[So EA got exclusive rights to Star Wars games...]

Short answer.... I felt gutted, but im used to it.

EA's been doing this fore years. Buying up companies with strong brand names or getting exclusive rights to things.

Disney's takeover of lucasarts didn't worry me as much as this.

 

Im far from done with the SW universe at this moment, but there may come a day sooner or later.

[Why is there so little optimism?]

Since you've been here from day one, why are you even asking this?.

All the hype/lies/broken promises is to blame, and of course lately it's been thanks to the big momma of microtransactions.. EA

 

In regards to the whole concept of the cartel market: it may seem like systematic milking to many people

 

That's because it is milking and it's the heavyhanded kind.

[What could be done for new classes?]

Hate to burst your bubble, but if they ever do anything to expand them, it'll be adding more adv. classes to the existing 8 classes. Because that means no new class stories(less work).

[Why is everyone so "helpful"?]

If you wanna learn your class, stay off the MAIN path, we travel that path as well. Hide away in a far corner, because we will ALWAYS try to bother a player. If we see you, we'll step in EVERY TIME to annoy you. We do it to be total ***** and to piss you off. We do it, because we want to see you fail, and quit this game

 

Slightly reworded.

There are two sides to every story

[Why is everyone so "helpful"?]

What are you talking about? [...] I think maybe you should get some perspective since clearly you are a bit confused with the difference between trolling and explaining.

 

What i see is people stating just about any reason, why they should be allowed to disrupt other people playing the game.

Its the "i can do it, so i will" attitude. Its rude/bad behaviour.

And just look at all the insults directed at the OP, a lot of it smells of troll.

But whatever, i dont really care

[Why is everyone so "helpful"?]

Best to just let it go, fuse. They will just troll you endlessly.

 

And its still going. Told you so.

[Why is everyone so "helpful"?]

Once again the community shows how friendly and great it is.

Best to just let it go, fuse. They will just troll you endlessly.

 

But it is still annoying and slows down completing bonus objectives.

My advice.. If someone follows you, just /sit fore a minute or two. Generally fixes the problem(unless there's a lot of people)

[25 Max Missions needs to be increased to 50]

The creators of the hero engine must have laughed all the way to the bank.

 

We were concerned over their making major changes to our engine, but we loved the size of the check that came with the deal

 

They did and they got some notice/interest out of it. Mostly good.

[25 Max Missions needs to be increased to 50]

Honestly.. my post was me pointing fingers and laughing. That's generally how i deal with SWTOR problems at this point, although rarely on the forums. But this time, i just couldn't resist.

 

btw.. i think, you took that arrow to the knee nicely. Didn't even blink.

[25 Max Missions needs to be increased to 50]

Yes, and the fact that people are complaining about the graphics engine in response to this just proves that they have no clue what they're talking about and shouldn't be criticizing anyone. Eric said it would affect game performance, that doesn't mean FPS. That means things like your inventory loading, the GTN working quickly, the mail system etc etc. All the database stuff that has absolutely nothing to do with the graphics engine.

Exactly.

 

You clever guys(or girls) do know that the Hero engine is a full platform(server, client, netcode, editor, parser, etc)

not just a gfx engine, right?

[25 Max Missions needs to be increased to 50]

This is still worth a few giggles..

[25 Max Missions needs to be increased to 50]

First one sounded better though, spectre

[25 Max Missions needs to be increased to 50]

Ah, ye good ol' Hero Engine. How we love thee, not.

 

The REAL hero engine isn't that bad.

SWTOR was build from the alpha version hero engine. (which build. how early. who knows)

The makers of Hero Engine even said, it wasn't ready at the time.

They don't deserve the stigma of swtor.

[Suggestions on quest symbols]

Been suggested before and it's still a good idea.

 

/signed

[25 Max Missions needs to be increased to 50]

We shouldn't have to explain to a game developer, how to work with databases, or how to implement properly working lasting solutions to problems.

 

Someone did explain, how other developers handle this though.

 

WoW does a better job of creating hubs to work around, and tiering their quests to sub-hubs in an area. TOR also has a lot more long term quests that you will want to carry around, things that WoW does without quests, like Daily and Weekly PVP and Dungeon rewards are tied to quests in TOR and in WOW they aren't quest based. I can't remember the last time I hit the quest cap in WoW, in TOR I hit it all the time.

 

To be fair to Eric and the TOR team, LOTRO has also said that quests impact performance, but so does their Deed system (similar to Achievements) and they give you more quest slots, up to 50 total, if you complete enough Deeds, which helps reduce that overhead. I'm sure it an issue in most MMOs because most of them limit your quest log.

 

Personally i think that a lot of MMO quest systems might just be poorly optimized. I've been told, that database optimization is hard work(time consuming). Particularly the load handling. So it's likely low on the list of things to be worked on, once they get it to a reasonable working state.

[25 Max Missions needs to be increased to 50]

Hey everyone,

 

We have seen a few requests since the launch of Rise of the Hutt Cartel for the Mission Log size to be increased above 25 and I wanted to explain why that limit is currently in place. The Mission Log, just like all other components of the game, directly affects a player's performance in game. The goal in limiting the log to only 25 missions is to help mitigate potential area server hitches and ability lag they may encounter. Simply put, players could see decreased game performance with a Mission Log larger than 25.

 

Hopefully that helps explain a bit why the limit is what it is. There are currently no plans to change that limit but it is something we will continue to monitor.

 

Thanks!

 

-eric

 

/facepalm

 

Hire better code monkeys, this isn't impossible to fix.

But...

Whoever thought it was good getting the ALPHA version of a game engine, and finishing it yourself instead of waiting, was a fool.

[25 Max Missions needs to be increased to 50]

This to me is a game mechanics issue and should be an improvement to the game for all

 

QFT

 

Don't make it another unlock

[25 Max Missions needs to be increased to 50]

Don't nickle and dime us on this one. Or any of the other limits. no CM unlocks..

 

/signed

[Increase Mission Count 25 > 50 instead]

actually we need more threads, if anything. that's the only way eaware will ever notice...

[25 Max Missions needs to be increased to 50]

At this point I would be happy to buy an unlock in the cartel market if that is what it would take.

 

Don't give them any idea's

It should have been upped by 5-10 earlier, and then 15-20(to 50 total) more with the planet dlc

[Increase Mission Count 25 > 50 instead]

They're all about limits these days, but this one should have been increased long ago. Or at least with the new planet DLC.

It's been suggested before, can't remember why they dismissed it.

[Level 50's Farming low level open area heroic's]

I agree

Remove the rewards, if you outlevel it by 15-20 lvls.

Keep title rewards of course, since people sometimes go back and do them later.

[Best Class Story]

Ugh after 17 levels of the Jedi Consular I was ready to toss myself in front of a fast moving train.

 

Playing LS consular feels bland and uninspired. Not much wise jedi, future jedi master, in that story. Feels like the prequels.

 

Playing DS consular does give a few moments, where you feel like, you're tearing the jedi apart from within. Wish you could push that aspect further, but its limited.

 

If you really hated LS consular, try DS and troll npc/kill everything. Helped cure the pain fore me at least

[Increase Mission Count 25 > 50 instead]

Totally agree

[Level 50's Farming low level open area heroic's]

ya, its kinda hard to complete bonus objectives with so many high levels on starter planets.

Im gonna take a break from my low level toons fore a while. Or just farm FPs on them

bad move EAware