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Nymesis
Member Posts: 9
Ok here goes. I even registered today so i could ask some question about this game.
Ok a little about myself...
My first MMO was SWG when it first launched in the UK in November 2003. I loved that game, I played it for 2 years solid. Then they changed it, and the changes were not for me, so i started looking for another mmo.
I have tried WoW, EVE, Everquest2, CoH, and even attempted Lineage2.
None of these game appealed to me on a long term basis, I get fairly bored after about a month and stop playing.
Basically I miss the old SWG where i could play my architect trading, building cities and having great amounts of fun.
Ok onto my question.... from what i have read there are some similarities in PotBS and SWG, and I am wondering just how much fun there is to be had as a freetrader?
I know this question demands responses that can only be someone's opinion, but thats what im looking for, an opinion on the game that isnt just a general "this game is rubbish dont buy it" or "this game is great, get it" Any opinions i can get that delve deeper than these 2 responses will be greatly aprecciated.
Many thanks:)
Comments
If you're looking for a Pre-CU style economy, crafting experience you won't find it here (or really anywhere else, sadly, from what I have seen).
It's not a bad crafting/economy system, it's just nothing even close to what SWG was.
Er... maybe you are in the wrong forum? We specialize in shallow here....
Just kidding and welcome to MMORPG.com.
Right, I never played SWG so cannot compare the two - but I normally don't like Economy / Crafting and in this case I actually did.
I wrote an EXCELLENT REVIEW (come on guys - back me up!) that you might like to read when you have a spare half day...
You can do all the missions as a Free Trader (I think) and make a ton of money if that is your thing. My Free Trader got to level 7 so I really only just started.
Pity you missed preboarding though - I wonder if they will offer a trial period in a month or two?
Nothing says irony like spelling ideot wrong.
Here's the thing about SWG things you could do vs. POTBS:
1. Build a structure, visible to everyone...not here
2. Build farms to gather resources, visible to everyone...not here
3. Build factories to automate manufacturing...not here
4. Use your skills to make superior everything...not here.
5. Open your own store, a building visible and enterable by all, to shop at...not here.
6. Build an entire city, visible by all and complete with your own cantina, medical center, stores, offices, all of that...not here.
In fact, you can't even build a single ship by yourself. No player owned structures are visible to anyone (including yourself), they are simply stats on a sheet. If you make a cannon, it's exactly the same as any other cannon made by any other player in the game, etc.
So again, while I think the crafting/economy is pretty decent...it's nothing even approaching SWG.
hmm thats a shame. I did enjoy SWG pre CU, I was very content going round searching for mineral veins and planting harvesters and fusion reactors.
There really hasnt been anything as addictive as SWG pre cu was for me. I tried EVE online, but to start enjoy playing the economy in that game you have to go through a lot of work first, and since it isnt even grindable work (real time skill training) I just couldnt get into it.
I was hoping this game would be the game I was looking for when it comes to trade. But alas I feel nothing will come close to the fun I had while delivering power to my clients all over the galaxy....