Q & A New server, The Finalizer

[SLiFeR]

the drama only exists as long as there is fight club. Removing FRS from normies and limiting the amount of toons per account greatly reduces the chance of successful fight clubs forming.

There is never any enclave drama when seats have to be filled naturally. It's a byproduct of FC allowing Jedi to always be max FRS XP

Demotions on lightside and dueling on darkside did not happen on live until the introduction of seats being permanently filled due to FC

Well said. Having to actually work for Rank and earn it has always been the entire point too.

[Renkotsu]

Is there a set amount of days you plan to announce the launch of the new server before it actually goes live? Or is it just going to be when its up, its up, sort of deal? Really hoping there's at least a few days lead time so I can put in for a few vacation days at work


Very excited!!

Thanks everyone who is continuing to keep this dream alive.

[Kazhar]

FRS XP should only be awarded for opposing enclave kills, and the xp should not be split like it is in vanilla. If you allow it to be awarded on non Jedi kills (like BH) it is far more open to exploitation and fight clubbing.

In regards to the credit sink issue - In my opinion the best solution would be that the bounty hunter has to pay a fee to accept a mission that is a % of the payout itself. Upon completing their mission, they receive that money back, or upon failure, that money goes towards the person being hunted. So there is some incentive to stay in fight.

Totally agree wit the first part. But paying a fee to accept a mission is an awful idea taking in mind 80% of the times the jedi will be hidding inside a house or he will just forcerun away and the bh will have to drop the mission anyway. The incentive to fight back should be the same as the bh, if you hunt for credits you are not a genuine hunter

[Trigues]

Totally agree wit the first part. But paying a fee to accept a mission is an awful idea taking in mind 80% of the times the jedi will be hidding inside a house or he will just forcerun away and the bh will have to drop the mission anyway. The incentive to fight back should be the same as the bh, if you hunt for credits you are not a genuine hunter

Yeah I think additional changes would need to be made like pay a smuggler to hack a private house that a Jedi is in.

[dedaskalion]

Totally agree wit the first part. But paying a fee to accept a mission is an awful idea taking in mind 80% of the times the jedi will be hidding inside a house or he will just forcerun away and the bh will have to drop the mission anyway. The incentive to fight back should be the same as the bh, if you hunt for credits you are not a genuine hunter

I think on finalizer, it will be more likely that when a person is online, it is actively being played and not sitting AFK, considering you're only allowed to have the one character per account on at a time.

[RedPatriot]

So serious question: will trading credits/items/services on Finalizer in exchange for credits/items/services on Basilisk be allowed?

One of the things that is so exciting about a fresh server is a fresh economy, if players are trading items on one server in exchange for something else on a different server it kinda seems like it will corrupt the new fresh economy to me.

[Katsa]

So serious question: will trading credits/items/services on Finalizer in exchange for credits/items/services on Basilisk be allowed?

One of the things that is so exciting about a fresh server is a fresh economy, if players are trading items on one server in exchange for something else on a different server it kinda seems like it will corrupt the new fresh economy to me.

Im aware of the moving things over servers, however is there going to be any ruling on cross-server trades?
example: i trade an exceptional tissue to someone on Bas. that same person trades me a rare tissue over on finalizer as the deal.
i would like this to be known before things start.
allowed, banned, frowned upon.

ATM our stance is "Frowned Upon". We'll see as the servers unfold however.

Sounds to me like "do it at your own risk"

[Mount Doom]

Any chance of allowing group xp? It's always sad when mmo's punish players for questing/grouping together to do content with reduced xp rates. I know CU changed the way xp was gained in groups, any chance we do that for this server?

[Katsa]

Any chance of allowing group xp? It's always sad when mmo's punish players for questing/grouping together to do content with reduced xp rates. I know CU changed the way xp was gained in groups, any chance we do that for this server?

I thought there was a slight increase for being in a group as it is currently? I know the payout doesn't work like it once did where the group weren't within range the person with the mission got the full payout upon completing the mission.

I'm sure spin groups will be back in force for grinding credits and levelling up on the new server to begin with at least.

[Starkiller01]

Any chance of allowing group xp? It's always sad when mmo's punish players for questing/grouping together to do content with reduced xp rates. I know CU changed the way xp was gained in groups, any chance we do that for this server?

players might progress a little too quickly, although im all in favour of getting players to cooperate more.

Perhaps a compromise would be a 50% reduction in exp accross the board, but every player who hits the creature gets full exp. I dunno, im just spitballin, but it would be nice if the community came together more.

[Farsun]

Any chance of allowing group xp? It's always sad when mmo's punish players for questing/grouping together to do content with reduced xp rates. I know CU changed the way xp was gained in groups, any chance we do that for this server?

This is 100% a necessity.

[Trigues]

Any chance of allowing group xp? It's always sad when mmo's punish players for questing/grouping together to do content with reduced xp rates. I know CU changed the way xp was gained in groups, any chance we do that for this server?

Imagine a place where you ask in in-game chat, "LFG to grind with". Someone chimes in, "Yeah we have a group of 18 grinding on Dant come join, missions to the W". You head out get an invite and just 19 of you in a group. No one knows each other and you use in-game chat to have a conversation. Come to find out Tom is starting a guild he is looking for a casual play and make some new friends. Sounds like fun Tom was the one that asked you to join this group today. Come to find out even more that Tom plays most in this time zone also.

Long story short, you become good friends with Tom and have a good relationship for 3 years but then you find out he secretly likes ADK's and you break the friendship. You end up opening chat and ask, "LFG to grind with".

It's a love story and we can all use a little more love and group XP.

Thank you for reading.

[eapeih]

Imagine a place where you ask in in-game chat, "LFG to grind with". Someone chimes in, "Yeah we have a group of 18 grinding on Dant come join, missions to the W". You head out get an invite and just 19 of you in a group. No one knows each other and you use in-game chat to have a conversation. Come to find out Tom is starting a guild he is looking for a casual play and make some new friends. Sounds like fun Tom was the one that asked you to join this group today. Come to find out even more that Tom plays most in this time zone also.

Long story short, you become good friends with Tom and have a good relationship for 3 years but then you find out he secretly likes ADK's and you break the friendship. You end up opening chat and ask, "LFG to grind with".

It's a love story and we can all use a little more love and group XP.

Thank you for reading.

Very relatable. I was an angsty 14 year old when the CU came. I found out about the spin groups and started running with a guy who hosted piket groups out of the mining outpost. Ended up joining his guild and pvpd with him and the guild all the time over the next few months, I thought we were good friends. That is until one day politics got brought up on Ventrilo and he said he voted for John Kerry. At the time I didn’t understand how one of my best online friends could betray me like that. Dropped the guild and changed factions shortly there after. Went back to LFG, then, all of a sudden the NGE happened and life never was the same. The sad part is, I don’t even remember his IGN.

[eapeih]

Very relatable. I was an angsty 14 year old when the CU came. I found out about the spin groups and started running with a guy who hosted piket groups out of the mining outpost. Ended up joining his guild and pvpd with him and the guild all the time over the next few months, I thought we were good friends. That is until one day politics got brought up on Ventrilo and he said he voted for John Kerry. At the time I didn’t understand how one of my best online friends could betray me like that. Dropped the guild and changed factions shortly there after. Went back to LFG, then, all of a sudden the NGE happened and life never was the same. The sad part is, I don’t even remember his IGN.

And now I’m sitting here wondering was saddens me more; knowing that this exact interaction would never happen in the current state of the game, or knowing I was so naive of friendships 16 years ago.

[LexingtonSteele]

Imagine a place where you ask in in-game chat, "LFG to grind with". Someone chimes in, "Yeah we have a group of 18 grinding on Dant come join, missions to the W". You head out get an invite and just 19 of you in a group. No one knows each other and you use in-game chat to have a conversation. Come to find out Tom is starting a guild he is looking for a casual play and make some new friends. Sounds like fun Tom was the one that asked you to join this group today. Come to find out even more that Tom plays most in this time zone also.

Long story short, you become good friends with Tom and have a good relationship for 3 years but then you find out he secretly likes ADK's and you break the friendship. You end up opening chat and ask, "LFG to grind with".

It's a love story and we can all use a little more love and group XP.

Thank you for reading.

My friend and I had fond memories of this creature handler Mabon Macha on Tarquinas that ran awesome groups on Dathomir. Did kamurith defiler quests and he had 2 graul maulers. No one knew each other but we all had such a blast being in his group. No buffs either, and we all just auto attacked everything.

I'm definitely fine not hauling *** as fast as possible getting buffs and working out solo missions. The immersive experience the game had to offer way back in 2003 was just so memorable.