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Star Wars Galaxies - It's worth playing again try it, I did!
ajax7
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Star Wars Galaxies - It's worth playing again try it, I did!
I have seen so much Hate against SOE over the NGE change to SWG and yes they deserved it but lets be honest here I tried other MMO's and played EQ2 for 1.5 years, burnt me out but EQ2 is a good game. But my first MMO SWG spoiled me to the others but. I came back in chpt 5 to try SWG and since chapter 5 the game is much improved. Let me list the improvements.
1. Combat is challengeing again you can't solo a Boss at least most of us can't. AutoAiming and AutoTarget is back. I feel the game is at the CU level for hunting and questing again. You can get a mod for the old interface, I have :P
2. Traders now have items they can make and sell over and over to keep that Business coming in I started Chpt. 5 with 300 million credits with the sale of Beast master Gear, and supplies and my Armor Smith buisness I'm once again happy with trader I have made 2 billion credits so trader is still a good profession. Traders can now also create skill tapes for adding to armor, weapons, and clothes.
3. Beast Master has brought people back and I my self have a lvl 90 Klicnik Warrior this pet has made me uber against lvl 90 Silver elites I can take 2 or 3 at once with a pet 60 point tanking for me.
4. Space is being upgraded new with Gun Boats that have 6 turrets good for grouping etc. This is the best Space game and space combat I have ever played. They are improvng it and adding content to space.
5. You can down laod the free 14 day trial and try it recommened servers Starsider, Bloodfin, Bria and if you like it activate the game and play it you don't have to buy it just the monthly fee.
6. There is a new Dev team one trying to improve the game 3 addition devs where hired also I like this bunch they are not plastic like the last team.
7. Try Star Wars again or be a noob first timer I can recommend this game again!
Ajax
Ajax
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NO FREAKING WAY!
They could roll that game back to release and I would still not come back, It wouild be like taking a girlfriend that cheated on you back or something... Only worse.
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Ignore this rambling for he is the tongue of the scorned toad flute in the night.
But there are still Jedi running all around the New Hope setting, aren't there?
I'll wait for the Bioware Star Wars MMO if that's what they're working on, I trust them to at least try to keep the IP intact.
You'll have a better chance of success spending you energy in trying to make SOE & LAE to change their minds than you will with the user base.
And that is why...
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Firstly, Im not currently playing any MMORPG's at the moment. I've been playing HalfLife2 and just downloaded the Crysis demo.
I tried SWG it for the first time a couple of years ago while I was in the midst of a Lineage 2 addiction
- my fist MMO. I didnt stick with it as I felt I hadn't achieved what I wanted with Lineage 2.
When I got over L2, I descided to try the 14day trial of SWG. I was very disapointed of the changes. It felt like a FPS or RPG hybrid. I wont be going back and Im glad that I tried it as a 14 day trial.
If your a die hard Star Wars fan you might find it enjoyable, but Id rather dust off my old copy of Jedi Knight Adademy and have a hack slash session. bring on STO
I think it is more likely that SWG can gather new players than win back old ones. Old players feel betrayed, and are carrying teir hatred like a banner. May as well ask Hilary Clinton to carry a "BUSH: 4 more years" banner.
Torrential
Torrential: DAOC (Pendragon)
Awned: World of Warcraft (Lothar)
Torren: Warhammer Online (Praag)
They tried to regenerate the game.
They failed.
Face it, The game is dying, No matter what anyone says.
There bringing OLD content back, but with a new name. Making a huge deal out of there mistakes, If they just tested there NGE out in the first place, got our opinions then they would have this massive cash sink.
Sorry, But I just don't see the appeal of it anymore.
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I'm playing it again on a 14 day trial account and aside from house decoration and space... it's pretty much the same boring game. Sure they added some more "neat content".
Collections??? are you serious???? the first three easy ones that 3po gives you were fun, but after that what??? Kill how many hundreds of thounsands of a particular mob to complete a collection???? Sorry but aside from the first two you get I haven't even bothered with the rest because it's a ridiculous grind and hardly worth my time. I have also yet to meet a BM on my server and from what I understand hardly worth the trouble.
As usual, the game is STILL empty and I'm in Ahazi, a server that used to be very crowded and that I keep hearing still has a "decent population" this is a blatant LIE! I have not seen more than maybe 5-7 people together, and that is very rare. I have travelled to a number of planets, dantooine, naboo, yavin, tatooine, dathomir (for all the hype Aurillia got, I only saw ONE person when I travelled there).
My guild is still "alive", and by that I mean, the name is still there, and there are still 74 registered members. But out of those 74 members, there's only one person logged on constantly and that's me! So far I have yet to see anyone aside from me to log on. (By the way, my guild actually used to have more than 150 members, now it's down to 74 INACTIVE members, what does this mean? more than likely they're all gone and cancelled, but their names are still there because they haven't officially quit the guild)
So there you have it, another verdict from another Pre CU vet who came back just to check things out, and so far, it has not changed at all. Yes there's more eye candy and more "content" but the community is almost non-existant. I'm just glad that I'm only doing it on a trial account otherwise I would've hit myself for actually paying SOE the 15 dollars a month. The only way I can see SOE getting more subscribers and more money is to do 1) roll back or 2) make this game a F2P game because it certainly plays like one.
Ignore this rambling for he is the tongue of the scorned toad flute in the night.
Isn't that in the Karma Sutra somewhere?
Seriously though companies should only offer a 14 day trial because they have a good product to offer that will get people to subscribe after trying it. Offering a 14 day trial for SWG to an MMORPG gamer is like offering an Afghani a 14 day trial to Guantanemo bay! In both situations the only people that are going to hype it and advise you to join them are total utter masochists and shady individuals.
This is just my opinion, no offence intended to non-masochists or shady individuals who actually enjoy SWG I didn't mean to hurt either of your feelings
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience"
CS Lewis
SWG is only hosting the free trials because it boosts the numbers, They seem to forget about the veterans.
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Give us pre-nge vets a shout when all traces of Starwarsyness and iconicness have been canned or classic servers are released.
Until that point don't waste your time.
Meh
I tried a 14-day trial recently. Made it all the way to level 16 before I couldn't take it anymore.
At least I can fall back on TF2 for some fun : )
well this is SOE we are dealing with, only game that is worth anything in their line up is eq2 which i must admit they did a fantastic job on. they took everything that was original, engaging, and complex and fun about SWG and took it away and put the mess that they call NGE onto it in a feeble half assed attempt to boost sales of a non-existent customer base when they had all they needed to get more customers. Even more comical to bring in "old" content and features and have the ballz to call it new-exciting content.
but this is SOE we are dealing with, they tend not to think more than 5 minutes in front of themselves.
SWG NGE is just a plain whole bag of ugly that just cant be fixed lol.
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Try it again? Nope
Its still the NGE
Its still SoE
They are still making game play changes all the time and pissing off thier player base
No thanks. I'll pass.
guess what...so is every other MMO on the entire planet.
Actually, it is not worth playing again. Still hate the NGEness of the game, it's still there. Hate the 12 year old moron PvP monkeys, they're still there. Still hate SOE for taking away everything that made my toon, mine. Still hate the NGE for making all my friends quit and my guild go from 150 to 6 members in a week. Still hate SOE customer service. Still hate SOE for making 2+ years of accumulated resources worthless. Still Hate the NGE for removing decay and killing the economy the rest of the way. Still hate loot being god.
So, no, it is not worth paying SOE for, probably ever again.
And attempts at viral marketing suck.
/adds another name to the list of SOE employees who post here claiming to be customers...
I can't play that. I tried it recently, a few months back, and I thought it was still terrible. They still haven't fixed the mess they made of the game. Sorry, I wont go back.
Well I enjoyed holding onto the naboo base until we got banners and stim pack e's last night. I enjoyed running the all new (not old content) instances, while getting perma stat increases and cool loot. Our vent server was packed all day and night while we pvp'd. All this on a "empty" server (Naritus).
Chapter 8 goes to TC next week, so I guess the dev team is cranking out the new content a little faster than what the "vets" on this forum would lead you to think. We should also start getitng more info on the plans for 2008 content soon as well, can't wait to see what in store.
You seem to confused forums
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$OE - eternal enemy of online gaming
-We finally WON !!!! 2011 $OE accepted that they have been fired 2005 by the playerbase and closed down ridiculous NGE !!
"There was suppression of speech and all kinds of things between disturbing and fascistic." Raph Koster (parted $OE)
I have to admit, I know several people who have gone back and really liked it (more than the number that didn't like it, by a fair amount).
Most vets i know state something like
"well not bad as NGE before 2 years but i play it because i cant find me a good MMO on the market, PRE CU was by far better"
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$OE - eternal enemy of online gaming
-We finally WON !!!! 2011 $OE accepted that they have been fired 2005 by the playerbase and closed down ridiculous NGE !!
"There was suppression of speech and all kinds of things between disturbing and fascistic." Raph Koster (parted $OE)
No new player would put up with SWG. It is not a fun game. There are so many caveats to make the game acceptable. First, you have to remap the key layout. Next, they expect you to download unsupported patches to make the interface work. Finally, the graphics are just the same four animations over and over. Laser bolts traveling in any direction except where a weapon is pointed, NPC's spinning in circles, and special attacks activating cooldowns without actually doing anything await the new player. If said new player has played WoW or any of the NCSoft titles, they would expect the game to actually work. SWG does not, and this is why there are no new players.
Akevv Ostone
No Longer SWG Free
Only old players who can't find another MMO (hint, try Eve) would bother with putting up with it enough to play it. SWG is easily the most broken and least polished MMO out there.