Dev Wishlist

Well, its just a little colelction of notes I thought about turning into an written paper to hand it as a small "wishlist" to the DEVs.
It mainly inludes minor changes that would add some more flair and RP possibilities to SWG.

Here it goes:
  • Stormtrooper Shoulderpads
    There was one as a quest reward, but you couldnt equip. Would be nice if you could craft it or something, to have ST Seargents or Special STs identified. If you could color the pad, you could also divide ST groups by color named squads, even if this is more like a rebel thing. I got a bit inspired by the pads shown here. (Right side, under Stormtroopers)
  • Rang Insignia
    To be worn on Faction Clothing or Long Formal Jackets, to have Officers be noticable IC by rank. I am not sure if they should be linked to Faction Rank, but it would make it more agreeable, I think. They should be shown on fitting "uniform" clothing.
  • Lying Down Animation
    This is a big thing I've heard from a lot of people. Basically it just has to look like when you are KD, but you should be able to do it on every surface and especially on beds. Just to have your char go sleeping or lay around when he is "officially dead or wounded". WoW has got it, so why not SWG?
  • Left Handed Option
    I would like to choose if my character is right or lefthanded. Since you would just have to mirror grafics, it doesnt seem to "impossible". So your character carries weapons in his left hand and so on. Another thing to just improve overall "individuality". (One of the things SWG is already leading at.
  • Group Duel
    This is the first thing that touches different things, but it would make PvP battles possible without going overt, especially in Jedi overrun zones as Theed, or for Roleplaying events. Groupleader challenges a member of the other group with grouduel, the groupleader decides and members get an option to leave the group.
  • Extended Biography Functions
    There are blank spaces for home planet and birth date and I would like to see them used. Players could insert some choices or get a dropdown menu or anything like that. You would see the inserted details in the biography if you examine someone. Another feature only interesting to roleplayers.
  • Real Roleplayer Tag
    You already can activate a Roleplayer tag, but it doesnt appear over your head, as Looking for Group or Helper does. Its just used in the "Search" Function, when you can look for players, based on different sortings. Would just be another small thing to make Roleplayers bond
    a bit more.
  • Wounded Emotes
    I though about this as some graphic details on your character when you are wounded. Depending on how much wounds you have, your character would limb a bit or hold his arm or anything. There is no really need to slow him down. Just would be nice to see if somebody has got wounds, without looking at his HAM-bar. Would create some more immersion into the "world".
    Maybe you could even change the style of the way the character walks in combination with certain moods (See also this list)
  • Lightning Commands for Standard Light
    It would be an interesting thing for creating atmosphere if homeowners/admins could turn on/off the standard light in a house. There would be no one lost, because Ctrl+L still exists, but having a dark room only enlighted by a candle, or a nice arranged set of holocrons would be just great to have some sceneries like "break ins" and "secret meetings".
  • Multiperson Furniture
    Having mutiple persons sit on a couch, or on a bed or, given above comes true, lie on it, would be another awesome thing.
    I dont see it to be impossible, for a character seems to be seated automatically in a certain spot on furniture if he uses /sit.
    Just extend the number of these Spots/slots and fill them up in a certain queue, whenever somebody types sit. It would be best if they shuffled through.
    Example: One person sits on a 5 person couch - gets the middle slot. As soon as somebody is also getting onto the couch, they are shuffled in the positions, so nobody is crowded on one site.
  • Roleplaying Correspondent
    To further expand Star Wars Galaxies, which is already a great game for it, in terms of Roleplaying, a special Correspondent could strongly work together with other correspondents, DEVs and community to bring in ideas on how to combine Roleplay and Casual Game for a nice rounded up, feature and content filled game.
Well, this was the first time I really put down the list with thought, so I will be putting a link to this post into my favorites.
As Player Breakfast draws nearer, I will work out some things and put all of it in a nice presentation map, because I know, people like reading that more.

*EDITED*
Last edited by Cijj on Tue Jun 28, 2005 3:55 pm, edited 3 times in total.
Cijj
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Very very Nice!

I think you've got some really good things here and it would be nice to see them come to fruition!

Maybe a petition is in order, or just a big long thread over at SOE :P
Lok'i Vidaar
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I guess a combined action would be nice:

Paper to DEVs at Breakfast + Thread at official Forums + Petition

Seems like a good way to do.
I hope to work it up with some pictures etc., maybe throw in a CD with PowerPoint presentation, who knows.
This is all in a stadium of well..planning.

As I said: This was the first time I ever really wrote out all these things.
Cijj
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Good range of ideas, Cijj. All of them are good "flavors" for us RP'ers with the Group Duel and Real Role Player Tag standing out for me the most.

I admire your ambition. A PowerPoint presentation :) Any Developer should at least take notice. Go for it and good luck!
Keer
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I love the group duel idea. I had suggested this a while back on the SOE forums. My thought was to make it so that only squad leaders could instigate group duels (leader vs leader initiated) with a persmissions dialog sort of like when someone wants you to board their ship.

Group duels would have been awesome during the replicant war final events. Especially for the space part.

Jabe
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Those are some great ideas. I especially would like to see the laying down animation and the ability to choose left/right handed. Just those little additions to RPing can add new levels to the game.

Also, it might be nice to have a couch that more than one person can sit down on. That's always bugged me.
Kyanus
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I split this discussion not because it broke any rules or went off-topic but I wanted to see this list of ideas at the top of a new thread rather than the 3rd page of a thread about Lamps. :)

Great stuff. I know we've all wished for the lying down animation and the Roleplayer tag but I especially like the Group Duel and Wounded animations idea. The idea that you'd take on a limp or you arm would hang lifeless sounds great. Reminds me of Resident Evil. :)
Seret Sajet
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another nice feature would be letting more then one person sit on a couch.
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Good thing!
I guess I will add this :)
Cijj
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Isleh
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New Walks :D
Only if they find a way to do a /strut

I'm just getting images of a Mon Cal pimp, and busting a gut over here.
Kyanus
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Kyanus wrote:
New Walks :D
Only if they find a way to do a /strut

I'm just getting images of a Mon Cal pimp, and busting a gut over here.
Thinking of Dooo again?
Zannon
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I concur. All of these ideas are great!
Illbleed
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Thinking of Dooo again?
Well, I can't think of too many other Mon Cal that could pull it off. ;)
Kyanus
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Cijj wrote:[*]Lying Down Animation
This is a big thing I've heard from a lot of people. Basically it just has to look like when you are KD, but you should be able to do it on every surface and especially on beds. Just to have your char go sleeping or lay around when he is "officially dead or wounded". WoW has got it, so why not SWG?
I know some people would just love this one.
(not that i think of some twi'lek around here) ;)

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