Couple of Questions

DrWalnut

m considering coming back to SWG. I have a couple of questions.

1. How long does it usually take to level a combat class to 90 now?

2. I heard that battlegrounds have been added. Are they well done? Do they play similar to WoW's battlegrounds? Do they make PvP worth doing?

Thanks.

Valeran

you probably have a vet trial that you can activate if you have been gone awhile.  I suggest you use that.

As for your questions...leveling is dependent upon your time and chosen profession. 

Battlegrounds are a nice add but apparently somewhat killed world pvp.  IMHO battlegrounds is their solution for the serverside lag with mass PvP.

Many of the servers are just completely dead so you may want to transfer.  There are about 5-6 worthy of transfering to so choose wisely.

DrWalnut

I'm on Bria, is that decently populated?

Valeran

Originally posted by DrWalnut


I'm on Bria, is that decently populated?

 

Should be good on bria.  Not the biggest anymore but has a sufficient population for the NGE.

BadgerSmaker

Originally posted by Valeran


Battlegrounds are a nice add but apparently somewhat killed world pvp. 

 

There hasn't been any incentive for world PvP for a long time now, Battlefields didn't take anything away from that, they just deliver even sided lag-free PvP on demand with tons of GCW points which is pretty sweet.

Hopefully the GCW update later this year can set up systems like player bases so that they once again attract a lot of PvP to player towns and also make capturing NPC cities worthwhile.

Trident9259

Originally posted by BadgerSmaker

Originally posted by Valeran


Battlegrounds are a nice add but apparently somewhat killed world pvp. 

 

There hasn't been any incentive for world PvP for a long time now, Battlefields didn't take anything away from that, they just deliver even sided lag-free PvP on demand with tons of GCW points which is pretty sweet.

Hopefully the GCW update later this year can set up systems like player bases so that they once again attract a lot of PvP to player towns and also make capturing NPC cities worthwhile.

 

and who's fault is that? rather than instancing the game with pre-arranged battles why don't they invest in world-wide gcw?

and of course it took away from that. swg has become a themepark of dungeons where one only needs to click a button to jump from one to the next and these battlefields only add to that.

BadgerSmaker

Originally posted by Troneas


and who's fault is that? rather than instancing the game with pre-arranged battles why don't they invest in world-wide gcw?

 

As I said, a full GCW update is planned for later in the year.