All Posts by Tacola

Originally posted by Sawtooth
Rich middle aged white women who believe they're entitled to anything they want because they're rich middle aged white women.

Also rudeness. I try never to be rude unless someone else is first. Civility is getting rarer these days.

Originally posted by ajax7

Yep the servers are empty a 100 online is Heavy now. Spread those over 12 Planets and you can see where we are at.

Can't agree with you more on the comunity there are a few Good peeps left but not many.

I'm the only Armor Smith on my server I get emails demanding I make this or do that it is really funny.

Here's my Sign on my tent "Servers Best Armor Smith / Only Armor Smith"

 

 

What server only has one Armor Smith?  And I have heard people say 100 is heavy pop now.  but on Corbantis I have seen 30 in Theed and 50 pvpers on Rori and at least 20+ base busting.  I  logged and went to look at servers in character create mode and Corbantis was still light.   I then went to Bloodfin, which was listed as heavy, in Mos Eisley alone there were 50-60, and on Rori there were so many I lost count.  If there a link that could be provide that shows pop numbers and their ratings it would be great, because it appears 100 is light or medium at best.

Originally posted by Suvroc

Originally posted by damicatz 

  And now SOE has the audacity to start adding back content that was removed and then claiming that the regained material is actually new.

And I'd like to point out that stuff like Creature Handler and Bio Engineer were removed because they were not "Star Warsy" and "Iconic".

Yet now they seem to be again.   

Strange 

This is the point alot are making.  This set of devs is listening to the playerbase.   Although it was removed it was also missed greatly.  So it returned as many things have.    The crys from the players to bring back CH is being answer to same degree.  I never played a CH or BM on TC so I dont know how close it is, but I do know alot of people seem excited  about it, so you are not alone.    I haven't read the hype so I dont know if all the things they have brought back are being called new, but they are new to NGE just not SWG. 

I for one support bringing back as much of the old game as they can .      I just wish Corbantis' population would caught Bloodfin, hehe, more people there are the more food and clothes I sell.

Originally posted by //\\//\\oo

Originally posted by Tacola

Originally posted by //\\//\\oo

 

Originally posted by Tacola

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When was the last time not believing in a God help anyone with math or physics?   Now that is a siily question isn't it.    And with Newton, we really dont know exactly why he attended church do we?  Well we could guess... 

   Oh, I don't know,maybe the conflicting notions in the bible about creation and the empirical evidence we find on our planet (dinosaurs, evolution, etc.). Russel's paradox is also something you might want to look into (or not... )

Indeed, we could guess..... indeed....

 

 you know, this is the second time you have quoted me, quoting you.  And both times you removed your quoted post and posted something that have absolutely nothing to do with your orginal post or my post for that matter.  And there is still a missing link right?  I mean there is no direct link from Ape to Man.  Not saying evolution didnt happen.   But, as far definite evidence that we came from apes, it just isnt complete.

 

I responded directly to your post. Quoting everything when you can scroll up is fucking retarded, especially when you consider the fact that the posts are not even separated.

Missing link? How many different variants of the man-ape do you need to draw a conclusion?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_evolution

Perhaps the original ape that we had evolved from has been extinct for millions of years: Are we to assume evolution didn't happen and man was created when there are so many species that are neither man nor ape that showed a progression in neural development?

So maybe Adam and Eve weren't humans at all, or god messed up a few times? If you take the bible literally (especially creation)with all of the given facts (assuming you have access to them, since some world religions are nice enough to deny them), then you are definitely lacking mentally.

Evolution, while definitely not the entire answer, is a much more valid explanation than "God did it".

Rofl, why so defensive?   You ask when was the last time being a Christian aided in math or physics.  So I ask you when not believing in God help the Math or Physics.  To show how silly that question was.  You respond with a creation theory debate?  Not exactly on topic.  And the link you provided doesnt show a direct link between man and ape.  It talks about a belief that man came from ape.   And to you that is more valid belief than "God did it", but to everyone.

And if it was a guess as to why Newton attended church, from your presentation it would seem to be a better agrument for why he wouldn't have attended.

Originally posted by //\\//\\oo

 

Originally posted by Tacola

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When was the last time not believing in a God help anyone with math or physics?   Now that is a siily question isn't it.    And with Newton, we really dont know exactly why he attended church do we?  Well we could guess... 

   Oh, I don't know,maybe the conflicting notions in the bible about creation and the empirical evidence we find on our planet (dinosaurs, evolution, etc.). Russel's paradox is also something you might want to look into (or not... )

Indeed, we could guess..... indeed....

 

 you know, this is the second time you have quoted me, quoting you.  And both times you removed your quoted post and posted something that have absolutely nothing to do with your orginal post or my post for that matter.  And there is still a missing link right?  I mean there is no direct link from Ape to Man.  Not saying evolution didnt happen.   But, as far definite evidence that we came from apes, it just isnt complete.

Originally posted by //\\//\\oo

Originally posted by Tacola

 

 

 

 

 

Can you elaborate abit?   Most of the Intelligent people in the world are indeed religious.   In fact vast majority of the world are members of a religion.   Where do you get yours information relating to the intellect of religious people.  Do you spend alot of time at church or worship services with them?  

 

"From my perspective as director of the Human Genome Project, the scientific and religious world views are not only compatible but also inherehtly complementary."  Francis S. Collins - physician, geneticist and Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute.

 

Exactly.. he's a physician/geneticist.

Did I say that they weren't religious? I stated that they weren't a part of a world religion. Albert Einstein wasn't a part of organized religion, but he was agnostic.

I never said anything about the intellect of religious people, but please tell me the last time a fundamentalist Christian used his knowledge of Jesus to improve our knowledge of physics and mathematics?

You can still be religious and not be part of a world religion (i.e. Islam, Christianity, Hinduism); you can accept most of their doctrines, but not attend service, or have another conflicting tenet of belief...

Newton was religious, but he was also religious in a time where not being religious meant certain persecution....

 

 

 

 

Originally posted by godpuppet

Originally posted by Deathstrike2

That's interesting.  I have to believe that if I didn't believe in God, I would be more tempted to act on impulse.  After all, there would be no consequences for doing anything as long as I never got caught.  A person with nothing to lose seems just as dangerous to me as a religious nutbag.

BTW, there's nuts in every religion and every walk of life (atheists included).

Law is the consequence.

When you dont believe in god, you tend to believe in Law & Order, and sometimes, the generosity of others.

You would have been better going with the "Religion is the Opiate of the Mass" point.   Without Reilgion we would have total chaos all over the world.  How much charity do Regilious organization give each year?  Why do people seem to focus on the lost misguided ones who claim to be and use Religion as an excuse for unspeakable acts and not focus on the true meaning of most religions, love your brother as your self?

Originally posted by //\\//\\oo

I care when their beliefs interfere with my daily life and when I have to fear for my life if I am ever asked my faith (or lack thereof).

I really don't think that it is a coincidence that most intelligent people aren't part of a world religion.

 

 

 

"From my perspective as director of the Human Genome Project, the scientific and religious world views are not only compatible but also inherehtly complementary."  Francis S. Collins - physician, geneticist and Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute.

Originally posted by Umbrood

As many have said, I would not care about religion if religious people were indeed religious all to themself, but lets face it, with the facts at hand, they rarely are.

Worldly decision about pretty much anything should at least be based on logic if not fact and science, when trying to rule the world according to an by all probability, made up dogma that makes little to no sense then yes, you are out of here.

Personally I think it should be legal to cut the throat of the damn bastards ringing my doorbell with an agende to make me part of their insane cults.

Allthough I am not sure if I should feel pity or disgust for the poor sods.

Religion IS the root of all evil, if not per say then at least the way it is used by unscrupulous, and hardly religious, people to control and put fear into our hearts.

I say make it illegal to publicly speak about, condone, promote or display your religious beliefs.

It is to powerful a tool to be allowed to be used by anyone against others.  

 

 

Stalin couldn't have said it better.  Then he proceed to kill millions because they used their freedom to believe in god.  By far more people have been killed to stop the belief of god than have been killed to promote any religion.    I would say lack of Regilion is the root of evil and I would agree the misuse of Regilion is also a very big issue.

Originally posted by frAnner

Originally posted by Zyzx-Man

  if you cant trust your-self then how can you posably trust a higher power?

thats the kind of thing that starts wars, people blindly trusting in god (or the people that represent god)

the rep of god says, god says go kill those that a slitly different, so those poeple go and kill those slitly different people, over the word of the represenative of "god".

to me there is nothing that proves god exists, god is just a theorie, one that I dislike and reject.

do you really want god to exist? one being that controls all, predetermins your fate, know everything you do before you do it.

that seems kinda creepy to me, and very unapealing.

Well, according to Christians, God gave us all free will to decide whether or not to accept him. These same people say God is omniscient. While I see a blatant contradiction between free will and omniscience, most people don't seem to have a problem with it.

If you had a choice to make, say door A  or door B, but you weren't sure which door to take.   But an Omniscient Being (God) already  knew which choice you would make.  Would it be pre-destination?  It becomes relative at this point.

To the God it would be pre-destination.

But to you it would be a choice.  It would be "free will"

 

And what really bugs me is how egotistical and self-centered God is. He creates a whole race for the purpose of worshipping him? For a being to have attained such a high level of knowledge and enlightenment, he sure has some tyrannical motives.

God demands we worship him.  So to worship we do what pleases him.   He ask that we love our brother as our self and not to steal, kill, or lie to one another.  IE: God demands we love either other.  He sorta turns the tables by saying to worship me you must first love each other.  How can you love a god you cannont see, when you hate your brother you can see.

If a higher power does exist, I sure as hell don't think he's as big of a douche bag as people make him out to be.

I agree =)

Originally posted by Joshua69
wow...I just read the initial post...wow, i....i had no idea! I read that and wanted to cry...infact...i still want to cry...it hurts a gamer deep inside when a game we anticipate goes to crap...somone hold me *sob*

/hug

I am a Trekkie and have been looking forward to this game also.   I did notice that Tabula Rasa went thru a revamp after alot of Dev time, sometime around 2004-2005.   The revamped game vids are a heck of alot better to me.   So, maybe the same thing will happend with STO.  I can only hope.

Originally posted by royalpenalty
this would be an admission of failure.  SOE does not admit to, or its correct mistakes.  they only compound them one on top of another ad nauseum.

Didnt they admit the way NGE went live was a mistake?

Originally posted by CasualMaker

Originally posted by Tacola

There can actually be a significant degree of differentiation in classes with the expertise trees.   They can have quite an impact in same cases.

 Devs to create other hybird classes as well.

So you have a Talent System to hit a little harder, heal a little better, resist damage a bit more, and buy back some abilities that used to be handed out free on your Wheel'o'Life. Compared to what we had, that isn't a significant differentiation, says this stim-crafting, pistol-toting, horn-blowing, scent-masked Master Artisan. As to the usefulness/uselessness of crafters, nothing I have seen or heard changes my views. We were crippled by CU and wrecked by NGE. Very, very few crafted items are even remotely desirable to anyone, and the devs refuse to take the actions that would correct the situation, beyond some token gestures.

Now that is a lie .   Crafted items are without a doubt more desirable now.   Have you played lately?   

Looted armor  --  Ken 5400 Energy 6000  +25 con +25 Luck +25 Pre  -- this would be an exceptional piece to loot.  By far most loot doesnt have 3 or 4 stats and even less have +25 any stat much less all 3 stats.   Also  5k+ armor resist is extremely rare in itself. Now consider the chances of looting 5k+ resist  w/ 3 stats all being +25

 Crafted Armor --  Ken 6500 Energy 6500  +35 con +35 Luck +35 Pre  -- this is an example of what can be crafted now with RE'd power bits.  Where +35 bits are rare, +30 are not.  It would be easy to build an enitre suit of 3 stat +28 and up which has 6k+ resist now.

With the expertise trees there are specials attacks to buy or not, you can make you healer better and/or make a attack hit harder.  Is it as diverse as pre-NGE as far as skill sets, NO.   Can there be a significant difference between two Jedi or two Smugglers or two BHers or .... without a doubt.  Is it very simlar to WoW's talent system  YES.    And with MB coming back there will be hybird classes.  As I said eariler I hope this leads to more options in Hybird classes.

So are some suppose to get invites to beta today??  

Originally posted by CasualMaker
Oh, we'll do something FAR worse than posting lies about the game; we'll post the truth.

Calling some of the servers "Medium" or "Heavy" is insulting to people who know what a real medium server looks like. A real medium server had more people in Coronet alone as your current "Heavy" server has online at all. And I'm not speaking with "eyes blinded by the past": I was on Bria recently, and Mos Eisley was the only place that the /who command truncated because there was more than 32 people in the area.

Saying the NGE is much better than when it launched is true. Of course, when you crater a game that badly, ground level is a looong way up, and it isn't there yet. Yes, we can easily recognize it as NGE: the cookie cutter classes with an utterly insignificant degree of differentiation is a dead give-away. Crafters are still screwed, just slightly less so. The devs know perfectly well how to make them viable again, and refuse. SWG used to support all playing styles. It is no coincidence that the game's steep decline dates from the CU, when noncombatants were reduced to, at best, second class citizens. Also no coincidence is that the current "revival", such as it is, dates from when the devs stopped screwing the noncombatants quite so hard.

There can actually be a significant degree of differentiation in classes with the expertise trees.   They can have quite an impact in same cases.

 As a Master Tailor/Chef.    The return of food additives has made a more even playing ground for all chefs now, not just ones that had additives left from back in the day.  And reing has been a very good moneymaker for my tailor.   Now crafted clothes and armor are again better than almost all looted items.  WS still need some love though.  Weapons have slots now, but that doesnt make up for the DPS lost against some looted and quest items.

I won't call those red statements lies, but they certainly arent true anymore in SWG.

And with BM tree being added as a option to spend points in to create a hybird class, maybe this template could be used by Devs to create other hybird classes as well.

I downloaded and played last night.  But I really dont like the move with the mouse aspect.  Is there a keymap option in this game?

Originally posted by xauss

Originally posted by Tacola

...Cutting the head off a goat for a media event is senseless to me, but appearently not to you.  Therefore there needs to be standards that are widely accepted so people know what will be acceptable or nonpunishable actions...

In this country [US] decapitating a goat for a media event will get you arrested...

you seem determined to miss the point - nowhere has anyone said they cut off the goats head as part of the entertainment... nor how they aquired the goat, and whether it came with or without a head... i'm pretty sure, contrary to whatever you believe, that animal welfare laws are at least as stringent in EU as in the US, and i would be pretty sure that dead animals are not illegal per se in the US

your personal taste should not be a matter of law, even if artists like Damien Hirst? who uses dead animals in formaldahyde as art or Gunther von Hagens' who 'plastinates' real human corpses are not to everyones taste. or are these acclaimed artists who use dead animals and humans so much morally better than those that used a dead goat, which was fitting to the theme of the promotion, at a launch party for an adults product, attended by adults?

Originally posted by Tacola

The point I was after was that I dont understand why people would praise something just becuase it upsets others

the people whining about it are not the sort that go to an adult party for an adult violent game release. therefore THEY do not need to be exposed to it at all, let alone bore the rest of us with their tedious moral high ground.

so if a few closed-minded, self-appointed fools who think they have a responsibility to censor what others can or cannot do, amoung consenting adults and within the boundries of applicable laws, get upset about it, sure i can smile.

since you made an association with christianity, perhaps they should be more concerned in making attonement for the paedophilia, abuse, wars, torture, murder, social intolerance, and brainwashing associated with that religious group, its history and its agents, than the table dressing at a party.

 

With this logic, if someone killed abunch of people and said it was because a bowl of frosted flakes said do it, would you sue kellogg?  Beware of false prophets, they will lie to you.  As did the people who performed the massacres during the cursades did.   Those actions were about man, not anything else.   

But I will give you this "Gaurdians of Morality" would make a great guild name.