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Schisms of the Force<\/em><\/span> was the highly anticipated update many moons in the making that debuted on May 4th, 2021, and brought the long-awaited Jedi profession to Empire in Flames<\/span>. Since then, players – both new and returning – have had the opportunity to embark on the journey to becoming a Jedi and choose the path of light, dark, or somewhere in-between. As is the norm here on EiF however, the process to become a Jedi was new, different, and the profession itself differs from what someone might remember from Live. The secrets of the unlock and progression journey were also kept a complete secret to everyone but Lead Developer Halyn. After weeks of community trial and error, exploration, and crazy theory crafting, the first Master Jedi entered EiF on June 3rd but much of the intricacies of the profession, and what it took to being released, were as yet unknown. In this iteration of the Friday Feature, we got a more in-depth look behind the scenes with developers Halyn, Anishor, Abi, and Demiurge, and learned just what went into the making of Schisms of the Force<\/em><\/span>, and what players can expect to see in the future. For those of you that have not completed the unlock process and want to maintain the mystery, be aware that there are significant spoilers ahead. If not, read on!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Halyn<\/strong>: The original vision for Jedi wasn\u2019t very focused beyond \u201cnot alpha.\u201d We knew, from both experience and the retrospectives written by Raph Koster, that Jedi on live was broken because it needed to be rare, powerful, and player-acquirable – which inevitably ended poorly. We knew we couldn\u2019t make Jedi less desirable – the fantasy will exist regardless of whatever we could do – so we set out to make them balanced and unlockable.<\/span><\/p>\n Anishor<\/strong>: <\/span>Initial vision was a force-sensitive that could serve several roles. A tank (light side jedi), a dps ( dark Jedi) and eventually as skills were decided on what would go in a healer.\u00a0 It would not be dependent on using a lightsaber<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n There were several versions of Jedi. We wanted it to first and foremost not be an alpha class, and it would only be a single profession tree.<\/span><\/p>\n What we wanted to improve upon was maintaining balance while still keeping Jedi having that intrinsic star wars feeling and have it be a fun class with some unique abilities.<\/span><\/p>\n Abi<\/strong>: I\u2019m just here so I don\u2019t get fined.<\/span><\/p>\n Halyn<\/strong>: The biggest challenge was keeping Jedi from becoming too good while still staying thematic. Even if their powers were relatively balanced, a \u201cproper\u201d Jedi implementation is very much an all-around class, able to do almost anything. We ended up toning down some original ideas quite a bit, because they were fine individually, but put together made Jedi the best solution for too many problems.<\/span><\/p>\n The Force alignment system was in the plan from early on, but even that ended up getting some toning down. The original implementation of it meant appropriately-aligned powers both cost less Force\u00a0and<\/i>\u00a0were more effective, but testing showed that starting players were horribly gimped and full-alignment Jedi became unstoppable murder machines. Demi in particular did a lot of number-crunching to make things balance out.<\/span><\/p>\n Anishor<\/strong>: The first challenge was how to approach the vision without invalidating or over-stuffing the Jedi tree.\u00a0 Also all the \u2018mystic\u2019 specials didn\u2019t work (AI) and weren\u2019t planned on working until the end. We got lucky and someone from ModTheGalaxy got the base emu versions working and we adapted them.<\/span><\/p>\n As to how to not overstuff and keep to the vision, it meant we had to keep the specials to a limited number, around 3-4 for each path essentially.\u00a0 It also meant that because Jedi wasn\u2019t meant to be just a melee class, the most memorable special from Live, Force Run, was the first thing that was a solid \u2018no\u2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Halyn<\/strong>: Teasing the players, of course. No, I actually started Jedi work by delegating most of the parts of it out. When the actual code started being produced, I assigned the lightsaber crafting and handling to myself – which ended up being a re-write of almost all of SWGEmu\u2019s lightsaber code. By the time we finished, I\u2019d ended up at least touching almost every part of the design, though others did the majority of the work for their parts.<\/span><\/p>\n Anishor<\/strong>: The alignment system and adding alignment to the character luas was the first change to the code base, but I spent a lot of time designing the class \/ tree and feel of it. These were followed by the defensive specials, followed by the heals.\u00a0 For what would go into the \u2018offensive\u2019 tree. We tried to boil them down to some pure DPS that was a distillation of dark side dps.\u00a0 Intercede was an idea of Halyn\u2019s that was pretty much there from the get-go.<\/span><\/p>\n Demi<\/strong>: I became attached to the effort after most of the design had been completed.\u00a0 My primary role with the Jedi project involved force power balancing and overall testing of the system.<\/span><\/p>\n Halyn<\/strong>: For me, this was very much in the unlock. We knew that we weren\u2019t going to make Jedi an alpha class but still had it unlockable – so the unlock needed to be attainable without turning into a thousand-hour grind. Eventually, I settled on an approach of \u201cPlayers need to try all the things before unlocking Jedi\u201d, which translated into a set of accomplishments that cover both original gameplay and EiF\u2019s additions.<\/span><\/p>\n Anishor<\/strong>: By making the class and its specials fun without being overpowered, for example, Avoid Incap. On Live this was a crazy powerful ability that was pretty much standard for people to grab, so here instead of just preventing you from incap it uses your force bar as an extra health bar. Powerful but prevents from using other specials.<\/span><\/p>\n Demi<\/strong>: Our approach to combat here centers on the concept of being able to mix and match skills more fluidly than on Live.\u00a0 As a result, different professions (such as Bounty Hunter) can use their specials with melee weapons if they wish.\u00a0 While the very nature of these changes introduces certain limitations (for example, you can’t be a BH and have smuggler abilities too), it offers more flexibility than it concedes.\u00a0 Pertaining to Jedi, this allows a Jedi to truly play with any of the 7 combat skills they wish.\u00a0 You can be a 100% ranged Jedi if you wish; no need to even craft a lightsaber, etc.\u00a0 By putting it on par with other professions like Commando and Bounty Hunter, Jedi enters the server having the same flexibility as everything else.<\/span><\/p>\n Halyn:<\/strong>\u00a0A class that still relies on other classes and can\u2019t do it all itself. It should still need docs, squad leaders, etc to function – it shouldn\u2019t be independent.<\/span><\/p>\n Anishor<\/strong>: A balanced class that is fun, engaging and provides more counter play opportunities for all combat professions and builds. Whether you wanted to use a lightsaber, be a Lightside Jedi, Darkside Jedi or something between.<\/span><\/p>\n Demi<\/strong>: I’m going to have to say the ultra-wide variety of sabers and color crystals EIF is mobilizing.\u00a0 Halyn has put together over 30 named color crystals, and he, Abi, and Wefi have enabled a ton of new hilts that were never a part of Live.\u00a0 So the ability to customize is unmatched compared to anywhere else.\u00a0 Of course, I would have LOVED to see Force Cloak or Force Run…. but that would have broken the balancing aspect.<\/span><\/p>\n Halyn:<\/strong>\u00a0Lightsabers. Oh, lord, lightsabers. One of the problems with live Jedi was their independence – between Jedi robes, ADKs, and very basic lightsaber crafting, Jedi never needed to talk to an armorsmith or weaponsmith. We decided to take an approach that involved weaponsmith subcomponents to construct lightsabers, and while I\u2019m very happy with the final result, the code refactors required made me question my life decisions.<\/span><\/p>\n Anishor<\/strong>: After getting the design in place, the defensive tree specials were first because they needed the most changes in the C++. Intercede and Avoid Incap were a pain to get working right.<\/span><\/p>\n Halyn<\/strong>: We had long ago decided that lightsabers were going to depend on a player\u2019s combat skills – i.e. to use a one-handed lightsaber, you\u2019ll want fencer, etc, etc. The big question mark, though, was Teras Kasi Artist – we certainly didn\u2019t want to do a lightsaber knuckler.<\/span> After I compiled a list of what I thought would work, I turned the info over to Wefi. We made a couple of design decisions together, but then he did the majority of the work editing the client files to put together those selected animations as a \u201cnew\u201d weapon style. While it\u2019s certainly not flawless, the end result is plenty passable and definitely unique.<\/span><\/p>\n Halyn<\/strong>: I delegated.<\/span><\/p>\n Anishor:<\/strong> I wanted each power to feel important and different, and another consideration for balance was cooldowns. I didn\u2019t want it to end up like CoB where people just macro it, on the offensive side I had ideas for how the specials were to feel and the numbers were tweaked to meet that.. Tested it in PvE and PvP. I laid out a vision for how I wanted each of the damage specials to feel or the role I wanted it to have and then asked Demi to figure and test the numbers.\u00a0 After each update I would test it against various NPCs and then see how quickly I could nuke myself in a duel.\u00a0 Then we started testing against each other (the dev team) in the final phases.<\/span><\/p>\n Demi<\/strong>: Back on Live, light siders tended to be the tanks and healers, while dark siders were all about being glass cannons (usually, but not always of course).\u00a0 We intended to make the light side appealing by giving them strong defensive and healing abilities, even if a significant investment in medic is required for the healing gains (again… due to balance against other professions).\u00a0 Dark side was meant to have the usual collection of choke and lightning, but with them being stronger in potency as your alignment shifts farther dark by using the abilities.\u00a0 Both sides get the ability to intercede, avoid incapacitation… so it really comes down to defense and healing vs offensive powers.\u00a0 As mentioned previously, we feel there is some work to be done in order to make each truly on par with one another.\u00a0 I tested it by throwing everything I could think of at it.\u00a0 But as any EIF player will attest (or anyone who works in IT) issues always make it through… players will always think of things you don’t.\u00a0 So it’s a continuous process of improvement.<\/span><\/p>\n Anishor<\/strong>: Took a while to figure out how to balance out Shield, Absorb, and Feedback(reflect). My initial design also considered giving Dark Jedi a heal like force drain (% of damage returned to jed as health) but after consideration was not added due to the fine line it would be of overpowered or useless.\u00a0 Also before the more light or dark affected the cost of your specials but during testing but that was removed as it made alignment too strong.<\/span><\/p>\n Demi<\/strong>: Of course!\u00a0 It took years for Jedi to go from conception to release.\u00a0 Various decisions were made and then changed as development proceeded or testing uncovered unexpected issues.\u00a0 That process is still ongoing now, even after Jedi’s been released.<\/span><\/p>\n Halyn<\/strong>: We toyed with several ideas for our plan for lightsabers, including a system where players could select their grip, emitter, and pommel for their weapon. Ultimately we scrapped it, though, because we couldn\u2019t handle the art requirements to make it practical.<\/span><\/p>\n We also knew from the beginning we wanted to make weaponsmith subcomponents a critical part of building a lightsaber. Original designs used the same subcomponents we use in the final design to build a core, but there was no \u201ccore\u201d – they were individually put into the hilt. Eventually, we changed it to a single core to make it more manageable from the server end.<\/span><\/p>\n Halyn<\/strong>: We recolor all the things. Abi got the bug and went to town on it. I had to do some odds and ends changes on the server end to make things work – our very first implementation allowed you to select your lightsaber blade\u2019s color on the crafting screen, which we obviously didn\u2019t want for the final product.<\/span> Abi<\/strong>: Saber customization was totally my baby – Halyn and I were kicking around a couple of different saber designs we wanted to add on top of what was available on Live and I made an offhand comment about how it bothered me that everyone ran around with exactly the same lightsaber. One thing led to another and I made a couple of the sabers recolorable – and then a couple more, and then a couple more – and now it feels like we have more lightsabers than we do any other weapon type.<\/span><\/p>\n Halyn<\/strong>: The Old Republic polearm hilt. Abi did all the recolor work, of course, but I was the one who put the thing together out of pieces of the original curved-hilt Old Republic saber. I am not a 3D artist by any stretch of the imagination, so it was a challenge, but I really liked the final project.<\/span><\/p>\n Abi<\/strong>: I probably had the most \u2018fun\u2019 customizing the Old-Republic Hilt – simply because it was the one I knew I wanted to end up using. Not a selfish reason at all, no sir. Some were quite a bit easier to set up than others, it\u2019s the reason a lot of the two handers just have a single area of recolor. The texture mapping on them is so weird that it was easier to not make it two colo<\/span>r.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Halyn<\/strong>: We decided, right out the gate, that we\u2019d start with the \u201cbasics\u201d – blue and green with red opposite them both. We discussed also doing a basic yellow and purple as well since everything else was going to be named.<\/span><\/p>\n Halyn<\/strong>: Sunrider\u2019s Destiny was my favorite on Live – mostly because it made me millions of credits in the long period between the NGE launch and it finally being returned with the rare loot system.<\/span><\/p>\n Demi<\/strong>: Back on Live, I loved Sunrider’s Destiny, Windu’s Guile, and Kenobi’s Legacy. I am already aware of everything already planned to be added to EiF (aside from anything new Halyn dreams up). And while I will not say what is coming, I am completely satisfied already with the knowledge I have (being already available and soon to be available). I am particularly pleased with the orange crystal I already use….<\/span><\/p>\n Halyn<\/strong>: Something like a dozen crystals are available right now (which doubles the color count, since every crystal is really *two* colors). We have plans for plenty more drops in near-future content.<\/span><\/p>\n Halyn<\/strong>: There are a number of uniques coming. Depending on the order some content gets done, the most likely next crystal will involve a certain Jedi from an eighteen-year-old game…<\/span><\/p>\n Halyn<\/strong>: Ultimately, I wanted to make Jedi accessible, mysterious, but sans grinding. We\u2019d long since determined that Jedi was not going to be alpha-class, which makes a massive grind unappealing – and wouldn\u2019t do anything to stop the people that were determined to get Jedi anyway.<\/span><\/p>\n In the spirit of Raph Koster\u2019s original design for Jedi, I decided unlocking should reflect a variety of play styles without turning it into a giant grind. A light touch in a profession or skill is enough to move along the progress.<\/span><\/p>\n Halyn<\/strong>: Luthik and Drakka were always in the design process. At one point they were going to be the actual trainers for Jedi (while still moving around – meaning advancing as a Jedi required finding them, too), though before that they were going to be used the way they ultimately made it to the live server – to point the players in a direction to go.<\/span><\/p>\n I wanted to use the old man, but put a new twist on him. He lingered on the edge of the Jedi system for a long time until I realized slotting him into a vision was a perfect way to include that nod to pre-CU\/CU Jedi while also telling a story I wanted told – i.e. the story of Aurillia (with the usual EiF twist.)<\/span><\/p>\n Halyn<\/strong>: Hard to count exactly – unlock was a moving target right up until a week or two before it went live. I made additions, cut a few things, and moved unlock components around so that hints would be given in different orders.<\/span><\/p>\n Force visions as milestones were something we came up with late in the process, inspired by Jedi: Fallen Order, though the final implementation is unique and required some entirely new client modification to achieve.<\/span><\/p>\n Halyn<\/strong>: I had decided early in the writing process that we needed \u201cmilestones\u201d of sorts – indicators to players they were on the right path. With our specialty toward doing new and unusual things, it started as a \u201cWouldn\u2019t it be cool if\u2026\u201d thought.<\/span><\/p>\n Our first version of the \u201cForce\u201d zone (as it is named internally) was inspired very much by Jedi Fallen Order, with an almost-black, rocky landscape, a rising sun that never moved, and a heavy starfield. What I really wanted, though, was to make the landscape \u201cglow\u201d with lines – something the terrain in the pre-CU client doesn\u2019t support. (It was a feature later added by SOE for the release of Mustafar so they could do glowing lava.)<\/span><\/p>\n However, Sytner over on Mod the Galaxy is a genius and wrote us a new set of terrain shaders that not only supported glow but also supported \u201cpunchout\u201d – i.e. there being no texture on the ground at all! With both of those new capabilities available to us, Abi and I worked together to craft that very fun, very eerie world.<\/span><\/p>\n Halyn<\/strong>: Ashla and Bogan are homebrew characters – originally inspired by the Bendu on Star Wars Rebels. He calls himself an aspect of the Force and refers to the light and dark sides in the same way he refers to himself, so it became a \u201cWhat if\u2026?\u201d that goes all the way back to the months after launch.<\/span><\/p>\n Some long-time players on EiF have encountered those characters long before the Jedi system – usually bringing very cryptic pronouncements and encouragement to follow the Force, whether that is light or dark.<\/span><\/p>\n When the time came to actually write the milestone visions, they fit in very neatly – and their portrayal in the visions is very consistent with how players have encountered them in the past.<\/span><\/p>\n Halyn<\/strong>: He sort of inspired himself indirectly. As I mentioned before, he inspired the creation of Ashla and Bogan, who slot into the writing process for the milestone visions early. And while we didn\u2019t have a model for the Bendu that matched his appearance in Rebels, that particular incarnation was destroyed by Thrawn, so why couldn\u2019t he look different now?<\/span><\/p>\n He was such a fun character on Rebels – assisting Kanan and Ezra at some points, being very nonchalant about whether they lived or died later, and finally attempting to kill them – that he seemed like a great fit for players to interact with. After all, player characters could be light, dark, or somewhere in between.<\/span><\/p>\n Halyn<\/strong>: While I don\u2019t currently have anything on the drawing table that involves Ashla, Bogan, or Bendu, never say never. It\u2019s easier to re-use characters than create new ones. If they do come into play again, you can expect them to maintain an air of detachment and mystery about them – they\u2019re no mundane quest givers.<\/span><\/p>\n Halyn<\/strong>: I honestly thought people would hesitate to drop their professions to talk to Luthik and Drakka. Boy, was I wrong about that!<\/span><\/p>\n Ultimately, players burned through the hints <\/span>way<\/span><\/i> faster than I thought they would, given the small player base. So really, players figured out virtually everything faster than I gave them credit for in the design. Clearly, we gave too many hints!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Halyn<\/strong>: the funniest, to me, was the theory that there was another set of NPCs like Drakka and Luthik that were randomly moving around. Players put a very unhealthy amount of time into combing planets to find these mystery NPCs!<\/span><\/p>\n Demi<\/strong>: We’re looking at you, Phoenix.<\/span><\/p>\n Halyn<\/strong>: I\u2019ve yet to see anyone get the badges thing right. Everyone does far, far more work on badges than is necessary.<\/span><\/p>\nInitial Concept<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n
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<\/p>\nWhat was the initial vision for Jedi on EiF? What did you want to do differently from Live? What did you want to improve upon?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nThat sounds like a tall order. What challenges did you encounter during this process? How did you resolve them, or how did they cause you to change the initial design plan?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Demi<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/span>Our biggest challenge (from my perspective), was balancing the profession so it wasn’t an Alpha class, yet still be competitive.\u00a0 We still have a little more to do in order to more perfectly balance the appeal of the dark side’s toolset against the light side’s, but I feel we are on steady footing to start.<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n
\nWith all that in mind… What did you start working on first?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nCombat<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n
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<\/p>\nEiF has always prided itself on a more approachable take on combat than on Live. How did you want to apply this to Jedi?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nWhat did you personally want to see out of the combat side of Jedi?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nWhat was the first part of the combat that you tackled? What issues did you encounter on the way?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nOne of the more unique additions to EiF is the reverse-grip style for TKM users. How did the reverse-grip style come to be? What was involved in implementing it?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\nHow did you seek to balance the different powers against each other? What did you do to test it?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nDid the combat change at any point throughout the process, compared to what we see in-game now?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\nLightsabers and Crafting<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n
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<\/p>\nLightsabers are the most iconic representation of Jedi. What was your initial concept of how the crafting of them would be?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nHow did the various customizations come to be? What was involved in not only getting new hilts but adding all the color customization options to them?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\n<\/span>New hilts are acquired from a variety of sources – basically, anywhere we can get appropriately licensed and appropriately detailed 3D art. We\u2019ve been careful not to rip off art from other Star Wars fan projects. As a whole, we\u2019ve had plenty of both \u201cGo ahead and use my stuff\u201d and \u201cNope, I\u2019m not giving you permission\u201d responses – and when we\u2019re told no, we let it go.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\nWhich ones did you have the most fun with customizing? Were some easier to set up than others?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nColor Crystals are another great facet of lightsaber customization. What colors \u201cneeded\u201d to be available right away?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nWhat were your favorite crystal colors from Live? What colors would you like to see, or are already excited to see, implemented in EiF?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nHow many colors have been added already?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\nWhat are some of the unique colors players can expect to see in EiF?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\nThe Unlock<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n
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<\/p>\nDespite various members of the team working on the other facets of the Jedi release, only one person knew all the secrets behind what would be required for players to unlock the ability to become a Jedi. Halyn, what ultimately inspired you for the path the unlock took? What did you want to do differently from Live?\u00a0 What did you specifically want to avoid from Live?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nLuthrik, Drakka, and the Old Man are known NPCs from the original Jedi quests and unlock process that also show up in EiF. Were you always going to implement these characters somehow, and\/or how did their inclusion change over time?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\nHow many iterations of the unlock did you come up with? Did the process change at any point during development and if so, why?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nLet’s talk about one of the more surprising elements of the unlock – a series of visions taking place in the World Between Worlds. How did this come to be? What made you decide on using it? How did you manage to get it implemented on EiF?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\nPhysical manifestations of Ashla and Bogan appear during the first vision and set players down the path to becoming Jedi. How did they fit into the process, and what brought you to use them as players see them?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nAnother surprising ‘character’ was The Bendu. What inspired the use of this entity? How did you want to incorporate them into the server?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nA lot of players were excited by and greatly enjoyed their inclusion. Can we expect to see any of these characters or entities in the future? How might they be involved later on down the line?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nWe now know that there are a couple of different phases to complete before characters could even qualify to become Jedi. What phase did you think would trip people up the most? Was there anything that the community figured out quicker than you thought they would?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nWith all the various conspiracy theories flying around to what was needed, which one was the most amusing for you?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\nAfter a lot of trial and error, and banging heads against walls, the community has since put together an unofficial \u201cguide\u201d to the unlock process. Can you reveal something about the Unlock process that the players haven\u2019t actually figured out, or something that they didn\u2019t<\/i> need to do to qualify?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nFor the other Dev team members – which crazy thing did you<\/em> do while trying to figure out the mystery of the unlock?<\/strong><\/h2>\n