Patch destroying JK2

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Originally posted by Wra!th7

I dont normally post on forums but after this patch i kinda feel the need to voice my opinion... I was playing this game since it came out, and like pretty much everyone else I thought this game kicked @$$... up until this patch came out.

 

A lot of gamers in this community wanted things changed... DFA is too strong... saber stances are imbalanced... drain & heal & yadda yadda whatever... I had no problem with this game whatsoever. If there was one thing i wanted changed it was collision detection... sometimes my saber would fly through an opponent & not do any damage... & even then i didnt complain & I thought this was one of the best games ive ever played.

 

People who spam DFA keep raping you & it needs to be changed? You keep getting killed by drain whores & you beg for a patch... why can't you people just improve? Why is it that when someone exploits something that gives them an edge you people have to complain? Why cant you suck it up, rethink your strategy, work on your game, & get back in & own? & if some of you think im a DFA spammer youre wrong... 95% of my game comes from medium stance... without the use of the medium finisher.

 

My point is, when DFA spammers, strong stance users, drainwhores, etc. (who BTW dont suck, theyre just good at what they do) started ruling the scene i didnt spend time complaining to Lucasarts & Raven, I worked on my skills & now, in 1.02 at least, im able to hold my own against them & all types of players. I'm not saying im the best player, cuz ive fought plenty of you who've made me struggle & still give me trouble =P, I'm just trying to get some people to understand that it IS possible to fight against those mentioned above, & what you saw as imbalance, was just your own lack of skill and or your refusal to improve your sh*t.

 

This game was great from the get-go... and at the request of this community its been turned into something less than it was. Yeah i'm gonna re-learn everything with this new patch, but somewhere along the lines someone who's smart will find an edge, you people will complain yet again & bastardize this game further. My 2 cents....

 

And BTW, when I say "you" I'm not referring to everyone... if you get offended when you read this post or feel like u gotta flame me, then yea, guess i was talkin bout u

 

-E

 

 

I feel ya brother. For you people who whined about DFA spammers. GET SOME FREAKIN SKILLS. I used to completely own in this game btw Im a Light force only Jedi. Peopel that spammed stuff were predictable therefore counterattacked and killed. They DFA attack u, u time ur counter attack and 1 hit kill em. I bet they dont do it to much more after they die 2-3 times they will try to adapt and change their tactics a little more. I for 1 was a strong or fast stance fighter. I pulled kicked ya down and either strong sliced ya to get it over with or if i wanted to play with ya i would backwards thrust ya with fast. If u were a drain spammer I would DFA ya b/c if u all know Drain slows ur movements down just slightly where u can catch em with that DFA attack. As my other post reads I can go on and on.

The Likes about the patch:

1. THe icons in the server list menu

2. The maps of course

3. The toning down of heal/drain but they over did it i believe

4. Not dieing when u change ur force skills/skin/name

 

Dislikes

1. The changing of the entire execution and timing of the stances

2. The double clicking of the jump button for the kick in the face

3. The god awful long battles of two people going at it regardless of how good/bad you are.

4. The fast stance backwards stab is as strong as a strong stance slice used to be

5. Medium has been changed COMPLETELY except for ur flip forward attack downward special move

6. The blocking needs to be reached at a happy medium. It went from piss poor to godly.

7. Strong I see no longer has a purpose, DFA might as well have a bullseye painted on ur back. And the long baseball bat type swings are blocked easily. I can probobly think of some more but im tired of typing.

[Fear]

Well I tell you all I hosted was TFFA FF Sabre games.... and before the Darkside had a chance. Not now.... My powers I used and they worked well were Grip and then upward thrust as soon as it ended or they broke it with absorb. I also used pull but thats is a neutral power. Now Grip is useless because you move so slow anyone can target you on a drop of a dime. And the thing that bugs me is that it was not that powerful. A full use of grip would use about half your force and would not kill anyone unless they were low on health to start with. By that time they know I am a grip user and I don't get the second chance to use it. But take absorb now.... it blocks drain, lightning, grip, pull and push that don't even cause damg. Then they throw on lets mask it so you don't know its on. Well they just unbalanced the game right there in the patch. They take away from grip, its really useless now, they make drain take more force, I actually thought that was needed. They make heal take more force, thats good but big deal.... you have all those health packs and bacta to use. They make drain more costly to use, but do not change the main thing darin was used for. The people that ran around all the time using absorb every second they could. Lightning is ok, but I never used it much unless they ran from me, and rage which I don't like but should of least got a boost like absorb did didn't get a thing....you should not know if someone is in rage either. People run away till it wears off, so how is that fair and absorb it wasn't? And the sabre battles take to long now also, be it they added to much blocking or they weakend the sabres to much. I did think some things need to change in the sabres, like the touching of one after a dfa and killing you and turning in air. But now the battles are to long for TFFA games... you get big groups of ppl fighting because they can't do any dam. and that makes it hard for the skilled player to even try any tatics. I usually wait till the croud thins out. BORING....too long.

[Wra!th7]

Much thanks to those who boosted my point...

 

Sad as it is... I doubt JK2 will ever be reverted to anything close to the original release. WhatEV... I'm at least hoping that Lucasarts\Raven acknowledges & addresses everyones concerns in the next patch... & incase Lucasarts\Raven sees this... (might as well get my hits in)

 

1) I wanted Light stance improved too, but not by nerfing Medium & Heavy. I hope theyre brought back to their original effectiveness

 

2) Saber Damage: saber battles take too long now. besides, shouldnt you pay for it if u get hit by a lightsaber?

 

3) i thought the kick was fine in the original release. My mouse is already suffering from saber locks... spare my spacebar?

 

4) i was never really a fan of auto blocking, especially the way it is now... how bout something that requires learning, like a block button maybe? not sure how others feel about that, i think it could work.

 

either way, ill take this game for what it is & play it whether its improved or destroyed in the next patch. Hopefully it isnt the latter...

 

-E