Bioware Ignoring Faction Unbalances?

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GarbonzotheDude

01.25.2012 , 02:20 PM \| #11	Quote
Quote: Originally Posted by Rockstar 1. There are already balance problems at 50, and if there is a problem pre-50 those people will soon cap, no? 2. I thought about that as well, and the only suggestion I have would be to allow this only to the underpopulated side. 1. If they bother to stick around in that faction. I gave up. Just gets ridiculous at higher levels on the server I played on. 2. Good idea. Not sure how it would go over but makes sense to me. If you were to have that in place then it could work. Best solution I have seen anyone suggest to be honest.

bennyhana

01.25.2012 , 02:22 PM \| #12	Quote
Make a huttball server and send all the imps over there, they wont even need an opposing faction cause thats what most of them spend all of their time doing.

Bluejayoo

01.25.2012 , 02:22 PM \| #13	Quote
Quote: Originally Posted by Hackulator People want to be the bad guys. How exactly is bioware supposed to fix that? I didn't want to play a bad guy, and yet I ended up moving to the Empire side. I find I have to skip a lot of quests. Most of my guild did not want to play a bad guy, and we started as a Republic guild, but the Republic side has been abandoned for the Empire side. We are now all playing Light Sided Empire character. Why? - Crafting Advantages even for mirror classes - Better world and level designs - More Interesting stories - Better companions - etc...
. - We will never forget.

Nicain

01.25.2012 , 02:23 PM \| #14	Quote
I think betrayal quests are lame, that's just me personally. I have a couple Imps and a couple Pubs rolled out, the games not that complicated that you can't do both. I don't think anything needs to be done to address the 'imbalance' in this game because its a player created issue. The players dictate the population, and right now we're Imp heavy.

Pythoris

01.25.2012 , 02:23 PM \| #15	Quote
Quote: Originally Posted by Hackulator People want to be the bad guys. How exactly is bioware supposed to fix that? Your logic is rather flawed, as my SI is almost completely light-sided. I rolled a SI because I like the story, I like the powers the SI has at his disposal, and I just think the empire has a much deeper lore overall than the republic.
Inquisitor > all other classes. Yep, I totally went there.

Rockstar

01.25.2012 , 02:24 PM \| #16	Quote
Quote: Originally Posted by Brickabrack There might not be a way to "fix" it. Or no way they can agree on to fix it. They don't comment on things that they haven't put in the game or are sure will be put in the game. So no comment tells me they are still trying to figure that out. Everyone has their own idea on what could be a good solution but whatever they end up doing, I can't see it being an easy fix. There is also the possibility that this issue will self correct as people change factions for their own reasons down the line. It's one thing not saying anything at all. It's another thing when all I see from updates/dev comments hinting about the matter is denial or promotion of the issue, faction vs faction warzones and republic actually being able to base camp Illum are the examples I got, but that is 2 examples to many IMO.

Graydon

01.25.2012 , 02:26 PM \| #17	Quote
Quote: Originally Posted by GarbonzotheDude I'm up for any suggestions and I applaud your thinking. Having said that I have two problems with this: 1. It does nothing for those having issues before 50 2. I honestly believe at this point if it was used for anything by most it would be more people switching to Imperial than the intended reason to have it in the first place. Yep this. Also, how often can one 'switch' sides? One day the Imperials may be outnumbered.

Liathan

01.25.2012 , 02:26 PM \| #18	Quote
Quote: Originally Posted by Rockstar Better question is, why wouldn't they? There are a few Imps who had already completely re-rolled JUST to be on rep side. So wouldn't the be more beneficial for people who would like to help out and not be punished due to rerolling and seriously starting over with everything else (credits, twinking, ect)? Once again, what is the incentive for someone to switch sides though? Most people who switch sides from the more populated to the less populated side do it because they want more of a challenge, but few people are looking for that experience. So once again, why would someone change sides?

Rockstar

01.25.2012 , 02:27 PM \| #19	Quote
Quote: Originally Posted by Thistlejack Can anyone point to an MMO that effectively solved this problem? People are still complaining about this in WoW PVP servers, 7 years later. The mechanisms implemented to balance servers take away the player's freedom to choose, which invariably results in much squealing and gnashing of the teeth. How is my idea taking away peoples freedom of choice? I would think it would enforce that freedom if someone went into Empire blindly only to find out later down the line of the drastic population differences.

GarbonzotheDude

01.25.2012 , 02:28 PM \| #20	Quote
Quote: Originally Posted by Bluejayoo I didn't want to play a bad guy, and yet I ended up moving to the Empire side. I find I have to skip a lot of quests. Most of my guild did not want to play a bad guy, and we started as a Republic guild, but the Republic side has been abandoned for the Empire side. We are now all playing Light Sided Empire character. Why? - Crafting Advantages even for mirror classes - Better world and level designs - More Interesting stories - Better companions - etc... I didn't want to either but I am playing Imp now as well.

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