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I WANT to return...
Ryuke
Member Posts: 58
Hi guys,
I quit SWG, along with the vast majority of the SWG playing population shortly after the NGE drama. I've continued to miss the game since I quit and have, just today, been hit with the revelation of returning to SWG.
I'm set to return but there is just one question I need answering before I think I can do it, and that is regarding Ahazi's population. All of my characters are on Ahazi, including my main toon who I've worked on since the launch of SWG. If I'm coming back, I can't leave him behind! Is it an enjoyable experience playing on Ahazi? What is the population like on there? If it's dead, where should I return to? Can I transfer my toons over? Is transferring going to cost me a bomb?
I also have to read up on the stickied thread here regarding additions to the game since I've been gone, changes, features etc. I'm going to do this now and hope I can get an accurate response from someone with regards to my questions.
Thanks in advance!
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You've lived without him for 5 years, I think you'll be OK without him. Make a new toon on Starsider or pay $25 per toon to transfer. Ahazi's dead, like all but 4 other servers. Move to Starsider or make a new toon there - I stronly urge you to heed that advice if you go back.
Before you do though, why not try the 14day trial? It's free. See if you miss it as much as you thought.
Ahazi isn't completely dead, that's where I used to play too. I wound up transferring my character to Flurry which is probably the 2nd most populated server. Just take your time, you can transfer at any time so level up to CL 90 if you aren't there already on Ahazi, find old friends if they are around and see if you want to stay. At the same time roll a character on Starsider and possibly Flurry and see how the population is there. Starsider is east coast and Flurry is west coast. I'm in California and I can hardly play in Starsider on a couple of low level toons I made there. It's way too laggy and it went down once on one of the few times I actually played there so it seems to have its share of problems, but it has TONS of people, far more than any other server. You may find though the moderate population of Ahazi or Flurry will serve you just as well but without lag issues.
If you come back I hope you find some fun in it. Give me a shout if you need any tips or some credits to get back on your feet. I play ammit', azuri and maatkare mostly on Ahazi, but usually am on Flurry with Ashotep or Leoric. Take care!
Regards
Personally, I would recommend against transferring to Starsider. The server is overpopulated at this point, to the extent of having stability issues during prime time due to the number of people playing on it. Flurry or Chilastra would be a better option...
This is what happens when you increase the speed so much on a game engine designed as turn based one command per second max per client.
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"SOE has probably united more gamers in hatred than Blizzard has subs"...daelnor
No, because Bria had simillar issues pre-nge.
No. 2 different issues. You are saying Starsider's population now is comparable to Bria's population pre-NGE? Really?
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Ten Golden Rules Of Videogame Fanboyism
"SOE has probably united more gamers in hatred than Blizzard has subs"...daelnor
I wouldn't know, I've never played on either. But both Bria and Starsider, two servers that have both been overpopulated throughout the games time have both suffered simillar issues of crashing and general unstability. Seems a little to coincidental to claim they're unrelated.
Gorath crashed just this week.
No it didn't. If it did, I'm sure it hasn't been crashing a couple times a week like Starsider is doing lately, and what Bria was doing pre-nge
It seems to me that for many players, the issues that Starsider runs into on occasions are worth the population levels.
I would tend to agree. If having a large population to play with is a key need in your gaming, especially with SWG, then you deal with the consequences of their poor coding.
Let's all be honest. They are NOT going to fix the root cause of the lag. It will simply cost them too much with ZERO return on their investment for it. The game is what it is now. The title has too many negatives associated with it to pull in the players to even think about such a code change.
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Ten Golden Rules Of Videogame Fanboyism
"SOE has probably united more gamers in hatred than Blizzard has subs"...daelnor
/faint
This is where you and I agree Badger. Starsider is the most populated by far and in the long run, the safest bet.
Each to their own I guess. In my eyes, there are better alternatives then playing on an overloaded server.
I know, I prefer to play on Chimaera myself where things are busy but not too busy... and the vendors work... and we dont get much lag in mass PvP... and the server is usually up. :P
/bookmark
Exactly. Even people from Flurry, the games 2nd busiest server (presumably) have alts for PvP on Starsider. The occasional crash is worth the players to them.
Well, if its been that long since you played....it's a whole new game. They have added so many things like collections, Heroic Instances,battlefields, the classes have changed, New loot in game and by the TCG.
As a long long time SWG player here, I started on Ahazi. Ahazi now is a slow server population wise. It wasn't like it once was. Finding groups can be difficult at times for heroics and especially on battlefields. I had to transfer off of Ahazi. Despite what everyone says Starsider is the most populated server at the moment. Some like it some hate it. All the servers go up and down at times.
You toons should still be there and be eligible to transfer. The good thing is SOE cut the transfer cost to $10 (it use to be $50).
Incorrect.
It's $25 per toon.
Woops, ok 25 then.....way better than 50