You mean where all the posts now say Mod 01 instead of smed?

You may be right, could be that lots of things come up missing in the next month or so.

I hope in the end, when these guys are finally done changing the game it was worth all this anger, frustration, hate, cancelling and dissapointment, Or this has all been the biggest waste of time in MMo history.

Do I think the devs want the best for swg?

Yea I think they do.

Do I think the players want the best for swg?

Definetly.

Do I think the two are achieiving this ?

Not at all.

Whats the solution?

Only time will tell.

bah bunk this one

I found this disgruntled individual trying to get his point across in a big way lol.

1OWND1 wrote:

BTW!!! TELL LUCASARTS TO UPDATE THIER WEBSITE ON TRIALS OF OBI-WAN..ITS STILL ADVERTISING TAMABLE CREATURES ON MUSTAFAR AMONG OTHER THINGS...AND thier site on SWG still refers to the old system

One from the the man himself on 3-26-2006

Mr Helios lol.

-Helios Titan
-Lead Designer, SWG
"No theory of reality compatible with quantum theory can require spatially separate events to be independent."

same day concerning the expertise system.

Helios_SOE wrote:

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.

-ChrisCao-dev SOE-

Howdy again,

There's a lot of discussion going on and I wanted to jump-in at a more basic level to address the themes I see repeated again and again on this thread: 

• 'Star Warsy' Game:  I think this is the principle issue driving all of the furor surrounding SWG.  I'll be honest, SWG wasn't launched as a Star Wars game first and foremost.  Instead, other priorities such as crafting, vast world space, non-SW activities (e.g. Entertaining) and player-created activities were pushed ahead of the essential SW adventure.  The people who wanted an online SW adventure tried it out and left.  The people who liked the sandbox nature and deep crafting game stayed.  But the general direction of JtL, CU, and the NGE were aimed at adventure.  Why?  Because we wanted to shift the game to first and foremost be about SW adventure.
  • The question then becomes why, if you the community wanted a different game, did we go in this direction?  To put it simply, we wanted to appeal to a broader SW audience.  We wanted to play up the elements most people identify with from Star Wars.  In some cases, this meant modifying or eliminating parts of the game that the existing community wanted.  But, at the end of the day, we believe we can reach a balance between crafters and adventurers, between combat and non-combat professions, between those who want to live in a simulated world and those who want to live an online SW adventure.  And that's why we're continuing to pursue the 'Star Warsy' direction we've established.
• Rollback:  People are asking for it.  But, we aren't seriously considering it.  Why?  Well, nostalgia tends to color your view of the past.  SWG has advanced in a lot of ways a rollback is an all-or-nothing return to what was before.  The strides we've made forward would be eliminated (e.g. the quest system).  The expansions and additions we've built would be affected.  To put it simply, going forward, fixing the game, building on what we've established and refining the direction at hand is the best way to improve your day-to-day experience in the game.
• The Future:  With a diverse audience come diverse demands.  As developers with limited time and resources, we need to choose what we want to focus on.  And, to be blunt, SWG's has done a lot of things poorly in the past.  There has been a lot of diversity, but very few of the options met the gameplay and quality expectations players expect.  In fact, the posting history so regularly brought up by members of this forum (hello, Smugglers) shows just how diverse the ideas have been surrounding this game.  And, to be honest, we can't meet all of those expectations. 
  • We are, however, staying true to the focus on the game we established.  We've carved out a scope and direction that we can support and build.  We've identified a core set of professions that we can grow and differentiate.  We're building the groundwork to deliver a more compelling GCW experience.  We're looking at solid solutions for crafting as a part of the future of the game.  And, yes, we're putting a Smuggling system into the game. 

To put it simply, we're going to keep pushing to refine and expand SWG first and foremost as a SW adventure.  We're going to differentiate professions, add adventure content, revamp crafting to be a core part of the fundamental adventure economy, tie-in alternate activities like Entertaining, and work each day to improve the moment-to-moment experience of every player through continued bug fixes and quality improvements.  We're not there yet, but as Publish 27 showed (and Publish 28 will continue to prove), we're on our way.

Just thought id throw in yet another pointless thread about the NGE.

Maybe they dont want people qouting smed anymore?

here are smeds old posts

http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=devdigest&message.id=69

Forum patcher 3.0

yes... "the current forums are not starwarsy or iconic, many feel felt that some posters were more intelligent than others creating an imbalance on the forums. To correct this issue we are now eliminating all your anti Nge posts and forum titles and you will now have the same reg date as everyone else in order to better balance the forums"

Forum fixes:

Added a thesaurus for big words.

Added an auto spell for dummies.

The following have now been banned from use- 1337, NuB, nOOb, I-R, HaXxOr, RoflCoptr, OmgXXoRz, RoXXoR, ownd, Pwnd, T-BaGGed, and Teh suck

Enjoy :) 

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Originally posted by KenshuAni

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Originally posted by Dlek

Call me crazy, but I am going to withhold judgement on calling the OP a liar just yet... If their is one thing I have learned about SoE is that they have made an ART out of bold-face lieing to their customers.

For the longest time, The NGE was just a rumor, and The Starter Kit was only a KoToR II misprint, and Tiggs wasn't fired or left SoE.... All these were lies told to us until THEY chose the time to make such "rumors" public knowledge.

So again, Due to their history of lieing to dispell "romurs"  only to  to prove them true days or weeks later, I am not jumping out of the hope-boat just yet.

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Actually, I would think that any company that isn't ready to announce such a large issue would deny it until ready.

Still, can you imagine what is going on at SOE now if Smed isn't being fired?  I mean, so many calls, emails, and posts from people that would be excited at Smedley being canned.

That has got to make Smedley feel good :p

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LOL nah not callin the guy a liar but you have to admit, posting something like this and watching 117 people jump on the topic for what it is had to be funny.

Id say its only equal post would be "Omfg!!! everyone resub NOW! they finally did a rollback! We won we won YAY!"

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Originally posted by BadBoyOnFire
The most exciting part of the game at the moment is cancelling.

Its so iconic.

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Originally posted by Malyss
Small areas like WoW, and only when necessary. Less than 20% of the game is instanced. And considering on launch there are 26 square kilometers of non-instantced space, that's a lot of free roaming :)

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How much is 26 square kilometers in comparison to other games ?

What can you compare that to so people will have an idea of just how long or short that chariot or horseride is going to be if one decides to "roam"?

Is this 26 kilos pure land walkable/rideable mass  or does this include water trees and other areas you cannot get through?

O_o