I agree with you, but I am saying that they both have a hand in it. Sony though has the game on its website, that is where the people of Star Wars Galaxies disscuss the issues. I am saying they both have a hand in this and it is sony I deal with since the game's support goes straight to SOE online rather than Lucasarts. ----
I think the game will go on because the movie will inspire MANY to go get the game, and they will never have the knowledge of how unique and how different this game was. Also, if you have cancelled your account you cannot post on the SWG forums, so there is nothing but positive talk by people who are there and did not work as hard as some of us to get a great character. Personally, I set up my Internet team for this game, got a player city up and running and handled the day to day affairs of my fellow teammates and the city all the while putting my JEDI Dreams aside to make this game a better place for members of my guild. I was not a PvPer and I was not a selfish player. I spent hours standing there healing new guild members as they tried to level up so it is not like people just played this game, they got involved. SOE basically took a giant dump on people like me and the crafters. All those people who did not spend time to make themselves a great character run around saying we are crying because we are not elite anymore, and to a point yes, we DID put in the work afterall.
Just a crappy way to treat people who have stuck with their game even though it was laggy, and had bugs that were never fixed from like day 1 (A lair not showing up, a target in a tree, or a Lair dissapearing during combat, and meditate not working).
Thank you MMORPG for getting at least someone to answer questions, they sure dont like talking on the SWG forums.
Ive been on vacation and just had the chance to read the faq on this subject. ANd for what my two cents is worth it seems that SOE doesnt really care. I have been with SWG since launch, and I am terribly saddened that the game has been CHANGED (not upgraded) to something that so totally doesnt appeal to me. I am saying goodbye to a lot of friends. On my server intrepid, there has been a mass exodus of departing members and entire guilds as well. Some of the smaller cities are toatally gone because of people leaving.
What botheres me the most about this whole thing, isnt really the CU itself.. Its the manner in which it was implemented. It doesnt take a programmer to see that the CU wasnt ready for live deployment. And yet SOE did it anyways. IMO it was barely Beta at best. The real kicker is that SOE is forcing everyone to believe that it is the greatest thing to happen to SWG. I for one refuse to pay to Beta a product that I didnt want changed to begin with in the first place.
SWG was a great game. I had a great time playing. To those of you that will comtinue to play and for those of you who come to play it, I wish you all the very best. Its just not the game I feel in love with so long ago. Maybe, somewhere down the road Ill stop in to see if theve ironed out all the bugs. But until then, Ill be happy spending my money on other titles, like GUild Wars, WOW, MAtrix etc, etc.
I am a STAR WARS nut, but with the CU and the SOE attitude to the players I have found out that City of Heroes has to be the best MMO out there. GREAT Character Generator, great look, just a fun game, and unique.
ANd you are right, SOE is acting like it is the greatest thing since sliced bread.
I was a doctor. Crafted buffs and stimpaks. Now doctors are considered combat class. and the COMBAT (hello..) Combat Medics are the crafters... Doesnt make sense but oh well. I agree with you that SWG will survive.. SOE has too much money invested in it and their other titles. ANd your right the movies will drive an influx of people into the game. SWG will now be a "remember when" game for me.
Why is the Docotr a combat class and Combat Medic is not?? That makes no sense. Man, all our Docs, and Crafters took off when the CU hit after about a day or 2 and said NO WAY! Some left right when they brought it in because they read and went to the Test center
I feel bad for the people playing the game now, they are basically paying $15.86 a month to beta test the CU for SWG.
Yeah Im on right now.. And cant respec my character back to master doc.. I have no desire to play it.. At all.. Im just standing there.. Because even as a Master BH with COmposite Armor.. I got killed by a KAduu checking my harvestor..
And its next to my house.. SO I submitted a service ticket.. THe response should be interesting..
I respecd my guy and could not move lol! I was standing in Theed in my underwear lol and could not move. Sent a ticket to CSR they told me to e mail customer service. LMAO, I e mailed customer service they TOLD ME TO WRITE A TICKET WTHF!!!!!
I had to basically make a NEW Character to try out the combat system and it was horrible. And I love how the guy LIES ABOUT YOU CAN SOLO! OH MY GAWD, NOT VERY MANY CAN! WHAT A JOKE, THE PEOPLE WHO STAYED IN MY GUILD SAID THEY HAVE TO HUNT IN PARTIES AND THEY ARE MASTER COMBAT PROFESSIONS LOL!
Oh my God, Get this Julio or Jose or whatever his name is and make him tell the truth, and at least give us an apology for Effing up the game for us
With numbers falling faster than a fat ewok skydiving with out a paracute it looks like the death toll for SWG, sad to say but what was once a Killer game is now going to look like Horizons.
Anyway, I sent oh smedly a letter.. Just the usual rant a rave. I wont pay to beta test the game for you.. Yadda yadda yadda.. ITs really sad that it took almost 2 weeks for SOE to start interviewing about this great CU. Whats really sad is how they hype it up about how great it is. EVEN after all the negative response from it
Well oh well.. Off to another game.. In search of the next SWG.. (pre CU that is.. )
Originally posted by MSCav Yeah that is true, remember when the game worked! Why is the Docotr a combat class and Combat Medic is not?? That makes no sense. Man, all our Docs, and Crafters took off when the CU hit after about a day or 2 and said NO WAY! Some left right when they brought it in because they read and went to the Test centerI feel bad for the people playing the game now, they are basically paying $15.86 a month to beta test the CU for SWG.
I am a combat medic, they are still very much a combat class. Even moreso then a doctor as a matter of fact. Doctors play a different role now in group from a CM but both are combat group healers now. I can craft some stims, thats about it, I am not a crafting class.
- Scaris
"What happened to you, Star Wars Galaxies? You used to look like Leia. Not quite gold bikini Leia (more like bad-British-accent-and-cinnamon-bun-hair Leia), but still Leia nonetheless. Now you look like Chewbacca." - Computer Gaming World
Originally posted by morock Yeah Im on right now.. And cant respec my character back to master doc.. I have no desire to play it.. At all.. Im just standing there.. Because even as a Master BH with COmposite Armor.. I got killed by a KAduu checking my harvestor.. And its next to my house.. SO I submitted a service ticket.. THe response should be interesting..
Last time I checked CH's can't wear composite armor and I KNOW doctors can't. So whats your third elite profession or are you just exxagerating?
- Scaris
"What happened to you, Star Wars Galaxies? You used to look like Leia. Not quite gold bikini Leia (more like bad-British-accent-and-cinnamon-bun-hair Leia), but still Leia nonetheless. Now you look like Chewbacca." - Computer Gaming World
Originally posted by MSCav FadeusI agree with you, but I am saying that they both have a hand in it. Sony though has the game on its website, that is where the people of Star Wars Galaxies disscuss the issues. I am saying they both have a hand in this and it is sony I deal with since the game's support goes straight to SOE online rather than Lucasarts. ----I think the game will go on because the movie will inspire MANY to go get the game, and they will never have the knowledge of how unique and how different this game was. Also, if you have cancelled your account you cannot post on the SWG forums, so there is nothing but positive talk by people who are there and did not work as hard as some of us to get a great character. Personally, I set up my Internet team for this game, got a player city up and running and handled the day to day affairs of my fellow teammates and the city all the while putting my JEDI Dreams aside to make this game a better place for members of my guild. I was not a PvPer and I was not a selfish player. I spent hours standing there healing new guild members as they tried to level up so it is not like people just played this game, they got involved. SOE basically took a giant dump on people like me and the crafters. All those people who did not spend time to make themselves a great character run around saying we are crying because we are not elite anymore, and to a point yes, we DID put in the work afterall. Just a crappy way to treat people who have stuck with their game even though it was laggy, and had bugs that were never fixed from like day 1 (A lair not showing up, a target in a tree, or a Lair dissapearing during combat, and meditate not working).
Well I certainly wouldnt say all the posting on teh official forum is positive! Hehe, they are getting toasted rather bad, or were, the momentum is dieing now though.
And yes, I agree with you, what they did was wrong and I won't try to deny anyone feeling that way. I don't feel to hot about it myself.
- Scaris
"What happened to you, Star Wars Galaxies? You used to look like Leia. Not quite gold bikini Leia (more like bad-British-accent-and-cinnamon-bun-hair Leia), but still Leia nonetheless. Now you look like Chewbacca." - Computer Gaming World
""""""""Also, we have actually removed the "Buffbots" from the game which is an added bonus because it forces players to use the Inspiration system. In addition in May we will be removing the ability to make recursive macros in game, this will eliminate the AFK entertainers and re-establish a place for the real entertainers to enjoy SWG. """""""""""
I will not buy anymore -starwars stuff
I will not buy anymore -sony playstaions ---ever
I hate you sony -
why will i leave ?
I loved haveing my toon running around and getting xp, so i could do more with my time(life).
I am going to cry now, my game is ruind.
ps
I will tell every one i know not to buy sony stuff and put them down all that i can.
I think the game will go on because the movie will inspire MANY to go get the game, and they will never have the knowledge of how unique and how different this game was. Also, if you have cancelled your account you cannot post on the SWG forums, so there is nothing but positive talk by people who are there and did not work as hard as some of us to get a great character. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
When SOE eventually pisses those people off then you will see another falling out. I took my hard earned money else where, WoW. I researched my choice before selecting WoW and found it to be a good one.
Well I certainly wouldnt say all the posting on teh official forum is positive! Hehe, they are getting toasted rather bad, or were, the momentum is dieing now though.[/b][/quote]
Many who cancelled during the April CU alpha on test center no longer have forum access. They're gone, and with them, their voices. You can browse the boards, but you'll find fewer and fewer there, as many have just given up and left. In another month or two it'll look just rosey to anyone browsing, as no one will know by looking at their forums what the state of the game is. The only place teh discussion is still alive is sites like this.
Originally posted by overdrv69 I think the game will go on because the movie will inspire MANY to go get the game, and they will never have the knowledge of how unique and how different this game was. Also, if you have cancelled your account you cannot post on the SWG forums, so there is nothing but positive talk by people who are there and did not work as hard as some of us to get a great character. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
When SOE eventually pisses those people off then you will see another falling out. I took my hard earned money else where, WoW. I researched my choice before selecting WoW and found it to be a good one.
The market for a Star Wars MMORPG is limited, the well is not infinite. I'm guessing that SOE has already substantially dipped into that well and its drying up. The players that would play an SW MMORPG have mostly already been here, come, and gone. While there may be a brief upswing with the movie and ROTW launch, like there was with JTL's launch, like JTL it will be brief and they (new and old players alike) will continue to fall off like leaves off a dead tree.
Some of my SWG forums accounts are inactive now, cancellations in effect, but others run through June. I have not posted there much because its largely a waste of time. My posts are 80% deleted, and 3 times in the last 90 days some of my accounts have been banned, for speaking against SOE's mismanagement and the game revamp. More so, its just because it doesn't make a difference that I don't post there anymore, not so much the inability to access the forums.
I note that SOE just made two big backpedals, 1) allowing non-combat skill points to respect, albeit too late for those who have surrendered them to go up other paths LOL, and 2) removing Jedi XP loss to all deaths except for Bounty Hunter inflicted deaths. Both of these backpedals indicate SOE is floundering and taking actions that they do not want to take, and speak to the overall health of the game, as does the emptying server populations that everyone is seeing and talking about. The game with a game revamp is surely dying, despite perhaps a brief surge from a movie and an expansion to hook a new and limited pool of players, but brief it will be, if at all. I doubt it will even exceed the player attrition caused initially by the game revamp, let alone achieve any desired level by SOE cronies.
Originally posted by Kalmarth With numbers falling faster than a fat ewok skydiving with out a paracute it looks like the death toll for SWG, sad to say but what was once a Killer game is now going to look like Horizons. RIP SWG you are sadly missed.
Yup, it is a matter of time. I predict by August they will be starving and taking action.
As for the poll, none of the above, I'm playing KOTOR, visiting games that I missed when I was online with SWG every day, unknowingly wasting my time with an impending game destruction and revamp. KOTOR is awesome.
Yeah that is what I meant by Joe little letter about the CU. IT is so pathetic of them and how they are acting about this. They ask for ideas, but banned anyone who gave them. THey say they read the petition yet must ahve missed the part about the "Ideas" for the game that we wanted instead of the CU (Basically what SOE said the CU would be, not what it came out to be).
I like the combat upgrade. I've been playing for 2 years, and I liked the old way okay, too. I think Star Wars is the most social MMORPG I've ever played, which is why I'm still playing it. I do hope they add something like EQ2 mentoring, but other than that, I think the new combat is much more engaging than the old.
I am really happy for you that you like the Combat Upgrade, because given that this is SOE/Verant, it's a cinch they're keeping it no matter how much the playerbase hates it. I deeply regret knowing enough about game design and SWGv1 to recognize the CU for the fiasco that it is. You are their intended customer now, I am not. My only prayer is that there will be MMO's for my worldview in future.
Almost 2 years and well over $300 later, SOE and Lucas Arts (which hurts to say, considering I have been a rabid SW and George Lucas and all things related supporter my entire life) have achieved the unthinkable. I can even live with the whiny, cry-baby Anakin that was forced upon the world in the prequels, but taking this mmorpg and converting it into a carbon copy clone of 90% of the currently available games causes me to be sick. After logging in on the release day of CU and being forced to drop 4 of my skill boxes (all artisan skills that couldn't be respec'ed) just so I can MOVE was ridiculous... why didn't I just respec my combat skills? I tried, but with the new "requirements" for each combat prof I lost skill points no matter what combat prof I tried to modify. Losing 150,000 rifleman experience might not seem that big of a deal to some, but when your mainly a crafter and only 3 skill boxes away from mastering your 1 combat prof that you even find enjoyable, it hurts. So out went a couple artisan skills. Ok, time to go to town and launch my X-Wing....wait a sec, where's my rifle....oh, what's it doing in my backpack? *equip* ..... "You do not have a high enough Combat Level to equip this Rifle" WHAT?!?! My T-21 that I have been using for 18 months? I can't even equip it? FINE... I'll just go buy another rifle... lalala, here i am in Moenia....oh look, those stupid thugs that use to annoy me by thinking they could hurt me (all registering CL 1) I'll just avoid them while I get a new rifle....*Browse Bazaar* hmmm, why can't I tell what CL these stupid rifles are? (Bug where all Items on a vendor before CU do not display description until removed and put back up for sale....literally hundreds of thousands of crafted and looted items that you can't even determine whether or not you can use) grrr, don't tell me my one character that has been around for almost 2 years (since launch date) is gonna have to get a damn CDEF Rifle.....Wait...what's this? why am I on the ground? Incapped? who the hell attacked me? I didn't see anything?!? Holy Crap, that CL 1 Thug just incapped me....and he's gray?!?! I thought gray was "so easy we won't give you any XP"? how can that incap me? FORGET IT! *grabs CDEF Rifle* I'm going to get the hell in space! *Launches X-Wing* lalala, space seems to be pretty much the same..... sweet, I'll just stay up here and never land again, 'cept maybe to log out. *Finishes off Tier 4 skill box* Well time to go to work, lets check my email... Oh lookie, SOE wants me to Beta Test their RoTW Expansion...5 days before it comes out...ok, whatever. *Logs in after work* all right, after that 3gig download, this had better be worth the space its taking up.... wait a sec, this is just the CU beta...which is live? oh I see, I can go to Kashyyyk now... *Hypers to Kashyyyk* oooh, it looks nice and green maybe I'll check out mining, since I'm a master shipwright and all..... *grinds through quest to get new Mining ship* ok, now space is kinda different....If i wasn't in that Super Dev Testing X-wing, it woulda taken about 10 ppl to finish one or two of those missions...Are they forcing us to group in space now too? If your good at Twitch based combat (which JTL is all about) then you should be able to solo just about anything....hell it's even in Starwars Lore, crap even in the description for the B-Wing in game....B-Wing was accepted for production by the alliance due to its ability to destroy an entire Tie Fighter staging area alone...as in uno...one...not more than one.... Anyway. I digress, so the mining ship...now i can't even mine by myself? I have to have 2 other ppl to use the other turrets? ok, mining is not usually that fun, but I enjoy it...so why force 2 other ppl to suffer through it to be productive? Bah! Enough! The Beta served one purpose for me...to give me a reason to cancel my pre-order. and now to divide up my stuff amongst the few remaining souls I know in Galaxies, and cancel my account...right on the 2 year anniversery...How romantic, and yet so Ironic. 2 years of fun destroyed by 1 rushed game publish, and all for an expansion pack that is less filling then the mere thought of an empty cup. *logs out*
Its been a sad road for us all my friend. I had to respec and drop artisan as well to keep doc and 2 tress of tkm. After realizing that docs are now FOrced to fight to gain xp I decided to go up BH.. SO I had to drop doc pick up some scout and marksman skill and respeced to MBH. Fighting reminded me of why I was a doctor before. I dont like to be in combat. So I went to respec to doc but I cant get master doc because I cant respec the points I put into scout to get BH because scout is a non comnbat profession .. Unbelievable.
Oh welll.. Just a reminder of why I cancelled all 3 of my accounts..
Anyway. I digress, so the mining ship...now i can't even mine by myself? I have to have 2 other ppl to use the other turrets? ok, mining is not usually that fun, but I enjoy it...so why force 2 other ppl to suffer through it to be productive?
Why not just slap a Mining Laser III and a large cargo hold into your heavy fighter and mine to your hearts content and still be able to slap down with ease anything trying to touch you ? No need for other people to protect you. You dont have to use the Y-8 if you dont want. However, its a VERY cool ship ... the first capital ship in SWG. I am just itching to make a roleplaying event .. boarding action .. like the beginning of "A New Hope". The corridors of the Y-8 just scream for a running firefight.
When i logged into this site a week ago SWG was rated player wise at 7.1 now a week later its 7.2 ... ponders all the negative feedback here. I also do not like the CU especially after i was double teamed by TWO same faction BH's yesterday after getting viz the day before HAVING FUN yes i said FUN in the CU with a group of 8 of my old time friends, people i played with for almost 2 years. I was a 110k bounty on the terms this is how the combat went
BH 1 dizzy/KD shot
Me Hit BH1 for 150pts dmg
BH2 Dizzy/KD (am on ground)
BH1 & 2 attack me 4 times each before the KD recovery works
I try to hit BH 1 miss
Get KD again cannot get up now i am healing while they shoot and spamming KD recover to no avail
WTF
combat lasted 69 seconds i hit in the first 15 missed 35sec later they hit me 16 of 23 times .... They just changed the profession from melee to ranged that are unbalanced ! This was the reason why we wanted a BALANCE no profession should be so one sided in PvP ! I realize i should have ended up dead anyway being it was 2 on ONE .... BUT GIVE ME A FIGHTING CHANCE HERE before i lose 220,000 xp. Should have been able to incap one of the 2 BH's
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Fadeus
I agree with you, but I am saying that they both have a hand in it. Sony though has the game on its website, that is where the people of Star Wars Galaxies disscuss the issues. I am saying they both have a hand in this and it is sony I deal with since the game's support goes straight to SOE online rather than Lucasarts.
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I think the game will go on because the movie will inspire MANY to go get the game, and they will never have the knowledge of how unique and how different this game was. Also, if you have cancelled your account you cannot post on the SWG forums, so there is nothing but positive talk by people who are there and did not work as hard as some of us to get a great character. Personally, I set up my Internet team for this game, got a player city up and running and handled the day to day affairs of my fellow teammates and the city all the while putting my JEDI Dreams aside to make this game a better place for members of my guild. I was not a PvPer and I was not a selfish player. I spent hours standing there healing new guild members as they tried to level up so it is not like people just played this game, they got involved. SOE basically took a giant dump on people like me and the crafters. All those people who did not spend time to make themselves a great character run around saying we are crying because we are not elite anymore, and to a point yes, we DID put in the work afterall.
Just a crappy way to treat people who have stuck with their game even though it was laggy, and had bugs that were never fixed from like day 1 (A lair not showing up, a target in a tree, or a Lair dissapearing during combat, and meditate not working).
Thank you MMORPG for getting at least someone to answer questions, they sure dont like talking on the SWG forums.
Ive been on vacation and just had the chance to read the faq on this subject. ANd for what my two cents is worth it seems that SOE doesnt really care. I have been with SWG since launch, and I am terribly saddened that the game has been CHANGED (not upgraded) to something that so totally doesnt appeal to me. I am saying goodbye to a lot of friends. On my server intrepid, there has been a mass exodus of departing members and entire guilds as well. Some of the smaller cities are toatally gone because of people leaving.
What botheres me the most about this whole thing, isnt really the CU itself.. Its the manner in which it was implemented. It doesnt take a programmer to see that the CU wasnt ready for live deployment. And yet SOE did it anyways. IMO it was barely Beta at best. The real kicker is that SOE is forcing everyone to believe that it is the greatest thing to happen to SWG. I for one refuse to pay to Beta a product that I didnt want changed to begin with in the first place.
SWG was a great game. I had a great time playing. To those of you that will comtinue to play and for those of you who come to play it, I wish you all the very best. Its just not the game I feel in love with so long ago. Maybe, somewhere down the road Ill stop in to see if theve ironed out all the bugs. But until then, Ill be happy spending my money on other titles, like GUild Wars, WOW, MAtrix etc, etc.
SWG RIP 4/26/05
I am a STAR WARS nut, but with the CU and the SOE attitude to the players I have found out that City of Heroes has to be the best MMO out there. GREAT Character Generator, great look, just a fun game, and unique.
ANd you are right, SOE is acting like it is the greatest thing since sliced bread.
SWG RIP 4/26/05
Yeah that is true, remember when the game worked!
Why is the Docotr a combat class and Combat Medic is not?? That makes no sense. Man, all our Docs, and Crafters took off when the CU hit after about a day or 2 and said NO WAY! Some left right when they brought it in because they read and went to the Test center
I feel bad for the people playing the game now, they are basically paying $15.86 a month to beta test the CU for SWG.
Yeah Im on right now.. And cant respec my character back to master doc.. I have no desire to play it.. At all.. Im just standing there.. Because even as a Master BH with COmposite Armor.. I got killed by a KAduu checking my harvestor..
And its next to my house.. SO I submitted a service ticket.. THe response should be interesting..
SWG RIP 4/26/05
I respecd my guy and could not move lol! I was standing in Theed in my underwear lol and could not move. Sent a ticket to CSR they told me to e mail customer service. LMAO, I e mailed customer service they TOLD ME TO WRITE A TICKET WTHF!!!!!
I had to basically make a NEW Character to try out the combat system and it was horrible. And I love how the guy LIES ABOUT YOU CAN SOLO! OH MY GAWD, NOT VERY MANY CAN! WHAT A JOKE, THE PEOPLE WHO STAYED IN MY GUILD SAID THEY HAVE TO HUNT IN PARTIES AND THEY ARE MASTER COMBAT PROFESSIONS LOL!
Oh my God, Get this Julio or Jose or whatever his name is and make him tell the truth, and at least give us an apology for Effing up the game for us
EFf you soe!
With numbers falling faster than a fat ewok skydiving with out a paracute
it looks like the death toll for SWG
, sad to say but what was once a Killer game is now going to look like Horizons.
Well I just read a forum post by smedly.. Check it out
http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=generalgame&message.id=85...
Anyway, I sent oh smedly a letter.. Just the usual rant a rave. I wont pay to beta test the game for you.. Yadda yadda yadda.. ITs really sad that it took almost 2 weeks for SOE to start interviewing about this great CU. Whats really sad is how they hype it up about how great it is. EVEN after all the negative response from it
Well oh well.. Off to another game.. In search of the next SWG.. (pre CU that is.. )
SWG RIP 4/26/05
I am a combat medic, they are still very much a combat class. Even moreso then a doctor as a matter of fact. Doctors play a different role now in group from a CM but both are combat group healers now. I can craft some stims, thats about it, I am not a crafting class.
- Scaris
"What happened to you, Star Wars Galaxies? You used to look like Leia. Not quite gold bikini Leia (more like bad-British-accent-and-cinnamon-bun-hair Leia), but still Leia nonetheless. Now you look like Chewbacca." - Computer Gaming World
Last time I checked CH's can't wear composite armor and I KNOW doctors can't. So whats your third elite profession or are you just exxagerating?
- Scaris
"What happened to you, Star Wars Galaxies? You used to look like Leia. Not quite gold bikini Leia (more like bad-British-accent-and-cinnamon-bun-hair Leia), but still Leia nonetheless. Now you look like Chewbacca." - Computer Gaming World
Well I certainly wouldnt say all the posting on teh official forum is positive! Hehe, they are getting toasted rather bad, or were, the momentum is dieing now though.
And yes, I agree with you, what they did was wrong and I won't try to deny anyone feeling that way. I don't feel to hot about it myself.
- Scaris
"What happened to you, Star Wars Galaxies? You used to look like Leia. Not quite gold bikini Leia (more like bad-British-accent-and-cinnamon-bun-hair Leia), but still Leia nonetheless. Now you look like Chewbacca." - Computer Gaming World
I tryed to stay
""""""""Also, we have actually removed the "Buffbots" from the game which is an added bonus because it forces players to use the Inspiration system. In addition in May we will be removing the ability to make recursive macros in game, this will eliminate the AFK entertainers and re-establish a place for the real entertainers to enjoy SWG. """""""""""
I will not buy anymore -starwars stuff
I will not buy anymore -sony playstaions ---ever
I hate you sony -
why will i leave ?
I loved haveing my toon running around and getting xp, so i could do more with my time(life).
I am going to cry now, my game is ruind.
ps
I will tell every one i know not to buy sony stuff and put them down all that i can.
pps
sorry, i just had to get that out
Iam just so done with the Cu
I think the game will go on because the movie will inspire MANY to go get the game, and they will never have the knowledge of how unique and how different this game was. Also, if you have cancelled your account you cannot post on the SWG forums, so there is nothing but positive talk by people who are there and did not work as hard as some of us to get a great character.
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When SOE eventually pisses those people off then you will see another falling out. I took my hard earned money else where, WoW. I researched my choice before selecting WoW and found it to be a good one.
[quote]Originally posted by Fadeus
Well I certainly wouldnt say all the posting on teh official forum is positive! Hehe, they are getting toasted rather bad, or were, the momentum is dieing now though.[/b][/quote]
Many who cancelled during the April CU alpha on test center no longer have forum access. They're gone, and with them, their voices. You can browse the boards, but you'll find fewer and fewer there, as many have just given up and left. In another month or two it'll look just rosey to anyone browsing, as no one will know by looking at their forums what the state of the game is. The only place teh discussion is still alive is sites like this.
Yup, it is a matter of time. I predict by August they will be starving and taking action.
As for the poll, none of the above, I'm playing KOTOR, visiting games that I missed when I was online with SWG every day, unknowingly wasting my time with an impending game destruction and revamp. KOTOR is awesome.
Yeah that is what I meant by Joe little letter about the CU. IT is so pathetic of them and how they are acting about this. They ask for ideas, but banned anyone who gave them. THey say they read the petition yet must ahve missed the part about the "Ideas" for the game that we wanted instead of the CU (Basically what SOE said the CU would be, not what it came out to be).
I like the combat upgrade. I've been playing for 2 years, and I liked the old way okay, too. I think Star Wars is the most social MMORPG I've ever played, which is why I'm still playing it. I do hope they add something like EQ2 mentoring, but other than that, I think the new combat is much more engaging than the old.
Almost 2 years and well over $300 later, SOE and Lucas Arts (which hurts to say, considering I have been a rabid SW and George Lucas and all things related supporter my entire life) have achieved the unthinkable. I can even live with the whiny, cry-baby Anakin that was forced upon the world in the prequels, but taking this mmorpg and converting it into a carbon copy clone of 90% of the currently available games causes me to be sick.
maybe I'll check out mining, since I'm a master shipwright and all.....
After logging in on the release day of CU and being forced to drop 4 of my skill boxes (all artisan skills that couldn't be respec'ed) just so I can MOVE was ridiculous... why didn't I just respec my combat skills? I tried, but with the new "requirements" for each combat prof I lost skill points no matter what combat prof I tried to modify. Losing 150,000 rifleman experience might not seem that big of a deal to some, but when your mainly a crafter and only 3 skill boxes away from mastering your 1 combat prof that you even find enjoyable, it hurts.
So out went a couple artisan skills.
Ok, time to go to town and launch my X-Wing....wait a sec, where's my rifle....oh, what's it doing in my backpack? *equip* ..... "You do not have a high enough Combat Level to equip this Rifle" WHAT?!?!
My T-21 that I have been using for 18 months? I can't even equip it? FINE... I'll just go buy another rifle...
lalala, here i am in Moenia....oh look, those stupid thugs that use to annoy me by thinking they could hurt me (all registering CL 1) I'll just avoid them while I get a new rifle....*Browse Bazaar* hmmm, why can't I tell what CL these stupid rifles are? (Bug where all Items on a vendor before CU do not display description until removed and put back up for sale....literally hundreds of thousands of crafted and looted items that you can't even determine whether or not you can use) grrr, don't tell me my one character that has been around for almost 2 years (since launch date) is gonna have to get a damn CDEF Rifle.....Wait...what's this? why am I on the ground? Incapped? who the hell attacked me? I didn't see anything?!? Holy Crap, that CL 1 Thug just incapped me....and he's gray?!?! I thought gray was "so easy we won't give you any XP"? how can that incap me? FORGET IT! *grabs CDEF Rifle* I'm going to get the hell in space!
*Launches X-Wing* lalala, space seems to be pretty much the same..... sweet, I'll just stay up here and never land again, 'cept maybe to log out.
*Finishes off Tier 4 skill box*
Well time to go to work, lets check my email...
Oh lookie, SOE wants me to Beta Test their RoTW Expansion...5 days before it comes out...ok, whatever.
*Logs in after work*
all right, after that 3gig download, this had better be worth the space its taking up....
wait a sec, this is just the CU beta...which is live? oh I see, I can go to Kashyyyk now...
*Hypers to Kashyyyk*
oooh, it looks nice and green
*grinds through quest to get new Mining ship*
ok, now space is kinda different....If i wasn't in that Super Dev Testing X-wing, it woulda taken about 10 ppl to finish one or two of those missions...Are they forcing us to group in space now too? If your good at Twitch based combat (which JTL is all about) then you should be able to solo just about anything....hell it's even in Starwars Lore, crap even in the description for the B-Wing in game....B-Wing was accepted for production by the alliance due to its ability to destroy an entire Tie Fighter staging area alone...as in uno...one...not more than one....
Anyway. I digress, so the mining ship...now i can't even mine by myself? I have to have 2 other ppl to use the other turrets? ok, mining is not usually that fun, but I enjoy it...so why force 2 other ppl to suffer through it to be productive?
Bah! Enough!
The Beta served one purpose for me...to give me a reason to cancel my pre-order. and now to divide up my stuff amongst the few remaining souls I know in Galaxies, and cancel my account...right on the 2 year anniversery...How romantic, and yet so Ironic. 2 years of fun destroyed by 1 rushed game publish, and all for an expansion pack that is less filling then the mere thought of an empty cup.
*logs out*
Its been a sad road for us all my friend. I had to respec and drop artisan as well to keep doc and 2 tress of tkm. After realizing that docs are now FOrced to fight to gain xp I decided to go up BH.. SO I had to drop doc pick up some scout and marksman skill and respeced to MBH. Fighting reminded me of why I was a doctor before. I dont like to be in combat. So I went to respec to doc but I cant get master doc because I cant respec the points I put into scout to get BH because scout is a non comnbat profession .. Unbelievable.
Oh welll.. Just a reminder of why I cancelled all 3 of my accounts..
SWG RIP 4/26/05
After yesterdays patch you can respect any way you want, no matter what profession you have. Yes, that includes crafters and entertainers.
Have fun
Erillion
Why not just slap a Mining Laser III and a large cargo hold into your heavy fighter and mine to your hearts content and still be able to slap down with ease anything trying to touch you ? No need for other people to protect you. You dont have to use the Y-8 if you dont want. However, its a VERY cool ship ... the first capital ship in SWG. I am just itching to make a roleplaying event .. boarding action .. like the beginning of "A New Hope". The corridors of the Y-8 just scream for a running firefight.
Have fun
Erillion
When i logged into this site a week ago SWG was rated player wise at 7.1 now a week later its 7.2 ... ponders all the negative feedback here. I also do not like the CU especially after i was double teamed by TWO same faction BH's yesterday after getting viz the day before HAVING FUN yes i said FUN in the CU with a group of 8 of my old time friends, people i played with for almost 2 years. I was a 110k bounty on the terms this is how the combat went
BH 1 dizzy/KD shot
Me Hit BH1 for 150pts dmg
BH2 Dizzy/KD (am on ground)
BH1 & 2 attack me 4 times each before the KD recovery works
I try to hit BH 1 miss
Get KD again cannot get up now i am healing while they shoot and spamming KD recover to no avail
WTF
combat lasted 69 seconds i hit in the first 15 missed 35sec later they hit me 16 of 23 times .... They just changed the profession from melee to ranged that are unbalanced ! This was the reason why we wanted a BALANCE no profession should be so one sided in PvP ! I realize i should have ended up dead anyway being it was 2 on ONE .... BUT GIVE ME A FIGHTING CHANCE HERE before i lose 220,000 xp. Should have been able to incap one of the 2 BH's