Wookiepedia definitely is a source that people can go to outside of the game. But the point of the suggestion was for an in-game biography so that people don't have to leave the game. An in-game biography would make for an immersive way to learn about the characters you are unlocking, which was the idea. As for the suggestion being memory-intensive, I don't have much understanding on this, but it could be a PC Client exclusive thing cause the PC could probably handle it.
As for the in-game chat feature, people are still asking for this even now. Some people don't want to download Discord in order to chat properly or communicate with their guild. I've been in a few casual guilds and there are a lot of people who simply don't have discord and don't want to download it.
Luckily, I've already been frequently using Discord for many years now so it wasn't a big deal, but if I was joining a guild and was asked to download an app in order to communicate properly, I would probably just leave and find a more casual guild (unless I was serious about the game).
It couldn't hurt to add features so that users don't have to seek the use of external clients or websites. I'm basing this suggestion on my mentality at least. If there's a character that I'm unfamiliar with in the game, I'm not really going to look them up or read up on their history/lore, but if there were a short in-game biography just a click away, I wouldn't mind reading it.
I can understand if they don't make a more comprehensive in-game chat though. Cause it's probably a lot more complicated than I think it is. But I would love it if they added biographies, it would just make the game more fun.
To add to this. I understand there's a long list of gameplay mechanic fixes, but let's not forget this is a game. The sole focus of a game is for entertainment. Not everybody's in Kyber or Aurodium, not everybody cares for the competitive nature of the game. There are more players focused on the enjoyment of the game than there are players who focus on the competition, especially when it comes to datacrons. Appealing to the majority of players is healthy. We all saw how positively the community reacted to the New Player update which quickened the time it took to reach lvl 85. That's a suggestion nobody would have thought of because too many of us are focused on suggestions that would benefit the top players instead of an update that would have appealed to new/casual players. This suggestion would benefit both because it isn't a gameplay enhancement but instead a database for all players to enjoy.
Also, you stated that there were external sites or applications that could be used as a substitute for possible in-game features. But you also listed 'mod snapshot capabilities' as a possible suggestion, I believe that Hot Utils already has a feature like that. Hot Utils is also an external tool that players can take advantage of to make up for the lack of an in-game feature. But having that feature in-game would be ideal, which is my point. It's not about the difficulty of leaving the game to read up on actual characters' biographies on a SW database, it's the convenience of having it right there in the game so that you don't have to leave in order to get what you're looking for.
Edit: this comment posted before I’d finished writing it. The new forums are not making a good first impression!
Edit: Why did you edit your post and remove what you said instead of just adding what you missed? I addressed everything you had written so why did you delete it all? Don't try to cover it up just because you made a weak argument...
HotUtils is still an application that makes up for the lack of an in-game feature, doesn't it? The same thing you were arguing for? Or is it not part of your argument if you have to pay for it? Why draw the line there? If you argue against a comprehensive in-game chat because they can just download Discord, why not download HotUtils for the plethora of QoL changes instead of suggesting they be implemented in the game? Or do you only draw the line where you are comfortable and the rest would have to deal with it?
Wookiepedia costs time out of the player's day to go to the site and search up the character, to then read about it. Again. Like I had already written. It's about the ease of convenience.
It's a fun suggestion lol. That's the whole point of the post. Who wouldn't love to read about their favorite characters? Who knows, you might be vastly underestimating how many people would find this feature entertaining or useful.
The character portrait update was an eye-opener for me because my entire guild was just ecstatic. It wasn't a gameplay change and it didn't make any facet of the game easier. It was just fun. The majority of the player base, from what I can tell, was excited about this change and I hadn't been excited over an update like that in a long time. It was a breath of fresh air. The same thing goes with the introduction of the PC Client and that smooth frame rate. All these aesthetic-based changes are good for keeping the game fresh and exciting.
Mod snapshot functionality would be a genuine QOL improvement to every single person who plays this game. It’s not so much the fact it costs money that makes me think of it differently from your suggestion, it’s the fact that it has an actual impact to playing the game. Your suggestion would have absolutely no impact on playing the game, so it doesn’t qualify as a QOL suggestion.
As for your follow up comments, where you suggest that the majority of the player base was anything other than confused and bewildered by the character portrait update, I’m just not sure where you’ve been looking to come to that conclusion.
I think the response has been the complete opposite of that. And if the game were to be updated with an additional character / ship lore database, the reaction would be the same, only orders of magnitude worse.
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