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| blakes7_filesharer@hotmail.com 2006-02-26, 4:00 am |
| Read a forum post on the main SWG site. This information might interest
anyone who hasen't been there.
/enjoy
Members of the Jedi Community and all SWG players.
I know this post may get flamed, but it is only expected. There have
been many rumors around the forums, but my source is a bit more than a
rumor. I have been a member of the Jedi Community for a long while, and
a member of SWG since the beginning. What I am about to disclose to you
is top secret SOE stuff so to speak.
I have a friend whose uncle is a SOE employee. (I would give his name
here, but I was advised not to because I do not wish to jepordize that
individuals job. Anyways, I told my friend to ask his Uncle "What is
going on with jedi recently, and why all the nerfing and changes?" He
did, indeed ask him, and the response was shocking. I cancelled my
account immediately after hearing this. I am not advising you to do
this, but since the SWG Community Relations, and Devs will not answer
all of these issues, I felt obligated to inform the community of my
disturbing findings.
Here we go........
1.- Jedi are being phased into a regular profession, that will be
selectable from the beginning of the game. This is the reason so many
nerfs appear to be hitting jedi recently. They are attempting to slowly
transition jedi into a normal class. They have not and will not inform
the community about this, because it will enrage the vets. But they are
hoping to keep everyone quiet while they work on this. They are also
counting on the fact that more and more players will be influenced to
buy the game, if jedi are immediately selectable. The bottom line is
their numbers show that more players have quit the game because they
were lazy and didnt want to work for jedi, as opposed to players who
complain about jedi, but will not quit. They are hoping that
subscription rates will soar if Jedi are immediately selectable,
because jedi is the reason most players buy this game. This is also the
reason why pearls/ FRS have been removed, so that vets will slowly
become accustomed to being converted, and hopefully stay with the game.
2.- All melee classes are being removed. The bottom line is that SOE
feels that melee professions do not appear in the movies, and they will
remove them from the game. The current status of Ranged professions
being dominate is all in their grand scheme of things. They are hoping
that most melee players will switch their templates to Ranged now, so
that when they eliminate all melee, there wont be enough of them left
to cause an uproar. Therfore everyone in game will be A.- A jedi B.-
Ranged C.- Crafter, Entertainer, or other. All remaining melee players
will be given a respec period.
3.- All grinding is going to be removed. All leveling will soon be
quest based and not grinding. Example: You will need to run to a
trainer, get missions from him, he will teach you a skill box, back to
step one. They are hoping that this will keep the playerbase more
nethralled with the game, and get the quest based system they have
always wanted.
Now the reason this may all seem far fetched to you, is because so many
people on these forums cry wolf, and start rumors. but I assure you,
this is the reason we dont get the responses we are looking for. Alot
of people complained about the CU, but once they played it, they became
adjusted and despite their complaints they still stayed subscribed. If
they announced all this now, it would cause mass mahem and anger, so
they will keep it quiet until it goes live, and then we are stuck with
a "Like it or leave it" option. And the bottom line is (it has been
proven) we will still play it.
Also, cancelled jedi accounts are a given in this, but look at it from
the outside, ALOT of new players will also spawn out of this mess,
because jedi will be made readily available to them.
I did not get any info on the Jedi vs. BH situation, or other important
issues, but they did make it clear that there will be no more alpha
classes in this game. Also do not shoot the OP, or myself. He is a
messenger for me (since my account was banned) and I am a messenger
from another, and I simply feel obligated to inform you all.
So if you flame me, that is fine. I am not a troll nor a rumor starter,
and it is your choice alone on what you want to believe. I am simply
warning you all that this will come to pass.
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| David Cherry 2006-02-26, 4:01 am |
| Comments made in the text
<blakes7_filesharer@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1131020263.132889.264280@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
quote:
> Read a forum post on the main SWG site. This information might interest
> anyone who hasen't been there.
>
> /enjoy
>
> Members of the Jedi Community and all SWG players.
> I know this post may get flamed, but it is only expected. There have
> been many rumors around the forums, but my source is a bit more than a
> rumor. I have been a member of the Jedi Community for a long while, and
> a member of SWG since the beginning. What I am about to disclose to you
> is top secret SOE stuff so to speak.
> I have a friend whose uncle is a SOE employee. (I would give his name
> here, but I was advised not to because I do not wish to jepordize that
> individuals job. Anyways, I told my friend to ask his Uncle "What is
> going on with jedi recently, and why all the nerfing and changes?" He
> did, indeed ask him, and the response was shocking. I cancelled my
> account immediately after hearing this. I am not advising you to do
> this, but since the SWG Community Relations, and Devs will not answer
> all of these issues, I felt obligated to inform the community of my
> disturbing findings.
>
> Here we go........
> 1.- Jedi are being phased into a regular profession, that will be
> selectable from the beginning of the game. This is the reason so many
> nerfs appear to be hitting jedi recently. They are attempting to slowly
> transition jedi into a normal class. They have not and will not inform
> the community about this, because it will enrage the vets. But they are
> hoping to keep everyone quiet while they work on this. They are also
> counting on the fact that more and more players will be influenced to
> buy the game, if jedi are immediately selectable. The bottom line is
> their numbers show that more players have quit the game because they
> were lazy and didnt want to work for jedi, as opposed to players who
> complain about jedi, but will not quit. They are hoping that
> subscription rates will soar if Jedi are immediately selectable,
> because jedi is the reason most players buy this game. This is also the
> reason why pearls/ FRS have been removed, so that vets will slowly
> become accustomed to being converted, and hopefully stay with the game.
Not true FS is a starting Prof. (Not much changed from now, before patch
24 you could become glowie in about 8-10 hours)
quote:
> 2.- All melee classes are being removed. The bottom line is that SOE
> feels that melee professions do not appear in the movies, and they will
> remove them from the game. The current status of Ranged professions
> being dominate is all in their grand scheme of things. They are hoping
> that most melee players will switch their templates to Ranged now, so
> that when they eliminate all melee, there wont be enough of them left
> to cause an uproar. Therfore everyone in game will be A.- A jedi B.-
> Ranged C.- Crafter, Entertainer, or other. All remaining melee players
> will be given a respec period.
All players will be given 9 respecs Melee will still be in the game but not
as a prof on its own
quote:
> 3.- All grinding is going to be removed. All leveling will soon be
> quest based and not grinding. Example: You will need to run to a
> trainer, get missions from him, he will teach you a skill box, back to
> step one. They are hoping that this will keep the playerbase more
> nethralled with the game, and get the quest based system they have
> always wanted.
Yes and no, there will be three ways of getting xp, Solo Hunting, Group
Hunting and Questing. Quests will be faster then Solo then Group. Skills
will be given to you when you have the right amount of XP (a bit like EQ),
so no more trainers
quote:
> Now the reason this may all seem far fetched to you, is because so many
> people on these forums cry wolf, and start rumors. but I assure you,
> this is the reason we dont get the responses we are looking for. Alot
> of people complained about the CU, but once they played it, they became
> adjusted and despite their complaints they still stayed subscribed. If
> they announced all this now, it would cause mass mahem and anger, so
> they will keep it quiet until it goes live, and then we are stuck with
> a "Like it or leave it" option. And the bottom line is (it has been
> proven) we will still play it.
>
> Also, cancelled jedi accounts are a given in this, but look at it from
> the outside, ALOT of new players will also spawn out of this mess,
> because jedi will be made readily available to them.
> I did not get any info on the Jedi vs. BH situation, or other important
> issues, but they did make it clear that there will be no more alpha
> classes in this game. Also do not shoot the OP, or myself. He is a
> messenger for me (since my account was banned) and I am a messenger
> from another, and I simply feel obligated to inform you all.
There will be no more player misions on the BH Terms
quote:
> So if you flame me, that is fine. I am not a troll nor a rumor starter,
> and it is your choice alone on what you want to believe. I am simply
> warning you all that this will come to pass.
>
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| blakes7_filesharer@hotmail.com 2006-02-26, 4:01 am |
| have you got a link for this ?
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| Anthony 2006-02-26, 4:01 am |
| If its caleld FS how come tiggs has been calling it jedi? ah wel ldont
matter I got my jedi :P
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