in the Galatic Senate Program? Word - ChrisCao (for some reason... i'm afraid)
Need CLARIFICATION on what "Respec NPCs" means... Reply #1454 - Helios_SOE
Need Info on the XP Situation... They are looking into an "Increase" in XP from Wild Spawns...
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!
We need to remove those timer spawns on Mustafar. They were originally put in to stop people from camping the mobs and item farming them. Looking back on it, that wasn't really a valid enough reason to have them spawn like they do.
