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New to MMORPG, Vet of SWG
snoops99
Member Posts: 12
I know that few will bother reading this, but I felt as if it was time to get it all of my chest. I feel ridiculous posting this because I know it is all about a game I used to play, but having read other people's stories, I felt I could finally say something about my time in SWG.
I picked up the game a few weeks after its release. It was my first MMORPG. I had always loved RPG's but had just never played online before. Being an enormous fan of Star Wars, I instantly loved the game and played every day. I was in college at the time and working a part time job, but most of my free time was spent playing. I joined a guild and grinded out a doc/cm template which I kept until the day I quit. I had another account which I used to PVE. After holocrons were discovered, I used my alternate to unlock a FSCS. I ended up grinding 30 professions to unlock. It took me around 7 months to do so.
PVP was my passion and reason for playing. Doc/CM was the perfect template for me - I loved everything about it and had it down to a T. I quit around the time a lot of PVPers on my server quit - leaving for WoW basically. I had three accounts and cancelled them all. I am not particularly angry at SOE because I didn't stick around long enough for the CU and NGE. I want to play again so much - I miss everything I used to have. I miss my guild and the rush of PVP. I miss the forum wars and the hate mongering. I miss the drama of SWG. No other game I have ever encountered had such passion. It is great that even though so many people have left, SWG still stirs up so much in people.
I wish I could find SWG again. A great, close-knit community. An atmosphere that immersed me. I want what I had back, I feel horrible that I squandered time during the CU playing WoW and I realize now how wonderful SWG was and even though it had bugs and flaws, it was much better than anything else out there. I just didn't realize that until I had spent three months in WoW and promptly quit after grinding out two characters. And then it was too late.
Anyways. I guess I am just sorry that I stopped playing when I did. I think I took it for granted. Now it is gone, seemingly forever. I can only hope for a new SW MMO someday.
I picked up the game a few weeks after its release. It was my first MMORPG. I had always loved RPG's but had just never played online before. Being an enormous fan of Star Wars, I instantly loved the game and played every day. I was in college at the time and working a part time job, but most of my free time was spent playing. I joined a guild and grinded out a doc/cm template which I kept until the day I quit. I had another account which I used to PVE. After holocrons were discovered, I used my alternate to unlock a FSCS. I ended up grinding 30 professions to unlock. It took me around 7 months to do so.
PVP was my passion and reason for playing. Doc/CM was the perfect template for me - I loved everything about it and had it down to a T. I quit around the time a lot of PVPers on my server quit - leaving for WoW basically. I had three accounts and cancelled them all. I am not particularly angry at SOE because I didn't stick around long enough for the CU and NGE. I want to play again so much - I miss everything I used to have. I miss my guild and the rush of PVP. I miss the forum wars and the hate mongering. I miss the drama of SWG. No other game I have ever encountered had such passion. It is great that even though so many people have left, SWG still stirs up so much in people.
I wish I could find SWG again. A great, close-knit community. An atmosphere that immersed me. I want what I had back, I feel horrible that I squandered time during the CU playing WoW and I realize now how wonderful SWG was and even though it had bugs and flaws, it was much better than anything else out there. I just didn't realize that until I had spent three months in WoW and promptly quit after grinding out two characters. And then it was too late.
Anyways. I guess I am just sorry that I stopped playing when I did. I think I took it for granted. Now it is gone, seemingly forever. I can only hope for a new SW MMO someday.
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There probably never will be a game like SW. Glad you had fun, so did I. I miss it as well but those same feelings I had for the game are all gone and have been replaced with disappointment. Enjoy your stay here and don't be afraid to jump in to some of the debates and conversation.
-V
For the Horde!
One quick thing... do not feel as if you squandered any time by playing WoW instead of the CU. The CU fixed a couple things that needed fixing, but it broke most others. True, you still had 32 professions to choose from, but there were plenty of flaws. If you enjoyed the time you did spend in WoW, even as short as it was, it all evens out.
There's a sucker born every minute. - P.T. Barnum
SWG was also my first MMO. Its also probably the only one Ill never forget. It was by no means perfect, but considering the amount of people that mourn its loss, ( correction- the original designs disposal), I believe it could have been close to it if balance and fixes occured.
The forum rants I was talking about were mainly between guilds and about PvP not the problems with the game. Hehe.. But yeah I definitely agree with what you said. My time in WoW was okay I guess. I still regret leaving the game because I figured if I wanted to go back some day and play I could, but not anymore.
Right there with you, Snoops. SWG was my first MMO as well. Being a Star Wars fan, I think it was the title that finally drove me to venture into MMO's.
A lot of the game was broken, but a lot of it hit the Star Wars "feel" dead on the mark. I spent a lot of time jogging around a planet only to blast a couple of critters. On the other hand, I had a great deal of awesome conversations at the local cantina.
From a personal account, I think the best part about SWG was just the feeling of being "lost". Maybe it was just the game enviornment. Maybe it was the fact that SWG was my first MMO and I had no idea how to even chat when I started. Maybe it was the combination of the two.
Regardless, I don't think you're ever going to find an expierence like it again. Sure, eventually a great MMO will hit the shelves, but there's never going to be a game out there that can duplicate that first MMO expierence ever again. Chatting? Learning a whole new interface? There's no suprises anymore because we all have been shown the ropes and there's not a single company out there that wnats to deviate from the basic formula.
You feel ridiculous? I think that I'VE gone on for too long. Anyway, good gaming and I hope you find what you're looking for.
I share your exact views of old SWG , And miss that community dearly . There was a rush SWG gave you that no game I have ever played offered . Doing well was not an easy feat . Accomplishment felt earned , And dedication was a requirment of remaining competitive . Everything you had could be lost , Every aspect of player interaction was covered pre-cu . I don't think any game ever , Offered such a community friendly enviroment . Whether you were the best of friends or the worst of enemies .The game made it possible, To live another life (In any fasion you wanted) . SWG was the perfect escape from reality .
For every minute you are angry , you lose 60 seconds of happiness."-Emerson
Welcome to the club
If you really want the SWG back, I wouldn't suggest even logging into the servers anymore, it's just like WoW. Instead I would suggest checking out the SWGEmu, alot of people will be happy when that's released, including myself.
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Do not hate it, but instead embrace the diversity.
I do definitely agree with the feeling of being "lost" in SWG. I had no idea what to do or what was going on. I guess you really can't recapture that feeling once you've played several MMO's. Oh well. It's a nice memory to look back on.
"The man who exchanges Liberty for Iconic classes is a fool deserving of neither." - Me and Ben Franklin
I still think a dart board was used somewhat in choosing things for the game back then.
NGE / CU / Capture the flag --- then they just threw a dart and what it landed on they went with.
(can't be any worse of a idea then the NGE was)
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I usually picture the Career builder commercial with the room full of monkeys and upside down sales chart when thinking about the SOE/SWG decision making process.....
SOE's John Blakely and Todd Fiala issued a warning: "Don't make our mistakes." Ref NGE
Winner of the worst MMOS goes to.... the NGE and SWG..!!! http://www.mmorpg.com/showFeature.cfm?loadFeature=1034&bhcp=1