We've been reading. There are some changes to Jedi that I hope will make folks happy. We'll be announcing them a little later today.




Kurt "Thunderheart" Stangl
Community Relations Manager

Will you be making any additional changes to the Jedi Profession?

Yes, we are currently adding the following abilities to the Jedi Profession:

We are adding 4 different types of Jedi Lightning. The special abilities for these moves will be revealed in the future.
We are adding 3 weapon throws to the Jedi Profession and each of them has a snare ability.
The Action costs for all of the Jedi buff moves have been reduced by 50%.
We have increased the duration of Force Run.

Baciacca wrote:

State of the Jedi Profession: Part 2

Introduction:
Ok everyone, after reading the upcoming changes from the new FAQ v.1.2 we can see that the Developers were listening to my last post and the community’s wishes for our profession. So far the additional changes are a step in the right direction and we must thank the Developers for allowing us these enhancements to our profession. I know there are some abilities and changes that our profession still needs and that is the intent of this post. I will break down the most important needs of our profession and look for constructive replies from you all for additional changes. Please also take some time to thank the Developers for listening to your needs and coming up with some enhancements to suit our needs.


Needed Enhancements:


Armor:
Jedi are still without armor. In the description of the Elder Robe, it promises to be endowed with protective properties. This is a great thing and I am quite sure that most of you will be most please with that addition; but what about starting Jedi. There needs to be some form of base innate armor. So I ask: Please give us back our innate armor ratings.

This will be addressed shortly after NGE ships.

Root:
Jedi are still missing our rooting abilities. I know with these most recent changes we will be given 3 weapon throws that will have attached snare abilities but lets face it, snares are not enough. As a Jedi and melee class we are forced to chase down our targets and engage them. All this time we are taking constant damage and forced to heal with no real way to stop them, just slow them down. So I ask: Please give us back our Rooting abilities.

The designers who did the abilities have declared no Roots or KD's for anyone.

Pearls/Crystals/Hilts:
Jedi are a melee class. We rely on our abilities to use our roots/snares to slow and opponent down and then overwhelm them with damage from our Lightsabers. From what we have seen on TC-Corbantis and TC-Ahazi, our Lightsabers are lacking to say the least. We need improved damages on our Crystals, Pearls, and Hilts to compete with the ranged professions who, at the present can do eight times the amount of damage that we can. Not only can they fire twice as fast as we can (due to auto attack) but their weapons are twice the damage as well. So I ask: Please improve the damage of our Pearls, Crystals, and Hilts.

This was done yesterday(should be on Test soon), saber damage was boosted considerably. Unlike before, most of it is in the hilt.

Auto Attack:
One of the reasons that a ranged profession can out damage Jedi at the present is the ability to auto attack. It is very simple, we (Jedi) have to press the mouse button repeatedly to fire and all they have to do is hold it down. This is an ability that puts us at a disadvantage and causes us to be doing half the damage even if our weapons were equivalents, which they are not.

This is under investigation.

UWAGA! To co poniżej napiszę to póki co jedynie plotka. Jednak plotka, która wyszła z klawiatury tego samego gościa, który w październiku mówił mi już o zmianach NGE.

Jedi ma mieć dwie drogi rozwoju - ciemną i jasną. Każdy jedi otrzyma personalnego nauczyciela - w postaci holocronu. Holocron takowy zdobyć trzeba będzie samodzielnie - będzie to quest - podobny do obecnej village.

Każda postać z czasem ma otrzymywać alternatywne drogi rozwoju - tak, że np. BH, czy też Comando będzie się specjalizować w danym rodzaju broni (jedi w danym rodzaju mocy itp. itd.). Ma to wyglądać tak, że najpierw masterujemy naszą profesję, a później expimy poprzez questy specjalizację.

Planowany początek zmian - styczeń 2006.

Moja refleksja - gra zaostała uproszczona "sezonowo" na okres prezentów świątecznych, a w styczniu wróci do tego co mamy obecnie - tylko w nowej szacie. O ile oczywiście plotka ponownie okaże się prawdą. Czego sobie i Wam życzę