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Beta SWG Player Returns After 3 Years
ashantieaton
Member Posts: 11
Well I played SWG from the beta and absolutely fell in love with the game. It was completely star wars!! Then they made change after change and those half a dozen professions because 32. It was horrible but I endured and made jedi after 2 years of work only to have it utterly ruined less than half a year later by the NGE. I was mortified, horrified, angry and outraged.
I went back to the game a few times but god it was like dustballs in the old west. no one!!
Well about four days ago i was reading my 10th or so bulletin about knights of the old republic coming out and then hunted for ages to find a release date and saw that its expected fourth quarter 09 1st quarter 10 which means a year at least to wait. so i decided to try swg again.
I was so happy i did. I can't remember why i was so angry anymore after such a long hiatus and i immediately asked some fellow 'elder' players what had ahcnged and talked and learned quite a bit was the same but a lot had been added, cards, collections, areas. and i started playing and its now been three days and im totally hooked. i had completely forgotten how cool areas like kashyyk are and the ryatt trail with the massive trees that go down four levels.
my jedi who was once uber is rather weak and im having to get more gear to get him back. the cities are busiers, not as busy as launch but mos eisley is full enough to make it fun and players play until late at night which i like. im on chimaera - majere naj - and also the canteen is about 50% as busy as the busy days of corellia. also restus has been sacked and is now a wicked pvp area.
all in all i think i will be enteratined for antoher six months getting my toon back up to par. its really great being back in the star wars world and enough people to make it fun again. its taking a lot to get the swing of things but i love playing my jedi again. i hope more vets return as it seems are in wait for the knights mmo to come around.
majere naj
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-- this is my first post ever here because it was so important to squelch all the bad mouthing (which was rightfully deserved for what they did to our beloved game)
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Dear Mr George Lucas. Viral marketing only works if you have a grain of truth imbedded in the wall of advertising.. Try again, and make it sound believable this time.
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This is you.
hahaha i knew id see that. thats how deep our anger goes. but im not. im a minnesota who moved to london and is now writing this from the czech republic where my design studios office is. its about 11:00 pm and im in my ytwhatever 2000 yacht with four players about to do the avatar final quest.
dont be so cynical fellow players!! - maj
message me in game if you like.
gee whiz. gosh maybe SWG is better now. You make it sound all warm like a Disney Fart.
/sarcasm off
Um...SWG is crap and most people realize that by now. If you like it, good for you. (I gues 38 people can't be wrong).
this will be my final post on this. i like the game because it reminds me of loving the films as a kid. moan and groan more if you like. try it again if you like. to each their own. but its fun again for me at least. thats all i have to say on it.
Lol, I can accept the fact that you dont like SWG but considering that fact you seem to be supporting the ultimate Disney SW game, I'd suggest that people in glass houses, shouldn't throw stones.
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Lol, I can accept the fact that you dont like SWG but considering that fact you seem to be supporting the ultimate Disney SW game, I'd suggest that people in glass houses, shouldn't throw stones.
S
what's to worry about? Already more people are interested in the new SW game then you will ever or have ever seen play SWG. But I guess in your world a game about nothing is fun.
Welcome back to SWG, im also on Chimaera. Hope to bump in to you in Mos Eisley Cantina:)
Damn, love that place.
Really funny how every couple weeks someone pops on here out of nowhere with a low post count and "enlightens" us with the exact same story about how they are an old player that just came back and the game is amazing now... There seems to be some kind of pattern here...
Tried: LotR, CoH, AoC, WAR, Jumpgate Classic
Played: SWG, Guild Wars, WoW
Playing: Eve Online, Counter-strike
Loved: Star Wars Galaxies
Waiting for: Earthrise, Guild Wars 2, anything sandbox.
Really funny how every couple weeks someone pops on here out of nowhere with a low post count and "enlightens" us with the exact same story about how they are an old player that just came back and the game is amazing now... There seems to be some kind of pattern here...
Or a never ending supply of noobs.
Don't you remember when Obraik tried to rally his buddies over on the SOE forums to come over here and post good things about SWG? That's all this is. Just ignore it.
When I bought the game SWG it was just after beta and it was the game I beta'd it was fun and was great to run with my guild, but then they took that game changed the whole thing set everyone back to the start and said hey but the names still the same, leaving the name the same but destroying what wasn't broke was a mistake, no amount of "Hey this games great again" will get my or my guild to go back, give us classic servers with the game I bought and wanted to play and you will see the population come back, till then, you posting about a diffrent game, its not SWG its SWG2 which sad to say is a POOR POOR man's uncle of the original.
Really funny how every couple weeks someone pops on here out of nowhere with a low post count and "enlightens" us with the exact same story about how they are an old player that just came back and the game is amazing now... There seems to be some kind of pattern here...
I like to think that they really are old players that don't normally post here and came out of the woodwork to retry SWG.... The funny part for me is how none of them come back and follow up after a couple weeks to say how great the game still is. It's easy for an MMO to be entertaining for the first 5 hours you play it. Regardless of how crappy that MMO is.
well i am going to post again. ive been reading mmorpg for ages. im not a big mmo player, only played swg and then ddo since beta (loved the pnp version) and i always laughed at how incredibly down so many posters were on in and out of game forums. they couldnt just post they disliked something once it had to be again adn again and again. i havent had a need to post on mmorpg cause i only really used it to check out other games and if i should get them. watch it to see when star trek might be coming, checking out peoples thoughts on eve but nothing really grabbed me and of course knights. so yes, believe when some people post who dont normally. not always, sure marketing people will pump these up im sure, but there were over 250,000 players when it was very busy so its not out of the realm of possibility that people dont frequent these that often and honestly came back to the game they may actually like it. im not saying its heaven but the thrill is there and to be completely honest i think it would be the case with any game youd spend years playing and then come back to after a long break because you find parts of it fresh or just remembered what you liked. im not trying to rally anyone to come back i just appreciate when i read posts about games ive never played and people put sincere thoughts about their experience up. its the best form of a review in my opinion.
Never mind those guys mate. If you look closely, you'll see it is always the same 4 or 5 people who dont have any respect for other people's opinions. It's their way or no way at all.
Just ignore the disgruntled few. Hopefully, one day, they will learn to respect other people's choices as we respect theirs.
S
*Beta SWG player returns*
*Vet returns*
*Tried the free trial and I have to admit...*
It's always the same. Some obscure person with a low post count comes on here and attempts to paint SWG as a masterpiece.
But wait, they fully understand what happened but the game is getting better and better every day and there is ALWAYS a group waiting JUST for you! The legacy quests are so much fun, so heroic.
Nothing is broken with the game AT ALL. All of those people who play it periodically hoping that the game has improved enough that it won't feel like a beta -- They are just lying. Their mission in life is to destroy SWG. They don't have jobs, families, school, or other interests... They are all here just to lie to the readers of this message board and warn the unsuspecting public about trying the free trial before actually paying to play the game.
Then the OP gets angry when his/her efforts fail and threaten to leave the forum. Then they return hours later and continue on their quest of justifying SWG.
It's pretty simple people, TRY THE GAME, IT'S FREE. History tells us that most people who try this game don't continue to play this game. However, there are SOME that do continue to play this game. It is what it is, for better or worse. I am waiting for the day that SWG is fun enough for me to play again on a consistent basis, and I think there are a lot like me.
Don't be fooled by those who attempt to mislead. Try the game for free and make up your own minds.
Tecmo Bowl.
Do you honestly thing several similarly worded posts indicate some sort of organized effort to virally market SWG? You don't believe that a handful of folks who have played SWG for a while, and are afraid that the dwindling number of players could cause the game to be closed, are former players who hated the NGE but recently came back and found that, even though the core game is still as bad as it was when the NGE launced, the NGE is now the greatest game that has ever existed? You are truely a cynical person...
SW is a unique franchise. People love it so much that they will even play NGE and try to like it. When vets return then come here and tell us all how good it is now, I notice a pattern and not a viral marketing pattern. The pattern is that they are just so happy to be back in the SW universe, not that the game is good. People will crawl through the desert to a mirage and drink sand because they want water so bad and do not know any better. Most SWG vets know better.
Really funny how every couple weeks someone pops on here out of nowhere with a low post count and "enlightens" us with the exact same story about how they are an old player that just came back and the game is amazing now... There seems to be some kind of pattern here...
Really funny how every day you gotta find some random post or several and ditch it/them.
That being said I haven't played SWG preNGE or postNGE so don't care, but if the guy likes SWG let him do so. If he wants to post here saying that he enjoys it - he is entitled to it - just as well as you freaks are entitled to do your 20 posts a week against SWG.
No wonder no one ever posts anything positive here. 99% know they'll get bashed by random idiots if they post here saying they like a game that is not WoW.
And those that post they hate WoW just get overflooded with WoW fanboys instead. Endless circle of negative crap that 95% of the users of MMORPG.com post.
*shrug* Grow up people.
Really funny how every couple weeks someone pops on here out of nowhere with a low post count and "enlightens" us with the exact same story about how they are an old player that just came back and the game is amazing now... There seems to be some kind of pattern here...
Really funny how every day you gotta find some random post or several and ditch it/them.
That being said I haven't played SWG preNGE or postNGE so don't care, but if the guy likes SWG let him do so. If he wants to post here saying that he enjoys it - he is entitled to it - just as well as you freaks are entitled to do your 20 posts a week against SWG.
No wonder no one ever posts anything positive here. 99% know they'll get bashed by random idiots if they post here saying they like a game that is not WoW.
And those that post they hate WoW just get overflooded with WoW fanboys instead. Endless circle of negative crap that 95% of the users of MMORPG.com post.
*shrug* Grow up people.
You care so little that you made that post. I am amused by the irony of your assumption that people are bashing SWG because it isn't like WoW. Please stick around and provide more entertainment, since the game this forum is dedicated to isn't very entertaining.
Really funny how every couple weeks someone pops on here out of nowhere with a low post count and "enlightens" us with the exact same story about how they are an old player that just came back and the game is amazing now... There seems to be some kind of pattern here...
Really funny how every day you gotta find some random post or several and ditch it/them.
That being said I haven't played SWG preNGE or postNGE so don't care, but if the guy likes SWG let him do so. If he wants to post here saying that he enjoys it - he is entitled to it - just as well as you freaks are entitled to do your 20 posts a week against SWG.
No wonder no one ever posts anything positive here. 99% know they'll get bashed by random idiots if they post here saying they like a game that is not WoW.
And those that post they hate WoW just get overflooded with WoW fanboys instead. Endless circle of negative crap that 95% of the users of MMORPG.com post.
*shrug* Grow up people.
You care so little that you made that post. I am amused by the irony of your assumption that people are bashing SWG because it isn't like WoW. Please stick around and provide more entertainment, since the game this forum is dedicated to isn't very entertaining.
That assumption was a "general" attitude for MMORPG.com across the whole line. Look AoC / WAR / WoW bash fight.
However funny thing is that most of the people who post here about how much SWG sucks are also on the AoC / WAR / WoW forums pulling off the same kind of crap towards whoever is saying they like a game.
People got some sick idea that what they "like and dislike" is how the world should work. Guess what - it doesn't.
And yes I don't care about SWG but I do care about people who can't shut up when someone finally come around and say they're having fun in X game. You should try it sometime. Might remove that bitter taste you have in your mouth, if you expressed something positive instead of something negative.
You think you are capable of that? or you just gonna sit here moaning at a forum about a game you dislike cause you got nothing better to do with your life?
Really funny how every couple weeks someone pops on here out of nowhere with a low post count and "enlightens" us with the exact same story about how they are an old player that just came back and the game is amazing now... There seems to be some kind of pattern here...
Really funny how every day you gotta find some random post or several and ditch it/them.
That being said I haven't played SWG preNGE or postNGE so don't care, but if the guy likes SWG let him do so. If he wants to post here saying that he enjoys it - he is entitled to it - just as well as you freaks are entitled to do your 20 posts a week against SWG.
No wonder no one ever posts anything positive here. 99% know they'll get bashed by random idiots if they post here saying they like a game that is not WoW.
And those that post they hate WoW just get overflooded with WoW fanboys instead. Endless circle of negative crap that 95% of the users of MMORPG.com post.
*shrug* Grow up people.
You care so little that you made that post. I am amused by the irony of your assumption that people are bashing SWG because it isn't like WoW. Please stick around and provide more entertainment, since the game this forum is dedicated to isn't very entertaining.
That assumption was a "general" attitude for MMORPG.com aboard the whole line. Look AoC / WAR / WoW bash fight.
However funny thing is that most of the people who post here about how much SWG sucks are also on the AoC / WAR / WoW forums pulling off the same kind of crap towards whoever is saying they like a game.
People got some sick idea that what they "like and dislike" is how the world should work. Guess what - it doesn't.
And yes I don't care about SWG but I do care about people who can't shut up when someone finally come around and say they're having fun in X game. You should try it sometime. Might remove that bitter taste you have in your mouth, if you expressed something positive instead of something negative.
You think you are capable of that? or you just gonna sit here moaning at a forum about a game you dislike cause you got nothing better to do with your life?
Wow, the 'you got nothing better to do with your life' insult. Take a few seconds to think about the fact that you are posting in a forum dedicated to a game you claim to not care about. No, really think about it. Seriously, go ahead and think about it.
You really tried to pull the 'nothing better to do' card in a post in a forum about a game you claim to not care anything about? I will admit, that takes a special kind of cognitive dissonance., and for that, I salute you. Keep up the good work. That completely outshines the who 'you're only complaining because it isn't like WoW' post you made.
Really funny how every couple weeks someone pops on here out of nowhere with a low post count and "enlightens" us with the exact same story about how they are an old player that just came back and the game is amazing now... There seems to be some kind of pattern here...
Really funny how every day you gotta find some random post or several and ditch it/them.
That being said I haven't played SWG preNGE or postNGE so don't care, but if the guy likes SWG let him do so. If he wants to post here saying that he enjoys it - he is entitled to it - just as well as you freaks are entitled to do your 20 posts a week against SWG.
No wonder no one ever posts anything positive here. 99% know they'll get bashed by random idiots if they post here saying they like a game that is not WoW.
And those that post they hate WoW just get overflooded with WoW fanboys instead. Endless circle of negative crap that 95% of the users of MMORPG.com post.
*shrug* Grow up people.
You care so little that you made that post. I am amused by the irony of your assumption that people are bashing SWG because it isn't like WoW. Please stick around and provide more entertainment, since the game this forum is dedicated to isn't very entertaining.
That assumption was a "general" attitude for MMORPG.com aboard the whole line. Look AoC / WAR / WoW bash fight.
However funny thing is that most of the people who post here about how much SWG sucks are also on the AoC / WAR / WoW forums pulling off the same kind of crap towards whoever is saying they like a game.
People got some sick idea that what they "like and dislike" is how the world should work. Guess what - it doesn't.
And yes I don't care about SWG but I do care about people who can't shut up when someone finally come around and say they're having fun in X game. You should try it sometime. Might remove that bitter taste you have in your mouth, if you expressed something positive instead of something negative.
You think you are capable of that? or you just gonna sit here moaning at a forum about a game you dislike cause you got nothing better to do with your life?
Wow, the 'you got nothing better to do with your life' insult. Take a few seconds to think about the fact that you are posting in a forum dedicated to a game you claim to not care about. No, really think about it. Seriously, go ahead and think about it.
You really tried to pull the 'nothing better to do' card in a post in a forum about a game you claim to not care anything about? I will admit, that takes a special kind of cognitive dissonance., and for that, I salute you. Keep up the good work. That completely outshines the who 'you're only complaining because it isn't like WoW' post you made.
Lets see.
You're still here insulting a game you care nothing for? A game you'd love to see shut down. A game that you believe no one is entitled to like or enjoy playing cause you don't. Hence you're here spending time doing what? Apart from telling people to not play a game you don't like? My point proven. You're here for no reason other than a kick from bashing SWG.
Good that's settled then.
So to add up on your lovely little "lets think about things for a few seconds post!".
How about you take a few seconds to think about the fact that I was posting on a forum to defend a person who claimed to like a game - not to defend the game itself that I still don't care about which is absolutely correct. My intentions were simple. I still never claimed that people complained that SWG wasn't like WoW - that was still a general comment to MMORPG users in general.
I'm glad for one that SWG always made a stand and didn't become a poor WoW'ification like other games unfortunately have developed into.
Fact is however, that what I stated was that people complain if the game the OP is playing isn't WoW. Where in my initial post do you see me saying "isn't like WoW". I clearly wrote "playing a game that ISN'T WoW" - see you added a "like" in between "Isn't" and "WoW". Just pop over to WAR or AoC forums if you have the time and you'll see Strategy and Bodypass (my 2 most loved targets) bashing every person claiming they like WAR or AoC. Hence my comparison.
I stick to my initial post - post something positive in the game forum you like and maybe MMORPG would be a better place overall to get information instead of just reading about random people's hatred for a game. Steer clear of the games you dislike - and let the people who enjoy the game actually have valid conversations without people interfering with stupid remarks about how poor their choice of game is.
Or feel free to fill in some random bash comment again. I've got 6½ hour at work. Plenty of time to make you look like a fool if you really wanna have a go at me.
Really funny how every couple weeks someone pops on here out of nowhere with a low post count and "enlightens" us with the exact same story about how they are an old player that just came back and the game is amazing now... There seems to be some kind of pattern here...
Ive noticed that also but its happening on a more frequent basis now.... thing is why come to the vet forum and tell us people that have quit the game even as most recent as me and yes i do use the vet trials to try out the new horrible content. Why cant they post on the O-boards on how happy and great the game is? Viral marketing at its worst.....
Really funny how every couple weeks someone pops on here out of nowhere with a low post count and "enlightens" us with the exact same story about how they are an old player that just came back and the game is amazing now... There seems to be some kind of pattern here...
Ive noticed that also but its happening on a more frequent basis now.... thing is why come to the vet forum and tell us people that have quit the game even as most recent as me and yes i do use the vet trials to try out the new horrible content. Why cant they post on the O-boards on how happy and great the game is? Viral marketing at its worst.....
Yeah - what is wrong with those people! Posting on a SWG forum saying they like a game! Naturally all the Vets who hate SWG are entitled to this forum on MMORPG so they can all agree how much they hate the game! Valid point!
/sarcasm off...
You people make me sick... dear god.
Really funny how every couple weeks someone pops on here out of nowhere with a low post count and "enlightens" us with the exact same story about how they are an old player that just came back and the game is amazing now... There seems to be some kind of pattern here...
Really funny how every day you gotta find some random post or several and ditch it/them.
That being said I haven't played SWG preNGE or postNGE so don't care, but if the guy likes SWG let him do so. If he wants to post here saying that he enjoys it - he is entitled to it - just as well as you freaks are entitled to do your 20 posts a week against SWG.
No wonder no one ever posts anything positive here. 99% know they'll get bashed by random idiots if they post here saying they like a game that is not WoW.
And those that post they hate WoW just get overflooded with WoW fanboys instead. Endless circle of negative crap that 95% of the users of MMORPG.com post.
*shrug* Grow up people.
You care so little that you made that post. I am amused by the irony of your assumption that people are bashing SWG because it isn't like WoW. Please stick around and provide more entertainment, since the game this forum is dedicated to isn't very entertaining.
That assumption was a "general" attitude for MMORPG.com aboard the whole line. Look AoC / WAR / WoW bash fight.
However funny thing is that most of the people who post here about how much SWG sucks are also on the AoC / WAR / WoW forums pulling off the same kind of crap towards whoever is saying they like a game.
People got some sick idea that what they "like and dislike" is how the world should work. Guess what - it doesn't.
And yes I don't care about SWG but I do care about people who can't shut up when someone finally come around and say they're having fun in X game. You should try it sometime. Might remove that bitter taste you have in your mouth, if you expressed something positive instead of something negative.
You think you are capable of that? or you just gonna sit here moaning at a forum about a game you dislike cause you got nothing better to do with your life?
Wow, the 'you got nothing better to do with your life' insult. Take a few seconds to think about the fact that you are posting in a forum dedicated to a game you claim to not care about. No, really think about it. Seriously, go ahead and think about it.
You really tried to pull the 'nothing better to do' card in a post in a forum about a game you claim to not care anything about? I will admit, that takes a special kind of cognitive dissonance., and for that, I salute you. Keep up the good work. That completely outshines the who 'you're only complaining because it isn't like WoW' post you made.
Lets see.
You're still here insulting a game you care nothing for? A game you'd love to see shut down. A game that you believe no one is entitled to like or enjoy playing cause you don't. Hence you're here spending time doing what? Apart from telling people to not play a game you don't like? My point proven. You're here for no reason other than a kick from bashing SWG.
Good that's settled then.
So to add up on your lovely little "lets think about things for a few seconds post!".
How about you take a few seconds to think about the fact that I was posting on a forum to defend a person who claimed to like a game - not to defend the game itself that I still don't care about which is absolutely correct. My intentions were simple. I still never claimed that people complained that SWG wasn't like WoW - that was still a general comment to MMORPG users in general.
I'm glad for one that SWG always made a stand and didn't become a poor WoW'ification like other games unfortunately have developed into.
Fact is however, that what I stated was that people complain if the game the OP is playing isn't WoW. Where in my initial post do you see me saying "isn't like WoW". I clearly wrote "playing a game that ISN'T WoW" - see you added a "like" in between "Isn't" and "WoW". Just pop over to WAR or AoC forums if you have the time and you'll see Strategy and Bodypass (my 2 most loved targets) bashing every person claiming they like WAR or AoC. Hence my comparison.
I stick to my initial post - post something positive in the game forum you like and maybe MMORPG would be a better place overall to get information instead of just reading about random people's hatred for a game. Steer clear of the games you dislike - and let the people who enjoy the game actually have valid conversations without people interfering with stupid remarks about how poor their choice of game is.
Or feel free to fill in some random bash comment again. I've got 6½ hour at work. Plenty of time to make you look like a fool if you really wanna have a go at me.
Do I care nothing for it, or would I love to see it shut down? For some reason, you think I have strong feeling for a game you think I care nothing for.
You jumped into a thread to make a claim that had no basis in reality (that anyone here had a negative reaction to the original post because the game he was claiming to be enjoying wasn't WoW). You then proceeded to compound your error by making further spurious claims. You even went so far as to try and insult the folks here by claiming they are only here because their lives are otherwise empty, while claiming you care nothing about the game these forums are dedicated to discussing. Seriously, you don't find that the least bit humorous?
Not being WoW is the least of SWG's drawbacks. The fact that the game was completely revamped to be more like WoW notwithstanding (it wasn't done very well). SWG has an interesting history, one that makes it unique among the rest of the MMO worl. That history makes it stand head and shoulders above the rest as a lightning rod for negativity.
You'll be hard pressed to fnd anyone around these parts that will complain that SWG isn't WoW.
Anyway, I invite you to download the SWG trial and come back here to give your impressions. Since you seem to be clueless in a way that someone pretending to be clueless couldn't pull off, you would be able to give an actual fresh perspective about the game.
The trial can be found at :
www.tryswg.com
Give it a look and let us know what you think. Who knows, you might like it, and heaven knows that the folks who are currently playing it could use more people to make the game feel less barren and empty.