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#9 Closed PTS Applications

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Category: Developer Forum Posts
Published: Thursday, February 9th, 2017
Written by EricMusco
Originally Posted by EricMusco ( Original Post ) | 09.02.2017 03:19PM
Hey folks!

One of the things I have heard reports of is that only some members of a group being invited, this can happen for a couple of reasons:
  • The account information provided had an error (typo, missing characters, etc)
  • A user did not qualify based on the existing criteria (current sub with no ToS violations in the last 12 months)
  • Some other issue happened in transit (random issue when granting access, etc)
If part of your team got in, but not everyone, please follow the original instructions and send their information to swtorsubmissions@swtor.com. We will be continuing to pull accounts from that email address for entry and so they can be invited into a future wave.

I know this can be disruptive to not have a full Op team on and we do our best to ensure all members are invited at once. Still, sometimes stragglers can be missed. Resubmit the information for the remaining members.

Thanks everyone.

-eric
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Option to Turn OFF XP boost

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Category: Developer Forum Posts
Published: Wednesday, February 8th, 2017
Written by EricMusco
Originally Posted by EricMusco ( Original Post ) | 08.02.2017 05:15PM
Hey folks!

I apologize for the delay in response. I was waiting to respond when I had something definitive to share but I don't have that quite yet. Still, I wanted you to know that we have seen your feedback about turning off the XP bonus. We are talking about it and seeing if this is something we can address during the event or not. I will let you know once I know more.

-eric
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#3 Update to the 250% CXP Event.

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Category: Developer Forum Posts
Published: Wednesday, February 8th, 2017
Written by EricMusco
Originally Posted by EricMusco ( Original Post ) | 08.02.2017 04:54PM
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Originally Posted by FlavivsAetivs View Post
That's what I'm saying. Is it supposed to be 250%? Because in game it's rewarding 200%.

GSF 2x bonuses have been done before, they're usually pretty rare though.

~ Eudoxia
We looked into your report and you're correct that GSF is currently awarding 2x Requisition. We will turn up the dial in 5.1.2 to bring it in line with character experience at 2.5x.

Thanks!

-eric
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#8 Closed PTS Applications

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Category: Developer Forum Posts
Published: Wednesday, February 8th, 2017
Written by EricMusco
Originally Posted by EricMusco ( Original Post ) | 08.02.2017 02:10PM
Hey folks,

A wave of PTS invites have gone out! If you have been accepted onto PTS you will see an NDA pop-up when you visit your account page on swtor.com. Signing that NDA will then send you an email with further instructions. If you didn't get in this time, fret not, we will be doing additional waves in the future.

Standard reminder that PTS is under NDA. If you have been accepted, please keep that in mind.

-eric
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#4 On Tacos and Tattoos

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Category: Developer Forum Posts
Published: Wednesday, February 8th, 2017
Written by TaitWatson
Originally Posted by TaitWatson ( Original Post ) | 08.02.2017 01:20PM
Quote: Originally Posted by HazelKelly View Post
Can I have all your stuff? Or at least the stuff you stole from me back? I miss David Pumpkins

On a serious note (No, really!) Best of luck! You'll be missed around here for sure, jokes about potatoes are all going to be left to Musco now...

I'm keeping David S. Pumpkins, and also like...three snowballs.
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#3 On Tacos and Tattoos

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Category: Developer Forum Posts
Published: Wednesday, February 8th, 2017
Written by HazelKelly
Originally Posted by HazelKelly ( Original Post ) | 08.02.2017 01:17PM
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Originally Posted by TaitWatson View Post
Hey everyone,

There have been two forum posts in my time at BioWare that have been difficult to write: my introduction, and this one. For those who prefer brevity, I wont bury the lead: February will be my final month on the SWTOR team and, in fact, with BioWare. I have had an amazing few years here, but it is time to sail different seas. I will go ahead and nip a few things in the bud because I know they will come up:

<snip>

And I will miss that the most.

-Tait.
Can I have all your stuff? Or at least the stuff you stole from me back? I miss David Pumpkins

On a serious note (No, really!) Best of luck! You'll be missed around here for sure, jokes about potatoes are all going to be left to Musco now...

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#2 On Tacos and Tattoos

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Category: Developer Forum Posts
Published: Wednesday, February 8th, 2017
Written by EricMusco
Originally Posted by EricMusco ( Original Post ) | 08.02.2017 10:05AM
In honor of Tait leaving, let me share with you my favorite Tait story from his time here. It's the time that we convinced Tait we were letting him go when we were actually hiring him.

When Tait got hired into his current role, he was hired on as a contractor with the intent we would convert him to be a full-time EA employee in the future. Well when we got approval to "flip" him to full-time, me and Keith (my boss) decided to have a little bit of fun with him.

We brought him into a room and we made sure to both seem pretty somber as we pulled him in. We had to ensure he was on edge thinking something bad was happening. Keith starts the meeting by going into this whole speech about how things are changing around BioWare (they weren't) and that because of that some changes need to be made (they also weren't). Keith then ended this speech with three words, "you've been impacted."

Now, this is the part where I was supposed to jump in and be like "surprise, your hired!" However, I was concentrating so hard on not laughing that I didn't react as fast as I was supposed to. This meant poor Tait was sitting there for like 20 seconds in a dead silent room thinking he just got let go.

Then I handed the folder with his paperwork to him and said "welcome to the team." Tait reacted by turning red and saying lots of four letter words at us while laughing. It was pretty awesome.

TLDR - That one time we convinced Tait we were letting him go while we were hiring him and it was great.

-eric
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On Tacos and Tattoos

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Category: Developer Forum Posts
Published: Wednesday, February 8th, 2017
Written by TaitWatson
Originally Posted by TaitWatson ( Original Post ) | 08.02.2017 09:42AM
Hey everyone,

There have been two forum posts in my time at BioWare that have been difficult to write: my introduction, and this one. For those who prefer brevity, I wont bury the lead: February will be my final month on the SWTOR team and, in fact, with BioWare. I have had an amazing few years here, but it is time to sail different seas. I will go ahead and nip a few things in the bud because I know they will come up:
  1. I havent been fired, and I havent been laid off.
  2. I am leaving BioWare to move to California.

Okay, that out of the way, moving on.

"What are you doing now, Tait?"

An excellent question, me. For now, nothing I can disclose career-wise, but if you follow me on Twitter, I'm sure you'll see soon (It's @pariahloki. Shameless plug). However, I am leaving Austin and moving to San Diego, where I imagine I will spend a lot of time eating tacos*, playing Frank Turner songs on an acoustic guitar, wishing I could afford more tattoos, and generally trying to be more like I was in 2006 - which is basically just skinnier and more emo. Just kidding. Same amount of emo. That never really went away. Have I ever told you the story about the time I saw Fear Before The March of Flames play on a sheet of plywood in a guy's backyard in my hometown? There were like 10 people there--- you know what? Maybe we'll cross paths again someday, and I can tell you all about it over some tacos.

People often ask me what I do, and when I say I work for BioWare the natural follow up is "what do you do at BioWare," and that is a deceptively difficult question to answer. Everyone here sees what I do publicly - primarily maintenance messaging, these days - but the sheer diversity of the things I do behind the scenes is hard to explain. That said, one thing has remained consist between the job titles (three!) I have worn here: advocating for players on a daily basis.

For now, however, I just want to say that, even though there have been rough times, I have never once dreaded coming into work. Not one time in the time I've worked here, and a huge part of that is all of you. Yes, you. If you have somehow come across these words on the internet, I am talking to you. You are the beating heart that keeps this vibrant and unabashedly passionate community going, and for that you don't get enough credit. But I assure you, every single day people come into work and strive to show you just how important you are to us.

And I will miss that the most.

-Tait.

*Okay, but, for real. There is this restaurant/bar in San Diego that has the best fish tacos I've ever had and I can't remember what it is called. Send help. It's on 3rd, 4th, or 5th within a few blocks of Market. I think it had a small stage in it? I went during SDCC one year.
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#2 Update to the 250% CXP Event.

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Category: Developer Forum Posts
Published: Tuesday, February 7th, 2017
Written by EricMusco
Originally Posted by EricMusco ( Original Post ) | 07.02.2017 11:13AM
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Originally Posted by teclado View Post
Woohooo!!

Hey Eric, it's just a wording game. You originally called it a "250% increase" to CXP. I am in fact a math savvy person, and that wording means a rate of 3.5x. Here's why:

100% increase ==> base + base ==> 2x
150% increase ==> base + base + 1/2 base ==> 2.5x
200% increase ==> base + base + base ==> 3x
250% increase ==> base + base + base + 1/2 base ==> 3.5x

A "100% increase" to something means that the thing grows by the entirety of itself one time. A "200% increase" means the thing grows by the entirety of itself two times. Et cetera.

So if something increases by 250%, then it is being multiplied by 3.5. It probably would have been much less prone to wording games if you had just called it 2.5x or 3.5x or whatever it was intended to be. If you communicated that you wanted a "250% increase" to your engineers, they would have said "ok, so that means 3.5x" and set their coefficient accordingly.

So, in the interest of clarity, let's just use multipliers rather than semi-ambiguous percent increase / not-increase.
Fair point. It does raise the question of if the % is a bonus or not. I will simplify it based on your own recommendation

Previously the CXP event was meant to be a 2.5x multiplier and it is now a 3.5x multiplier. If you would normally receive 100 CXP, the event would originally grant you 250 CXP and will now grant you 350 CXP.

-eric
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