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Most needed: remove shuttle bays!

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Most needed: remove shuttle bays!

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Catablepas
12.31.2011 , 01:15 PM | #1
Hello Folks,

Great game, obviously needs more TLC. Get the feeling it was a little rushed for christmas, oh well, move on.

The number one problem I have with this game right now is accessibility. forcing players to travel through 4 (sometimes 6 loading screens to get to an area and begin questing is very cumbersome, resource intensive and just plain not fun. It means I have to make a major decision if I want to return to my ship to run space missions, knowing it will take a bout 15 minutes of loading screens to return to the area I am questing at.

These loading screens serve no purpose unless they trigger a story event.
My proposal, abolish all hanger bays from normal play. If I am in the republic fleet and I click my hanger, have me zone directly in my ship. (And while you are at it send me to the map room, I don't want to run all over my ship to travel)

In the event there is a story triggered then and only then take me to the hanger bay.

This will improve my game experience a great deal. Thank you for reading.

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Balbosa
12.31.2011 , 01:19 PM | #2
To many loading screens. When you enter ship, when you leave ship. I don't get it. WoW barely had any loading screens and it is an old game.

And the loading screens for TOR take a very long time, even if you have a high end pc.

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_Miranda_
12.31.2011 , 01:22 PM | #3
OMG YES!!!!!!!!!

Make the galaxy map accessible in the Starport, with a button to go to your ship included. I am so tired of having to run through tons of loading zones every time I switch planets.

More than anything else this is my #1 issue. The game is mostly great otherwise, but this really grinds my gears.
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Montijin
12.31.2011 , 01:24 PM | #4
Removing an extra 30 seconds to your precious time to travel to zones is not the most pressing issue this game has. ****.

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JSykes
12.31.2011 , 01:24 PM | #5
Run to space port. Go to instance, take elevator to ship, get on ship, select destination, get off ship, run down hall, take elevator down, run to shuttle, land. Yea.... pisses me off and has for months, when it could be, get on ship, land on surface and go, would save a good 5 minutes, but apparently our ships can't land on planets or something later on....
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DjDigiD
12.31.2011 , 01:25 PM | #6
agreed

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Andryah
12.31.2011 , 01:28 PM | #7
The need for instant delivery and gratificaiton has become epidemic in our society it seems.

Need an instant /level 50 button too?

I personally don't see this as a big issue, unless you are heading to fleet 20 times a day.
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Aradain
12.31.2011 , 01:30 PM | #8
I agree with this 100%. The whole system is very cumbersome, time consuming, and unnecessary.

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JSykes
12.31.2011 , 01:31 PM | #9
Quote: Originally Posted by Andryah View Post
The need for instant delivery and gratificaiton has become epidemic in our society it seems.

Need an instant /level 50 button too?

I personally don't see this as a big issue, unless you are heading to fleet 20 times a day.
When you're level 50 and you're on Ilum and asked to come help on Alderaan, then go back to Ilum to have to go to the fleet, then go somewhere else you'll be asking the same thing, it gets tedious and annoying to have to make a 5 minute detour to switch a planet.
Representation of TOR from Launch to the end of the free month is here.

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AndrewLane
12.31.2011 , 01:34 PM | #10
Quote: Originally Posted by Balbosa View Post
To many loading screens. When you enter ship, when you leave ship. I don't get it. WoW barely had any loading screens and it is an old game.

And the loading screens for TOR take a very long time, even if you have a high end pc.
I have a high end PC and the loading screens do not take long at all. I'd say the longest I see them is for 5 seconds, most of the time they just flash on and then flash off.

I don't think they should change anything, I like that there are repercussions for my decisions, you have to consider the costs and benefits. Nothing is too easy or too convenient but also not too time intensive and cumbersome.