Is SWG really dead?

phjille · September 2006

Well, i played SWG from 2004 'til the NGE as i didn't find it any fun at all and i've found myself wanting to try it again.

I've heard that they have reintroduced (spelling?) auto-attack and all, is it true?

And are the servers still dead or has there come back much people?

anaic · September 2006

Originally posted by phjille

Well, i played SWG from 2004 'til the NGE as i didn't find it any fun at all and i've found myself wanting to try it again.
I don't think a trial is available for vets atm, so you'd probably have to spend $15 to try it out.
I've heard that they have reintroduced (spelling?) auto-attack and all, is it true?
Yes, auto-attack is back in the game.
And are the servers still dead or has there come back much people?
Bria is still active somewhat, can't speak for the other servers.

phjille · September 2006

Alright thanks

. Would also be great if someone from Europe-Chimaera could say something about the activity of the server

chlaos · September 2006

Its deader than the prick on the guy i met at the sports bar last nite....

A triple shot of Viagra couldnt help this loser.....either one.........

Damn, I gotta quit gettin into the whiskey before noon....

dacia72 · September 2006

almost, very few left

phjille · September 2006

Aw, well let's hope they make a SWG 2

Obraik · September 2006

The game isn't dead or dying

chlaos · September 2006

Originally posted by Obraik
The game isn't dead or dying

Well at least you put in the wink, or is that a half dead, lazy eye?

Wildcat84 · September 2006

Originally posted by Obraik
The game isn't dead or dying

Now we know who you are.

Trubaduren · September 2006

Lets say it like this, Bria has some population, not much though.

Then there is some other servers to that has some.

Still Mos Eisly is the only town people is in, all other towns and planets feels kinda dead : /

Tiller · September 2006

BTW Auto attack is nothing like it was. Don't be fooled, its just a piss poor knock off. As a matter of fact you have to remap your keys to use it. It's a headache since you have to complete 2 steps to change targets and shoot instead of just one like the old days.

Obraik · September 2006

Originally posted by tillamook
BTW Auto attack is nothing like it was. Don't be fooled, its just a piss poor knock off. As a matter of fact you have to remap your keys to use it. It's a headache since you have to complete 2 steps to change targets and shoot instead of just one like the old days.

Not really. If you have nothing targeted all you need to do is double click the target and you'll auto-attack - just like pre-nge.

Bissrok · September 2006

Originally posted by phjille
Alright thanks . Would also be great if someone from Europe-Chimaera could say something about the activity of the server

Once I left Mos Eisley I hardly saw anyone, and I played on Bria. The Europe server populations were all on Very Low everytime I saw them.

As for targetting.. It might be possible to get things back to the way they were before. I followed the guides, but I could never get it to work too well. And, hell, even if you do get it working, combat's bugged to hell and back. You're better off not being able to target them.

Obraik · September 2006

Originally posted by Bissrok

Originally posted by phjille
Alright thanks . Would also be great if someone from Europe-Chimaera could say something about the activity of the server

Once I left Mos Eisley I hardly saw anyone, and I played on Bria. The Europe server populations were all on Very Low everytime I saw them.

As for targetting.. It might be possible to get things back to the way they were before. I followed the guides, but I could never get it to work too well. And, hell, even if you do get it working, combat's bugged to hell and back. You're better off not being able to target them.

Bugged to hell? Elaborate...

PurpleLizard · September 2006

ITS DEAD..... I think the game really sucks and nobody plays anymore.
Even when it had problems there at least was a community and we made fun, now its a waste of time and money,

Meridion · September 2006

Well, on Farstar-EU i just traveled several Planets and met some to many players in every city... In Mos Eisley it have even been what I'd call a lot (50+) near Spaceport/Cantina...

Plus, people are actually Rping, trading and stuff...

Can't say anything about the other Realms, Farstar was - at least everytime I played so far - population-flagged as "Medium"... I CAN say though that I met a lot of new players on tatooine, more than I expected actually...

Meridion

iskareot · September 2006

Originally posted by phjille

Well, i played SWG from 2004 'til the NGE as i didn't find it any fun at all and i've found myself wanting to try it again.
I've heard that they have reintroduced (spelling?) auto-attack and all, is it true?
And are the servers still dead or has there come back much people?

It is NOT the same combat as your thinking, nor is the auto targeting. It is a very very thin rip-off of that idea.

This is called, "Slight of hand" --- give them what they want (or they think it is) then give them somthing not quite the same...

Also, they tend to still drop the ball inthe means of feel, animations, combat smoothness and of course that SIM feel is now replaced with a twitchy bad FPS on a engine that it was not meant for.

BUT HEY, I like to think the game speaks for itself in populations, awards, reviews, gamer reviews and let's not forget input from your local game store sales...

I mean gosh, if it was so successful, people would not question how bad it really is.

Rekrul · September 2006

Medical science keeps refining the definition of "dead".

It used to be that when a person is no longer breathing that they were considered dead.

Then they refined it to heartbeat.

Later they added neurological response.

These days it takes some 8 or 10 tests to proclaim someone dead.

SWG would score pretty high, but not perfect if it were subjected to same criteria. So, no heartbeat, still breathing, reflexes still working, but no neurological activity.

matraque · September 2006

Originally posted by anaic

Originally posted by phjille

Well, i played SWG from 2004 'til the NGE as i didn't find it any fun at all and i've found myself wanting to try it again.
I don't think a trial is available for vets atm, so you'd probably have to spend $15 to try it out.
I've heard that they have reintroduced (spelling?) auto-attack and all, is it true?
Yes, auto-attack is back in the game.
And are the servers still dead or has there come back much people?
Bria is still active somewhat, can't speak for the other servers.

You can get a trial... you will just need a new SOE login. I'm still subscribe to SWG (i don`t play much though) and it's working pretty well now i must say. It`s way better then it was a couple months ago that is for sure. You can basicly have the pre-cu feel if you use mods and remap the keyboard and use specials with the keyboard.

shirlnt · September 2006

Originally posted by Obraik

Originally posted by Bissrok

Originally posted by phjille
Alright thanks . Would also be great if someone from Europe-Chimaera could say something about the activity of the server

Once I left Mos Eisley I hardly saw anyone, and I played on Bria. The Europe server populations were all on Very Low everytime I saw them.

As for targetting.. It might be possible to get things back to the way they were before. I followed the guides, but I could never get it to work too well. And, hell, even if you do get it working, combat's bugged to hell and back. You're better off not being able to target them.

Bugged to hell? Elaborate...

Not sure what Bissrok is referring to but for me, whether it was a "bug," working the way it was suppose to, or something I had set up wrong, if I had a something/someone targeted I couldn't simply click on another target to change targets, I had to hit esc to get rid of the first target...made a mess of doing emotes (because I was so use to being able to click on new target that I had many times where the target of the emote was wrong) and an even bigger mess in combat.

DuraheLL · September 2006

SWG IS DEAD!!!

It's called "NGE" now.

PurpleLizard · September 2006

Originally posted by DuraheLL

SWG IS DEAD!!!
It's called "NGE" now.

NO GOOD ENTERTAINMENT
S.uck "O" E.ntertainment company

MrArchy · September 2006

Originally posted by phjille

Well, i played SWG from 2004 'til the NGE as i didn't find it any fun at all and i've found myself wanting to try it again.
I've heard that they have reintroduced (spelling?) auto-attack and all, is it true?
And are the servers still dead or has there come back much people?

This makes absolutely no sense at all. WTF are you playing a game you dislike for roughly a year or two?!?!?! If you don't enjoy it, TRY SOMETHING ELSE!!!!!! That, or run off the cliff with the other lemmings.

Obraik probably already answered.

All 4 NGE fans say they're not dead, every other player says they are very dead indeed although there are a few (very few) reports of slight population increases, probably just players logging onto accounts they haven't actively been on for months to check out the expertise trees.

Distopia · September 2006

Its stel movin' jethruow , Shoooot er agen

dgenem · September 2006

Originally posted by Obraik
The game isn't dead or dying

This is the deadest I've ever seen it yet. Last two days on Ahazi have been so quiet, I've hardly seen anybody. Very little activity even in the hotspots.

I'm not trying to slander the NGE or take sides or anything. But the number of players online has got to be at it's lowest around now. I've been around since vehicles were first introduced. Back in those days, there were more people in a single cantina or starport than there is the entire server now during peak hours. This game isn't in good shape right now.

Distopia · September 2006

Originally posted by MrArchy

Originally posted by phjille

Well, i played SWG from 2004 'til the NGE as i didn't find it any fun at all and i've found myself wanting to try it again.
I've heard that they have reintroduced (spelling?) auto-attack and all, is it true?
And are the servers still dead or has there come back much people?

This makes absolutely no sense at all. WTF are you playing a game you dislike for roughly a year or two?!?!?! If you don't enjoy it, TRY SOMETHING ELSE!!!!!! That, or run off the cliff with the other lemmings.

Obraik probably already answered.

All 4 NGE fans say they're not dead, every other player says they are very dead indeed although there are a few (very few) reports of slight population increases, probably just players logging onto accounts they haven't actively been on for months to check out the expertise trees.

I think he was saying , He didn't find NGE any fun at all early on .

I wouldn't consider myself an NGE fan , But I can say that some servers are not dead . Some are but most people who come back after playing ,makiing such claims . Base such opinions off citys like theed or coronet .Other's base it off their friend lists . My FL maybe had 3 people on it OL in the entire time I played during CU . And there are hundreds of people on it . This hasn't changed one bit NGE .

I was dedicated to two guilds in my entire SWG life , The first died way way back in mid-late 04 . The second shortly after CU .

So going back in I could easily come to the conclusion that my community is dead . But that is exactly the point my community is dead . Yes there are a few individual members of that community left , And it was nice chatting with them again . But as a whole they are long gone , Never to return .

The only way I was able to enjoy the time I played , During NGE or CU . Was to let go of that past , I have plenty of fond memories of that time . And I am sure every member of those guilds remembers it all, as clearly as I do .

As a marine-brat I am well accustomed to moving on and leaving old friends behind . It is how I grew up , I am sure such a thought seems cold to some people . But unless you have lived such a life , You really have no clue how hard it really is . After years of living this way , Maybe such a transition was a little easier for me . I also had RL friends to hang with to in galaxies, and a big part of going back they were .

Back on topic , The vet community is dead . There are no if's and's or but's about it .

But is SWG in a closing down state sub wise ? NO .

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