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I posted a brief tutorial here: http://comport.jediholo.net/viewtopic.p ... 077#p78077. It's not the most detailed, and the screenshots are for an old version of the Steam client, but the changes have been mostly cosmetic.

Akalenn : Ah-kah-len (with emphasis on the n).

Nira'kalen'nuruodo : the "proper" pronunciation is beyond the capabilities of most humanoids, but for your OOC amusement, I pronounce it Nih-ra-kah-len-noo-roo-oh-doh - try rolling the rs and say it as fast as you can.

And then there's the oh-so ...

It always helps to read the manual.

If would be in favour of this if the 360-degree attack was optional (i.e. crouch + Push/Pull, otherwise perform a regular Push/Pull).

I'm using the term "classes" in a broad sense. Each of the roles could easily be set up using the existing Civillian class and simply having three accounts with different weapon loadouts, heath values et cetera.

[EDIT]: I've realised this is somewhat tangential to the main purpose of the thread, which is focusing on the actual mechanics of shooting, but I'll leave this here as a few thoughts on how we implement gunner roles into activities. Specialised classes are a gameplay mechanic in their own right ...

I think you might be referring to recoil? I'm not actually sure if blasters have recoil, though some form of reticule bloom would fit the bill (ie accuracy drops the longer you hold down the trigger).

Regardless, the ability to control the backpedal speed (and movement speed in general) would be a ...

Adding that option to all classes, either in the form of a boolean flag (on or off) or a multiplier (1.0 for full-speed, 0.5 for half-speed, etc) would be excellent.

Being able to control the forward/strafe speeds would also be useful, I reckon. We might not necessarily use them very often, but I ...

Both the Maul/Kenobi story and the Maul/Luke story are non-canon. Maul vs Vader is canon, but it's some form of duplicate Maul created by a bunch of Palpatine fanboys.

Whether or not it's complicated to implement is more or less irrelevant as Soh is the only one having to write any of the code (and as a point of interest, both JKA and the idTech 3 engine are written in good old-fashioned C ).

I can see a more flexible /rpempower command coming in useful ...

How HP/SP and FP are incorporated into RP vary between players and context, Herenai, so it's probably not a good idea to get caught up in that sort of stuff at this stage.

I'm interested to see how the reduced regen will work out, particularly if it succeeds in making Meld a more useful power.

I can definitely see this being a potentially useful and interesting feature. However, I can also see the potential for abuse.

/rplogin <username> <password>
Welcome back, <name>. You have 400 new messages.
/me Weeps openly

I exaggerate, as I doubt we'd login to find 400 messages offering us ...

Armour in Star Wars would function much the same as kevlar vests function in the present. Blaster bolts only have a finite amount of energy. The purpose of the armour would be to absorb as much of that energy as possible, thereby turning a fatal shot to the chest into something less fatal. It would ...

As you may or may not recall, Sared and I did write-ups about the thinking behind our skins that can be found here and here. I'd encourage people to have a shot at writing their own - put pen to paper and jot down some of your reasons for having your character dress the way they do.