Q & A New server, The Finalizer

[Hyttemaier]

umm... PSG's still have lightsaber resistance. you dont lose anything by removing ADK's you just need to be better with your inventory management

PSG's can take like 10 hits, so you would need to have a factory crate with them, and considering how hard it is to get a 66% PSG, you will most likely only be able to afford just about 40% ones, so thats a 20% reduction in mitigation, its huge! and will be noticeable.

[SLiFeR]

Secondly, with the removal of adks and given current decay rates, PSGs will break in seconds and are effectively useless. This makes for a strong jedi meta. If jedi is the dominant pvp/pve class it will disrupt the economy by reducing the need of medical, weapon, armoring, and several food types. It will create dead pockets in the economy. These dead spots won’t be truly realized until the masses finish their 6-8 week jedi grind. An excessively high jedi population is not healthy for the interdependent goal this project is seeking.

Nah man. People forget the huge time investment Jedi takes. Remember early Basilisk before ADKs? You used crated PSGs without a problem. That's how it was on live pre-cu, that's how it should be moving forward.

Full stackers can already tank a Jedi without a PSG equipped. Try it on Basilisk right now to see for yourself.

Not to mention we will be restricted to 2x char slots - people need to be wise about how they spend their skillpoints this time. Everyone won't have 'counter x to y profession' etc.

[Valkyra]

Big hype, so wow

[SLiFeR]

WE GOING HOME BOYS

[armsdealer]

Hypetrain!! Thanks!!

[Tyrenio]

How will the new server impact financial cost of the project? Will there be more server space to pay for?

[ventis]

Isnt this just another test server that will be wiped within a year or 2? I mean whats the point we are better off staying on Bas.

[Syphilis]

Isnt this just another test server that will be wiped within a year or 2? I mean whats the point we are better off staying on Bas.

This appeals to the hardcore crowd.

Problem is this is the same crowd complaining about low population....and now it will split that in two.

Hopefully this entices enough people to come back that are not playing currently...and there will be a decent group that plays both Bas and the hard core server.

[Neener]

This appeals to the hardcore crowd.

You literally just made this up, this server isn't geared toward or appealing to any one crowd, its appeals to people who don't want to play on a fundamentally broken server, matter of fact casuals will have a much better time off on Finalizer considering they will be on an more level playing field with other players.

[SLiFeR]

You literally just made this up, this server isn't geared toward or appealing to any one crowd, its appeals to people who don't want to play on a fundamentally broken server, matter of fact casuals will have a much better time off on Finalizer considering they will be on an more level playing field with other players.

Agreed. The numbers speak for themselves, and nothing is mentioned of 'hardcore' players in the poll.

[Boba]

People please remember, you have 250 skill points, they dont ALL have to be spent on combat, they dont all have to be spent on crafting, and they dont ALL have to be spent on buffing, you are free to mix and match or min and max. its your choice!


I think people have forgotten why we loved this game 18 years ago. Experience the greatest star wars saga ever told - YOURS!

this is your story, live it whatever way you want.

Thank you for reminding the community of the purpose, meaning and spirit of SWG! This is so important! Since you can mix and match skills the way you want, you are able to create really unique characters, not just regarding their outward appearances but also their skills as game mechanics.

People would never know what kind of character they meet, even if they /examine it.

This, in my opinion, is one of the greatest advantages of Pre-CU. You can be a character, a person living in the star wars universe, not just a class you pick up from your combat-game toolbox.

The less characters you run, the more unique will and must each of them become - especially if you only have one character slot .

[Boba]

Not to mention we will be restricted to 2x char slots - people need to be wise about how they spend their skillpoints this time. Everyone won't have 'counter x to y profession' etc.

I think it needn't be that strict. Regarding skills you cannot loose, you can only win. If there is a need for certain profession skills in guilds for example, some could surrender their skills (it's in fact a game mechanic that is supposed to be used) to learn the needed new ones.

It may only cost time and force you into taking advantage of player interdependy; your skills, even your entire character isn't set in stone - one of SWG's beautiful blossoms.

In my opinion, having less character slots adds spice to the game: You would have to arrange with other players in a closer, more personal fashion, be it achieving individual or collective goals.

[peltaria]

This appeals to the hardcore crowd.

Problem is this is the same crowd complaining about low population....and now it will split that in two.

Hopefully this entices enough people to come back that are not playing currently...and there will be a decent group that plays both Bas and the hard core server.

I just can't see this happening. Yet another server launched that will get wiped...what is the point? How will that bring in more players when their hard work will be wiped.

Basilisk's population is low because it will be wiped.

The in game survey should have been more clear.

[Mythor]

As much as I agree with everyone regarding the character limits, it makes much more sense to run the experiment this way. It's much easier to look at the state of the server every couple of months and decide if everyone should get an extra character slot, or be allowed to have more than one character on at the same time. It's really really really hard to take slots back from people.

For a permanent server it won't work because it will encourage multiple accounts, or going elsewhere. It "worked" on Live because the community was big enough... and because a significant number of people paid for two or more accounts. Finalizer should be seen as an opportunity to work out how many character slots gives the best results, just as it's being used to gauge other factors.

[valthron]

I just can't see this happening. Yet another server launched that will get wiped...what is the point? How will that bring in more players when their hard work will be wiped.

Basilisk's population is low because it will be wiped.

The in game survey should have been more clear.

There is no video game server in existence that won't be wiped or shut down at some point. Are you trying to put your star wars account in your will?