A Categorization of Changes to Star Wars Galaxies, v1 +

Aakhperkare wrote:
The love factor for CH's is COMPLETEly out of whack. It wasn't love, it was a nerf...your statistics are borked...

C'mon, why not tell us what you really think...?

Well, fine; if you don't like that calculation, how about one where every Mod (which is the most common location for nerfs) is weighted by -1 when calculating Love?

CHANGES BY PROFESSION

PROFESSION	CHANGES	PERCENT	ADD	MOD	FIX	LOVE
Jedi	82	10.0%	30	29	23	144
Droid Engineer	45	5.5%	12	12	11	59
Merchant	31	3.8%	9	10	12	47
Artisan	29	3.5%	7	9	13	39
Image Designer	19	2.3%	8	7	4	37
Creature Handler	99	12.1%	6	47	46	29
Chef	14	1.7%	6	6	2	26
Entertainer	12	1.5%	2	5	5	25
Politician	13	1.6%	5	5	3	23
Architect	14	1.7%	4	7	3	16
Ranger	40	4.9%	5	23	12	14
Bounty Hunter	39	4.8%	3	20	16	11
Dancer	8	1.0%	2	3	3	10
Doctor	8	1.0%	2	4	2	8
Bio-Engineer	43	5.2%	2	22	19	7
Marksman	6	0.7%	1	1	3	7
Carbineer	10	1.2%	0	3	7	4
Brawler	31	3.8%	2	18	11	3
Tailor	9	1.1%	1	5	3	3
Smuggler	16	1.9%	1	9	6	2
Armorsmith	38	4.6%	3	19	16	1
Squad Leader	2	0.2%	0	1	1	0
Weaponsmith	33	4.0%	1	19	13	-1
Combat Medic	19	2.3%	1	12	6	-1
Pistoleer	13	1.6%	1	9	3	-1
Medic	20	2.4%	1	13	6	-2
Musician	12	1.5%	0	7	5	-2
Commando	31	3.8%	2	21	8	-3
Fencer	5	0.6%	0	4	1	-3
Swordsman	4	0.5%	0	4	0	-4
Rifleman	14	1.7%	1	12	1	-6
Scout	39	4.8%	3	29	7	-7
Teras Kasi Artist	15	1.8%	0	11	4	-7
Pikeman	8	1.0%	0	8	0	-8

Or if you're just determined to find some way to prove that the developers hate your favorite profession, how about a calculation where Mods and Fixes are considered pure essence of evil and penalized at -1 each?

CHANGES BY PROFESSION

PROFESSION	CHANGES	PERCENT	ADD	MOD	FIX	LOVE
Jedi	82	10.0%	30	29	23	98
Droid Engineer	45	5.5%	12	12	11	37
Image Designer	19	2.3%	8	7	4	29
Merchant	31	3.8%	9	10	12	23
Chef	14	1.7%	6	6	2	22
Politician	13	1.6%	5	5	3	17
Artisan	29	3.5%	7	9	13	13
Architect	14	1.7%	4	7	3	10
Dancer	8	1.0%	2	3	3	4
Doctor	8	1.0%	2	4	2	4
Marksman	6	0.7%	1	1	3	1
Entertainer	12	1.5%	2	5	5	0
Tailor	9	1.1%	1	5	3	-3
Squad Leader	2	0.2%	0	1	1	-2
Pistoleer	13	1.6%	1	9	3	-7
Fencer	5	0.6%	0	4	1	-5
Swordsman	4	0.5%	0	4	0	-4
Rifleman	14	1.7%	1	12	1	-8
Pikeman	8	1.0%	0	8	0	-8
Carbineer	10	1.2%	0	3	7	-10
Ranger	40	4.9%	5	23	12	-10
Smuggler	16	1.9%	1	9	6	-10
Musician	12	1.5%	0	7	5	-12
Combat Medic	19	2.3%	1	12	6	-13
Medic	20	2.4%	1	13	6	-14
Teras Kasi Artist	15	1.8%	0	11	4	-15
Brawler	31	3.8%	2	18	11	-19
Commando	31	3.8%	2	21	8	-19
Armorsmith	38	4.6%	3	19	16	-20
Bounty Hunter	39	4.8%	3	20	16	-21
Scout	39	4.8%	3	29	7	-21
Weaponsmith	33	4.0%	1	19	13	-27
Bio-Engineer	43	5.2%	2	22	19	-31
Creature Handler	99	12.1%	6	47	46	-63

There, now Creature Handlers show up as appropriately punished. Better?

Of course, Jedi are still the golden children of SWG. Even more interesting, Squad Leaders don't look too bad in this light, do they?

The moral is that you can make numbers do anything you want. That's why no one should put much stock in the "Love" rating. (I certainly don't.)

Again: I encourage everyone to focus on the raw numbers -- but don't read too much into them. The point of this survey isn't to prove that anyone's favorite profession or game feature has been treated shabbily; it's to get a better idea of overall trends.