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Blackardin

09.02.2012 , 08:26 PM \| #61	Quote
Quote: Originally Posted by Newyankalt We don't need 200 people on fleet with chat bubbles over head. Anyways it's low priority I'm guessing. If it were not for the lag a bunch of chat bubbles around the GTN would seem like the minced ramblings of white noise chatter. Let em shrink as they move away from the player until they vanish, like sound diminishing in the distance. I'd personally keep them off, but its not a bad concept for those that enjoy such.
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opriv

09.02.2012 , 11:58 PM \| #62	Quote
Quote: Originally Posted by Liquidacid and that game died a slow and painful death after being on life support for a majority of it's life... honestly the people asking for chat bubble are a minority on the forum which is itself a minority of the actual playerbase... so stop saying "huge section of customers" because it's not... hell same gender romance arcs and more races are asked for more so expect to see same sex jawa and wookie relationship story arcs before chat bubble as they would rate higher on the list of player desires SWG was released when the market of MMORPG players was vastly smaller. It was also profitable for SOE to run it for years before making drastic changes. This game operated mere months before they hit the panic button. Apparently they managed to loose the entire SWG playerbase that waited 6 years to play this game. They have boxed this game into a directed theme park experience that relies on story content. If they cannot produce the content faster than we can consume it, this game will not survive the next 12 months.
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Vandicus

09.03.2012 , 12:02 AM \| #63	Quote
Quote: Originally Posted by opriv SWG was released when the market of MMORPG players was vastly smaller. Yeah WoW only had 5 million players back then. Course they were largely North American/European subscribers. And WoW has about 5 million North American and European subscribers now. Hmmm. Think of all the Asian players that SWG would've gotten had it released today!
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Etheric

09.03.2012 , 01:33 AM \| #64	Quote
Quote: Originally Posted by MajikMyst I am guessing you haven't heard of /whisper.. Or that you can create additional chat tabs and filter what they show or don't show.. Again you really haven't answered the question.. There simply is no reason for them.. What I find funny is that you are complaining about general chat which is confined to a nice little box, but you are ok with looking at countless chat bubbles all over your screen on the fleet.. Seems the nice little box would be far less clutter.. If someone wants to talk to you.. They can whisper you.. Then they don't even have to be right next you.. Not to mention your conversation isn't broadcast to those around you either.. Again you really haven't answered the question.. There simply is no reason for them There are people playing this game that would enjoy having them as it adds an immersive quality to their gaming experience. That in a nutshell should be enough of a reason. Sad truth, this game cannot run/funtion properly with them activated, can't even blame the poor hero engine as The Repopulaton uses the hero engine and has chat bubbles and it doesn't introduce a crap ton of lag, go figure.

Liquidacid

09.03.2012 , 01:57 AM \| #65	Quote
Quote: Originally Posted by Etheric Sad truth, this game cannot run/funtion properly with them activated, can't even blame the poor hero engine as The Repopulaton uses the hero engine and has chat bubbles and it doesn't introduce a crap ton of lag, go figure. technically this game runs on a very modified version of the hero engine... in this case comparing those 2 games and saying "they use same engine why no alike?" is akin to comparing random games that run on modified versions of the unreal 3 engine and asking that...
"bibo ergo sum" ( I drink, therefore I am) Teamwork is essential; it gives the enemy other people to shoot at.

bahdasz

09.03.2012 , 02:48 AM \| #66	Quote
Quote: Originally Posted by Etheric Again you really haven't answered the question.. There simply is no reason for them There are people playing this game that would enjoy having them as it adds an immersive quality to their gaming experience. That in a nutshell should be enough of a reason. Sad truth, this game cannot run/funtion properly with them activated, can't even blame the poor hero engine as The Repopulaton uses the hero engine and has chat bubbles and it doesn't introduce a crap ton of lag, go figure. Oh, I get, because you don't like them "there's no reason". And you're so frigging super awesome and omnipitent that we should all bow down and kiss your shoe and do everything you say right? I like chat bubbles, I can't post what I think you are because I don't want to be suspended, and I think they are needed.

Etheric

09.03.2012 , 03:21 AM \| #67	Quote
Quote: Originally Posted by bahdasz Oh, I get, because you don't like them "there's no reason". And you're so frigging super awesome and omnipitent that we should all bow down and kiss your shoe and do everything you say right? I like chat bubbles, I can't post what I think you are because I don't want to be suspended, and I think they are needed. LOL , funny, no where in my post did i state whether i liked them or not. From my post see below. "There are people playing this game that would enjoy having them as it adds an immersive quality to their gaming experience. That in a nutshell should be enough of a reason." Its completly immaterial whether "i" like them as others do like them ( i actually do ) Re-read the line above. Sorry i didn't spell it out in simple happy language words in order for you to understand, but thats not my job.

Goretzu

09.03.2012 , 03:57 AM \| #68	Quote
Quote: Originally Posted by MajikMyst Again you really haven't answered the question.. There simply is no reason for them.. There is, they quite seriously improve in-game character to character communication.
Real Star Wars space combat please, not Star Wars Fox! Maybe some PvP and flight too? Goretzu's Law: As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving "Entitled" approaches 1

Liquidacid

09.03.2012 , 04:03 AM \| #69	Quote
Quote: Originally Posted by Goretzu There is, they quite seriously improve in-game character to character communication. in your opinion... in my opinion they ruin immersion and are nothing more than screen clutter... trying to claim random bubbles over people's heads is some how a more efficient and a clearer way to communicate than nice, clean and organized chat boxes is something I will never understand
"bibo ergo sum" ( I drink, therefore I am) Teamwork is essential; it gives the enemy other people to shoot at.

Etheric

09.03.2012 , 04:10 AM \| #70	Quote
Quote: Originally Posted by Liquidacid technically this game runs on a very modified version of the hero engine... in this case comparing those 2 games and saying "they use same engine why no alike?" is akin to comparing random games that run on modified versions of the unreal 3 engine and asking that... As other posters have stated, in Beta, chat bubbles caused serious lag in this game. I'm just tired of alway seeing people blame the Hero engine for this games ills. Thats what my statement was in regards to, i wasn't asking a question. My personal opinion, chat bubles are unnecessary in a single player game which is what levels 1-49 in this game are, and again unnecessary in dungen runs, level 50+. Now when speaking of MMORPG's they are what i would consider polish and should be present at launch, the only reason i brought up that game is that it is what i would consider to be a MMORPG. I understand some consider this to be an MMORPG, i do not.

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