Electric-Knight

I certainly understand and want those options, but... just look at the fact that this opens up the door for it to happen down the road.
I know, I know, but seriously, customization is going live for these powers. They did the work to make that happen. Alternate animations are possibilities for the future. We may have to convince them, but at least the hurdle of the UI and it even being an option is gone!

The developers might listen to your suggestions, but the players are another story!

Truth!
I just chalk it up to entertainment not being what it used to be...

Neuronia, do you like badges about gladiators?

It's possible that the Dowd may be stronger, as mentioned earlier.

No!

That's more what public role-playing is about and those are the great experiences that I love hearing even non-RPers stating how it made for a greater experience for them.

A simple way I tend to look at role-playing in a video game is... A movie is far more enjoyable when you lose yourself in it. When you're so engrossed in it that your heart pumps during the action, you feel the suspense and you get emotional when emotional things occur for the characters, and so on.
Much of that is the same when you're really into being your character and you start to really get into the fights and the encounters and hurdles that the game may throw at you. And it is all made greater by the other people, all playing and role-playing, right there along with you. For me, anyway.

I mean, role-play can be far more than that for me, but in its most basic form, that's what I love about it.

I also happen to just enjoy exploring the inner workings of other people, personalities and characters... when I have the time and energy to go there. Then again, that's something I do in other parts of my life just in psychological and philosphical studies as well as for my profession and other creative endeavors.
In its truest definition, role-playing is the attempt to be guided not by what you think and how you would react, but what a particular other person/character thinks and how they would react.

It honestly can provide some enormous experiences for bettering your perspective. It can allow you to understand other people and different ways of thinking than your own... which also tends to help you better understand yourself as well. All things that go way beyond just playing pretendy fun time (which it is also great for, hehe).


As to your first example... We could hope that they were actually two very prudent, anti-homosexual, close-minded individuals exploring different mindsets in order to potentially grasp greater understanding of opposing views... and thus possibly finding greater tolerance and ability to coexist with others that have differing views.
Also PM me about a bridge I have for sale.


EDIT: Also, I meant to state my agreement and approval of everything Paladin said!

AND... Klaw made me lol as well...

The Friggin' Dorks Anonymous? I'm sure that they'll see to it that plenty of hyper-critical blogs are written, expressing these concerns!

We need a new scale for what Zwill's within a day soon™ is!

So, get out your notes, Snowglobe, and jot the times down!

Hahaha... You're pushing it, but it's still not catching on!?!

Also... I never knew about this feature on starwars.com, lol... I am preparing to bombard my friends and family with these...

And, no... It doesn't count!!

LOL

Sorry, Arcana, I hadn't clicked on that until now (I was in a rush when I first saw it).

I was waiting for the camera to tilt afterward and for the ships to come by...

Now I am thinking about casting the Paragon Studios team in the roles... But Zwill kinda sorta has to be C3PO... Or Maybe Zwill should play everyone? A One-Man Star Wars: Episode/Issue 24.

Hmmm...

Thanks for the reply, Zwill. And, lost in my complaints was my recognition of this stuff. Not only do I like the fact that you guys do these promotions at all, I did understand and notice that your plans were way beyond just this Twitter promotion (and that you'd be trying to hand out this aura in many ways, as Paladin had also been reminding people).
My appreciation for your work is sometimes stated, but wasn't included in any of my replies to today... not so much anyways, hehe.

Exactly. All I can ask for (even more than I would, really) is that you recognize/understand that. So, thanks and good job.
And, as I said before, I understand if you guys choose to continue to do things this way. It's got to be somebody's ways and I know that it is not mine, hehe. I may not like it, but... That's life!
Even if I gave this pastime up over any of this, it's not like I'd harbor negativity towards the team nor the game over it. Just wanted to make that all clear. While I have strong opinions and preferences and all, I still get it and understand that it's not my show and that things might work for you guys, even if they don't jive with me.
I may think that things would be better overall by doing it my way, haha, but that and 2 Inf won't get me a Training Enhancement.
Anyway, thanks for taking the time and grasping this stuff.

It's an odd interaction sometimes...
You're here working and we're sometimes coming here to escape our troubles, which can make our disappointments seem rather out of whack... but that's also sometimes the point, ain't it. Not only are we fans (which already makes us wacky), but we don't really want certain levels of disappointment from what we're looking for the big time fun from.
Anyway... nothing you don't know... just was on my mind.

And that's even better. Thanks!
Also... Good luck... we're all counting on you!

Seriously though, I'd love to see you guys embrace the practices that other people have expressed earlier: Ditch long-term exclusivity! Always have that plan to make things accessible, even if it is after some time.
I don't know... it just seems like such a nicer and greater practice.
I get that you guys want to make whatever you're offering enticing enough to get people to jump the hoops (whatever they may be for each case), but it truly seems like people are impatient and eager enough that they'll move on the immediate path over patiently waiting for months before they can purchase things in a more normal fashion.

Again... I accept it if you guys disagree and don't go in that direction (with things that I believe you should). Just letting the rest of my rambling peter out...


Yeah, honestly, this is an aspect that I cringe over with the way the community can react.
I'm all there and for it when people want to express their opinions, but I also completely respect that it's not my show to run.
I mean... yeah, ditch all this exclusivity with costumes NAO or else, but... Hehe, but it's not your job to follow my instructions.

Actually... is there someone I can speak with to make that our jobs?

Once again, Zwill, thank you very much for the communications and the efforts to make things work as best as you can manage.

Hopefully you only see these things as disagreements and differences of opinions and never as anything to do with actual personal negativity.
I know you're quite experienced with this stuff, but we're all only human (well, most of you are anyway, muhaha*cough*cough*hack* damnit... Ahem).