Produer Note - SOE Fan Faire 2010

Fan Faire was a blast! For this month's producer note, I'm going to share my photos and experiences with you. I'm also going to provide the discussion points from the Galactic Gathering panel and let everyone post their comments and questions.

First up...

SOE Fan Faire 2010 from the camera of Teesquared

Welcome! This is going to be FUN!

Got it. Time to take some pictures!

Wow. What an awesome place. Look at all the friendly people

Demon attacks Teesquared. Teesquared is happy.

Look! It's a role player! And how did they get that van in here?

Hanging with the T.

Lasod & Vincent76 Break'n da game. Break'n da game.

Jaskell face palm.

Even SWG & DCUO marketing cannot escape the camera of the T.

Yo! Waz up DeadMeat! Did I mention he's my boss?

Ladies of EverQuest, visit we must!

Antonia Bayle casts a powerful charm spell on Teesquared.

WHAT! THAT'S THE WRONG GAME!!!! But but but I was under a charm spell.
Next time I'll take the ladies to the Mos Eisley Cantina and without the gnome!

Zatozia prepares the implements of torture.

The mind of a smuggler.

Yes. The Ithorian is wearing a dress. And?

Zatozia tortures the players.

It's a bird It's a plane It's a game developer in an awkward position.

Hjal explains how to pronounce his name.

Original SWG concept art given out at the anniversary celebration. Nice!

Run Zatozia! Run!

Who needs a collection journal when you can wear them instead?

LucasArts, say cheese! Please tell Mr. Lucas we said hi :)

Dwarf attacks Teesquared.

Dwarf celebrates victory.

It's ok to bribe devs. I didn't say that.

The Force was strong at the event.

Congratz Vincent76 for winning one of the SOE artwork paintings!

What happens in Vegas goes in Teesquared's Producer Note.

SWG Galactic Gathering 2010

Here are the discussion points from the Galactic Gathering panel. Please post your comments and questions in the discussion thread. We've got some really cool stuff planned for SWG and we are looking forward to your feedback.

Star Wars Galaxies Galactic Gathering 2010 Sony Online Entertainment Fan Faire 2010 August 6th, 2010 Panelists Tony Tyson "Teesquared" Producer Michael Farone "Fiasco" Lead Designer Jeff Haskell "Jaskell" Designer Mikkel Jensen "Hjal" Designer Alex Allen "Aphox" Lead Artist Lorin Jameson "DeadMeat" Austin Director of Development Lydia Pope "Zatozia" Community Manager Welcome! Development Plan Rare Loot System Profession & Game-play improvements Witches of Dathomir (working title) Player Created Load Screens Galactic Civil War Chronicles & Storyteller Updates Unique Spawns Holiday Events And more! Development Plan Rare Loot System What is the Rare Loot System? There are 3 types of loot you can discover: Just play the game. Combat only? Normal Loot Example The Proton Chair Normal Loot Example Target Dummy Elite Loot Example Xeno Couch Elite Loot Example Office Desk Boss Loot Example Perfect Power Crystal Boss Loot Example - Aurillian statue part 1 Boss Loot Example Rare Painting When will the system go live? Development Plan Profession & Game-play What is the goal? Who is next and will all the professions get attention? Get on public test and check out the changes. Post your feedback in the forums. Development Plan Witches of Dathomir (working title) Our next big content update. What's going on with the Nightsisters? Are there Afflicted outside the Quarantine zone? Is the Blackwing virus spreading? This is all for you to find out. And it's time to save the galaxy AGAIN! New rewards & collections. Repeatable content to reap greater rewards. Development Plan Player Created Load Screens The time has come to update the tips on the load screens. We will be putting up a forum thread where you will be able to contribute new tips. You will also be able to add flavor text and mention your character and server. We will be pairing your tips with our artwork that matches the planet and categories of your tip.Tip:     Enable "Options->Interface->Creature Names and Radar Symbols Blink when in Combat" to help show you when creatures have aggression towards your character. Tip Category:     User Interface, Combat, Options Flavor:     "Be careful!", Teesquared said to his companions. "The Dathomir Quarantine Zone is dangerous enough. Try to keep the undead in check. If a bunch of them come at us ... well then it's time to run!" Flavor Category:     Dathomir, Death Troopers, Quarantine Zone, Undead Credit:     Teesquared of TestCenter Development Plan Galactic Civil War NOW From the poll on the forums the majority of players want consequences that are both good and bad. While we want the impact of the GCW felt throughout the game we don't want it to be a barrier. We're still working on some ideas with your feedback in mind. We are considering both Trader & Entertainer benefits. Galactic Civil War Leader Boards What will the Leader Boards show? What are the rewards? How can you see them? Any consequences? When will Leader Boards be live? Galactic Civil War NEXT Space Player Cities Development Plan Chronicles Perform Relic Spawn Relic Storyteller Event Props for Storyteller Development Plan Unique Spawns What are Unique Spawns? What are the rewards? Where will the mobs spawn? Development Plan Holiday Events We will continue to run the holidays events. There will be new collections, badges, and rewards. Development Plan And more! The next TCG set Reduced price of CTS Thank You!

Star Wars Galaxies Fan Faire Galactic Gathering Notes

These are some of the topics discussed by players and devs at the panel.

Endor
Endor needs more content, special events, etc.

Multiple Login Support
Station Launcher needs to support multiple logins for those who have more than one account.

Cross Server Battlegrounds
To keep PvP players from flooding Starsider, it was suggested to make some cross-server battleground areas where people could join from any server. The Starsider community is considered that the reduction in character transfer will draw to many people to Starsider.
Dev Response: Cross Server tech was researched by the devs and proved to be very involved to implement correctly. Instead the team focused on getting CTS to work as best as it can.

Slow down combat
The players suggest that combat should be slowed down to improve game performance.
Dev Response: This would have a big impact on game-play and would need to be discussed at length with the community.

Vehicles
Increase the vehicle storage size for pets and droids.

Pets and Droid Balance
Combat rolls for pets are less than droids. Make improvements to balance it out.

Space
Add slayer badges.

Player base timer
What's the purpose of the player base timers? They seem inconvenient.
Dev Response: Coordinate with downtime maybe.

Unique Spawn System
Add unique spawns to space.

Entertainer Leveling
Leveling for entertainers is a tad boring. Maybe ad more quests or combat skills. Bring back Theatre experience and quests.
Dev Response: Looking into adding more types of activities.

Gardens
Gardens were mentioned in 2007. What's being done?
Dev Response: We don't have specific gardens planned in the immediate future but Witches of Dathomir will have features that will quince the thirst a little.

Pets XP
Why don't pets get bonus xp?
Dev Response: It would require too much time to change the system but we are aware of the pet leveling issues.

Costumes for Combat
Dev Response: We want it too.

Flatten Land Objects
It was suggested to give the ability to flatten terrain for entertainers.
Community team suggestion: Maybe instead offer dance floors objects/structures.

Droid Pets
Add more use for droid pets.

Armor
Add horns or other ornamentations to armor.
Dev Response: It could be done but would require make a copy of an armor set to do.

- Teesquared & Team