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    11 Years in and SWTOR still has the WOAT Customer Service for any subscription service game I've ever played.....

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    8 hours ago, DarthNillard said:

    If the launcher from the developer is worse than a 3rd party vendor, free or not, then they should shutter Bioware Austin on Monday.

    Not saying this is incorrect, but just as an FYI: if I'm not mistaken the launcher is (for a big part) also based on a solution from a third party vendor. Although that still doesn't absolve BW of course.

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    Backfilling and Wins/Losses count

    in PvP

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    Not sure if this has been discussed before, but if BW wants this "battle record" to have any meaning - which I guess they do as otherwise it would not have been added - being backfilled in a match, have the match end in the next 30s, and then have this counted towards your win/loss ratio is rather ridiculous.
    I guess nobody would complain too much if it's a win, but it still doesn't make any sense.

    Yes, I know this is far from the only issue. This is an additional issue nonetheless, IMO.

    Initial idea would be not to have backfilled losses count toward win/loss ratio, but this is obviously a teribble idea, especially as it may be abused.
    Not count a backfilled win/loss at all? Also not a great idea.
    Don't backfill if the match is about to end anyway? Still doesn't solve it completely as the amount of time left in many cases is probably not enough to have any meaningful impact anyway. Also, question then is, which amount of time left is the threshold.
    Trying to solve this issue with the severe lock-outs they have currently? An even worse idea and obviously also not working.
    Maybe show a message to the player that (s)he's about to be backfilled, so (s)he has the chance to decline being backfilled and thereby prevent the W/L ratio issue if the player cares about it at all?

    Any other ideas on how to solve this? Any other MMOs with a similar system; how do they solve this?

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    Solos Ruin PVP

    in PvP

    Posted

    20 hours ago, merovejec said:

    There was this premade on imp side in arenas messing up the games. I logged imp side and asked if i can join and they said NO! They r friends playing together and dont want anyone else (they were 3 playeds)

    Feel free to send me a pm if you ever feel the need to talk.

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    PVP Map and Medals Feedback

    in PvP

    Posted

    3 hours ago, Nee-Elder said:

    They sort of  did here (some medals data at least) : https://www.swtor.com/info/news/article/20221209

    ( i actually meant to post that ^ link to you earlier , but forgot amidst my other replies )

    *Someone else can quote me and re-post  this for Trixxie

    @TrixxieTriss

     

    3 hours ago, Nee-Elder said:

    since i'm pretty sure she has me on-ignore

    My bad for the off-topic, but: that's good information. Can you please tell me how to add someone to my ignore list on the forum? I can't seem to find this option.

    Maybe you can link me to a relevant thread?

    Thanks.

    Reducing Client Login Box Size

    in Suggestion Box

    Posted

    6 hours ago, Traceguy said:

    WRONG. What you have said amounts to "It doesn't work on my computer", you think I won the lottery and the login box didn't change on my computer? I already told you, you have a bad driver.

    I've used both Steam and Non-Steam clients across multiple computers and laptops.

    I have noticed the same behavior as described by the OP. "Having a bad driver" doesn't make too much sense really.

    Although I did not (yet) verify for myself, what @SteveTheCynic is stating on the other hand, sounds very plausible. Meaning it's not a matter of "winning the lottery", it's simply a matter of a certain setting being used or not (in your case, not, I would assume).

    So if it's indeed the windows scale factor, I guess it's not a bug, it's a feature 😑

    PVP Map and Medals Feedback

    in PvP

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Nee-Elder said:

    If i'm such a bad player, how come i got 19 medals solo queue'ing?

    Getting a lot of medals does not mean you're a good player. It simply means you're good at doing what needs to be done to earn said medals.

    In an ideal world, those two things would coincide. In practice however, they do not. And in my opinion, they never truly will. They can definitely improve upon the current situation. But they will never be able to automatically award medals with 100% accuracy only when contributing to the team, because this is simply not a trivial thing to define.

     

    I'm 1v8ing at enemy pylon for the entire round. I'm obviously doing something good.

    I'm 1v2ing at the enemy pylon, I get killed. Did I contribute by stalling and were my team mates able to cap/grab orb in the meantime, or did I just give the enemy team points from being killed? Not so clear this time.

    Bad example maybe, but you get the point.

     

    As others have pointed out; you could be essential to your team's victory (by stalling, clearing ramps in HB for ball carrier, ... ), and not get any medals for it. But as said: this is not something trivial to define medals for.

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    PVP Map and Medals Feedback

    in PvP

    Posted

    22 minutes ago, Nee-Elder said:

    You are wrong and i have proof of your being wrong --> https://forums.swtor.com/topic/927036-72-era-highest-medals-and-stats-in-a-wz-arenas-thread/

    hey @Shabir_Dhillon , please don't listen too much to players complaining and spouting disinformation & exagerrations.   Instead, use your internal metrics and listen more to players who provide actual EVIDENCE to support their case ( like i did in my thread ^ ) .

    As you can see by my posts & screenshot within, it  IS indeed very possible for a "solo casual" to gain 8+ medals  (consistantly) IF one plays the right way by learning their Class and using smart tactics, etc.,   And certainly if one forms a group/premade, 8+ medals is no problem.  -- ARENAs are much harder of course, but that's intended, is it not?

    Obviously u guys are gonna make some tweaks/adjustments, but don't swing the code pendullum too far to cater toward the lowest-common-denominator.

    And no, i don't use any special 12-button gamer tools either.  I'm just a simple keyboard & mouseclicker + keybindings hybrid  type average player who tries hard and doesn't quit when things look bleak.

    The only reason, or at least one of, that medal count was so high, is presumably because of a lot of medals for winning within x minutes.

    It's been posted by numerous people that getting medals as a healer is, let's say, not the easiest. Seemingly gloating with that thread is not very constructive; especially as I only see that happening with VS. Unless someone can show screenshots from WZs different than VS where people consistently get such a high medal count, getting 19 medals in only VS is irrelevant for the bigger discussion at hand. If someone does come up with such screenshots,  I will gladly admit that I'm wrong. Until that time, we should not claim there's no issue, just because of a single VS game.

    Please, I urge BW to do listen to these other people.

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    Valor in 7.2

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    On 1/3/2023 at 6:34 PM, Weswhitebore said:

    Makes more sense than having to valor another class to 100 which is just absurd.

    Why is it absurd? It serves its purpose perfectly.

     

    On 1/3/2023 at 6:34 PM, Weswhitebore said:

    Even Ranked did not require above 25 Valor, the old Battlemaster didn't require more than 50

    So?

     

    On 1/3/2023 at 6:34 PM, Weswhitebore said:

    Having to get to 100 again for an title is just absurd,

    If you want the title, you have to put in the effort. Why is this absurd?

     

    On 1/3/2023 at 6:34 PM, Weswhitebore said:

    The Valor titles aren't even a matter of skill, it's participation based.

    Agreed. However, I would hope that by the time you reach valor 100, you would've picked up something along the way.

    7.2 PvP Arena in a nutshell

    in PvP

    Posted

    38 minutes ago, SentinalMasterWW said:

    not everyone has time to sit down and do a 2-3 hour Operation

    Yeah, even if I'd have the time; I don't want to. I don't care about operations. Neither should I have to, to be able to PvP without a disadvantage (if actually the case).

    Currency reform

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    Posted

    7 minutes ago, juanmf said:

    feck ups.

    Man this censorship is childish.

    Agreed. I tend to ignore it as well as it's completely ridiculous. Don't be surprised though if you get a 1 point warning, stating the following:

    Spoiler

    Profanity and/or circumventing the language filter so that your profanity is not censored, or only partially censored, is not permitted on the forums. Do not create posts or threads containing profanity or implied profanity.

    Oh well...

    Something new

    in PvP

    Posted

    6 minutes ago, TrixxieTriss said:

    Dude, you’re in the wrong forums section. Try the GSF section of the forums & then people wont get confused when you talk about GSF mechanics 😉

    Oh, @TrixxieTriss, what an unexpected appearance. Welcome back (?).

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    Valor in 7.2

    in PvP

    Posted · Edited by sGroggy

    38 minutes ago, DarthCasus said:

    Then don't use the title if you suck. People paid for their Dreadmaster Crest and Wings but you don't see people claiming them to be raiding gods. Literally no one of note cares.

    I definitely wouldn't use it in such a case, others might. I care. So it's quite likely others do to. If you find them or me "of note" or not, that I don't care about. Although the answer to that is clear.

    Although far from fool proof it's a nice indication of experience, and accomplishment. 

    Again this kind of "X is already bad so let's make Y also bad" reasoning to justify something... Justifying making the valor titles more meaningless just because some other achievements (wings, ... ) were rendered meaningless although they shouldn't have, is a strange way of thinking IMO.

    Valor in 7.2

    in PvP

    Posted

    12 minutes ago, Katushe said:

    That can already happen because of secondary fighting style...

    Yes I am aware, and I'm not a fan of that either. It would be taking something bad (just with the second style), and making it worse (all alts).

    Valor in 7.2

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    Posted

    1 hour ago, JowyyKazza said:

    Perhaps they should just do what they did with the social points system and make it a legacy based system. If you’ve already done it once then you get the titles on every character. I would have no issue with this. 

    So I can flaunt this title at one of my alts with a class with which I never even pvped and would absolutely suck? I'm not a fan.

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    Warzone Map Rotation is Not Functioning Properly

    in Bug Reports

    Posted

    I really have the impression they're doing something like:

    At some point generate a new order of maps. E.g.: VS, AHG, NC.

    Now let's say there's only 1 queue going; they will go through this map order.

    If a second queue is needed, they will fire up a queue with the same map order.

    I get this impression, because I think I mainly get such "same map streaks" when I take a while to look at the scoreboard.

    So, assume I'm playing VS in queue 1 initially. If I wait too long, to queue again, I end up in queue 2, etc.

    Or in table form to make it more clear, with x marking the matches I would end up in:

                      Match   | Match     | Match    | Match | Match
    --------------+-------------+--------------+--------------+----------+-------
    Queue 1 |  VS (x)   |  AHG       |  NC         |            |
    Queue 2 |  n/a        | VS (x)     | AHG       |  NC     |
    Queue 3 |  n/a        | n/a          | VS (x)    |  AHG   |  NC

     

    Or, the above is complete bs and it's absolutely not working like that. But that's at least what it looks like to me.

    Players that ignore calls during a match should be kicked

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    Posted · Edited by sGroggy

    14 hours ago, ZUHFB said:

    So when is the showdown? 8v8 ranked players vs objective players

    Why? Do you like getting humiliated? 😉

    No seriously, it would be interesting indeed. For example let's call it a 4v4 ranked players team vs for example former 8v8 ranked players. I'm mentioning former 8v8 players as an example, because I'm not talking about the "let's click clicky thingy and die while I'm being mercilessly tunneled by the enemy team" kind of objective player, to be clear.

    However, I have a very strong feeling. The "4v4 ranked players" team would suddenly start caring a lot more about objectives in order to win. Because if they don't, they will obviously lose. Which is exactly the point.

    Look, I'm not saying even a non-idiot objective player can take on a 4v4 ranked player in a duel - maybe they can, maybe they can't, it's irrelevant for the point I'm trying to make. But as I have the impression you think this is what I'm discussing about, sure, let's say hypothetically the 4v4 ranked player wins in a duel for all I care. I'm saying as long as this player completely ignores the objectives, he is bad at objective based pvp.

    I would hope this is something we can agree on.

    Maybe the 4v4 ranked players would be better objective based pvpers, if only they cared about the objectives, sure. But as long as they don't ("because boring/it's not pvp it's pve/whatever", which is an opinion you're entitled to), they're not. Are they better in a duel/arena format? Sure, could be, I'm not even trying to dispute that.

    Players that ignore calls during a match should be kicked

    in PvP

    Posted

    4 hours ago, Crazykidddd said:

    PvP for long enough, you'll get there. Eventually everyone stops caring about objectives, they're boring and a complete waste of time. Plus unless you can give players a pvp mode (not arenas) where they can have fun fighting other players instead of afk'ing at a node waiting for anyone to show up then none of you have any right whatsoever to dictate how others should play the game. 

    This changes nothing about what I said.

    I'm at valor 100 for many years already. And I'm not "there yet". But sure, let's say that at some point I am. Then I would also be bad at WZs.

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    Players that ignore calls during a match should be kicked

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    Posted

    18 hours ago, ZUHFB said:

    its not that they are bad, its they don't care about the outcome, I for example want to pvp in pvp and not click some turret

    Yes. It is very much that they are bad. At objective based pvp. They may be great at dpsing and you may talk all about dps pressure. But they're simply bad at WZ. In arenas they may be great; I don't care. In WZ they're bad. The not winning at the end makes it quite obvious only dpsing is not how it was intended to or should be played. "Clicking node is not pvp" according to you, is completely irrelevant. Playing for objectives (note I didn't say clicking nodes like an idiot and forego any dpsing while appropriate == objective based pvp) is what's intended for WZ. Hence, if you're not doing that, you're objectively (pun not intended) bad at it.

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