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> Changing things in the game was nessesary in order to achieve what they
> were
> looking for. And the change once you get a handle on it isn't a bad one it
> just takes a couple of weeks to get used to. Abilities that were useless
> before now have thier uses, no longer do you just stand there spamming the
> same attack over and over because its the best attack for your profession
> because now it may not always be the best choice to make you actually have
> to think about what you are doing and make sure you use the right
> combinations for the right situations.
> The Doctor profession is far from useless, infact being a Doctor I find it
> very useful, it goes especially well with Melee professions, that plus a
> Doctors heal over time added with a CM's heal over time in a group means
> that the tank is taking very little damage per "combat" round which is
> also
> very useful.
> As for non-combatants, it is no more difficult now to place harvesters in
> dangerous locations when you have no combat skils as it used to be
> (speaking
> from the fact that I used to be an entertainer/crafter for a long time) It
> used to be dangerous to go out and place harvesters when you had no combat
> skills, you used to have to get a friend who had combat skills to come and
> clear a path for you to one of your harvies if it was surrounded by red
> dots, which is something you still have to do even now that hasn't
> changed.
> And crafting professions are still as useful as ever, there are foods that
> are needed and are very helpful for hunting situations, everyone still
> loves
> clothes so tailors still have a job to perform, armor is still needed only
> now guess what? All the armor types are useful not just one or two.
> Weaponsmiths are still needed as everyone still needs weapons to work
> with,
> only now they actually have more variety of weapons to create.
> Bio-engineers
> are even more useful then they used to be because now they can make meds
> as
> well as BE items.
> So, excatly how was crafting nerfed or screwed over?
> As for entertainers (a profession i have spent a lot of time in over the 2
> years ive been playing SWG), they have gotten what they *always* wanted,
> the
> ability to buff people easier, to set a cover charge for healing other
> players and for anyone who is a combatant they will know that the
> entertainer buff is very useful for gaining xp and on top of that
> entertainers can now *finally* buff themselves. So again, how is this
> nerfed? Add to that the fact that there always was a large number of AFK
> entertainers so that hasnt changed either.
> There is a lot more variety in game play these days with all professions,
> it's not nerfed or screwed up it just takes a bit of time (and an open
> mind)
> to relearn what you used to already know how to do.
> As for ROTW, the game needed more instances for parties to play around in
> so
> they created them, if instances arent what you want then there are plenty
> of
> other planets to hunt on.
> The game really hasn't changed that much people are just too lazy to learn
> a
> few new skills and skill combinations in order to effectively be able to
> play their characters again.
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