I'm actually pretty open to the notion of changing my avatar, far be it from me to intentionally offend folks. I certainly hope my communications with the community at large regularly displays a level of respect and appreciation for the contributions of all our customers.

Truth be told, there's a story behind my use of the "No Crying" avatar. When I first began using it, it was meant as a good-natured jab at a couple of our self-proclaimed hardcore PvP friends, some of whom I'd noticed spending much more of their time "crying the red circle" than those they were actively accusing of same. It was a gesture that, at the time, was used in total opposition of your assumption.

Frankly, I am a little shocked that you would think it appropriate to address anyone in this manner, let alone a member of team. Rather than ask me what my motivations are for choosing this avatar, you just presumed to know who I was and what I thought, and kicked off the conversation by being decidedly rude.

Thick skin is a requirement of my job, but situations like this remind me why we have rules governing player behaviors. I'd encourage you to read those rules with special emphasis on the the fact that being abusive to an FLS staffer doesn't preclude you from adhering to them.

In any case, my apologies to the people participating in this discussion- if anyone has any additional concerns related to my avatar, or would like to suggest a replacement, I encourage you to contact me via private message. Further posts attempting to derail this thread will be removed.

Best,
Aether

The first place I know I heard it was Raph Koster and Rich Vogel talking about the SWG development effort. That would have been back in 2002.

Individual companies in the industry track all sorts of things they never share. It would be an advantage to competitors to share most of it, so it doesn't happen.


Joe

This is a known issue- it's already fixed in our internal version of the game, so you should get it in the next patch (1.5, I think)

Definitely a good idea. This is something we've talked about doing before... I'll check to see how much work it is and when we can fit it in to the schedule. Thank you!

We have too many stickies already, but I'd consider this a tutorial or resource Feel free to link from that thread if you haven't already!

Applies to all ammo types.

Pretty typical damage increase.

Emphasis mine. This is a misconception. It was 15 seconds in build 1.3. It makes the target immune to addition stuns for 2 minutes, and that's why you see a 2 minute duration. That's why you'll continue to see a 2 minute duration on the tooltip, with a description that says how long the stun lasts.

This confuses me. You shouldn't be able to see the Test Server from the main server list as it's a different version. Clarify?

Could we redirect this discussion to the subject at hand? Injecting chauvinistic patriotism from the real world just serves to derail the topic and make everyone cranky.

Especially me.

Best,
Aether

No ganking going on. We are working on some great stuff that you will appreciate more than four or five new emotes. more details to come soon.