TheBBP Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 I don't think I would mind if the side quests and world quests were scaled back to being the classic wall of text to read rather than a full-blown cut-scene. I love the class stories and what VO does for them, but if it helped with development resources, I would not mind seeing the side and world quests scaled off of full VO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenshire Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 It would bother me greatly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenjaminminU Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 I'd be bothered, the voiceover is usually the only thing that makes it possible for me to do those quests, in the future if they don't want to bring in voice actors they can always just get random people working at bioware to do a bit of VO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBBP Posted May 24, 2012 Author Share Posted May 24, 2012 I'd be bothered, the voiceover is usually the only thing that makes it possible for me to do those quests, in the future if they don't want to bring in voice actors they can always just get random people working at bioware to do a bit of VO Lol. I think it would be a bit funny if I click on a quest and Daniel Erickson's voice comes out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tloops Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 i would be fine if they got rid of it all together and just pumped out more content. the voice overs is the reason this game is slow to produce new stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBBP Posted May 24, 2012 Author Share Posted May 24, 2012 the voice overs is the reason this game is slow to produce new stuff. How did you come to this conclusion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazzer Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 It would bother me as well, the voice over is what sets this game apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JediCahlwyn Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 It would bother me greatly! It is the reason I play this game and have enjoyed it since August Beta. I'd quit if they scaled back the VO/story elements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limenutpen Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Aren't they going this route already see BH Corelia. I would not mind it on some side quests though. But some important side quests I would, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBBP Posted May 24, 2012 Author Share Posted May 24, 2012 I seem to have misjudged the tone around here. Cool. Thanks for your opinions folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erictlewis Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 they could remove it on the repeatable dailies, and flashpoints. You would be in vent and hear the gl screaming who is not spacing though this you done it a dozen times already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frobalt Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 I wouldn't be bothered at all, as long as scaled back in this case means not introducing more voice over instead of getting rid of what's in the game already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WereMops Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 (edited) I don't think I would mind if the side quests and world quests were scaled back to being the classic wall of text to read rather than a full-blown cut-scene. I love the class stories and what VO does for them, but if it helped with development resources, I would not mind seeing the side and world quests scaled off of full VO. It would bother me a great deal since different classes, alignment and genders gets somewhat different greetings and responses in the "shared" quests and is one of the things that keeps me hooked, without it I'm not sure I could keep up the interest. Edited May 24, 2012 by WereMops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mokkh Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Quests you get from mission terminals already don't have VO, sounds like you're just asking for more mission terminal quests. I like the voice acting aspect of the game, even the side quests can add a story aspect to overall character development. Take that out and it would start down the path of auto-accept drone-ism rampant in games that are all MMO with no RPG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tloops Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 How did you come to this conclusion? voice overs take away time and money from developement. if there were none, we would have alot more contenet at launch and probably faster content updates in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBBP Posted May 24, 2012 Author Share Posted May 24, 2012 voice overs take away time and money from developement. if there were none, we would have alot more contenet at launch and probably faster content updates in the future. You could argue the money part, but no coders are sitting in a recording studio capturing voice-overs. That has very little to do with the game being worked on by the professionals who code the game. Even being able to argue the money part, the voice-overs probably have a budget of their own that was accounted for in the development cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tloops Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 You could argue the money part, but no coders are sitting in a recording studio capturing voice-overs. That has very little to do with the game being worked on by the professionals who code the game. Even being able to argue the money part, the voice-overs probably have a budget of their own that was accounted for in the development cost. the coders are sitting there making the hundreds of cut scenes to fit those voice overs, they could be sitting there making new planets,new ops and flashpoints. but instead they are sitting there figuring out how to make mouth movements look right for the voice over work, id rather have the new content,and not the shiney cut scenes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBoogly Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Actually they would of saved a lot of $$$ if they just hired one voice actor for every NPC and recorded one line for every dialogue "Excuse me *insert whatever class you are* could you do my job for me?" Light Side choices would be -yes -yes -maybe but you still do it Dark side choices would be -yes -yes - "A real Sith would force choke you..." but you do it for him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBBP Posted May 24, 2012 Author Share Posted May 24, 2012 the coders are sitting there making the hundreds of cut scenes to fit those voice overs, they could be sitting there making new planets,new ops and flashpoints. but instead they are sitting there figuring out how to make mouth movements look right for the voice over work, id rather have the new content,and not the shiney cut scenes. Those coders making the scenes were hired to do exactly that. They didn't pull people from the future content team to make cutscenes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WereMops Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 (edited) the coders are sitting there making the hundreds of cut scenes to fit those voice overs, they could be sitting there making new planets,new ops and flashpoints. but instead they are sitting there figuring out how to make mouth movements look right for the voice over work, id rather have the new content,and not the shiney cut scenes. Multiple different teams, it's been stated an absurd amount of times, Multiple different teams, the development process for current and future content is made by Multiple different teams, I didn't forget to mention that there are Multiple different teams, did I? tl;dr Multiple different teams Edited May 24, 2012 by WereMops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mokkh Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 (edited) the coders are sitting there making the hundreds of cut scenes to fit those voice overs, they could be sitting there making new planets,new ops and flashpoints. but instead they are sitting there figuring out how to make mouth movements look right for the voice over work, id rather have the new content,and not the shiney cut scenes. Hmm they added a new fp, op, wz, and a new addition of a planet in the last update. As well as customizable UI, new tiered gear, and a combat log. There was also a very popular world event... Edited May 24, 2012 by mokkh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tloops Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 (edited) Those coders making the scenes were hired to do exactly that. They didn't pull people from the future content team to make cutscenes. and you know this how? it seems highly unlikely they have a team of coders waiting around just to do cutscenes, that would be a huge waste of resources on biowares part. Edited May 24, 2012 by tloops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tloops Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Multiple different teams, it's been stated an absurd amount of times, Multiple different teams, the development process for current and future content is made by Multiple different teams, I didn't forget to mention that there are Multiple different teams, did I? tl;dr Multiple different teams half of which just got laid off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirorx Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 (edited) I'd be bothered, the voiceover is usually the only thing that makes it possible for me to do those quests, in the future if they don't want to bring in voice actors they can always just get random people working at bioware to do a bit of VO I agree, i never understand why they pay a ton of money to actors, when they can just grab someone off the street. This is how i would have voiced the entire game.... Craigslist Ad. Seeking person to perform voice over work for upcoming major MMO based in the starwars universe Auditions start monday, will pay 100 dollars Great for resume. Edited May 24, 2012 by kirorx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenjaminminU Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 and you know this how? it seems highly unlikely they have a team of coders waiting around just to do cutscenes, that would be a huge waste of resources on biowares part. Not exactly a huge waste considering in 1.2 they did a cutscene for the new warzone, cutscenes for Black Hole, Lost Island and the new Operation (if ops have cutscenes, too busy on alts to play one) and they also made a ton of fixes to other cutscenes throughout the game, so i don't count having a cutscenes team as a wasted resource. Also considering 1.3 will be features heavy, and content light its likely that they are already working on update 1.4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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