Eben wurde von StephenReid ( Senior Online Community Manager ) im Offiziellen Forum bekanntegeben, dass es für Star Wars The Old Republic nun drei anstatt zwei Healer Klassen pro Fraktion zur Verfügung stehen. Begründet wird die Ankündigung / Änderung damit, dass während den Spieletests das Entwickler Team und Tester Team um Georg Zoeller zur Entscheidung kam, das Drei Healer Klassen besser für das Gameplay sind.

They did that because ultimately they felt it was better for the game. Ob das nun eine Gute oder eine schlechte Nachricht ist wird sich noch zeigen. Bleibt anzumerken das die Entwicklung des Spiels wohl doch noch nicht soweit vortgeschritten sein kann, wenn die Finalen Klassen 3-4 Monate vor einem möglichen Release noch nicht 100% feststehen. Bleibt zu hoffen, dass die heute in den Community Fragen erwähnte European Beta bald startet. 

 

Oh, what a long, strange trip this thread has been. We've come a long way together, friends. Almost to 500 posts! But now, I must bow out... and tend to other tasks.

Doesn't mean I'll be gone forever, though.

One thing I wanted to say before I go, because it seems to be causing more than a few... ahem... 'debates'. Let's try and make this clear.

BioWare Austin's policy on info release (which is not, in case you were wondering, a cast iron, legally binding, break-this-rule-and-you're-getting-fired sort of thing*) is to not talk about aspects of the game until we're ready to talk about them. Generally that means when they are, to some degree, finished - but, game development is a constant process and things change.

For instance, until this week, like most of you, I understood that two Advanced Classes (for Republic and Empire) would be able to act as healers. Thanks to the Game Testing program and numerous other factors, Georg Zoeller and his team upped the number to three on each side. They did that because ultimately they felt it was better for the game.

(Oh and BTW you got to know that before just about anyone else. Nice eh?)

Does that mean we lied previously? Nope, we presented the information as it was then. But things change. It's one of the fun things about development, and MMOs.

Would we love to present all you need to know about the game in its final form? Sure. Come back at launch... just don't expect things to remain static post-launch.

However, if you'd prefer to take this trip with us - where we learn as we go, in order to make the best game possible - well you're welcome.