TK-8252 Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Jedi Academy does not suck for one reason alone: SIEGE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeskywalker1 Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Many people picked up JA just for Siege. ********* The stats are decent, thats still a good ammount of players in both games, but there are some questions: How many are bots? How many of those servers are empty? and the main one: How many are really playing the game? Its great if 600 people are playing on 400 servers... Most servers are empty, I would think maybe 200 of those 400 are empty. And then, out of the 600 players, probably 350 are honor players. Then maybe 50 players in spectator mode (probably 1 per every 2 or 3 servers) And then maybe 75 bots. Thats 475 players that you dont want to play with (or cant, or wont), out of 600. Of course all of that is just a guess.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-_Ventura Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Originally posted by =X=Master HeX Another side note: You know what I find funny is I go away for a month or so and slider copies all features of xmod, throws a few emotes and saber hilts in and calls it a day... Now I understand why chosen got so upset with this kid. well, you should be expecting this, hex, after all it happened the same in jk2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amidala from Chop Shop Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Originally posted by Kurgan Since we can still find good servers, the fun can continue... The question is, how much longer will that be true? Months? Weeks? Half-Life 2 and DOOM 3 are coming very soon.... And what good are good servers if there are no more players? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master William Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Amidala's right. I play Movie Battles II, and everyone's just waiting for Battlefront to come out. Trust me, MBII will die as soon as Battlefront is released. It's basically a sort of replacement for Battlefront until it is released. And the point of saying this is that this will most likely happen to all parts of the JA community, the guys who play with their honour-rules, the normal FFA players, Siege lovers, etc. In the end the new games replace parts of JA, though I don't think JA will die out completely. But the population is almost guaranteed to decrease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txa1265 Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Originally posted by Obi_Kwiet It.s worth 20$. Not the 50$ I paied for it though... I look at it this way: - I paid $50 for JA on day of release for PC - I paid $50 more for the Mac version, ordering it when it came available. I have no regrets whatsoever. Why? Because the SP experience is - IMO - better than *any* other FPS put out last year. Yes - better than Halo, than Call of Duty, than Tron 2.0, etc. I consider the SP experience better than any except for KotOR. As for MP, perhaps it is that I don't play much that I just don't get the hand-wringing and machinations about the 'deadnesss' or 'non-deadness of things ... can you find decent play? Then you have a 'live' game, if not, it is dead to you. As for new games ... has Far Cry killed JA? No. Thief 3? No. DX:IW? No. Doom 3 will have the MP value of Painkiller. But HL2 ... well, the expectations run so high that I am hard pressed to see how it can succeed ... if there aren't 60,000 people on it, they'll say it is dead ... Oh well, have fun fighting ... Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wudan Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 I think that unnamed and Ami are right. Mostly I agree with unnamed - we can't simply be driven by sheer numbers - more servers and more players doesn't really matter to me. What there should be is a list of known 'good' servers so that good players can play there. Maybe there already is one, I don't know. Basically, I don't need thousands of servers brimming with players to enjoy the game. All I need is one server, with maybe 4-10 players, on either FFA, TFFA, or CTF (maybe even Seige!) to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mex Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Originally posted by txa1265 Why? Because the SP experience is - IMO - better than *any* other FPS put out last year. Yes - better than Halo, than Call of Duty, than Tron 2.0, etc. Mike So you think a crappy story with hardly any new player models and a bland story line is better than Halo and Call of Duty? I mean, have you even played any of these games? It does not seem like it at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cercueil Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Originally posted by txa1265 I consider the SP experience better than any except for KotOR. The nice thing about the SP game is that it is never "dead" as long as you still enjoy it. Originally posted by Pal™ with hardly any new player models But some of use don't require new player models for the game to be fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txa1265 Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Originally posted by Pal™ So you think a crappy story with hardly any new player models and a bland story line is better than Halo and Call of Duty? I mean, have you even played any of these games? It does not seem like it at all. Yes, I have. I was in no rush, so I played them late last year and early this year. CoD == MoH++, *NO* story (OK, WWII, but that is a scenario, not a story), some excellent sections but mainly on-rails linear, with just updated graphics. Don't get me wrong, it is an excellent game for what it is ... but don't pretend there is a story or development. Halo was a two year old game when it hit PC, and it showed. Good game. But it seemed old compared with Tron and Elite Force 2. I was in agreement wiGameSpy's 'top 25 overrated' on this one. Jedi Academy was not perfect. I think that the story was pretty decent, but they could handled some of the RPG-lite elements better. It was more of a 'side-quel' - not a sequel, not an expansion, but rather a new game based on the same technology. I mean, look at the story from a different angle: The evil lord had been vanquished, but the Hero had spared the apprentice. Yet the apprentice, seeking dark power and vengeance, had discovered an ancient artifact, rumored to have been created by the Dark Overlord humself. The artifact allows the apprentice to draw dark powers to it, and to use it to empower and enslave minions to do her evil bidding. The old Hero has taken a new apprentice of his own, one with much promise, whose desitny lies upon the same road, but in direct conflict with, the dark apprentice. Sounds like a good RPG to me Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obi_Kwiet Posted June 24, 2004 Author Share Posted June 24, 2004 The story was so predictable and pathetic. Uhg. The missions were shorter than JO's too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mex Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Originally posted by Prime But some of use don't require new player models for the game to be fun. But when you buy a sequel you kinda expect new characters and exiting new graphics but JA failed to deliver any of that. Heck that didn't even check the multi player sounds so half of the characters say "Take that". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txa1265 Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Originally posted by Pal™ But when you buy a sequel you kinda expect But that's the thing isn't it ... A true sequel, more than 3 years later, Elite Force 2 had significant graphical improvements over Elite Force 1 based on the same engine ... A true sequel, about 3 years later, NOLF2 had significant graphical improvements over NOLF1 based on the same engine ... I call Jedi Academy a 'side-quel'. It was ~1.5 years later, was not a true sequel, nor an expansion pack. It *DID* have graphical improvements as well as achitectural improvements to the engine, in line with the time elapsed and the age of the engine (i.e. JKII already took advantage of a large Q3 engine knowledge base from games like EF). Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txa1265 Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Originally posted by Pal™ Heck that didn't even check the multi player sounds But, to paraphrase an old commercial ... ... when you say 'Hey You There' you've said it all ... Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeskywalker1 Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 with hardly any new player models Ummm... New Models Jaden (HMale, HFemale, Rodian, Twi`lek, Zabrak, and Kel Dor) Howler RocketTrooper Boba Fett Rancor Mutant Rancor Sand creature.. thing... Jet Pack Trooper New Tavion Alora Alora 2 Rosh Cultists Cultist Commandos Kothos (those dudes with Rosh in Vjun) Jawas Tusken Raiders Noghri Wampa ragnos Rax (the fat guy who caught Jaden) SnowTroopers Human Mercenaries Assasin Droids Saber Droids Chewbacca Hazard Troopers Sabotuer X-wing GLM Tie-Fighter GLM Tie-Bomber GLM Shuttle GLM Swoop GLM Wedge Total: 39 (Probably missed a few...) Not to mention tons of new MD3 models. And the new skins werent too bad either. I mean, look at Lannik Racto, they used the Jedi model, but his body looks really different (same face....) but still. Old Models Kyle Luke Jedi (reskinned a lot) ATST Jedi Trainer Bartender Stormtrooper Imperials Stormtrooper Commander Imperial Workers Interrigation Droids Sentry Droids Sentry Turrets Training Droids (little balls) Cant think of anymore... Total: 14 Hope I didnt miscount somewhere... *shrugs* Sadly they used the Jedi model over and over to make new skins. :-/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_PerfectAgent_ Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 Originally posted by lukeskywalker1 Sadly they used the Jedi model over and over to make new skins. :-/ That's because no one would buy the game if they used the Reborn model for the new skins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard10101 Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 What a good game needs is realism. for instance, take JO patch 1.3, compare patch 1.3 to 1.4 we had lots of complaints about 1.4, thats because they patched too many things, namely the backslash whilst spinning. people prefered the 1.3 but a good thing was you could go back to 1.3 if you installed 1.4 (patch commander) thus you could fit into a realistic star wars fantasy environment or go to 1.4 where you behave etc.. lol personaly, when i get the chance im buying JO again and will stick with patch 1.3 | damn shops dont got JO grrrr, only JA. i have JA and i think it is a dieing community, i saw few servers when it came out, possibly because of bug, but since 1.0.1.0 i saw more, lots more servers but then this past 3 month, the server amounts has decreased by half. im only getting 1,500 servers give or take in all seeing eye, that included pinged out servers. sounds like a lot but its not compared to what i used to see 3 months ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rad Blackrose Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 Originally posted by Khier Serakk Don't forget to record some demos.... those JK2 demos you guys posted here were some of the funniest moments I had ever gotten out of that game. Oh, we will... We will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amidala from Chop Shop Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 Originally posted by richard10101 i have JA and i think it is a dieing community, i saw few servers when it came out, possibly because of bug, but since 1.0.1.0 i saw more, lots more servers but then this past 3 month, the server amounts has decreased by half. im only getting 1,500 servers give or take in all seeing eye, that included pinged out servers. If you are getting 1500 servers in the All Seeing Eye, it's because it is showing you saved information from servers that are long dead and gone. Go to Tools->Options->Misc, and check the box that says "don't save server info", refresh the list, and you'll see the current number of servers (464). Shows you how much it has dropped though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master William Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 You know, to be honest, my in-game JA browser displays more servers than All Seeing Eye. All Seeing Eye always says 'filtered out by modifiers', or something similar to that. I discovered new MBII servers with the in game browser... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amidala from Chop Shop Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 Originally posted by Master William You know, to be honest, my in-game JA browser displays more servers than All Seeing Eye. All Seeing Eye always says 'filtered out by modifiers', or something similar to that. I discovered new MBII servers with the in game browser... That's because you checked one or more boxes in the Modifiers section above Favorites (ping, country, mods, password, etc.). Uncheck all those boxes and you will see more servers than the ingame browser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurgan Posted June 26, 2004 Share Posted June 26, 2004 I'm beginning to agree with Amidala here (gee, imagine that!). If anything in JA is dying, it's the pure FFA community, not the game itself. People who wish to continue playing as the developers intended are moving to other game modes, ones that are less conducive to the roleplayer lite/honor n00b/whiner people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeskywalker1 Posted June 26, 2004 Share Posted June 26, 2004 Kurgan NOOOO!!!!!!1 DONT GIVE UP HOPE, THAT LEADS TO THE HONOR SIDE! It might pick up. Im completly convinced that the server bug in the beginning stopped the community from having at least double this size right now. Kinda sucks, I was checking out some honor site once, and read the rules, it said something like this: You can have FFA only if everyone on the server wants it. If not, even if its only one person, you cant FFA. You must respect the wishes of that one person. My question: What about the 1 person who wants to FFA, why not respect his/her wishes? I wish you could at least compromise with the honor guys. One time I was on a server, not laming sort of thinking about laming, although I knew I would get banned/kicked... something. I mentioned about how laming was funner than this kind of 'play' and said maybe we should try it out. They got mad and kicked me :-/ It was like the 'dark side' they would never turn to it, or at least try it out (not saying the dark side is good... lol) If you are getting 1500 servers in the All Seeing Eye, it's because it is showing you saved information from servers that are long dead and gone. Oh, thats what it was :-) heh, oh well, I uninstalled ASE a while back. I was wondering why a lot of dead servers were still on the list. Although sometimes the in game browser found servers not on ASE, and the same way around, ASE found servers not on the in game browser list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amidala from Chop Shop Posted June 26, 2004 Share Posted June 26, 2004 Originally posted by Kurgan If anything in JA is dying, it's the pure FFA community... *Bones passes his medical tricorder over the charred, dismembered corpse, and looks up* "He's dead, Jim" You have Siege, I have CTF. I just started a new server to beta test xmod 2.7 beta: Chop Shop INCREASED GUN DAMAGE CTF. It will be open to the public tomorrow, but if you can't wait to try out the enhanced weapons, search the CTF servers by name. The password is "ctfpug". If you decide to go, download the xmod 2.0 client first http://xmod2.cat5camp.com/downloads/xmod2-client-2.0.zip and you will see a cool new scoreboard. xmod 2.7 has an internal SQL database that gives real-time stats for flag captures, returns, kills, deaths, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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