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Worth coming back?
dynamitex1
Member Posts: 103
I used to play SWG back in I think April/May. I believe May was the last time I was really on. I had a lvl 20 something jedi I think, and liked the game, but it didn't do well with my graphics card and at that time I didn't have too much time to play.
Has it changed much since around May? I kinda wanna come back, and believe I was on the Chilastra server, whatever server Obraik is on. Is it still fun? Should I come back?
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Well, did you fix the graphics card issue?
There has been quite a few changes since May, with Chapter 6, 7 and Chapter 8 going out this week.
no its not
get the truth on the vet forum about how much the game sucks now.
Rofl, O yeah the skewed truth from a bunch of people who troll a forum about how a game they no longer play STILL sucks. Yeah take the advice of those who haven't played for 2+ years; thats the ticket.
Wel if you liked it at that time you might still like it. Its harder now since chapeter 6 then it was when you say you played. They added some new stuff but as a level 20 jedi your not going to be soloing much of it.
The game is a shadow of what it once was. I agree with Iwantmyswg, don't go back.
OP has never know the game you are talking about thye only know NGE and in that context, it may still be injoyable to the OP.
Stop jumping at every chance there is to prove how much you hate what they did to the game and answer the question.
Rofl, O yeah the skewed truth from a bunch of people who troll a forum about how a game they no longer play STILL sucks. Yeah take the advice of those who haven't played for 2+ years; thats the ticket.
QFE, those people are still upset about a change made 2 years ago, most of them havent played in that time and when they say "Its a shadow of its former self" they mean its just not exactly the same as 2 years ago. If you played it less than a year ago you should enjoy it a lot more, with the collections, beastmaster, heroics, storyteller etc. good luck!
Rofl, O yeah the skewed truth from a bunch of people who troll a forum about how a game they no longer play STILL sucks. Yeah take the advice of those who haven't played for 2+ years; thats the ticket.
we are the only ones that care about swg and want to see swg go from the nge mess back to what was one of the greatest mmo games ever made. and you all want that too don't lie.QFE, those people are still upset about a change made 2 years ago, most of them havent played in that time and when they say "Its a shadow of its former self" they mean its just not exactly the same as 2 years ago. If you played it less than a year ago you should enjoy it a lot more, with the collections, beastmaster, heroics, storyteller etc. good luck!
collections is a stupid idea and no one likes it. beastmaster isn't anywhere as good as ch was, heroics are a joke let me tell you something if you went krayt hunting back in the day it was great. we had 2 20 man groups going and everyone had more fun then anything in the heroics system. oh and i hear the loot on the heroics is broken. and storyteller is a bad idea i know the role players all ten of them left playing must hate it.
if you care about swg too then help get the pre-cu back into the game. if the nge stays on swg the game will die.
I reopened and got my SOE account active again, and personally I don't find SWG all that amazing still in it's current condition, but it is fun to hop into now and then. Kinda wish jumping did something more than a clumsy animation...
"The knowledge of the theory of logic has no tendency whatever to make men good reasoners." - Thomas B. Macaulay
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge." - Daniel J. Boorstin
While i'll agree beastmasters are no where near as quality as bioengineering and ch used to be atleast it is an attempt. If you couldn't solo krayts way back when you were just bad. BH / CH combo solo'd krayts just fine back before SOE hit the 431x CH mixed with whatever with a dam dirty nerf bat. Pre-CU is never coming back just like Pre-AoS is never coming back for UO. Stuff that is published sticks. Get over it, and really if ya hate the game now then why bother trolling a forum of current players of the game? Complete waist of time if ya ask me.
Just read the official station forums to base your decision on going back or not, read them everynight, that keeps me away.
This is what sickens me about some of these guys. One person comes in for some friendly advice about how the game has changed in the past couple of months and BAM, the bitter old vets who havent played in years have to jump in and pointlessly strut their pathetic arguments where they are not needed.
Sorry OP, to the point, The game has undergone some changes recently, definately made it a bit more interesting. If you play on Chilastra and need any help, hit me up, my IGN is Saay. Good luck
oh and guess what i still log in now and then to see what it is like as a friend has allowed me to use his acc so i don't have to pay the liars at soe. and it is still a joke.
to the op once again come to the vet forums if you want to see the truth about swg. all this board was set up for was the 10 fanbois who still play.
oh and guess what i still log in now and then to see what it is like as a friend has allowed me to use his acc so i don't have to pay the liars at soe. and it is still a joke.
to the op once again come to the vet forums if you want to see the truth about swg. all this board was set up for was the 10 fanbois who still play.
Friendly advice? i think the word you are looking for is "useless". He played a couple of months ago and enjoyed it. Please refrain from posting where you are not needed as he wasnt asking what you think of the NGE, he was asking whether much had changed recently. OP dont go to the vet forums, all you'll get is what i described, people who are annoyed about something and want to drag other people down with them (i understand they why and thats fair enough but no need to ruin it for everyone else, current players and those considering returning). And btw iwantmyswg, im betting you barely take into account the changes to the game/expirience them or even try to give a balanced view and opinion without thinking "Its got to be crap, its not Pre-CU; Pre-CU FTW!"
QFE
The OP never played pre-cu he does not ask about it. The bottome line is the NGE is the longest running version of SWG. People playing the game now can call themselves more of a vet than people that left pre-cu. The OP is smart enough to understand the different forums and if he wanted advice from angry pissed off people he knows where to go. He did not so he asked here for the current game. Which you have no idea about. And just b/c you logged in on a friends account for 1hr and that is being generous does not mean you know anything about the current game.
"Great minds discuss ideas, lesser minds discuss things, and shitheads get personal."
Rofl, O yeah the skewed truth from a bunch of people who troll a forum about how a game they no longer play STILL sucks. Yeah take the advice of those who haven't played for 2+ years; thats the ticket.
we are the only ones that care about swg and want to see swg go from the nge mess back to what was one of the greatest mmo games ever made. and you all want that too don't lie.QFE, those people are still upset about a change made 2 years ago, most of them havent played in that time and when they say "Its a shadow of its former self" they mean its just not exactly the same as 2 years ago. If you played it less than a year ago you should enjoy it a lot more, with the collections, beastmaster, heroics, storyteller etc. good luck!
collections is a stupid idea and no one likes it. beastmaster isn't anywhere as good as ch was, heroics are a joke let me tell you something if you went krayt hunting back in the day it was great. we had 2 20 man groups going and everyone had more fun then anything in the heroics system. oh and i hear the loot on the heroics is broken. and storyteller is a bad idea i know the role players all ten of them left playing must hate it.
if you care about swg too then help get the pre-cu back into the game. if the nge stays on swg the game will die.
Yeah, Krayt hunting was great!Step 1: Place Medium Chemical Harvester
Step 2: Aggro Krayt
Step 3: Run past Harvester so Krayt gets trapped
Step 4: Flamethrower, Flamethrower, Flamethrower
Step 5: Loot Legendary Tissue
Step 6: Dupe Legendary Tissue
Step 7: Sell guns made with duped legendary tissue to guilds
Step 8: Get banned.
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im to lazy too use grammar or punctuation good
Step 1: Place Medium Chemical Harvester
Step 2: Aggro Krayt
Step 3: Run past Harvester so Krayt gets trapped
Step 4: Flamethrower, Flamethrower, Flamethrower
Step 5: Loot Legendary Tissue
Step 6: Dupe Legendary Tissue
Step 7: Sell guns made with duped legendary tissue to guilds
Step 8: Get banned.
Wait a sec....
I thought everyone was Jedi? How could a Jedi use a flamethrower, and why would he need legendary tissues?
Why would a Jedi be selling crafted guns, and who would be buying those guns?
Are you trying to imply that there was a variety of professions?
If so then I agree
Everyone is not Jedi, i doubt even the majority are jedi.
It's called hyperbole. The point is there are far too many Jedi running around then there should be, it should never have been made a starting prof to appease noobs like you who couldn't handle a grind.
It's called hyperbole. The point is there are far too many Jedi running around then there should be, it should never have been made a starting prof to appease noobs like you who couldn't handle a grind.
Be fair saay joined with CU. He can't have experienced the Jedi grind.
Agree about Jedi shouldn't be a starting prof , should be some sort of reward ....and it is absolutely no StarWarsy to pull a Lightsaber in the public. Simply not all are Jedi now cause the class sucks lol
It's called hyperbole. The point is there are far too many Jedi running around then there should be, it should never have been made a starting prof to appease noobs like you who couldn't handle a grind.
Be fair saay joined with CU. He can't have experienced the Jedi grind.
Agree about Jedi shouldn't be a starting prof , should be some sort of reward ....and it is absolutely no StarWarsy to pull a Lightsaber in the public. Simply not all are Jedi now cause the class sucks lol
Thanks for the backup there, Patricius, I never did the Jedi grind, and i never planned to, BH was my game. Neither do i play Jedi now in the NGE.And i still firmly believe Jedi shouldnt be a starting proffession, it shouldnt be as extreme as in the early stages of Pre-CU, but a happy medium would suit best. Just because i play the game and enjoy doesnt mean i dont think things are wrong with it, Exupery.
Jedi was doomed to become a starting profession the day they made it unlockable simply by grinding/being a time sink, ie. from the first implementation of Jedi. Not only that, but it was made more powerful then other then other professions. It's not exactly hard to figure out what that would do and it's exactly what happened....a large chunk of people ground their way to Jedi to get that extra power.It's called hyperbole. The point is there are far too many Jedi running around then there should be, it should never have been made a starting prof to appease noobs like you who couldn't handle a grind.
By the end of the CU, Jedi was the most popular profession and if you wanted to PvP, it put you at a disadvantage to be playing a non-Jedi profession, which further fueled the Jedi grinders. It was at the point where it was so common that the profession needed to be brought to the level of the other professions.
Everyone is not Jedi, i doubt even the majority are jedi.
No, my point was that everyone was not Jedi pre-CU.
There has always been a lot of critisim about pre-CU that everyone was Jedi. I found it interesting that this person's post was obviously contradicting that belief.
Save your money for some real entertainment. If you want to waste it on SWG, just pay me the overly expensive monthly fee and I'll kick you in the nuts. You'll get the same after effect.
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. - Galileo Galilei
Everyone is not Jedi, i doubt even the majority are jedi.
No, my point was that everyone was not Jedi pre-CU.
There has always been a lot of critisim about pre-CU that everyone was Jedi. I found it interesting that this person's post was obviously contradicting that belief.
No cuz in the Pre-CU the Jedi System was somewhat 'new' if you will...The fault with that Jedi System was in the long term. In the Pre-CU it was just much more powerful, however before the NGE came in... Well one could see how bad Alpha Jedi where in the long term, I don't know about you but I remember seeing Battles in Theed where almost all the Imps or Rebels where Jedi. With one or two poor suckers coming in and getting ganked by the other sides Jedi.
The fault was every few months you had more and more Jedi Players coming into the game. Lets just say when the system started out you had 10 or so in the first month... As time go's by people find faster and easyer ways to become Jedi. Granted in the first 3 months of so of a system like that you have a few, after 3 years however? I'd really love SOE to show the Jedi Numbers from right before the NGE came in... I get the feeling they would be very high.
The other fault is, and this showed in the CU. The more and more people going Jedi the more people you have that want things to be 'harder' the fault with this is. Rather then come out with area's for Jedi or a really big group. SOE kinda redid the whole game to make it much harder... Well harder for the Jedi Players, much harder for those who where not Jedi...
I think in the end the whole Alpha Jedi thing was LA's call, much like removing Spice from the game. They saw that it had turned into a long term nightmare and just wanted to wash their hands of it.