Jedi will always be a controversial subject in SWG.
For the people that were there when they destroyed the game we all love, they represent a true threat. For the people that were not, it may seem harsh to read comments about wanting them removed entirely.
It is undeniable that Jedi is what started the death of SWG, but it was not a slow death. Entertainers, for months, had to watch their previously lively cantinas become swarmed by afk entertainers just grinding boxes. Barely anybody spoke, interactions were at their lowest and when people did talk, it was about how fast they were trying to grind. Crafters who once had to healthily compete for resources and put out their own quality crafts on the market were now being subjected to price gouging and a flood of terrible resources due to everybody chasing more skill boxes and needing to sell off their grind crafts to recoup their investment towards hoping to become Jedi. People watched the economy slowly collapse and quality stopped mattering, it was all about pumping out as much crap out there to grind away. The same happened to combatants who had to experience grouping with people who could have cared less about their profession and simply wanted to hit that master box so they could move on to another profession grind. Grouping became a race to master box and the social aspect of combat was entirely lost. But the worse of it all was when the grinders finally did unlock their powers and the server became a sea of dudes wearing robes and waving their glowbats everywhere, sparking fights in cantinas, star ports and anywhere they could.
Jedi is controversial for a reason and anybody that suffered through the slow, agonizing death of their beloved game will understandably have a hard time watching the profession receiving special treatment on top of their already quite special treatment. Being a jedi is a privilege which comes with a cost, any attempt to lower said cost is a risk it may bring back that slow, agonizing death.
It’s a no from me.
