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This is a dead proposal since the removal of the no-trade status of so many tokens makes it obsolete. It can be closed.

Yatoya, post: 3915, member: 1107 wrote: [EMBED content="thread-839"]https://www.swgevolve.com/index.php?threads/839/[/EMBED] I use the macro 0-Start, and 1-Combat for the combat macro, on my alts I use Join and Assist. I was looking for something like this, figured it would be around here somewhere but obviously I am blind. Thank you so much. Very similar to what I was using already, gonna fiddle with it a bit

Thats a great point, something that occurred to me shortly after as well. God, the penalty for death is so low its crazy to me the lengths people will go to avoid a trip to the cloner. But I guess it comes down to the fact that PvP can become fiercely competitive whether I like it or not, and we have to anticipate that mentality. However, I think it will really limit it's utility to make it directly/conventionally cleansable. At the risk of complicating it, maybe it could start clearing off like 1 stack every 3 seconds when you /sit (which can only be done out of combat)? That way you're best option is to stay put and rest as much as possible before the next fight instead of leaving the area to wait out a timer. But then again, maybe people would just ITV to safety to sit and clear in that case too. I might have to give up on the idea of an enduring effect between fights to avoid re-creating the old problems again. A lower duration like 60 seconds may be the simplest approach then. 3% @ 25 stacks seems plausible as well. That would take 3 minutes in a 1v1.

Straton, post: 2707, member: 1247 wrote: Me and you should probably have a voice chat on the server economy one day, I bet it would be good. I like your idea, it's pretty sharp all around, but I have a few push backs If Rez is going to work on space content, would it be optimal to make it mining focused? If we are going to try to promote space PVP, and I think we're getting close to being able to do that, I think gunship vs gunship or POB vs POB would pique more interest When we enhance Space PvP, Id love to iron out details on enemy boarding. Historical reactions: Like × 1

Rezec, post: 2678, member: 1 wrote: The next update will include streamlined crafting trees. The goal is that a player can get master artisan, master two full crafting profs and still have enough points to pick up Beast master and some combat skills to be viable. Nice I can put heals on it to PvP with my crafter. Historical reactions: Like × 1

Rezec, post: 1951, member: 1 wrote: The BH skill tree had quite a few updates in the last major patch and some more BH System related things will be coming with our world boss release, like the reintroduction of the improved "reveal". How do you guys feel about the current state of BH abilities and skill tree The tree is well done. I agree with Hellion on Stun

CrypticVir, post: 1420, member: 1369 wrote: And what would be some good times to meet up with the majority of players who play here? Don't hesitate to pop in our Discord as well, can meet some great folks and will be able to interact in close to real time. Welcome to Evolve!

windshadow0177, post: 1145, member: 1090 wrote: And from that point of view, I absolutely see your point. However, the way I utilize my Commando/SL hybrid, I don't feel like I have the expertise nor the right starting place to throw my weight in either direction. That's why I'm backing out without hitting the button either way. I completely understand, thank you wind for asking the clarifying questions though I think it helped to really bring out the point more effectively Historical reactions: Like × 1

Idk, this would seemingly solve the alpha pet issue currently, Kick / Spit are number 1 with defensive built BE rolls. Mix in some Stat mutations they are likely (with right support build) unkillable and with ST/ hit chance mutations they dominate. Why anyone would even run a different pet here I don't know. I've run BM and BE for a long time and I've never seen bracks crush like the ones I make here. Dot pets can be cool, but with 3 sec cleanses doesn't really matter. Forget about even rolling an offensive built value pet, with the armor disparity they get melted and can't be healed through. So, BM should be an Ability based / BE stat game not a, pick one pet and only use that. Pet appearance as basically just a skin makes way more sense to me. It becomes a coordinated effort between BE and BM to build a pet to how they want its abilities to be rolled. Not to mention the ability to change that pet's options, instead of running specific pets for specific things you have options for a single pet. That to me, is good BM/ BE gameplay. This makes my app mutations valuable as players will actually run Spined Rancor's that are a huge effort make as they would be great in PvP with different ability choices.

Tdeadly, post: 3130, member: 364 wrote: The only concern is that you’ll be reducing the character cap per slot, which would be detrimental. I don’t have many credits per character, and I’ve never had to transfer them. Now, you want to make them all have access to the bank storage slot, which would be a good idea. All you have to do is type a command, enter the character’s name, and lose a percentage or tip it. However, the only change to credit it is that they’ll have to withdraw it for harvesters like housing if they’re low on credits. There is no reduction to any cap, it's just allowing for all of your characters to have access to credits on your account.

Avear, you’ve brought forward some excellent ideas thank you for taking the time to research and help the development team find creative solutions to bring balance to the Force (no pun intended). With our latest patch, Chapter 5.6 https://www.swgevolve.com/index.php?threads/1393/, we’ve made some adjustments to the cooldowns of certain Jedi abilities based on feedback like yours. On a personal note, I want to commend you for your ongoing dedication to the Evolve server and its community. Your contributions truly don’t go unnoticed. Thank you for everything you do! Orton Evolve Community Manager

As someone who has mained a crafter in SWG since about 2005, this was a fun thread to read! Agree that SWG crafting is unlike any other out there, but that there are some improvements that could be made. Here are a few quick ideas (coming from someone who basically has 6 elites deployed at all times, but doesn't actually craft or sell anything, lol): Add a new Architect schematic for something like 'Solar Powered Array' that is an optional sub-component of every harvester. This would take a large amount of a resource, say Solar Energy, up front, but turns it into a self-powered harvester Similarly, find a way to add a homing beacon an an optional sub-component to harvesters so someone can ITV directly to them if on the same planet. Otherwise I agree that the Hoth / G9 Rigger ITV's are easy enough to use to get to your harvs, but can take time to get enough of. I like the if maintenance goes below 0 then just deduct from cash or bank idea. Summing up those three ideas would make harvesting resources a much easier task to manage on a daily basis AND gives architects something new to build.

Yatoya, post: 4476, member: 1107 wrote: This is not the first thread making suggestions to change up Swordsman as of recent. Issues existing presently with Swordsman. Its the go to class for completing harder content like Revanite Daily Challenge because it provides Flurry (easy access) which is presently 20% damage decrease debuff to targets (TC is set to change it to 10%). Swordsman hits hard because we got stronger weapons with Kashyyyk Content, 2 speed weapons, they hit slower but harder. Melee as a class hits harder then Ranged and with recent understanding of this more of the player base are switching to Melee and especially to Swordsman with its defensive debuff Flurry. I happened to join a Battlefields recently and I believe over 1/2 were slated for Swordsman. Swordsman is creating a less diverse player builds. Why I say Flurry should not get nerfed to 10%. Flurry is one of the tools I use to tank Elite Blackscale Captains, as is they hit hard even with a 20% debuff, there going to hit harder with 10% debuff. I stack very heavy for damage reduction and debuffs against these and still I go down. If the issue is strictly that Flurry is to powerful in PVP nerf it for PVP, but please not for PVE content. Granted we are going to get new 3-Piece Jewelry Sets which one of them will provide 5% damage decrease received. Why Flurry should get moved. Teras Kasi has long been a strong defensive class in SWG going back to Pre-CU. Flurry is a defense ability (presently a very powerful one) and is only readily available to one class of characters Swordsman. This causes players to focus on only one class for melee. If it was moved to Teras Kasi Artist and required to Master Teras Kasi before being obtained (possibly to the left of Master), this would fall well inline with Bounty Hunter and its defensive ability Shields. Place Flurry into a defensive class (Teras Kasi Artist) and make it expensive to obtain It would also shift melee players out of Swordsman and into other melee classes. I understand that Melee hits hard and moving Flurry to an already powerful class would make the class overpowered. Why Melee Damage in Teras Kasi Artist should get nerfed. With the above suggested change to Flurry being moved to Teras Kasi Artist I believe that Melee Damage from Teras Kasi Artist should be nerfed. With as high as Melee can presently stack Melee Damage it should be nerfed. Comparison between my Ranged Assassin Build (Rifles) and my Melee Assassin Build (Swordsman) almost exactly same build style. Rifleman was roughly 10-18k DPS (adjusted to Commando instead of Teras Kasi Artist for alternative defense results in a 2-3k DPS uplift granting it 12-21k DPS), and Swordsman was roughly 20-28k DPS. That is a very large gap in DPS. Its about a 7-9k DPS gap. On TC we are looking at present a general 3-Piece Jewelry set that will give 5% Ranged/Melee Damage increase (melee gets more with Strength). Ranged is getting a 3-Piece set more specific that will give 16% Ranged Damage with boost to Critical Damage (this will help close the gap between melee and ranged damage). Nerfing Melee Damage will reduce the gap between Ranged Damage and Melee Damage providing more variety of viable Ranged Classes. Melee Damage Increase in the Teras Kasi Artist should be nerfed by -10-15%. Summary Move Flurry from Swordsman and place it past Master Teras Kasi in Teras Kasi Artist. Don't nerf Flurry from 20% debuff to 10% debuff. Reduce Melee Damage in Teras Kasi Artist by -10-15%. Thank you for taking the time to put together such a detailed discussion and to everyone who contributed testing, observations, and feedback throughout the thread. This is exactly the kind of productive balance discussion we like to see. There are several important points being raised here regarding melee damage scaling, Flurry’s role in both PvE and PvP, TKM passive damage contributions, and overall build diversity across melee professions. The staff and QA teams have already been actively testing and discussing many of these same concerns internally. As some players correctly identified in the thread, a large part of the current performance gap appears tied to the interaction between newer high damage 2-second weapons and the amount of passive melee damage available through TKM. At the same time, we also recognize concerns about Flurry becoming too mandatory for PvE tanking and group utility. At this stage, no final decisions have been made regarding where Flurry ultimately belongs or what exact adjustments may occur. These systems are interconnected, and changes to one area can heavily impact multiple professions, PvE balance, and PvP meta diversity. Because of that, we want to continue gathering data and testing before committing to larger structural changes. We also appreciate the community members volunteering to help with structured testing and data collection. That kind of collaboration is extremely valuable as we continue refining combat balance. Please keep in mind we are simultaneously preparing for a major chapter release, so some of these larger balance passes may take time. However, discussions like this absolutely help shape future adjustments and direction. Thanks again to everyone contributing constructively to the conversation. Orton Evolve Community Manager Historical reactions: Like × 1

Love how passionate you all are! My two cents from a primarily balance standpoint: Tie Adv is good in PvP, sucks in PvE. Same as most interceptors. Suggestion: NPCs shouldn't be able to hit smaller ships as easily as they currently do. If that could be done without modifying the hitsphere, that might balance their PvE effectiveness without impacting PvP. Historical reactions: Like × 1

Rezec, post: 2349, member: 1 wrote: That's probably the non-stated pieces that are used the craft Mando Armor. Nobody can actually equip that. Other than that, all armor is equippable by all classes. The only restrictions in armor are not class based, but species based due to some species being non-humanoids. yeah then i did make a mistake on that my bad. but i just wanted to make a suggestion about jedi specific armor was all. not anymore powerful armor or anything like that, just something a jedi can quest for.

Ishna, post: 571, member: 662 wrote: Recourse being on the target is nice, however the duration is still something of concern. The cut% was reduced, and they can only apply it every 30 seconds, put's it far behind in terms of effectiveness of non-jedi. For example running Bacta Corruption and Dread Strike way outpaces you in terms of heal cut effectiveness. You didn't address why the recourse is also linked to damage reduction. Hoping for some clarification on if there are plans to specifically add recourse to just the heal cut, or if it shipped as intended. While FRS decay being higher per rank is understandable to a certain extent to match the GCW system, GCW is far easier to get than FRS. What if a system was introduced to purchase FRS scrolls with FRS tokens? I know me personally, I probably have close to 400 tokens on my Jedi and have no intent on purchasing things from the vendor, I love playing on my TKM compared to my Jedi but aim to still keep my Jedi at max rank. It's like that on the GCW side, so is there plans to add a similar system to the FRS side? I understand that losing ranks is natural and not everyone is going to maintain Rank 6, but it should still be achievable while not having to main it for those who aren't trying to full-time Jedi PvP. While I do agree closing gaps of exploits is absolutely neccesary, some feel as if the system is being overcorrected and those that are left are left with an uphill battle to maintain Jedi ranks and FRS tokens. Tokens have already been taken away for almost 2 weeks outside of event rewards, FRS rewards per kill is now more difficult with timer and the overall availability of World PvP outside of events. Its a butterfly effect that is weakening the Jedi system overall. A certain rollback to normal wouldn't hurt now that Staff are way more informed in ways that the system was exploited. Well said...I agree with this, a change was needed and I'm all for a recourse timer, but this may be an overcorrection. I worry a bit about my damage being out healed. For instance, a build with medic will have multiple heals on a cooldown that is shorter than the recourse timer, so they have the ability to get multiple heals off before a jedi could do a heal cut. In addition, if the build has cleanse, it will pretty much eliminate the heal cut all together since the special will be off cooldown long before the recourse timer is up which will also save that toon a whole lot of action since they will not have to spam the cleanse ability enabling them to fire off more heals/debuffs/dps specials. As far as FRS, I agree with decay...my issue is opportunities to gain it. I have no problem having to earn the points, but outside of pvp events, it's been hard to get it. Anyone that plays with me knows that I run around flagged on most of my toons and I rarely run into a situation for open world pvp during the late evening times est. When I do, it is usually against greater numbers (not complaining about numbers because it's nobody's fault they have more) so therefore I am only feeding people FRS without gaining any for myself. Before yesterday's update, I only gained about 2k for the whole week (since I left the jedi home during the pit fights) and I am on pretty much every evening making rounds. I did have a random player attack my jedi tef in eisley and I killed him the other night, but I didnt get any FRS because he happened to be the same faction as me...heck, it's been weeks since a BH has even come after my bounty. I have faith that we can get open world pvp happening if we steer the course, but it's not there yet. If I just repeated what others said, I apologize, I get a little lazy on my reading skills. Historical reactions: Like × 1

Also about hand sampling, its a good start to obtain necessary resources for crafting. To gain crafting experience you need to actually craft with those resources. You should have received a general crafting tool when you start, craft something simple that requires metal and your crafting experience should increase. Hit "U" to apply the experience to expertise.

In that case I will sttick with SWGAide.