I just came across to many Trader Posts to respond to them all. But LISTEN TO THEM. Just because they dont have time on the screen doesnt mean they arnt real.
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I'm not going to get into the argument of what is and what isn't a SW game. I will, however, state for the record that there are some elements that more clearly fit into the SW universe than others. In fact, I'll go so far as to say that there are some elements that are objectively more SW than others.
We're going to put the stuff that's clearly SW in first. We're going to modify or retrofit the best of what was fun but not completely SW in second. We're going to remove or eliminate those things that clearly aren't SW.
And, we're going to do it all at a pace that ensures quality and fun.
KO
You guys have missed the boat on one of the most Star Warsish things: Droids
Ask GL how important R2 and 3PO are to his saga.
Now, ask yourself, "what have we done to droid engineers?"
/AGREE
/runlikehell
Smed
That gets a big
QFE
Oh-Orb Rizo Twi'lek Just hanging out... watching with interest what changes do or don't happen.
BioEngine wrote: About content - will we witness the return of the Force Sensitive village quests?
No.
Damn, I really thought that the Aurillian Plant had potential....
Wth? We loved the villiage. If you arnt going to make it Jedi realted, at least do it for quests. Completly removing something as big as that leaves a huge hole. We want it back!
Hell, they should at least keep the items and move them to some other quest.
The Universal Inorganic Surveying Device? Definitely something a Trader would want to have.
The Aurillian Plant - I love that it is one of two interactive furniture pieces in the game, and the plant has it's own AI unlike the Ballot Terminal that is programmable by the user.
Account active 'till November 10th, contact me on forum name: Stamina
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.
the most recent profession polls indicate 34% of players are jedi and 23% bh and like 12% commando im sure its changed a bit but u need to attend to the masses
The masses are this way because thats all they pay attention too. There are no CHs because you can't be. Smugglers are broke, so no smugglers. Same with everything else. Why do you think Commando makes your list? Only thing that has been "fixed" since NGE. Sorry but that was an ignorant statement you made.
i miss pre-cu as much as u do man - i feel
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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??? (Smed this is to you.. btw)
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... but i hope i become a Galatic Senator)
Need CLARIFICATION on what "Respec NPCs" means... Still wondering if CL's comes into play (Currently we'll get a free Respec from the NPC, but then it will cost Credits (100K - 25 Mill (hopefully that will be reduced in price))
Need Info on the XP Situation... They are looking into an "Increase" in XP from Wild Spawns... However we (Community) don't know how much of an Increase it'll be...
Future "New" Species? (Will there be any "New" Species being added... any point in the future?)
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Sweet thanks T_Sekanis
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huh... i just realized that i have more then 4000 Posts
d Lord Vincent Takaab Blackbird (Altyrell) ~MEOW~.
In the last few hours you guys have done more real communication then you guys have done in the last 2+ years of this game. I also see alot of issues being addressed but talk is cheap lets hope these things make it to the live game.
We need to do this ever other friday, seriously.
WarStory
There are only five notes in the musical scale, but their variations are so many that that cannot all be heard. There are only five basic colors, but their variations are so many that they cannot all be seen. There are only five basic flavors, but their variations are so many they cannot all be tasted. There are only two kinds of charge in battle, the unorthodox surprise attack and the orthodox direct attack, but variations of the unorthodox and the orthodox are endless. The unorthodox and the orthodox give rise to each other, like a beginningless circle- The Art of War by Sun Tzu
BioEngine wrote:
About content - will we witness the return of the Force Sensitive village quests?
No.
Even as a type of themepark for high end content? The stuff is already there it could be great to keep for a themepark with a badge after you go through all 4 phases helping every npc
Honestly, the village was some of the most broken content we ever introduced into this game. We can get better content into the game now if we start from scratch.
Grant "Rogue_5" McDaniel SOE Producer, Star Wars Galaxies
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.
the most recent profession polls indicate 34% of players are jedi and 23% bh and like 12% commando im sure its changed a bit but u need to attend to the masses
The masses are this way because thats all they pay attention too. There are no CHs because you can't be. Smugglers are broke, so no smugglers. Same with everything else. Why do you think Commando makes your list? Only thing that has been "fixed" since NGE. Sorry but that was an ignorant statement you made.
Strongly disagree with you on this. That's the whole problem with the nature of Jedi in the Star Wars universe and making it work in an MMO. a large percentage of the population want to be jedi's because it's what they've seen in the movies.
Checobacca wrote: Although entertainers are not from the SW universe we do see entertainers/cantina play a vital role in the movies. 1. Ep2 Cantina where skywalker and kenobi track down the bounty hunter. Had the cantina been empty the BH would have been caught right away. Ep 3 Palpatine and the wealthy are ENTERTAINED by those glowing bubbles (dont know what they were LOL) 3p 6 The green twilek performs for jabba as does the band, also when she is killed provides forshadow to what happens to luke when he is dropped in the rancor pit
There are more Enterainers in the movies than there are Jedi.
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??? (Smed this is to you.. btw)
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... but i hope i become a Galatic Senator)
Need CLARIFICATION on what "Respec NPCs" means... Still wondering if CL's comes into play (Currently we'll get a free Respec from the NPC, but then it will cost Credits (100K - 25 Mill (hopefully that will be reduced in price))
Need Info on the XP Situation... They are looking into an "Increase" in XP from Wild Spawns... However we (Community) don't know how much of an Increase it'll be...
Future "New" Species? (Will there be any "New" Species being added... any point in the future?)
Helping you here Alt
Sweet thanks T_Sekanis
NP.
huh... i just realized that i have more then 4000 Posts
/lol CHEER!
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One of the more tech headed guys in these forums posted an explanation as to why FPS combat has NEVER been done by other MMORPG's.
Basically he said that it's impossible for the internet to send the combat information needed to every toon in the surrounding area in the speed needed for Real Time combat. This it seems is why we're having so much trouble with our specials either not firing or miss firing because the data simply isn't being transferred fast enough.
Your thoughts on this? (keep it simple please)
Specials not firing is entirely unrelated to this issue. FPSs use mostly UDP. SWG doesn't really use UDP. UDP uses small, fast packets that don't rely on being delivered 100% of the time, because they constantly get resent with updated information. You need a lot more bandwidth for UDP based gaming, generally because you constantly need to send updated about traveling projectiles, etc.
The problem with specials not firing has to do with a timer on the client. It's essentially a problem with trying to fire a special while another attack is still executing (like a default left-click attack). That's why you can let off the mouse for a short while and the special will fire.
As you see, we have identified the issue and the programming staff is investigating a fix.
that is not the issue. the issue is specials act like they fired off (cooldown has started when you clickd or pushed the special button) but the effect of the special dosent happen. most ppl say its 'jedi heals' but its with any and all combat specials.
way to pay attn there bub.
Message Edited by BoFa-ST on 03-24-200601:50 PM
No really, that is the issue. The client pre-emptively shows you animations for stuff that it thinks the server will approve. When the command gets to the server it can get denied because of the timer issue I mentioned.
then howcome they start cooling down? for what you say to be true, wouldnt it kinda... stall a second, and they be like 'no data received' and let us re-apply that special?
what you are describing is the complaint of "i have to hit my special 4 tiems before it takes". that is due to the current action still 'winding'.
and theres no way im gonna buy "cooldowns are client side" cause then you are beggin for ppl to haxor them up. its definitly server side. it executes the cooldown WITHOUT executing the specials effects.
example: you see your health at about, 75%. you then stop hitting damage specials in order to gain the action you will need for your heal. around 50% health, you will have the action saved to fire off teh heal. so you do, you see the 'cooldown' start on the heal icon, yet there was no "+XXXX" that floated about your head. your health is now at about 25%, and before you know it. you are dead.
all that happens in a matter of seconds. you have not explained how or why that issue happens what so ever.
/bump for r5 to comment (i kinda think they dev's dont understand the issue)
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