Hi All,

Actually if you recall what they said each class is going to have their own unique story / quest so your scenario is not likely to happen. Their may be some crossover {maybe!!} or opposing quest {if they do some PvP based stories...so far not likely}. Also, in their DEV video they imply that each class is going to able to make its self unique {maybe sub-class} and that they might have their own quest too {maybe!!}. So, based on the little we know so far,  you'll have a somewhat unique experience. However, I understand your feelings on this. I personally like a sandbox environment with large volume of content that is updated often; which was one of the failing of SWG.
This issue does have me concerned in the sense that if Bioware isn't carefully they maybe making an online single player game as opposed to a MMORPG. It will all depend on how beneficial they make grouping and how grouping comes about {the social aspects of the game}. A perfect example of this IMO is Tabula Rasa. In that MMORPG not only was their not any PvP {at least when I played} but there was no real social mechanism that helped people form groups and guilds; something that SWG excelled in. Anyhow, that my thoughts.

IMO,

Tauceti
 

Originally posted by Draccan

 

Originally posted by Reiketsu

Try playing Eve. One universe, no instances.

Try going to a system called Jita, which is the main trade hub for the entire universe.  You get to the gate to jump in the system and find out your number 40 something in the line and you should be able to enter in about 5 min or so.  Why? Because there are normally between 400 and 1000 people in the system.

The entire one world one server idea is great on paper.  But can you imagine the first day, when everyone is Lvl 6 and 20000 people all have to go out and kill X number of mob Y?

How about this one.  You get your raid together and spend 2 hours hacking your way through a dungeon.  Your buffing up to hit the last boss, and have the group thats been trailing you, blow past, go in and take him out.

Instancing and open world both have good and bad.  Its just a matter of finding a happy medium.

 

 

Silly... you people have no imagination..

If there was more than 1 Y and more than one starter area, the problem wouldn't be that big...

   

Anyhow, so far the only game that came close to doing what we're talking about was SWG-PerCU it was an open zone with a few instances and it was great. It had many of the suggestion you stated, however you still had the issue of camping a site and the other issue as stated by Reiketsu which is why instancing helped.

Its to bad we have all these WoW clones coming out and no-one really trying to come-up with somethign better.

IMO,

Tauceti

Originally posted by Reiketsu

Try playing Eve. One universe, no instances.

Try going to a system called Jita, which is the main trade hub for the entire universe.  You get to the gate to jump in the system and find out your number 40 something in the line and you should be able to enter in about 5 min or so.  Why? Because there are normally between 400 and 1000 people in the system.

The entire one world one server idea is great on paper.  But can you imagine the first day, when everyone is Lvl 6 and 20000 people all have to go out and kill X number of mob Y?

How about this one.  You get your raid together and spend 2 hours hacking your way through a dungeon.  Your buffing up to hit the last boss, and have the group thats been trailing you, blow past, go in and take him out.

Instancing and open world both have good and bad.  Its just a matter of finding a happy medium.

 

I agree with your points whole heartly; you're exactly right.

IMO,

Tauceti

Hi all,

I actually think a pre-cu KOTOR / SWG2 or other Sci-fi could do pretty good. The reason being

1. What failed in SWG had more to do with poor management and poor implementation of the SW universe. As I've said before the main problems was that the GCW was not the focus as people expected it to be and the lack of content, were the main points. Did it have some problems yes, but they were fixable.
2. The market is flooded with WoW like games; and in some recent articles I've read people are looking for something different. SWG was ahead of its time.
3. The Market is flooded by fantasy type games and many are looking for a comprehensive Sci-fi based MMORPG game.
4. Finally, many talk about WoW subscription numbers, but keep in mind a large % are for single players with multiple accounts and of course gold framers.

Anyhow, these are my thoughts for now.

IMO,

Tauceti

Originally posted by MikeMB
I found TKA to be the cheap "omg i pwn u noob lol" class of the Pre-CU.

I think one of my more funny in game moments was a TKA kiddie telling me how and why Melee like TKA is more 'Sci-Fi' then Laser guns... Somehow I had this idea in my head of one of the Marines in Aliens trying to go all Kung-Fu on one of them...

Sorry but it's like my Grandfather told me once "Son a good .45 Slug traveling at 500mph beats a guy with a Kung-Fu any day of the week!"

Hi,

To answer your 1st TKA was one of the best profession and ideas I've seen, and was done well for the most part.

To answer your other point "Son a good .45 Slug traveling at 500mph beats a guy with a Kung-Fu any day of the week!" is only true if you are a good shot and haven't run out of ammo, becuase in either case your screwed once the "Kung-Fu guy" gets to you and you don't know how to fight....LOL.

IMO,

Tauceti

Originally posted by SioBabble

Originally posted by irukandji

Originally posted by Danjak
Nothing screams "Star Wars" like Kung Fu. 

or pokemon wars? so what's your point? all the professions weren't very star warsy but they were ALL cool to the people who played them. Only an idiot would want only 9 professions.....you aren't saying you like only 9 choices because  that would make you.......

SWG was supposed to go beyond the movies and give people a chance to "live" in a virtual world.

So, it took what was shown on the screen, and expand upon it.

The players were supposed to be all those extras running around behind Luke and Leia and Han and Vader and C3PO.

The combat took the form of the stock RPG, with melee and ranged, with further divisions within each overall type.  One thing that just rules a modern battlefield that you never saw in SWG was artillery, which has this bad tendency to ruin everyone's day, both melee and ranged.

Also, modern combat is usually one shot and you're out of action.  That's not too much fun in a game.

So, yeah, the combat wasn't "Star Warsy" because it actually had to make some sort of sense, which in the movies you never see.  Because as movie bad guys, Imperial Stormtroopers can't hit the broad side of a barn door.  Bad guys in movies NEVER hit the broad side of a barn door.  This would make them in a game less than satisfactory.

I agree..very good points made.

GL,

Tauceti

Hi all,

I thought TKA was one of the best profession around, and I pretty much kept it once I made TKM back when I started playing the game in Sept of 2003. It was more than a profession for me because it played a key role in my Avatars bio and because I earned back when it was tough to get , especially when you couldn't afford buffs. In fact, I was relieved when they made the changes to Jedi to make it were your toon can become a Jedi instead of an alt [had to due with RP]; although I didn't like the fact I would have to give up TKM. I was even going to keep TKM and go TKM / Force powers as my template, but then the CU came out and screwed it up, so I went  all Jedi. [Note: As far as its history and purpose; I never thought it was a profession to hunt Jedi, but rather a class that was developed to help guard against Dark and Fallen Jedi]. Anyhow, there only a few things that could have made to make this prof. more playiable and better.

My 2 favorite class combo was TKM / BE and TKM / Master Rifleman.

Also, melee combat in Pre-CU SWG was done the best, than any other MMORPG I've seen so far.

IMO,

Tauceti

Hi,

Actually I think this is just the new clone wars series he is making using CG. This is part of 2 or 3 projects he is working on.

1. Clone Wars CG TV series

2. Live action TV series

3. Possibly hour long  [or more] TV movies. Although, some are hoping this is a cover for a new SW movie.

IMO,

Tauceti

Hi all,

I would very much like another sandbox / skill based game with both open game content and some directed content, and something similar to Pre_CU SWG. But, at this point in time I'd play a KOTOR MMORPG that was level based game. It would help a hell of alot if it was multi-class and didn't have the usual level restrictions to gameplay.

IMO,

Tauceti